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College Principal’s Report
The last two weeks has seen three events that illustrate the start and finish of the time that our students spend at Keysborough College. Year 7 2019 Information Evenings On Tuesday 30th October and Thursday 1st November, Acacia and Banksia campuses held information evenings for our incoming 2019 Year 7 students. It was a…
Community Contacts
Holidays can be a very stressful time of the year for many families. Below is a list of numbers which may be helpful.
No Limits
Reaching new heights of potential! - Acacia No Limits Hike and Phase 2 Graduation 2016. On Wednesday November 10th Briley Forbes (PE & Science Teacher), Rob Coller (No Limits Coordinator), Laura Yu (No Limits Volunteer) and I joined in with 11 students from the Phase 2 group in traveling to Mt Erica for 2 days.…
Breakfast Club
Throughout the year the hardworking Student Wellbeing Staff at both campuses have been providing breakfast for both students and staff free of charge. Twice a week they offer cereal, toast, fruit and yoghurt as well as hot milo. On Thursday at Banksia and Friday at Acacia they provide a hot breakfast of bacon, eggs and…
“Parents Building Solutions, Parenting Teenagers” – Parent Forum
Each year Keysborough College works with Parentzone (Anglicare) to run a specifically designed program for Parents within our school community. The program offers support to parents and guardians and gives them the opportunity to address issues that may be affecting home and school life for the young person in their care. The program was offered…
IDAD Day
Following on from our successful inauguration of the Interact Club at Keysborough it was time for our Interact Leadership Team to participate in the Interact District Assembly Day (IDAD). Caitlyn Naitoko (President), Jamii Vukovic (Vice-President), Shanii Camilleri (Secretary) and Helen Oeur and Jenny Pham (Treasurers) attended the IDAD day held at Koonung Secondary College on…
Interact Club
On 23 November 2016 the school celebrated the inauguration of the Interact Club. Interact is a part of, and supported by, The Rotary Club, which is now over 100 years old. Our local Rotary Club, the Noble Park-Keysborough Club, has been a strong supporter of this school, sponsoring and assisting students in a range of…
Year 10 Life Science Excursion – Jurassic World Exhibition
On Friday 16 September we were lucky enough to experience the Jurassic World Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. At first we visited the main museum which was free to all students. Although we weren’t there for that, we were able to see life sized tarantula and its shredded skin during it’s growth. We learnt many…
Embracing leadership opportunities and community involvement
A number of Keysborough College students are actively involved in youth initiative programs for the City Greater Dandenong. Last Wednesday evening, 30th November, the City of Greater Dandenong celebrated the leadership of these different groups through the contribution of a number of individual students plus our Year 11 Banksia VCAL class. We congratulate our students’…
Senior School News
Headstart 2017 commenced on the 21st November. Each Year level in Senior school (Years 10, 11 and 12) attended an assembly to commence their 2017 school year. Each assembly focused on the specific requirements of the courses offered at that particular Year level plus on the need for all senior school students to “Step up”…