Senior Stories

Leaders, reviews, and entrepreneurs

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Plenty of successes with our senior students.

Student Leadership Acheivements
Sannawar Sandhu (11OH) has been leading her peers in a variety of ways, not least in leading the launch of the Pixii project to work toward preventing period panic among young women by making period products available for students to use in emergency situations (see Sanna's article further down this issue). Sannawar has pioneered this project and collaborated with staff, peers, and Pixii  to see this project launched for Term 2. In addition to this, Sannawar has been selected as part of the South Australian SRC, working with the Commissioner for Children and Young People, to advocate on youth issues in this forum.

Thank you Sannawar for your commitment and enthusiasm for leadership.

Learning Reviews
Thank you to our parents and students involved in Learning Reviews. The partnership in reviewing progress and planning for future success is critical to achieving the outcomes desired by our young people. If any questions have arised from these discussions please don't hesitate to make contact with subject or home group teachers as needed.

Entrepreneurship opportunities
The 2022 MC8 Entrepreneurship Programme is underwaywith a number of Year 6 and 7 students involved. For students who would like to join, register your interest before it's too late.

If you're a business owner/operator and have an interest in sharing your expertise through this program, your involvement will help our young entrepreneurs identify problems, ideate solutions, create prototypes, and market their ideas.

To become one of our MC8 Motiv8ors, or for more information, please contact Mr Michael Francis or Mrs Sarah Marinelli for more details.

Year 10 camps
Congratulations to all students in Year 10 for their efforts in Week 1 Camps where some wonderful stories of challenge and resilience were shared. Many thanks to everyone involved in preparing for and conducting these great experiences with our students.