School History

• 1940 (19 May)– St Lawrence’s Bluff point was blessed and opened by the Bishop James O’Collins, Bishop of Geraldton
• 1940 (20 May) – Presentation Sisters started the school with 30 children
• 1966 – Sisters of Nazareth took over the teaching duties with 108 enrolments
• 1976 – Enrolments 264
• 1984 – Enrolments 320
• 1990 – Jubilee celebrations – 50 years
• 1996 – Kindy renamed Larmenier after the foundress of Sisters of Nazareth, Victoire Larmenier
• 2008 – Sr Marie Arts Centre opened
• 2010 – First lay principal appointed
• 2012 – First kindy intake as a triple stream
• 2014 – Sr Monica passed away. She was the last teaching Sister of Nazareth in WA
• 2015 – 75^th anniversary celebration
• 2017 – Enrolments 555
• 2019 - Full transition into a triple stream school
• 2020 - 80 Year celebrations
• 2021 - Larmenier 3 full days
• 2023 - Enrolments 703

Past Principals

Presentation Sisters	1955 – Sr Benedict	1977 – Sr Matthias
1940 – Sr Bonaventure	1958 – Sr Evangelist	1980 – Sr Antoinette
1941 – Sr Immaculate	1959 – Sr Carmel	1984 – Sr Mary Anne
1942 – Sr Dolores	1960 – Sr Benedict	1991 – Sr Marie
1943 – Sr Baptist	1962 – Sr Canice	Lay Principals
1948 – Sr Immaculate	Sisters of Nazareth	2010 – Michael Friday
1951 – Sr Paschal	1966 – Sr Veronica	2015 – Kim Baker/Peter Boyle
1953 – Sr Baptist	1971 – Sr Felix	2016 – Therese Asplin
1954 – Sr Evangelist	1975 – Sr Mary Anne	2019 – David Tunchon