Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to the start of 2025 and I hope your holiday season was both enjoyable and relaxing. As our College continues to grow we find ourselves each year looking at the path ahead with excitement and enthusiasm. 

As we set our sights towards 2025, I want to firstly congratulate our first graduating cohort of 2024. After working with these students for the past 3 years, it was strange walking in to the school and not seeing their familiar faces. As results and data has been released over the holidays, I'd like to take a moment to share some of the highlights for our graduation cohort. 

• 100% of students achieved their QCE
• 100% students completed a Cert II or higher
• Of those students who shared their ATAR with us
• 35% received an ATAR of greater than 80 (these students were in the top 20% of the State)
• 13% received an ATAR of greater than 90
• 1 student within the top 3% of the state
• 50% of students applied for Tertiary Study through QTAC with 34% choosing Health related courses
• 91% of students received a QTAC offer in the first round

Whether our students are on an ATAR pathway, undertaking vocational training at school or with an external provider, participating in our Health Academy or participating in school-based apprenticeships or traineeships, they are afforded opportunities to chase their dreams and passions. These diverse and varied pathways aren’t possible without the countless hours of work completed by teachers and support staff to plan and prepare these classes. As such, a huge thank you must go to all the teachers and staff who have been involved in planning and preparing for this phase of our students’ educational journey.

As I met with our year 11 and 12 students this week, I encouraged them to continue to work on being the best version of themselves and to decide what are the "hard" things they are going to tackle this year.  In his speech at Rice University, John F Kennedy states "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too". My challenge to our students was to think of the hard things they are going to tackle this year. To think on the habits they want to set, the goals they want to achieve and to then set about making a plan to achieve them. It is easy to put something in the too hard basket, it takes determination, perseverance and courage to work toward achieving our goals. 

As we head in to 2024, I look forward to continuing to work with the year 11 and 12 students and their families to help them achieve the hard things throughout their senior journey.  

Kind regards,