Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Awards season culminated last Wednesday with the Year 12 Graduation and Formal. We farewelled over 400 Year 12s as they completed their secondary schooling in spectacular fashion. From the Red Carpet arrivals through to the Formal Dinner, the students celebrated after a year of hard work punctuated with disruptions.

Congratulations to Ryan Thwaite, Art Excellence, who on Saturday night won 4 awards at the Bond University Film and Television Awards (BUFTAs) with an animation he made in his spare time this year. Ryan did not study Film and TV and is totally self taught. This competition is a national competition for all Australian high school students and Ryan won Best Gold Coast Film, Best Animation, Best Director and the top prize Best Overall Film which gives him a full scholarship to Bond to study Film.

This week sees the commencement of exams for the Year 10 and 11 students.  Students in Years 7 to 9 have a week of important lessons remaining together with assignment work being due before they commence with their exams.  

Year 9 Academic Excellence Students move onto Australian Business Week activities next week which is sponsored by the Greater Southern Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce. The students get to display their entrepreneurial drive as they design, create and implement a business plan.

Chris Capra
Executive Principal