Palm Beach Currumbin State High
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Murri Jarjum News

Term 1 Murri Jarjum Celebration Breakfast

On Friday of Week 7 we held our first Murri Jarjum Breakfast Celebration for 2020. The purpose of the breakfast is to celebrate a number of proud moments for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The morning began with a quick chat from Paul Bullpitt about the amazing opportunities on offer to our Murri Jarjums in 2020, including the introduction of our Clontarf Room.

We were lucky enough to welcome Michael Naylor and Rachel Stringfellow from the Qld Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation to present our current Year 11 and 12 QATSIF Scholarship recipients. Michael Naylor spoke to us about the significance of the QATSIF Scholarship money and the importance of acknowledging the stolen wages from our previous generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queensland workers.

Also in attendance were a number of other support people that provide amazing opportunities for our students. These included Cianni Roberts (Kalwun Deadly Choices), Justine Dillon (Ngarang-Wal Gold Coast Aboriginal Association Incorporated), John Hammond (Qld Ambulance Service), Jenaye Ward (AIME Bond University), Denise Mills and Alfie Summers (Krurungal). Each of these people play key roles in assisting our students achieve their QCE and graduate from PBC.

The breakfast was also a celebration of outstanding attendance with students above 92% receiving recognition as well as a special accolade for those students with 100% attendance so far in 2020. The morning finished with acknowledgement of our highest GPA male and female ATSI students from 2019.

Thank you to all the staff, students and family members that took the time to attend the first breakfast of 2020 and we hope to see you at our next one.

Naomi Apanui & Deana Lasserre