{"id":3752,"date":"2020-02-02T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T06:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clontarf.org.au\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T02:57:05","slug":"new-year-new-academies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clontarf.org.au\/new-year-new-academies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Academies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Welcome back to another big year of Clontarf!<\/p>

The school year officially kicked off across most of the country this week and what better way to celebrate than to announce the commencement of three new academies.<\/p>

Located at Ambrose Treacy College in Indooroopilly, Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School in Palm Beach and St Brendan\u2019s College in Yeppoon – these new programmes represent the first new QLD based academies to open since the Foundation\u2019s expansion into Cairns and Townsville in 2017.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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QLD Zone Manager Dan McNamee said he was ecstatic that new communities would receive access to Clontarf\u2019s unique mentoring programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince opening our first academies in Queensland back in 2015, Clontarf has become firmly entrenched within our host schools, the families of our participants and the local communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese new academies are located in communities we\u2019ve yet to work closely with so we\u2019re extremely excited to meet the boys and their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experienced Clontarf team members in each academy have already planned a big first term of exciting activity, so we encourage any young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men enrolled in these schools to head over to their new Clontarf room to see what all the fuss is about!”<\/p>\n

New academy locations and staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambrose Treacy Academy
<\/strong>Ambrose Treacy College
Twigg St, Indooroopilly QLD 4068<\/p>\n

Staff:<\/em>
Damien Zammit – Academy Director
Brett Greinke – Operations Officer<\/p>\n

Palm Beach Currumbin Academy
<\/strong>Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Thrower Dr, Palm Beach QLD 4221<\/p>\n

Staff:<\/em>
Ant Mitchell – Academy Director
Selwyn Apanui – Operations Officer<\/p>\n

St Brendan\u2019s Academy
<\/strong>St Brendan\u2019s College
139 Adelaide Rd, Yeppoon QLD 4703<\/p>\n

Staff:<\/em>
Hamish Simpson – Academy Director
Trenton Smith – Operations Officer
Jack Caspani – Operations Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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