2022 Wangaratta High School Yearbook

2022 Y E A R

B O O K

2022 Y E A R

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Acknowledgements

A special thank you to NE TRACKS LLEN for their continued support of our school.

Front Cover

Hannah Stafford Main Art Design

Kasey Doyle Rebecca Younger

Photography

Kevin McGennan WHS Staff Wangaratta Chronicle

Editor's Note

A thank you to our WHS Community who has made this magazine possible and here's to 2022 being such a successful year.

A special mention to Gemma Hunter for her assistance Rebecca Younger

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to our Sponsors

Principal Report

"2022 - The Year of the Tiger" and what a year it's been. Back to normal and borrowing has been fantastic.

Started with informative Library Orientation lessons in a "Treasure Hunt" and was thoroughly enjoyed by 9 classes in Years 7-9.

The Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge was completed with Clara Rocchiccioli reading a terrific 55 books, Ella Fischer 36 and Maddison Kelly 28. Well done to all students who accepted the challenge and improved their reading skills.

Bookweek theme was "Dreaming with Eyes Open" which saw competitions of "Guess the teacher" and "Who's eyes" creating lots of laughter and finished the week with a Quiz and best costume competition. Thank you to Staff and students for making such a successful week.

PRINCIPAL REPORT

News from the library - many additions to Library resources have been added to our now accessible "cloud based" Library catalogue - search the "Library Catalogue" on the WHS Intranet page to check it out.

Escape in a good book and keep reading.

Principal Report Dave Armstrong

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT

Executive Principal

It is an honour to be writing my first yearbook as the Principal of Wangaratta High School. Having joined the school in March, it has been a rewarding and busy journey of service and learning.

I would like to acknowledge Michelle Bootes for the legacy she left, as I arrived at a well-running school set up for success in 2022. Michelle was Acting Principal for much longer than she had planned and stayed on even longer in the interests of the school to accommodate my appointment in late 2021 and the subsequent complexities of me relocating from Vanuatu. The school and I owe Michelle much thanks.

The Victorian Department of Education and Training celebrated 150 years of Public Education in Victoria this year. The Education Act of 1872 was the first of its kind in the world and the first in the Australian colonies. Education was free and compulsory, so the whole community would benefit, and all children aged 6-15 years had to attend school unless they had a reasonable excuse. Education was secular, meaning that there was no control by any church.

Wangaratta High School is 113 years old this year, so it has a proud history in parallel. The school recognises its importance and value to the community as the only public secondary school over this period and into the future.

This year we celebrated 35 years of service by Sandy Newman – better known affectionately as Newmo! Sandy was honoured by the Department of Education and Training with a service medal, but many past staff and students reached out personally to acknowledge their adoration and appreciation of Sandy. This length of service is not common and speaks volumes of her love of Wangaratta and the school, but is also an insight into our wonderful staff team.

I am pleased that I have already been able to initiate some constructive structural changes for next year that provide clarity and direction for all staff so we can better serve our students. Calibrating the pace of change is critical for a leader, and I am confident that this will further accelerate our ongoing commitment and journey of improvement and growth. I am pleased that we are able to invest further in student wellbeing and care and ensure high expectations for learning and honouring the school's values can be supported.

Implementing a new daily Homeroom structure and other student leadership opportunities should also support increased student voice and agency.

Jay Weston has served as Acting Principal for the last couple of years and heads back to Bendigo at the end of 2022 to be closer to family. We wish Jay and his family all the best and thank him for his service to the school.

John Paola was appointed substantively as an Assistant Principal (Positive Climate for Learning) after several years in an acting capacity, and this cements his deep commitment to serve and lead at Wangaratta High School. We welcome Sheri Parkhouse, who has been appointed as our other Assistant Principal (Excellence in Teaching and Learning). Sheri, who lives in Chiltern, commences in 2023. She has served as a school leader at Wodonga Senior Secondary College.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the service and work of the Wangaratta High School Council, comprised mostly of school parents but also student and community representatives. They meet regularly and add valuable guidance and governance to many important matters concerning the school. Deb Fischer has been President for a number of years and deserves a special mention for her tireless service and commitment to the school.

PRINCIPAL REPORT

I have had the pleasure of meeting many alumni of all eras and ages since I started here – in many different locations and contexts. I recognise the value of strong alumni of past students to further strengthen our community and for our student's sake. As such, I hope to be able to make an exciting announcement in this area very soon. Strongly connected alumni can be inspirational, relatable role models for our current and future students. Such a network is a practical and meaningful way to help us further lift student aspirations, broaden student opportunities and enhance equality of opportunity.

Assistant Principal Report Jay Weston

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING REPORT

Assistant Principal

Teaching and Learning at Wangaratta High School in 2021 was once again guided by our effective LEARN Instructional Model, used to ensure consistency within our whole school approach to Teaching and Learning.

Beginning with the ‘Learning Intention’, the LEARN model allows a gradual release of responsibility for our students to learn new skills in a calm, supportive environment.

Implemented across the school from the top down, this model has seen outstanding growth in several learning areas, some of which are outlined below.

NAPLAN testing once again showcased our students learning growth within areas of Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation. For the first time at WHS, testing was conducted 100% online, with students using personal or school devices to complete the 5 tests over 8 days.

With over 200 students tested at Years 7 and 9, our Year 9 cohort displayed benchmark grown that exceeded the state average in all but 1 of the 5 domain areas. In addition to this, the percentage of students in the Middle 2 and Top 2 bands also rose during the last 12 months, with the number of students falling into the bottom 2 bands decreasing significantly in all areas. A fantastic result for the school.

These excellent results are testament to the dedication of our teachers to develop and deliver an engaging, dynamic curriculum differentiated to each student’s learning needs, empowering them to thrive in the learning environment.

The Middle Years Numeracy / Literacy Support program (MYLNS) , and Tutor Learning Initiative (TLI), continued this year, providing one-on-one, in classroom support to students whose learning growth had stagnated. Over the year we have seen some extremely strong development among targeted students, with an average of 18 months growth in Numeracy and Reading in just 12 months. We look forward to these programs continuing their great work in 2023.

Wangaratta High School’s continued pursuit of teaching excellence has seen the continuation of several strategies to build teaching capacity through coaching, observation and assessment.

Learning Walks and Talks and the ‘Coaching for Success’ model have afforded WHS Leadership staff the skills to effectively mentor and drive improvement within their teams, improving teacher classroom practice and student outcomes across all areas.

This was further achieved through the continuation of Professional Learning Communities or “PLCs”.

PLCs are a proven way to increase student learning by linking the learning needs of students with the professional practice of their teachers, and the model has seen great success in improving teacher ability to differentiate and utilise valuable data sets, within the classroom.

These strategies and more have ensured Wangaratta High School continue to deliver dynamic, data driven pedagogy in a calm learning environment, and on behalf of the Principal Team I would like to thank all staff and students for their ongoing support and hard work in Teaching and Learning.

Assistant Princiapal Report Assistant Principal

The year 2022 has been an important one in the life of Wangaratta High School. We have taken some important steps to ensure that the school will continue to provide the absolute best in the Engagement and Wellbeing support and the development of programs that provide our students with confidence, inclusion, and a sense of belonging. Here are some of these wonderful programs and experiences this year.

Our partnership with Charles Sturt and GOTafe allowed us to implement an inclusion program for our Koorie students from years 7 to year 12. The ‘Nungara’ program that was held in July gave students four days of exploration that included: health careers, Tafe and University tours, hands on animal studies and stargazing with past student Krystal De Napoli. This program/partnership will continue into 2023.

In 2021 out ‘Attitude to school Survey’ indicated that student voice and agency was down in several year levels. Considering this data, the school has worked hard to ensure student voice and agency will be heard and acted upon. We are now pleased to mention that we have introduced the ‘Peer Support’ program in term four 2022 which has seen Mrs Mascas, Mrs Wilson and Mr Mullins or trained to lead this program. The school will also be introducing ‘Student Representative Council’ in 2023 this is an inclusive council for student voice and agency. Exciting times ahead in this space.

In term three we hosted ‘Campfire ‘conversations with our Koorie families that gave people the opportunity to come into the school and have their voice about the school and their child's education. We had fifteen people attend this event from past students/current students to family members.

This year we also established specialized programs such as: the re engagement program the introduction of a student engagement officer and bridging officer. All these programs fall under our case management process to help and support students to re engagement at school and in the classroom. This year we have had up to ten students through the re engagement program and back in and engaged into their learning.

Our wellbeing team are continuing to develop new exciting programs for students and two of these have been ‘Equine therapy’ and ‘Drum therapy’ which have seen up to twelve students through these specialized wellbeing programs. We launched our ‘Hands on learning’ program this year that have seen up to 10 students with various backgrounds attend the program one day a week planning and doing projects around the school.

We have had our year elevens in their last week for the term involved in wellbeing workshops at the Charles Stuart campus on Tone Road where they had the opportunity to participate in various wellbeing activities and this is something we will continue into next year as it was beneficial for our senior students.

The traditions, values and lofty expectations are the pillar of which this school is built with community confidence and optimism remaining at prominent levels. I ‘am proud to be part of this school and can only hope that you all share a part of this pride. I wish our school community a very merry charismas and a happy and safe new year.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: WELLBEING / POSITIVE CLIMATE REPORT

John Paola

The planning of these conversations was led by Mrs Belci in conjunction with (Koorie Engagement Support Officer) Rebecca Cranage.

Wellbeing Louisa Hayes Leader

The Wellbeing Team has really expanded in Term 3 with the employment of a MHP, Renee Murtagh. WHS is now offering Horse Wisdom (Renee is a qualified Equine Therapist) for selected students as well as Mental Health support for students.

R U Ok Day

Another new member is Damian Loiterton, who is our Student Engagement Officer who works to engage students back in their learning and also runs the Hands On Learning Program for selected students who thrive in a hands on environment.

Amitpal Kaur is our school counsellor who can work with students and families around issues they may be struggling with at school and has commenced a Drumming group for students to build their confidence in themselves.

Hands on Learning

Louisa Hayes is the Wellbeing Leader who works with transition students, funded students and planning around how to best meet the needs of students at Wangaratta High School.

If you have any concerns or worries about your child, please contact the Wellbeing Team.

R U Ok Day

Horse Wisdom

WELLBEING

Wellbeing Team (Left to Right): Damian, Renee, Amit, John and Louisa

R U OK Day

School Council Report President

It’s been a wonderful year of things returning to some degree of normality, though once again it has not been without its challenges! Special thanks once again to Michelle Bootes for staying in the principal position until Dave Armstrong could start mid-term 1; we wish you a happy and well-deserved retirement, Michelle!

After a long wait throughout the end of 2020 and all of 2021, it has been fabulous to welcome Dave to the substantive principal position and to work with him this year on School Council. The transition has been smooth and seamless, thanks in part to the ongoing work of John Paola and Jay Weston who have carried the deputy principal positions well once again this year. Dave – thank you for your openness, willingness to listen and learn, to take the time to get to know and understand our school community, but still to keep the school moving along in its vision and Annual Implementation Plan, as well as bringing a fresh perspective and new ideas to the school. We are in an exciting time, full of possibilities.

We have also been glad to welcome some new faces to School Council: Pete Christison, Leticia Richens, Helen Collins, staff members Katelyn Sheather & Louisa Hayes, prefects Fiona Schilling & Grace Gregory, joined myself, Sandy King, Gady Parker, Melissa Finnegan, Mabel Evengedis, Julie Tzaros & Tracy Stolman, along with Dave Armstrong, Jay Weston & John Paola. My thanks to each member of School Council for their enthusiasm and commitment to both School Council activities and WHS as a whole. The school is privileged to have such a large, dedicated group of people as part of its governance.

Finance Facilities Music Support Community Garden School Archives (new 2022) Marketing & Fundraising (new 2022 – yet to be fully implemented) Thank you to every one who has been involved, in whatever capacity throughout this year.

There has not been much for the Community Garden sub-committee to do, after the full dispersal of the previous grant money. The Committee, and Louisa in particular, are continuing to look at further grant opportunities and work with school leadership around the future planning of the garden. Thank you to those involved in the Committee as well as the VCAL students, Michelle Wilson & Louisa Hayes for the work they were able to do over the past few years, despite COVID in this exciting project. Thanks once again to Jenny Kjar’s landscape design work and vision.

The Music Support Group has been thrilled to return to more camps, excursions and performances and we thank them once again for their support of this amazing program for our students. Our music program continues to be unrivalled in our region and a real jewel of WHS. School Council would also like to thank our teachers and staff of WHS once again. We acknowledge once more the impact and toll of the last few years and want to extend our thanks for your commitment & dedication for our students and our school. We continue to owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Please know that you are valued and appreciated.

While this year has been one of transition and recalibration, we look forward to 2023 with hope and anticipation.

SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT

Deb Fisher

This year School Council has had the following sub-committees (though there have been challenges in meeting):

Koorie Academy of Excellence The Koorie Academy of Excellence (KAE) is an out of school hours program supporting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to develop a connection to culture, leadership skills and their academic capabilities.

KOORIE ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

Throughout 2022, our KAE members were exposed to a broad range of leadership, cultural, career, academic and social activities that were designed to get them to think about what they are good at, what they enjoy and what they want to aspire to. In addition to group activities, support is provided by our Koorie Academy of Excellence Liaison Officers (KAELO), Brandon and Nicholas, who meet with each Academy member to identify individual interests.

A couple of the programs that our KAE students were able to enjoy were…

15 Mile Creek camp allowed our KAE students to be immersed in a rich and unique learning environment that allowed them to explore, discover, be challenged and bond with one another. The KAE students were grateful and valued the help, guidance and passion shared by Uncle Chris Thorne. Uncle Chris is always willing to share his knowledge with the KAE. One of the workshops on the camp, involved students creating a story about what the KAE represents, incorporating the 4 pillars of the KAE. The students designed artwork together, which Shakelle pieced together to create the final design. This will be burnt onto a piece of wood, then displayed at 15MC for KAE camp students to connect and feel a sense of pride whenever they visit.

The KAE ran a ‘kickstart’ program at the start of the year to introduce students to the gym at WSAC to promote wellbeing and help students understand the importance of exercise and good health.

Cultural activity days with Taylor Hampton of Birrang Cultural Connection. took KAE students for a cultural experience, such as the history of the didgeridoo and the technique of how to throw a boomerang.

KOORIE ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

Our KAE Liaison Officers, Brandon and Nick are looking forward to continuing to encourage its members to be excited about their future, be confident in their choices and be culturally strong.

Prefect Report Stephanie Grant 2022 Head Prefect

2022 has been a great year for WHS, including for our prefect team, with many highlights throughout the year and legacies to pass on to the forthcoming team.

The team was lucky enough to be involved in ANZAC Day ceremonies both in Melbourne and Wangaratta. One half of our team attended the Wangaratta march with the 2/24th Battalion and Cadets and had the opportunity to lay a wreath and carry the banner, while the other half of the team travelled to Melbourne and participated in the statewide March, carrying a banner also for the 2/24th Battalion. They then attended a luncheon at the Pascoe Vale RSL and had the honour of meeting members of the battalion.

The prefect team has had many successful fundraisers throughout the year, starting with the BBQ, bake sale and ice dunk at swim carnival earlier this year. Along with other casual clothes days and sausage sizzles, we were able to raise money to go towards our future projects.

PREFECT REPORT

The team gained approval for the creation of a social space behind the year 12 lockers, with extra seating, plants, and accessible pathways from Edwards Street and the general office. Plans are currently being put in motion for the installation of the space.

Back Row: Ella Stephens, Jarrod Bell, Sheridan McDonald and Breeanna Keys Middle Row: Acting Principal, Michelle Bootes, Jordan Gosbell, Finn Howe, Brodie Finderr and Thomas Solimo Front Row: Gracie York, Fiona Schilling, Stephanie Grant, Alannah Baguley, Hayley Murphy-Graham and Grace Gregory

Alannah Baguley 2022 Head Prefect

The team was involved in many transition and information evenings, providing tours for prospective parents and students, representing the school and speaking on our experiences at WHS. We also organised and ran a Discovery Day, which was an opportunity for students from local primary schools to visit WHS for a day and get involved in a range of fun activities, related to our different learning areas at school, as well as meet students from other primary schools.

On Remembrance Day, the prefects represented WHS both at school and at the Wangaratta Cenotaph, where wreaths were laid by some of our team. At school, the flags were lowered to half mast and a reading was given over the loudspeaker at the eleventh hour.

It has been such a fantastic team to work with, and while the 2022 year 12 prefects are sad to be going, we have full faith in the amazing abilities and initiatives of the upcoming team to continue to achieve great things into 2023 and beyond.

All the best to the 2023 Prefects Back Row: Todd Rufford-Sharpe, Cope Swinburne, Cody LePoidiven, Brodie Fisher, Jordan Gosbell, Connor Brown and Leo Harwood Front Row: Kalika Miliankos-King, Mae Jayet, Millie Meggs, Breeanna Keys (Head Prefect), Gracie York (Head Prefect), Caeleigh Cornhill, Sheridan McDonald and Grace Gregory

PREFECT REPORT

Congratulations to our 2022 Prefects and farewell to the Year 12 Prefects

ANZAC Day ANZAC Day - Melbourne and Wangaratta On ANZAC Day our Prefects and the 2/24th Battalion Ambassador Breeanna Keys were extremely privileged to participate in the ANZAC Day Marches in both Wangaratta and Melbourne. Even though it was an early start for our Prefects traveling to Melbourne in both marches, our Prefects lead with the 2/24th Battalion banner with pride.

Breeanna Key represented the 2/24th Battalion and Alannah Baguley represented our school in the local service to lay the Wreaths at the Cenotaph. We are extremely proud of the respect, maturity and leadership that our students showed whilst marching with the 2/24th Battalion.

Melbourne March

Wangaratta March

Melbourne March Melbourne March: Jordan Gosbell, Jarrod Bell, Hayley Murphy-Graham, Fiona Schilling and Thomas Solimo

ANZAC DAY

Alannah laying the WHS Wreath

Wangaratta March: Assistant Principal, John Paola, Finn Howe, Grace Gregory, Gracie York, Alannah Baguley, Breeanna Keys, Sheridan McDonald and Executive Principal, Dave Armstrong

Breeanna laying the 2/24th Battalion's Wreath

ANZAC Service at WHS To commemorate members past and present of the Australian Defence Force, we held our own ANZAC Service also celebrating our ongoing relationship with the 2/24th Infantry Battalion. We are proud of our students, especially our Prefects who conducted these assemblies and as always you lead our school with pride and honour.

ANZAC SERVICE AT WHS

We had a number of special guests attend our services. Their attendance is truly appreciated, and always adds authenticity and character to our ANZAC Service.

Remembrance Day At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, our staff and students observed one minute’s silence, in memory of those who served, died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts.

2022 Head Prefects, Alannah Baguley & Stephanie Grant and 2023 Head Prefects, Gracie York & Breeanna Keys, joined Executive Principal, Dave Armstrong and Assistant Principal, John Paola at the Cenotaph, proudly representing our school at the Wangaratta RSL Remembrance Day Service. Alannah and Stephanie laid a wreath on the school's behalf and Breeanna, who is also the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion’s Ambassador, laid a wreath on their behalf.

Back at our school, Prefect, Grace Gregory read out "In Flanders' Field", followed by a minute's silence, while our remaining 2023 Prefects and Assistant Principal, Jay Weston lowered our three flags to half-mast.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Alannah, Gracie, Executive Principal, Dave Armstrong, Assistant Principal, John Paola, Breeanna and Stephanie

2023 Prefects with Assistant Principal, Jay Weston

Alannah and Stephanie laying the school's wreath

Breeanna, the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion's Ambassador, laying their wreath

Brodie, Jordan and Sheridan lowering the flags to half-mast

2/24th Battalion Ambassador

The 2/24th battalion was one of two battalions formed in Victoria during the second world war, July 1940. As the battalion set up camp at the showgrounds of Wangaratta, they were welcomed by the opening arms of the community, and rapidly built their numbers. The members of the Wangaratta community adopted the 2/24th battalion and became known as ‘Wangaratta’s own’. In late 1940 the battalion was eventually attached to the 9th Australian division, one of the most famous army fighting formations in World War 2. The battalion had served greatly around the world from the year 1941 – 1945. in 1941 when the battalion served in Tobruk where they had suffered more casualties than any other 2nd Australian imperial force battalion, with 360 soldiers killed and 900 wounded. The 2/24th battalion had suffered great loses but with those loses came great success. They were trained and prepared to face anything and everything and stuck by each other’s side until the very end.

My role as the 2/24th battalion ambassador is to show not only this community but Victoria as well, the significance and the importance of this battalion. as the ambassador, I represent not only the battalion but Wangaratta as one and within this role I have the responsibility to give the future generations insight to what the 2/24th battalion stands for, and what their sacrifices mean for everyone, By showing our community the importance of Anzac day as well as remembrance day, these 2 days in particular give everyone the chance to not only remember soldiers that have fallen within battle but give everyone the chance to say thank you and to appreciate what the soldiers have done for you and the person standing next to you. r

Janice Young the vice president of the 2/24th battalion, Karen O’Shea the treasurer, Ash Power the president of the RSL and Liz Rouse Salmon the RSL ceremonial officer, have all come together to make this year run smoothly especially during Anzac day and Remembrance Day, where they have worked with myself as well as Wangaratta high school to make all events a success and one for the community to remember

Janice and Karen of the 2/24th

THE 2/24 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION ASSOCIATION (INC)

Breeanna Keys

Library Bronwyn Wyatt Librarian

"2022 - The Year of the Tiger" and what a year it's been.

Back to normal and borrowing has been fantastic.

Started with informative Library Orientation lessons in a "Treasure Hunt" and was thoroughly enjoyed by 9 classes in Years 7-9.

The Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge was completed with Clara Rocchiccioli reading a terrific 55 books, Ella Fischer 36 and Maddison Kelly 28. Well done to all students who accepted the challenge and improved their reading skills.

Bookweek theme was "Dreaming with Eyes Open" which saw competitions of "Guess the teacher" and "Who's eyes" creating lots of laughter and finished the week with a Quiz and best costume competition. Thank you to Staff and students for making such a successful week.

LIBRARY

News from the library - many additions to Library resources have been added to our now accessible "cloud based" Library catalogue - search the "Library Catalogue" on the WHS Intranet page to check it out.

Escape in a good book and keep reading.

Closing the book on 2022

Macqlit Lisa Norris

Support Officer

It has been a pleasure to see the students achieve personal goals with reading and writing and I feel confident that they will have a strong start in 2023!

Our Year 7 & 8 MacqLit students have worked extremely hard this year to ensure that they are bridging the gap with their literacy skills.

Our small group sessions help students to build the confidence and resilience they need to bounce back after challenges that may arise in the classroom.

2021 Dux

MACQLIT

It was lovely to finally have a full year of MacqLit classes without the interruption of lockdowns.

We held our annual Welcome to Year 7 BBQ in February this year. We had a fantastic turnout, it was great to see so many staff, students and their families mingling and getting to know each other.

We cannot wait to see our Year 7 students grow into their potential and follow their journey to graduation in 2027. Thank you all for a wonderful evening.

WELCOME BBQ

Welcome BBQ

2021 DUX

Dux for 2021 was Head Prefect, Ulrika Wild, showed that dedication to studies and hard work pays off after she received an outstanding ATAR result of 99.7. Ulrika managed to combine her study with extra curricula commitments at school, including maintaining her participation with the school band program.

Ulrika is currently studying medicine at ANU in Canberra.

Transition Libby Walters Transitions Leader

2022 GRADE 6 TO YEAR 7 TRANSITION REPORT

2022 Grade 6 to Year 7 Transition Report After 2 year of covid we have finally returned to a bit of normality. We had tours of the school for grade 6 students and their parent/carer’s lead by our prefects in Term 1. This was followed by our Transition to Year 7 Information Evening providing information about the school and the year 7 program. Primary schools were visited at the end of term 1 start term 2 with information packages for anyone who could not attend the evening.

In term 3 we held our first Discovery Day for rural school but our second day was disrupted by rain. In September we held our 2023 Year 7 information evening, with administrative information being given and explained. Our final activity for the year will be out 3 day orientation in December with grade 6 students attending the school in their classes for 2023.

Student Leadership

When living at SSL life was very different to normal. First off, we were living with 44 people all day every day, and there was rarely a time when you were alone. Everyone had a roommate which you become good friends with very quickly, or else you were in for a tough term. They paired up a kid from rural Victoria with a kid from Melbourne so that they have different backgrounds or lives. Everyone had breakfast, lunch and dinner together every day, and shared showers and toilets. There was lots of free time whilst at SSL, but always something to do. A table tennis table brought lots of people together, and a basketball half court.

During our time at SSL, we did raft and bridge building. For each of them all we had were pine logs, a bunch of ropes and six 50 litre drums when making a raft. At bridge building, we managed to complete the task of making a jetty like construction without any of us touching the water. We also achieved making a raft, unfortunately it only got us halfway around the island before falling apart. That said, all the other groups' rafts broke instantly when it touched the water (or even before in some cases) so I’d call ours a success.

One of the activities that we did at the School for Student Leadership was going on Expo. We had two expeditions that we went on, one 2 day and one 3 day. The first was an overnight trip with day one being an 18km bike ride and then the second day was a 12km hike. The second expo was a two-night hike. We saw so many different animals, including wallabies, kangaroos, possums, koalas and especially leeches. For each of the expos we went with our Expo group which was comprised of two schools, one city and one country. We went at the same time as another expo group but didn’t really interact with them much.

Another exciting thing we did was surfing. We went twice over the 9 weeks to McGennan’s beach in Warrnambool. For a lot of people, it was their first-time surfing and it was really good to watch people have a fun time learning a new skill. I have been surfing before but I still had a great time surfing with my mates.

Recharge day was our one day off each week.

On recharge days we had the option to just hang around at school or, if you organised it beforehand, you could go off campus. Some of the awesome activities we did were mountain bike riding in the forest, going to the beach for the day and a walk around the dry lake in Terang. If you put in an order with the chefs, you could also do some cooking. Over the 9 weeks people made chocolate cookies, brownies and peppermint slice among other things.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

For 9 weeks of term 3, six of us from 9E went to the School for Student Leadership (SSL) Gnurad-Gundidj campus. There were 44 students at the camp and 8 different schools from across the state. There was a mix of country and city schools and one of each got paired up to make an Expo group. We were with Officer Secondary College. There were 9 learning concepts that were the foundation of the lessons we had at SSL. Those were Learning Strategies, Emotional Management, Resilience, Identity, Empathy, Respectful Relationships, Collaboration, Health & Wellbeing and Environments. The purpose of the camp was to build on these concepts and develop our leadership skills.

Student Leadership

When living at SSL life was very different to normal. First off, we were living with 44 people all day every day, and there was rarely a time when you were alone. Everyone had a roommate which you become good friends with very quickly, or else you were in for a tough term. They paired up a kid from rural Victoria with a kid from Melbourne so that they have different backgrounds or lives. Everyone had breakfast, lunch and dinner together every day, and shared showers and toilets. There was lots of free time whilst at SSL, but always something to do. A table tennis table brought lots of people together, and a basketball half court.

During our time at SSL, we did raft and bridge building. For each of them all we had were pine logs, a bunch of ropes and six 50 litre drums when making a raft. At bridge building, we managed to complete the task of making a jetty like construction without any of us touching the water. We also achieved making a raft, unfortunately it only got us halfway around the island before falling apart. That said, all the other groups' rafts broke instantly when it touched the water (or even before in some cases) so I’d call ours a success.

One of the activities that we did at the School for Student Leadership was going on Expo. We had two expeditions that we went on, one 2 day and one 3 day. The first was an overnight trip with day one being an 18km bike ride and then the second day was a 12km hike. The second expo was a two-night hike. We saw so many different animals, including wallabies, kangaroos, possums, koalas and especially leeches. For each of the expos we went with our Expo group which was comprised of two schools, one city and one country. We went at the same time as another expo group but didn’t really interact with them much.

Another exciting thing we did was surfing. We went twice over the 9 weeks to McGennan’s beach in Warrnambool. For a lot of people, it was their first-time surfing and it was really good to watch people have a fun time learning a new skill.

I have been surfing before but I still had a great time surfing with my mates.

Recharge day was our one day off each week. On recharge days we had the option to just hang around at school or, if you organised it beforehand, you could go off campus. Some of the awesome activities we did were mountain bike riding in the forest, going to the beach for the day and a walk around the dry lake in Terang. If you put in an order with the chefs, you could also do some cooking. Over the 9 weeks people made chocolate cookies, brownies and peppermint slice among other things.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

For 9 weeks of term 3, six of us from 9E went to the School for Student Leadership (SSL) GnuradGundidj campus. There were 44 students at the camp and 8 different schools from across the state. There was a mix of country and city schools and one of each got paired up to make an Expo group. We were with Officer Secondary College. There were 9 learning concepts that were the foundation of the lessons we had at SSL. Those were Learning Strategies, Emotional Management, Resilience, Identity, Empathy, Respectful Relationships, Collaboration, Health & Wellbeing and Environments. The purpose of the camp was to build on these concepts and develop our leadership skills.

Careers and Pathways Cate West

Career Practitioner

Finally, after two years of cancelled career events, our students were able jump on some busses and attend some wonderful career days that were being offered throughout the year. Being the ever-optimistic career practitioner, I was sure this would be the year we got back on the bus and went exploring.

Morrisby Career Profiling

In April Lyn Higgins, Tim Friel and Ross Kelly took a around forty students on an opportunity most thought they would never get, a day at the F1 Grand Prix. It was an early start for them, leaving at 7am and returning at 6pm, there were many great stories of the race day, seeing celebrity car drivers, the loud roar of the engines and the incredible speed of the cars.

CAREERS AND PATHWAYS

In April all Year 9 students are expected to participate in the Morrisby Career Profiling (MCP). The MCP is a tool that collects information on a student’s aptitudes, career strengths, values, personality type and skills. The tool blends the information provided by each student to generate a personal and individualised career and study booklet for the last few years of secondary school and higher education. It also looks at options at employment, apprentices and TAFE qualifications. After the profiling the students then attend a one on one meeting with a Career Practitioner who is trained to unpack the results of the profiling, this profiling is provided free to each Year 9 student.

The Hands-on Trades Expo was held at the Winton Motor Raceway on May 5th. Students from years 9-12 were given the opportunity to attend the day which was split into a morning and afternoon sessions. As well as local trades on display the ADF, SES, Victoria Police and many other amazing trade professionals spoke about their business and pathways in their particular industry.

Again, at the end of each session the ADF put on an amazing display with their burnouts on the race track which thrilled all in attendance, particularly our principal Mr Dave Armstrong.

Hands-on Trade Expo

The Food & Fibre Careers Day

The Taste of Health Workshop

“It’s never too early to start talking careers"

Year 10 students participated in a week’s Work Experience (WEX) in May. The feedback from employers was so positive and encouraging in regard to work ethic, abilities and communication skills. It was such a pleasure to hear about the adventures some of the students had and that some of them have found the pathway that they want to follow. Equally there were a few students who realised that the career path that they have always dreamt of was just not for them. Work Experience is a wonderful way for students to start engaging in the world of work and to have as many experiences that they can before making any solid decisions.

The Hospitality Immersion Day

After such a long time of not being allowed to have students do work experience at Northeast Health it was with great enthusiasm that we accepted the opportunity for a two hour visit. The Taste of Health Workshop included attendance of a high-fidelity SIM workshop, a tour of the hospital and an interactive session with NHW staff employed in their career of interest. There were only fourteen spaces available to year 11 and 12 students and only those who are committed to studying a career in health. All of the students came away with a clear pathway of the area of health they wanted to study and work in.

The Health Careers Forum was held in August and was a great success. The CSU Tone Road campus was the venue with most of our Year 12’s attending. Many health professionals and representatives from universities and TAFE’s attended the day where students got to select four hands on workshops in their area of interest. The forum aims to bring a hands-on approach informing students about the diverse career opportunities available in the health industry sector. Some of the workshops included pathology, midwifery, physiotherapy, aged care, high-fidelity simulation and social work to name a few. All students had a great day and left with many showbags filled with information and of course the free pens.

The Hospitality Immersion Day aims to highlight the career opportunities in the hospitality industry in the immediate NorthEast Victoria region. It was a full school day where students attended tours of the Cheese Factory in Milawa, Lindenwarrah then followed by some cooking (and, of course, eating) lunch at Chrismont Restaurant and Larder in the King Valley.

Some of the students were a bit reluctant to try something new and different however the staff said that everything was perfect.

A special thank you to Shane Crispin from NE TRACKS LLEN for his incredible support in this area and for always thinking of our students at Wangaratta High School. Thank you also to Jodie Bell for being a great support in the careers team always going above and beyond to support our students and ensuring they get the best opportunities that they can.

CAREERS AND PATHWAYS

The Food & Fibre Careers Day was held at Melbourne University, Dookie Campus. This event allowed students to attend workshops, participate in a Young Farmers Challenge and listen to Keynote speaker Warwick Long from ABC Radio who run a panel on ‘Current Challenges & Opportunities in Agriculture’. Some of the workshops included, sheep & wool, Environmental Science, Get Into Genes – DNA, Bees Want to get into a Sticky Business?, Viticulture and Fly farming: transforming food waste into sustainable feed and fertiliser in seven days to name a few. Lunch was on the house and students grabbed some salad rolls, fruit and a drink and sat on the grass and enjoyed the sun. It was a great day and the students really enjoyed finding out about some of the many and varied careers in agriculture.

English Zoe Rudder

From Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ to Australian author Tim Winton’s modern classic ‘Blueback’, 2023 has seen a year of rich literary discovery in English. This year students have engaged in a range of novels, films, short stories, plays, speeches, opinion articles and poetry, as they work towards becoming the critical thinkers of tomorrow. The English team have delighted in seeing our students improve their essay writing skills, take on oral presentations and compose poetry and creative pieces.

In term two we were fortunate enough to have Melbourne based theatre company Eagle Nest travel to Wangaratta to perform ‘Macbeth’ for our year 10 students. The students enjoyed seeing the play they had been learning about brought to life before their eyes. Additionally, the students had the exciting opportunity to ask the actors questions following the performance. Many year levels partook in their own presentations by summoning up the courage the deliver a persuasive presentation in front of their classmates and teachers.

This year the English team were also thrilled to see year 8 student Elliott Rowles and year 10 student Annika Robinson, take out first place in their respective categories for the 2022 Young Writers Awards. The awards, that are jointly organised by The Rotary Club of Wangaratta and The Rotary Club of Wangaratta Appin Park, were presented by Mayor Dean Rees and a wonderful acknowledgment of our talented students’ writing prowess!

ENGLISH

Well done to all our students on another year of deep diving into the exciting world of words!

Humanities Meryl Herman

Learning Area Leader

HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

In 2022, after two years of significant disruption, the Humanities team celebrated that we could again engage our students in excursions, trips and events to support their learning! In Humanities we aim to nurture critical thinking skills, encouraging our students to refuse to accept subject matter at face value, to ask questions, be aware of their own biases, and to be active learners rather than passively absorbing information. The topics that we cover each year encourage our students to be critical thinkers by exploring the big issues that will impact them in both the short term and the long term. Getting out of the classroom and into the community is a crucial way that our students can learn about these topics and we were able to enjoy some ‘old favourites’ such as the Senior Legal Studies trip to Canberra, as well as explore new fieldwork and excursion opportunities in our region. Here’s to excursions and fieldwork – we love them!

Mathematics Ricki Ryan

Learning Area Leader

It was fantastic to finally spend the entire year back in the classroom without any interruptions! No isolation or online learning!

NAPLAN was conducted online for the first time and went off without hitch. Seeing all Year 7 and Year 9 students sitting Literacy and Numeracy assessments.

We were able to conduct the Australian Mathematics Competition for the first time in almost a decade. 54 students competed, with a number of students awarded high level certificates:

Amelia Harding

Best in School: Amelia Harding of Year 7 Certificate of Distinction: Year 7: Amelia Harding Year 8: Ava Byrne, Merlin Tzaros Year 9: Ned O’Kane Year 11: Orlando Bulmer

MATHEMATICS

Certificate of Credit: Year 7: James Chisholm, Bode Crawford, Charlie Leslie, Archer Wilson Year 8: Jack Ford, Fredrick Lowe, Skelly Manning, Robert Masters, Elliot Rowles, Cameron Sgarioto

Australian Mathematics Competition

All set for Naplan

Our classrooms were buzzing throughout the year, with fun activities and interesting content taught.

Congratulations to Orlando Bulmer who has been accepted into the National Mathematics Summer School program in Canberra. Orlando was selected as one of just 75 people from across the nation to attend the program in January 2023.

IMYLNS was back in full swing!! With small learning groups lead by Ms Sheather.

Overall, 2022 has been an amazing year. We have truly appreciated being back in the classroom. Bring on 2023!

MATHEMATICS

Orlando Bulmer

Science Rheanna Lang

Learning Area Leader

SCIENCE

2022 has been an exciting year in the Science department.

Finally we were able to utilise for the laboratory to complete practicals tasks and experiments instead of adapting tasks to be completed at home as part of remote learning. Students have enjoyed investigating what impacts seedling growth, what surfaces grew the most bacteria, the effects of antibiotics on certain and flame testing to see what colours are produced by certain chemical compounds .

We were thrilled to have two past students have returned to present to our current students with opportunities to expand their scientific knowledge and understanding. Eliza Shiels along with students from University of Melbourne spoke to the Year 7 and 8s about the barriers that they have faced to be able to study at a university level and how they overcame these challenges. The second half of the session was a combination of Science demonstrations and hands on activities to encourage students to want to learn about the world around them.

SCIENCE

part of her work with Astro 3D “STARS” program Krystal De Napoli presented the school with a telescope to provide regional students with the opportunity to expand their knowledge in astronomy. We were the first school in Victoria is participate in their program and are looking forward to having Krystal come back at a late date to assist with a Star gazing night as the one planned as part of the presentation ceremony was impacted by rain and cloud cover.

Performing Arts Scott Solimo

Learning Area Leader

With the disruption of the Coronavirus pandemic behind us, 2022 was going to be an exciting year in the Performing Arts. The rejuvenation of the band program, tours and camps, performances, Kool Skools, Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival and the Talent Quest were all on target to showcase at Wangaratta High School.

KOOL Skools Students travelled to the new premises at Studio 52 in Melbourne on August 8 & 9 to create Wangaratta High School’s 25th Kool Skools CD, ‘Mixed Nuts’. Eleven quality tracks were produced by twenty-five talented students from Years 9 to 12. Issy Robinson & Emily Doig designed and created the CD booklet. Wangaratta High School is now the longest running school in the program, recording every year the Kool Skools program has been running. The awards night will be held on Sunday December 4 and Jasy Thompson & Vincent Chisolm have been asked to perform.

PERFORMING ARTS

VCAA Season of Excellence - Top Class In March former students Leticia Box-Corsini (vocals) and Jacob Molinaro (drums) were chosen to perform at the VCAA Season of Excellence – Top Class. Top Class is the best of the best music students in either solo or group performance. This is a fantastic accolade for these two students who were accompanied by another former student, Emma Christie (backing vocals) and teacher Scott Solimo (guitar).

Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival The Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival was finally back, and the Wangaratta High School’s ‘Sol-Cats’ were invited to play at the WPACC on Sunday October 30.

The 14-piece soul group performed five soul hits lead by vocalist Gracie York. Other members of the SolCats are: Swaye Frankland, Freddy Lowe, Anthony Chisholm, Zoe Baguley, Lara Corsini, Fiona Schilling, Ollie Chambers, Sam Brooker, Xavier Zachariou, Alannah Baguley and teachers David Roe, Marc Paola and Scott Solimo (debut on drums).

Music in the Classroom The focus in classroom music this year has been on building students’ skills on the rock instruments and performing in small group ensembles.

Drama in the Classroom Year 8 & 9 students have been script writing and rehearsing their performance pieces ready for their final performance.

A big thank you to all our Year 12 students who have contributed to the Performing Arts Learning Area during their time at Wangaratta High School and we wish them well in their future endeavours.

PERFORMING ARTS

Finally, thank you to all the Performing Arts staff (Jenny O’Brien, Suzette Lawson, Jack Nolan, Keyna Masin and Gary McDonald) for their tireless work throughout the year. We are looking forward to a big and better 2023!

Band Report Jenny O'Brien

Instrumental Music and Bands Manager

Wangaratta High School has a longstanding tradition of having an exceptional music program. We are focussed on the development of the next generation of young musicians. We challenge and extend student ability through setting high expectations and provide a wide variety of performance opportunities, striving for excellence and empowering students to do their personal best.

We are delighted that 2022 has been a return to ‘face to face’ music lessons, band rehearsals, camps, tours and concerts.

Our Year 7 Band program recruitment began early in Term 1 and on May 9 -11 we were on camp in Harrietville with the Year 7 Band. What amazing progress they made in those 3 days of intensive music rehearsals, assisted by a small group of dedicated year 12 music students.

Concert Band students headed to Ballarat on tour in late May - early June. It was freezing, but we had a fun time and students performed exceptionally well.

Concert Band performed for students at primary schools and kindergartens. We also enjoyed a day at Sovereign Hill.

BAND REPORT

‘Sol – Cats’ performed an energetic program at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz this year to an appreciative audience at WPACC. Symphonic Band is heading to Inverloch for their tour this year. We are looking forward to some ‘stand up paddle’ boarding, a day at Wilsons Prom as well as five performances. This will be the final tour for our dedicated group of 2022 year 12 students. Thank you for your commitment and effort during your time at WHS. We wish you all the very best for the future and hope that you look back on your many lessons, rehearsals, camps, tours and performances as fond memories.

Year 12 Symphonic Band Students: Lily McPhan, Stephanie Grant, Finn Howe, Lara Corsini, Georgia Collard-Southgate, Alannah Baguley & Fiona Schilling.

This year saw a return to our live performances. The big events were the Mid-Winter Concert in June and the End of Year Concert in November. It was a real buzz to perform live again.

Thank you to the dedicated and extremely helpful Music Support Group - the level of support that you provide to the Music Program is outstanding.

Finally thank you to all of the band students, music staff, parents and friends for your participation, dedication and continued support. We look forward to working with you for another busy year of music next year.

2022 Music - Award Winners: Year 7 Band Award – Awarded for participation in the 2022 Year 7 Band: All members of the Year 7 Band Concert Band Award – Awarded to an outstanding contributor to the Concert Band: Skelly Manning and Elliott Rowles Lichnovsky Award – Awarded to an outstanding contribution to Sol Cats: Swaye Frankland Solimo Award – Awarded to outstanding contributor/s to the small group program: The Dunners McKean Award – Awarded for composing or arranging outstanding music during 2022: Jasmine Thompson Symphonic Band - Awarded to an outstanding contributor to the Symphonic Band: Lily Mcphan and Stephanie Grant 2021 DUX of Music: Olivia Zabilowicz (VCE) and Jacob Molinaro (VET)

BAND REPORT

JMS Humphrey Award – Awarded to a Year 12 student for an outstanding contribution to the music program during their time at WHS: Lara Corsini

Talent Quest Gemma Hunter

Aussie Icons 2022 Talent Quest - What a night!

The annual talent quest once again showcased the exceptional talent Wangaratta High School has to offer.

With the weather Gods smiling in our favour, it was a buzz to see singers, dancers and magicians take to the stage. It was a highlight to see performers from year 7 to 12. A special thanks to the VCAL team for creating a true festival vibe with the food options, fairy floss and glow sticks. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported this event, what a way to fabulous way to end term 1!

2022 Winners

Vincent Chisholm

Jasmine Thompson

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- Male Vocalist – Vincent Chisholm - Female Vocalist – Jasmine Thompson - Young Talent – Anthony Chisholm - Duo/Small Group – Vincent Chisholm & Jasmine Thompson - Variety Act – Friends: The Routine – Angela Keenan & Lillian Hooper - Year 12 Costumes – Dame Edna & Bradbury Skiers (Riley Corke, Luke Grady, Xander Van Bergen, Ben Sgarioto, Liam Thivillier-Lefebvre) - Judges Award – Sea Lane - Overall – The Dunners

Anthony Chisholm

TALENT QUEST

The Dunners

Angela Keenan and Lillian Hooper

Dame Edna

Bradbury Skiers

PRINCIPAL

TALENT QUEST

REPORT

Visual Arts Shane Castiricum Learning Area Leader

2022 has been a great year as we returned to the classroom. This allowed the exploration of ideas, concepts, and hands on classroom practices. Our middles years have had a wonderful journey through technical drawings and architectural constructs. The ideas and concepts of cubism and the technical fun of portrait paintings in a range of styles. We have enjoyed their success with our semester exhibitions in the M Building.

Our senior students have had an incredible year with even more success. The Studio Art students all had new and innovative ways to capture what it means to create this year. Fiona Schilling’s ethereal piece, a series of large-scale photographs, accompanied by wooden wings, brought imagination and glow to the audience’s face. While Courtney Strik’s wooden painting and handmade instillation (green tree) also emulated whimsy and fantasy.

VISUAL ARTS

Emily Doig’s painting was a wonderful display of the effects of covid chaos and despondence, while Isabel Robinson’s work was an ode to her true love, music.

Nissa Horsburgh’s paintings were created with a vivid colour palate and attention to detail, and Shelby Cole’s framed watercolour paintings gave the viewer a sense of what it is like to float. An honourable mention should go to Charlotte Phillips, whose efforts to navigate through Studio Art with no experience in year 11, was nothing short of outstanding. Her work was innovative and showed that art does not need to be painting on canvas, but an idea that can turn into a detailed and inventive small-scale instillation.

The Unit 3/4 Media class productions showed an amazing array of media forms from animation to magazines, podcasts and more. Finn’s animated story telling of late 90’s night clubs was a journey to the past.

Tara’s mindfulness of how mental health affects us all especially young people was eye opening. Charlette’s comic shorts brought home the layered world of YouTube, wonderful. The haunting stories from Emily and Marisa that challenged production practices, well done.

Thank you to our Podcast boys who went out and asked the big questions in sport, crypto and the world, awesome stuff. Please search up Ethan’s documentary on the history electronic consoles, it’s amazing. Thank you to Chian, Simon and Caleb who just kept on trying when obstacle after obstacle kept getting in the way.

Well done Rex and Ollie for taking a chance in making new and engaging short films. The wonderful comments made during the expo regarding the storying telling, composition and colour found in both Adella’s and Chloe’s landscape photography was truly exceptional.

Well done to you all.

Our Visual Communication Design students have created business and incredible designs. Zak built his dog in a hoody design and brand; the business is up and running. Jasy’s designs were of astonishing detail and innovation, such beaty and consistency. Well done to Broke with his game and logo design, it shows where the ideas for the future are coming from.

VISUAL ARTS

A big thank you to our VCE unit 1/2 and year 10 Arts students who created an array of work that was fun, engaging and is a true sign that next year’s expo will be at the highest of standards. Awesome work and they are only just getting started. A big thank you to all the work the students put into making the exceptional products and great story telling. These students displayed amazing talents, masterful skills, and showed great potential for outstanding performances in year 12. I could not be prouder of the students’ integrity and commitment this year. The arts are still well and truly alive at Wangaratta high school.

Technology Gayle O'Keefe

Learning Area Leader

Another exciting year for the Technology learning areas at Wangaratta High School.

Food technology, Textiles Technology, Wood technology, Metal technology and Digital Technology learning spaces have witnessed amazing outcomes from our students as they follow their creative passions with enthusiasm.

The Food Technology Learning Area, WHS has come a long way from the onset food studies offered at WHS in 1914.

1914 extract from ‘WHS our History’….. :At the Cookery Centre, Miss Drake was a splendid teacher and tireless networker. She involved the School Council by having the students entertain its members for dinner, and followed that by playing host to Borough Councillors, members of the Board of Advice and community leaders. Miss Drake was keen to demonstrate that the students were not only mastering cookery skills, but learning manners and deportment as well.

TECHNOLOGY

She also hosted Open Days at which as many as one hundred district women gathered to perhaps learn something new. If Miss Drake did something out the ordinary in her demonstrations, she would explain what she was doing and why. Meals were served at sixpence a head (with pupils attending the tables), to help Cookery Department Finances, and, when the war came, to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. www.whs.vic.edu.au/page/255/Our-History This community collaboration model, maintained through subjects such as catering, reflect the very roots of where the learning area evolved. Not unlike the tireless efforts of our predecessors, Ms Glasgow and Miss Still undertake Food Technology classes in Years 7 to 10, imparting their passion for healthy food choices to a growing number of classes throughout the year.

Food Technology students have embraced the opportunities and the excellent facilities provided to them producing outstanding meals week after week.

Metal and Wood Technology Learning areas The inclusion of a state of the art laser cutter in the wood and metal classroom has seen student wood models include a new level of creativeness and personalisation. Our year 8 students have undertaken as variety of projects in both wood and metal. The successes within this learning space reinforced by the smiles on the faces of students as they collect their finished models, ready to show their families the new skills they have developed. Our year 9 and 10 students have undertaken furniture construction, learning complex joinery processes. In metal fabrication, students in Year 9 have undertaken welding as a new inclusion in this year’s curriculum. Each student has developed a folio to enhance the research and design aspects of their individual projects.

Textiles and Design and Print Technology Learning areas In the specialist Textiles and print spaces, our students have had access to state of the art textiles and printing equipment to produce amazing products such as pin-cushion’s, shibori bags and character cushions weaving ribbons to produce cushions, researching and producing nightwear, children’s wear, casual wear and evening wear.

WHS textile students successfully completed at regional textile events. Our students entered the Wangaratta Agricultural Show in October and received a number of prizes for their outstanding work. Events such as this provide excellent opportunities for the WHS textile students to show case their talents through exhibiting over 50+ items to the Wangaratta Community. Gracie York was awarded the title ‘Best Exhibitor under 18 years’.

Design and print textiles course continues to be an elective students strongly pursue with products entered in the Agricultural show and received awards for excellence.

The recipient of the ‘Centre Quilters’ scholarship, Bree Cook as used the generous $500 scholarship to produce a children’s wear design folio and product. The assistance from this local organisation is highly valued by both students and staff.

TECHNOLOGY

VCE textiles students attended Top Designs in Melbourne for inspiration for their own designs by visiting Top Designs at the Melbourne Museum. Students embraced this opportunity and during the excursion they visited various outlets for resources, undertook an industry visit to Milliner Lauren J Ritchie in Collins Street. An amazing opportunity with an international celebrated milliner and publicist (a former student of VCE Textiles Design at Wangaratta High School).

Technology Systems Engineering Technology learning area One of the benefits of the variety offered in the subject choices at WHS in the Technology space is that it provides students with the opportunity to work independently in an area of passion. .

This year we had an enthusiastic group of VCE students undertake units 1-4 in Systems Engineering under the guidance of Mr Kelly. The outcomes that the senior students produced this year have been outstanding with a senior VCAA expert in this field commenting on the high level of skill and creative ideas demonstrated by these students in their final assessments. The modules undertaken, he said, showed a high level of targeted objectives to design industrial systems, all of which improve integrated systems for people and technology resources within financial constraints.

Digital Technology learning area In Digital Technology, our students have further developed their capacity to become innovative and confident users of a range of digital technologies.

TECHNOLOGY

The ‘Digi Tech’ program for junior school has exposed students to the fundamentals of coding and robotics.

Overseen by our excellent ICT programme co-ordinator, Ms Coles, the program has engaged our junior students, ensuring they are well equipped for the digital requirements in the school setting and beyond and provided personalised learning opportunities, skills then integrated across their curriculum.

Work Related Skills – Year 11 Lyn Higgins

Students this year in Work Related Skills have had a busy year again. While students have been busy working on creating their resumes and developing transferable skills to get them job ready. They have also had opportunities to leave the classroom and learn about applying the transferable skills in real life.

Grand Prix – Students were able to attend the 2022 Grand Prix in Melbourne. It was amazing to see the cars racing and have a look at the OHS involved in organising a large-scale event.

Students were able to look at the workings of the cars and all the safety features within them. A wonderful day for all that attended.

HUMANITIES

Doling it for Dolly – Students learnt about online bullying and the effects it can have. Students have placed butterflies into each classroom, to remind student to be kind ‘One kind word can change someone’s entire day and ‘what you say and do makes a difference’.

WORK RELATED SKILLS - YEAR 11

Visiting a Work Site – Students from Work Related Skills VCAL attended Fitweld Engineering earlier this week to observe manufacturing process. Clyde from Fitwell Engineering showed the students how a product is taken from a design concept, manufacturing and completion. Clyde started out as a fitter and turner and then went to complete further studies in engineering.

He has a company that now make equipment that is used across Australia and overseas. The trip was supported by Llens – Shane Crispin, supplying us with the bus and high visibility clothing. A big thankyou to all who support our VCAL students learn real life skills.

VCAL Michelle Wilson

The Year 12’s began the year excited to assist Shannon, our school nurse, implement and plan a Party Safe Day for all Year 9 students. They were well aware that people were still suffering post covid with their mental health so were keen to help provide the year 9’s with some helpful tools. They also worked with all year 9 mentor classes to identify other issues the students were facing and needed assistance with. The day was a great success and was well supported by various organisations within our community such as NESAY, Gateway Health, Ambulance Victoria and Headspace.

As the Year 12’s were close to getting their Drivers Licence their next area of study was to raise awareness within their school community of the importance of behaving safely on the road. They each researched a road safety topic to present to the senior students.

Fast Fashion was the students last year 12 project where they became aware of the many effects of the Fast Fashion Industry. They also became familiar with clothing brands that were either exploiting the environment or their employees. Through this project the class formed a partnership with an organisation called ‘Follow your dreams – Formal wear hire’ The students helped Josie Cornish display and catalogue many dresses from Debutant dresses to Wedding dresses and more formal wear. Through this partnership the students are hoping to encourage people to recycle clothing rather than buying new outfits to wear once.

VCAL

The Year 11 VCAL students began their year designing a shirt to wear as part of their uniform. They worked closely with their Principal Mr Armstrong to design a shirt that gave them an identity within the school and one that was also more practical given the nature of some of their projects.

The VCAL students also love being involved in whole school events and this year was no exception. With the assistance of experienced and energetic staff guiding the students they very successfully catered for the school swimming sports and the extraordinary talent quest. Some students also keenly built new seats for the senior students.

VCAL

The VCAL students also love being involved in whole school events and this year was no exception. With the assistance of experienced and energetic staff guiding the students they very successfully catered for the school swimming sports and the extraordinary talent quest. Some students also keenly built new seats for the senior students.

Unit 3/4 Outdoor Education Karen Mascas

Whilst our class of 2022 was small, we made the most of our time outdoors. Our first trip involved students exploring the historic use of the Bogong High Plains via an overnight camp to Wallace’s Hut. Students met with a local historian who told us about the history of grazing in the Alps and the early establishment of Falls Creek Alpine Resort. We then explored the exclusion plots set up by Melbourne University in the 1950’s to see for ourselves how selective grazing by cattle has impacted the vegetation of the area. Students also had the opportunity to speak with the head of operations at Falls Creek to discover how important the resort is for the local economy.

Our next adventure saw us return to the Bogong High Plains where students could try their hand at cross country skiing. We had fantastic weather and snow conditions spending a number of hours playing in the Nordic bowl.

Across the month of July we conducted regular water testing on One Mile Creek to monitor the conditions of the area. Our last experience was a trip to Yackandandah to speak with a local builder who designs and builds sustainable houses, Yves Quaglio, and investigated the development of Totally Renewable Yackandandah, a locally run enterprise to have the entire town equipped with renewable energy by the middle of the decade.

UNIT 3/4 OUTDOOR EDUCATION

The second trip was again focused in the alpine area, with students riding the length of the Murray to Mountains Bicycle Trail from Harrietville to Wangaratta.

We explored the use and management of the various industries along the Kiewa Valley and were given a rare insight into the logging operations at the Ovens Plantation owned by HPV. Lauren Padbury discussed how the logging operations work as well how they manage the forests across the 25 years it takes to grow from tiny seedlings to mature trees for logging.

Sports Report Sandy Newman

Learning Area Leader

After yet another year of disruption to school sport due to covid, staffing issues, floods or venue unavailability we continue to hope for much better prospects in 2023 and thank our school community for their patience and understanding.

In term 1 we had a group of students represent the school in Upper Hume swimming followed by a small contingent representing at Hume Region swimming in Wodonga. This was followed by some junior level super 8 cricket, intermediate boys and girls volleyball and tennis in Wangaratta.

SPORTS REPORT

Term 2 saw Wangaratta High School represented in boys and girls badminton at all levels; Yr 8 and Intermediate boys football; all netball levels and senior boys soccer. We also had a good contingent of runners participate at the Upper Hume Cross Country in Myrtleford where most qualified for the Hume Region event held in Benalla. All runners performed extremely well and Harriet Herman, Merlin Tzsaros, Clare Collins, Wirra Gilson and Clove Boonzaayer all qualified and ran at the State Cross Country event at Yarra Valley.

Year 7/8 Boys Football team

Year 9/10 Boys (Intermediate) Football team

Windsurfing in the water. Coby Gedling (front) and Ryley Harding-Colliss (back).

Windsurfing in the water. Coby Gedling (front) and Ryley Harding-Colliss (back).

Term 3 saw Wang High participate in year 7,8 and 9/10 boys and girls table tennis where our year 8 and inter girls were successful BUT due to flood issues were unable to go further due to event cancellations.

There were also year 9/10 Intermediate and 7/8 boys and girls basketball teams who did our school proud in their awesome display of sportsmanship and skills. Our year 7 girls badminton team progressed from their win in term 2 to play Hume region in Shepparton where they again blitzed the field to qualify and go on to represent us at the State Finals in Melbourne – well done girls Ourfinal lot of sport for 2022 started at the end of term 3 in very cold and wet conditions with Upper Hume Athletics where we had a large group of students competing in both track and field events. We were quite successful with many of our talented athletes qualifying for Hume Region in early term 4 where many medalled against tough competition.

From Hume Region we had 4 qualify for State Athletics – Jack Boulton in the 200m and 400m ( which he convincingly won) and the 20 boys relay along with Tom Solimo, VinceNt Chisholm and Jarrod Bell who came in a very close 4th. A fantastic effort given the quality and talent of some of their opposition being Academy based school.

SPORTS REPORT

I would like to congratulate all students who were selected into teams, thank all those who tried out/trialled for various teams and thank all staff who gave their precious time to supervise and coach the teams that got the chance to play or cover extras! Your support is very much appreciated by myself as sports co-ordinator and even more by the students.

Swimming Carnival Our annual Swimming Carnival was at the local Barr Reserve. here were many events for the students to participate and our WHS Community came together to participate, whether it being the traditional or novelty swimming events, students showed their encouragement and enthusiastic house spirit, competitive racing, sportsmanship and most importantly, having lots of fun with one another.

A special mention to our Year 12s, who certainly made their last School Swimming Carnival a memorable one, from the colourful outfits, cheering and encouraging fellow students to cooking up a storm on the BBQ. It may have been your last one, however it will not be forgotten…we will just skip over the part that the teachers won the students vs teachers’ race.

Congratulations to our age champions: 13Y Female: Lillian Hooper 13Y Male: Archer Wilson 14Y Female: Milly O’Kane 14Y Male: Merlin Tzaros 15Y Female: Tara Genn 15Y Male: Tom Ford 16Y Female: Kalika Miliankos-King 16Y Male: Clove Boonzaayer 17Y Female: Sheridan McDonald 17Y Male: No swimmers 20Y Female: Fiona Schilling 20Y Male: Vincent Chisholm

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Congratulations to all our houses, especially to King, who took away the title of Swimming Champions for 2022. Please see below the overall points: ‘.

King - 405 Wareena - 386 Ovens - 310 Merriwa - 289

Liam Thivillier-Lefebvre and Lara Corsini representing the winning team, King

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

CLC Report Jud Mullins

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

CLC in 2022 was a highlight of the year for all Year 9 students, who each completed the Semester-long program focusing on life skills and concepts such as Kindness, Empathy, Resilience, Mindfulness, Gratitude, Teamwork, Trust and Happiness, more important than ever after the effects of lockdowns.

An action-packed Term 1 is built around excursions where students try various challenges in external settings, push themselves out of their comfort zone, all while building relationships with each other, making memories and practicing the aforementioned skills.

Highlights included bush walking and campfire building at Lake William Hovell, Albury Indoor Climbing & War Memorial, Slam Dunk competitions at Bounce Trampolining in Wodonga, a “Volunteering Day” at Mhyree Primary School, Ten Pin Bowling and a Wangaratta Main Street Scavenger Hunt involving a Random Act Of Kindness.

School-based activities included a First Aid & CPR Training session, multiple CLC presentations and team challenges, building Gratitude Trees, rousing presentations from local volunteers, presentations from various community groups, the all-important weekly CLC Family Lunches where the students eat together, and even a guest visit from former CLC Leader Andy McLean.

Once trusted to be out in the community, they then spend 6 weeks volunteering in small groups at their chosen community group. Truly out of their comfort zone, this is where the students get to apply all of the key skills learned in CLC during the first term, while giving back to the community. They do so independently, arranging travel to and from their destination, writing letters and contacting community contacts, and planning for and reflecting on each week.

Ranging from helping primary school students learning to read, to entertaining eldery residents in aged care homes, to building nesting boxes for animals, to providing goods and clothing to hospital patients and homeless citizens, making packages for kids in the hospital’s children’s ward, our students will remember forever the feeling of reward they have felt from helping others.

This culminates in an end-of semester presentation day, where each group presents on stage to a cohort of junior students a Powerpoint highlighting their project, which for many is their first taste of public speaking. For staff and students, this is without fail one of the most powerful moments of the school year.

CLC staff would like to thank all of the CLC students for their efforts this year. It’s been a pleasure to be involved and to see the significant levels of growth, camaraderie and of course, fun. Thank you of course to Mrs Wilson for leading the program, and Mrs Lane and Mrs Newman for being integral parts of the team.

We would also like to show gratitude to our terrific community groups who have kindly hosted our students this year: AFL North East Border, Appin Park Primary School, Glenrowan Primary School, Iloura Residential Aged Care, Myrrhee Primary School, Netball Victoria, Northeast Health (Hospital), St John’s Respect Aged Care, Wangaratta Landcare & Sustainability at Mullinmur Wetlands, Wangaratta Primary School, Wangaratta Night Shelter, Wangaratta Sustainability Community Garden, Wangaratta West Primary School, and Yarrunga Primary School.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Deb Balls Cate West

DEB BALLS

After two false starts we finally had the Annual Wangaratta High School Debutante Ball. It was wonderful to have the students excited about an event that they have missed out on and had been looking forward to. There were two balls held at St Patrick’s hall and the theme was a ‘Mid-Winter Ball’.

After six weeks of Sunday practice it all came together for two amazing nights of dancing, laughter, fun and of course lots of photos. Both the girls and boys looked amazing in their dresses and suits, and there was such a buzz of excitement as they all arrived at the hall before the event.

A huge thank you to Deb Ravida the amazing dance instructor, John Perri-photographer, Lindy Roberts-Flowers by Lindy and a special thank you to the lovely Year 12 girls who came and assisted on both nights.

DEB BALLS

Middle Years Report Hannah Nott

Middle Years Leader

IWe come to the end of what has been a fabulous year! Students, teachers and the community have rallied together this year to make it a seamless return to school.

It has been a very busy year with students participating in a range of extracurricular activities. Students have enjoyed being able to take up these opportunities to represent Wangaratta High School. Some of these activities and excursions have included the maths competition, hands on learning, cross country and band camp. Participation in sport, excursions and camps has also been high across the 7-9 cohorts.

Wangaratta High school has again been well represented across the state. Some of the sports students have participated in include netball, football and tennis. Many teams including the 7 Girls badminton team made it to Melbourne winning a doubles game.

MIDDLE YEARS REPORT

The swimming carnival was again a stand out for our students and staff. The HP Barr reserve facilities are excellent and a great resource for our students to use. Students dressed to impress in their house colours with plenty of bright hairspray featuring.

In Term 3 our first Middle Years Disco was held. Students hit the dance floor full of energy and excitement, ready to dance the night away from our one and only DJ Judd. Classics were played; including the Nutbush, Macarena & even ABBA made its appearance with students singing along and celebrating their term. We would like to say a big thank you for the staff & senior students who helped run the event! We also raised $329 for the Malaysia trip students!

Everyone who attended said they are excited for next year’s one!

Last week the first of the 7-9 camps began.

After a delay due to weather, our first year 7 group were finally able to set off for Tallangatta Valley. Students were given their rooms and placed into groups to start their first activity. The groups rotated through 4 activities for the day including Kayaking, ropes course, archery, initiative games and flying fox. The standout for all students was the flying fox and kayaking. The evening was celebrated by playing Trivia with the winners receiving a tub of M & M’s. This was well received and taken back to their cabins for safe keeping. Overall it was pleasing to see students interacting with others and challenging themselves, whilst still having loads of fun.

This year has quickly come to an end. I thank all students and staff for a productive and successful year. We have come through the other side with smiles on our faces and added resilience in our pockets.

I wish you and your families a restful break with plenty of time spent with your loved ones.

Take time to relax and reset. Happy Christmas to you all!

MIDDLE YEARS

YEAER 7

Year 7

Miley Adamo

Holly Alexander

Brodie Barnard

Liam Bigham-Wallis

Scott Bodsworth

Rosie Bulmer

Charlie Burns

Lily Byrne

Matilda Carrnes

James Chisholm

Isabelle Christison

Brodie Coller O'Keefe

Erin Colls

Chloe Cooper

Coen Coppinger

Bode Crawford

Delilah Crispo

Ebony Croxford

Susanna Cummins

YEAR 7

Jensen Ackerly

YEAR 7

Cameron Dalton

Bianca Davies

Kirrah Day

Spencer Dickson

Jedda Driscoll

Rylee Duke-Sutton

Luke Duncan

Indianna Elliot

Jet Elliott

Navarre Farrar

Brady Fischer

Henry Flynn

Jasmine Fordham

Brooklyn Gardner

Matilda Gibson

Kaitlyn Gilliland

Noah Graham

Rory Gregory

Sky Hall

Amelia Harding

Miley Heenan

Alanna Hepburn

Harriet Herman

Lily Herman

Jyden Hines

Lillian Hooper

Georgia Hope

Blair Howells

Lionel Huggins

Jordan Jackson

Ned James

Corey Jessup

Aarnav Kalia

Angela Keenan

Harrison Kelly

Cooper Lack

Hudson Lawrey

Ryley Lepoidevin

Charlie Leslie

YEAR 7

Billy Harwood

YEAR 7

Skye MacDaonld-Jones

Juke Maher

Shayla Marengo-Ivins

Chris Marshall

Tane Massey-Chase

Shaemus McCarthy

Dylan McCombe

Ryan McCombe

Connor McIntosh

Bradley McKenna

Rachel McKenzie

Electra Medcraft

Violet Middleton

Sam Morey

Riley Newman

Mia O'Brien

Tyson O'Dwyer

Milly O'Kane

Kyanna Payne

Ethan Robertson

Jessica Shaw

Casey Sheppard

Jim Sheppard

London Sloan

Jacinta Snowdon

Brodie Stafford

Yarran Stanley

Cheyenne Stow

Charlie Suffield

Normie Suter

Emily Swinburne

Jade Todd

Dylan Turner

Kayden Vozlic

Leon Wadley

Olivia Wallace

Abbey-Jane Watson

Ash West

Jaz Wheildon

YEAR 7

Jasmina Scott

Riley White

Archer Wilson

Ryan Winter

Alana Young

YEAR 7

Absent: Lucy Armstrong, Chloe Billing, Ned Boyd, Cadence Buchan-Gidley, Isabella Butler, Gabriel Cody, Reily Frazer, Sousuke Keast, Axel Kiely, Nikita Know, Eli Lawson, Max Marek, Cooper McCormack, Junalyn Millama, Noah Mullens, Lusila Solomua, Sebastian Sylwestrzak, Letitia Williams and Lillian Wilson

YEAR 8

Year 8

Hamza Almohandes

Socrates Andronikou

Eli Beach

Jackson Bell

Xavier Bennett

Oscar Benson

Jack Berry

Jayden Blake

Hunter Boruch

Jayson Bounpraseuth

Callem Box Corsini

Faithe Butterworth

Ava Byrne

Bina Chauhan

Haydn Cornhill

Julian Cox

Rosalina Di Brita

Hannah Dods

Lauree Duncan

YEAR 8

Ruari Adamo

YEAR 8

Roy Dunstan

Adara Evans

Jackson Ford

Oliver Fox

Ryder Frankland

Noah Gambrell

Pieper Gottschling

Mikylle Grainger

Kade Hadley

Noah Hansen

Osten Hasson

Sharni Hepworth

Billy Hiskins

Dylan Hooper

Amy Huxley

Harrison Hyland

Marcus Iley

Lucas Ingleton

Abby James

Angus Jayet

Gabrielle Jones

Emma Jory

Elijah Kannemeyer

Maddison Kelly

Jayla Keys

William King

Parker Lappin

Jaymie Law

Kaydence Lawford

Finn Lawrey

Hayly Lloyd

Jaden Lloyd

Frederick Lowe

Zoe Lyons

Luke Macklan

Samuel Magri

Sienna Maguire

Skelly Manning

Eleanor Marshall

YEAR 8

Zoe Jeffries

YEAR 8

Robert Masters

Jamie Matthews

Faith Mayer-Young

Sonny McCormack

Aurelio McIlroy

Lia McKeown

Emily McMurray

Ellie Meggs

Georgia Meggs

Zierra Melbourne

Emilio Miliankos-King

Zoi Miliankos-King

Brandon Moore

Tayla Newton

Ascha O'Connor

Lachlan Pensak

Ayden Preece

Khara Reeve

Ellie Rennie

Clara Rocchiccioli

Elliott Rowles

Jada Ryan

Alexis Ryder

Noah Sacco

Aailyah Saunders

Thomas Schreiber-Pearson

Merin Sessions

Cameron Sgarioto

Anabelle Simmonds

Noah Simmonds

Levi Smith

Stevie Smith-Driscoll

Bailey Tanner

Bethany Tanner

Hamish Tanner

Zoe Taurega-Green

Emily Taylor

Matilda Taylor

Jayce Toll

YEAR 8

Brodie Ross-Hamilton

Dion Turner-McCormack

Merlin Tzaros

Abbey Waide

Grace Weimer

Ryley York

Cooper Young

Megan Young

Levi Zacharious

YEAR 8

Absent: Ella Alfieri, Alec Armstrong, Mia Atkinson-Reiffel, Kobi Barton, Kyle Boldt, Luke Curro, Sam Cutler, Karlesha Dieckmann, Holly Hadley, Cooper Hardman, Amarina Huggins, Shaye Kilgannon, Finn Lawrey, Jayden Laxton, Markus Mabini, Jordan McAndrew, Jaydee Peake, Naomi Roberts, Taylor Ryan, William Simpson, Lillian Stewart, Tegan Stewart, Abbey-Rose Turner and Mia Wilson

YEAR 9

Year 9

YEAR 9

Jackson Banks

Zachari Barry-Blum

Reece Batten

Bradley Bertalli

Ruby Bihum

Eucalyptus Boonzaayer

Phoebe Bosley

Seth Burns

Simon Cagas

Katie Chapman

Anthony Chisholm

Claire Christison

Tyrelle Clark

Aloria Cole

Kaylen Coller O'Keefe

Clare Collins

Emlyn Connor

Harvey Cook

Riley Cosgrove

Samuel Couche

Remy Dahl

Sam Day

Liam Delaney

Ryley Downing

Keahn Driscoll

Ella Fischer

Tom Ford

Zack Fordham

Swaye Frankland

Jack Gambrell

Tara Genn

Matthew Gilliland

Wirra Gilson

Harrison Goeby

Tahlia Gregory

Luke Griffiths

Daniel Hammond

Oscar Harding

Kayden Harrison

YEAR 9

Hayden Currie

YEAR 9

Aleisha Hayes

Erin Hepburn

Chelsea Hoffard

Xavier Hogarth

Isabelle Hooper

Alison Jones

Kenshin Keast

Paul Laing

Jai Lawford

Tahlia Lawler

Jye Laxton

Declan Lewis

Jack Lockhard

Skye MacKinnon Burman

Kaylen Coller O'Keefe

Clare Collins

Emlyn Connor

Harvey Cook

Riley Cosgrove

Samuel Couche

Senior Years Report Lesley Forman

Senior Years Leader

In the Senior School …

Bursting onto the scene came the class of 2022. They’d come through the bushfires, they’d overcome pandemics and remote learning and were ready to take on the challenges of their final year of secondary education. A year of study and culminating in final exams …

SENIOR YEARS REPORT

But first there were the traditional Rites of Passage that took their attention. Waiting for the Year 12 jumpers to arrive was a hot topic, and test of patience. Copious amounts of energy went into selecting suitable costumes (in House Colours) to be seen and heard at the annual WHS swimming sports. Who’d have thought someone could cut a swathe through water with so many obstacles in their path.

Thankfully they didn’t have to use these skills when the floods hit in October. A big thank you to our VCAL students and Prefects who looked after the food, drinks and the BBQ. Next, their attention turned to the philosophical debate around what truly constituted an Australian Icon, with hours devoted to fine tuning their co-ordination for the WHS Talent Quest. After the dust had settled on the outdoor stage, it was only 2 terms left to go, the pressure gradually began to build and there was less open space in the Year 12 study section of the library This was the first year in a long time that all exams were held on site and the students seem to have coped with this arrangement.

Our Year 11’s enjoyed being granted access to the sandwich maker, microwave and kettle.

They too had their special event, namely the Debutante Ball – which proved a hot topic as students researched dresses, shoes, hair and make-up.

It was all worth it to see the students looking spectacular as they went through their paces on the dance floor. Even a couple on notable sacrifices were made where some mullets were sacrificed for the night – nice work gentlemen. .

Not to be outdone, our Year 10’s geared up for their end-of-year Formal, also accompanied by many hours searching for outfits as well as a lot of time practicing their dance steps – something their family enjoyed watching on the night. They also had the chance to participate in work experience, some of whom gained employment from it.

With the lifting of covid restrictions, we were able to have several guest speakers and presenters come in to work with all three year levels. Camps were also back on the agenda and a number of students braved the cold to venture up to the ski slopes.

As always, senior students participated in sporting events carrying the flag for WHS. A few weeks back many televisions were tuned to the live feed from the State School Athletics carnival to watch 4 of our Senior boys compete.

A big shout out to our Prefect team were out and about this year, not just manning the BBQ at the swimming sports, but also representing our school at a range of events such as ANZAC Day services in Wangaratta and Melbourne and running school assemblies.

Meeting regularly to discuss and plan ways of making Wangaratta High School an even greater school – they are well on the way to being leaders of the future.

On behalf of all of the senior teachers, year level leaders and myself, I wish all of the students a safe and enjoyable summer and best wishes to each student who is leaving to head off into the workforce or further their education elsewhere. In particular, I’d like to thank each and every parent and carer for your support this year.

SENIOR YEARS

YEAR 10

Year 10

R E P O R T Jordan Gosbell

bRODIE gARRATT

Grace Gregory

Sarah Henderson

Jack Kelly

Breeanna Keys

Ralph Lampa

Harrison Long

Roxanne Mayne-Pritchard

Marty McCormack

Logan McDonald

Sheridan McDonald

Riquah Melbourne

Ivy Middleton

Joe Mitchell

Harvey Moore

Seb Passmore

Evie Passmore-Tippins

Summah Pausic

Briana Roberts

YEAR 10

PRINCIPAL

YEAR 10

PRINCIPAL Ebony Albertson

REPORT

Daphne Allsop

Bella Barham

Matthew Bell

Nicole Bertalli

Konrad Birti

Elle Brendel

Orlando Bulmer

Christopher Carmody

Shalimar Cole

Rory Cooper

Chase Dahl

Tully Dwyer

Layla Earl

Aiden Farmer

Breanna Finger

Brodie Fisher

Izabelle Fisher

Teagan Fordham

Lucy Gardner

YEAR 11

Year 11

YEAR 11

PRINCIPAL Ebony Albertson

REPORT

Daphne Allsop

Bella Barham

Matthew Bell

Nicole Bertalli

Konrad Birti

Elle Brendel

Orlando Bulmer

Christopher Carmody

Shalimar Cole

Rory Cooper

Chase Dahl

Tully Dwyer

Layla Earl

Aiden Farmer

Breanna Finger

Brodie Fisher

Izabelle Fisher

Teagan Fordham

Lucy Gardner

R E P O R T Jordan Gosbell

bRODIE gARRATT

Grace Gregory

Sarah Henderson

Jack Kelly

Breeanna Keys

Ralph Lampa

Harrison Long

Roxanne Mayne-Pritchard

Marty McCormack

Logan McDonald

Sheridan McDonald

Riquah Melbourne

Ivy Middleton

Joe Mitchell

Harvey Moore

Seb Passmore

Evie Passmore-Tippins

Summah Pausic

Briana Roberts

YEAR 11

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL RLiamERoberts P O R T Isabel Robinson

Robert Sessions

Rainni Stow

Rayden Toll

Acadian Vearing

Matteo Venance

Emma-Kate Vincent

Lucinda Wilson

Kelly Winter

Gracie York

Baylea Young

YEAR 11

Thomas Ryan

YEAR 12

Year 12

YEAR 12

YEAR 12

PRINCIPAL Vasiliki Andronikou

REPORT

Rex Anker

Alannah Baguley

Amy Batten

Chelsea Batten

Daniel Bell

Jarrod Bell

Kayla Bounpraseuth

Meg Bradburn

Vincent Chisholm

Georgia Collard-Southgate

Bree Cook

Chloe Cook

Phoebe Cook

Riley Corke

Lara Corsini

Adella Daly

Daniel Dann

Marissa Davies

Caitlyn Delaney

REmily E Doig P O R T Abbey Dunstan

Imogen Dykstra

Amali Edmondstone

Mirryn Ellerton

Luke Grady

Elli Grant

Stephanie Grant

Ethan Gregory

Finn Howe

Bronte Huggins

Jennifer Large

Akasha Ling

Samantha MacDade

Brock Mason

Caleb Matthews

Lily McPhan

Simon Moffat

Julia Mullens

Hayley Murphy-Graham

YEAR 12

PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL R EP O R T Charlotte Phillips Franzine Perez

Zak Poliseno

Fiona Schilling

Benjamin Sgarioto

Chian Sikora-Seyffier

Thomas Solimo

Ella Stephens

Courtney Strik

Liam Thivillier-Lefebvre

Jasmine Thompson

Tara Tidball

Xander Van Bergen

Tamelia White

YEAR 12

Absent:

CLASS OF 2022

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning".

Louis L'Amour

Peg game Xander Van Bergen

PEG GAME

Team Organiser

The peg game is a simple game that can be played anywhere, with the objective to sneak a peg onto someone’s clothing without them noticing. During the back half of term 2 a stray peg was found and snuck onto a year 12 jumper. From there we decided to create a full set of rules including, can’t peg the person who got you, any jumpers left around can be pegged, if you tell someone who has the peg when they didn’t know you end up with the peg and many other rules designed to create a fair fun game. A point system was also introduced to add a motive to get rid of the peg. If after 3:25pm you were in possession of the peg, a point was given. Whoever had the most points at the end of a week received a forfeit such as walk around school in a Maccas onesie or get covered in milk and flour (done in the holidays and not on school grounds.) The peg game was active throughout the entirety of term three, at this point most teachers and year 12 students not playing were all well aware of the game and doing what they can to help out whoever had the peg. While school got more stressful for year 12’s in term four the peg game was abandoned to focus on studies.

However, awards were given for some of the best moments. Lara Corsini won the game, ending up with two points. While Finn Howe lost the game, ending up with 12 points. Other notable awards include the best teacher award which went to Peter Breukers for not skipping a beat in his teaching while a student snuck into his class. And finally, the award for the best peg went to Finn Howe when he snuck the peg onto Lara Corsini during her sound check for the talent quest. The game was a tremendous amount of fun and was a great way to alleviate some year 12 stress.

YEAR 12 - CLASS OF 2022 - THE FINAL WEEK

PRINCIPAL REPORT

YEAR 12 - CLASS OF 2022 - THE FINAL WEEK

PRINCIPAL REPORT

YEAR 12 - CLASS OF 2022 - THE FINAL WEEK

Staff PRINCIPAL

STAFF

REPORT

PRINCIPAL

STAFF

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