Dear Parents/Carers,

“Empowering students for learning and life”

We welcome staff and students back for the final term of the year. I trust all had a restful and enjoyable holiday. Towards the end of last term we said farewell to Mrs Jessica Weissenfeld who went on maternity leave. We wish her and her family all the very best as they get ready to welcome the new addition to their family. Term 4 is a very busy term, finalising assessments and activities for 2018 and preparing for 2019. Planning for 2019 has already begun, finalising subjects in the senior school and organising the new Academy program for 2019. We look forward to a very productive term.

2018 School Captains

Eight of our Year 11 students nominated for 2019 Year 12 School Captains. All eight presented their speech first to a panel of 3 – Ms Lauren Shaw (Student Voice Leader), Mr Anthony Brannan and myself. They impressed the panel with their passion, public speaking skills, pride and vision for our school. They will now go on to present to the whole staff an abbreviated version of their speech next Monday 15th October during morning briefing. They will also present to their Year 11 peers next Monday. We wish all of them good luck in their upcoming presentations. Voting for the preferred four will be extremely challenging, based on what we have seen to date. We will announce the successful candidates in the November newsletter.

Year 12

Our Year 12 students are in their final 3 weeks of formal classes. The Year 12 VCAL students are finalising their work and ensuring they have met all their outcomes to ensure the successful completion of their Senior VCAL certificate.

The Year 12 VCE students are in the final stretch of their coursework and getting ready for the end of year exams. They will have a lot to celebrate in December when they have achieved their personal best, through hard work and determination.

We are very proud of all our Year 12 students and wish them the very best of luck in finishing of their 13th years of formal schooling. We look forward to celebrating the completion of their final year of schooling and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

Presentation Ball

This Friday, 12th of October a number of our Year 11 and 12 students will be involved in the Presentation Ball. They have worked very hard this past term practicing their dances, shopping for the appropriate attire and they are all very excited and looking forward to Friday night. A very special thanks must go to Mr Darren Tuite who has worked tirelessly organising the event, supervising the rehearsals and ensuring that all involved were ready for the evening. We look forward to celebrating with our students.

Special Events for our School Community

A great deal of work has taken place over the last term by our Student Voice Leader (Ms Lauren Shaw), Our Performance Leader (Ms Claire De Niese), our Community and Innovations Leader (Ms Sue Carroll) and our Wellbeing Team (Ms Jaime Rees, Ms Mel Pagano, Ms Nicles Bestel and Ms Eve Mills). Many events for our students have been organised, including but not limited to:

Casey Tech working with our students in STEM
Involvement in the CMY CurioUS Project – creating a culture that celebrates diversity and a greater understanding and appreciation of different cultures
Pasifika Program- mentoring and leadership
Whole School Days – Wear it Purple Day; R U OK day
Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School – Performances at Afghan Day and Polyfest
4Cs
Showcase
Interschool Sport
City Week
Casey 360 Bus
House Competitions
Working with our Primary Schools – Introducing Science
Melbourne Football club/AFL clinics

On Friday 2nd of November the City of Casey One Youth Group will be presenting to our Middle School students a performance and motivational talk on resilience, high expectations and highlighting the different programs that are on offer to support young people in the Casey area.

Konnie Prades

Principal

Wellbeing

Wear It Purple August 31st

R U OK Day

World Mental Health Day

Teen Mental Health