A sad announcement from the Principal
Wednesday 8 April 2020

Jasmine Ryan
2002-2020
Rest In Peace

Dear community of St Mary MacKillop College,

It is with deep regret that I write to advise that Jasmine Ryan, a member of Year 12, entered into her eternal reward during the night.

I spoke with her family this morning, who were grateful that I would write to you to pass on this sad news rather than leaving it to social media and talk that can be well-meaning but not always welcome or dignified.

Jasmine Ryan joined the MacKillop community in Year 11 at the beginning of last year, travelling to school each day on the Cooma bus. Jasmine was a very good student who quickly made friends with her year group, developed respectful and productive relationships with her teachers, and embraced the MacKillop community as her own. She was widely liked and had close relationships with a number of fine women and men in the year group.

The school was advised early this morning that Jasmine was believed to have sustained a seizure from which she was unable to recover. Jasmine had been receiving medical attention for this condition for some time. She died in the warmth and comfort of her own home.

This is devastating news for her family and her close friends. I have offered the family every prayerful and practical assistance for which they are grateful and will think about. Please know that everything that the school can do for this family will be done.

For those of you who knew Jasmine and her family, please accept my particular sympathy for what will be a challenging time for you and please know that your grief is widely shared by Jasmine’s year group and her teachers.

I spoke to Year 12 this morning and offered them the affection and sympathy of myself and their teachers as well as practical support in the area of counselling. The young women and men who make up Year 12 are very fine and this has been a great blow to them as you can appreciate.

All of us will stand with them during this difficult time.

Please keep Jasmine and her family in your thoughts and prayers, as well as the Class of 2020, who have lost a good friend.

Yours sincerely in St Mary MacKillop,

Michael Lee
College Principal