Suzanne Cory High School

Parent News

Presentation Night 2019 | Wednesday, 9 October

Friends and family of Suzanne Cory High School are cordially invited to save the date for the annual Presentation Night - a celebration of student academic and creative achievement throughout 2019!

 

Presentation Night is an event for the whole community, and parents and families are warmly encouraged to attend. 2019's event will be at the Melbourne Town Hall, located in the centre of the Melbourne CBD. The evening will consist of live music, student art, student speakers, and the presentation of Academic Subject and House Colour Awards.

 

Tickets will be available for purchase in Week 10. Please refer to the booking links on Compass or in the next newsletter for more information.

 

Students of Suzanne Cory High School attend the event for free, and do not require a ticket. Please be aware that students will be seated with their year levels, and not with families. All students will be expected to attend Presentation Night.

 

Suzanne Cory Presentation Night 2019 | Wednesday, October 9th

At the Melbourne Town Hall - Main Hall (90-130 Swanson Street, Melbourne)

Doors Open: 7:00pm | Presentation Commences: 7:30pm

Wellbeing News | SCHS Student Support Services

Recently, we saw some major changes to our well-being department, particularly within the counselling team.  We are now staffed with highly qualified members, comprising of a psychologist, Ms Boon Chin Oh who has recently joined us at the beginning of Term 3. Ms Oh’s experience spans 3 countries - across Malaysia, Singapore and now Melbourne, where she is specialising in educational psychology and assessment for school children and youths. We are also fortunate to have Mr Pat Cavanagh, who has had over 40+ years of experience as a Psychiatric Nurse and currently a Div 1 RN, with a particular interest in promoting men’s issues. He has worked alongside Ms Bec Cavanagh, who is an experienced counsellor (with over 7+ years), specialising in behavioural management in school settings around rural Victorian schools as well as operating her own business. She will now also manage an e-counselling service on Mondays and Friday which has just been introduced as part of the multidimensional service we provide as part of the well-being Support Services at SCHS.

 

The Cavanaghs are certified, Animal-Assisted handlers and also come with everyone’s favourite new additions to the well-being team, Nelson (male, chocolate Labrador) and Zaija (female, brown/white Staffordshire bull terrier) who are fully trained, certified therapy dogs.  Nelson is 2 years old and has been working as a therapy dog for 1 year, and Zaija, who is a rescue dog, just received her full certification in early August, 2019 and will be 2 years old in October. Both therapy dogs have been a delightful presence not only to the well-being department, but to SCHS overall. 

 

In a school such as Suzanne Cory, where many students experience various levels of anxiety due to stress regarding high-level academic performance and results, Nelson and Zaija are in a perfectly appropriate environment to assist the well-being department and have both been very valuable in providing comfort and support to students in times of distress.  So far, it has been working well and we thank Mr Colin Axup, our forward-thinking principal for facilitating such a service. 

 

The newer staff who have joined the remaining counsellor, Ms Lina Paye, who joined SCHS in July, 2017 after working as an International Student Counsellor in Suzhou, China, help make the well-being department, (now called the SCHS Student Support Services), a more well-rounded, effective team with the level of expertise to support students with various challenges at all levels.

 

Appointments with counsellors (including e-counselling) can be made via Compass.

 

Ms. Lina Paye

Wellbeing & Careers Support

Edrolo Learning Resources

Edrolo is an online study resource for VCE and HSC students. Edrolo provides on-demand and unlimited access to online video lessons presented by experienced teachers. Perfect for both struggling and advanced students, Edrolo incorporates detailed and comprehensive video lessons, interactive quiz questions, a Study Planner, bookmarking capabilities and more to help students stay on track and do their best. Edrolo also provides powerful data tools to help teacher track  their students’ progress and target their teaching as exams draw closer.  Students can watch videos before class to come prepared and better understand your lessons, or they can watch lessons after class to consolidate their learning. Edrolo is also an invaluable revision tool, with short videos arranged by topic that allow students to target their study before exams.

 

Implementation: This has been in use at SCHS for all Unit 3&4 studies from 2016 and parents pay for this as part of their subject levies.  We are currently also trailing it with unit 1&2 in the sciences, though I’m not sure if we’ll continue this next year.

 

Access: Students all have an individual account and most of them have already activated.  They should then get a full list of their eligible subjects on them, linked to their correct teacher.  After major subject changes we send Edrolo an update that reflect these.  If a student hasn’t yet activated:

  1. Go to edrolo.com.au/suzanne-cory
  2. Enter your surname and check that it recognises your correct first name
  3. Enter your email address and choose a secure password that you will remember
  4. Click ‘Let me in’
  5. Edrolo will send a confirmation email to the email address you used above – head to this email and click the activation link within this
  6. You'll then be logged into your account!

Western Chances Scholarship

 

Western Chances Scholarship provides opportunities and financial support for students living in the west of Melbourne. New applications will open July 22, and close August 30. 

 

To be eligible students must:

Live in the West of Melbourne

Demonstrate talent (Academics, Leadership, Music or Art)

Demonstrate financial hardship (Health Care Card, Centrelink support)

 

Please visit the above website for further details of the scholarship and eligibility requirements. You can also download a Sample Scholarship Form and Document Checklist to view the application process.

 

Students can visit Mr. Taig in Term 3 for assistance with the application.