College Principal Report

Start to the year

We have had a very smooth start to 2022 with the students and staff looking forward to what we hope will be a normal school year. All the students I have talked to have expressed how happy they are to back at school.

 Most aspects of school life have returned to normal with excursions, incursions, camps and sports all happening again. 

Student Leaders for 2022 

I would like to congratulate our Student Leaders for this year, and I am looking forward to working with them.

Council Elections

The election process for the 2022 Keysborough College school council has been carried out and I would like to welcome the following parents and staff and parents to the council

* Please note that we have two vacancies remaining for parent representatives. If you would be interested in joining our school council, please email me directly on john.baston@education.vic.gov.au.

The process of electing our two students representatives is continuing and will be finalised before our March council meeting. 

Building project

Our building project took a big step forward this week with potential builders visiting the school to help them prepare their tenders to build the new facilities. A reminder of those facilities are::

At Banksia campus: 

• “Administration Building Construction”. To construct a new administration facility for the campus in line with that already existing at the Acacia campus. Demolition of existing thereafter.
• “New Car park Construction” to increase the capacity for on-site parking for staff, parents and visitors and to provide a safe drop off and pick up point for the inter-campus bus and families transporting students.

At Acacia campus:

“Refurbishment of existing Music Department”. To construct a new Music facility for the campus in line with that already existing at the Banksia campus

We are expecting completion of these works by the end of the year

Year 7 Meet and Greet

On Wednesday 9th March our annual Year 7 ‘Meet and Greet’ will be held on each campus where the parents of our students (plus of course the students themselves) are invited to come to the school between 6::00pm and 7:00pm to meet the teachers of Year 7

Parent Teacher Interviews

Our Term One Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews will be held on Tuesday 5th April. We will be holding them via WebEx from 12:00midday to 7:00pm

More details to follow through Compass

COVID update

The mask rules have changed for everyone this week and our students and staff will not be mandated to wear masks, however, all members of the college community are encouraged to wear them when not able to socially distance. It is also very important we continue to sanitise our hands as often as possible and socially distance when we can. 

More rapid antigen tests have been distributed to students and we ask that testing continue to slow the spread of the virus. The school has received 106 air purifiers that we have placed around the school in accordance with DET guidelines 

Contact details 

Would you please ensure that your contact details are updated if they have changed since last year. Recent events have emphasised the importance of the school being able to contact you by phone, email and by post if necessary. Please contact the General Office at your students’ Campus if your details need updating.