As we approach the end of another successful term, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on our achievements and express my gratitude for your continued support.

This term has been filled with numerous highlights – from outstanding academic accomplishments to remarkable extracurricular activities. Our students have shown tremendous growth, resilience, and enthusiasm in every area, and we couldn’t be prouder of their efforts.

I would also like to extend a special thank you to our dedicated teachers and staff who work tirelessly to ensure a positive and enriching learning environment. Your commitment is truly appreciated.

Amazing things continue to happen every day at Geelong High. The list of over the last couple of weeks include Science Week, Book week, Sport activities, Subject selections, Music and Dance Concerts. I know there are many others that provide some great learning opportunities for our students. Thanks to all the staff for organising these activities.

Well done to Ms Yee and Ms Albrecht and all of the students in the VET dance class for their amazing Dance concert. The feedback has been that the standard just gets better every year, and our kids are doing some amazing things.

The Spring Music Concert was a great success. Mr Kypriotis and all of the Instrumental music staff did an excellent job in preparing the students and there were some amazing performances.

Mikael Stowers has obtained a scholarship with Melbourne Theatre Company. This scholarship allows him to enter a course which runs 18 Sep – 22 Sep at Southbank Theatre in Melbourne. Well done, Mikael.

A special mention the Vocational Major students who under the leadership of Ms Kathryn Buckland and Mr Brennon Reusch have done an amazing job over the last few weeks with a variety of community activities. We had a netball game against the Geelong police with a focus on domestic violence, students organised sporting activities to raise funds for MND and a bake sale at Bunnings raising money for GAWS. Well done to all students involved.

The school also held a Model United Nations with students across all of Geelong from both Government and Private schools. Student had to be organised into countries and debate the issues of the day. Thanks to Mr Houghton for all of his work on this.

On our curriculum day all staff undertook what is referred to as Berry Street training. This training is focussed on ensuring as teachers we are better aware of some of the challenges our people face and how this may impact them each day at school. As staff we want to make sure that all students when they come into school are supported and made to feel welcome every day.

We continue with our Positive relationships program and Life Changer during the term with a strong focus on the wellbeing of all students and ensuring that we create a community of respect. There are 1000 different individuals on site each day and as a school we want to ensure that everyone has a safe place to come and work and learn.

Coming up early next term we have our Unit 3 / 4 Exams for students, and we wish them the best. I know they have been studying hard and all of this work will pay off soon. Our Year 9 GPEP students head off to central Australia in Term 4 and I know they are looking forward to this amazing learning opportunity.

Over the holidays we will be having a considerable amount of work to our front office area. Please note for the first two weeks of Term 4 parents will have to access the school via Y3. There will be signage directing parents and students. Essentially the front entrance will be closed for this short period of time. Please follow the signage and be patient as we work around this.

As we look forward to the upcoming term, I encourage everyone to take some well-deserved rest and recharge. Let’s return with renewed energy and continue to strive for excellence together.