Around the College
Refu-Me Challenge
This term the Year 9s have been fundraising towards the Refu-Me Challenge, an Australian Lutheran World Service initiative which creates awareness around refugees all over the world and raises money for refugee children to go to school. On Friday 15 September, our Year 9 students engaged with a Refu-Me Challenge Day, where they attempted to participate in as many of these challenges as possible, which provided them with a tiny taste of what it is like to live like a refugee. These challenges included walking 6km along the Dry Creek Trail with a bucket, eating a piece of flatbread for recess, minimising use furniture in the classroom, and participating is some lessons without electricity or technology, along with many home-based challenges like completing homework via candlelight.
This is the final week to contribute to our Refu Me Challenge fundraising efforts, where each Voyage class have been competing to try and raise the most money to go towards ALWS. Take a look at our Go-Fund-Me pages to discover more about the initiative and contribute towards the good cause!
Rachael Piro
Year 9 Year Level Leader
Entrepreneurs at Endeavour
On Wednesday we were fortunate to welcome two successful Entrepreneurs to Endeavour to speak to the Year 7s about their business journey. Dineth Abeynayake, founder of Foxie Games, is an old Scholar of Endeavour who graduated in 2005 and has since built a successful game development company in Adelaide.
The students were excited to hear about the process of mobile game development and how Dineth was able to build on his engineering background to then follow his creative passions. He shared how his first few games and projects were in fact unsuccessful, and conveyed an important message about how through failure, we are given valuable learning opportunities and through persistence and patience, success will follow.
Eric Varga, owner of skate and surf wear shop, Mv2 at Noarlunga, kindly made the trek north to also speak to the Year 7s. He shared his insights on the highs and lows of running a business, and discussed the importance of hard work, resilience, and passion and that running a business can be an extremely rewarding experience. The students found both speakers captivating and were then able to ask both Dineth and Eric a range of questions.
We are extremely grateful to both business owners, for being so generous with their time, and providing such a valuable learning opportunity for Endeavour’s budding young entrepreneurs.
Kelli DeLacy
Business Innovation Leader
Endeavour's Got Talent
Endeavour’s Got Talent is a long-standing annual tradition. Many of the students come to watch and support this event in the Mall during an extended lunchtime. This year, we had seven acts and four judges comprised of two students – Year 12 students Noah Allouche-Sukkar and Lacey Hitchner – along with Principal Mr. Baird and Ms. Ackerley. Many of the acts showcased their musical talents. The winners on the day were Back Track, a senior rock band with Jemma Gardner, Nathaniel Graham, Jake Thompson, Harrison Camp and Austin Gillard performing Enter Sandman by Metallica. In second, Alex Fechner and Samantha Perryman who performed a musical theatre duet from Wicked and third Thomas Wake-Dyster who sang a song from Tick Tick Boom! The students’ favourite based on voting after the event was Jack Wake-Dyster who played masterfully on the piano. Congratulations to all performers who prepared and performed in front of the school for this event, and we look forward to seeing what talent is shared next year.
Chelsea Friedrich
Elizabeth Brown
Members of the Student Action Team
Business Innovation Week
The Year 11 Business students showcased their innovative start up ideas at Business Innovation Week, with some groups taking up the challenge of extending themselves beyond offering food and beverage items.
Their stalls offered a range of products, from multicultural-themed boxes, Serbian crepes and protein brownies to handy locker kits and motivational bracelets promoting positive mental health. The students were able to use the Endeavour College community as a means of testing their solutions to consumer problems, and they learned a lot from the feedback given through surveys and mystery shoppers’ reviews.
They also raised $219.42 for the Vietnam Veterans Charity.
Lianne Zilm
Business Innovation Teacher