News and Excursions

what has been happening around JMSS

The International Olympaid for Astonomy (IOAA)

The first Australian team participating in the international olympaid for Astonomy (IOAA) and Astrophysics is currently preparing for the event. They had a workshop at school with local community member and demonstrator for the Astronomical Society of Victorian Colin Pickthall. Then on Friday night they met at Mordialloc Beach for a viewing session (and pizza).

They are looking forward to applying their skills to the competition challenges.

~ Dr Penelope Hale

JMSS Careers Expo 2025

The JMSS Career Expo was held on Tuesday 3rd June at JMSS.

This was a great opportunity for our students to find out about different course providers and courses. We will had representatives from: Monash Uni, Melbourne Uni, La Trobe, Swinburne, RMIT, Deakin, Deakin College and the Defence Force.

This was an opportunity to ask uni reps about courses, scholarships, pathways and about uni life and what to expect.

2025 Inter-School Chess Tournament

Twelve members of the JMSS chess team competed in an interschool tournament consisting of 10 schools and 134 players in total.

After 7 rounds, Alex Fischbacher and Khoi Nguyen both scored 6 points and finished tied for second place in the individual standings.

Jonathan Moroshko and Mor Yang both scored 5 points each, helping JMSS to finish joint second in the school competition.

Credible performances came from Jayden Kurniawan, Selby Thompson, Felix Lopata, Gabriel Das and Adithya Shyam ((4.5 points each) and Damaris Augustine, our sole female player with 4 points.

All the forementioned players have qualified for the Finals Tournament, due to take place on October 9th at Xavier College.

More details from the tournament can be found in this link: Link here