Student Voice

Student Leaders attend GRIP Leadership Conference

On the 13th of March, the Student Voice Leadership Team went into the city to attend the 2018 GRIP Leadership Conference. Whilst there, we got to experience three different sessions. The first session was an introduction to the values of leadership and the benefits of participating. After having a short break, each of us continued to learn more about what qualities leaders have and how we can further develop these. Throughout the day, we had the chance to get to know people from other schools all around Victoria. We finished up with an activity that involved all the schools in planning a whole-school event; it was a great way to wrap up an amazing day.

Gemma Fleiner

Year 9 Student Voice Leader

Hunt Club Recreation Reserve Sod-turning Ceremony

On the 20th of March, the CESC Year 7 Student Voice leaders went on a mini excursion to the Hunt Club Recreation Reserve next door with Mr Allender. We were all privileged to be at the event because we were the first group of people to turn the sod (dirt) of one of Hunt Club’s biggest projects. The funding for the Hunt Club Recreation Reserve in Cranbourne East is going toward a pavilion with a community space, unisex and accessible amenities, play spaces, carparks, landscaping and a district-level AFL/cricket oval with a synthetic cricket pitch. On this occasion, we had the honour of meeting City of Casey Mayor Cr Geoff Ablett, Gina Smith from Cricket Victoria, Dean Rice from AFL South-East and Deputy Mayor and Master of Ceremonies, Cr Amanda Stapledon. We were also fortunate to take a photo with each person.

Amanjot Singh

Year 7 Student Voice Leader

City of Casey Leadership Reception

Last week, student leaders attended a leadership reception at Bunjil Place in Narre Warren, representing CESC. We listened to speakers who interacted with us and welcomed us. The first speaker was Cr Geoff Ablett, the mayor of the City of Casey. He spoke about how the coming generation is the future of the Casey Council and the country. He mentioned that this year, the City of Casey is focusing on mental health issues and how to tackle them. He also promised that he or any of the other councillors would come to CESC if invited and were happy to meet with students. The second speaker was a student from Mary Mackillop Primary School. She spoke about their school fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital and how she raised $3000 with her slinkies and other merchandise in just a few weeks. The third speaker for the day was Simran Monga. She spoke about her experience of going to Timor-Leste as part of U.N project and how she managed to raise the large amount of money needed. The fourth speaker of the day was us! Sandra, Jane, Joel and Ronan spoke about the Breakfast Club. We detailed how the Club got started, how it runs, what student leaders learn and how we benefit from being a part of it. At the end of our presentation, we showed a video of the Breakfast Club made by the City of Casey. Everyone was very impressed by the B Club and our work in keeping it going for the past two years. The fifth speaker for the day was Sophie Weston who organised a bike ride from Canberra to Melbourne to support the Love Your Sister campaign. She shared her experiences with us about how she managed to complete this huge event. The main and keynote speaker for the day was Sam Webb, co-founder of Livin, a non-profit organisation focussed on eliminating the stigma of mental illness. Sam is passionate about helping others and believes in doing everything in life with a positive approach. He shared how he started the Livin organisation and the work they do. Sam most recently appeared on the series Neighbours and also in the 2016 Australian Survivor.

Joel Varghese

Year 9 Student Voice Leader

Student Leaders at Parent, Student, Teacher Intrviews

CESC Student Leadership Team

The CESC Student Voice leadership team consists of Year Level Captains, Class Captains and Special Program Captains. Student Voice members act as positive role models for all students at CESC and as ambassadors for the College in the wider community. Projects include the Breakfast Club, Free Dress Day fundraisers, Year Level and special occasion assemblies, and Home Group-based activities across the school. For further information, please contact Ms McGuire, Student Voice Facilitator, on 5990 0200.

CESC School Captains:

Elli-Dion Martin & Jane Russo

CESC School Vice-Captains:

Ash Fisher & Sandra Saman

CESC - Student Voice Whole-School Leaders

Tahmina Amiri / Ronan Edwards / Tahlia Hinson / Gemma Fleiner / Maheen Irfan / Kirat Singh / Joel Varghese / Jessica Bayliss / Angelin Joshy / Ezekiel Labra / Jesse Joannides / Abbie Robilliard / Alina Amini / Hindu Suresh / Fadhilah Buksh / Alex Jibu / Aruzoo Rahimi / Adithya Pradeep / Adriene Estella / Aman Singh / Devanshi Gupta / Flourish Akala / L’Aurielle Cupidon / Momir Milosevic / Rithick Maheswaran /Sadul Wanasinghe Don / Ukail Buksh / William Richards / Gemma Fleiner

CESC Special Program Captains

Diversity: Phoenix Nuske
Drama: Ben George/Sarah Garbett
Hospitality: Trey Rogers/Levi Rogers/Josh Lacey
Music: Conor Pennington
Sport: Gina Tiati/Tyson Maglia/Dan Kelly

CESC Class Captains

Bobi-Lea Martin 7A
Atharv Desai 7B
Mo Milosevic 7C
Josh Anusencion 7D
Fatima Raisi 7E
Natalyah Diaz 7F
Adithya Pradeep 7G
Will Richards 7H
Ryan Wall 7I
Alyssa Begbie 7J
Diya Pandya 8A
Sahihti Birlangi 8B
Maheen Irfan 8C
Mikayla Menz 8D
Jaismeen Handa 8E
Jessica Bayliss 8F
Denzien Calahati 8G
Fadihilah Buksh 8H
Montana Veness 8I
Angelena Binu 9A
Bhumika Bhumika 9B
Sahar Jaffarzada 9C
Ronan Edwards 9D
Mitchell George 9E
Chris Saba 9F
Tahlia Hinson 9G
Tristan Walton 9H
Abbie Robilliard 9I
Sam Scandolera 10A
Jayden D'Graca 10B
Shannae Hall 10C
Sharara Papal 10D
Faaoso Afuvai 10E
Darren Batarina 10F
Cody Ewers 10G
Grace Hallmark 10H
Jude Melarpis 10I
Gurleen Kaur 11A
Abbey McGrath 11B
Vanessa Shaw 11C
Mark Sabangan 11D
Jeune Silayan 11E
Tommy Soeun 11F
Aldz Canoy 11G
Grace Kapao 11H
Jacob Burke/Natty Ellis 12A
Ezy Saba/Cass Saba 12B
Tahmina Amiri/Vincent Padilla 12C
Daniel Kelly/Michaela Larke 12D
Jessica Hancock/Ibrahim Bangura 12E
Ezekiel Labra/Lourish Tucci 12F
Blake Jackson/Dylan O’Lynn 12G