Secondary Notices

 

New House Colours for 2021

Parents will be aware that we have retired the 11 existing houses (from Primary, Secondary Boys and Secondary Girls) and the history of each will be recorded and maintained in our official archives. The new P - 12 houses have been established and will officially commence next year.

Following consultation with our students and a survey the colours of our four new Houses has been decided and can be seen below. The rationale for the colours can be partly explained:

• Cuthbert House - named after Betty Cuthbert – multiple gold medalist, proud Australian representative and advocate for disability
• Hamlin House – named after Dr Catherine Hamlin, founder of the Addis Abbaba Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia and a champion of cultural diversity and dignity for all people
• Nicholls House – named after Sir Douglas Nicholas, the first Australian Indigenous Governor, a  Christian charitable worker and AFL player – showing colours from the Indigenous flag and the Essendon team
• Sheean House – named for Teddy Sheean, announced last week as a winner of the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the Royal Australian Navy - blue as a representation of the ocean and sky

The Yr 12, 2020 Gift

The Class of 2020 presented Calrossy with a very special and unique gift at their Valedictory Dinner held on November 19.  

To commemorate the new house structure for 2021 and acknowledge the history of the previous houses of Chang, Munro, Roberts and Wright in Primary, Flynn, Simpson and Dunlop in Secondary Boys and Balleburra, Nangara, Ellaroo and Karawarra from the Secondary Girls, our Yr 12's have organised a stainless steel emblem that embodies a tree as a symbol of growth with the previous houses depicted as the roots and our new houses Cuthbert, Hamblin, Nicholls and Sheean shown as branches.

We thank our Class of 2020 for such a symbolic gift and look forward to its installation for future generations of Calrossy students to enjoy. 

Calrossy Year 12 2020 student Amy Cantrill awarded a Landcare Scholarship for environmental studies

Congratulations to Class of 2020 HSC Student Amy Cantrill on her recent scholarship success. Amy was awarded this year's Landcare Scholarship worth $1,000 to help her follow her dreams and go to university. The scholarship was started about 15 years ago, and is awarded to a Tamworth student looking to work in the environmental field. Read the full story here 

Year 12 Nominations and Success

We have been delighted to receive notice of nominations for students across a wide range of exhibitions of Year 12 major projects or works. This is testimony to outstanding teaching and the dedication of our students. Whilst a nomination does not guarantee a place in the exhibition, it is a great honour for the students to be selected as among the best of the best in NSW in their subject.

Texstyle and Shape 2020: 

• Laura Annis-Brown
• Ruth Cant
• Tara Craig
• Hannah Wilson

InTech Exhibition (Industrial Technology – Wood)

• Ben Gigli
• Mitchell Hamblin

ArtExpress

• Callum Cutler

Encore (Music)

• Beth Kirby

A most pleasing end to what has been a challenging year for our HSC students is to receive news of scholarships, early entry to high level courses and wonderful stories of acceptance into University and Colleges.

We wish our Year 12 students every success for the final results that will be released on Friday December 18 and look forward to celebrating with them.