Dr. Michael Telford, B.A.(mod), PhD., H.Dip.Ed. Dr. Telford was the founding Headmaster of the School in 1986, and is now the Headmaster of the Senior School.

 

The graduates of the Senior School have been truly grateful for what the school has given them: they feel they are in charge of their destiny because they know they have unlimited potential; they also know how to look after each other, feel connected to society, have a healthy vision for both their own future and that of their contemporaries, and can make good decisions at key moments in life. The School has provided the backdrop for this sense of responsibility to develop.

The critical issue for secondary school students is for them to develop compassion, understanding and reason before they reach adulthood. Every young person has everything within, in good condition: they just need to be given confidence that this is so, and be taught how to use what they have. They also have to learn how to act in relationships. The philosophic training of many of the teachers in the school, and the use of the great wisdom of both eastern and the western traditions combine to bring about this development in the pupils.

These young men or women with reason in their minds and love in their hearts have an irresistible force which they carry into adult life and the world of work.