The Hamilton and Alexandra College 150th Annual Speech Day will be held on Friday 21 October.

This is always a very special event in the school calendar, and we are excited to honour this occasion in our 150th year with our College parents and guardians back in attendance.

We have now reached capacity in the Simons Auditorium; therefore we will be live streaming the events via the following link: 2022 Speech Day

Please free to share this link with family and friends and you can watch this in real time, starting at 1.30pm, or whenever is convenient to you.

LEADERSHIP 2023

The new student leadership team for 2023 was announced in assembly on Wednesday and will be formally inducted at the Senior School Speech Day on Friday 21st October. We are exceptionally proud of all our Year 11 students, and we know they will lead with empathy, respect and humility.

The entire process for selecting each of our school leaders (prefects) is, in my opinion, exhaustive and transparent.

Each student from Years 7 to 12 was invited to vote for House and School Captains.
Staff were invited to cast votes for School Captains.
Every Year 11 student was encouraged to submit a formal application, together with a resume to their Head of House.
Every Year 11 student was formally interviewed by the Head of House.
Students short listed by the Head of House to be School Captain or SRC President were formally interviewed by the Principal, Deputy Principals and Head of Senior Years.
The Pastoral Care Committee, consisting of the Principal, Deputy Principal Wellbeing, Head of Senior Years, Head of Middle Years, Director of Boarding, together with Heads of House met to make recommendations for successful candidates.
The Principal appoints the successful candidates on the recommendation of the committee.
Unsuccessful candidates are invited to speak to the Head of House to discuss their application and seek guidance.

Congratulations to the 2023 Leadership Team:

School Captains Grace Macpherson and Rufaro Makore

School Vice Captains (SRC) Catherine Richardson and Lachlan Rees

Boarding Sarah Andersen and Henry Dennis

Berry Margo Hocking and William Merrin

Learmonth Georgia Baker-Miller and Tobe Adamson

Laidlaw Edward Williamson and Johann Rentsch

Young Amy Innes and Millie Davidson

Sport Zoe Hill and Henry Bensch

Middle Years George Pern, Hayley Spence

Social Service/ Welfare/ Natalie Ung

Environmental

Year 12 Matters Chloe Jones and Ben Potter

Publicity/Events/Collandrian Tessa Ingham, Crystal Slape

International Programmes Dominic Wong

CO-CURRICULAR CAPTAINS

Athletics Captains Zoe Hill and Lachlan Rees

Basketball Tessa Ingham and Jock Barrie

Clay Target Shooting Charlie Duver

Cricket Georgia Baker-Miller and Henry Bensch

Cross Country Zoe Hill and Tobe Adamson

Debating/Public Speaking Catherine Richardson and Alec Watson

Drama Nicholas Northeast and Daisy Henry

Football Georgia Baker-Miller and Tobe Adamson

Hockey Sarah Andersen and Will Merrin

Horsemanship Bella Chow

Library Catherine Richardson

Music Millie Davidson and Nicholas Northeast

Netball Chloe Jones and Hayley Spence

Racquet Sports Dom Wong and Yong Seoung Ly

Rowing Amy Innes and Will Merrin

Soccer Hannah Croft

Swimming Lachlan Rees and Grace Macpherson

Miss Kristen Waldron

Acting Principal

The Hamilton and Alexandra College Newsletter

Sesquicentenary Year - issue 68 · 13 Oct 2022

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