Principal's Report

From the Principal

As we complete week four of this busy term, it is an appropriate time to reflect upon the many events that engage our students in both their learning and their efforts in an array of endeavours.  Although the spectre of a significant global health crises still casts it shadow on our everyday lives, in many ways we are getting a taste of our College life on a more normal footing. Exciting, challenging, demanding and rewarding, the heartbeat of a busy school looks something like the following:

EDSC Art Week

Last week we thoroughly enjoyed our annual ‘EDSC Art Week’. Led by our hard-working Art learning domain teachers and Student Leadership Team, the week was marked by a series of events that displayed and celebrated artistic events and entertaining student participation.

The week’s events included an illustrated card and book-mark sale by our students, portrait painting in our courtyard in the lunch break and student chalk-art – all set to a soundtrack of lunchtime music organised by our student leaders. 

It was great to see the level of student engagement and participation during the week, let alone the displays of artistic talent that were evident during the events conducted.

A huge note of thanks to our Art teachers and 

our student leaders for their energy and drive.

Student Achievement - Senior Table Tennis EMR Results

Our Senior Boys and Girls Table Tennis Teams were in action last Friday at Kilsyth Stadium.Congratulations to our Boys Team for finishing Runners-Up on the day. Well done to Ronson, Roger, Ethan, Muha and Simon.

Congratulations to our Girls Team on winning the Competition! Well-done to Tram Nguyen (Coach) and the following players: Isabel, Sharon C, Jo-Yen and Sharon T.

We wish our girls team all the very best of luck as they progress to compete in the Girls State Finals which are held on Wednesday the 10th of August.

Intermediate Badminton EMR Results

Our Boys and Girls Intermediate Badminton Team also participated last Friday at Kilsyth Stadium.

In a tremendous effort, our Girls team won all their games and are now the Regional champions.

Well-done to our fantastic and committed coach Lenny Permana and the Girls Team;  Yee-Yuan, Kawaii, Serina, Nicole, Rain and Kishen.

We wish the team the best of luck for the State Competition on the 10th of August and will await the outcome of that competition with anticipation.

Student Leadership and upcoming worthy fundraising causes

It should be noted that we have two out of uniform days planned by our student leadership and approved by our School Council for this term:

Tuesday August 9th - Cancer Awareness Day (please wear yellow or pink).

All funds raised on this day will go to National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Australian Skin Cancer Foundation. Many people in our community have been touched by cancer in some way. We would like to raise funds AND awareness for two of the most common cancers - Skin Cancer (wear yellow) and Breast Cancer (wear pink).

All students are encouraged to come out of uniform in one of these colours.

Tuesday August 23rd - Book Week (dressing as your favourite book character).

All funds raised on this day will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Students are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite book character. There will be prizes on offer for students identified as being the ‘best-dressed’ and a fashion parade during our lunchbreak. 

For both out of uniform days - students are reminded that this is an optional event but if you come out of uniform you are expected to pay for the privilege - bring your gold coin donation to Positive Futures class. 

Building Works

It is exciting to be able to announce that after well over two years of planning, the final stages of our middle courtyard redevelopment commenced yesterday. The courtyard space has now been fenced off for the duration of the redevelopment surfacing works. Students and staff have been notified of the need to take care in and around these spaces and to remain clear of the construction fencing.The construction works will hopefully be completed within a four-week timeline.

Senior School Course Counselling

Our current Year 9, 10 and 11 students have been engaged this week in on-line interviews with senior staff about their courses of study for 2023. 

As we undertake this, we also commence our planning for any staffing needs for 2023. Thank you to all students, parents and the senior staff for their support throughout this important process.

To assist our students to make appropriate pathway choices, the Senior School Coordinators and the Careers Coordination team will continue to conduct information sessions and provide individual appointments with students until very late in term 4.

Parent – Teacher - Student Interviews Thursday 8 September 

Please note that our Parent – Teacher - Student interviews are to be held on Thursday 8 September. We encourage parents to avail themselves of this important opportunity to meet our teachers to discuss student progress. Students are not required to attend school on Thursday 8 September 2022 but are encouraged to attend interviews with parents and teachers.

Interview Times are as follows:

Afternoon Interviews 1.30pm – 4.45pm

Evening Interviews 6.00pm – 8.30pm

The Parent - Teacher - Student Interview Booking System on Compass will be accessible from:

Year 12 Student Bookings:

12.00pm Friday 19 August until 4.00pm Wednesday 7 September 2022.

Year 7 to 11 Student Bookings: 

10.00am

 Monday 22 August until 4.00pm Wednesday 7 September 2022.

Please see the attached letter for further information.

John Roberts

Principal

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Parent Payment arrangements for 2022

The Parent Payment arrangements for 2022 are available via Compass on your home page under “Course Confirmation/Payments”.

Payments can be made through Compass or directly to the College via credit card or cash using the College Payment Envelope (when the General Office re-opens to parents).

If you do not wish to pay via Compass, please ensure you return a copy of the completed form to the General Office, available under “pay in person at the school” link at the bottom of the page in Course Confirmations/Payments, or you can request a copy from the College via 

parentpayments@eastdonsc.vic.edu.au

Payments were due by Tuesday 23 November 2021

Your ongoing support of the College allows us to continue to offer a broad range of programs and enhanced curriculum experiences.

Please refer to the attached Parent Payments Policy and further links to information via 

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/parent-payment/policy

College Philosophy

At East Doncaster Secondary College we have a strong tradition of academic excellence and we aim to promote and sustain a reflective learning culture. We want students to experience a sense of achievement and growth in their academic, personal, social and emotional development. We have high expectations of our students’ commitment to being mutually supportive and striving for success as learners. We are proudly multicultural with a student population from 43 nationalities including a number of International Students. 68% of our students speak a language other than English at home.

A student’s life at school is full of opportunities, being rich and varied with a range of co-curricular activities in music, sport, productions, debating, clubs as well as camps and international experiences for the educational and personal development of students. Our students are vibrant, energetic, and talented young people. There are many student leadership opportunities and we aim to continue to increase student access to decision-making and self-determination as learners.

We endeavour to create a "Culture of Curiosity" with goals of ensuring learning improvement for every student – every student, every period, every day.

Our school’s purpose is to develop passionate learners who are critical thinkers with the confidence and capability to engage in the global community.

Care and Compassion, Curiosity, Excellence, Fairness, Resilience, Respect and Teamwork are the core values that underpin the culture of our school as we embrace the challenges of 21st Century learning.

We aim to sustain a learning culture that provides every student with a sense of achievement and of being their best in their academic, personal, social and emotional development.

Privacy and Data at East Doncaster Secondary College

East Doncaster Secondary College uses a number of digital platforms to support your child’s education, such as Compass, Google Drive and Office 365. 

The College has an Information Security Policy and complies with the Department of Education and Training Privacy Policy.  Click on the below link to access these documents.