Finance & General News
General Office
Office hours: 8.15am to 4.15pm
Telephone: 9758 5022
Parents should always make contact with the General Office first when visiting the school or requiring to make contact with their child.
Appointments with teachers may be made via telephone or direct email.
We look forward to helping you when you call or visit us.
Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF)
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.
Payment amounts this year are $225 for eligible secondary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
If you would like to apply for the first time, please complete the CSEF application form here.
Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office as soon as possible.
State School's Relief
State Schools’ Relief offer financial assistance to our students and families in need to ensure all students are supported in their education.
State Schools’ Relief is a not-for-profit organisation that improves the lives of tens of thousands of disadvantaged Victorian students, and their families, each year.
Their simple and practical service ensures that all students can attend school in warmth and comfort with a greater sense of belonging and improved self-esteem, which in turn enhances their educational engagement.
Issues such as poverty, neglect, family illness, abuse and homelessness continue to affect many Victorian families. SSR provides government school students with new uniforms and footwear. They work side by side with all Victorian primary, secondary, specialist and language schools to ensure that any students facing hardship have the necessary items they require for school.
If you require uniform assistance, please contact the school on 9758 5022.
School Shoes through State Schools’ Relief
If you are after new school shoes State School’s Relief offer the following shoes that meet Fairhills school uniform policy.
You can purchase these on line through state-school relief:
https://stateschoolsrelief.org.au/onlineshop/
Ritchies Community Fundraising for Fairhills High School
Our Fundraising Partner Ritchies IGA, are launching their new Ritchies Card, incorporating the Community Benefit Program and this will not only benefit our organisation, but also all our members.
The program now has an App for both IOS and Android smart devices. For those members who don’t have a smart phone, or would like a physical card, this option is also available and can be linked to the App.
Every month, our organisation will receive 0.5%* of our members’ spend in Ritchies Stores PLUS our members will receive special offers and member only specials via the App.
*T&C’s apply see https://www.ritchies.com.au/ritchiescardterms
Featuring monthly promotions, cheaper prices for you, Collect and Win, as well as games and lots more fun things to do, this is a great opportunity to support our club.
You can download the Apps by scanning the QR codes below - or search for Ritchies in the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Student Absences
If your child will be absent or late due to illness or for any other reason, parents/guardians are able to choose one of the following options:
- mark their absence on Compass
- send an email to the school: fairhills.hs@education.vic.gov.au
- call 9758 5022 and leave a message after the prompt. The absence line is operational 24hrs a day, 7 days a week for your convenience.
If a student arrives at school late they should report to their classroom teacher.
If a student is required to leave school early for any reason they should bring a note from their parent/guardian and record this on Compass.
Asthma/Diabetes/Anaphylaxis/Epilepsy
If your child has a medical alert for ASTHMA, DIABETES, ANAPHYLAXIS or EPILEPSY the school MUST be supplied with a new Management Plan every 12 months. Please ensure you have provided this to the office in the best interest of your child.
2021 Year Level Coordinators
Year 7 – Ms Marguerite Kuhne
Year 8 – Ms Ying Qin
Year 9 – Mr Gary Johnson
Year 10 – Mr Tony Hitchman
Year 11 – Ms Leanne Henderson
Year 12 – Mr Julian Stokes
Contact Details
If you have changed any of your personal details (phone numbers / address / place of employment) - please email your changes to: fairhills.hs@education.vic.gov.au or phone the office for assistance on 03 9758 5022. It is important to ensure our records are current.
Thank you for your cooperation.