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THE ROSEMARY BISHOP INDIGENOUS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

All Yalari students are recipients of the Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship. The scholarship program is named after Waverley Stanley’s primary school teacher, Mrs Rosemary Bishop, who was pivotal in helping Waverley gain a scholarship at Toowoomba Grammar School. Each year, up to 50 scholarships are offered to Indigenous children from regional, rural or remote communities who satisfy the selection criteria and are willing to give 100% towards their education. Scholarships include full boarding and tuition costs at one of Yalari’s partner schools. To be eligible, students must be entering their first year of high school and come from a regional, rural or remote community across Australia. STUDENT SUPPORT & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Yalari’s unprecedented level of support for all scholarship students is a key strength of our unique model and contributes to our high retention rates. We have a passionate team of professionals throughout Australia who support our students, their families and our partner schools on a daily basis. Opportunities for Yalari students to catch-up with each other, seek support or advice and undertake personal development are offered throughout the year by way of camps and workshops. Some of these include: Years 7 and 8 Orientation Camp: Students learn about boarding school life and what to expect. Year 9 Central Australia Camps: Students focus on team work, relationship building, leadership skills, and cultural identity. Year 10 Pay-It-Forward Program: A Yalari fundraising initiative encouraging students to think creatively and work together, in order to collectively fund a scholarship for another Yalari student. Year 11 Camp: Students participate in vocational workshops, presentations and special projects. They also gain an insight into university life and participate in leadership, cultural and creative activities in the university lecture halls and theatres. Year 12 Workshops: Designed to help students identify, assess and develop their post-school plans. Year 12 Graduation: Celebrating the achievements of the graduates, a formal ceremony is held; followed by a trip to the snow fields. Life Skills Graduate Workshop: Providing our recent graduates with a series of interactive programs to get them ready for work, future study and the real world. Captain’s Camp: Yalari selects senior level students who exemplify the core values of compassion, openness, resilience, respect, inclusiveness and excellence to be Yalari Captains. The students attend a two-day workshop prior to Orientation Camp. Biennial Commemorative Walk to Cherbourg: provides an opportunity for our students to experience the qualities of resilience, strength, courage, leadership and endurance in an event that not only takes a strong commitment from them to complete, but also provides the cultural backdrop of those who have gone before them and walked to Cherbourg in 1905.

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Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship Program

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YALARI WELLBEING PROGRAM

The Yalari Student Wellbeing Program is about ensuring our students are happy, healthy and getting a good education. The program is embedded in activities throughout the scholarship program and takes a proactive approach to wellbeing. Student Support Officers (SSOs) play a pivotal role by ensuring open lines of communications with students, their families and schools throughout the boarding school journey. They have regular one-onone interactions with Yalari students and are the first line of support; backed up by a student support team based in the Yalari office on the Gold Coast. The program is responsive to needs as they arise. The team work with partner schools, families, mental health professionals and community champions where crisis or focussed support is needed. PATHWAYS PROGRAM

The Yalari Pathways Program provides a formal structure to support Yalari students and graduates in their transition to higher education, vocational training and employment. This includes: • Career guidance in Year 10, 11 and 12; Support accessing tertiary scholarships and post-school opportunities; and Work experience and mentoring.

YALARI ALUMNI

All past Yalari scholarship students form part of the Yalari alumni. Past students are encouraged to stay connected to the organisation so they can support and participate in the ongoing sustainability of the Yalari community and its work. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Yalari Alumni Association is open to all Yalari alumni with the aim to:

promote and maintain strong relationships among the alumni; provide further opportunities for Yalari alumni to contribute to the charitable purposes of Yalari and the pursuit of its objectives. Membership is open to alumni, being all individuals (including a past scholar or graduate) who have held a Yalari scholarship for at least 12 months. Objectives of the association are overseen by a management committee who are elected by members and appointed by the Yalari Board.

ALUMNI LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Yalari is committed to the ongoing support and development of all Yalari alumni and offers a series of leadership programs focusing on personal and professional development.