Welcome Back

I would like to welcome back all students, parents and staff. I look forward to another successful year working with our teachers and students to further improve the learning outcomes of our Senior School students. A special welcome to the Senior School Administration team:

Mrs Maree Granger (Senior Sub School Leader and Year 12 Coordinator)
Mrs Ellen D’Ambra (Year 11 Coordinator)
Ms Nicole Filippou (Assistant Year 12 Coordinator)
Mr Con Neratzoglou (Assistant Year 11 Coordinator)
Mrs Carolyn Walsh (Careers Coordinator)
Ms Linda Hughes (Chaplain)
Mr Pat Keane (Senior Resource Centre Coordinator)
Ms Mindy Fischer (Senior Office Manager)
Mrs Carolyn McIver (Senior Coordination Assistant and VET Administrator)

If you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the administration team.

Outstanding VCE Results

I would like to congratulate the Class of 2013 on their outstanding VCE results. In particular, congratulations to Marley Angus who was the DUX of Year 12 with an ATAR of 99.45. Marley has our sincere best wishes as she embarks on her university studies – a degree in Arts/Law

The 2013 results were the best ever. These students richly deserve these results and we are very proud of their achievements.

In addition, two students received perfect study scores of 50: Courtney Harrison in Outdoor and Environmental Studies and Georgia Tuckett in VET Dance. This too is an outstanding achievement.

Congratulations to the following students who received the top study score in these subject areas:

ACCOUNTING:

Samantha Little

ART:

Bailey Jones

BIOLOGY:

James Abercrombie

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT:

Gemma Murphy

CHEMISTRY:

Emily Hutcheon

VET DANCE:

Georgia Tuckett

DRAMA:

Annemiek Dekker and Brianna Knight

ENGLISH:

Marley Angus

ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE:

Anastasia Rastorgueva

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:

Matthew Thompson

FOOD TECHNOLOGY:

Megan Runacres

FRENCH:

Corey Child

FURTHER MATHEMATICS:

Ann Mariya Emmanuel and Thomas Lawrence

GEOGRAPHY:

Darcy Hill

HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:

Brianna Wright

HISTORY REVOLUTIONS:

Marley Angus

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS:

Dominic Beale

JAPANESE:

Jessicah Hast

LANGUAGE: CHINESE FIRST LANGUAGE:

Aijia Zhang

LANGUAGE: JAPANESE FIRST LANGUAGE:

Yumi Harishimura

LEGAL STUDIES:

Brianna Wright

LITERATURE

Mariam Lutfi

MATHEMATICAL METHODS (CAS):

Emily Hutcheon and Dean Nelson

MEDIA STUDIES:

Scott Waters

MUSIC SOLO PERFORMANCE:

Joel Hands-Otte and Chelsey Molloy

MUSIC – TECHNICAL PRODUCTION ET

Brodie Casey

OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:

Courtney Harrison

PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Scott Runacres

PHYSICS:

Kristian Susanj and Harrison West

PRODUCT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY:

Thomas Walsh

PSYCHOLOGY

Samantha Little

SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS:

Amala Paul

SPORT AND RECREATION - VET

Jalen Hema and Megan Robinson

VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN:

Aimee Westley

The following students are to be congratulated on achieving outstanding ATAR scores of 95 or

above:

Marley Angus, Timothy Lai, Luke Cliffe, Amala Paul,Samantha Little, Ann Mariya Emmanuel, Jessicah Hast, Dean Nelson, Emily Hutcheon, Emily Maxwell-Gould, Bailey Jones, Liang Zhang.

I would like to thank our Careers Coordinator, Mrs Carolyn Walsh, for the excellent work she does in working with and assisting our students.

These results are a reflection of the excellent teachers at Frankston High School. I am full of admiration for the professionalism, motivation and commitment shown by our teachers in ensuring all students maximise their learning outcomes.

I would also like to acknowledge the outstanding support and opportunities given to our Year 12 students by the Year 11 and Year 12 Coordinators, the Careers Coordinator, the Chaplain, the Senior Resource Centre and Mrs McIver and Ms Fischer.

Senior School Parent Information Night

We have a very important Parent Information Night that we would like you to note in your calendars.

It will be held on Monday, 17 February in the senior resource centre at 7pm. Issues such as VCE requirements, assessment, study scores, tertiary selection and parent support will be discussed. The evening is tailored to assist parents of all Year 11 and Year 12 students undertaking VCE.

Our parent information nights are invaluable and I look forward to seeing parents attend.

Year 12 Motivation Day

All Year 12 students will be attending a Motivation Day on Friday, 7 February at Monash University, Peninsula Campus. Students are to meet at the venue at 8:15am and will be dismissed from the venue at 2:45pm. Full school uniform must be worn.

The agenda includes: Motivational Speaker (Dr Marcus Robertson), Principal’s Address, Elevate “Study Sensi” presentation, Elevate “Time Management” presentation, careers session and a Year 12 Q and A panel.

Thank you to Mrs Granger and Ms Filippou for the organisation of this day .

Impressive Start to the Year

It has been an excellent start to the 2014 school year. The students were motivated and focused and it is pleasing to hear so many positive comments from teachers on their classes. Teachers have been very impressed with the students’ work ethic in completing homework set during the early commencement week. Students in the senior school should be completing 2-3 hours of homework each night. Students should also be consistently revising their class notes on a regular basis in preparation for assessments. Overall, it has been an outstanding commencement to the term and I sincerely thank all teachers, students and parents for all of their efforts.

I look forward to the year ahead as we continue on our journey of learning, reflecting the school’s vision “together we become purposeful learners”

Ms Helen Wilson, Senior Campus Principal

Senior Stage Band Performance

Senior Stage Band Performs