Welcome Back
Welcome back to Term 3 at Mount Waverley Secondary College. I hope everyone enjoyed some special time with family and friends over the holiday break.
Premier’s VCE Awards – Mount Waverley Secondary College Wins Top Honours
I had the privilege of attending the Premier’s VCE Awards with Ms Cara Hill-Health and Human Development teacher and Ms Lauren Kelly-Senior Campus Principal on Wednesday 17th July which was held at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Congratulations to Sruthy S and Greta G (Year 11) and Krisha R (Year 11) who have been recognised with a Premier’s VCE Award for their outstanding academic results in 2023.
Sruthy scored a perfect study score of 50 in Health and Human Development. She is now studying Biomedical Science at Monash University.
Greta who is currently in Year 12 was recognised with a Study Award for Italian which she studied at the Victorian School of Languages and Krisha who is currently in Year 12 was recognised with a Study Award for Tamil which she studied at the Victorian Tamil Association.
The annual Premier’s VCE Awards recognise the top-performing students in the state. This year, 310 students across 90 subjects were recognised with awards for their outstanding results. For the first time this year six students were presented with an Outstanding VCE Vocational Major Student Award which recognises students who demonstrate excellence, employability skills growth and community impact.
The entire Mount Waverley Secondary College learning community is proud of our students and would like to congratulate them on being the recipients of such a prestigious award.
We wish them every success in the future. To view the full Honour Roll and to read more about the Premier’s VCE Awards, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-vce-awards
State Cross Country
On Thursday 18 July, 12 students headed to the Yarra Glen racetrack to participate in this year’s State Cross Country. Held at the Yarra Glen Racecourse, our students braved the cold, wet and muddy conditions and produced some fantastic results.
Our students performed extremely well with the 14yo boys – Sebastian S, Paul R and Zachary C placing 3rd in the team event and in the 16yo girls – Francis S placed 6th and Aisha H placed 8th.
We could not be prouder of our runners! Thanks to Mr Danny Gwynne and Mr Jay Newport Sports Leaders for supporting our Cross Country team.
VCE Conferences
On Thursday July 18th VCE parent /teacher/ student conferences were held. The conferences focused on providing further feedback as to what the student needs to do to complete their VCE/Vocational Major subjects to the best of their ability. Thank you to all the staff, students and parents who attended.
Year 10 Work Experience
It is wonderful to see our Year 10 students completing work experience during the last week of term 2. Can I sincerely thank Mrs Victoria Tortopidis, Careers Education and Alumni Coordinator for overseeing this program and organising all the documentation required to send our students into the workplace and Mr Phil Newnham our Careers Education Manager for all his support. Special thanks to all the staff who called or visited our students whilst on their placements.
College Raffle
Special thanks to Ms Kari Simmons, Mrs Narda McLennan and Mr Aro Ezackial who have been working hard on sourcing some great prizes for our College Raffle this year. $5500 worth of prizes have been sought including a Sonic 55inch TV, a Mastercolour paint offer, winery tour and many other fantastic prizes. Please support the college by buying some tickets. Tickets will go on sale via Compasstix on Wednesday 7 August and will close on Monday 26 August. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 30 August. Last year we raised over $4400 which went towards the student led initiative of purchasing tv display units across the college.
Mount Waverley Secondary College proudly presents “Mamma Mia! – The Musical
There are still some tickets available for our college production of Mamma Mia. “Mamma Mia tells the story of Sophie, a young woman on a quest to discover the identity of her father. The mystery brings three men from her mother’s past back to a Greek island paradise that they last visited twenty years ago. Sophie learns that sometimes you must take a chance and risk everything in order to achieve your dreams.”
Please come and support our staff and students who have been working hard behind the scenes. You won’t be disappointed when you see the quality of their performances.
Shows will be held in the MWSC Unicorn Theatre on the following dates and times:
- Wednesday 24 July at 7pm
- Thursday 25 July at 7pm
- Friday 26 July at 7pm
- Saturday 27 July at 1.30pm (Matinee)
- Saturday 27 July at 7pm
Ticket sales are open now via Trybooking.
Mrs Karen Wade
College Principal