Year 12 students have completed their HSC Trial Exams. From all reports Year 12 applied themselves well to their study and exams. During the weeks leading into the final HSC Exams I encourage Year 12 students to continue to make use of the opportunities available to them at school and continue to seek feedback and guidance from their teachers. HSC marking for major works in Visual Arts, Music, Timber, Design & Technology and Drama will also take place over the coming weeks. These works are the culmination of many hours of planning, construction and rehearsing by our HSC students. My thanks to the teachers in these subject areas who have supported our students with their work. Our 2019 class will be presenting their major projects at our annual HSC Showcase Evening on Wednesday 4 September. I hope you can join us for this event. 

The On Page Society and Culture PIP Night was held with great success on Tuesday night. I commend our Year 12 students who presented their works at this event. These students have put a lot of time and effort into their projects and it was great to hear about this work directly from the students. I would like to thank all staff who helped with this event, your assistance was appreciated.

Shortly a review of our marketing and communications will be undertaken. The outcomes of this review will help us develop our marketing and communication strategies and plans for the coming years. A part of this review will involve looking at our communication channels, including the School Newsletter. As such the School Newsletter will now be published fortnightly until this review is complete. Regular updates from the School will continue to be provided to you via our social media channels, Compass and Schoology.

Key Dates

Wednesday 4 September - HSC Showcase Evening 

Thursday 5 September - Year 11 Assessment Week Commences

Saturday 14 September - Year 11 Immersion Program

As members of our Xavier community, we are all called to the lives of one another, to make a positive impact on each other and on the environment we share.  We are called to uphold the values that underpin our school and to treat one another with respect. There are days when it is harder to hear that call than others, but as a Xavier community, we need to be prepared to respond as we are required.  We need to stand strong in the face of injustice, to be a voice for those who have been silenced and to be a friend in the face of the many forms of loneliness that exist in our world today. Our students have so many opportunities to answer that call to the greater good and we see examples of that each day in our classrooms and in our yard.  We witness our students reach out the hand of inclusion, speak the words of support and embrace friendships. Yet we still sometimes see the call being ignored - individuals turning away from one another and being silent when it is the time to speak up. We look to the examples of those who are strong enough to be an example of the call to action that is reflected in our school interactions and in our faith for example and inspiration to all in our community.

As a school community, we continue to be very proud of the efforts we are witnessing from our senior students in the completion and showcase of their HSC major projects across a number of subject areas.  We are grateful to the teachers who have worked long hours after school and at weekends to assist the students in reaching their goals. This week we celebrated the Personal Interest Projects completed by the Society and Culture students and, this coming week, we will celebrate the works of the drama, art, music and design & technology students at our showcase evening on Wednesday.

Students across the other year levels have continued their efforts in their classes and in the learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom.  Our Year 9 students have had the opportunity to nominate to become Peer Support Leaders in 2020, when they will work with our new Year 7 students and our Year 11 students now have the opportunity to nominate for the role of School Captain.  As they prepare for their Immersion and Community Service experiences, they are contemplating answering the call of leadership.

It would be remiss of me not to mention something of the student achievement at the end of last week as the Year 12s triumphed over the staff in the annual soccer match.  The afternoon summed up the spirit of the students, the nature of connection that has and continues to be fundamental to that cohort and the genuine joy experienced at their success.  It was a wonderful end to the week and a fitting result for the efforts of the students.

As Spring begins to creep in, the sun begins to shine and the evenings begin to lengthen, I encourage all those in our community to find an opportunity to listen for a call that needs to be answered.

Kool Skools is a song recording project for high school students with a passion for music throughout Victoria and southern NSW. This gives the students an opportunity to record their own original songs in a professional studio, the same studio which major artists such as Delta Goodrem, The Madden Brother, and many more have recorded their hits in.

This year, we had three entries for the project:

• ELK drummer, Jack Mitsch with his acoustic  song For You’ featuring Logan Grant on guitar.

• Eliza Nichols’ ‘Counting Down The Days’ along with co-lead singer, Ryan White, Toby Robinson & Jacky Shen on piano, Kylan Daffy on bass, Jack Mitsch on drums, and Maggie O’Halloran with backing vocals.

• ‘(Ain’t Another) Heartbreak Song’ by Kylan Daffy and Jairus Smerdon, with Jacky Shen on piano and Jack Mitsch on drums. 

All up, it was a very enjoyable day, which we are all so very grateful for the experience and the many valuable lessons and information that we will be able to use in our everyday lives from this day forward. On behalf of all the students who participated, big thanks to Ms Anne Files, Mandy Wilson, and everyone from the Albury City Council who helped organise this fabulous opportunity.

Written by Kylan Daffy & Ryan White

Major works across the areas of Art, Timber and Design & Technology will be on display as well as performances by our Music & Drama students.

See the flyer for all the details

It provides some good tips and tricks for all subjects as well as other relevant advise to assist in your studies.

Check it out in the link below.

https://hsc-study-guide-2019.smh.com.au/

See the flyer for more details.

Sanctuary Refugee Program is looking for secondhand bikes that will assist newly arrived migrants with getting to school, TAFE, getting to work, and to recreational activities on the weekends.

Importantly, it will provide an opportunity to connect people to their new community.

If you have a bike in the shed that you do not want, just drop it in to Cycle Station (ask for Paul), located near the Albury Railway Station by 5 October.

The plan is to run workshops that teach young people and adults how to fix their bikes and to teach them basic road rules.

If you know of someone that may be able to help, please pass on this message on to them.
If you have any queries or would like more information, contact Mandy on 6023 8295.

They can be recycled  to make prosthetic limbs for disabled children using 3D technology.

Xavier High School is proud to be a collection point for your lids. 

This Package is now available in all stores, simply present the flyer below.

Positions available include Duty Captains, Lifeguards, Swim teachers and Cafe staff.

All position descriptions  can be found at  http://www.alignedleisure.com.au/careers

See the flyer for more details.