MIC Volleyball Program

This term the Middle School team have established a volleyball program for twenty enthusiastic RSC students which will run each Tuesday night after school for the duration of Term 4. The program has been established in conjunction with the Migrant Information Centre (MIC) who assist those with refugee and family stream migrant backgrounds to reach their full potential. A big thank you to our Year 9 Coordinator, Hannah Wertheim for her tireless commitment to the program and fostering our students’ positive school connections.

Year 9 and 10 Vaping Assemblies

Following a report on ABC’ s Four Corners program, which described vaping as being a new trend that is swiftly on the rise, we ran an information assembly about the dangers of vaping for our Year 9 and 10 students. We wanted to be sure that our students have the information that they need to continue to make good choices about their health and wellbeing. If you would like to view the information that we presented, I have placed a copy of the assembly in the Year level Teams pages. We encourage you all to have a conversation with your child about this session to reinforce our message that vaping is not only illegal but also alarmingly harmful to their health and wellbeing.

Year 9 City Experience

In Week 9 of this Term our Year 9 students will be heading into the Melbourne CBD for their City Experience program. Our InterGREAT coordinator, Jacqui Godfrey has created an information video which you can view here: Year 9 City Experience. There is also an event on Compass for parents to provide payment and consent for this event which does need to be attended to by the 7th of November to secure your child a place. Please contact either myself (kwatson@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au) or Jacqui Godfrey (jgodfrey@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au) if you have an questions.

Year 10 Apple MacBook Program 2023

I am excited to share with Year 9 families the information about our Apple MacBook program for 2023 which will be facilitated by JB Hi-Fi Education. The College has worked closely with JB to ensure that our Year 10 students have access to high-quality, intuitive devices that are optimised to work seamlessly with our current operating systems.

We are recommending that families buy the following:

MacBook Air 13-inch / Apple M1 Chip / 8GB / 256GB / Space Grey - $1,356
STM Ace Vertical Cargo 13-14' Bag w/ Strap - $43
STM Dux for MacBook Air 13 Retina M1 - $50.22

Total: $1,449.22

Families might also like to include the optional AppleCare+ which provides up to 3 years of service and support for $205.

* JB are offering a 12 Month Interest Free service for eligible families.

How to order:

JB have created an online portal specifically for the RSC community to order their devices.

Please go to the following web address: www.jbeducation.com.au/byod
Use RingwoodSC2023 as the school code and select ‘From Year 9 to year 10’
Select ‘School Pickup’
Select the device and required options and complete your purchase and payment options.

JB will deliver all devices to the College in January at which time the IT services team will set up the devices to connect to our network, installing certificates and permissions to use the College infrastructure (printers, Compass) and connect devices to our self-service software system.

Please note that if a family chooses to use a different device, this may cause compatibility issues and the device must still be delivered to the school for certification prior to the beginning of the school year.

If you have any questions, please contact the Director of IT Services: andrew.hansen@education.vic.gov.au

Year 10 Formal

The Year 10 Formal will be held at Cathies Lane receptions (formerly The Grand) in Wantirna South on Monday 5th December from 6-10pm. Tickets cost $98 which includes a three-course meal, soft drinks, DJ, and Photo Booth. Students are encouraged to ‘Dress to Impress’. Please provide consent and payment on Compass.

End of Year Arrangements for Middle School students

The end of the year is fast approaching for our Middle School students. Here is an indication of what they can expect over the final weeks of this term:

Year 9

Monday 28th Nov – Friday 2nd Dec – City Experience Week
Monday 5th – Friday 9th December- Year 9 into 10 Transition
Monday 12th – Thursday 15th December – End of Year Activities program

Year 10

Tuesday 22nd November - last day of Year 10 classes
Wednesday 23rd – 25th November - three-day exam period (timetable released next week)
Monday 28th Nov – Friday 2nd Dec – Year 10 into 11 Transition
Monday 5th December – Year 10 Formal

RSC News

Issue 9 · 28 Oct 2022

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