This year to celebrate NAIDOC Week in our Archdiocese, each school has been asked to create a message stick which will form a central display in Canberra. Each message stick tells a story of the school it came from and its community. Our school is in the centre which is a meeting place for our community. The name Yass is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word 'Yharr', meaning 'running water.' The Yass river runs into the school from both sides. The green dots are our grassy plains and the Bogong moth represents the totem symbol for our area.