61St Annual Report and Financial Statements
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בס״ד 61st Annual Report and Financial Statements 1 | Moriah College 2013 Annual Report 61st Annual Report and Financial Statements Moriah War Memorial TRUSTEES COLLEGE PRINCIPAL College Association Mr R Goot AM, SC (Chairman) Mr J Hamey Mr R N Simons OAM B Ed (Distinction), ACN 000 049 383 Mr R Gavshon MEd Lead Mr D Goulburn The Moriah War Memorial Mr G Einfeld OAM DEAN OF JEWISH LIFE AND Jewish College Association LEARNING Limited LIFE PATRONS Rabbi B Levy Mr S Redelman* BA (HONS), DipEd ACN 003 214 560 Mr R N Simons OAM Mr R Goot AM, SC HEAD OF CORPORATE SERVICES Mr S Samuels Moriah College Building Fund B Com, ACA, FCIS, CPA & Moriah War Memorial Fund PRESIDENT Mr G Friede HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Moriah College Building Fund Mrs T Fischl IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT B Ed Primary, B Teach, Cert TfU & Moriah War Memorial Fund Mr M Schneider Trustee HEAD OF PRIMARY SCHOOL VICE PRESIDENTS Mr R Krigstein Dr S Morris DipTch B Ed MEd Admin Mr O Freedman Queens Park Road DIRECTOR OF EARLY LEARNING Bondi Junction NSW 2022 HONORARY TREASURER Mrs C Milwidsky ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS Mr S Jankelowitz AMI Dip Montessori Preschool Thursday 29 May 2014 BA Ed & Clinical Psych Post Grad Dip HONORARY SECRETARY Counselling Mr O Freedman PRESIDENT PARENTS’ & FRIENDS’ ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSOCIATION Ms M Sonnabend Mrs L Ehrlich BOARD OF MANAGEMENT AUDITOR Mr J Fridman Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd Mr A Gelman Mr R Goot AM, SC Mrs J Lowy Mr G Sher Mrs T Solsky Mr M Weininger Mr S Wilkenfeld (*Deceased January 2014) 2 | Moriah College 2013 Annual Report Contents CONTENTS 3 OUR SCHOOL Our History / Welcome .....................................................................................................................................................................4 College President’s Report ..............................................................................................................................................................6 College Principal’s Report ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Dean of Jewish Life & Learning’s Report .................................................................................................................................... 18 Director of Early Learning’s Report ............................................................................................................................................ 20 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND GOALS .................................................................................................................................. 22 OUR PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................................................................................... 24 OUR STAFF Professional Learning and Teacher Standards ..................................................................................................................... 28 Human Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................ 31 OUR STUDENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 OUR COMMUNITY School policies, including Anti-Bullying.................................................................................................................................. 40 Parents’ & Friends’ Report ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 Yedid-Moriah Alumni Report ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 OUR FUTURE The Moriah Foundation Report .................................................................................................................................................. 46 Development Office Report ....................................................................................................................................................... 48 OUR FINANCES Treasurer’s Report ........................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Moriah War Memorial College Association and its related entities ............................................................................... 53 Moriah War Memorial College Association ............................................................................................................................ 76 The Moriah War Memorial Jewish College Association Limited ...................................................................................103 Moriah College Building Fund & Moriah War Memorial Fund Trustee .......................................................................123 Moriah College Building Fund & Moriah War Memorial Fund ......................................................................................133 3 | Moriah College 2013 Annual Report Our History / Welcome WELCOME MISSION STATEMENT Moriah College is an independent, co-educational Moriah College aspires to achieve excellent academic modern Orthodox Jewish school, which prides itself on standards by promoting the intellectual, spiritual, moral, providing the highest standard of Jewish education. social and physical development of the students. We strive Offering Preschool, Primary, Middle and High School to foster critical thought, cultural interests, tolerance, social education, Moriah aspires to achieve consistently excellent responsibility and self-discipline. The total development of all academic standards. Year after year, our HSC results are up our students remains our overall concern – helping them to there with the best. proudly realise their full potential as Jews, and as Australians. Moriah College also embraces the belief that education does EDUCATIONAL GOALS not stop at academic learning. A knowledge of our Jewish Moriah not only aspires to achieve excellence in academic traditions, ethics and family values, a positive commitment standards, but maintains and promotes among its students to modern Judaism and a love for the State of Israel help to an awareness of and a feeling for Jewish traditions and ethics, ensure our young people become caring, active, responsible an understanding of and a positive commitment to Orthodox members of the community. Judaism and identification with and love for Israel. HISTORY Moriah creates a stimulating and caring environment for each Founded in 1943 by the Late Mr Abraham Isaac Rabinovitch, student, provides a rich Jewish social and cultural experience Moriah College is an independent, co-educational Modern and offers wide-ranging support services for its students, Orthodox Jewish Day School, providing the highest standard including support programs for children with special needs of secular and Jewish education from Preschool through to and careers information and advice. HSC level. In 1951, when Moriah opened its Vivian Street, Bellevue Hill campus, it was a Primary School of 26 students and four teachers. Today Moriah, with a total enrolment in excess of 1800 is one of the leading Jewish Day schools not only in Australia, but of the English speaking world. On 13 April, 1994, Moriah College’s High School moved from its Vivian Street, Bellevue Hill premises to the new High School constructed at Queens Park. On the same day, our Primary School (Years 3-6) also moved on to the Queens Park site and in so doing, the Late Abraham Rabinovitch’s dream that one day Sydney would have a Jewish Day School “which would rival any in the wider Community”, was realised. 4 | Moriah College 2013 Annual Report DUAL CURRICULUM There are three general areas of responsibility of the Board of Management: Moriah College offers a dual curriculum of Secular and Jewish Studies. It provides secular education, which exceeds • The responsible management of the College on behalf the standards required by the various New South Wales of Members of the Associations and the realisation of the authorities. At the same time, it provides a comprehensive objectives of the Associations. and enriching Jewish Studies curriculum, faithful to the • Development and assessment of overall policies. College’s founding philosophy. • The selection of the College Principal, Dean of Jewish Life Both curricula are compulsory and the College views the dual and Learning and the Head of Corporate Services, and also system as embodying the totality of the learning experiences representation in the selection and appointment of Heads to which the student is exposed. of Schools. The educational program at Moriah College recognises the Delegated to the College Principal is the responsibility for individual needs and interests of the students as well as the interpreting and implementing the aims and objectives needs of the Community – maintaining a balance between consistent with the ethos of the College and the policies the need to preserve and the need to respond to social, formulated by the Board. The College Principal is given economic and cultural change. authority, inter alia for: BOARD OF MANAGEMENT • The operation of the College within a policy framework set down by the Board and within