Junior School Highlights
Year 7 Highlights
A massive Glen Eira welcome to the five new students in Year 7 who are already fitting in seamlessly; George Liu, Joshua Emptoz, Jasmin Weisberg, Daniel Bromley and Ebony Ryan.
Amazing effort from the students who won the Academic Excellence Awards for Semester 1 and an equally impressive effort by the students who won the Academic Endeavour Awards for Semester 1.
Congratulations to the Year 7 Boys Soccer Team who won 4 - 1 against Cranbourne Secondary College in Southern Region Preliminary Finals. The following boys are off to the Southern Region Finals:
Zac Palatsides
Matis Lambert
Igor Dubrovski
Raphael Nicolas
Lee Swiatlo
Maxime Eysseric
James Robbs
Jess Whiteman
Arki Zakkas
Gus David
George Fetsis
Iliya Zolotarev
Dusty Silawan
Ethan Danon
Lastly well done to all the Year 7 students who participated in this year’s school production, and what a show it was. The following students were a part of the cast:
Harriet Rowsell
Ella Dry
Izzy Keusgan
Lihee Ashkar
Rudi Hudson
Yvette Lipovetsky
Georgia Immerman
Ella Carmeli-Wolski
Rayne Harari
Olivia Colletta
Hayden Cormick
Mandeiya Green
Alexandra Wood-Freeman
Raphael Lazarus
Anaelle Micciche
Eve De Blanpre
Freya Matthews
Orleanna Murray De Brossard
Erin McNaughton
Susi Staples
Kayla Fox
Parmis Abedini
Lulu Schori
Nicole Mazis
Mila Bowman
Shira Reznik
And the crew:
Angel Ortell
Kreepa Bhusal
Ines Gotmaker
Max Walker-Adair
Roni Segal
Evelyn Krelle
Bella Campbell
Isabel Conrad-Stewart
Eloise Ng
Sophie Kiss
Jason Scott
Jemma Willingham
Max Kais
Mathieu Givogue
Junior School Leader
Year 8 Highlights
As usual there has been a lot happening in Year 8 with no shortage of highlights from both inside and outside the classroom.
We have welcomed four new students to the Glen Eira College community: Alana Pergl, Jackie Smith, Lizzie Strutt and Hayoung Kim. We wish them a smooth transition into Glen Eira and look forward to them being successful members of the school community.
Congratulations to the Year 8 students who helped make the 2018 production of Little Shop of Horrors one of the best the college has seen. There were a number of Year 8s who had roles in the cast and crew. See the performing arts section for a more detailed report on the production.
Towards the end of term 2 8A, 8B, 8C & 8D were involved in a projected-based learning program run by the Australian Council for Education Research. The program was part of a wider research project aimed at developing capabilities like collaboration, critical thinking, creative thinking, and research skills. The focus of the project was the humanities subjects but it also incorporated cross-curricular activities. The feedback we recieved from the students involved was that is was a stimulating and exciting project to be a part of and it was great to see students being challenged in different ways.
Finally, the Year 8 boys soccer team defeated Cranbourne 4-1 to qualify for the Southern Metropolitan Finals to be held in August. We wish the following students all the best in the next stage of competition:
Aran Pinsky
Michael Mints
Michael Linardakis
George Pappas
Marti Casanovas
Lucas Vaidie
Haddi El Shorbagy
Daniel Schauder
Aiden Tsui
Truong Tran
Yoni Chul
Ben Dolidze
Baptiste Mazuel
Daniel Mulligan
Year 8 Coordinator
Year 9 Highlights
We have so many talented students within our Year 9 cohort this year. Recently we had our school production of Little Shop of Horrors, which included several Year 9 students in main roles. Well done to those students involved and I hope that we see you next year for another fantastic, talent filled show.
These students included:
Ben Matthews
Jasmine Shaw
Liam Ben-Moyal
Lottie Hudson
Aimee Harris
Alannah De Jesus
Georgia Wood-Freeman
Chhavi Goel
Marcus Georgiou
Preyanshi Shah
Gabriella Voges
Layla Carmeli-Wolski
At the start of term we had our Excellence and Endeavour awards which were presented at our weekly assembly. Parents were invited along to join in on the celebrations and I was so proud of all of the students who were nominated and received an award on the day. Progress reports are a good indication of how are students are travelling overall in all subjects. Students who have worked hard and show dedication to improvement have been awarded for their efforts. There will be more opportunities for students to gain awards this year at the end of year celebration awards in December.
We have Year 9 camp coming up soon, which will take place in term 4, week 3. This camp is called Rubicon Outdoor Education Camp, and will be available to only 70 students. It is really important that you register your interest as this is a first in best dressed camp. You must fill in a Google form which has been sent to you all. This camp is 5 days and will be a fantastic opportunity for all who would like to be involved. Please stay tuned for more information.
Sarah Mortimer
Year 9 Coordinator
From the Junior School Captains
On the first Friday of term 3 the Year 9s had their awards ceremony. During this morning, academic excellence awards and academic endeavour awards were received. The academic excellence awards are given out to students who have excelled across all areas of their study at school. The academic endeavour award is awarded to students who have put in their best effort across all subjects during the semester.
Speeches were made by Junior School Captains and Sheereen Kindler, the school Principal. There was also an award given out for community service. David Southwick was at the assembly to give this award out. This award was given to Ruth Gordon, the president of our college council for her amazing work she does for our school and our community. Overall the awards ceremony is always a great morning where we get to reflect on our successes and achievements.
Aimee Harris
Junior School Vice-Captain
After three fantastic shows, the GEC 2018 production of Little Shop of Horrors has drawn to a close. Throughout this journey over 6 months, the cast, crew and GEC community put together a show that was not only enjoyable to perform, but to watch as well. A huge thanks to Mrs Mortimer for making this amazing production come to life, and to all the teachers who gave up their time to contribute to and supervise the show, and we all look forward to next year’s production.
Ben Matthews
Junior School Captain
The production Little Shop of Horrors would not have been possible without the crew. Thank you for making everything possible, because without you it would be a pretty dull show. Congratulations on being part of something so special and helping out extraordinarily!
Jenna Casamento
Junior School Captain