SCHOOL Notices

Pathways report for our Class of 2024

Our Class of 2024 graduates have now received their December, January and first round of February tertiary offers, following a year of excellent VCE results. The students received a range of exciting offers across a diverse range of university and vocational education (TAFE) courses. The offer process will conclude soon.

204 students received one or more tertiary offers via VTAC. 154 students have received an offer for their first, second or third course preferences. Many students received more than one offer.

The breadth of the courses being undertaken by our students is impressive and ranges from Biomedicine to Communication Design, Architectural Design, Commerce, Criminology, Exercise & Sport Science, Engineering, Health Science, Journalism, Law, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Nutrition Science, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Paramedicine, the Arts, Education, Project Management, Science, Psychology, Fashion Styling, Screen & Media, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and many more.

Our students will be embarking on their tertiary journeys across a range of different universities, including the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University, Swinburne University, ACU, Victoria University, La Trobe University, RMIT and Federation University. We also have many VCE VM students commencing vocational education courses at TAFE colleges across Victoria, including at Chisholm, RMIT, William Angliss Institute and Swinburne University.

We would like to congratulate our Class of 2024 on their outstanding accomplishments, and we have no doubt that they will make great contributions in their chosen fields.

Ms Michaeli Lyon

Careers Coordinator

Year 12

bigpond.com ERROR

Currently there is an issue with email delivery to bigpond.com email addresses. This has nothing to do with our network or Compass, it is a Bigpond issue.

If you are using @bigpond.com accounts you might be missing important emails from our school.

If you are a bigpond user, please provide an alternative email to the School Office as soon as possible.

Email office@fhs.vic.edu.au

Accessing the JacPLus Textbook

Dear parent/carers

The technical issues have now been resolved, and students should be able to access the mathematics textbook in the following way.

Go to www.jacplus.com.au
Click login and enter their school email address (e.g. abc0001@fhs.vic.edu.au)
In the page that opens, enter their school email again.
Then enter their password – same as their Compass password.
Bookshelf should open and they should see their textbook there.

If students are experiencing further difficulties, they should seek support from the IT team.

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION DATA (NCCD)

REMINDERS | No student pick-up or drop-off is permitted in the on-campus car parks. Please make arrangements with your child to organise a pick-up/drop-off location off-campus. Parking is available in the streets surrounding each campus.

CROSSING THE ROAD | REMINDER TO BUS TRAVELLERS

All students who travel to and from school via the public buses are reminded to only use the black and white ‘zebra crossings’ on Towerhill Road and Foot Street to get to and from bus stops, before and after school.

Traffic is extremely congested on the streets before and after school. It is not safe for students to cross the roads anywhere but the zebra crossings at any time, but especially before and after school. Parents/carers are asked to discuss with their children, the importance of this matter.

STUDENT SUPERVISION | BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL

Please be aware that teachers are on duty in the grounds on the:

7-10 Campus: from 8.30am until 3.40pm.

Senior Campus: from 8.00am until 3.40pm.

It is advisable for students to arrive at school after supervision begins unless they have:

scheduled class time
a planned activity (eg semper squad)

Please note that some buses leave after the conclusion of yard duty. Students are expected to behave in a responsible manner when in school uniform, before and after school.

STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Parents are reminded to advise the school of any change in diagnosis and treatment of their child’s medical conditions immediately.

The school is prohibited from administering any over the counter medication, including panadol and antihistamines. If you would like your child to have access to these, or any other medications, you must have provided it, with your child's name and form, to the First Aid Attendant.

IMMUNISATIONS

Your information will be provided to Frankston City Council in March.

If you do not wish for your details to be provided, please advise the school in writing (office@fhs.vic.edu.au) by Monday 17 February.

The vaccination dates allocated to Frankston High School are listed below.

Year 7 Students

Thursday 24 July

Vaccines:

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Whooping Cough

Year 10 Students

Thursday 15 May

Vaccine:

Meningococcal

COMPASS APP

DOWNLOAD NOW and Stay up to date!!

Compass App is a great way to access your child's timetable, see scheduled learning tasks, approve events, read latest school notifications, school reports and many more.

STUDENT COMPASS CARDS

Keep your card in your laptop bag, student diary or pencil case and present to:

sign in and out of the Compass Kiosks
borrow books from the library
access printers/photocopiers around the school
borrow sport equipment
purchase items at the canteen and
also use as an ID Card for public transport/concessions.

Lost cards must be replaced. Replacement cards can be ordered from Compass for $10.

HOUSE NAMES

The Indigenous house names are: Tir-Rer, Barrbunin, Brim and Yawa. Practice pronouncing the new Indigenous house names – click on the audio links below: