Melba

Welcome back to term three.

We hope all Melba students and their families had an enjoyable winter holiday break.

The term is certainly off to a fantastic start with many students commencing new classes and our year 12 cohort undertaking their final term at Blackburn High School!

There have been many great events this term where our Melba Students have demonstrated our school values including inter-school sport, robotics competition, district athletics, and preparations for upcoming music performances.

We would like to acknowledge the departure of Kaitlyn Archer who has moved to another educational setting. Kaitlyn was a wonderful member of staff who played a major role in the development and success of the House Performing Arts and Drama programs at Blackburn High School.

We wish everyone all the very best for the remainder of the term and please continue to communicate with your child's mentor teacher as the first point of contact when required.

BHS School Value Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received school value awards as nominated by their teachers. These students have demonstrated outstanding Respect, Pursuit of Excellence and Citizenship. All students have been provided with the opportunity to nominate their peers for school value awards that will be presented later this term.

Respect

Hafez Yousefi

Pursuit of Excellence

Tanya Pazokian
Santi Reyes
Jumana Fakhri
Jessica Innes
Emily Bishop
Grace Hampton
Indi Hiep
Alisha Mohamed
Hamish Clarkson
Ancheng Xu
Tarun Kohli
Jordyn Kourmadias
Jackson Meng
Joel Carter

Citizenship

Tom Sutherland
Ashleigh Perkin
Lilian Banhidy

Big Science Competition

Congratulations to the following students who received awards for excellence in The Big Science competition:

Pratyush Sachan

Carlos Zheng

Melba House Fundraiser

The Melba House Fundraiser is fast approaching and is scheduled for Friday 26th August.

The Melba House Student Leadership team has been busy brainstorming and planning ideas in order to facilitate a fantastic day for all students and to raise as much money as possible for the Eastern Emergency Relief Fund.

Detailed information will be made available in the coming weeks however a summary of the day is as follows:

$2 donation for free dress

BBQ Lunch at the COLA

Bake Sale at the COLA

Just Dance & Karaoke

Carnival Style Games (Chocolate Toss and Cornhole)

Optional dress up theme: Pyjamas/Band Tee-Shirts

In addition to this, a food drive will be running to support the Eastern Emergency Relief Network (EERN) with much needed items to help those in need.

There will be tubs located at each of the House Offices and items that the EERN has specifically requested include:

500gram to 1kg packs of rice

bottles of pasta sauce

425gram cans of tuna

packs of pasta 500 to 1kg

long life milk - 1 litre packs

children's snacks

packs of tea

small jars of coffee

toothbrushes and toothpaste

500gram packs of lollies

450gram tins of ham

small packs of cereal

1 litre bottle of cordial

For every item that a student donates, their name will go into a house raffle to win a free lunch on the day. Any items are greatly appreciated.