Whole School News
Finance Reminders
Thank you to all parents and caregivers who have paid the Contributions and Charges for 2025. If you have not made a payment, your immediate attention is requested in finalising your account for 2025. Please contact the Finance Department at your earliest convenience if you wish to discuss payment of your children’s school fees. Please be reminded that debt collectors are used for all outstanding school charges.
**Please note that if compulsory subject cost remains unpaid, students may be removed from high-cost subjects and timetabled into alternative lower-cost subjects
Finance Department
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) New Portal
Applecross SHS has launched a new Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Portal in partnership with CompNow.
By purchasing your device through this portal, you’ll benefit from:
- ✅ Special education pricing
- ⚙️ Faster setup with support from our IT Department
- 🔐 Pre-installed school essentials:
- School firewall certificate
- NAPLAN browser
This means devices arrive fully ready to operate within the school’s digital ecosystem.
📲 Visit the portal here: Applecross Senior High School Portal
👉 Click here to access the BYOD Requirements
Ben Percival, Manager Technology Communications
Back in Action: Second Hand Uniform Shop!
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬! The P&C's 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 is reopening just in time for spring!
Grab quality pre-loved uniforms at budget-friendly prices while supporting a more sustainable school community.
📍𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧
🕒𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 (𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲)
🗓️𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 8 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬: 7:30–8:30 𝐀𝐌
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬: 2:45–3:45 𝐏𝐌
💳Cash & EFTPOS accepted
👕All items are washed & ready to wear
🎁Donations welcome at the Front Office or Student Services!
P & C Committee
Book Week 2025 – Competition Winners Announced!
We had an unprecedented number of entries this year, and the enthusiasm was incredible—especially for our Scavenger Hunt, which was the clear favourite!
A huge congratulations to our winners, runners-up, and notable entries! Your creativity, curiosity, and love for books shone through.
Scavenger Hunt Winning team!
Lucas Liang & Jinming Zhang (Year 9). You've each won a $25 Dymocks voucher—happy book shopping!
Runners-up: Olivia Hanham & Giorgia Pederzoli
(Year 8). You’ve each scored a fabulous Adventure
Tote Bag.
Bookmark Design Winner!
Isiah Bishop (Year 12). You've won a $50 Dymocks voucher—congratulations on your stunning design!
Runner-up: Chai Xuan Ng (Year 10). You’ve earned an Adventure Tote Bag and a book.
Notable Entries: Audrey Khose (Year 7) & Sukesh Sashi (Year 8). You’ve each won a novel of your choice.
Flash Fiction Winners!
I was blown away by the imagination and storytelling talent this year. It was tough to choose just one winner, but after much deliberation…
Congratulations to our winner: Chantelle Lai (Year 7). Your story, “The Library of Unfinished Lives”, was a standout! You’ve won a $50 Dymocks voucher—well deserved!
Notable Entries: These incredible storytellers have each won a Tote Bag and a Novel:
Zoe O'Donnell (Year 7), Josette Brown-O'Sullivan (Year 7), Amelia Bentley (Year 7), Dilki De Silva (Year 7), Paxton Outschoorn (Year 10), Takara Vivian (Year 12). Thank you to everyone who participated and made this year’s Book Week unforgettable.
Kerri Gur, Library Officer
Applecross SHS Specialist Tennis Program - Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
🗓️Saturday 13th September
📍Bunnings Melville
🚗Cnr North Lake Road & Leach Hwy
🌭Come and support AXSHS Tennis P&C
fundraising event
Chelsea Church, Tennis Specialist Teacher
Career Conversations Showcase 2026
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our inaugural “Careers Conversations Showcase” on Wednesday 1st April 2026, 8:30 am -11:30 am, to coincide with our first
Parent /Teacher Interview date.
We are in the process of organising this and would love to have some of our parents come and share their career journeys and experiences with our students.
If you are not available on this day but would be prepared and have the capacity to work with our students in the Career Development space on another occasion, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact Jenny Casserly at jenny.casserly@education.wa.edu.au to register your interest.
Message from the Health Centre
Spring is here, so please remember to pack antihistamines, nasal sprays and eye drops if your child tends to suffer pollen-related allergies. The school does not provide these medications; therefore, students are required to bring their own.
Kirsty Foreman, Health Centre