Principal’s Welcome
Bravo and congratulations to all our students and staff involved in the College High Performance Season at NIDA and Parramatta Riverside Theatre at the end of the term.
- DANCE+
- Starburst
- Junior Showcase
- Senior Showcase
- Premier State Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty
The performances at NIDA were truly amazing, and we look forward to Premier State Ballet this weekend. I am always taken by the breadth of talent and the performance variety that the audience enjoys during this season. The performances were truly a display of the wonderful talent and teamwork from students, directors, producers, teachers, technical, costumes and administration. Congratulations!
Thank you too, to our parents and caregivers. You are a crucial part of this team too!
OnSTAGE – HSC DRAMA
Congratulations to our students who have received the following nominations (below). We’d also like to acknowledge Tanya Mitford and Kaye Lopez for assisting our students to achieve these results:
Group Performance – Global Warning
- Leo Belz
- Rocco Forrester-Sach
- Alexandra Goufas
- Ash Hodgkinson
- Jag Mishchuk
Individual Performances
- Laneikka Denne
- Rocco Forrester-Sach
- Connor Griffith
- Ash Hodgkinson
- Josephine Penn
ENCORE – HSC MUSIC 1
Congratulations to our students who have received the following nominations (below). Thank you to Peter Kraft and Judy Herskovits for supporting our students to achieve these results.
- Connor Griffith
- Brea Holland
- Kieran Shaw
CALLBACK – HSC DANCE
Congratulations to Norman Hall and the HSC Dance students who have received CALLBACK nominations.
- Tamzen Penrose – Core Performance
- Cassandra Mullard – Core Performance
- Emily McMahon – Core Performance, Major Study
- Tamzen Penrose – Major Study Performance, Major Study
- Cassandra Mullard – Major Study Performance
EISTEDDFODS
Our Eisteddfod groups and soloists have enjoyed another very successful season and I congratulate all students who put themselves into this vulnerable arena. Well done! Results appear in other sections of this publication.
Kiran (Year 8) won the 2019 World Junior Tennis Tour Australian Play off Under 13s Boy’s Singles and he also represented Australia in the Boys Under 13’s in the Senko Cup in Japan, where he came 4th out of 13 countries participating. In the individual event, Kiran qualified for the 13/U Boys final, winning 4/5 tough matches in his pool, and then in the final, came third and was awarded a bronze medal.
BSTREETSMART WINNERS
Once again, our students have had their film-making talents acknowledged by being crowned the State winners of the Bfilmed Competition offered by bstreetsmart. Well done to Sam, Mackenzie H, Mackenzie B, Madeleine, Halle and Rhyannon.
SRC NEWS
I am proud to recognise the Student Representative Council chosen by their peers:
- Year 7 – Thomas McCormack, Lily Kennedy-Head
- Year 8 – Junyoung Jeong, Sophia Collins
- Year 9 – Alex Batshon, Mirela Reis Marques de Fonseca
- Year 10 – Jasmine Argyropoulos, Rhys Dufty
- Year 11 – Mimi Zhou, Grace Cooper
Staff Movements
At the beginning of Term 3 we welcomed Mrs Sally Hill as Executive Administrative Assistant and Mr Neil Davis as Business Manager and now we thank and farewell Mrs Michelle Schylder pending the return of Mr Derek Peat from LSL in Term 4.
We also farewell our College Psychologist, Mrs Catherine Maybury, who leaves the College after almost four years of taking care of our students. She leaves us to take up a promotional position at her other school. We will certainly miss her and wish her every happiness for the future.
I wish the cast of the 10th Anniversary Tour of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘Chookas’ for their Opening Night on October 18 and the national tour that follows concluding in September 2020. I will be at Opening Night to cheer the cast on!
I take this opportunity to wish our community a safe and happy Spring vacation.
Maxine Kohler
Principal