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High Notes, Vol 25 No 25, August 16 2024

From the Principal

Relieving Roles

After taking an extended period of leave, it was encouraging for me to find on my return that all the planned activities at High had taken place seamlessly under the strong and effective leadership team of Mr Kay as relieving Principal, Ms Luu as relieving Deputy Principal (7,9,11) and Mr Ohlback as relieving Head Teacher (Teaching and Learning). Ms Kim also stepped up to relieve Mr Prorellis as relieving Deputy Principal (Administration) for several weeks. I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone involved. The feedback I have received has been very positive. The depth of our leadership expertise is increased as people have extended experience serving in schoolwide leadership positions or relieving in a faculty leadership role.

High Talent

At the recent Regional Athletics Carnival, our High team performed strongly with 11 first places. Nestor Chan (10R) won the 15 years 800m and 1500m double and was 3rd in the 3000m; Aiden McManus (11R) won the 16 years 800m and placed 3rd in the 400m; Mekaeel Khan (8M) won the 14 years long jump and placed 3rd in high jump; Shawn Handoko (8T) won the 13 years 90m hurdles; Roger He (9E) was 1st in the 15 years long jump and Lachlan Leung (11E) won the 16 years long jump; Nicholas Fung (11E) won the 16 years triple jump and darcy Li (10T) won the 16 years shot put. Our relay teams were successful in the 13 years and 16 years events. Congratulations to the team and to MIC Kurt Rich and his coaches for their mentoring of our athletes. At the recent final of the Legacy Public Speaking Competition, Gurushaan Thanabalasingam (7S), progressed to the regional Final. Well done, Guru! Thank you to Ms Eggleton who organised the Final to be hosted at High. Maurice Wong (11T) was presented with the NSW Young Volunteer of the Year Award (City of Sydney/Eastern Suburbs). Maurice was recognised for his >300 hours of service in 2023 to St Johns Ambulance NSW. At the recent UNSW 62nd Annual Mathematics Competition Tanish Sarathy (11S) was awarded a prize for 3rd; Eric Scholten (12R) High Distinction; Distinctions went to Andrew Pye (11R), Arthur Qiu (11R) and Jeff Tse (11R); credits were earned by Thomas Cao (11E), Shafayat Hossain (11F), Disen Liu (11E) and Timothy Zhou (11T). congratulations to you all!

Prefect Elections

After a process of application, vetting by the executive and electoral college election, the School Prefects for 2024-25 have been finalised. The Prefects in turn elected their captain Jin Shim, vice-captain Liam Nottage and the Senior Prefect, John Fang. Prefects elect are Thomas Cao, Clinton Chau, Victor Chen, Andrew Ding, Matthias Elgawly, John Fang, Nicholas Fung, Ric Hou, Micah Jouravlev, Jordan Komonen, Matthew Kuskoff, Nelson Lee, James McLoughlin, Akith Perera, Xavier Perry, Brannavan Prabaharan, Andrew Pye, Arthur Qiu, Jeshan Somanader, Nathan Tang, Brendan Woo, James Yang, Andy Zhang, Jonathan Zhang, Oscar Zhang and Timothy Zhou, Congratulations to all!

National Science Week 10 - 18 August

Australia celebrates Science and Technology for a whole week each year. More than 1,000 events are organised across Australia, delivered in universities, research institutions, science centres, museums, libraries and schools. This year’s theme is ’Species Survival More than just sustainability’. The theme aims to highlight the importance of science and innovation in ensuring the survival of different species in an ever-changing world.  There are supporting resources available online, including .

Bullying No Way Week - August 12-16.

As a society and as a school community we need collective positive action to grow connections to prevent bullying. This year’s theme is ‘Everyone belongs.’ When we all feel like we belong, bullying struggles to find a place. It is about embracing who we are, respecting everyone’s differences and standing up together against unkindness. We have as our school values, compassion and respect, both concepts are antithetical to any form of bullying. We all need to reflect upon the nature of our actions and utterances - spoken, written or on social media. What we say and do should be to avoid harm to someone’s feelings or self-respect. To see what is happening, go to: .
Dr K A Jaggar
Principal