Principal's Update
by Ms. Kellie Ind, Principal
Box Hill High School
Term 4 School Milestones
Term 4 has been a time of celebrating milestones at BHHS: we said goodbye to our Year 12 students in their final assembly prior to their exams starting, we celebrated some wonderful individual results by students in subject competitions, and we have officially started the new Tech Centre upgrade project!
But the biggest milestone this term has been the School Review which happened in week three.
School Review
Our School Review panel consisted of our School Council President, Kajaal Fox, Challenge Partners, Deb Harmon (Principal, Balwyn HS) and Glenn Morris (Principal, Doncaster SC), our Independent School Reviewer, Carol Every, and myself, as School Principal.
It was a full day of meetings with students, staff and parent focus groups, classroom observations and of course review and discussion of student learning and wellbeing data.
It was a day of celebrating many successes with our key improvement targets, and the School Reviewer highlighted some outstanding work by leadership and staff in achieving strong results. The School Review report and 2027-2030 School Strategic Plan (SSP) will be made available to the school community once it is finalised.
Year 12 Celebrations
On Friday 16 December, we celebrated the end of 13 years of schooling with our Year 12 students and families at a breakfast in the Quad, which was followed by the final Year 12 Assembly led by the 2026 Prefect Team. There were speeches, videos and talented performances by students and staff.
The Year 12 students also created a thank-you video to each of their teachers – the common theme of what students valued in their teachers was humour, passion for the subject and caring support! Although it is currently busy with exams, the formal celebrations will take place at the upcoming Valedictory on Friday 20th November.
Media Event at BHHS to kick off VCE Exams
We also welcomed to the school our Deputy Premier and Education Minister the Honourable Ms. Gabrielle Williams, Member for Box Hill Paul Hamer, and the CEO of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) Andrew Smith on Tuesday 27 October at the start of the English Exam with Channel 7, 9 & 10 news coverage of the students before and after this first exam.
CEO VCAA Andrew Smith, Member for Box Hill, The Hon. Paul Hamer MP, Deputy Premier and Education Minister, The Hon. Gabrielle Williams MP, & BHHS Principal, Kellie Ind
CEO VCAA Andrew Smith, Member for Box Hill, The Hon. Paul Hamer MP, Deputy Premier and Education Minister, The Hon. Gabrielle Williams MP, & BHHS Principal, Kellie Ind
Outstanding student achievements
Ms Ind, Mr Innes and AMC High Achievers
Ms Ind, Mr Innes and AMC High Achievers
We have also had some outstanding student results in different strength areas recently and I want to congratulate our strong math students who achieved highly in the Australian Maths Competition, with:
5 High Distinctions: Jerry H (Y7), Tony N and Michael X (Y8), and Diya A and Vivian L (Y10)
43 Distinctions
37 Credits
A special mention must be made about Ethan G (Y7) who achieved very highly and won the ‘Best in School’ prize.
World Teacher's Day
Thank-you for all the families and students who sent kind and encouraging messages to staff on World Teachers Day last week – they were so lovely to read!
Happy Diwali
And finally, Happy Diwali to many of our families who celebrate this special event!
