Principal's Notes

Hi everyone

Please enjoy this edition of ‘Healesville High Connections’. Whilst remote learning remains in place we will continue to publish this newsletter weekly, to support the connection between school and home, to recognise the outstanding achievements of students and staff and to provide a little levity in what are extremely difficult times.  

Congratulations to the many contributors this week and to the many students recognised for their recent achievements. Congratulations to this week’s stars – Jack, Chantelle, Nikita, Sienna, Blake and Holly, and to Brianna, the subject of this week’s Hidden Talent section. Thank you to those appearing in ‘5 questions’; Sienna, Ruby, Mr Coady, Tyler, Blake and Barb Mathieson. Interesting things make Mr Coady smile!

I was very pleased that Mr Denis Brown and Ms Sue Parry were recognised in ‘1982- Year in Focus’. Along with Mr Whykes, who was acknowledged in a previous edition of Connections, Denis and Sue are staff members who have made substantial and long-lasting positive contributions to our school and any opportunity to again recognise such contributions is most welcome. 

Congratulations to the winners of the Science Week prizes and thank you to Kerry Davies and the science faculty staff members for ensuring National Science Week was appropriately celebrated.

Well done to the Year 10 ‘Explore Exotic Delights in English’ students and their teachers and to the Connect 4 winners and organisers. We are so fortunate to have so many talented students and so many dedicated, enthusiastic, inventive and tireless staff members.

A very entertaining ‘Then and Now’ article appears this week, featuring Mrs Morley. Evidently Mrs Morley was inspired to become a home economics teacher by her nana, a cake shop owner, and by a fabulous home economics teacher Mrs Morley had as a student. I feel Mrs Morley was destined to work in a job somehow connected with food when you consider that her maiden name was Shelley Bacon!

I am sure you will be aware of the ‘roadmap’ presented recently by the Premier Daniel Andrews. Conditions remain incredibly challenging for all Victorians but I look forward to reconnecting on-site on October 12 with our Year 11 and 12 students, Year 10s completing a VCE subject and the Talbot Room students.  As well I plan to say ‘hello’ to those students scheduled to sit the GAT on October 7.

 Finally, I hope for a rapid reduction in COVID numbers, allowing all other students to return to on-site schooling sooner rather than later. 

Best wishes everyone – stay safe.

Allan Rennick