From the Principal 

What an exceptional year we are all experiencing.  Last term we were so excited to welcome our Years 7 to 12 students back to on site learning. Then we began Term 3 with our Years 7-10 students back to remote and flexible learning.  As a result of the rising number of positive cases the Years 11 and 12 students joined the rest of the school to move to remote and flexible learning.  What an outstanding effort by all to do this successfully and continue to be engaged with the remote learning expectations.

Our staff are aware of how important it is to support one another and our families by remaining calm and optimistic during such challenging times.  They communicate such optimism to our young people daily to keep their spirits high and for them to understand that eventually we will overcome this challenge.

I am pleased the 2020 Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) results will be released to students at 7:00AM on Wednesday 30 December 2020. Being able to release VCE results before the end of the year was made possible by the earlier than expected return to on-site learning in Term 2 and the change to the timing of the exams.

As strange as this sounds, this pandemic has taught our young people, and us, an important life lesson.  This virus has helped us to understand it doesn’t matter what colour we are, what our religious background is, and whatever other many, and varied differences we have: regardless of such diversity we are essentially people.  As people we are united together and supporting each other by maintaining social distancing, washing our hands regularly, wearing masks and supporting others on their bad days.  We are not in a war with each other but in a battle against the virus. This battle strengthens our sense of humanity and hopefully this will continue forever more after the battle has been won.

Thank you once again for working with us to support learning at home and for your patience during this time.

Wishing everyone stays safe and well.

Mandee Strickland