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~~PRINCIPAL’S REPORT~~

Principal: Mrs M Crelley Issue No: 20 Term: 4 Monday 11th December, 2017

Leeton High School honoured its award winners at our annual Presentation Night held last Thursday evening. The presentations and performances showcased during the evening represented much of what makes Leeton High School such a wonderful and exciting place to be. I would like to congratulate again, all our students who received academic, sporting, cultural or citizenship awards and for their contributions to our school and community. I feel it also fair to acknowledge the students who did not receive a particular award on Thursday evening but who regularly make fantastic, positive additions to our school. Our achievements are the products of the collaborative efforts between staff, students, parents and carers and our community and I take the opportunity in this year’s final newsletter, to acknowledge and thank individuals, families, employers, mentors and organisations who have supported our school during the year allowing us to experience success across many areas. I thank all of our teaching, support and office staff who have invested so much of themselves and their great expertise to fulfil our vision for the benefit of our school community. The success of our Careers Department with the Western Riverina Expo, WIN program, Get Set mentoring program and You Go Girl! initiative, especially designed for our Year 9 and 10 girls, has put Leeton High School in the spotlight in a very favourable way and testifies to the strong relationships and support our talented and driven staff have fostered within the community, across the Riverina and in some cases across NSW. Likewise, I would also like to applaud our stellar Creative and Performing Arts team who continue to lift the bar at every turn. The unbelievable energy and effort this crew puts into our students, in conjunction with the families who support us in return, is really awe inspiring and the results are seen in the amount of interest and talent exhibited by our students in tremendous productions such as Legally Blonde Junior and MADD Night. Thank you to our wonderful P&C who have tirelessly supported our school with their honest feedback, generous donations and fundraising. The support we receive from this dedicated group of parents is invaluable and much appreciated. Their financial support this year amongst other things has included an investment in the new sprinkler system on our oval and a significant contribution to the installation of a covered walkway linking the old building to the main block which will commence next year. Again, thank you to the P&C for their enormous contribution to improving our learning environment. Parents and caregivers, I thank you for your support and for giving us the opportunity to work with you to educate your children. We appreciate your faith in us to develop your boys and girls into outstanding young men and women. I extend to all members of our school community and the Leeton Community of Public Schools my very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a safe holiday. I look forward to working with you all in 2018. Years 7, 11 and 12 return to school on Tuesday 30th January 2018 and Years 8, 9 and 10 on Wednesday 31st January 2018. MADD Night 2017 MADD Night was an incredible success with 27 acts lighting up the stage last Friday Night. The talent that pours out of our school is amazing. There is nothing our students cannot do! The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and thank you to all the individual and group performers who made the evening such a mammoth success. Thank you to Mrs Van den Heuvel, Mrs Goman, Miss Phillips, Mr DiSalvia and the backstage and lighting crews for the exceptional efforts in organising and running such a great evening. Thanks to the community for supporting this event and we look forward to MADD Night 2018.

“Educating young people for active and responsible citizenship”

P.O Box 843, LEETON 2705 Ph: 69532122 Fax: 69535085 leeton-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au ABN: 22 761 278 122

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Student Representative Council 2018 Congratulations to the following students who have succeeded in gaining a position on the Student Representative Council for 2018. Year 8: Jhie Deaton, Eh Htoo, Alexandra Glenn, Emika Gooley Year 9: Angus Crelley, Samara McMillan, Katelyn Mills, Emily Wright Year 10: Jade Jennings, Madeline Price, Amelie Sachs, Sharna Spicer Year 11: Tamara Bartram, Elise Holt, Riley Taskarin, Molly Wright Year 7 representatives will be elected when we return to school in 2018. Parent/Teacher Interviews and End of Year Reports 12 December A Parent/Teacher Interview afternoon for students in Years 7-11 will be held from 4pm-6pm in the MPC on Tuesday 12th December to allow for an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress throughout the year and to seek feedback on ways to continue to build success in 2018. Reports for Years 7-10 will be available on the night for collection. All parents/carers are most welcome to attend. New LHS Caps for 2018 New ‘trucker’ style caps are now available from Work Locker for the reasonable cost of $15.00. The caps come in two colours grey or white to suit all tastes. Don’t forget to get one over the Christmas holidays. Higher School Certificate examination results 2017 We anxiously await the release of Year 12’s HSC results due out on the 14th December. ATARs will be released on 15th December. An ATAR celebratory barbeque for Year 12 will be held at 8am here at school. Secondary Learning Strategy (2LS) We continue our whole school literacy focus through 2LS to equip all students with powerful learning skills. 2LS helps our students better their reading and comprehension of texts by developing skills in Summarising, Visualising, Predicting, Questioning, Making-Connection, Self-Monitoring and Inferring (known as the Super 7). Alongside Summarising as a key Super 7 reading and comprehension strategy we add Visualising as a focus skill that is extremely useful across all learning areas. When authors write, they use words to describe what they are trying to share with the audience. The words make a picture in the mind. Creating a picture in our mind or drawing the picture on paper can help us understand what we are reading, viewing or hearing. This strategy is called visualising.

Leeton High School recognises and values the importance of communication between home and school. If you have any questions on any issue, please do not hesitate to call us on 69532122. Stay in touch with the happenings at our community high school via the School Website http://www.leeton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ or our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/LeetonHS. Meagan Crelley Principal

Congratulations to the following students on achieving awards:

SILVER AWARD: Brooke Schmetzer (Year 7), Brayden Simpson, Sarah Seymour (Year 8) and Reece

Thompson (Year 9). GOLD AWARD: Jordyn Johnstone, Brooke Schmetzer (Year 7) and Georgia Saddler (Year 11).

EXECUTIVE AWARDS: Emily Jennings, Meghan Davidson-Curtain (Year 7), Matthew Ryan, Dylan Gordon

(Year 8), Zachary Sharp, Dion DeMamiel (Year 9), Marnah Cunningham, Lara Cameron, Brock Martin and Jarvis Thurgate (Year 10).

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THANK YOU

to all of our performers and helpers this year in MADD, Legally Blonde Jnr,

Schools Spectacular and any other performances at Leeton High School this

year. We are so lucky to have committed staff and talented students to make

it all so entertaining.

A BIG thank you to VDH, Goman and Philly for the many hours after school

to make it all happen.

Enjoy your well-earned rest over the holidays and we will see you in 2018.

Mrs Anthony

DATES TO REMEMBER Fri 12 Dec – Big Bash – Albury 2018 DATES Tue 12 Dec – 7-11 Parent/Teacher Interviews Mon 29 Jan 2018 – Pupil Free Day – Staff Return Fri 15 Dec – Last day for Students Tue 30 Jan 2018 – Years 7, 11 and 12 Return Wed 31 Jan 2018 – Years 8, 9 and 10 Return

Leeton High School

Wishes you all a Merry

Christmas and a safe

Holiday

See you in 2018

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Leeton High School Careers

That’s a WRAP from

Careers Central

Careers Central was very proud to offer the following events and opportunities in 2017!

Centrelink Information Session School to Work Programs

Discovery Day-University of Wollongong Taste of TAFE

Employer Forums Tax File Number Applications

First Aid Course Top Gun Talk

GetSet Youth Mentoring Program Unique Student Identifier Applications

La Trobe University Tour-Albury University Admissions Information Session

LHS Fest University Application Session

Mock Interviews Western Riverina Careers Expo

Open Door Policy-Careers Central White Card Course

Raising Aspirations WIN Program

Resume Writing Workshops Work Experience

Skills & Thrills Work Ready Workshops

School Based Traineeships YES Program-Cool Cooks

School Based Apprentice/Traineeship Talk You Go Girl!

A message from Careers Coordinator Tania Speer I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Leeton High School for providing me with

some of the best days of my working life over the past two years. It has been a privilege and an

absolute delight to work along the students at Leeton High School. My particular focus has been on

Year 10, providing them with opportunities that will assist them with career choices and preparing

them for the world of work. It has been very humbling to see them grow, focus, re-engage at school

and set goals for their future and I look forward to following their journeys.

Careers Central is blessed to have Ms Brittany Becker leading Leeton High Careers into the future, she

is a dedicated, supportive, enthusiastic and motivated Careers Advisor.

‘It’s a beautiful thing when a career & a passion come together!’

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