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Attention All Current Year 8 Students

Expression of Interest:  School for Student Leadership 2023.  The School for Student Leadership program is an immersive State-wide residential program for Year 9 Government school students which enables you to grow into better citizens and leaders through increased self-awareness, social engagement, community connection and environmental stewardship. The aim of the school is to provide experiential education that supports the personal growth, aspirations, and transformation of all students as global citizens. 

This select group of students will live and work in a very close environment with a number of their peers. There are challenges and lessons on human relationships that will arise from this lifestyle. Great friendships are made, tolerance is learned and teamwork and leadership is created.

When: Term 3 2023

Cost: Approximately $550

What: Students will attend School for Student Leadership in place of their normal Brentwood Secondary College classes. Students stay on campus for the full 9/10 week program

How: Electronic application. 

For more information about School of Student Leadership, you may visit the following website: http://www.alpineschool.vic.edu.au/.  

Application process:

1/ Fill out the following Microsoft form application: https://forms.office.com/r/r0xHTQfcWj

2/ Applications close Sunday 4th December at 4pm

3/ Successful applicants will be shortlisted and notified of their interview time via email.

Interviews will be conducted between Tuesday 6th and Friday 9th December.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you have any further questions.

We look forward to receiving your application. 

Bianca Saathoff

Director of Student Leadership

Library Monitors Christmas Party

Hi, my name is Hibah, and I’ve been a library monitor for the past two years, and I am soon to be one of the 2023 library captains! The Library Monitor Program has been going on at Brentwood for years, and every year we have dedicated events and parties to celebrate the monitors and librarians, and to commemorate all we have achieved throughout the year.  As always, the Christmas party was a great success and congratulations to all the monitors in the Library Program who put so much effort into making the library community so unique and special. We’re always on the lookout for new monitors so please don’t hesitate to ask myself or any of the librarians on how you can join.

Goethe Excursion

On the 8th November, our year 10 German students went to the Goethe Institute to undertake a language exam. We started off meeting at the Glen Waverley Station at 7:30 am, then took the train to Flinders Street, followed by a tram to our location. We were very nervous, however, excited as this was something that none of us had done before. Writing and speaking in another language under test conditions? No, thank you. However, my opinion quickly changed as I entered the exam room and actually finished the written part of the examination. This was followed by a speaking portion, where we were tasked with introducing ourselves and asking each other questions in German. Our group was also set to go first, so as you can probably imagine, we were a bundle of nerves. 

After this, the amazing staff at the Goethe Institute had set up escape rooms for us. Our group was tasked with solving and filling in the blanks at an apocalypse site. I think it´s safe to say that the first half an hour was tough, but with a lot of teamwork and leadership, we managed to escape. 

To finish the day, we went to a German restaurant, Hofbräuhaus in Melbourne, where we enjoyed some delicious German meals followed by an amazing dessert. 

I would like to thank Frau Holl and Frau Bruns for planning and accompanying us on this day of adventure and excitement. This was an amazing opportunity to practice and showcase our German skills. I can't wait to see what VCE German has in store for us! 

Auf Wiedersehen! 

Likhita Kalagotla  

Salvos Christmas Appeal 28 Nov - 9 Dec

Let’s bring hope and spread the joy in someone’s Christmas this year by donating generously, non-perishable tinned foods, grocery items or any accepted items from the list below. The Salvos Christmas Appeal stall in the Brentwood library is open from 28 November to 9 December. Thank you for your donations.