2017 SRC & Junior AECG

Junior AECG members - Nyassa Wright, Kyah Johnstone, Jesse Murray, Jaylee Dunn, Imajen James & Jeleaha Cutmore

SRC 2017

Cowra High School recently appointed its Student Representative Council for 2017. Congratulations to the following students!

Year 7 - Mikelli Garratt, Sam Haeata, Kimball Sullivan, Amelia Clements

Year 8 - Kate Rowston, Lowanna Murray, Havannah Greening, Lara George, Finn Ryan, Ponie De Wet

Year 9 - Ashleigh Saunders, Anna James, Amelia Sharpe, Talitha Brown, Jakob Walker, Luke Wilson, Marcus O’Connor

Year 10 - Victoria King, Maisie Thompson, Erika Sullivan, Sam Long, Tristan Judd, Noah Ryan

Junior AECG

Cowra High School inducted their inaugural Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) office bearers the week before last.

Forming part of the leadership teams in other schools within the district, this is the first Junior AECG established at Cowra High School. Newly elected Junior AECG President Jesse Murray believes the opportunity for Indigenous students to contribute to Aboriginal Education at Cowra High was an important progression. “The main thing is that Koori students can now have a voice about what things are taught, how they are taught and the activities that we think will be beneficial for us academically and culturally,” he said. “Two main projects have emerged from our initial meeting where we discussed the need to overhaul our current acknowledgement delivered at assemblies to make it more meaningful and to investigate the possibility of integrating Wiradjuri language into the school curriculum. We also have representatives that will report to the Cowra Local AECG. We hope that this will strengthen our links to other schools and community organisations.”

Cowra High Principal, Charles Gauci, also welcomed the new addition. “The Junior AECG will help guide our decisions about Aboriginal Education outcomes and provide us with feedback regarding programs that already exist at Cowra High,” he said. “It also provides other leadership opportunities for our Indigenous students and enhances communication skills which equips them well for life after school.”