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2017
Friday 12 May 2017
Mr Dean Dell’Oro is formally commissioned as the 20th
Headmaster of Hale School.

“To be the next Headmaster of Hale School is a
privilege. That Hale is an Anglican School, that it is
a school for boys, that it is both boarding and day,
that it expects high standards, that it caresabout
the life of the ‘boy’: these are reasons for why I
wanted to be its next Headmaster. VALE: Tom Hoar Today, the School’s purpose remains that
15/05/1925 - 30/04/2017 of its founder; is to be a leader in boys’
education. It has been steadfast in its
. . . I remember the first time I walked onto the Tom was recruited by ‘Spud’ Murphy in vision; to provide opportunities for every
grounds of this school; walking onto Craig Oval. 1948 to teach Mathematics and as an boy to excel. It is committed to upholding
It was for me, a spiritual moment - our school is a Assistant Boarding Master at Havelock its Anglican heritage and Christian
sacred place. And with all these thoughts I look Street. He subsequently served under principles. As it has done consistently
forward and wonder how I will make a contribution John Prince and was appointed Deputy for over 150 years, it values teaching and
to the future of this school. Headmaster by John Inverarity in 1971. learning, integrity, excellence, community
Tom retired in 1985 at the age of 60 and leadership.
. . . I am ready for the next chapter of education in but continued his involvement with the
the hale way: for the benefit of our city, this state, school for many more years through his A long-serving teacher of 35 years, who
assistance in the Archive and Museum
wished to remain anonymous, was asked
our country and, I greatly suspect, the world. and with the Old Boys’ Association. Tom about his time at Hale School. He said:
finally retired in the late ‘90s but still kept
I am absolutely thrilled to be going forward with in regular contact with the school. “What of my nearly 40 years?
you into its future.” A lot changed since the 1970’s
but, strangely, nothing much
has. Information technology has
manipulated our lives but the
boys, for me, remain pretty much
the same. Basically they still want
RHODES SCHOLAR HALE INSTITUTE the same things – to be secure
Rob Ferritto (2006-11) became Hale OF INNOVATION AND RESEARCH and confident about themselves.
School’s fourteenth Rhodes Scholar. What I still like about Hale is
After more than a year of conceptual that, even now, in this modern
development, 2017 marked the realistion climate of indulgence within the
of the Hale Institue of Innovation and community generally, our boys,
Research - with a mission to promote here, still have to run the whole
innovation in teaching and learning race to earn their place in the
research and strategic partnerships. sun. They are still made to work
and earn any accolade. There’s
something pretty sound in that.”
PSA ATHLETICS
Hale School wins the PSA Interschool
Athletics competition for the first time
since 2002.