School Highlights
International Women's Day Morning Tea
On Friday 6 March, two of our School leaders, Kaitlyn Truong and Bridie Linehan, organised a morning tea in celebration of International Women's Day (IWD). Our School psychologist, Sally Kenney, was invited to speak at the event.
After providing context of the history and purpose of IWD, Sally spoke about the social and financial disadvantages still faced by women in Australia today.
Students were encouraged to work together and support each other to identify and challenge stereotypes and discrimination, to stand up to harassment and be strong in asserting their rights to have a voice in their world. They were reminded that their strength is in their unity and that, to quote Maya Angelou, 'each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women'.
It was a great occasion for everyone!
Quills Awards Night at the Melbourne Press Club
Andrew Moore, Year 11
I had the opportunity to attend the 2019 Quill Awards on Friday 6 March. On the night, my role was to present each of the trophies/awards to journalist and news presenter Alicia Loxley as she presented them to the recipients.
Through this, I got to meet some of Australia’s most influential journalists. It was an amazing night; moments such as Bruce McAvaney’s standing ovation when he won the lifetime achievement award, and when Michael Wilson was awarded the Gold Quill for his photo ‘the Kick’.
It was a really worthwhile experience. Through it I learnt a lot about all the work that goes on behind the scenes of the newspapers and news programs we read and watch every day.
Trisha Matthews, Year 11
The best of Victorian Journalism was celebrated on Friday 6 March at the Quills Awards dinner held at the Melbourne Press Club.
It was amazing to realise the amount of work taken to produce a report, not only from journalists or TV presenters, but also from photographers and other behind-the-scenes workers.
The highlight for me was meeting Anne Connolly from the ABC who won The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist Award for her investigations in the aged-care sector.
It was a rewarding evening, and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to attend!
Debating Report
Iva Roncevic, Debating Coordinator
Congratulations to our debating students for successfully taking part in the first round of debating for the DAV regional competition held at Kilvington on Wednesday 26 February. We had five new teams representing Kilvington in the VCE and D Grades.
Results from the night:
VCE Grade
- KGS1 (Year 12) 228 defeated Bentleigh Secondary College 218. Luke Kiosoglous was best speaker.
- KGS1 (Year 11) 228 defeated Our Lady of Sacred Heart 2 225. Hamish Bruce was best speaker.
- KGS2 (Year 11) 226 defeated Our Lady of Sacred Heart 1 225. Trisha Matthew was best speaker.
D Grade
- KGS1 229 defeated Our Lady of Sacred Heart 2 224. Tilly Gason was best speaker.
- KGS2 224 were defeated by Our Lady of Sacred Heart 1 226.
The next round of debates will be held on Wednesday 25 March.
Congratulations also to Hamish Bruce, Year 10, who has been selected for the Victorian State Team Squad (VST). The VST Squad is a group of 13 debaters in Years 10-12 from across Victoria who were selected from a series of trials to receive extra coaching. The top four debaters will ultimately be chosen to compete at Nationals in Tasmania, alongside three reserves, after a final training session on 15 March.