Principal's Message

I am Jasmine Ryan, and I am the proud Catholic Principal of St Mary’s Echuca. I am a passionate faith leader who has been an educator for the greater part of my life. I love the life I have, my call to serve, and the lifelong journey of being blessed to lead and learn. I am grateful to belong to a community where the opportunity to make a difference presents itself daily. Thank you for taking an interest in our school, who we are, and what we do!

St Mary’s is a Catholic school that nurtures strong faith connections through authentic links to the Parish, staff, learners, and families. As a diverse and inclusive faith community, we contribute to our Catholic story, modelling rich and relevant ways we can hear, see, and speak the Good News of Jesus in our everyday lives. Daily, we nurture our faith in an effort to evangelise our Catholic story, beliefs, and traditions to all in our community.

St Mary’s is a thriving community built on respectful and authentic relationships. It is a large growth community where all are welcome and included; learners and educators alike are nurtured to be the best version of themselves.

St Mary’s provides exemplary learning and teaching through a faith-filled lens. Every child at St Mary’s is recognised as a learner with the capability to grow and progress. The educators of St Mary’s understand the privilege and responsibility they have to ensure that the learning process is accessible to all and continually strive to provide a positive culture of learning. The educators of St Mary’s model a commitment to lifelong learning and recognise the need to listen and learn alongside our learners. St Mary’s pedagogical approach engages the science of learning, supported by evidence-based initiatives to ensure we are most relevant in our teaching and learning, ensuring we are progressing and supporting our learners for the future.

St Mary’s Echuca is one of the largest leading schools in Echuca and the Moama community alongside the Sandhurst Diocese. Our hopes for the future are to continue to grow all in our community while holding learner outcomes at the core of all we do. By encouraging active and passionate learners and educators to grow in faith, we know we can continue to be, “A faith community, learning together, spreading the Good News of Jesus through positive relationships, trust, and love.”

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to the St Mary’s community.

Jasmine Ryan – Principal