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High Notes, Vol 25 No 33, October 25 2024

From the Principal

High Talent

Franklin Huang (9M) with his two teammates won 2nd Place at the RoboCup Australian National Championships 2024 held at UQ Centre, St Lucia, Brisbane. Well done, Franklin! Ms Ibbott reports that in the recent Science Olympiad, a prestigious competition, High students earned a record number of High Distinctions. In chemistry and physics 鈥� Clinton Chau (11F) and Jeff Tse (11R); in chemistry - Henry Duong (11E) and Rupantar Nirvor (11R); and in physics 鈥� Godfrey Jiang (12M), Timothy Wahib (11E) and Tony Bian (11T). Wonderful results, boys!

Staff Changes

At the beginning of term 4, we had several staff changes. Ms Jo Curry was appointed as a permanent full time English Teacher. Beth Hinton was appointed as our Librarian. Leonie Boulle and Harry Charlesworth have temporary positions, relieving in English for term 4. Colleen Nolan is relieving in Mathematics in term 4 for Robin Wang, who is on leave. Lena Park has a temporary appointment in Social Science, replacing Ms Janette Jackson who is on maternity leave. I am pleased to announce that Ms Matise Stringer has accepted the position of Officer in Command of the SHS Cadet Unit for 2025.

Caught doing the right thing

A member of the public called to congratulate the boys who catch the 438 bus from Abbotsford to the city (rowers I鈥檓 guessing), who were 鈥渂eautifully behaved and extremely polite. The boys all got up from their seats and offered passengers a seat鈥�.  Well done boys. There is satisfaction to be gained from doing the right thing when no one is watching over your behaviour.

Children鈥檚 Week 19-27 October

Coinciding with Universal Children鈥檚 Day, Children鈥檚 Week highlights the contributions and rights of children and young people. It is a time for children to demonstrate their skills and abilities and to have fun. The theme for 2024 is 鈥榗hildren have the right to a clean and safe environment鈥�. Parents are urged to encourage their children, particularly in the Junior School (Years 7-9), to think about how they might help to keep their environment safe and clean. Two actions would help. Deposit all rubbish and wrappings and food scraps in the bins provided around the school and in the playground. Report any dangers, trip hazards to a member of staff. If their lack of safety is due to bullying, then the bully should be reported on the student portal or direct contact made with the Year Adviser, School Counsellor or Student Support Officer.

Summer Sport Co-Payments: Term 4

The rolls for summer sports and activities have now been finalised. In many activities co-payments are levied for the season 鈥� in this case for Term 4 2024 and Term 1, 2025. Other sports have a policy of fixing co-payments on a term-by-term basis. In either case, invoices have now been posted. For Years 7-10 this means that the summer invoice will be included on individual Clearance Forms. These forms will need to be cleared prior to boys receiving their reports. The base Co-payment for sport for this summer season is $200 for 2024-25. Higher charges are levied by individual sports as a result of resolutions passed by the Incorporated Associations or P & C Support Groups / Parent Committees responsible for supporting particular sports. Year 11 boys have been invoiced for Term 4 or their full summer sport, too. It would help the MICs for these sports greatly if families could pay for their sports in the next ten days or so.

Correct word usage - per cent/ percentage

Per cent is used with numerals. Eg one per cent to one hundred per cent. Eighty per cent of staff attended the meeting. Percentage is the noun derived from per cent. A very large percentage of students take two sports. The noun coming after per cent or percentage, determines the number of the verb. Thirty per cent of the students are taking chemistry. Twenty percentage of my time is spent on staffing matters. Percentage as a word can often be replaced by a number, part, proportion or amount. Only a small number of students attended the athletics carnival.
Dr K A Jaggar
Principal