Manager Corporate Services 

Secondary Assistance Scheme $235.00 / $115.00 

Closing Soon - 6 April 2023

The Department of Education provides an allowance to assist eligible families with secondary schooling costs. To be eligible for the allowance the parent/carer must hold a Centrelink Family Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or a Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card that represents a statement of low income for the family.

The allowance consists of two components:

• $115 Clothing Allowance which will be paid to the parent/carer unless indicated on the application form that you wish it to be paid to the College.
• $235 Education Program Allowance which is paid directly to the College and will be deducted from contributions and charges.

Boarding Away from Home Allowance (BAHA) $1,350

The Department of Education makes available a student Boarding Away from Home Allowance each year to families with children attending primary and/or secondary school and boarding in residential accommodation.

The allowance consists of two components:

• Agricultural Special Subsidy which applies to all students in residents who are not in receipt of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) from the Department of Human Services (Centrelink).
• AIC Subsidy which applies to all students who are currently in receipt of AIC from the Department of Human Services (Centrelink).

If you are yet to complete an application form, access the forms in Compass under Community > School Documentation > Financials.

Use of General Email Addresses

In this time of staffing changes and staff leave, it is important to remember when emailing the College, to use one of our general contact email addresses. This is to ensure your query will be dealt with efficiently by the correct team. 

Our contacts are:

denmark.wacoa@education.wa.edu.au – for all general queries, enrolment applications, complaints and feedback.

denmark.wacoa.adminstaff@education.wa.edu.au – for all queries relating to students including attendance, excursions, appointments, and any other front office query.

denmark.wacoa.finance@education.wa.edu.au – for all queries relating to student billing, subsidies, allowances, payment plans, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Following on from the Attendance Note tip in the last newsletter, parents and carers are reminded to monitor their Compass Portal for any Attendance Notes that may be required in situations where your child has been marked not present without an explanation.

You will see an alert on your home screen that will look like this:

To enter an Attendance Note, follow the instructions in the attachment below. 

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