A great start to our 2022 school year

It has been wonderful to see the return of our students to their classrooms and we look forward to another successful year of learning. Our staff have been hard at work, planning for the year ahead and in line with our 2021-2024 Strategic Improvement Plan. I have no doubt that we are well placed to respond to any challenges that 2022 may send our way. We look forward to building on our successes from 2021.

At the end of last Term, Mr Sutton was seconded by the NSW Department of Education to take of the Principal in Residence position at the Schools Policy unit until the end of Term 2. This is a fantastic and greatly deserved opportunity for Mr Sutton. We wish him all the best and look forward to his return in Term 3!

In Mr Sutton's absence, I feel very privileged to relieve as Principal, Ms Sahid will relieve as Deputy Principal and Ms Truong will relieve as Head Teacher - Social Sciences.

At Cecil Hills High School, our deputy principals move up with their grades so the same deputy principal maintains responsibility for your child’s education for their whole high school experience.

These are the grade responsibilities for our three deputy principals in 2022:

Mr Joel Howard – Year 7 and Year 11

Mrs Julia Cremin – Year 8 and Support Unit

Ms Adia Sahid – Year 9 and Year 12

Mrs Christine Lord - Year 10 and Year 6 (2023)

Sources of Advice

Teachers work in partnership with parents. Our teachers have the knowledge of teaching and parents have the knowledge of their child. I encourage parents who have any questions or concerns to contact the school so that issues can be resolved quickly and fairly. As a large school, there are many sources of advice for parents who have questions:

Head Teacher – English	Felicity Wicks
Head Teacher – Mathematics	Tom Cordin
Head Teacher – Science	Jason Brame
Head Teacher – Social Sciences	Belinda Truong
Head Teacher – History and Languages	Sean Griffiths
Head Teacher – PD/H/PE	Daniel Carrozza
Head Teacher – Technology	Lee Miller
Head Teacher – Creative and Performing Arts	Andrew Faga
Head Teachers – Welfare	Julian Floriano and Joshua Dunn
Head Teacher – Support Unit	Mary Lukose and Nimrod Jacob (Tuesday)
Year 7 Advisers	Joshua Banks Rania Zaidan
Year 8 Advisers	Karina FaganAmy Preston
Year 9 Advisers	Nikolina Cupac Kevin Nguy
Year 10 Advisers	Vivian Phan Andrew Faga
Year 11 Advisers	Morgan Howard Nathan Collins
Year 12 Advisers	Marija Miletic Josh Dunn

In the first instance, it is preferable to speak with the classroom teacher or subject-specific head teacher for classroom matters. For other issues, parents should contact the relevant year adviser who will be able to assist. We also have school counsellors, a student support officer and coordinators of other support programs including our diary program. It is always best to contact the school early if you have any questions or concerns.

HSC Results

I congratulate our teaching staff and students on another set of excellent HSC results. We are all very proud of the achievements of our most recent Year 12 group which are even more remarkable considering the level of disruption these students faced over the last two years. In 2021, students at Cecil Hills High School received 50 x Band 6 results (a mark over 90%). In addition, our students received 240 x Band 5 results (a mark between 80% and 89%).

Special congratulations go to Felicia Leong who earned a Band 6 in every course!

It has been a pleasure to hear from our HSC students and learn of the courses they received entry into and it is a testament to their collective hard work as a grade in unprecedented circumstances.

Our annual Year 12 Recognition Evening has been postponed and will be held once we are able to congratulate our class of 2021 face to face.

New staff

There are a number of new teachers joining Cecil Hills High School in 2022. We are very fortunate to have some experienced teachers from other schools joining us. I would like to welcome the following teachers to our school:

English: Sheena Kumar
Science: Malak Dubois, Matt Clough
History: Francis Floresca, Chelsea Fisher
PD/H/PE: Mohamed Chehade, Nikolina Radmanovic
TAS: Dan Luzinski, Alex Colussi
Languages - Maria Siutz
Library - Namarig Hadi
School Counsellor - Liberty Nguyen

Welcome Year 7

Welcome Year 7 students and parents, especially families who are new to Cecil Hills High School. Year 7 students are working with their teachers magnificently to be respectful, responsible and successful learners. When one student was asked on his first day how he had found the day and how he would rank it out of 10, he replied ‘I would give it 11!’

Parent Information Sessions

Our first online Parent Information Session for 2022 will be held at 6:30pm on Monday, 7 February 2022. This session will have a focus on our new Year 7 students and include a Q&A with our Year 7 Advisers. This will be followed by a short P&C meeting for those who wish to stay online.

I look forward to working with the staff, students and parents of Cecil Hills High School, the best school in NSW!

Michael Lane

Relieving Principal

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