Senior School News
I would like to welcome back all students, parents and staff. I look forward to another successful year working with our teachers and students to further improve the learning outcomes of our senior school students.
A special welcome to the Senior School Leadership team:
Mr Simon Cameron (Senior Sub School Leader and Year 12 Coordinator)
Mrs Ellen D’Ambra (Year 11 Coordinator)
Ms Nicole Filippou (Assistant Year 12 Coordinator)
Mr Con Neratzoglou (Assistant Year 11 Coordinator)
Mrs Carolyn Walsh (Careers Coordinator)
Ms Kirsten Bakker (Student Wellbeing Coordinator)
Mrs Sharon Koning (International Student Coordinator)
Ms Mindy Fischer (Senior Office Manager)
Mrs Carolyn McIver (Senior Coordination Assistant and VET Administrator)
If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact any member of the team.
OUTSTANDING VCE RESULTS
I would like to congratulate the Class of 2016 on their outstanding VCE results. In particular, congratulations to Albin Joy who was the DUX of Year 12 with an ATAR of 99.55. Albin has our sincere best wishes as he embarks on his university studies – Bachelor of Law (Honours)/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).
In addition there were two perfect study scores of 50: Jack Higgins and Josh Gardner, both in Further Mathematics. This is an outstanding achievement.
Congratulations to the following students who received the top study score in these subject areas:
The following students are to be congratulated on achieving outstanding ATAR scores:
Natalie BROOME
Jesse BUCHER
Monique BURT
Dharma CALLANAN JANKOS
Tia CANT GIBSON
Madison CHILD
Shane COULTER
Milly COX
Sarah DIGOLIS
John ELDHO
Christopher EVERETT
Alyssa GRIFFITHS
Lewis HAMPER
Tanisha HANCOCK
Khoa HOANG
Albin JOY
James LILLEY
Jing LU
Callan MCCRIMMON
Erin MCKINNEY
Scarlett NOORMAN
Hannah OPALUCH
Abram POZNANSKI
Shiyue QIU
Stebin STEPHEN
Chaya TIKTIN
Thomas TONROE
Jonathan VAN TOOR
Samantha WESTLAKE
Guo Cheng YUAN
Zexin YUAN
These results are a reflection of the excellent teachers at Frankston High School. I am full of admiration for the professionalism, motivation and commitment shown by our teachers in ensuring all students maximise their learning outcomes.
I would also like to acknowledge the outstanding support and opportunities given to our Year 12 students by the Careers Coordinator, the Year 11 and Year 12 Coordinators, Ms Kirsten Bakker, Mrs Koning, Mrs McIver and Ms Fischer.
SENIOR SCHOOL PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
We have a very important parent information night that we would like you to note in your calendars.
It will be held on Monday 13 February in the Senior Presentation Area at 7.00pm. Issues such as VCE requirements, assessment, study scores, tertiary selection and parent support will be discussed. The evening is tailored to assist parents of all Years 11 and 12 students undertaking VCE. Our parent information nights are invaluable and I look forward to seeing parents at this information night.
YEAR 12 MOTIVATION DAY
All Year 12 students will attend a Motivation Day on Friday 10 February at Monash University, Peninsula Campus.
The agenda includes: Motivational Speaker (Tristan Millar), Principal’s Address, Elevate “Study Sensi” presentation, Elevate “Time Management” presentation, careers session and a Year 12 Q and A panel.
Thank you to Ms Filippou and Mr Cameron for the organisation of this day.
IMPRESSIVE START TO THE YEAR
It has been an excellent start to the 2017 school year. The students were motivated and focused and it is pleasing to hear so many positive comments from teachers on their classes. Teachers have been very impressed with the students’ work ethic in completing homework set during the early commencement week. Students in the senior school should be completing 2-3 hours of homework each night. Students should also be consistently revising their class notes on a regular basis in preparation for assessments. Overall, it has been an outstanding commencement to the term and I sincerely thank all teachers, students and parents for all of their efforts.
I look forward to the year ahead as we continue on our journey of learning, reflecting the school’s vision “together we become purposeful learners”.
Ms Helen Wilson
Senior School Principal