Edition Fourteen 22 OCTOBER 2021
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FORTNIGHTLY NEWS AND EVENTS FOR ST GEORGE’S PARENTS
From the Principal Tina Campbell
“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.” Mother Teresa WOW, what a week of adventures, celebrations, and farewells we have had at St George’s to start Term Four. They have reflected the power of this quote by Mother Teresa, as we have seen the whole School community working together to achieve such ‘great things’. It has been an incredible journey.
to find different opportunities to shine, creating a positive impact on the world and those around them. The 2022 Student Guild, just like the quote, need the contributions of all within the St George’s Community to be successful in establishing their dreams and aspirations for 2022.
This week we congratulated the newly appointed members of our 2022 Student Guild and thanked the outgoing guild members for their many fine contributions and efforts in leading the School throughout 2021. Their positive energy, resilience and passion for St George’s was apparent as I started at the School in March. I am immensely proud of all that they have achieved. They have started several new initiatives and traditions which will become part of their legacy for the future, including the World’s Greatest Shave and the Year 12 Dress Up Day to conclude the school year. Our 2022 Student Guild have big shoes to fill.
The annual Art Exhibition was also opened this week at Brookfield Properties. It is a spectacular showcase of the multitude and varied creative talents of our students. Mrs Carol Wohlnick and Mrs Katie Fassom have inspired such amazing pieces of work and it was a difficult decision for me to select the prize winners for the Principal’s Acquisitions. These three pieces of work will take pride of place within the School for a 12 month period. I thank the artists for agreeing to share their works with us; they are just sensational pieces, and I am confident that they will inspire future generations of artists within the School. In looking at the variety of works within the exhibition - from the statement entrance piece of the 101 Dalmatians to the fantasy shoe sculptures; from the Year 10 skateboard designs to the Year 8 strange hybrid creatures - all are just wonderful examples of a talent that sadly is not part of my skill set but a clear indicator of the creative imagination of these students within our School. These students can evidently ‘do things that I cannot’.
Whilst an elected student leadership group is an important part of the momentum of school life, leadership comes in many different shapes and forms. There is a wide array of leadership opportunities for all within our School and to those students who have missed out on a formal leadership position I encourage them to continue to give of their best, to be an active participant of school life and 1
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