As a school we continue to have new enrolments weekly and the school maintains positive enrolment numbers. We have 205 Year 7’s for 2024. This is evidence of the strong curriculum program and transition activities which ensure students feel welcome to the secondary school.

I want to give a special mention to all the staff and students in the school production of Urinetown. 5 sold out shows. It was just amazing. Being new this year it was great to see the talent on display and all the hard work that staff and students put in to make this a great production. Thanks to Ms Tessa Kirk for her outstanding work and the difference she makes. Well done, Tessa.

At the start of the Term all the staff were focused on ensuring all students are in the correct uniform. While we have 95% of students doing the correct thing there is 1 or 2 who are not following the dress code. I remind parents that Rugby jumpers are now available and that the uniform is being strictly enforced across the school.

On staffing news, we wish Ms Kelly Montano all the best in her new position as Assistant Principal at Newcomb Secondary. Kelly has been a great teacher and staff member and we will miss her greatly, but this is an amazing opportunity for her. As a school we are very lucky compared to many schools in the state, in that all our classes are covered and that we have teachers in place, and we are not experiencing any staff shortages at present. We welcome several new staff this term. Ms Kate Lee who is our Mental Health Practioner, Ms April Hoskin in Art, Ms Ellece Febey in Science, Mr Alex Seaman in Maths and Ms Kaitlyn Segrave in Reception and returning from leave is Ms Rebecca Breed in Humanities.

This term has already been a very busy one with students in Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 selecting courses for 2024. Thanks to Ms Cameron, Ms Gee and Ms Garcia for organising all of this and how smoothly this runs.

A number of parents will have been sent our Parent Survey. I encourage those parents who have been randomly selected to complete this survey. It is anonymous and provides the school with areas we can improve upon.

Just a reminder for the school community our next Pupil Free Day is the Thursday 31^st of August.

Congratulations to 2022 Year 12 student Chloe Hamann who has received a Premier's VCE Award for excellence in Laboratory Skills (VCE VET). Premier's Awards are presented to students in recognition of their excellent results in their VCE VET study. Students who receive this award have achieved the highest result in their study score for their subject. Geelong High School is very proud of Chloe's achievement. We wish her well in her university studies at Swinburne University where she is studying a Bachelor of Science with a major in Chemistry. We are sure the future is bright for Chloe.