From the College Captains SCOTT MEAGHER COLLEGE CAPTAIN Although this term has not been what anybody had planned or hoped for, I would like to congratulate all boys on the way they have conducted themselves this term. The ability for boys to adapt to the trying circumstances has been outstanding, continuing to put their best foot forward and do the best work they can over Google Meet. Thank you also to the staff, who have provided boys with all the help and support they need during this difficult time, providing lessons with effort and enthusiasm, despite the lack of face-to-face interactions. And finally, to the families, thank you for your continued support of your sons during this time. I think I speak for many when I say that we have enjoyed the extra time we have been able to spend with our family while at home, and the care and assistance that our families provide is essential in
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ensuring that boys are able to manage all the challenges that 2020 has provided. I can say that, although we are apart, the strength of the St Kevin’s community may not have been greater. I don’t think this is highlighted better than our performance in the APS Move for Mental Health Challenge, where, at the time of writing, we have had over 300 boys and staff from Year 7–12 chipping in and getting involved, running over 2,000km for mental health awareness. Thank you all for your support during this time, and we hope to see you back at school very soon.
when we are separated from the group? When tectonic shifts force us apart, tearing fault lines through our land, when the earth quakes, and volcanoes erupt, changing our world forever.
JUSTIN MITCHELL
We turn inward. We fight to survive the winter. We wait until the world shifts back, no matter how many millions of years it may feel have passed. Even when there is no sight of the end, we just keep flapping our wings, keep zooming along. Until finally, we can come together once again.
We live as a collective. It’s in our nature, each individual a wolf in the pack, a plot of land on a great continent, a bird of a feather. There is safety in numbers. Comfort in numbers. Support in numbers. Even worry, when the numbers are in the hundreds in Melbourne. Yet what happens
What happens when the pack must split up, and go its separate ways to find food, to survive through the long cold winter? What happens when we are swept away from our flock. When winds howl, and thunderclouds block sight of our ever chirpy feathery friends. When we must fly on our own, still tweeting our hearts out?
ST KEVIN’S COLLEGE
