A very busy start to Term 4, with so many learning opportunities for all students.

Our Year 12 students are busy with exams well under way. On the 24th of October we held our Year 12 Graduation, this was a very successful evening with over 500 in attendance. Thanks to the Senior school team for organising this and I hope the students and parents had an enjoyable night and were able to reflect on their time at Geelong High.

We had a very successful GPEP Year 9 Central Australia camp with students experiencing many different aspects of Indingous culture. Our Year 8 girls took part in the Big Sister experience which was focussed on building self-esteem and resilience.

Thank you to Ms Katie Walsh for her excellent work with our student leaders, in particular out Be Bold Be Heard girls' group. I know these students have had numerous opportunities to expand their leadership skills and voice for change.

I wanted to share with the school community some of the data which we were judged upon by the Department of Education. Our recent data included a staff survey and parent survey. All of these results put us well above the state average in all areas. Geelong High is considered a high performing school, with over 85% of parents satisfied with the job we are doing. This is not to say that we can't improve and do things better, we certainly can. I want to assure parents we are always looking to improve but at the same time recognise that we are a high performing school and only getting better each day.

2026 School Captains

I would like to announce our school captains for 2026.

Captains: Koby Olsen and Eva Aidt

Vice-Captains: Millie Lane and Lucy Barrett

This year the quality of the applications and speeches were amazing. We have some great kids at GHS.

Toilets

I just wanted to update the school community on our ongoing toilet upgrade. I had earlier written to the school community indicating a delay of up to 4 - 6 weeks. This was due to an electrical switchboard update being delayed. This has now been resolved, and we should have the toilets by mid-November at the latest.

Smart Start

In 2025, we are moving students up to their new year level for 3 weeks in preparation for 2026. Students will meet most of their teachers and start work for 2026. We see this as an extremely valuable learning time and as an opportunity to embed key concepts, whilst keeping students on task and learning until the end of the year.

Key Dates

Later in the newsletter there are a number of key dates for the remainder of the year. Please keep up to date and checking these important dates.