Our new school year begins

Another great year of teaching and learning

Life's a ball

If only you know it

And it's all

Just waiting for you

You're alive

So come on and show it

What a lot of livin' to do

 ‘A Lot of Livin’ To Do’  by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse from 

''Bye Bye Birdie’

Welcome back

Welcome back!  This promises to be an exciting year at Cecil Hills High School as we continue implementing our 2018-2020 school plan.  In terms of my introductory quote, we certainly have a lot to do this year and we look forward to building on our successes from 2018.

At Cecil Hills High School, our deputy principals move up with their grades so the same deputy principal maintains responsibility for your child’s education for their whole high school experience.  These are the grade responsibilities for our three deputy principals in 2019:

• Mr Michael Lane – Year 6, Year 9 and Year 12
• Mrs Denise James – Year 7 and Year 10
• Ms Mel Scott – Year 8 and Year 11

Sources of Advice

Teachers work in partnership with parents.  Our teachers have the knowledge of teaching and parents have the knowledge of their child.  I encourage parents who have any questions or concerns to contact the school so that issues can be resolved quickly and fairly.  As a large school, there are many sources of advice for parents who have questions:

Head Teacher – English

Felicity Wicks

Head Teacher – Mathematics

Tom Cordin

Head Teacher – Science

Jason Brame

Head Teacher – Social Sciences

Adia Sahid

Head Teacher – History and Languages

Stephanie Haskett

Head Teacher – PD/H/PE

Lisa Saliba

Head Teacher – Technology

Lee Miller

Head Teacher – Creative and Performing Arts

Antonella Verter

Head Teacher – Welfare

Alison Randall

Head Teacher – Support Unit

Mary Lukose

Year 7 Advisers

Vivian Phan

Andrew Faga

Year 8 Advisers

Morgan Howard

Nathan Collins

Year 9 Advisers

Marija Miletic

Josh Dunn

Year 10 Advisers

Jenny Green

Christina Marks

Year 11 Advisers

Jacob Issa

Katherine O’Malley

Year 12 Advisers

Lisa Saliba

James Chandler

In the first instance, it is preferable to speak with the classroom teacher or subject-specific head teacher for classroom matters.  For other issues, parents should contact the relevant year adviser who will be able to assist.  We also have school counsellors and coordinators of other support programs including our diary program.  It is always best to contact the school early if you have any questions or concerns.

HSC  Results

I congratulate all of our teaching staff and students on another set of excellent HSC results.  We are all very proud of the achievements of our most recent Year 12 group.  In 2018, students at Cecil Hills HS received 47 x Band 6 results (a mark over 90%).  In addition, our students received 266 x Band 5 results (a mark between 80% and 89%).  The school’s HSC ranking in 2018 was 297th which positioned us higher than all other mainstream public schools in the Liverpool area.  Our highest performing courses were Biology, Business Services, Business Studies, Community and Family Studies, Earth and Environmental Science, English (Standard), English (Advanced), Information Processes and Technology, Physics, Senior Science and Society and Culture.

Special congratulations go to Sharon Tat who received an ATAR of 98.50, the highest ATAR in the graduating class of 2018 and to Milena Cugalj and Olivia Macmillan who were placed on the HSC All Round Achievers List for attaining Band 6 results in at least 10 units of study.

It has been a pleasure to hear from our HSC students and learn of the courses they received entry into and it is a testament to their collective hard work as a grade.

Our annual Year 12 Recognition Evening will be held on Tuesday, 12 February 2019 and we look forward to celebrating our fantastic results.

New staff

There are a number of new teachers joining Cecil Hills HS in 2019.  We are very fortunate to have some very experienced teachers from other schools joining us.  I would like to welcome the following teachers to our school:

• English – Rania Zaidan, Trent Robinson
• Science – Noor Naim, John Hong, Tanya Bottrill
• PD/H/PE – Matt Evans, Rachel Heaslip
• TAS – Kanan Itautoka, Josh Symons
• CAPA – Tom Joannides, Ezgi Cakir
• General Assistant – Jeff Williams

Save the date

Year 7 (2019) BBQ and Year 7 (2020) Information Evening

An information evening for Year 7 (2020) will be held on Monday, 25 February 2019 at 6.30 pm.

This will provide an opportunity for prospective parents and community members to learn more about our school and enjoy a guided tour of our state-of-the-art facilities. 

Ms Dragana Cekic and Mr Nikolina Cupac, our year advisers for this year group, will be coordinating the event in conjunction with Mr Michael Lane, Deputy Principal. 

This will also coincide with our normal Year 7 BBQ (starting at 5.00 pm).  As a result, we invite both Year 6 (2019) and Year 7 (2019) students, parents and families to this double event!

Your family contact details

Do we have your correct contact details? Your email address? Your telephone number?  Your residential address? If you haven't already done so, please complete the attached Family Contact Details Update Form and return it to the school office as soon as possible. 

P&C Meetings

Our first P&C meeting for 2019 was attended by a very large number of parents.  Our next meeting will be held at 6:30pm on Monday, 4 March 2019.  There will be a repeat session at 9:30am on Thursday, 7 March 2019.

I look forward to continuing to work with the staff, students and parents of Cecil Hills High School, the best school in NSW.

Mark Sutton, Principal