From the Principal

Dear Parents/Carers, Students and Friends

Thank you to our entire school community for your sustained efforts this term. Despite it being a shorter term in length, it has been extremely busy and rewarding. There has still been the challenges of absences for both students and staff due to illness including COVID and the flu has been felt. Our resilience when faced with adversity of this nature has been tested, as a school community we have risen to the challenge and continued to provide an outstanding education experience for our students. To still be able to offer the large variety of extracurricular opportunities that makes our school so great, to complement the excellent teaching and learning, has been something I am very proud of.

Thank you to our wonderful teaching and ES staff, for making this possible. Thank you to all of our families for working in partnership with us to support your child(ren). I hope all of our students enjoy their break. Stay warm and healthy and I look forward to welcoming everyone back next term. 

Student Attitudes to School Survey

Thank you to Ms Leah Hannas, Ms Tiffany Greenhill and Mr John Simon for overseeing and running the 2023 Student Attitudes to School Survey. This is very important in gaining student voice and feedback as to what we are doing well and further areas of improvement. We look forward to unpacking these results with our staff and students in the near future. 

Examinations

Students in Years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 have recently undertaken examinations to assess their learning progress this semester. These are a great opportunity to reflect on growth and our teaching and learning programs. Thank you to our Learning Area Leaders and Sub Schools for their efforts overseeing these. 

Year 11 Formal and Year 12 Formal

It was wonderful for our Year 12 students to have the opportunity to have their formal on Thursday 8 June at Cranbourne Racecourse, and our Year 11 students to have their formal on Friday 16 June at Mornington Racecourse. Thank you to Ms Carla Caminiti, Ms Kelly Mitchell, Mr Ryan Jones, Ms Leanne Milne, Ms Kerryn Elrick, Mr Mitch Land and Ms Tiffany Greenhill for their efforts in making this possible. Thank you to those staff who attended these evenings to share this occasion with their Year 11 and/or Year 12 students.

International Student Program (ISP) – Virtual Familiarisation School Tour Showcase

Following the filming of an ISP video at Frankston High School by the International Education Division of the Department, we are featured in a Virtual Familiarisation School Tour Showcase on Wednesday 21 June to highlight our wonderful school to overseas families. Thank you to Mr Cameron Heyes, Ms Kelly Lin and Mrs Sharon Koning for their efforts overseeing our ISP. We have wonderful students and homestay families and look forward to the continued growth of our ISP over the coming years.  

Production – The Addams Family 

We are excited and looking forward to our School Production of The Addams Family with opening night on Thursday 27 July for the third time in our Performing Arts Theatre (PAT). Our dedicated staff have our talented students just about ready to perform in what promises to be another amazing show. I hope you can join us for one of the upcoming performances on Thursday 27, Friday 28, or Saturday 29 July (matinee and evening). Book your seats HERE

Mr Andrew Batchelor

Principal