Adelaide High School
News
Edition No. 9 |September 3, 2018
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
In this Edition From the Principal
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Calendar Dates
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Stage 2 Drama Performance
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Foodbank Food Drive
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of inquiry. I am looking forward to sharing the report with you.
Melbourne & MacRob Exchanges 3 F1 in Schools State Finals
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Spanish Day Out
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Book Week
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Year 8 Matball Competition
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2019 Italy Study Tour
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Student Pathways Report
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Greek Dance
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It is with pleasure that I welcome Mr Ben Foxwell who is with us in a contract position whilst Mr Darryl Wiechmann and Mr Aris Bakas are on leave. Mr John Bentley joins us as HPE teacher behind Mr Paul Williman and Ms Lara Nowak begins her contract whilst Ms Electra Montiadis is on leave. I wish our new contract teachers all the very best during their time at Adelaide High School. Congratulations to Ms Casey Swansson who has won the position of Intervention Leader. Casey’s position will officially begin in 2019. Her expertise will provide valuable leadership in the area of learning intervention for students, supporting them to engage in targeted programs to stretch skill development. Thank you so much for your support of the parent teacher interviews held on Tuesday afternoon and evening. We had a record number of families attend and it was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on the learning, engagement and academic achievement of your student.
Please help Adey support Foodbank to support those in need in South Australia. Details on Page 2.
Adelaide High School West Terrace, Adelaide South Australia Phone 61 8 8231 9373 Facsimile 61 8 8212 7827 office@adelaidehs.sa.edu.au www.adelaidehs.sa.edu.au
Just a reminder that on Wednesday, September 5 staff will be involved in professional learning focusing on learning intervention, digital pedagogy, data and information literacy. This will be a Student Free Day. Further, on Thursday, September 6, we have a school closure day. Thank you for your support during this time. As you know, during Week 2, Adelaide High School engaged in an External School Review, facilitated by staff from the Department for Education. Thank you to all of our families who met with the review team. During the three days, the Review team met with staff, students and families and visited many classes. AHS will receive a report with the strengths identified and recommendations aligned with the 3 lines
Auslan will be introduced as the 8th language offered by the school in 2019. It is the language of the Deaf Community in Australia. Under the leadership of our CHI Coordinator Ms Amy Geue, in partnership with the CHI team, planning is in place for the introduction of our new language offering. We anticipate a class at Year 8 and at Year 9 to commence in 2019. A number of staff are also undertaking Auslan training to learn how to sign and interact with our CHI students more effectively. In July 2017, when I arrived at Adelaide High School, I set myself the goal of being able to sign aspects of my speech at formal assemblies. I am very happy to say that I achieved this goal and, with the help of Ms Amy Geue, presented part of my speech to the students at the MacRob Welcome Assembly in Auslan. I will continue to learn and hopefully, in the not too distant future, I will be confident to sign all of my speeches. A small group of Adelaide High School students, under the leadership of Ms Dimitra Rozaklis and Mr David Place, left early Thursday morning to engage in a 10 day trek as part of Operation Flinders. Here they will engage in learning experiences that will challenge their thinking, build skills and enhance problem solving. Thank you to Mr Stephen Kay who drove the staff and students to their outback destination. We wish them all the very best. Sam Charters, one of our Year 9 students, was selected by CANTEEN to feature in their 2018 appeal. The target for CANTEEN was to raise a total of $178,853.00 to support young children and their families. As part of the appeal, a series of videos was developed, featuring Sam and capturing his story. The target was $178,853 and the total raised was $246,646.00! Please take the time to watch the videos: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4. Finally, thank you for your support in ensuring your student is in full uniform. A reminder that only Adelaide High School uniform jumpers are to be worn and PE uniform items are only to be worn for PE lessons.
Thank you for your partnership and support. Kind regards, Ms Cez Green | Principal