Celebrating the Class of 2020

Celebrating 2020 the Class of

By Sophie Carne and Kelly Chen, School Captains

The Year 12 cohort should be commended for the way they have responded to the continual adjustments to school life. So too, should the families and guardians of students, who have provided emotional support throughout an emotional rollercoaster of a year.

This year has been a year like no other. As the Class of 2020, we have been plunged in and out of Distance Learning and had many much-anticipated events cancelled. But what we haven’t lost is the sense of camaraderie that characterises Year 12 at Korowa. If anything, this adversity has engendered a stronger awareness of the importance of connection and inspired gratitude for our friendships. Instigated by Year 12 student Alicia Liang-Morgan, Motivational Monday provided a weekly boost and point of connection for the year level. We experimented with Zoom calls, developed study groups over Microsoft Teams and adopted a ‘Support Sisters’ group as a point of regular contact. Individually, we’ve relearned the importance of prioritising mental health, rediscovered old hobbies and developed new ones and ultimately discovered more about who we are. That being said, we were relieved to be back in the VCE Centre at the end of Term 2! It was with a renewed sense of motivation that the Year 12 Leadership Team met for the first time face to face. Equipped with personal experience of the challenges of Distance Learning, the team now has an increased determination to bring our community together by maximising involvement and visibility in the increasingly familiar online space.

This is a year level that we are very proud to be a part of and that has done much to be proud of. Regardless of what our end of year celebrations look like, we are very much looking forward to celebrating this extraordinary journey at the end of the year, with an extraordinary cohort.