From the Principal Team
What a wonderful term we have had. Our students have been involved in a wide range of programs already this term including the Swimming Carnival, interschool sports, Year 7 camp, Francophonie Celebrations, Cultural Diversity Week and Harmony Day, Alpine Leadership Camp, a range of excursions, lunchtime activities and more. You will read about many of these throughout the newsletter.
The Year 12 formal was a wonderful night – our students looked so beautiful and happy as they danced the night away.
We welcome Terry McGann – Careers and Pathways Coordinator starting this week and Mai Le – Integration Aide. Mai Le is starting beginning of term 2.
Mother’s Day Classic
12th May, Royal Botanic Gardens (the Tan).
Thank you to Celine and Kai for organising the GEC team. Last year the GEC team was the highest fundraising team in Victoria! Let’s see if we can do it again!
This is a wonderful opportunity for the GEC community to come together.
You can choose to run (4, 8 or 12 km) or walk (4 or 8 km).
The money raised will support research on breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
To register follow this link and make sure to join our team. If you can’t participate you can always help us achieve our goal by supporting us.
General Multi Classification Guide for School Sport
Multi Classification groups athletes who have similar impairments together into classes for competition in their particular sport. The classification assessment process is managed by the national federation for the sport, in conjunction with other system partners.
General information about classification and its role in sport may be found at https://www.paralympic.org.au/classification/
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please let me know as I can put you in touch with parents whose children are currently involved.
School Council Elections
I am delighted to announce our School Council for 2024 with positions now finalised:
President: Stephen Loyer
Vice President: Fiona Murrie
Treasurer: Issy Arieli
Parent representatives: Stephen Loyer, Issy Arieli, Fiona Murrie and Kate Branford join, Lance Voges
Staff representatives: Marc Lewandowski, Nick Hamer-Smith, Gabrielle Darvell and Loveena Narayanen
Student representatives: Asher Greenblat, Hari Krishna Mani
Community member: Pranit Praveen
Our Alumni
I am delighted with the continued progress of our Alumni led by our wonderful coordinator, Bridie Skinner (an alumni herself!). The focus this term has been to increase our connections with alumni, develop our social media pages and start creating conversations around bringing in alumni for on campus sessions. The Glen Eira College Alumni Facebook page has been our main source of communication to past students and the wider school community. This page has consistently been updated with alumni bios each Thursday. We have also used this platform to celebrate alternative alumni involvement within the school, for example, on International Women’s Day. You can visit the page at this link: https://www.facebook.com/GlenEiraCollegeAlumni
Finally
Sun Protection Policy - Please see the link to our revised policy recently endorsed by College Council.
We farewell:
- Matthew Polwarth who has completed his teaching degree – congratulations to Matthew. Matthew has been a long-standing member of the community at GEC and we thank him for his outstanding work in his roles as International Student Coordinator and Multicultural Aide.
- Paul Jenkins and thank him for his wonderful work in establishing our Vocational Major and his contribution in teaching Health, Physical Education and Food Technology
- Annalisa Buyks who has replaced Bernadette McIvor this term and thank her for her wonderful contribution to GEC
If you have any wonderings or feedback (positive or areas for improvement) please do not hesitate to call me at the school to talk or arrange a time to meet.
All the best for the upcoming term break.
Sheereen Kindler
Principal
Building our Community and Identity
Building Our Community and Identity Committee has been busy this term. The committee organised ribbon selling and a staff raffle for International Women’s Day. $306.90 was raised for the Supporting Girls Foundation.
Students and staff enjoyed having African music and dancing for Cultural Diversity Week. It was nice to hear African music from around the francophone world played at lunchtime and students and staff dancing to the tunes.
Loveena Narayanen
Assistant Principal
