Annual Privacy Reminder

Fairhills High School collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy

Please take time to remind yourself of the school’s Privacy Policy, found on our website at https://www.fairhillshs.vic.edu.au/page/70/Policies

General Office

Office hours: 8.15am to 4.15pm

Telephone: 9758 5022

Parents, contractors, visitors and volunteers should always make contact with the General Office first when visiting the school or requiring to make contact with their child.

Appointments with teachers must be made via telephone or email.

In 2021 our office personnel are:

Mel Nicholson – Business Manager: Finance/HR Manager

Carol Charles – Executive Assistant to the Prin & BM/Accounts Payable/website and media

Michelle Hodson – Accounts Receivable: family accounts

Susan Kindler – Receptionist/VET Enquiries

Sharon Cocks – Attendance Officer

Barbara Dwyer – Careers and Reports & Data Assistant/SSG & VASS administration

We look forward to working with you when you call or visit us.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF)

Applications are now open.

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities. From 2020, the Victorian Government is investing an additional $160.9 million for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund over the next four years. This has been bolstered further with an additional $28.6 million announced in the 2020-21 State Budget for the 2021 school year. This funding will help ensure more than 220,000 government and non-government students from lower-income families are able to participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.

Payment amounts this year are $225 for eligible secondary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please contact the school office on 03 9758 5022 and ask for an application form. Once the forms are completed, please return to the General office as soon as possible.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx?Redirect=2#link80

Asthma/Diabetes/Anaphylaxis/Epilepsy

Asthma/Diabetes/Anaphylaxis/Epilepsy

ASTHMA, DIABETES, ANAPHYLAXIS, EPILEPSY or an ALLERGY management plans are required to be updated and submitted to the school every 12 months. Please ensure you have provided this to the office in the best interest of your child.

If you require any assistance, do not hesitate to contact the office on 03 9758 5022

Saver Plus

Saver Plus is delivered in the Greater Dandenong area by Berry Street. Eligible parents are invited to join the program to prepare for their back to school expenses in 2022. Upon completion, ANZ will match your savings up to $500 for education-related expenses.

Saver Plus is a free ten-month program that provides financial education and matches your savings goals dollar for dollar, up to $500.

Build money management skills
Become a regular saver
Achieve financial goals

To be eligible to participate in Saver Plus you must:

be 18 years or over; and
be a parent or guardian of a student attending school, or be attending or returning to vocational training yourself; and
have a current Health Care card or Pensioner Concession card and an eligible Centrelink payment; and
have some form of regular income from work (you or your partner) - cash in hand income and Centrelink child support is acceptable.

Please click on the links below for further information:

Student Absences

If your child will be absent or late due to illness or for any other reason, parents/guardians are able to:

Mark their absence on Compass
OR
Send an email to the school: fairhills.hs@education.vic.gov.au
OR
Phone the absence hotline is available on 03 9758 5022. Leave a message after the prompt. The absence hotline is operational 24hrs a day, 7 days a week for your convenience.

If a student arrives at school late they should report to their classroom teacher.

If a student is required to leave school early for any reason they should bring a note from their parent/guardian and record this on Compass. All students are required to sign out from the office.

2021 Year Level Coordinators

Year 7 – Ms Marguerite Kuhne

Year 8 – Ms Ying Qin

Year 9 – Mr Gary Johnson

Year 10 – Mr Tony Hitchman

Year 11 – Ms Leanne Henderson

Year 12 – Mr Julian Stokes

Year 7 and Year 10 Immunisations

As part of the National Immunisation Program, Knox City Council’s Immunisation team will be visiting Fairhills High School to provide free scheduled vaccines to all Year 7 students (12-13 years old) and Year 10 students.

For more information, please see the post on Compass.

Parents/Guardians will need to provide their consent on-line before 26 February 2021 – links listed below.

Year 7

The recommended doses for each vaccine offered in Year 7 are as follows:

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - two doses over 6 months
Diphtheria/Tetanus/Whooping Cough - single dose to boost previous child doses

Year 7 - Fairhills High School - Vaccine Consent Form

Year 10

Year 10 students will receive the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine

For your child to receive these immunisations at school, please see the post on Compass.

Parents/Guardians will need to provide their consent on-line before 26 February 2021.

Year 10 - Fairhills High School - Vaccine Consent Form

Contact Details

If you have changed any contact details (phone numbers / address / place of employment) - please let us know via Email fairhills.hs@education.vic.gov.au so we can update your records.

Art

Year 9/10 Art