From the Principal

2022

It has been wonderful for our students and staff to have a full year onsite and be able to offer our full program of events and opportunities. To each and every student and staff member of Frankston High School, I sincerely thank you for everything you have done this year. I am so very proud to work with each and every one of you. To our entire school community, I wish you all a relaxing and safe holidays, an enjoyable Christmas period, and look forward to seeing everyone in 2023.

Optima Semper!

Mr Andrew Batchelor

Principal

2022 VCE RESULTS

We are thrilled to be sharing with you the Year 12 class of 2022 VCE results. They are as follows:

DUX – Charlotte Redey ATAR: 99.2

James Wylie: 99.1, Lu’isa Harrasser 99

Thomas Higgins 98.55, Marc-Oliver Sawaya 98.4, Leith Murray 98.25

Riley Lovick 97.8, Abigail Kang 97.15, Venise Felix 97.1

Oliver Craig 96.65, Ruby Zhang 96.35

Lis Maria Jobi 95.9, Guy Read 95.7, Luke Ostrowski 95.25

50 – English – Congratulations to Ms Emily Sykes

50 – Media: 2 students in 2 separate classes – Congratulations to Ms Annie Griffin

50 – Physical Education – Congratulations to Mr Brett Cook

50 – Psychology – Congratulations to Mrs Ebonie Burley

Congratulations to the Further Maths team, the Outdoor and Environmental Studies team and the Healthteam on some excellent results.

5 perfect study scores of 50 (as above)

40+ scores = 10% of students

18% of scores over 90 = top 10% of the state.

42% of scores over 80 = top 20% of the state.

An incredible 59% of scores over 70 = top 30% of the state.

Median study score = 31

Mean study score = 31.58

Thank you to ALL Year 12 teachers for your outstanding efforts with our students this year.

Thank you to ALL teachers from Year 7 to Year 11 who also have made such a positive difference to these students. Despite the challenges of absences again this year, our students have remained resilient and thrived thanks to all of our dedicated staff.

Thank you to Ms Helen Wilson, Ms Carla Caminiti, Mrs Kelly Mitchell, Mrs Sharon Bourne, Mrs Sharon Koning, Mrs Kelly Lin, and Mrs Mel Donegan for their efforts this year in maintaining high expectations with wellbeing support and a positive learning environment for our Year 12 students.

Retirement Announcement

We have a number of staff retiring at the end of this year after many years of outstanding service and contribution to Frankston High School and State Education. We thank them for their positive contributions to our school and the huge impact they have had on the lives of young people and their families.

We wish them all the very best for an enjoyable and relaxing retirement. The staff are:

Mrs Sally Bredin
Mrs Deb Bretherton
Mrs Ellen D’Ambra
Mrs Cathy Hogg
Mrs Rosemary Lardner
Mrs Di Paul
Mr Craig Ridoutt
Mr Greg Sargent
Ms Helen Wilson

Teaching Excellence Program

Congratulations to Mrs Stephanie Heyes, Ms Emily Vogt, and Mr Jon Christie on being accepted into the second intake of this program offered by the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership in 2023. Ms Colette Joannidis, who is joining us in 2023 (English), has also been selected to participate. It is a wonderful opportunity for these staff members and for our school to be so strongly represented is great recognition of the quality of teaching here at the school.

Netball Victoria – 2022 Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Mr Chris Sutcliffe who has been awarded the 2022 Teacher of the Year by Netball Victoria. This is a fantastic achievement to a very deserving recipient. Mr Sutcliffe has dedicated many years to building our outstanding netball program at Frankston High School which has impacted so positively on the lives of so many students and their families.

Early Commencement

It has been great to see so many excited students with the beginning of our Early Commencement program which ran last week for 2023 VCE/VM students, and continues this week for students in Years 8 to 10 in 2023. Our Early Commencement program allows students to meet most of their teachers for 2023 and to experience their new subjects. The work covered during this time becomes part of their assessment for Semester 1 next year.

Portsea Lifesaving Camp

Well done to Mr James Cameron for organising and leading a wonderful Lifesaving Camp at Portsea during Week 9. Thank you also to the following staff who attended and supported the camp: Mr Adam Martin, Mr Joshua Smith, and Mr Rowan Cameron. They were supported by some alumni students in running various activities throughout the week, along with members from Portsea Surf Lifesaving Club. I had the pleasure of attending and being ‘rescued’ by students who were able to demonstrate high level skills. We are excited for the students/lifesavers who completed their qualifications to begin or continue their patrolling experience at Portsea Back Beach throughout the summer. A big thank you to the wonderful team at Portsea Surf Lifesaving Club for their efforts and connection with our school.

Year 7 2023 – Information Evening and Orientation Day

We held our Year 7 2023 Information Evening on Tuesday 29 November to a full audience of families whose children are joining us in Year 7 next year. We welcomed these students on Tuesday 13 December for their Orientation Day. The day began in the Performing Art Theatre (PAT) with an assembly before students were dismissed into their 2023 classes for a fun filled day of activities. Thank you to Ms Samantha Cody, Mr John Simon, Ms Phoebe Macreadie, Ms Catherine Kyriakos, Mrs Sharee Dew and the Junior Sub School Team for their efforts organising these events.

Mr Andrew Batchelor

Principal