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FROM THE PRINCIPAL
WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4
Term 4 heralds the last term of schooling
for our Year 12 students and it is a period of great
intensity as they complete the requirements for their Qld
Certificate of Education and celebrate their graduation
from school with the Formal and the Graduation
Ceremony.
Term 4 also contains another important
ceremony in the life of our school. Awards Night, held on
Wednesday 28 October, beginning at 7:00pm, celebrates the
efforts, successes, achievements and excellence of our
students in their academic, cultural, vocational and
sporting endeavours over the past year. The quality and
extent of student achievements that will be celebrated at
Awards Night clearly reflects the high quality of education
provided at our school.
More information is provided about Awards
Night later in this newsletter.
THE TERM AHEAD
While Term 4 is a very rewarding time for
celebrating the achievements of our students and school, it
is also an intense time of planning and preparation for the
next school year. The School Leadership Team is reviewing
the progress of the school in achieving the objectives of
the 2009 Annual Operational Plan as well as developing the
2010 Annual Operational Plan and Budget. This process is
closely monitored by the School Council. Timetable planning
for 2010 is also well under way. In 2010, Wednesday is the
flexible learning day for Year 11 and Thursday is the
flexible learning day for Year 12 students.
'SENIOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PLANS AND THE SCHOOL BASED TRAINEESHIPS EVENING
During Term 3, all Year 10 students
completed their Senior Education and Training Plans. In
this process, many students indicated an intention to
pursue a School Based Traineeship in Year 11 and 12. An
information and orientation evening for students interested
in a School Based Traineeship will be held on Wednesday 21
October. Students and at least one parent must attend this evening to be eligible to
participate in a School Based Traineeship in 2010. Year 10
students have been provided with invitations to take home.
For any queries regarding this evening or School Based
Traineeships, please phone Larney Bishop on 5409 7353.
PANDEMIC (H1N1) 2009 INFLUENZA (HUMAN
SWINE FLU)
A national program to vaccinate
Australians against Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Virus
(Human Swine Flu) commenced on 30 September. A letter from
Queensland Health about the vaccination program is
enclosed
Click here to view
letter
TRIVIA NIGHT
Please support our Chaplain! There is a
fundraising Trivia Night planned for 22 October. See the ad
later in this Newsletter.
CAMBODIAN HUMANITARIAN TRIP
Nine students and three teachers from
Maroochydore State High School have just returned from a
successful humanitarian trip to Cambodia.
The group, led by teachers Rick Rexa,
Amanda Johnson and Jenny O’Connor, spent two weeks working
in an orphanage and school in Cambodia and donated
over $4,000 that they raised in our local community to
improve facilities for the orphans.
The orphanage near Phnom Penh is run by
“Save the Children Cambodia for Development” organisation.
The students helped in the construction and repair of
buildings, taught English to the disadvantaged children
attending the school and learned a lot about the culture of
one of our Asian neighbours.
This visit to Cambodia followed on from
our school’s three successful humanitarian visits to India
in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Maroochydore High has established a
strong relationship with a mission school at Manvi in
southern India, which supports the disadvantaged and
dispossessed Dalit people. Even though the 2008 trip was
cancelled due to terrorism concerns, we still provided
financial support and will make another donation this
year.
The trip to Cambodia and the ongoing
support of the Dalit people in India continues the school’s
proud tradition of humanitarian work and helping to educate
our students as global citizens.
Thanks also to James Gilbert-Wood for
coordinating the fundraising for the project and Di
Hungerford for much behind the scenes organization and
support.
Look out for a full report and photos in
a forth coming newsletter. A Gala Presentation Evening
about the trip will be held on 26th October.
CONGRATULATIONS TO…
- Xavier Rousset and Rick Portingale who raced their
dragsters in the CO2 Dragster Competition State titles
held recently at Maryborough
- Alex Petersen and Ashley Gray who were selected in
the SC Open Schoolboys Cricket team to contest the State
Championships in Toowoomba in October
- Xu Su (Year 12) and Luan Nguyen (Year 11) who
received High Distinctions in the Australian Mathematics
Competition, placing them in the top 2% and 3%
respectively. Xu Su received the Prudence Award for the
second year running for the highest consecutive string of
correct responses. Well done! (See the story inside)
- Naomi Grayson, Daniel Condon and Beau Boddis who have
all been nominated as finalists in the Acclaim
Apprentices and Trainees School Based Apprentice/Trainee
of the Year award to be announced on 30 October
- Jon Cripps (Year 8) and Evan Nagel (Year 9) who were
participants in the Buderim Foundation Youth in
Philanthropy Project. (See the story inside)
- Kellen Mills (Year 12) who placed 11th in the world
in the K1 500 Kayaks at the Junior Olympic Hopefuls
Regatta in the Czech Republic from 11-13 September (See
the story inside)
Boyd
Jorgensen, Principal
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