Meet our Employee of the Month: Gerda Kleynhans

St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock believes in honouring and uplifting our amazing staff. We don’t want to brag, but we think that we have one of the best teams in the world. Once a month, we run a staff-nominated ‘Employee of the Month’ where staff are encouraged to nominate two employees who they believe uphold the College values, as well as go above and beyond to make St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock a better place for our community. We are excited to talk to you about one of our Employees of the Month: Gerda Kleynhans!

Gerda began her St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock journey back in 2016. She’s empathetic, warm and is a fantastic Food Tech/Hospitality Assistant. What first attracted Gerda to St Philip’s, was the lovely unprompted testimonies that she had heard about the College out in the community. She also loved that we are a Christ-centred, Christ-first organisation — and we can say the same about her!

What Gerda values most about her job is the privilege to see teacher’s happy and students enjoying what they do. And that statement is incredibly evident to all that work with her. Gerda is the kind of employee that makes everyone around her have a fantastic day by just being herself.

What Gerda is currently most excited about is assisting the Food Technology Teachers in providing a positive environment in which students appreciate and look after our amazing food technology facilities, and flourish in the new state-of-the-art environment — because who doesn’t love our new industrial kitchen!

We are extremely thankful for everything that Gerda does for St Philip’s Christian College Cessnock and it’s an honour to announce her as Employee of the Month for May 2021.