Hawkesdale P12….. a global techno College

Congratulations to our school captain of 2009, Jack Keegan, who has won a Moyne Shire young citizen community award as part of the Moyne Shire Council Australia Day celebrations on January 26th. Jack has been involved in many school and community activities, including the following:-

•  an awardee of a  gold Duke of Edinburgh medal
• member of the Moyne Shire Junior  Council
• Hawkesdale P12 College School Captain 2009
• Hakwesdale P12 College SRC member
• School representative at local, district and state level sporting activities
• Successful member and player for several local sporting clubs
• Participant in the 444,000 trees project
• Involvement in the Willatook Hall and Reserve community activities

Congratulations also go to Mrs Julie Bos, from our local Post Office for the Community Award that she also received!

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Year 7 students enjoyed the autumn sunshine today as they learnt about the cartesian plane and formed linear equations by each representing a cartesian co-ordinate. Each student represented a number on the x-axis and the class was then given an equation – such as y= x + 1; they then had to work out the y value for their number and move to appropriate point on the cartesian plane. Students could easily recognise if they had the correct value, if they were in line with the other students.

Hawkesdale hosted an Open afternoon and evening this week, which was well attended by current and prospective parents and students. We are very proud of the year 12 school captains, Rebecca Beard and Jack Keegan, as well as all the current year 7 students who spoke about their experiences at Hawkesdale P12 College and what they have enjoyed during their time here. To celebrate Education Week, parents and teachers enjoyed morning tea in the library. We have had a Book Fair in the library this week – many students have written down their wish lists for parents to purchase books, or used their pocket money to add to their reading collections.

Thanks to Steven Stewart and Danny Keane for digging over the vegetable garden to prepare it for some winter plantings. Year 7 and 8 students may be the first to plant broccolli, cabbage, carrots and potatoes.

We wish Anne Mirtschin all the best for her trip to Kuala Lumpar this week. Anne departed Thursday to attend the 2009 Microsoft Innovative Teacher’s Awards.

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