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Doncaster Secondary College celebrates 50 Years of Achieving Excellence Together
We are seeking an expression of interest from those interested in attending Doncaster Secondary College’s 50th Anniversary Ball to be held next year.
Doncaster Secondary College first opened Feb 5, in 1969 with 62 students and 3 classrooms. Over the past 50 years, we have grown to accommodate more than 1500 students.
Join our principal team, current staff, former students and members of our community for a night to commemorate our 50th year of achieving excellence together.
Date: Saturday 25 May 2019
Time: 6 PM onwards
Venue: To be confirmed
Cost of ticket: To be confirmed
Dress code: Cocktail
RSVP: By August 31 2018
Please note, this is an expression of interest. Cost of the ticket will be confirmed once the level of interest is established.
Screenagers
Doncaster Secondary College is co-hosting a special Q & A screening of Screenagers at Palace Cinemas Balwyn VIC. Dates to be confirmed.
Are your watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time—friction she knew all too well.
In SCREENAGERS, as with her award-winning documentaries on mental health, Delaney takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.
Ty Dennis
Year Level Coordinator
2018 Parent Opinion Survey
WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!
Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.
Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday, 23 July to Sunday, 26 August.
If your family has been selected, the survey will appear as an event on your parent Compass, for one of your student’s.
The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.
The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September.Please contact the General Office if you would like more information.
DSC 50th Anniversary Logo Design Competition - Now Open for entries
The theme for our 50th Anniversary is 50 Years of Achieving Excellence Together. Please be mindful of this in your designing your logo. All students are encouraged to submit their logo designs for our upcoming 50th Anniversary in 2019. Submissions should be emailed to Ms Rohrlach at rohrlach.chelsea.c@edumail.vic.gov.au by Friday, 14 September. For more information about the competition, read the document attached below.
Chelsea Rohrlach
Marketing Communications Coordinator
The School Dentist
The School Dentist will be visiting the College during the week commencing Monday, 20 August - Friday, 24 August. See attached flyer below for more information.
Gaye Viney
School Nurse
Sustainable School Shop
If you have winter items that are in good condition and are no longer needed, please advertise them for sale. Once you log-in to the Sustainable School Shop website, click 'Sell Uniforms' to begin. We know from experience that each and every purchaser will be most appreciative.
Homework Club
Thursday in A Block.
Sessions will run from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Senior Years Careers Expo
