Captains Initiatives

OUTREACH

Outreach is a new initiative for 2022 and aims to connect CGS with surrounding charities and organisations. We think it imperative as captains to promote the role of CGS in our region, and aid those in need. We want the positivity and energy of events at CGS to be represented in the wider community. Events like the CGS Shave Against Cancer, and Harmony Day all go beyond our campus. As citizens of the world, it is important to recognise and enhance our role as people and as a school.

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health has been recently identified as a significant and swiftly growing problem in our society, and more specifically in teenagers. The mental health initiative aims to educate students and target the stigma surrounding mental health at CGS, in order to create a supportive environment that facilitates all associated issues. Education is critical when it comes to mental health, and this year we are focused on expanding both teacher and student awareness of different mental health disorders, and providing an understanding of how to best help yourself and those around you when it is needed. Our second focus is building on the mental health resources available at CGS, through both enhancing existing options and finding opportunities to go further—such as a refined booking system for the school psychologists.

BELONGING

Belonging is an extension of the 2021 Captains’ initiative of Inclusivity. We would like every student at CGS to understand that their contributions have value: that they are not just included, but listened to and appreciated. We as captains aim to continue making the school a place where everybody feels as though they belong by eliminating discrimination of any form and celebrating the incredibly diverse CGS community. In addition to outreach events and segments in assemblies, we encourage every member of this community to hold themselves accountable in school and beyond, and make sure we are creating a safe and respectful environment where we motivate others to be their authentic selves.

SUSTAINABILITY

Through the Sustainability initiative, we want to make CGS more sustainable, and elevate the environmental consciousness of the CGS community. The climate crisis, and the degradation of our natural environment, is something that every individual can fight against in their own way. When a community as large as ours fights together, a real impact can be made. The CGS Sustainability Club has been working hard to improve rubbish and recycling at our school, with an exciting recycling campaign and change of system underway. Further, we would like to improve the school’s energy consumption and raise awareness of how each of us can be more sustainable. Most of all, we would like for CGS to realise the significance of the climate crisis and to see that there is real hope in the face of these environmental issues we face. By acting as a collective we can counter the climate crisis. Every one of us has a role in this collective action.