Parent Updates

Semester Reports Now Available on Compass

Semester Reports are now available for students and parents to access via Compass.

For Parents: How to View Your Child’s Semester Report

To support families in staying up to date with their child’s academic progress, we’ve created a short how-to video that guides parents through the steps to view Semester Reports in the Compass app. The video makes it quick and easy to access important information about your child’s learning—helping you stay informed and involved throughout their school journey.

Teen Mental Health Matters: A Webinar For Parents & Carers of students at Suzanne Cory HS

We are excited to be able to offer the online Teen Mental Health Matters: A Webinar For Parents & Guardians of students at Suzanne Cory HS.

This free event will be hosted by a Clinical Psychologist from Black Dog Institute for Parents & Guardians of Students at Suzanne Cory High School

The details for joining the Zoom are below.

ZOOM LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87284274085?pwd=I82u18eSXaVLD4s5pK5qUcDSeem6Sh.1

PASSCODE:  850855

WEBINAR ID:  872 8427 4085

Pre- and Post-Session Surveys

To ensure the Black Dog Institute are continuously improving and demonstrating the impact of their programs, they’ve asked us to share the following links with participants before and after the session. 

Teen Mental Health Matters: For Parents & Carers Webinar Survey

Mental health support during the school holidays

For parents seeking support during the school holidays – Help is available 

• Visit your local GP
• headspace Counselling: Parents or students can call or walk in to their local headspace centre. 
• eheadspace, online and phone counselling for young people aged 12 to 25 and their families: 1800 650 890 www.headspace.org.au/eheadspace
• Kids Helpline, online and phone counselling for young people aged 5 to 25: 1800 551 800 www.kidshelpline.com.au 
• Parentline, counselling and support for parents and carers: 13 22 89 https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/parentline
• National Medicare Mental Health Support make a free call to 1800 595 212 between 8:30am – 5pm weekdays (except public holidays) 
• Lifeline, crisis support and suicide prevention for all Australians: 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au
• Beyond Blue, online and phone support service for individuals experiencing depression and anxiety and their families: 1300 224 636 www.beyondblue.org.au (including translated resources to help parents and families support young people’s mental health). 
• Head to Help, digital mental health resources from Australian organisations: 1800 595 212 www.headtohelp.org.au/
• Suicide Call Back Service, online, phone and video counselling for anyone affected by suicidal thoughts: 1300 659 467 www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au 
• contacting 000 if you are in an emergency, or at immediate risk of harm to yourself or others

Compass

Parents are reminded to ensure they are regularly checking Compass for updates, events and news. Parents can also add attendance notes and see what their child has coming up in their weekly schedule.

Please ensure attendance note are added in a timely manner, please remember to include a written explanation when adding attendance. Below is a guide on how to create and absence note on Compass.

Did you know you can contact your child's teachers via Compass? If you need to speak to the Home Group or subject teacher the best way to contact them is via Compass. Below is an easy guide how to email your child's teacher on Compass.

Student Email

Student's are reminded that as well as checking their Compass Newsfeed, students should be checking their school email daily. There are many instances where staff need to contact students regarding important information by email. It is imperative that students develop good habits in checking their emails and not turning off notifications to ensure important deadlines are not missed.

Please remind your child to include this in their daily routine.

A - Z School Information

Suzanne Cory High School is committed to making information easy to access. 

To assist families locate and access a range of important information we have created an A – Z of school information which can be located through the School Documents tab within Compass.

Here families and students can access up to date information on a wide range of topics.

What information can be found here??

How to access this information: