News
Welcome to the new JMSS students
On Monday 2nd of December we welcomed all of our new Year 10 students who will begin officially in 2020! It was so wonderful to meet all the new confident young adults, excited and ready to learn.
The entire JMSS community welcomes you.
Orientation Days
New Year 11 Day
We welcomed the 33 new Year 11 students with a day of meeting their Buddies,touring the school, hearing from author Alice Pung and a visit to the Escape Room.
The students have settled in to JMSS life really well and said the following about the day -
‘It was a great way to mingle with other students and get to know the awesome spirit of the school, along with its positive learning atmosphere.’
‘Very welcoming and a caring atmosphere.’
‘The informative and helpful orientation day allowed me to get set up and ready for my next two years in JMSS’.
‘An incredible day that helped to bring me closer to my peers.’
Year 10 Day
The 202 students who have been selected to make up the Year 10 group for 2020, spent a day at school on 2 December. The main focus was time in House Assembly with their Peer Buddies, Mentors and other peers. After a BBQ, they all headed over to Monash Sport for some sporting activity. The enthusiastic and positive attitude was commented on by many people throughout the day. We look forward to them joining us in 2020.
Regards,
Malcolm Anderson
Head of Student Transition
Movember
Well done to JMSS MoBro for raising over $1600 for the Movember charity. Congratulations to Mr Thompson, Mr Mann, Mr McLean, Mr Anderson and Mr Mullen.
Alumni News
On Sunday 17th November, 3 Alumni students - Amitav Madan, Kailash Vinu and Angad Singh attended the awards ceremony at the BMW Head Office (Mulgrave) for the first BMW Your Melbourne 2019 student competition. The three ex-students won three of the four prizes available: 'Transport Infrastructure' (Amitav), 'Car Technology' (Kailash) and 'Sustainable Transport' (Angad). They each received $5,000 in prize money and a 6-month loan to BMW's i3 electric car. They reported that ‘It was also great to see the school name being put up’ – sincere congratulations to these students.
