WHAT A BUSY START TO A GREAT FIRST TERM

It’s been such a busy start to the school year that February and March have slipped by and I can barely believe it’s April already. So much has been going on – we’ve just completed NAPLAN testing, had the swimming sports, and held our first school camps. We’ve settled into the year brilliantly and I’m incredibly pleased with the great learning effort going on.

With all this positive activity and our excellent recent academic results it’s no wonder that we have expanded again, with enrolments reaching approximately 1600 and many new teachers coming on board. Welcome to all our newcomers.

Arts Campus Getting Closer

As you know, we have new plans to make the college an even more exciting and creative place, with work progressing on the new Youth Arts Precinct in Gasworks Arts Park. The Victorian Minister for Education recently visited us to look over the site and was extremely positive about this exciting project. Once the final planning issues have been tidied up, we will share the design and tender details with you.

Our Story Is Spreading

On Thursday 23 March we held a special party in the Danks Street Library to celebrate 13 years of success for APC and to launch the book I have written telling its story: From the Ground Up: How a Community with a Vision and Principal with a Purpose Created a Thriving State School.

The evening was a huge success, raising money for the college, and I want to thank every staff member, parent and community supporter who came along.

A special thank you must go to media celebrity and parent extraordinaire Kate Langbroek who came along and spoke passionately about APC, her own experience as a parent, and the importance of having a great public education system.

That’s pretty much what our book is about – how by working together we can create fantastic, creative and successful local schools for our children. By telling our story, we hope to help other schools learn from our experience.

Those who missed out on the event and want to get a copy can find it at major booksellers, including our own great local bookshop, The Avenue, as well as online at Black Inc.