Mornington Regional Gallery Art Awards
GRACE MITCHELL & SUZANNE ECKERT
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery School Art Awards. The judging of the Friends of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery School Art Awards took place on Saturday 4 August and it is with much excitement to announce that Grace Mitchell of Year 10 has been selected as a finalist by the judging panel.
Grace’s work will be hung in the Mornington Gallery from 21 September - 18 October, with the winners being announced at an award ceremony taking place on September 24 from 5 - 6:30pm.
Suzanne Eckert of Year 9 has been selected for a Packing Room Prize by the Friends of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery School Art Awards Committee. Suzanne’s work will be hung at Antipodes Bookshop and Gallery, 138 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento from 10 August – 26 August as part of the Highly Commended, Packing Room Prize and Encouragement Award recipients.
The judging panel were delighted by the high level of creativity and artistic skills displayed by our students.
Congratulations girls, a fantastic achievement.
Ms Holderness
Visual Arts Teacher
Grace Mitchell
Susan Eckert
HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE UPDATE
Two weeks ago, we held our second Trivia night that was very successful and enjoyed enormously by all. The event was well attended and we even had to create an extra table to accommodate all of the teams. We had teams made of parents and friends, the teachers and the HPV kids had their own teams. The winning team was appropriately called ‘the Winners’. The trivia night along with the silent auction raised a massive $2000, which is being used to buy the additional trailer we need to transport our four vehicles.
More importantly, a HUGE WELL DONE to the kids, led by Amelia Rickard who organised the entire evening, from booking the venue, writing the questions, organising and collecting donations for the auction and setting up the online ticket buying service.
Last weekend, a group of our parents organised and ran a sausage sizzle at Bunnings and raised an additional $1940. A HUGE thank you and well done to Michelle Acheson and Jo Berry who organised and coordinated the whole thing, Keith Edwards for sorting out the food donations and to the other parents and kids who came and helped on the day.
It is a huge privilege to work with such amazing kids and dedicated parents. Without this combined effort the HPV Team would not be where we are now. Our young people never cease to impress both myself and others in the College and community. They are an inspiration to all those around them.
Heidi Lockyer