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Back to the future By Garry Howe Pakenham Secondary College celebrated its past while looking to the future at a 50-year reunion in the school library on Tuesday 30 May. More than 100 past and present students and staff marked the occasion, reminiscing over days of the old schoolyard and marveling about how things had changed. The college opened as Pakenham High School back in February 1967 and moved to its present Princes Highway site three years later. Current principal Ray Squires, who also taught at the school from 1987 to ’99, gave an insight into just how different the school community was now compared to the early days. Mr Squires said the school previously had 90 per cent of students arrive by bus - up to 600 at its peak in the 1990s - and that there were now only 23, or three per cent, of students arriving that way. He said the school community reflected the change from a country town to an outer Melbourne suburb and had gone from being predominantly Anglicised to being a multicultural melting pot, currently hosting students born in 23 different countries. Mr Squires said the school celebrated those changes as it reflected on the past. “We are a melting pot of society,” he said. “It’s great to see those children of different cultures mixing without issue in their groups. That’s how it should be in society.” Bass MP Brian Paynter, a former student and the current school council president, compered the function and echoed his principal’s sentiment that the college continued to make a difference in the life of its students. “We should never forget that,” he said. “Pakenham Secondary College is proud of its past and is heading in the right direction.” Mr Paynter said the quality of the current all-female leadership team underlined that statement. He said that for the first time this year the school opted to choose its
Current principal Ray Squires, who also taught at the school previously. 168998
Sabrina Kerber, left, and Sally A'Vard display vintage uniforms from Sabrina's own school days, starting in 1969. 168998 school captains on merit rather than gender and ended up with five girls sharing the role - Kristen Trewarn, Tessa Patterson, Britney Porch, Mia Biggs and Abigail Nimmo. They all addressed the crowd, along with some staff and students of past eras. Bob Taylor taught from 1968, the school’s second year, and recalled the magnificent facilities back then and the close ties between teachers and students. Andrew Trotter, who arrived as a Form 2 student in 1970 as the school opened on the current site, covered his era in an enlightening and entertaining address.
Daniel Madhaven, who is now achieving considerable success in the finance industry, spoke of the life lessons gleaned through his schoolyard experience, as did Collingwood premiership player Tyson Goldsack, of more recent years. Mr Squires made presentations to long-serving teachers Jenny Healy and JoAnne Duggan acknowledging their contributions to the school community. Pick up a copy of the PakenhamBerwick Gazette’s special centenary edition - to be published on Wednesday 7 June for a comprehensive coverage of the PSC reunion.
In good hands ... the 2017 school leadership team, from left, Abigail Nimmo, Mia Biggs, Kirsten Trewarn, Tessa Patterson and Britney Porch. 168998
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