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Term 4 Week 7 – Monday 25 November 2019

Calendar of Upcoming Events

November

25 – 29 Mon – Fri Year 10 Enrichment

December

2 Mon P & C Meeting at Thirsty Crow to

celebrate last meeting for 2019.

2 – 6 Mon - Fri Production Week

3 Tuesday Year 7 2020 Orientation Day

9 Monday Presentation Year Assemblies

10 – 12 Tue – Wed Stage Camps

16 Monday Presentation Night

18 Wednesday Last day for students, 2019

19 – 20 Thu – Fri Staff Development Days

2020 VET Courses Enrolment Forms for 2020 VET Courses must be returned

Students, who have chosen VET Subjects for 2020, must return the

signed Enrolment Form with a USI Number, to Mr Cowell in the

TAS Staffroom as soon as possible. Please note without the school

holding this documentation, the students cannot be enrolled in the

VET course/s.

House Challenges Last Wednesday the houses battled it out for supremacy in the

Outdoor Assembly House Challenges. It was the "all in, heads

versus tails battle". Macarthur came out on top with Mrs Schreiber

dominating. Gaining 20 points for her roll call group.

The House Captains then went head to head in Scattergories event

the results were:

1st Sturt - 20 points

2nd Hargreaves - 15 points

3rd Farrer - 10 points

4th Macarthur - 5 points

These will be added to the ongoing sports championship.

North Coast Billeting This week at the Oasis is the NSW CHS Water Polo Championships.

On behalf of Riverina School Sport we would like to acknowledge

the following families for opening their homes to these young

ladies. A big thank you to the Brown family, the Jennings family,

Mundy family and B. Sheridan and her family.

Riverina Representation Water Polo We would like to wish the following all the best as they represent

the Riverina against the state's best in water polo this week. Good

luck to Zelda Nugent, Bridie Sheridan and Meg Mundy, hopefully

all that training will pay off.

Breakfast Club Reminder to all students our popular Breakfast Club Program is

still running. Each Friday between 8.00 – 8.50am in the school

kitchens, all students are welcome to attend to enjoy what’s on

offer, fresh fruit, warm toasties and hot milo. The Breakfast Club is

able to run due to the generosity of ‘Rodney’s Transport Service ’.

Movember

WHO KNOW’S WHO OWNS THESE MO’S ???

Wagga High are raising funds and awareness this Movember for all

the dads, brothers, sons and mates in our lives. We need your help!

Please follow the link to donate and support men's health.

https://moteam.co/wagga-wagga-high-school

Production Tickets are on sale now! $10 each from the school office.

Wagga Wagga High School are busy preparing for this years

Production ‘Arabian Nights’ which will be performed over two

nights Wednesday 4 & Thursday 5 December.

School Spectacular Congratulations to our talented Wagga Wagga High School

students who performed in the 2019 Schools Spectacular! Schools

Spectacular is a showcase of the talent in NSW public schools and

includes a 2700 choir, 2300 diverse dancers, an 80 piece symphony

orchestra, a world class stage band and a huge number of

outstanding solo performances. The students were fortunate to

perform in front of thousands of people at the Qudos Bank Arena

in four shows. Congratulations to the following students:

Backing Vocalist: Edward Prescott

Core Choir: Lachlan Stephens and noticed beside

Choir: Anais Stein and Leith Austin

Featured Dancer (Hip Hop Ensemble): Angelica Temponeras

State Dance Ensemble: Alannah Brett, Connor Polsen, Olivia Muir

& Angelica Temponeras

Combined Dance: Molly Livio, Connor Polsen, Sharni Melmoth,

Geamsao Sali, Milla Daly, Charlotte Bruce-Goodlet, Bethany Curry,

Mackenzie Purtill-Wright, Anastacia Hiscock, Lily Stein, Mary-Kate

Ingold, Alannah Brett, Olivia Muir, Angelica Temponeras, Lilly Pettit

& Leila Wadley.

Choreographer Segment 4 - The Wizard of OZ: Kathryn Fisher

We would like to thank Miss Brown and Miss Joliffe for taking our

dance students to Sydney. It is a huge excursion to organise and

we really appreciate your support and dedication to our

performing arts students.

Schools Spectacular will be broadcasted on channel 7, Saturday 7

December at 7pm. Don’t miss it!

P&C News

To celebrate the contribution of some of our

retiring members, the final P&C meeting for

2019 is on Monday 2 December. It will be held at

the Thirsty Crow at 6.30pm (please note the time change from our regular meeting time).

DiscriminAid On Saturday 14 December, 3:00-5:00pm at the PCYC Wagga

Wagga building at 228 Gurwood St, the Wagga Wagga Youth

Committee will be hosting an afternoon of group discussions,

talking about the diverse kinds of discrimination and have a guest

presenter on the difficulties of dealing with discrimination in high

school and some helpful strategies to handle different situations.

This is a free event to raise awareness of discrimination by and

against young people in High School, and to promote useful

strategies for those experiencing it. Some refreshments will be

provided, with participants being engaged in table groups to share

their experiences, ideas and discuss meaningful solutions to the

issue and have their voices heard.