From the Principal –
I would like to welcome families to the start of the year. It has been an extremely smooth start and what has been particularly pleasing is the number of people commenting on how quickly students have settled. The highlight of this week was the school’s Commencement Ceremony. Particular mention needs to be made of Jayden Bullard (ATAR 97.95) and a perfect score of 50 in Business Management and Rachel O’Hagan who also received a perfect score of 50 in Business Management. I congratulate all of those students listed below who received Awards on Monday.
- Bailey Aven, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Jayden Bullard, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Jayden Bullard, Dux of School 2016
- Jayden Bullard, Award of Perfect Score: Business Management
- Joshua Carter, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Hollie Cassar, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Riley Danton-Jack, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Outdoor and Environmental Studies
- Simran Dhillon, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Simran Dhillon, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Product Design and Technology
- Nicholas Duffy, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Outdoor and Environmental Studies
- Hannah Dunn, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Hospitality A
- Hannah Dunn, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Food and Technology
- Emma Gill, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Hospitality A
- Phoebe Hogarth, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Phoebe Hogarth, Award for Academic Excellence -Subject Award: English
- Aidan Johnson, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Maths: Further Mathematics
- Brooke Magri, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Madeline Mather, Award for Academic Excellence –General Excellence VCE
- Kieren McKenzie, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Jacob Micevski, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Jacob Micevski, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Business Management
- Adel Munro, Award for Academic Excellence –General Excellence VCE
- Rachel O’Hagan, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Rachel O’Hagan, Award of Perfect Score: Business Management
- Joshua Peska, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award: Music (VCE VET)
- Briana Peterson, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Cameron Richardson, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
- Nicholas Samson, Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Award:
- Outdoor and Environmental Studies
- Bradley Sawyer, Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
A great deal of new work has happened around the three school campuses over the break and I will write in more details about these in my next Newsletter. I would particularly like to thank the school’s Maintenance Team for their help in getting the school in such good condition with all of the construction work going on around them.
One of the early things we will be looking at this year is how we get information to parents and the community. This may mean changes to the median we use and their frequency. I would be interested in parent feedback about what works best for them and things they would like us to consider in relation to informing them of school activities.
Andrew A. Neal
Principal