The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
classrooms. We understand the demands on families are huge and cumbersome, however schools are only as great as their community. We have a wonderful opportunity to work in tandem to provide educational programs that inspire, engage and extend our students to heights that in the end will lead to high levels of academic performance and sustained community involvement. You would have seen the works on the secondary campus in recent times. A new language centre is being established to develop our educational precinct. New arrivals will be enrolled to develop their english language skills for between six to twelve months before they move into mainstream schools. It is envisaged that the school will be ready and open to begin term three with about 100 students and staff. Please be aware of the additional traffic and pedestrians during key school times. I have met with our local member for Mill Park, the Hon Lily D ’ Ambrosio to seek her support for some additional infrastructure with traffic safety, college signage on Plenty Road and a review of the school zone supplemented on the government “ Find My School Webpage ”. In addition, we are preparing a submission for a major redevelopment of our STEM Centre on the secondary campus to accommodate for senior students in the sciences and some new VETs. Lily is a wonderful supporter of our college and avails herself to us on short notice even with her busy schedule. It is with both a great deal of sadness and joy that we thank and farewell Gemma Albress from the primary campus. After five incredible years of service to us, Gemma has been provisionally appointed to the Assistant Principal position at William Ruthven PS. Gemma has regenerated literacy in our college and has led significant improvements in learning strategies and programs. The promotion is very well deserved and though we will miss her organisation and energy, we wish her all the very best with her career and future. Thank You Gemma. Finally, Marcus will be Acting College Principal for the first three weeks of Term 3 as I will be taking some long service leave. Thank you to all of our Lakes families for your ongoing support and I look forward to seeing you at the exciting school production at Plenty Ranges on August 1 or 2, or at the increasing number of college events throughout the remainder of the year.
Stay Warm and Stay Safe over the holiday period.
CELEBRATION OF SERVICE
This week we celebrate Lakes Legend, George for his 35 years of service.
George is still as passionate as ever about numeracy, still committed to students and their learning as his first day on the job, still loyal to public education and always available to problem solve and look for improvements.
We are lucky to have his experience, leadership and dedication at The Lakes. We are proud of you, George!
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