Student Voice
Live Student Leadership Q&A
On Wednesday 1 September, the college community tuned into the 2022 Senior Student Leadership Live Q&A from the comforts of home. This gave our school community the opportunity to get to know their future leaders and make an informed vote. During Period 1, we got to meet and listen to our College Captain, S.R.C. President & Vice-President candidates.
They were asked a series of questions from our moderators and school community to get to better know who they are, the values they each hold and what they will bring forward to the role. In Period 2, we broke off into our houses and tuned into the Live Q&A for our house captain candidates. They were taken through a series of questions from both our moderators and college community to get to know who they are, what they will do to uphold their house and what they will do to ensure that student voices continue to be heard. The importance of student leadership is to work together to explore new ideas and initiatives to ensure that student voices continue to be heard.
Greg Acciarito
Student Voice Leading Rep Secretary
On 1 September, South Oakleigh College held the Round 1 Leadership Q&A via Teams. This round included college captains, SRC president/vice president, and house captains. Everyone who applied has great potential to become a great leader, and I'm sure that the best candidates will be chosen for the roles. I encourage others to apply for rounds 2 & 3, which will be open later in terms 3 & 4.
Annabelle Windsor
Waratah House Captain
South Oakleigh College's Round 1 Leadership Q&A debates took place on Wednesday 1 September. Many students applied for the roles of College captains, SRC president/Vice president and House captains. Due to the circumstances, the Round 1 Leadership Q&A debates were held online on Microsoft Teams. As both students and staff watched on their screens, candidates all had the opportunity to convince the school community of their multiple values while answering students' questions. Although campaigning online wasn't ideal, regardless of the final results, all the candidates presented themselves really well showing great potentiality to be elected to represent South Oakleigh College.
Maple La
2022 College Captain
The Live Student Leadership Q & A debate was an amazing opportunity for all candidates applying for a future leadership position in 2022. All the fantastic candidates delivered their powerful speeches and developed a connection with their fellow peers; ensuring their message of leadership, that they will continue to strive for the best in our school community for the next year, came across clearly. The current SOC College Captains, Principal’s Team, students and teachers provided the candidates applying with insightful questions and inquiries into their vision, the values and attributes required in striving to be a positive leader and continue to achieve future success for our South Oakleigh College community.
Sylvia Krozian
S.R.C. Co-President
Last week, although incredibly nervous, I was extremely thankful for both the opportunity to apply for the positions of College Captain and S.R.C. President as well as reconnect as a school community. In challenging times, it’s more important than ever for all of us to stay connected despite the physical distance and I hope that this was a reminder of the resilience and teamwork portrayed by each individual associated with the school.
During my preparation for the Q & A Session, I reflected on both my individual and the school’s growth, providing clarity for who I am and what I would like to achieve if provided with the honour and responsibility of either position. The progress that the College has made was even more apparent during the session with many students and staff becoming involved in asking questions: whereas, last year when provided with this opportunity, very few actually did. From this I can note that the physical distance that keeps us apart, perhaps has brought us closer with respect for each other.
So, I would like to encourage each of us to be proud of how we’ve been handling the uncertainty of each lockdown. Celebrate your strength, but also be willing to reach out and accept support.
Esther Walker
S.R.C. Co-President
2022 College Captains
On Wednesday 1 September, the whole school community came together for the Student Leadership Elections. The positions open for nomination were College Captain, S.R.C. Co-Presidents, and House Captains. All students and staff watched a live Q & A panel and asked questions so voters could get to know their candidates and make an informed vote.
We'd like to thank our students and staff who actively listened and asked questions for our candidates to answer. We also really appreciate our current Student Leadership Team who were involved in moderating the panels and supporting the sessions behind the scenes.
On behalf of the Electoral Committee, we are proud to introduce the following students who have been elected into their respective positions for 2022:
Hello everyone, this is Maple and Kyriakos, and we are your College Captains for 2022. We have both been students at this college since Year 7 and are excited to have been given this opportunity to be able to represent the school. We're both dedicated, reliable and comfortable working in different environments, such as within a team or individually, and plan to use these qualities to contribute to the continued growth of the school. As School Leaders, we will continue to promote and encourage the demonstration of our key school values, such as respect and teamwork. In 2022, we look forward to working with staff and students to help improve our school, especially after the effect the pandemic has had on our community. We promise to encourage involvement within the school, working towards building an engaging school community. Feel free to approach or message either of us regarding any questions or concerns you may have.
Maple La & Kyriakos Emmanoulidis
2022 College Captains
Hello everyone,
We are both honoured to be your 2022 S.R.C Co-Presidents and are looking forward to supporting the College as we collaborate with students, staff and the principal team. Throughout our years at South Oakleigh College, we have been able to experience the College grow and develop into the amazing community we are today. In our role next year, we aim to increase student voice through suggestion boxes and group sessions. Listening, and clarifying student issues by advocating on their behalf, will enable events, clubs and opportunities to be run according to their interests. We desire to serve a purpose for the wellbeing and success of all our fellow students. Please feel free to come up to either of us with any questions, concerns or feedback!
Esther Walker & Sylvia Krozian
2022 Co-Presidents
Student Representative Council
Acacia House Captains: Cayla Kingsley & Kaitlyn Steel
Hello Acacia! It's Cayla and Kaitlyn and we’re so honoured to be your 2022 Acacia House Captains. We look forward to working with you all further as well as developing our leadership skills. We’re so excited to implement the ideas we have to connect and build upon the foundations of Acacia!! We’re most excited for the swimming carnival as well as the changing of the chant so we can include everyone to make this the best chant yet.
Cayla Kingsley & Kaitlyn Steel
2022 Acacia House Captains
Banksia House Captains: Mollie Pham and Jason Pouliezos
Good day fellow Banksians! My name is Mollie and along with Jason, we are your new House Captains for 2022. Thank you everyone for giving me the opportunity for such a position, and I'm sincerely looking forward to our next year with great enthusiasm. I don't know how much coffee I might need, but I'll be working towards innovating our House events, growing our communication and house spirit so we can all enjoy 2022 better. I'm looking forwards to any suggestions from my fellow Banksians and I wish you all a great term break!
Mollie Pham
2022 Banksia House Captain
Hey there! I am Jason, and along with Mollie, we will be your Banksia House Captains in 2022. Next year we will be focusing on ways to increase student engagement, by encouraging students to voice their concerns and ideas and approach the House Point system to make it more accessible. I hope that we can all work together to reach Banksia's full potential as the best house.
Jason Pouliezos
2022 Banksia House Captain
Grevillea House Captains: Fenia Kyritsis and Andre De Vries
Hello Grevillea! I’m Fenia Kyritsis, and I feel very pleased to have been elected to the role of being one of your 2022 House Captains. I’m excited to provide support and spark engagement to ensure Grevillea remains connected, high-spirited and motivated. Anyone can approach me with questions, suggestions, or even to have a conversation when you want an optimistic and helpful view. I’m thrilled to get to know all of you better next year, and to help us succeed in getting the House Cup, along with my great co-captain, Andre De Vries, who is always enthusiastic and encouraging! I can't wait to experience next year’s house spirit as we will have lots of fun, and will maintain our title of being the best house.
Fenia Kyritsi
2022 Grevillea House Captain
Heyy there! I am Andre de Vries and I am going to be one of your amazing House Captains for 2022. I have been at this school since I was in Year 7 and I have thoroughly enjoyed many experiences throughout the years. I want to make sure you all have amazing experiences along your journey as well. If you have problems or issues you are welcome to come see me. May we have a wonderful year ahead of us!! Alongside my other amazing House Captain that is caring and willing to help other students when in need as well, we will work together to make the House Cup Grevillea’s once again!!!
Andre De Vries
2022 Grevillea House Captain
Waratah House Captains: Eleni Stamatiou and Annabelle Windsor
We're Eleni and Annabelle, the new Waratah House Captains for 2022, and we would like to introduce ourselves to you all. Together, we would like to connect and unite with the Waratah community and encourage one another to have fun. We will work together to grow and to be better than we were before. Our goal for next year is to be fun and exciting, as we do believe school should be a place to enjoy and build support within the community. We are both willing to be supportive teammates in communicating when different challenges arise and letting our peers know that we want the best for all of them. We would love for anyone to come up to us with any problems or new ideas regarding Waratah, so we can work together to win the 2022 House Cup.
Eleni Stamatiou and Annabelle Windsor
2022 Waratah House Captains
We also encourage all 2021 Year 10 and 11 students to consider applying for 2022 Sports Prefect, Performing Arts Prefect or Peer Support Mentor. More details are available on Compass Newsfeed.
Applications close Friday 8 October at 4:00 pm.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Andrew Leap or Stav Kantzas.
This term has been undeniably challenging for a lot of students, their families and staff. On behalf of the Student Leadership Team, we hope the College Community has a safe and restful break, and we’re looking forward to Term 4.
Andrew Leap & Stavroula Kantzas
Education Support and Head of House Grevillea