School News
Henry Kendall High School announced Year 12 student Holly Miller as the school’s recipient of the 2020 Caltex Best All Rounder Award, one of Australia’s most prestigious secondary school prizes.
Holly joins a select group of secondary students around Australia who have received a Caltex Best All Rounder Award for excellence in their studies, on the sports field and for their work in the community.
Holly has been enthusiastically involved in school sport, representing Henry Kendall High School in Futsul, soccer, Oztag and running. She is a proud Aboriginal woman and has been an influential advocate for Indigenous education in our school. She has also contributed to the local community through her MAX Potential project and significantly through her role as School Captain, through which she has represented the school at a variety of functions and ceremonies and has been an excellent leader and role model.
Academically, she has performed well due to her motivational dedication to her studies. We would also like to recognise her achievement of highly commended for the Dame Marie Bashir Peace Award, for which Holly is only one of four students in the State to be recognised for fostering peace, harmony and leadership.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Halliday, said the Australian fuel and convenience company was proud to have recognised generations of students like Holly since the awards began in 1985.
“I congratulate Holly Miller and wish her well as she moves into the next phase of her life,” Mr Halliday said.
Holly joins an exclusive list of Caltex Best All Rounders to have been recognised over the past three decades.”
The Caltex Best All Rounder Award has been presented to thousands of final-year students around the country across its 35-year history.
As a proud Australian business that’s been part of local communities for more than a century, Caltex seeks to acknowledge the all-round contribution that each student makes to their schools and communities, their leadership abilities and the good example they set for others.
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This year has been a tough one for many, and the HKHS Global Awareness Action Team would like to invite you to make life a little easier for some. We are taking part in the Shoebox Revolution Challenge providing a little Christmas cheer to those in need. We are asking for donations of goods, and shoeboxes, that will be delivered to people without homes living on the Central Coast. Non-perishable food, toiletries or Christmas treats appreciated - see attached list for ideas.
Ms Dani Bath
Teacher - Special Education
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Year 11 organised cupcakes for Year 12 as a way of celebrating their final year at Henry Kendall High School. The beautiful gesture was appreciated by Year 12 and the cupcakes were delicious.
The cupcakes were made by an ex-student who now runs her own business – Ezzy’s Cake Creations – 0435 424 599
Ezzy’s cakes can be viewed online www.facebook.com/Ezzyscakecreations
Please support this local business ... the cakes are great!
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In the September school holiday’s, with scores compiled nationally from juniors across Australia, Greg Brien of Year 10 has won the 2020 Jack Newton Junior Golf COVID Cup.
Greg has been playing at Gosford Golf Club for four years. In 2019 he won the Gosford Open Amateur, and has just successfully defended his title of Junior Club Champion.
Greg will be competing in the Brett Ogle Junior Masters at the end of November.
Congratulations Greg !!
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Central Coast P-TECH Mentoring Program Celebration
On Thursday 12 November Year 9 iSTEM students celebrated the 2020 Mentoring Program with Kariong Mountains High School and TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus.
The morning was a virtual event with students and over thirty mentors celebrating opportunities for the future and the P-TECH Program as a global initiative.
Key note speakers shared their experiences as Program mentors and our students had the opportunity to share what they had learnt about themselves whilst participating in the Central Coast P-TECH Mentoring Program.
Year 9 student Julie Fabroa spoke on behalf of Henry Kendall High School. Answering the question “What would you say to other young adults considering getting involved in the P-TECH Mentoring Program?", Julie responded:
“I would love for anyone to get involved with this program the fact that I came into iSTEM thinking I would do only stuff like hydraulics etc, and I got to be apart of P-TECH was a great inspiring opportunity for me, and I think it would be for anyone. Even if we didn’t plan to pursue a career in STEM, I think we all took something away from P-TECH that we can use in our everyday lives. So, if you get the chance to be a part of P-TECH I would strongly recommend you to give it a try.”
Mrs Jay Blue
Head Teacher
Applied Learning
P-TECH Coordinator