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Newsletter December 2007

kogarah-h@liamalexander.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:01:02 +1100

KOGARAH HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
December 2007
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2007 was a very successful year for Kogarah High School. Students performed well in all areas. Our sporting teams and individual sports people won a number of premierships and gained individual honours. Our academic performance at all levels was excellent. Many physical improvements have been carried out and our enrolment for 2008 is very healthy. In fact we now have a waiting list in some years. This has been achieved by some hard work over many years by our staff, P&C, parents and our students. It’s this community team effort that is very pleasing. Congratulations to all concerned and a safe, happy festive season. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS Before you buy school uniform please ensure that it meets school requirements. The uniform code has been developed over the years and reflects the views of staff, students and parents. Most importantly aspects of the uniform have been put in place for safety reasons. Students are aware that we take pride in our uniform and neat, tidy appearance reflects a positive image to the public and says that we are serious about our education. Students are also aware that if they are out of uniform they will be on detention. The following is the ONLY acceptable uniform: GIRLS UNIFORM BLOUSE* White with collar SKIRT* Grey and Maroon Plaid All seasons PANTS* Grey JUMPER Maroon wool with crest $60.00 ) JACKET Junior Maroon with Gold Stripes $40.00 ) Senior Maroon with Gold Stripes $62.00 ) available from school TIE Junior Maroon with gold stripes $22.00 ) Senior Black with gold stripes $22.00 ) SOCKS White SHOES Black NOTE shoes must be black leather and cover the top of the foot or enclosed. “Ballet” style shoes are not acceptable. Lace-ups are the safest option. BOYS UNIFORM SHIRT* White with collar TROUSER*: Grey JUMPER Maroon woolen $60.00 ) JACKET Junior Maroon with Gold Stripes $40.00 ) Senior Maroon with Gold Stripes $62.00 ) available from school TIE Junior Maroon with gold stripes $22.00 ) Senior Black with gold stripes $22.00 ) SHOES Black NOTE shoes are to be black leather lace-ups NO canvas slip-ons. SPORTS/PE UNIFORM SHIRT Gold s/sleeve $15.00 ) l/sleeve $17.00 ) available from school SHORTS Black $12.00 ) TRACK PANTS Black $20.00 ) SOCKS White SHOES Sport Shoes The above is our uniform and only these items are to be worn. Jumpers and jackets MUST have our school crest. It is also important to remember that T-shirts under the uniform that are visible are not to be worn. SCHOOL BAGS On average school textbooks cost over $50 each so protecting them is very important. The school cannot replace them year after year. Consequently we require students to buy a proper school bag. Some girls have been using “handbags” as school bags and their own and the school’s books have been damaged. This as far as the school is concerned reflects poorly on the school and the individual. It says that the student is not serious about their education and takes little pride in their work. Please make sure that proper school bags are purchased. DURING THE HOLIDAYS - CHEWING GUM During the break we are having years of chewing gum build-up removed at a significant cost. Chewing gum on desks, on the ground, etc is both ugly and un-hygienic. Chewing gum is not allowed in our school and with everyone’s cooperation we can make our learning environment much better. So don’t be surprised or complain if students who chew gum at school are asked to clean it up (with gloves and scraper). MOBILE PHONES I feel the need to once again outline the school policy. The school takes no responsibility for the loss or theft of mobile phones. If YOU choose to have a mobile phone at school you must: Turn it off once you enter the school. Not use it during school time. If you need to contact a parent you have to come to the Front Office and use the school phone or ask for permission from the Principal or Deputy Principal to use your mobile phone in the office area only. If a parent needs to contact a student it must be done through the school office. If a mobile phone rings in class, in the playground, sport, etc or if a teacher sees you with a phone it will be confiscated no matter who owns it and given to the Deputy Principal. Students can collect it after school. If you argue or refuse to comply with the request you will be directed to the Deputy Principal or Principal. If this happens your phone will be withheld until the problem is worked through with a parent. It is also VERY, VERY important for all students to understand that taking pictures of other people WITHOUT their permission is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE. The school WILL report the matter to the Police as directed by the Department of Education & Training. Text and internet bullying will be treated the same. I have spent some time in explaining these issues because we as a school community think they are important. Following these rules will keep people safe, show pride in themselves, their work and their school. It will develop a sense of common purpose and maximise learning. YEAR 11 SPORT In 2008 Year 11 students wil do sport on Wednesday afternoon. So make sure you keep your PE uniform or be prepared to purchase one when you come back to school. F Carosi, Principal DATES FOR TERM 1, 2008 29 January Staff resumes. 30 January Years 7, 11 and 12 will resume – Sports uniform for Years 7 and 11. 31 January Years 8, 9 and 10 will resume. 13-15 February Year 7 Camp – all students to attend. 18 February P&C Meeting 7 pm – Common Room 19 February Dux of HSC 2007 Ceremony 21 February School Swimming Carnival 3 March Zone Swimming Carnival 7 March Zone Swimming Carnival 17 March P&C Meeting 21 March EASTER (school resumes 25 March) 28 March Athletics Carnival 4 March Year 8 Minnamurra Falls Excursion 7-11 March Year 12 Exams 11 April End of Term 1. CANBERRA EXCURSION On the 29th and 30th of November 62 students from years 8, 9,10 and the IEC attended an overnight excursion to Canberra. The students were separated onto two buses and the excursion started. We went to different places in the Canberra triangle, for example, Questacon, War Memorial and Parliament House. At night, we came back to NSW to stay in a very comfortable Inn called Comfort Inn. Even though the inn was comfortable it was very small, and the staff was friendly. We had breakfast there, as well as dinner, the meals are very nice, but we had to clean up afterwards. After dinner students went to their rooms (groups of 4) and had free time. Lights out was at 9.00 pm, however everyone stayed awake past 12 am. The groups of friends hung out and played games, ate food and had fun all night long. Everyone was either watching TV or playing cards. On Friday afternoon we went to the Australian Institute of Sport and saw all the fabulous facilities for sport people. One of the favourite spots was Mc Donalds on route to and from Canberra. We want to thank the teachers that supervised the excursion and hope we have anoth trip next year. Year 9 THANK YOU TO “BUNNINGS” ROCKDALE AND THE “GOOD GUYS” ROCKDALE All the staff and students of Kogarah High are grateful for your generosity and sponsorship of the new coffee shop which has been set up by the staff and students of the Support Units (Hearing) and IM. Hope to see you at our fabulous coffee shop in the future Mark Gilbert (Head Teacher, Support Unit)

Newsletter December 2006

kogarah-h@liamalexander.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:23:44 -0700

KOGARAH HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
December 2006
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We can look back on 2006 and say well done to all. Our students performed well in all aspects of education. The external exams (such as ELLA, SNAP, external competitions, School Certificate) all indicated growth in performance and in some areas exceptional success. There was a sharp improvement in attendance helped considerably by our SMS system and the monitoring of the Welfare Team. There is, as we know, a high correlation between attendance and academic success. We will continue and intensify our efforts in 2007.

On the sporting field, I’m pleased to report that all our teams were competitive and the girls 14 and 15 years volleyball teams (the winter and summer competitions) and the 14 years table tennis won Premierships but equally important was the commitment and sportsmanship displayed by students representing Kogarah High School. Our participation in gala days and state knock out competitions was both impressive and varied. We participated in a lot more competitions. Student involvement in extra curricula activities such as chess and debating was considerable and brought praise and credit to the school.

In the area of student leadership we consolidated the considerable achievements of 2005. The prefects and the SRC raised $600 for UNICEF, $1,100 for Shave for a Cure and $635 for Cancer. While a thorough analysis of the School Certificate results has not been possible at first glance they look very good and a further improvement on past years. The quality of our academic performance and more importantly our willingness to do our personal best is most encouraging.

I would like to acknowledge and thank the efforts of our P&C under the leadership of Violet Roumeliotis. They have been active and have helped us gain much needed funds for a number of projects to the value of over $250,000. While they are a small group they are high in quality.

Similarly all the staff have again performed to an exceptional standard and have expertly prepared our students for examinations and for life in general.

Our Deputy Principals, Mr Tindale and Ms Cacciotti have handled their jobs with expertise, sensitivity and great commitment. They have been especially helpful to me and have made my job a lot easier.

Parents are an important part of the equation and I thank you all for entrusting us with your children and being both supportive and cooperative. I look forward to working with you in 2007.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year. F Carosi Principal

Dates for TERM 1 2007

Jan 29 Teachers resume
Jan 30 Years 7, 11 and 12 resume school
Jan 31 Years 8, 9 and 10 resume
Feb 9 School Swimming Carnival Feb 19 P&T Meeting 7 pm Common Room
Feb 21, 22, 23 Year 7 Camp March 5 Zone Swimming Carnival (Part 1) March 6 ELLA test Years 7 and 8
March 9 Zone Swimming (Part 2) March 15 Selective Schools Test in Hall
March 19 P&C Meeting 7 pm Common Room
March 20 School Athletics Carnival
March 30 – April 5 Year 12 Exams
April 6 – 23 School Holidays
24 April Term 2 Starts for all students

Newsletter April 2005

kogarah-h@liamalexander.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:10:58 -0700

KOGARAH HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
April 2005
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DUX FOR 2004 HSC
Cecilia Peng is the Dux of Kogarah High School in 2004. Cecilia achieved brilliant results in all subjects. She was placed in Band 6 for all her subjects – English, Maths Extension 1 and 2, Physics, Chemistry and Chinese. Students in Band 6 achieve a mark of over 90%. This esult places Cecilia in the top 1% of candidates in the state. Cecilia received a UAI of 99.75 and has taken up Pharmacy at the University of Sydney. Cecilia also received the Premier’s Award for All Round Excellence in the 2004 Higher School Certificate. She was presented this award by the Premier, Mr Carr, at a ceremony at Darling Harbour. Cecilia is the second Kogarah High School student to receive this prestigious award in the last three years.

Congratulations Cecilia. We are all very proud of you.

Many other students achieved outstanding results at the 2004 HSC. Lucy Yang was also outstanding. Lucy missed gaining the Premier’s award by a couple of marks. Lucy’s UAI of 99.5 was outstanding. Entisar AlKhamisi, Ana Bogos, Emma Ho, Minh Huynh, Ali Jaafar, Pok Man Liu, Roy Liu, You Liu, Novica Nestoroski, Ivan Popovic, Amanda Saab, Zeinab Saab, Kwok Wong, Chen Xie, Weiping Xing, Li Yang, Lu Yang and Yang Yu al performed at the top level and all have taken up places at university.

Congratulations to all these students.

The whole of Year 12 did very well at the HSC in 2004. The department’s data shows very clearly the enormous improvement our students made since they sat for the School Certificate. I am very proud to say that our students, as a group, performed in the top 20% of their ability group. They were particularly impressive in English and Mathematics. Once again this lends weight to our central aim of providing opportunities for all our students to achieve their personal best. It is wonderful to see that in value adding (ie progress made) we were way above the state average. Let me take this opportunity to thank the whole staff whose dedication, expertise and caring nature gives our students a fantastic platform for success. I wish the HSC class of 2004 every success.

The P & C
Congratulations to Violet Roumeliotis and Denise Butcher for being elected President and Secretary respectively. I look forward to working with them and the whole P & C to improve parent participation in our school. P & C meetings will be held week 4 and 8 of each term starting at 7.00 pm in the Staff Common Room. Please find the time to join in because you can make a contribution to all our students’ education.

Winter Uniform
Kogarah High School is a uniform school and we believe that it is important to be well groomed and present a positive image to the community. School uniform also puts students in the right frame of mind for school and study and it gives them a sense of being part of the school community.

Winter uniform at times tends to be shabby. Jumpers are the main reason for this. The school captains and some staff members designed a new jacket so that students will have the option of wearing the new tracksuit style jacket or the woollen jumper. Both have the school crest. These are the only two options. Please do not buy any other jumpers. These are only available through the school and should be available at the start of Term 2. If you have any concerns I will be more than happy to discuss these with you.

F Carosi, Principal

Dates for Term 2

26/4/05 School Development Day
27/4/05 School resumes for all students Start of Year 11 Exams
29/4/05 School Fun Run 3/5/05 Year 7 Excursion to Imax/Aquarium
9/5/05 Year 10 Exams start
10/5/05 SNAP test years 7 and 8 11/5/05 Australian Science Competition
16/5/05 P & C meeting 7 pm Year 7 Half Yearly Exams (all week)
23/5/05 Year 8 Half Yearly Exams
27/5/05 Athletics Carnival
6/6/05 Year 11 and 12 Parent Teacher night Year 9 Half Yearly Exams
13/6/05 Queen’s birthday
15/6/05 Kogarah Idol – Talent Quest
21/6/05 Year 7 vaccinations part 2
23/6/05 Year 7 Sutherland Entertainment Centre “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes”.
29/6/05 Zone Athletics Carnival
30/6/05 Years 7 – 10 Parent/Teacher night – Half Yearly Report issued
1/7/05 Last Day of Term 2.

Newsletter December 2004

kogarah-h@liamalexander.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:58:06 +1100

KOGARAH HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER December 2004 DUX FOR 2004 HSC Cecilia Peng is the Dux of Kogarah High School in 2004. Cecilia achieved brilliant results in all subjects. She was placed in Band 6 for all her subjects – English, Maths Extension 1 and 2, Physics, Chemistry and Chinese. Students in Band 6 achieve a mark of over 90%. This esult places Cecilia in the top 1% of candidates in the state. Cecilia received a UAI of 99.75 and has taken up Pharmacy at the University of Sydney. Cecilia also received the Premier’s Award for All Round Excellence in the 2004 Higher School Certificate. She was presented this award by the Premier, Mr Carr, at a ceremony at Darling Harbour. Cecilia is the second Kogarah High School student to receive this prestigious award in the last three years. Congratulations Cecilia. We are all very proud of you. Many other students achieved outstanding results at the 2004 HSC. Lucy Yang was also outstanding. Lucy missed gaining the Premier’s award by a couple of marks. Lucy’s UAI of 99.5 was outstanding. Entisar AlKhamisi, Ana Bogos, Emma Ho, Minh Huynh, Ali Jaafar, Pok Man Liu, Roy Liu, You Liu, Novica Nestoroski, Ivan Popovic, Amanda Saab, Zeinab Saab, Kwok Wong, Chen Xie, Weiping Xing, Li Yang, Lu Yang and Yang Yu al performed at the top level and all have taken up places at university. Congratulations to all these students. The whole of Year 12 did very well at the HSC in 2004. The department’s data shows very clearly the enormous improvement our students made since they sat for the School Certificate. I am very proud to say that our students, as a group, performed in the top 20% of their ability group. They were particularly impressive in English and Mathematics. Once again this lends weight to our central aim of providing opportunities for all our students to achieve their personal best. It is wonderful to see that in value adding (ie progress made) we were way above the state average. Let me take this opportunity to thank the whole staff whose dedication, expertise and caring nature gives our students a fantastic platform for success. I wish the HSC class of 2004 every success. The P & C Congratulations to Violet Roumeliotis and Denise Butcher for being elected President and Secretary respectively. I look forward to working with them and the whole P & C to improve parent participation in our school. P & C meetings will be held week 4 and 8 of each term starting at 7.00 pm in the Staff Common Room. Please find the time to join in because you can make a contribution to all our students’ education. Winter Uniform Kogarah High School is a uniform school and we believe that it is important to be well groomed and present a positive image to the community. School uniform also puts students in the right frame of mind for school and study and it gives them a sense of being part of the school community. Winter uniform at times tends to be shabby. Jumpers are the main reason for this. The school captains and some staff members designed a new jacket so that students will have the option of wearing the new tracksuit style jacket or the woollen jumper. Both have the school crest. These are the only two options. Please do not buy any other jumpers. These are only available through the school and should be available at the start of Term 2. If you have any concerns I will be more than happy to discuss these with you. F Carosi, Principal Dates for Term 2. 26/4/05 School Development Day 27/4/05 School resumes for all students Start of Year 11 Exams 29/4/05 School Fun Run 3/5/05 Year 7 Excursion to Imax/Aquarium 9/5/05 Year 10 Exams start 10/5/05 SNAP test years 7 and 8 11/5/05 Australian Science Competition 16/5/05 P & C meeting 7 pm Year 7 Half Yearly Exams (all week) 23/5/05 Year 8 Half Yearly Exams 27/5/05 Athletics Carnival 6/6/05 Year 11 and 12 Parent Teacher night Year 9 Half Yearly Exams 13/6/05 Queen’s birthday 15/6/05 Kogarah Idol – Talent Quest 21/6/05 Year 7 vaccinations part 2 23/6/05 Year 7 Sutherland Entertainment Centre “Sadako and a Thousand Cranes”. 29/6/05 Zone Athletics Carnival 30/6/05 Years 7 – 10 Parent/Teacher night – Half Yearly Report issued 1/7/05 Last Day of Term 2.