Principal's Log

This week, we announced the College, Pacific Action Group and House Captains for 2017. We congratulate the following students and pray that they might grow in wisdom as they serve the needs of those around them.

College Captains

• Captains: Alexandra Whitmore and Sam Wilson.
• Vice Captains: Georgia Woods, Olivia McCluskey, Tom Turner and Beau Blake.

Pacific Action Group Captains

• Academic: Tilly Byrne-Kirk                                           
• Cultural: Ally Hickey
• Environmental: Leah Monk
• Pastoral Care: Chloe Laverick
• Spirituality: Alyssa O’Sullivan
• Sport: Jennah McAuliffe and Kurtis Modlin

House Captains

• Bula
  Captains: Max Shadforth and Shelby Bennett.
  Vice-Captains: Matt Daniec and Cassidy Harvey.
• Mumba
  Captains: Drew Chaplin and Caitlin O'Keefe.
  Vice-Captains: Gabrielle Donato and Jessica Keenan.
• Wira
  Captains: Oisin Quilligan and Sophia Rule
  Vice-Captains: Emma Goodyear and Amie Thomas

On Monday night, our senior girls water polo team played with good spirit and tenacity to come back from 4-0 down in the first half to lose to Matthew Flinders 6-5 in the last few minutes of the grand final. The girls are to be congratulated on the high levels of sportsmanship, spirit, teamwork and skill on display on the night. Well done to the girls and coach Mr Brett Jones for a great season and thank you to parents, students and staff for their support.

As we approach the final days of regular classes for our Year 12 students and the final half of the last term for the remainder of the students, we encourage all young people to give of their best right to the end. For our Year 12 students this will mean preparing well for their final assessments next week and giving maximum effort right to the close of the last piece of assessment.

Congratulations to the OCEANfest Committee and Friends of Pacific who have announced the final figure raised from the event in August. This year’s festival raised a rounded figure of $37 000! Well done to all involved in the staging of this event and thank you to our community of students, staff and families for your support.

We look forward to the staging of Mulan, on Saturday 12^th November. Staff and students have been rehearsing with great energy for many weeks. Families are encouraged to purchase tickets and to bring family and friends along to what promises to be a very entertaining evening. We wish the students and Director Mrs Laura Bonner, Musical Director Miss Anita Morton and their team of Miss Jenna-Maree Woodforth, Mrs Tracy Hickey, Mr Steven Healy, Ms Nell Keen, Mrs Sonia Boland and Mrs Janine Stone all the best as they make their final preparations over the coming week.

We pray that God would equip us all but particularly our Year 12 students, staff and their families to run well right to the end.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal