NARARA / THE ENTRANCE NORTH / VALLEY VIEW A proud member of the Valley Schools Learning Community 1 Term 4 Week 9, 8th December 17 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Principals Messag.1 Presentaon day..2 Working Bee……...3 Vacaon Care….4/5 Awards……………...6 Voluntary Contribuons…….7 Dates to Remember…………7 the The Glenvale Explicit Improvement Agenda GLENVALE NEWS The Newsleer of Glenvale School www.facebook.com/GlenvaleSpecialSchool twier.com/glenvale_school Dear Glenvale Community, A very busy and challenging term 4 is coming to an end. I simply can’t believe how fast it has gone, especially as it has been my first wonderful year at the school. We held our senior graduaon ceremony this week and it highlighted to me the incredible students, families and networks that surround our students. It also showed the care and support of our wonderful staff. I have included part of my address to our year 12 graduates below. It is a privilege to be a teacher to know that each day you have the chance to posively affect a life and to enhance opportunies for students. To be a principal is another privilege as you try to provide the best environment, resources and culture for not only the students in your care but the teachers and leaders who care for the students and families. I thank my wonderful teachers, leaders and support staff for everything they do every day. We live in a world now where educaon is lost in a fog of data, tesng, assessment and naonal standards which aempt to reduce student achievement to a narrow set of abilies or rankings which systems assume will describe success. As Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that counts can be measured, and not everything that can be measured counts” What I believe really counts is character. Character is not created with a single act, no maer how brilliant or bold. It is forged in the smallest of struggles, the product of a thousand, thousand strokes of pracce. We are all of us unique, we all have our giſts and foibles but it is the deeper and more important things such as our character and soul that make us what we are and who we are to our friends, family, peers and loved ones. It also reveals who we truly are as human beings. I give all my wishes and respect to our students, their families and friends. May your strength grow, may your opportunies expand and may your true character shine.
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NARARA / THE ENTRANCE NORTH / VALLEY VIEW
A proud member of the Valley Schools Learning Community 1