PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

WINTER CONCERT

Our annual Winter Concert is to be held at the Robert Blackwood Hall on Wednesday 28 August.  Rehearsals are well and truly underway. This is always an impressive occasion and a highlight on the school calendar!

I encourage parents, grandparents and friends to attend and celebrate together the showcase of musical talent of our students. Tickets are on sale via the link on the McKinnon Secondary College website: www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

I thank the music team for their efforts and look forward to a very successful event.

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK

August 12 - 16 was National Science Week. The Science Faculty celebrated in a number of ways.

I would like to acknowledge and thank the following teachers for their participation and input into the Science Week programs:

Mrs Karen Romari, Mr Russell Smith, Ms Almasi, Ms Andrieux, Mr Voorham, Mr McLeod, Mr Zachest, Mrs Barrow, Ms Marks, Ms Beliavski, Ms Bertsa, Mr Liakakos, Mr Grantham-Smith, Ms Rollason, Ms Nicholls and Mr Shaw.

Many thanks to all of the teachers who gave up their class time and supervised Year 8 Science Survivor, Year 7 Australian Animals and their Conservation and Year 9 Planks engineering workshops.

Other Science teachers who supervised at least one of the many lunchtime activities during Science Week.

Congratulations to the Science Learning Area Manager, Ms Sweeney and her dedicated team for organising such a wonderful week for staff and students.

TOURNAMENT OF MINDS - METRO CENTRAL CHALLENGE DAY

McKinnon Secondary College presented five Challenge Teams on Sunday 18 August at Deakin University, Burwood Campus and twenty secondary schools competed for the honour of representing Metro Central at the Victorian State Final this year at the Metro Central Region Challenge Day. 

The Challenge categories of Social Science Team 4 - Facilitator: Mr Gromer, STEM Team 2 Mr Georgiadis, STEM Team 1 and The ARTS Team 5 and 6 Mr Perry.  This year there were 42 members involved including student mentors.

The Challenge for The ARTS involved creating a Victorian based version of the The Wizard of Oz musical film classic using local content and created original music and songs. This year, Team 6, The ARTS, won their Secondary Division, Regional Category.

Congratulations to: Lulu Goldstein (Year 7), Abigail Mayer (Year 7), Jenny (Seung Yeon) Jung (Year 8), Aziz Sharipov (Year 8), Karleen Han (Year 10), Team Captain Jennifer (Seung Ah) Jung (Year 10) and Lina (Tran Mai Bao) Nguyen (Year 10) who will be representing McKinnon Secondary College in the State Final at La Trobe University on Sunday 8 September, 2019. This is a marvellous achievement. 

I would like to acknowledge Mr Lynton Perry for coordinating this event and well done to all students and staff who participated.

VTAC INFORMATION EVENING

Thank you to the Year 12 parents who attended the VTAC Information Night this week. Some critical dates are fast approaching for our Year 12 students. I wish them all the best with their decisions. I am very grateful to Mr Lachlan Noble, Mr Eddie Mest, Mr Delmar Zachest, Ms Pip Andrieux, Mr Dan Blackmore and Mr Chris Hudd for the guidance they provided.

OLD McKINNON PREMIERS

Our Old McKinnon Girls Football Team have won the flag in their first year by winning the VAFA Division 4 Grand Final! Hundreds of supporters gathered at Mentone Playing Fields on Sunday 18 August to witness this historic event.

The existence of the team looked unlikely when training commenced early this year when only eight players turned up to the first training. However, momentum quickly grew and it wasn't long before a full squad was competing every week of the season.

We are so proud of our current and past students who richly deserve the incredible success they have achieved in their first season. It's onward and upward from here for our girls!

YEAR 12 SQUARES

One of the funniest things this year occurred last Friday where Ash Hunter (Year 12) played Jackson Shang (Year 12) in the Grand Final of the Year 12 Squares.

It began of course with the national anthem as the black clouds rolled in.

The crowd was huge and supportive despite the inclement weather.

I flipped a coin and the game began. As the saying goes “come rain, hail or shine, the game must go on”.

Ash Hunter was victorious in three sets and there is just a little more on this story to come in the next newsletter. 

LEGALLY BLONDE IN PARLIAMENT

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2214238922200099

IN PRAISE OF OUR INSPIRING TEACHERS (Warwick McFadyen The Age 8/8/2019)

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/thank-you-mr-borserio-20190807-p52etc.html