By Ms Eliza Harris - Assistant Principal - Curriculum 

With Term 3 in full swing and our peak assessment period rapidly approaching I would like to take this opportunity to remind all students and parents of the College’s academic expectations. Students must arrive to all classes prepared with relevant equipment, including a charged iPad or laptop and appropriate stationery and textbooks.

Failure to bring these required items, or failure to engage appropriately in the program of instruction may result in students being issued with academic detentions. These academic detentions are also issued when students fail to submit either draft or final assessment items in a timely manner. These academic detentions are organised and facilitated by the Junior and Senior Program Leaders and a letter outlining the relevant details will be sent home with your student if a detention is issued. Should a student fail to attend an issued academic detention without a valid reason given with advance notice, this may result in them being internally suspended.

I encourage all students to proactively check the assessment calendars and make arrangements to prioritise their study over other extra-curricular commitments. Tutoring is still run every Thursday afternoon in Rm 311-312 and is well attended by our dedicated staff who willingly volunteer their time to facilitate this program. With a busy term of extra-curricular events, it is important to make every day of learning count! Keep up the excellent effort!