Cranbourne Campus News

Campus Assembly

The Campus Assembly on Tuesday that precedes the final Year 12 Assembly on Wednesday can tend to be a little overshadowed.  Therefore, it is important to highlight some of what we celebrated.

Ms Angela Gargano awarded individual certificates to students in Years 7 & 8 and acknowledged the classes that achieved the most hours of reading.  It was good to accumulate the total reading hours according to the houses and award points towards the McGuigan Shield.  The 2020 competition begins in Term 4 and Glowrey House has captured the early points with their voracious appetite for books.

A number of French speaking students were acknowledged for their achievements in the French Competition.  A number of them then impressed us by singing a beautiful French song.

To round off the great diversity of talent we also awarded medals to two SIS champion teams from Term 3 competition.  The Senior Girls Netball and the Intermediate Touch Rugby teams were both acknowledged for their achievement.  Congratulations to the respective coaches Mr Chris Landman and Mr Phil Cooper and the following students:

Intermediate Touch Rugby

Senior Netball

Year 12 Awards

The final Year 12 Assembly is an opportunity to recognise publicly the achievements of students throughout the year and in particular focus on the graduating class.  The following awards were presented:

1. Long Tan Awards

The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Awards started in 2006 to recognise those who demonstrate leadership and teamwork within both the school and the broader local community.  At the same time they recognise those who display strong values such as doing one’s best, respect for others and “mateship”, characteristics that are integral to Australian society.  Recipients of a Long Tan Youth Leadershp & Teamwork Award receive a certificate and financial reward - $250 for a Year 10 student and $550 awarded to a Year 12 student.

Leading Seaman Medic Kimberley Griffin from HMAS Cerberus joined us to announce the 2019 winners.  Congratulations to the following students who were nominated and the winning students – Milly Cortese (Year 10) and Jonathan D’Rozario (Year 12):

Year 10:

Milly Cortese  (MacKillop)

Aishwarya Jaganathan (Marian)

Annie Keniseli (Glowrey)

Rubi Rose (Avila)

Gurvisha Singh (Romero)

Adelle St Mart (Kolbe)

Year 12:

Harman Dang (MacKillop)

Jonathan D’Rozario (Augustine)

Callum Kolasa (Avila)

Chloe McLaughlin (Assisi)

Ashwin Palanisamy (Marian)

Darcy Paulka (Romero)

Mikayla Van Der Velden

2. Cranbourne Community Awards

Our State Member for Cranbourne, Ms Pauline Richards MP, instituted three awards this year to celebrate our local youth in areas about which she felt passionate.  It was an honour to have Ms Richards come and speak at our assembly and present these inaugural awards. Congratulations to the following Year 12 students:

Shantelle Mattei (Kolbe) – Community Spirit

Darcy Paulka (Romero) – Academic Perseverance

Emelia van Soest (MacKillop) – Healthy Eating & Active Living

3. Caltex All Rounder Award 

For over 30 years the Caltex Best All Rounder Award has been presented to thousands of final-year students, acknowledging their all-round contributions to their schools and communities. Recipients should excel in these categories, though not necessarily all of them:

• Academic – achieves scholastically across a range of subjects
• Attitude – willing to help others; makes selfless contributions
• Personal conduct – exemplary at all times
• Leadership – a role model for other students
• Service – participates in school and community activities
• Sport – represents the school without necessarily being a champion
• Arts – participates enthusiastically in the cultural and artistic life of the school

Ms Marlene Jorgensen, Deputy Principal – Learning & Teaching presented this award. The Year 12 students are nominated by their House Leaders and then a panel selects the winning student.  This year’s nominations were:

Congratulations to Jonathan D’Rozario on winning this award. Jonathan particularly exemplified great leadership, attitude, personal conduct and commitment to sport.  We wish him well in the future, particularly in his developing cricket career.

David Hansen

Deputy Principal - Head of Cranbourne Campus