One of my favourite days of the year is the Year 12 Final Assembly. This week's ceremony was as uplifting as all the previous ones I have attended in my time at the College, and I know my tears were not the only ones shed. 
The symbolism of how boys enter and leave this community is powerful. At the start of this year on the first day for the Year 7s, the Year 12s formed a guard of honour for them to enter their first College Assembly, just as happened five and a half years ago for them. At the final Year 12 Assembly, the Year 7s reciprocate this gesture by forming the same guard of honour to the same beautiful and moving music. In the blink of an eye, those little boys have become young men, young gentlemen, and I hope they know how proud we all are of them, their journey, their contribution and who they have become.
Many years ago, there was a film where a patron in a diner ordering breakfast notices a young lady's carry on in a close-by booth. Assuming the carry-on is a reaction to the breakfast, when asked for her order, she replied "I'll have what she's having". The reason for sharing this story is that time and time again, after enrolment interviews, Discovery Evenings, Walk the Journey Tours, in private conversations and other contexts too numerous to mention, when I ask 'Why CBC for your son?', the response is almost always the same. "I want my son to be like the young men who graduate from the College".
Our shared aspiration for a CBC graduate is explicit and constantly referenced during his time at our school. A young man who has a well-formed moral compass, who does his best, who owns his behaviour, who is selfless and considers those who may be different, even though he may eventually choose not to agree with that difference, is the goal. To the parents who support us on the journey; thank you. To the staff, teaching and allied; thank you. And especially to the young men who graduated today, a special thank you. Your adult life is just beginning and will hold many, many challenges, but the fact you have formed your adulthood in an environment and in a parent/school partnership that places so much importance on the kind of adult you have become gives you, in my humble opinion, an advantage.
To the Class of 2025, well done, good luck and God bless!
Mr Domenic Burgio
Principal