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Edition No. 11 | November 9, 2018
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
In this Edition From the Principal
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Calendar Dates
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Japan Study Tour
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Spain Study Tour
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Debating Grand Final Win
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Congratulations
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Philosothon 4 International Day of the Girl
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Running With Scissors
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Student Pathways Report
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State Theatre Company Promotion 6 Running With Scissors
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Behind the scenes, the electronic sign is on schedule to be completed and ready for the start of 2019, and the Performing Arts Centre is in the final design stage and is amazing. Week 2 saw our Year 12s celebrate the end of their secondary schooling. The week culminated in a fantastic dress up day, beginning with a staff and student breakfast. There have been so many highlights over the past 3 weeks. We have introduced a pop up breakfast station in the Hallway of Human Rights which runs every day from 7:45am until 8:30am. This is to welcome students to school each day, to provide an environment of collaboration and to set a positive tone for the day. The food and drink is provided at minimal cost. In Week 1 our students attended the International Day of the Girl breakfast at Adelaide Oval. Many thanks to Ms Mireille LeDolédec and Ms Faye Turner for organising places for past and present students. Here is part of an email we received from a student who attended. I’m just writing this email to say an extra thank you for giving me the opportunity to attend the Day of the Girl breakfast. It was an experience I both loved and found incredibly unique to the debate regarding violence/discrimination against women. I am so grateful to have been even a small part of the boys’ and girls’ change the world movement, and it was an experience I’m am sure I am not soon to forget. It was incredibly inspiring to see both men and women standing up to fight and debate against a subject I have always, regretfully, believed to be just a part of the way we now all live, so thank you.
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The annual football awards were held at The Adelaide Pavilion earlier this term. I would like to thank Ms Sue Shillabeer and Ms Megan Thomas for their coordination, Mr Michael Gurr for emceeing and Mr Michail Darley for taking the photos. Highlights of the evening included speeches by our students and also past AFL footballers Wayne Weidemann and Peter Cavan who added their insights into what it takes to achieve one’s goals. The results (3 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 third) of our first rowing regatta - the Henley on Torrens - under our new Rowing Manager, Dylan Harvey, topped off what turned out to be a wonderful week for Adelaide High.
Friday’s Senior Speech Day Assembly provided the school an opportunity to not only celebrate the achievements of the Year 12s, but say goodbye and wish them well for their exams. As we acknowledge the incredible achievements of our 2018 senior school students and graduates, I would like to acknowledge two people. I can’t speak for the past but I can speak from my time at Adelaide High School. The amount of work Mr Stephen Halliday has undertaken over the past 12 months is phenomenal. So, when you multiply that by 10 years, you get an insight into the enormity of the Halliday family’s contribution to the heartbeat and soul of Adelaide High School. Victoria and Stephen have represented our parent community on Governing Council and advocated for Adelaide High School at every opportunity. No challenge was too great and always their absolute commitment was underpinned by maximising the outcomes for our students and wider community. Stephen ends his role as Chair of our Governing Council at our AGM early next year, at which time he will be formally farewelled. On behalf of the student body, past and present, I thank him for his care, integrity and courage over many years. Mr Michael Black cannot leave Adelaide High School; he will transition in stages. At the end of this year, Mr Black will retire from his role of Head of Macghey House, Senior School and Timetable leader, Interact and Ecovision coordinator and in 2019 return part time to teach his true love, Mathematics, and to spend more time with his other true loves, his family, the Mathematics Faculty and the students of Adelaide High. However, his legacy will live on. Mr Black truly loves this school and Adelaide High School does this: it connects your heart and soul and drives you to be part of its footprint. I wish our Year 12 students all the very best for their final weeks of exams and assignment completion.
Kind regards, Ms Cez Green | Principal
CALENDAR DATES November Mon 5
Stage 2 Written Exams begin
Wed 7
Special Governing Council Meeting re Material and Services Charges for 2019
Wed 7- Fri 9 Year 11 Outdoor Ed Kayaking Camp Fri 9 Messenger Bowl Cricket Semi Finals Mon 12
Year 10s move to Senior School PC classes
Thurs 15
World Challenge BBQ
Wed 21
Year 11 Exams Begin
Mon 26 - Tues 27 Peer Leader Training
December Sun 1 - Fri 7 Five Highs Cricket Carnival Adelaide Mon 3
Year 7 Transition Day
Wed 5 - Fri 7 Year 10 Research Project Program Fri 7
Middle School Speech Day Assembly
For a comprehensive list of upcoming events, log onto the searchable Calendar and Events database on the website (http://www.adelaidehs.sa.edu.au/ About/Calendar-and-Events).
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JAPAN STUDY TOUR The 2018 Japan Study Tour was a great success. The highlight of the tour was visiting and strengthening connections with our Sister School in Osaka, Asahi High School. An extra key objective of the tour was to learn more of the language and culture of Japan. Students’ reflections on their language learning included: “It helped me apply what I had learnt into a natural environment, I now understand when to say things and in what context. It challenged me to recall all that I had learnt.” “I was able to use my knowledge in communicating as well as being able to learn new words and sentence structures.” There were fifteen student participants including Easwar Allada 9G04, James Fitton-Gum SB56, Indigo Hall SB55, Sonia Huynh 10B76, Francine Legaspi 10G96, Taylor Lewis 10B76, Daphne Lia 10V123, Preshna Nakarmi 9G04, Vivienne Niejalke SR46, Oliver Peters SR26, Nancy Shen SR46, Ying Stokes 9G04, Henry Wang 10V126, Sophie Wheaton 9G04, and Naomi Weston 9R13. The group spent the first ten days in Osaka being hosted by families from the Asahi High School community and attended school for one week, during which they followed a special program that incorporated following their host buddies to regular lessons as well as enjoying some extra classes set up especially for the group. These specialised classes included a calligraphy class, art class, cooking class, Japanese lesson and tea ceremony experience, as well as an excursion to a mock village museum showing how people lived in previous centuries in Osaka. A day trip to Nara, the ancient capital of Japan and home to the Todaiji temple, was organised by the parent group that looks after international students. In the second week of the tour the group travelled to Hiroshima where they visited the Peace Park and Peace Museum, thus gaining a greater understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in the Second World War and the incredible impact of atomic bombs. A nearby island, Miyajima, was also visited and enjoyed for its scenic beauty. We then went to visit our Sister City, Himeji, which is famous for a very beautiful white castle, more commonly known as the white heron castle. It is a fine example of a feudal castle that has excellent defensive systems. Next there was a day tour to Kurashiki to experience crafts in a village atmosphere. The final few days were spent in Tokyo where the group had a day tour to Disneyland and a day tour of several key iconic areas along the Yamanote train line including Harajuku, Shibuya and Akihabara. The tour was led by Helen Manning-Bennett, with Kwok Kam, a fellow teacher of Japanese. Helen Manning-Bennett |Tour Leader and Coordinator of Languages
3 SPAIN STUDY TOUR We completed another successful Study Tour of Spain. 10 students and 2 teachers for 3 weeks, travelling around the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). The trip commenced in Adelaide with a short stopover in Doha, Qatar. We then arrived in the magnificent city of Barcelona on a warm evening, and all students were very excited but tired. We spent the next day touring Gaudi’s Barcelona, masterpieces like Casa Milà, Casa Batlló and Park Güell, and, to finish the day, the magnificent cathedral of la Sagrada Familia. A short flight later, down to the south of Spain to Málaga, the capital of La Costa del Sol and home to the famous Pinter Pablo Picasso. We toured the city visiting the Picasso Museum and the beautiful port city, its ancient and impressive structures of which we were all very impressed. From its stunning Moorish fortress – the best-preserved of its kind in Spain – to its Roman amphitheatre, this vibrant and exciting city is full of architectural masterpieces. A day trip to the caves of Nerja followed. The magnificent Cuevas de Nerja are a series of huge caverns stretching for almost five kilometres and are home to the world’s largest stalagmite, a 32-metre-high column measuring 13 metres by 7 metres at its base. We were all very impressed with the magnitude of this natural wonder. Next stop was Granada, where the Alhambra is found. The beauty of this Moorish palace and gardens, named in Arabic for its reddish
walls, truly does have to be seen to be believed; set high on a hill with views over the city of Granada. We all really appreciated the green cool gardens and fountains of the Alhambra Palace as the temperature rose. We took a day tour to Mérida, capital of Extremadura, which was once also capital of the Roman province of Lusitania (founded by Emerita Augusta in 25 BC) and is still home to the most impressive and extensive Roman ruins in all Spain. The ruins lie sprinkled around town, often appearing in the most unlikely corners, and one can only wonder what still lies buried beneath the lively, modern city. We then had a short visit to Segovia for a stunning Roman view. We saw a spectacular piece of Roman engineering, the huge aqueduct, built at the end of the first century AD on a series of double-decker arches almost thirty metres tall. It still comes right into the middle of the modern town, dominating the central square. Finally, we arrived in Toledo, all very excited and a bit apprehensive to meet homestay families and Spanish school mates. A week later we could say that this was the highlight of the trip: the connections and friendships that have been made by this experience will last forever and we thank parents, teachers and families of Sonseca for this amazing experience which has connected us to Spain and to the world. We can now say for certain that we are citizens of the world. The Spanish Study Tour Group 2018
DEBATING GRAND FINAL WIN It has been a wonderful year for debating at Adelaide High this year. We have had seven teams involving 35 students in the Debating SA competition. Three of the teams made it to the Finals of this interschool event - the Black 9, Blue 10 and Blue Senior teams. The Black 9 team comprising Madeleine Coates, Byron Ashfield-Smith and Imogen Wearing achieved the highest accolade as they won the Grand Final which occured in the House of Parliament. This was an amazing experience in itself: to have the chance to speak at such a venue and then to have their team win with the judges voting four to one in their favour was outstanding. Ms Helen Manning-Bennett | Debating Manager
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CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Harrison Strunk for winning a full time graduate position as an accountant with Tilbrook Rasheed Chartered Accountants firm, to start in February 2019. While attending the ‘Meet the Business Leaders’ event (held by the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in August this year), Harry took the opportunity to apply for the Graduate Position at Tilbrook Rasheed. Each year the firm looks for unique and talented individuals to work full time whilst studying Accounting at university. Harrison met all the criteria through a written application, followed by two comprehensive interviews during September and October. He was able to demonstrate high academic achievement, good organisational and interpersonal skills, and an aspiration to enter the thriving accounting industry. As a result, Harry was officially offered the position a few weeks ago. We wish Harrison all the best in his career pathway as an accountant. Ms Sotithya Gardner | Teacher of Accounting
Adelaide High School Year 12 student Heather May competed in the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide in October. The Oceania Continental Championships rank in importance between National Championships and World Championships. Australia’s and New Zealand’s best Elite and U19 riders (including all of the Australian Cycling Team) competed for 40 titles, and in the U19s, the top Australian teams for Team Sprint, Team Pursuit and Madison were required to wear national kit. Heather won three of Australia’s 34 Gold medals winning the Sprint, Team Sprint, and 500m Time Trial and becoming Oceania Champion. She also won a Bronze in the Keirin race. Heather has a great year as a South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) scholar: in her first of two years as an U19 she has competed in 12 events over three Championships and has won 12 medals.
PHILOSOTHON This year we had a team enter the Philosothon held at Prince Alfred College on October 30. A Philosothon is an event that gives students a chance to discuss philosophical topics at a competitive and elite level. Small teams from competing schools score points through judges assessing the quality and style of their discussion contributions. The teams have to comprise four members - one from each of Years 8, 9 10 and 11. This year the team members were Jagreet Malhi SB54, Zoe Tiffen SB53, Madeleine Coates 9B75 and Jessica Stapleton 8V133. There were four discussion topics for each event. 1. Is there anything which is absolutely true? 2. Are human beings essentially different from other animals? 3. Are numbers real? 4. Do people have the right to do with their bodies whatever they want? Our students really enjoyed the event. They have described the experience as ‘…enlightening, not only in the sense that we were able to think more deeply about our world but also in that it exposed us to different perspectives in an environment where all were valued. Although I appreciated the experience of thinking philosophically
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about each topic, personally I feel I benefited most from having to contribute these thoughts to a discussion and put them out there as stimulus for others’ thoughts on the subject.’ (Madeleine) ‘The event really widens your scope in terms of your critical thinking skills and pushes you to make collaborative connections with the subject matter discussed.’ (Jagreet) Ms Helen Manning-Bennett | Debating Manager
5 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL On Thursday, October 18, some AHS students and staff were invited to the Plan International Australia’s 7th Annual ‘International Day of the Girl’ Adelaide Breakfast event: ‘Girls & Boys unite to change the world’. The event aimed to raise awareness of issues that girls and women around the world face in accessing education, health, freedom and protection. The focus of the event this year was on the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality. Girls continue to be one of the most discriminated against and disadvantaged groups globally; violence perpetrated by men and boys remains one of the leading causes of death and disability of women and girls, and the social pressures play a decisive role in shaping attitudes and behaviour. Melinda Tankard-Reist, who is a recognised Australian author, media commentator and advocate for women and girls, was one of the guest speakers as well as Saúl A. Zavarce C. of Plan International Australia, a Venezuelan born, Australian human rights advocate. The guest speakers’ speeches focused on how the power and potential of girls can be released through working collaboratively with boys and men for equality. The breakfast which was followed by a Q&A panel session which gave our students the opportunity to meet the panelists and ask questions. Our students found the experience rewarding. Here are some of their comments: ‘It was an experience I both loved and found incredibly unique to the debate regarding violence/discrimination against women. I am
so grateful to have been a small part of the ‘boys and girls change the world movement’, and it was an experience I’m am sure I am not soon to forget. It was incredibly inspiring to see both men and women standing up to fight and debate against a subject I have always, regretfully, believed to be just a part of the way we now all live’; ‘(…) stories and facts that were quite shocking. It taught me about the current issues that women face currently and how Australia could become an ideal place for equality (…)’. (…)‘I was really inspired by all of the speakers and learnt about what we can do as a society to combat gender inequality. Melinda and Saul were my favourite speakers as they have inspired me to be more involved in these sorts of activities’. To further fight for gender equality, to fight the injustices facing girls, the AHS community will come together to say ‘no’ to violence against women on Friday, November 23, on ‘White Ribbon Day’ in the Hallway of Human Rights. Awareness and funds raised at this event will help White Ribbon’s mission to change the attitudes and behaviours that support or excuse this violence against women in Australia. In advance, we thank students and staff for helping us raise funds by buying ribbons at the event to spread the White Ribbon message and by wearing the ‘white ribbon’ to show they oppose men’s violence against women - mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. Ms Mireille Le Dolédec | Student Engagement Manager
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS Running with Scissors was lucky enough to be involved with the Peace Rules Arts Showcase in September this year. We created a short film about peace, focused around the tagline ‘I could be here, in this moment, forever’. The film was shown on September 27 alongside many other dance, musical, film, and performing arts pieces. The night was a very enjoyable experience for all and allowed us to see many different interpretations of the theme. On August 13, the company met with award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer to workshop ideas for a piece for the 2019 DreamBIG Children’s Festival. Over the three days that the crew met with Finn, we brainstormed characters, settings, and scenarios for next year’s piece entitled A Hymn to the Hateful. On November 13,
we will meet with Finn again for the first reading of the script. This is an exciting time for cast and crew as this will be the first time we will get to see the script in any form. Our work with DreamBIG will continue in November 2019 with Youth of the World. Youth of the World focuses around work made by working with young people, and the young performers taking part in this work. There will be a practitioners’ meeting on the 15th and a meeting for the young participants on the 20th. That’s all from us at Running with Scissors: we have lots of big projects coming in the future so keep an eye out. Daphne Dale
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STUDENT PATHWAYS UPDATE
2019 VET enquiries and enrolments
Several Years 9 – 11 have already enrolled in purchased VET courses in 2019. Note that there is a fee for families for most VET courses. Adelaide High School will invoice families for the cost of courses. Students can continue to express interest and enrol, but it is best if this is done as early as possible this term to increase your child’s chances of securing a place in their chosen VET course. As of 2019, SportSA will no longer able to deliver Certificate III Fitness to students under the age of 18 years. There are other providers who can deliver this qualification. A few reminders: • Courses fill quite quickly, as it is a first come, first served basis. • Enrolments for 2019 full year and Semester 1 VET courses need to occur now or as soon as possible before the end of the year, as many RTOs wish to finalise their enrolments well before the end of the year. • Enrolments for 2019 Semester 2 courses can occur in Semester 1, although there is lot less to choose from. • Only complete Certificate III level qualifications or higher, as recorded on the SACE Board’s VET Recognition Register, can count towards ATAR generation. • The most popular Certificate III level courses chosen by our students are Certificate III Business, Certificate III Hospitality and Certificate III Fitness. • Only senior students are allowed to do some of these higher level courses, some of which may take more than two semesters to complete, due to the extensive work placement requirement components. • There are a few courses (in specific trades, perceived to be in industries experiencing shortages) which attract some government funding. o Some of these attract Stage 2 credits, but most attract Stage 1 credits, so they are
ideal for prospective Year 11 students (who meet the age criterion). o This will be explained to prospective Year 12 students who wish to undertake VET courses that attract only Stage 1 credits. o Prospective students who meet all the eligibility criteria for funded positions need to agree to certain conditions. o A materials or service fee will be need to be paid, as indicated on the Adelaide High School invoice that your family will receive if your son / daughter accepts the offer for a funded position.
Short courses
Short courses have been very popular this year amongst our Year 10 – 12 students. There are a few more chances to do one or more of these courses this term, (assuming there are vacancies), but they are offered annually. They are affordable and can benefit students who are looking for part time work. I promote mainly the following: Barista, Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA: for students who are almost 18 years or 18 years of age) and First Aid. Depending on the course, should your child be considering doing longer courses, some of this training forms part of that certificate. For example, • Barista forms part of Certificate III Hospitality, • First Aid is part of a number of Certificate III courses, including Fitness and Early Childhood Education.
What to do if your son / daughter has enrolled in a purchased VET course for 2019? • Look out for a confirmation or acknowledgement letter or email from the RTO delivering the training, so that start date and time, uniform and other details are clarified. • Unless specified otherwise by the RTO, school uniform is to be worn to each class. • Some RTOs ask the students to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and / or
to complete more forms as soon as possible after the enrolment takes place. • Ask your son / daughter to prepare an electronic folder on their computer in which they can store all relevant information. I also ask students to store hard copies of forms and other information in a folder or binder. • In the event of your son / daughter needing to miss a VET class for illness or some other purpose, it is vital that the trainer and I are notified, preferably in advance. • Students are required to attend each week, arrive punctually and stay for the duration of the class. • For full year courses, due to the practical nature of many of the courses, no more than three absences are permitted. It is best for students to liaise with their trainer, in the event of known absences or lateness, to see what work can be done in advance or as a catch up later, so they do not fall behind. • It is an expectation that VET must take precedence over all other events. • Whilst at VET, as per what happens at Adelaide High School, students are to keep mobile phones (on silent or switched off) in their bags. Therefore, you can discuss with them the need to check their phones during their allocated break times. • Another important expectation of VET students is that they need to check their email regularly, perhaps once or twice a day, as this is the means of communication from the RTO, their trainer and me. The given email address should be the students’ school email. • If structured work placement is a compulsory requirement of the course, please discuss, investigate or even secure possible industry contacts that would be prepared to take your child at their worksite. My office is in The Help Hub, but the best way to contact me if via email livia.daloia@ adelaidehs.sa.edu.au. Ms Livia D’Aloia | Student Pathways Coordinator
THE GODS OF STRANGERS: BY ELENA CARAPETIS
Tri-lingual play written by local playwright premieres at State Theatre Company this month; discounts for AHS community! 14 Nov – 2 Dec, Dunstan Playhouse
Presented in Greek, English and Italian, The Gods of Strangers is an epic Australian drama about family, love and loyalty that sees our history come to life on the stage written by South Australian playwright, Elena Carapetis. In 1947, two women in Port Pirie greet unexpected guests at their doors. At one: a man looking for shelter, work and to
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leave his past behind him. At the other: a woman seeking someone she has lost, and something that was stolen from her. State Theatre Company South Australia are thrilled to present a world premiere work from local playwright Elena Carapetis. Imbued with Carapetis’ signature sense of humour and warmth, this is brilliant chance for students studying Greek or Italian, or with strong cultural connections to identity, to develop their skills while seeing a stunning new piece of Australian writing.
State Theatre Company South Australia is offering AHS students, staff and families a 20% discount on tickets by using the following codes when booking via BASS: Discount code is Molfetta (for Italian students) or Ikaria (for Greek). We look forward to seeing you at the theatre! Links: More info: http://statetheatrecompany.com. au/shows/the-gods-of-strangers/ Buy Tickets: https://www.bass.net.au/events/ stc-the-gods-of-strangers/
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