{"id":71180,"date":"2014-06-18T01:11:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T15:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=71180"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T03:33:50","slug":"jennys-career-spans-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/06\/18\/jennys-career-spans-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny’s Career Spans Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Year 11 students Bridget McCarron, Hannah Depper, Kyle Raabe and Sean Newman with Jenny Cross at St Mary’s Catholic College this week; Bridget and Hannah have been working recently with Mrs Cross on social justice and Caritas projects while Kyle and Sean are “second generation” students … she taught Kyle’s mother and both of Sean’s parents \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 18, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

An era will truly come to an end when Jenny Cross hangs up her hat next week after 47 years teaching in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

Jenny has had a hand in shaping the young lives of hundreds and hundreds of students at many schools throughout the region.<\/p>\n

Born in Nanango, she attended St Patrick’s Primary School and then St Mary’s, Ipswich, before heading off to Teachers’ College in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Coming back home, she was posted to Taabinga State School in 1968, where she stayed for two years.<\/p>\n

Then it was off to Kumbia SS, Proston SS and Wooroolin SS.<\/p>\n

In 1973, she joined the Catholic Education system and started at St Mary’s Primary School in Kingaroy, then located in Albert Street (the current Catholic Church hall).<\/p>\n

In 1976, she returned “home” to St Pat’s in Nanango where she stayed until 1990.<\/p>\n

In 1991, she came back to St Mary’s, then known as the South Burnett Catholic College, where she has been ever since …<\/p>\n

“I have done everything,” Jenny told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> this week.<\/p>\n

“I have taught every class from Prep to Grade 12. I was Acting Principal over at Nanango for a while and have been Deputy Principal here (St Mary’s), curriculum co-ordinator, pastoral care co-ordinator, assistant to the principal …<\/p>\n

“I have accompanied students to Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Indonesia, Malaysia and all points in between; to camps and retreats.<\/p>\n

“Teaching is an extraordinarily interesting job and I have enjoyed every minute of it.”
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\nJenny may be quitting teaching on Friday week, but she’s not retiring from working.<\/p>\n

She’s going to be concentrating her efforts now on the family farm, which is located in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains near Alice Creek.<\/p>\n

Jenny and her husband Jim have a cattle breeding property which they established four years ago, after re-locating from Brooklands because of the proposed Kunioon mine.<\/p>\n

“I will be just changing jobs,” Jenny said.<\/p>\n

“All the skills I have learned in teaching will stand me in good stead, especially all the computer skills.”<\/p>\n

The staff and students of St Mary’s Catholic College will be putting on a special farewell for Jenny next Thursday in the school’s Mary Knoll Centre which will include a Liturgy of Thanks and farewell dinner.<\/p>\n

For more information, and to RSVP, contact Alice Hauritz at the school before Friday (June 20) on (07) 4162-2011 or by email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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