Closer to home, staff and students were fortunate to be able to listen to the wise words of a young man by the name of Jericho Sayson who graduated from the College in 2011. Flight Lieutenant Jericho Sayson joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 2012, completing a Bachelor of Business at the Australian Defence Force Academy. In 2015, FLTLT Sayson was posted to No 1 Recruit Training Unit, RAAF Base Wagga as the Unit Personnel Capability Officer. In 2016, for his contribution to Defence cultural change through the Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Office and as a White Ribbon Ambassador, FLTLT Sayson was awarded a Chief of Air Force Gold Commendation. FLTLT Sayson deployed with the Expeditionary Airbase Operations Unit as the Host Nation Liaison Officer – Al Minhad Air Base and Al Dhafra Air Base in October 2017, and returned to the role in March 2019. FLTLT Sayson was posted to Headquarters Air Command in the A1 Directorate - Personnel Plans in 2018 upon his return from deployment. In 2020, FLTLT Sayson was selected as the Aide-De-Camp to the Deputy Coordinator National Bushfire Recovery Agency, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet. We are blessed to have Jericho take time out of his busy schedule to address our College community.
Sunday 25th April will be our annual march for Anzac Day. Those attending will be required to pre-register through https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLCM89M or via QR code. Details have been sent to families and I thank the several hundred participants and our accompanying College Marching Band for their support of this tremendous community event.
Finding their Passion
During Year 8 Personal Development lessons for the first several weeks of term, students will be introduced to the Passion Project. The rationale for including this topic, is to encourage students to find their passion, whatever that may be, and explore how to extend their learning in this space within a structured way. The hope is, as was the experience last year, that students continue to engage in their passion well beyond the time allocated in class. Projects last year ranged from researching the history of a particular sport, to creating their own model aeroplane, and even producing a series of anime cartoons online.
Year 7 students will be spending a substantial time this term learning how to be responsible digital citizens through completing modules from the eSmart digital licence. More detail may be found at Digital Licence. I wish you all well for a positive and purposeful Term 2 and look forward to seeing our young people flourish as they continue their learning journey.
Mr Ben Ryan, Director of Students