Do you know the saying, behind every successful school Principal is a very organised Personal Assistant?
Mrs Nicole Campbell is the Personal Assistant to Mr Mike Bolan, Principal of Beechboro Christian School. The school鈥檚 rapid growth in enrolments in recent times has been the result of Mike galvanising his team around a vision of Christian education for the various ethnicities and cultures that call Beechboro Christian School home.
A key part of that team is Mrs Nicole Campbell (nee Hicks). She is a 无码变态 alumni and bears a family name that forms a rich part of 无码变态鈥檚 early history.
Nicole began her Christian schooling in Perth at Emmanuel Christian Community School in Girrawheen in the 1980s. It was a small Christian school set up by the local church (Girrawheen Baptist) and only accommodated Primary-aged students. A bus service was set up to ferry Emmanuel students across to Swan in the early 1990s and the Hicks鈥� family became a part of the 无码变态 community.
Nicole鈥檚 father, Terry, would play a role on the 无码变态 Board for several years after he pioneered Christian radio governance in Perth, becoming the inaugural Chair of the Sonshine FM Board.
While at Swan, Nicole would develop 鈥榝riendships for life鈥� with peers who shared her faith and were able to have fun and enjoy life鈥檚 challenges.
鈥淚 enjoyed the ageless Mr [Norm] Ewing and his whacky jokes,鈥� says Nicole from her busy desk at Beechboro鈥檚 campus in Marshall Road.
鈥淢rs [Betty] Pendal was great, and Mr Mark Pearce and Mr Campbell Murray were always good fun for us as students.鈥�
Nicole met her husband-to-be Keith at Morley Baptist Church in her teenage years, and the two married and have two daughters 鈥� Brianna (19) and Tanika (16), who have attended Ellenbrook Christian College (ECC).
In 2011, at the prompting of long time staffer Mrs Kerry Mullender, Nicole joined the ECC staff in the administration area. Nicole had previously had long stints in a variety of administration areas including working with accountants, lawyers and also in the medical industry and enjoyed the change to Christian education.
鈥淚 think that my schooling, and also my girl鈥檚, has allowed us to have an amazing foundation for life,鈥� says Nicole.
Eleven years on, Nicole has moved from Ellenbrook to Beechboro, but her focus on Christian education has not wavered:
鈥淚 am proud of what we are doing at Beechboro, and the growth in enrolments indicates that families are being reached by the amazing team here.鈥�