The Parents for Education (PARED) Foundation in an

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, Victoria. PARED was established in 1982 by parents and educators with a focus on operating schools and other educational projects that support parents in their primary role of raising their children. The PARED Foundation has pioneered a one-on-one mentoring system in its schools, and purports to offer an authentic Christian education focused on academic excellence and character development through human virtues.

Overview

The founders of the PARED Schools have introduced into Australia a system of education that was developed in Europe in the 1950s for the parents to exercise greater responsibility in the education of their children. PARED is associated with the Institute of Family Studies of the

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in Pamplona, Spain. There are now many such schools in operation on five continents. As of 1993, there were over 150 such schools. PARED maintains contact with many of these schools. PARED founded Tangara School for Girls in 1982. The school initially had two full-time teachers and 17 students. Since then several other schools and campuses have been established in Sydney's metropolitan region (in Cherrybrook, Dural, Wahroonga, Belfield, Orchard Hills, and Werrington), and in the

suburb of Narre Warren North. The Schools in Sydney include Tangara School for Girls in Cherrybrook, Redfield College in Dural, Montgrove College in Orchard Hills, and Wollemi College in Werrington. The schools have chaplains who are priests of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. In the schools' Mentoring system, each student is allocated a mentor who meets the student regularly (ideally fortnightly) to check on the student's advancement academically, socially, spiritually etc. The mentor tends to guide their mentee over a period of years, often all through their schooling life. The parent-mentor meeting replaces numerous parent-teacher interviews throughout the year, with the mentor working closely with the students' teachers to ensure meetings provide practical and current feedback.

The PARED schools

*Harkaway Hills College *Lysterfield Lake College *Montgrove College * Redfield College *Retaval Wahroonga (defunct in 2017) *Retaval Belfield * Tangara School for Girls * Wollemi College

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The PARED Foundation

Redfield College

Tangara School for Girls

Wollemi College

Montgrove College

Harkaway Hills College
Non-profit organisations based in Australia Educational organisations based in Australia Opus Dei 1982 establishments in Australia

Overview

The PARED schools

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