HIGHVALE SECONDARY COLLEGE IMPORTANT DATES

HIGHVALE SECONDARY COLLEGE
Capital Avenue
Glen Waverley 3150
Phone: 9803 5144
Fax: 9803 4310
Email: [email protected]
School Website : www.highvalesc.vic.edu.au
31st October 2014
Edition 17
OUR SCHOOL VALUES
EXCELLENCE ~ INTEGRITY ~ RESILIENCE ~ RESPECT ~ RESPONSIBILITY
IMPORTANT DATES
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Mon 3rd Tue 4 November
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Friday 7 November
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Tuesday 11 November
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Wednesday 12 November
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Wed 12 – Fri 21 Nov
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Mon 17 – Wed 24 Nov
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Wednesday 26 November
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Monday 1 December
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Monday 1 December
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Friday 5 December
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Wednesday 17 December
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Tuesday 16 December
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Curriculum Day (Mon) & Public Holiday (Tue) – No students required at school
Immunisations – All Year 7 Boys & Girls and Year 9 Boys
Junior Music Concert 7.30pm Community Centre
Advance Camp departs
Year 12 Exams
Year 11 Exams
Art Show
Yr 10 & 11 Headstart Program Starts
Yr 7,8 & 9 December Program Starts
Yr 10 & 11 Headstart Program Ends
Yr 8,9 & 10 December Program Ends
Presentation Evening
Term 1 classes start
Thursday 29 January
CAREER NEWS
Click the link(s):
Uniform Shop Hours
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
8.00am to 11.00am
1.00pm to 4.00pm
Click here for Uniform Order Form
Career News 24th October
Career News 31st October
TERM 4
2014 Term Dates
6th October – 19th December
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
2015 Term Dates
29th January - 27th March
13th April – 26th June
13th July – 18th September
5th October – 18th December
Canteen
Student Absence Reporting Hotline
Click here for Canteen Price List
9802 5075 - Please call before 9am
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Master Planning
Michael Taylor, our architect commissioned to develop the School Master plan, has now gathered
preliminary information from staff and School Council and members of the Buildings and Grounds
Committee and Education Committee. It would be appreciated if parents could give their feedback or
suggest improvements/changes by clicking here to complete a questionnaire. This will then round off this
initial consultation phase.
Building Works Update
The Performing Arts area is progressing well. Framing for the instrumental music rooms has started. The
large roller door entrance to the old drama room has been in filled. Internal wall cladding has been installed
and the old music office extended as the first stage to make it into storage and change area.
Year 12 Graduation Evening
The Year 12 graduation evening was
conducted at Caulfield race course last
Friday. I know that the parents
thoroughly enjoyed the evening and it
was a great send off for the students.
I would like to thank Mrs Craig and the
Parents, Teachers, Students and
Friends Association for all of their hard
work in organising the evening.
7-9 Courses for 2015
All of the 2015 years 8 to 10 student course selections have been processed and information tallied to
enable our timetable to be developed for next year.
I would like to thank Mr Langdon for his work in this important area.
Course confirmation interviews with parents and students are scheduled to begin on 18 November.
Curriculum Day Monday
I would like to remind our school community that Monday 3 November is a curriculum day. Students are not
required to attend.
Year 7-10 Exams
I would like to congratulate all Year 7 to 10 students for their approach and application during their
examinations. Teachers will be assessing papers over the next week and providing feedback to each
student.
The year is not over yet though! I know that teachers have developed materials and units of work to
continue right up until the Head Start and end of year programs. These units contribute significantly to the
overall grades and our exams were deliberately placed in October to facilitate quality time to learning.
Ian Watkins
Principal
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
EXAMS
Year 7-10 exams have begun with VCE exams commencing this week. It is a very busy time for all.
It’s great to see so many prepared students coming to exams (often early).
Best of luck for the rest of your exams!
VCE REFURBISHMENT
Our Senior Study Centre is being refurbished after the VCE exams. As a result, we have moved everything
out of that area, including the senior sub school staff who have been relocated to D2. If you wish to speak
to Helen Gogos, Deirdre Craig, Dean Korlos or Dawn Ross, you can find them there.
ACTING STUDENT WELLBEING COORDINATOR
I would like to congratulate Rebecca Parker on being appointed Acting Student Wellbeing Coordinator
while I undertake the role of Acting Assistant Principal during Mr Greg Morrow’s absence. If you need to
speak to her, she is located at the Wellbeing Office or you can call the school on 9803 5144.
IMMUNISATIONS
The 2015 immunisation forms for this year’s Yr 7, 8 and 9 students have been sent home. They need to be
returned to the General Office or Sick bay ASAP. If you have misplaced your form, please see the General
Office.
ALSO, the last of the 2014 immunisation boosters will be given to the Year 7 and the Yr 9 boys on Friday
November 7th.
Caroline Leavey
Acting Assistant Principal
REMINDER TO BACKUP ACADEMIC REPORTS
Access to Compass ceases as soon as a student exits the school (including exiting Year 12 students). This
means that on-line access to Academic Reports also stops at the same time.
In order to avoid reprinting fees, it is strongly recommended that families keep a backup of all Academic
Reports.
NEWSLETTER ADVERTISMENTS
If you wish to place an advertisement to sell your child’s uniform, the cost to place an ad in one fortnightly
newsletter is $10. You are required to produce your own advertisement and email it in PDF form only
to the school no later than 3pm on the Thursday prior to the newsletter publication. Payment is required
before publication.
College Charges 2015 – Additional Payment Mode via Compass
The College will be mailing home shortly to all families information regarding payment of College Charges
for 2015.
For 2015 the College has introduced a further option of paying via the Highvale Compass Portal.
To pay via this method use your parent login and password to access the portal. (Your Account log on and
password will be included on your mailed statement of college charges form). On the right hand side under
my news you will need to click on Course/Confirmation Payment link. From here you will be able to
process your payment. There is an option of paying your charges in full or in two instalments. If you elect
the two instalment method your credit card will be debited for first instalment at the original time of payment
and then automatically debited for the second instalment on the 5th February 2014.
If you process your payment online you do not need to return the Statement of Charges Form.
Payment Direct to College
Please note that you still have the option of returning payment and form to the College Office.
Payment mode accepted at the office is cash, cheque, credit card and EFTPOS.
Online BPAY payment is also available. For BPAY payments your statement of charges form will include
the College’s Biller Code as well as your family reference number. Please retain this information for future
payments.
For all payments to the College General Office including BPAY please ensure you return your Statement of
College Charges Form so that your fee payment can be allocated correctly. Alternatively at time of
payment you may email this information to the College - [email protected].
2015 Year 11 & 12 Student Book Hire and Bond Payment
Year 11 and 12 Headstart Program for 2015 Commences Monday 1st December. All students will need to
pay their book hire and return this year’s current texts prior to collection of 2015 text books. Year 11
Students will also be required to pay their book bond prior to collection as well. Book Bond will be refunded
at the completion of year 12 providing all texts are returned and compulsory charges have been paid.
Payment for this is also available on Compass.
Highvale Administration Team
Year 11 Exam Timetable Sem 2 : 17-24 Nov
Monday November 17 (Mon1) – Community Centre
Period 2
Period 3 and 4
Community Centre
Community Centre
9.20 am READING
10.55 am READING
Period 1 9.30 am START
11.05 am START
Set up
10.30 am FINISH
11.55 am FINISH
1 Hour (incl reading time)
2 Hours (incl reading time)
(CC)
EN012A
EN012B
EN092A
EN092B
Period 5
NO
EXAM
(CC)
EN012A
EN012B
EN092A
EN092B
EN112A
EN112B
LI012
Tuesday November 18 (Tues1) – H Block
Periods 1 and 2
Period 3 and 4
1 ½ Hour Exams
1 ½ Hour Exams
8.35 am READING
10.55 am READING
8.50 am START
11.10 am START
10.20 am FINISH
12.40 pm FINISH
BM022A
EC022A
BM022B
ME022A
BM022C
MU022A (D9)
Wednesday November 19 (Wed1) – H Block
Periods 1 and 2
Period 3 and 4
1 ½ Hour Exams
1 ½ Hour Exams
8.35 am READING
10.55 am READING
8.50 am START
11.10 am START
10.20 am FINISH
12.40 pm FINISH
BI022A
LO101A
BI022B
SA022A
Thursday November 20 (Thurs1) – H Block
Periods 1 and 2
Period 3 and 4
1 ½ Hour Exams
1 ½ Hour Exams
8.35 am READING
10.55 am READING
8.50 am START
11.10 am START
10.20 am FINISH
12.40 pm FINISH
FY022A
MA072A
HI022A
MA072B
PE022A
PH022A
Lunch, Periods 5
1 ½ Hour Exams
1.05 pm READING
1.20 pm START
2.50 pm FINISH
CH022A
DT022A
DTT02A
VC022A
Lunch, Periods 5
1 ½ Hour Exams
1.05 pm READING
1.20 pm START
2.50 pm FINISH
PY022A
PY022B
Lunch, Periods 5
1 ½ Hour Exams
1.05 pm READING
1.20 pm START
2.50 pm FINISH
HH022A
HH022B
Friday November 21(Fri1) – H Block
Periods 1 and 2
Period 3 and 4
1 ½ Hour Exams
1 ½ Hour Exams
8.35 am READING
10.55 am READING
8.50 am START
11.10 am START
10.20 am FINISH
12.40 pm FINISH
DR022A
MA112A
GE022A
MA112B
LS022A
MA112C
MA72AA
Lunch, Periods 5
1 ½ Hour Exams
1.05 pm READING
1.20 pm START
2.50 pm FINISH
Monday November 24 (Mon2) – H Block
Periods 1 and 2
Period 3 and 4
1 ½ Hour Exams
1 ½ Hour Exams
8.35 am READING
10.55 am READING
8.50 am START
11.10 am START
10.20 am FINISH
12.40 pm FINISH
MA102A
AC022A
MA102B
NO EXAM
NO EXAM
LIBRARY NEWS
TUTORING
The Year 11’s will no longer be able to provide assistance for the Mentoring Program as they will be
preparing for their end of year exams. Special thanks to all the senior students who volunteered their time
every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school to help the junior students with maths. Extra special
thanks to Hui Li who attended almost every afternoon and helped many junior students.
However, Mrs Caserta will continue with Tutoring on alternate Wednesday and Thursday afternoons for
the next few weeks.
PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE 2014
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge 2014 has finished. Many Highvale students entered the Challenge with
44 completing it by reading a minimum of 15 books. Certificates will be issued soon and the Honour Roll
will be available early November. These are the 44 students who completed the Challenge:
Year 11
Year 10
Year 9
Year 8
Katherine Bracher, Intan Wilson, Rachel Yap
Lyndelle Chan, Adriana Goscha, John Theodoropoulus
Georgios Avgerinos, Jessica Squires, Adele Wawra
Olivia Blair, Colleen Cheng, Jessie Cheng, Olivia Coutts, Kaitlyn Dahlitz, Madeline de Haan,
Sarah Duncan, Hayden Gribbin, Carly Hewett, Archana Jeyapalan, Zaiba Sayeda,
Rajaraman Sundararajan, Harry Ung, Alexander Wong, Jude Zhu
Year 7
Tiahnne Campbell, Kushmir Charan, Angel Choong, Ella Daffy, Sabrina Fong, Monica
Huang, Tara Knight, Mihir Koujalgi, Yvonne Lim, Jenny Lin, Sarah Nicholson, Chandelle
Plevier, Elyssa Pude, Angela Su, Jacinta Thomas, Alethea Vassiliadis, Timothy Widjaja,
Erin Yang, Emily Zhou
Year 12 Book Hire text books can be returned to the Library as the Year 12 students finish their exams.
Thanks again to all the students who borrowed books and stored them at their homes while the library was
being refurbished. Those books need to be returned now. Reminder notices will be issued after the Cup
Day holiday.
Mrs Johnson, Mrs Mangan and Ms Marshall
EASTERN METROPOLITAN REGION FINALS
TABLE TENNIS
Both Year 8 Girls and Boys teams made it to
the regional finals for the Interschool Table
Tennis Competition.
The Highvale Boys’ Team won against
Heathmont in the first round and lost by three
points against East Doncaster in total, missing
out on going into the finals.
Our Girls’ Team on the other hand won against
Heathmont in the first round and Box Hill
Secondary in the second round, making it to the
semi finals. In the semi finals Selena Lee and
Liana Rhodes won against Glen Waverley’s top
two players, however, lost to their team again
by two points in the semi finals.
The team players were;
Girls’ Team: Selena Lee, Meg Anderson, Alex Perry, Emma Trotter and Liana Rhodes;
Boys' Team: Glorison Lai, Jason Li, Dermott Chiang and Edwin Li.
Mr Duyal
ART NEWS
Congratulations
Congratulations to Ranjit Narasimhan
(Yr8) whose design (right) has been
selected for the school’s Art Show.
His design will be displayed on the
billboards and flyers advertising the
show.
I would also like to congratulate Mr.
Cane's AT 511 (Viscom Level 2)
class for their designs. They all did a
wonderful job and made it difficult for
the staff to choose a winner.
Ranjit will be recieving a prize for
having his poster selected.
Helen Papas
MUSIC NEWS
JUNIOR CONCERT
The Junior Concert will be held on November 11th at 7:30pm in the Community Centre. All Year 7 – 9
instrumental music students will perform at this concert. Please put this date in your diary.
Please provide consent for your child via Compass.
2015 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Parents will receive a letter next week outlining the instrumental music program for 2015. Attached to the
letter, will be a form concerning the student’s intentions regarding continuation of tuition and/or hire in 2015.
These forms are used to assist in planning and timetabling instrumental music classes next year.
Students who are currently hiring an instrument and who wish to keep their instrument over the holidays will
need to pay their 2015 hire fees by November 28th. Students currently hiring who are intending to purchase
their own instrument or discontinue tuition should return their hire instrument by November 28th.These
instruments will then be returned to Musicorp for servicing.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PHOTOS – AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE
The instrumental music photo is available to view and purchase until 21st November 2014.
The photo is on display in the foyer at the general office and is shown below.
Order forms are available at the general office.
Ruchi Patel
Instrumental Music Coordinator
UNIFORMS FOR SALE
If you wish to place an advertisement to sell your child’s uniform, the cost to place an ad in one fortnightly
newsletter is $10. You are required to produce your own advertisement and email it in PDF form only
to the school no later than 3pm on the Thursday prior to the newsletter publication. Payment is required
before publication.
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Size 8
Size 12
XXS
Size 14C
Size 12
Size 8
Summer Dress
Green Jumper
Maroon Sports Shorts
Green Sports Shirt
White Winter Blouses
Windcheater
$30 each
$40
$15
$15
$20 each
$40
Prices on are negotiable if more than one item is purchased. Contact Bindu 0421 115 713
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1x
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Size 16
Size 16C
Size S
Size 16
Size 18
Size 16
Green sports polo shirt
PE Shorts
White Shirts
Grey Shorts
College Maroon Blazer
Green Jumper
$20
$15
$20 each
$16 each
$120 (barely used)
$60
Contact: Aiyu 0404 673 076
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Size 14
Size 12
Size 12
Size 14
Size 16
Size 14
Size 16
Size S
Size 14C
Size 12
Size 14
Size 18
Summer Dress
Summer Dress
Green Jumper
Green Jumper
Green Jumper
Sport Shirt
Sport Shirt
White Boys Shirt
White Boys Shirt
Girls Winter Skirt
Girls Winter Skirt
Girls Winter Skirt
$30 each (fairly new)
$20
$20 each
$20
$20
$5
$5
$15 each
$15 each
$30 (dry cleaned)
$30 (dry cleaned)
$30 (dry cleaned)
English Novels:
Year 11
Growing Up Asian in Australia
The Kite Runner
$20
$15
Year 9
The Divine Wind
$8
Contact: Kellie 0419 580 968 (from Wednesday 5th November)
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Size 16
Size 18Y
Size 16
Size 14
Please call Jo
$100
$95
$35
$35
Blazer – brand new, never worn with Highvale and VCE pockets
Blazer – brand new, never worn with Highvale pockets
Winter skirt in excellent condition
Winter skirt in excellent condition
0425 775 884 or 9803 6731
2014/2015 ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS $65
Melbourne Entertainment books are now available from the General Office for $65.
If you’d rather pay and order online, you can use this link then collect in person or pay extra for delivery.
Sales contribute towards the school’s fundraising efforts as we receive 20% commission on book sales.
You can use your book from now until 30th June 2015 so get in early to get the most out of it.
New - digital version now available (Minimum requirements: iPhone4s or Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean))
Please note: Entertainment™ Digital Memberships are compatible with iPhone4s and above, and Android 4.1.2 (Jelly
Bean) and above.
So you have a choice: the traditional Entertainment™ Book Membership or the new Entertainment™ Digital Membership.
The Entertainment ™ Digital Membership
The brand new Entertainment™ Digital Membership puts the value of the Entertainment™ Book into your Apple or Android
device, and allows you to:
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Show and save using your Apple or Android device, with no Card or Voucher to present
Search for nearby businesses in the Entertainment™ program
Search for specific businesses by name, location or dining category
Share your Membership with your immediate family
Which Membership is best for you?
BOOK
DIGITAL
You like to plan ahead when dining out
You like to flick through the Book
You tend to make spontaneous dining decisions
You don’t have an Apple or Android device
You never leave home without your iPhone or Android smartphone device
You want to share your Entertainment™ offers with your immediate family
Keep track of your savings automatically
Contact: Ronnie O’Loughlin (PTFSA)
0422377438 [email protected]