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From the Chaplain

I love my job! I had the privilege in the last two weeks to participate with two of our sporting teams. These were the Intermediate Basketball and Year 7 Volleyball teams, who both made it to the regional finals. I could not be more proud of both of those teams that participated at such a high level.  I’m not even referring to the high level in regards to being in the regional finals but more about the high level of effort, passion and hard work demonstrated when they were faced with adversity. Both the basketball and volleyball teams played against schools with specialised sporting programs focused on crafting skills in specific sports. Our school brought a team of students just committed to giving their best. Our students pushed these elite schools to their limits and nearly came home with the gold. We didn't yield the outcome we all desired but I hope as I spoke with the students that they remember, effort is so much more important than the result and we proved to ourselves that when we believe in each other and our team we can take it up to the best of them!!  Both teams narrowly missed making it to the finals which would have meant taking our teams to compete at State!!  Well done teams you did the college proud but more importantly your parents and families as you applied yourselves to the very end of each game we played!!

Adam Bryant

Chaplain (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs) 

RSC Heritage and Alumni Group News

Students leaving school this year may be preparing their first CVs or job applications for their future years.  This committee can help students who are preparing their CVs, or they can take advantage of our trial interview offer to de-mystify what happens at an interview.  Being properly prepared for an interview allows the student to concentrate on the interview itself rather than being distracted by the unfamiliar interview procedures.  Our experienced interviewers can assist with this, as well as offer pointers on what interviewers are looking for when they ask some seemingly odd questions.

Students can request an interview at a time to suit by contacting their Careers teacher or by calling the Convenor, Barry Ring on 9725 7535 to make a time for your interview.  They can also contact me at barry.ring@bigpond.com  for an appointment or for further information.

We have been conducting these trial interviews for more than 10 years now with much success.*

This is one of the services this volunteer committee provides for this college.

The group comprises mostly of past students and some retired teachers who are a valuable asset.

*This is based on student feedback and Careers teachers’ comments over those 10 years.

Barry Ring

Convenor - RSC Heritage and Alumni Group.

Arts and Technology Exhibition 2019

A large gathering of the college community attended the official opening of the Art and Technology Exhibition on Tuesday 22nd of October. It was very pleasing to see so many enthusiastic teachers, parents, students, family members and guests.

Our Visual Arts Prefect Fraya Jordan (Year 12) hosted the opening and announced the Creative Arts and Technology Awards with the assistance of our House Captains Suki Marsden (Year 11) and Charlotte Jackson (Year 9). All three students were excellent ambassadors and displayed fabulous leadership skills.

Cr. Kylie Spears Deputy Mayor (Arrabri Ward Councillor) Maroondah City Council officially opened the exhibition with an inspiring speech about the importance of encouraging critical and creative thinking and the value that the Creative Arts and Technology disciplines have on students’ career pathways and employment opportunities.

Lisa Higgs, the president from the Ringwood Art Society, presented the Graeme Hildebrand Award. This award recognises Graeme’s passion and contribution in the arts and education. His bequeath gives financial aid to developing artists through Ringwood Art Society. In conjunction with Ringwood Secondary College and in the name of Graeme Hildebrand, we were very pleased to continue his wishes by awarding a prize to a deserving student at the exhibition opening. The 2019 Graeme Hildebrand Award for an outstanding Year 10 student was awarded to Jarrod Ridgeway. Congratulations to Jarrod for demonstrating significant learner qualities including persistence, hard work, resilience and teamwork in the Visual Arts.

Thank you to everyone who voted for the 2019 People's Choice Awards. Congratulations to the following Year 12 students:

Studio Arts                                                     

Ngun Len Sung Cen Hrang                

Product Design and Technology – Wood       

Dylan Burr

Visual Communication Design                       

Lachlan Brown

Product Design and Technology – Textiles     Melanie Arthur

Media                                                             

Cody Wake

Congratulations to the winners for the Express Yourself Art Competition for submitting such creative artwork around the themes: interests, hobbies, values, beliefs, family and self-identity.

Lucas Ananiadis Year 8H

Maya Garrett Year 7A

Anastasia Clarke 8I

Congratulations to our students, and the local primary school, who successfully completed the Art Scavenger Hunt.

Hannah Day Year 7I

Wendalyn Yu Year 8B

Nick Zhang 10F

Eastwood Primary Students:

Jaiya Kutasara 5/6E

Oliver Hanly Grade 6

A huge thank you goes out to the woodwind music students Catherine Buckingham, Tiffany Hayes, Gimhan Senevirathne, Hannah Walne, Nick Zhang and Leo Zhou for performing at the exhibition opening. A special thank you to Ms Rosemary Kenna who led the students.

The Arts and Technology faculty would also like to thank the following music students Will Vandermeer, Rachael Brown and Stephanie Henry for their contribution on the night and to Mr Dane Sorensen for facilitating these performances.

We greatly appreciate our student volunteers for their time in assisting with various jobs on the opening night: Abby White (7A), Keira Scott (7A), Ashlea Keys (7H), Sahara Sinclair (7H), Isabella Burdan (7I), Mia Grasso (7I), Jay Kennon (7I), Isaac Yau (7I), Nina Zhou (7I), Rose Sherwood (9H), Lucy Ahearn (9J) and Xiangyu (Shaun) Yu (9H).

This exhibition would not have been possible without the incredible support of all the Visual Arts and Technology staff. Everyone worked tirelessly to ensure everything ran smoothly before, during and after the exhibition.

We are immensely proud of our students and were delighted to showcase their artistic talents. They created a fantastic variety of work, ranging widely in discipline and theme, but all executed to a high standard. We are proud to showcase their work in all subject areas within the Visual Arts and Technology Learning Area such as Art, Visual Communication Design, Studio Arts, Media, Photography, Wood, Textiles, Food Studies, Digitech, Materials, Computer Aided Design, Robotics, Information Technology and Systems Engineering. We offer a wide range of visual arts and technology subject choices at RSC in the Curriculum. The RSC staff aim to foster their students passion in these subjects, to develop advanced skill levels, and to encourage all students to achieve their own individual style. Our students further benefit from the critical encouragement and companionship provided by other highly motivated Art and Technology students.

Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to the wider school community for their attendance and support of the 2019 Arts and Technology Exhibition.

Looking forward to seeing you again next year!

Dina Mihailidis

Head of Visual Arts

Respectful Relationships Student Voice Forum

On Thursday 24th October, Audrey Goodman, Jessica Suares, Alannah Simpson, Emily Young and Holli Budd took part in the Respectful Relationships Student Voice Forum at Ringwood Federation Estate.

During the year the students have been preparing a gender equality and respect audit of Ringwood Secondary, and presented their findings to the Department of Education, Yarra Ranges Council and Edvos. The Student Voice team want to create a safer place for students to have their concerns on respect and diversity heard without judgement or bias. Michael Phillips also presented to the forum, made up of many state, independent and Catholic schools in the Eastern Region.

Benn Jamieson

Facilities

Recent activities on the Facilities front includes:

- New flood lights installed on RT Hill St wall and replacement of several security lights around the school

- Additional camera works around the school

- Oval works are now in full swing in preparation for the summer season

- Framing, electrical and plastering works on our long awaited Wellbeing building project

- Major Building works: Installation of below ground services for the new senior school including fire, power, communications, gas and sewer lines are nearing completion

- Facilities Committee meeting- Thank-you to our parent committee members who recently attended the last Facilities meeting of the year.

The Facilities Committee is a group of dedicated parents who make a great contribution through meetings and working bees to improve the school environment.

Chris Salisbury

Facilities Manager