South Grafton High School Excellence and Innovation Issue No.8 – Term 1 21 March 2014 Relieving Principal: Mr Robert Perl

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Diary Dates 23/03 – 29/03/14 Heron Island Excursion Tuesday 25/03/14 Year 9 Lifesaving – Grafton Pool Wednesday 26/03/14

Year 9 STELLAR – ‘Recipe for Success’ excursion

Tuesday 1/04/14 Year 7 parent/teacher night Monday 7/04/14 P&C Meeting Monday 7/04/14 Aboriginal Dance Workshop Tuesday 8/04/14 Peer Tutor Training Thursday 10/04/14 Anzac Day assembly Friday 11/04/14 Last Day of term 1

Bangarra Dance Program We are very proud to have 17 students

selected to participate in the Bangarra Rekindling Youth Dance Program. They are Dakota Mundine, Jennifer Laurie,

Chelsea Dwyer, Shonta Morris, Talara Dutton, Chloe Ferguson-Gardiner, Kate-

Lyn Ferguson-Gardiner, Shakarni Scholes, Kaashan Martin, Storm Lockwood,

Makaylah Wyatt, Wesley Fernando, Kyleasha Skinner-Hookey, Tiara Irwin, Patricia Anderson, Keanah Scholes and

Tanisha Martin. The program is designed to further the skills of our Aboriginal

dancers and also teach them how to teach others and pass on their skills. Well done.

Social The first social was held on Tuesday night.

I would like to congratulate the SRC on their organisation and also congratulate the large number of students who

attended. The theme for the night was ‘horror’ but the night was anything but.

The students had a great time and the dress ups were fantastic.

Well done Nick Nick Short Year 12, 2013 has achieved a

$29,000 scholarship in Bachelor of Arts and Technology Secondary Education at University of New England Armidale. This

is a tremendous and just reward for Nick whose attendance and work ethic was

exemplary. Well Done Nick.

Relay for Life I would like to wish all of our students all

the best when they participate in Relay for Life this weekend. The team organisers

are: Team 1 – Emily Van Dalsen, Team 2 – Madi Bultitude and Team 3 - Chloe Burgess. See next week’s newsletter for

the results.

Lions Youth of the Year South Grafton High School had two

students compete in the Lions Youth of the Year Zone Final last Saturday night. They were Chloe Burgess and Ruby

Sherrin. The girls didn’t win but were a great credit to themselves, their families

and the school. Well done girls for progressing so far in this competition.

Kerrod Bala Thank you to Amelia Noakes and Sarah

Williams for organising and conducting the fundraising for Kerrod Bala’s family. Kerrod passed away when the family’s

home was burnt to the ground leaving the family with nothing. With the guidance of

Amelia and Sarah, South Grafton High raised $2000 for Kerrod’s family in this difficult time. Well done everyone.

Kerrod’s family have passed on their heart felt appreciation of our efforts.

Art An information evening will be held on

Tuesday 18 March 2014 in the school library from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm. The

purpose is to inform you of the expectations and needs of these arts courses as well as the assessment tasks

and deadlines for final HSC works. On the evening we will explain the different needs

for both Year 11 and 12 courses. Both parents and students are welcome.

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Star Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have recently received star awards.

Year 8 Green Star Award: Trey Holder-

Shoebridge, Jai Jones, Corbin Mathieson, Jacob Green, Joel Polsen and Zac Robertson.

Red Star Award: Braidan Barry, Ebony Duckworth, Charlie Gardoll, Maeve Grant,

Mitchell Lentfer, Kaitlyn Perdicaro and Erica Tillman. Southern Cross Award: Michael Wright.

Year 10 Red Star Award: Jay Nocido.

Southern Cross Award: Sebastian Young. Year 11 Green Star Award: Rachel Aspinall, Tayla

Campbell, Jaleal Cromelin, Kirby Danvers, Brady Ellem Goodwin, Emilee Forbes,

Mason Graham, Mark Hough, Valerie Kennedy, Jayden O’Meara, Jackson Skinner, Brandon Thornton, Hayden

Towns, Breanna Waterson and Saxon Woods.

Red Star Award: Rachel Aspinall, David Bergan, Caleb Caldwell, Jalissa Croft, Kye Godwin, Mason Graham, Holly Hastings,

Mark Hough, Joseph O’Grady, Amber Skinner, Brandon Thornton, Hayden

Towns, Breanna Waterson, Zachary Willis, Travis Woodhouse and Saxon Woods. Yellow Star Award: Michael Balchin, Emma

Collins, Hasani Douglas, Simone Finlay, Joshua Ford, Mark Hough, Brodie Jones,

Mia Mathieson, Owen Mathieson, Dana McKew, Breanna Waterson, Elouise Wood

and Kerrod Young. Southern Cross Award: Michael Balchin, Blair Cain, Essie Duray, Joshua Ford, Mia

Mathieson and Allegra Officer.

Chess Club is back!! Chess Club will run at lunchtime on Thursdays, starting from 1.00 pm in B5.

Bring your lunch, come along to watch and learn or have some great chess

games. Visiting chess playing teachers are also most welcome. Bad behaviour is not. See Mrs Lancaster for more details.

SRC

Social – What a fantastic night we

all had at our first social for the year.

Over 250 students went all out with their makeup and

costumes for the horror theme. There were zombies,

spiders, werewolves and ghouls galore. We are so proud of everyone who attended. Thank you to staff who

volunteered their time for supervision.

Camp – Our three day leadership training camp went off without a hitch.

Not only was it very productive

with goal setting and team building but also

awesome fun. Special

thanks to Ms Kelsey, Mr Dobbin

and Mr Doerner

who stepped in at the last

minute to replace Ms

McBeath

Easter Bunnies – our annual Easter

fundraiser starts next week. Bunnies are $2.00.

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Year 9 History Excursion

On Tuesday 18 March 2014, classes of 9S – Mr

Fawcett, 9G – Mr Pobjoy and half of 9F – Miss

Carle went on a mandatory History excursion to Schaeffer

House, Alumy Creek and Grafton’s Memorial Park.

They undertook the study of our local history and how Grafton

commemorates the wars. Whilst on the excursion, students

completed a site study booklet and listened to stories from

Frank Mackie and Barry Bartley.

The students were commended on

how well behaved and well-mannered they were.

9R - Mrs Fisher, 9A - Mr Miller and the other half of 9F - Miss Carle classes are undertaking the excursion on Friday 21

March 2014.

Information night about university life.

All welcome Wednesday 26 March 5.30 –

6.30 pm at Grafton Community Centre. How do I get into university?. Why

should I go? Financial support and scholarships – hear inspiring stories of university experiences. Stella is an initiative of the Clarence Valley Industry Education Forum.

Girls Open Netball On Thursday 13 March 2014, the open

girls WON the Zone Knockout Netball Challenge here in Grafton. The girls played three intense games in extremely

hot conditions. The girls won

the first game against Bellingen 42-

7. The second game was

against Coffs Senior College and the girls won 52 - 17. The final was

against Orara High School. This game went into extra time because of a draw at

the end of the game. The girls finally took out the victory of this game with a score of 38-36. The team consisted of Kirby

Danvers, Courtney King, Brooke Lilley, Kira Grant, Murren Woods, Karlie

Chevalley, Paris Ditton, and Isabella Di-Mattia. All girls played exceptionally well on the day. Congratulations to our

Mid North Coast champions!!!

Rowing Last week our rowing team made the trip

to Sydney to compete in the NSW CHS Rowing Championships at the International Regatta Centre Penrith. With

a few late withdrawals the team was reduced in numbers; however, this did not

dampen their spirits. This was the first time for some of our students competing on the course in which the 2000 Sydney

Olympics were held. This proved to be an experience which the rowers will never

forget. All rowers performed well and represented our school with great honour. Braden Cooper rowed extremely well in

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his single scull, finishing with a personal

best. Laura McCann and Natasha Tweedie performed admirably in the double scull

and it was hard to wipe the smiles off their faces at the end of the race. Kiara

Hankinson rowed well in her single scull race, as did Chloe Burgess and Ruby Sherrin in their open double scull and

should be proud of their efforts. The standout performers for the two day

regatta were the open girls crew of Chloe Burgess, Ruby Sherrin, Kiara Hankinson & Brielle Lentfer, coxed by Braden Cooper.

The girls placed second in the Championship Women’s quad scull behind Maclean High. In the Championship

Women’s Coxed Four, the girls overcame Sydney Girls High School to win gold, this

was an outstanding achievement by the girls, well done. A big thankyou to Grafton High who travelled down with our rowers

and made the trip very enjoyable. It was terrific to see both schools working

together and supporting each other. A special mention to Mr & Mrs Tarrant

(GHS), Mr Lang and Matt Cooper for all their efforts in organising and transporting students and boats, without the help of all

these people the trip to CHS would not have been possible.

This is a fantastic day and places will fill quickly. reigstration forms can be obtained from the Cultural

center or the Ms Wauchope in the libarary

Canteen Roster

Monday 24 March Julie Anne Brett

Tuesday 25 March Colleen Hankinson Wednesday 26 March Help Please Thursday 27 March Laurie King Friday 28 March Help Please Monday 31 March Julie Anne Brett

Community News

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