College Matters

Message from the School Council 

This will be my final School Council newsletter article as my daughter and her cohort of Year 12 colleagues are in the final stages of the learning ahead of studying for their VCE exams.

I have been on School Council for nearly five years and over that time have seen many wonderful changes at our school.  Many classrooms have been renewed or renovated, the grounds have been freshly landscaped, new shade cloths have been installed, we have a new logo, and we have a new principal in Linda Brown.

I am confident that these changes will continue after I leave School Council as I am happy to report, that at this month’s school council meeting, we had a presentation from a leading School Architect where he laid out a Masterplan for the future of MGSC.  At the concept design stage only, this Masterplan included a recommendation for a new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Centre and a new main school building. 

In other news, the School Aerobics team performed superbly having competed at the National Aerobics competition on the Gold Coast over the weekend. The Dynamos (a team made up of Years 9, 10 and 11 students) finished 6th and The Untouchables (Year 12) finished 4th, just missing out on third by 0.2 of a point! 

I have found the role of School Councillor rewarding and interesting and a great way to get involved with the school community. With my daughter leaving the school this year, my term as a School. Councillor comes to an end.  I would encourage any parent who wants to contribute to the running of the school to consider nominating in 2019.  

Richard Elstone

School Council member 

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Assessment and Reporting

Rochelle Dickson, our Director of Assessment and Analytics has updated the assessment and reporting guide for parents. This can be found on Compass under School Documentation, which is located in the Community tab on the menu at the top of the page. The guide is also on the website under the Curriculum tab. http://mgsc.vic.edu.au/curriculum/assessment-and-reporting-guide-for-parents/

PFA thanks

Thanks to the following members of the PFA who looked after front of house duties for the recent production of Wonder in Aliceland: Jo Baxas, Anna Borek, Jane Briffa, Bella Ciurej, Michelle Lafferty, Sujo Lee, Miriam Maguire, Linda McIntyre, Ales Nebesky, Robyn Salisbury, Elizabeth Semmel and Emma Walker. Your support of the students and of the college is greatly appreciated.

Parent Opinion Survey

To all the parents who were randomly selected to participate in the online Parent Opinion Survey - the closing date has been extended to Sunday 2 September. Parents can submit completed online surveys until 11.59pm Sunday. Thanks to those who have already submitted responses.

Ms Carol Duggan & Ms Bronwyn Moline

Assistant Principals