Pioneers of SCEA
A number of SCEA staff have sent positive emails to us regarding the SCEA Pioneer profile stories that have been published to commemorate ’40 Years of SCEA’ and today, Friday 3 December 2021, we bring together the SCEA Pioneers who were present at that first meeting on 17 August 1981. The original meeting featured close …
Some people will do anything in order for their children to receive a good education. They might even build a completely new school for the benefit of their children. When Mr John Munsel (yes, the John Munsel from ‘John’s ShoeX’ in Midland who sold shoes for more than forty years to customers big and small) …
SCEA Pioneers of the Week: John and Rosemary Munsel Read More »
In 1981, Mr Fred Styants had a young family and was encouraged by a good friend (Mr Brian Goodchild) to come along to a meeting that was to take place on a Friday night. A group of parents from neighbouring churches were keen to set up a Christian school in Midland. Fred sold beds for …
Pioneer of the Week: Mr Fred Styants – SCEA’s first Chairman of the Board Read More »
It has been sixteen years since the Campbell’s finished up at SCEA. Their children completed schooling through Midland Christian School (now known as Swan Christian College: Junior Campus) and then Swan Christian High School in Middle Swan (now Swan Christian College: Senior Campus). However, there is a generation of SCEA staff and families who remember …
SCEA Pioneers of the Week: Alan & Valerie Campbell Read More »
You may have heard the incredible stories of the early 1980’s, when dedicated Christian families mortgaged their homes to make Christian schooling a reality for families in the Swan Valley. It sounds like a ‘furphy’ (that is, ‘Australian slang for an erroneous or improbable story that is claimed to be factual’) or some sort of …
