Principal’s Message – Week 8 Term 1

Welcome GHS Community,

Recent & Coming Events

Parent/Carer Information (Open) Days

Earlier this week we ran our information sessions for students considering enrolling in year 7 in 2023. We ran three sessions on each of the two afternoons/evenings and each was very well attended. An important feature of our sessions is the high level of involvement by our senior students who either provide entertainment or act as guides. My thanks to all students and staff involved. If parents/carers were unable to attend but would like to do a tour of the school, please contact the Admin Office and we will let you know when a tour is happening.

We look forward to meeting the prospective year 7s at the Orientation days later in the year.

Athletics Sports

The winner of this year’s athletics sports will be announced on Monday 28^th March. My thanks to Sonia Kinsey for her organisation and well done to all students who participated and supported their peers. It was a great day despite the patchy rain throughout the day.

COVID Report

Numbers of student’s quarantining have remained relatively constant throughout the last few weeks. At this stage approximately 25 % of students have been required to quarantine. Similarly with staff, the numbers have been low but nevertheless sufficient to cause challenges in maintaining the continuity of the program given that replacement teachers are in short supply – see note below.

Wanted – Any former or retired teachers with a current VIT registration (or happy to re-register). We are in great need of qualified teachers to assist us through this challenging period. If you are interested in doing one or more days a week of Casual Relief teaching we would love to hear from you. The pay rate is $63.86 per hour for a minimum of 3 hours or $383.16 per day (gross) plus super.

School Council Elections 2022 Update

I am pleased to advise that- at the close of round two of nominations, we have four parent/carer nominations for the four vacancies. I therefore declare the following people duly elected to the Geelong High School Council.

• Paul Henshaw
• Rachel Olson
• Jo Dahlstrom
• Tariro Kokerai

Thank you to these people for agreeing to be a parent representative on council. The first meeting of the new council will be at Geelong High School, Thursday 31^st March 2022 at 5.00pm

Glenn Davey

Principal