Principal's Message

Dear MGSC Families,

Welcome back everyone!  

I am sure that at the beginning of the holidays our students felt like the days and weeks would stretch on forever. And then came that realisation that there was about a week to go before they had to get up early in the morning. The days of sleeping in, binge watching a series on Netflix, working full-time to earn those extra dollars, relaxing by the pool or going to the beach were coming to an end. 

So, now that the school year has commenced, what is ahead for your daughters this year? Hopefully there are challenges so that they will always have something to strive for. I challenge each and every student to not settle for easy this year – because that is the easiest thing to do. I suggest that students do not save brain training until their final two years of school. I encourage students to push themselves a little bit further and discover what they are made of. Building critical thinking skills is no different to building stamina or muscle. To our students I suggest that this year, see what you are capable of:

• spend a little extra time on assignments to add that extra bit of finesse;
• take on a leadership role;
• get involved with the SRC; or
• participate in extracurricular activities.

And the person that will benefit is you.  You will be the person who feels the satisfaction and sense of achievement.  If you have this as a focus, you will move closer to achieving your goals which is to be the best you can be and feel liberated in doing so.

Over the holidays, preparations continued at the College to enhance our environment. We have a new look library and this is for our students to enjoy. It is a place where they can study and contemplate. The gardens are continuing to be improved and we have done quite a bit of painting as well around the school. We will continue to upgrade the facilities for our students over the year as it is important to us that they have pleasant surroundings to come to each day. 

I would like to welcome all of the new students to our school community where our moto of 'Courage and Work' underpins our values and goals. I welcome our newest and youngest students in Year 7 but I also welcome every other new student, both local and international, at every other year level.  I hope those students who have been here for some time will extend the hand of friendship through way of conversation or a smile to make them feel welcome. 

I would also like to welcome new staff and those returning from leave to our school.

New staff: Gavin Bell, Marko Berkhout, Rochelle Dickson, Christine Fay, Sam Haines, Wendy Harvey, Dolores Marie-Jeanne, Clive Milne, Alison Pickard, Dylan Reeves, Angela Sassone and Meral Simsek

Returning Staff: Alex Andrianopoulos, Eva Bell, Elise Galliers, Marcie Konsoulas, Jessica Rogosic and 

Nyree Wilson

In closing, I would to say to all of our students, enjoy the challenges ahead and never stop trying to stretch yourself.

Warm regards,

Linda Brown

Principal