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MAL CATER PRINCIPAL MENTONE MESSENGER FROM THE PRINCIPAL This term has started, like so many before it, with great energy and enthusi- asm being displayed by staff and students. We really are so lucky to be part of a school that demonstrates such a dynamic environment whenever members of our community come together. At the end of last term our Cadet Unit conducted its annual camp at Puckapunyal with a highly successful training program in place. Once again, our staff and students returned red, largely unwashed and smelly but having had an amazing me. This is our Unit’s 75 th Year and, it is fair to say, that the program and engagement of our unit is at peak levels. Well done to all involved. Our Year 8 students were also undertaking their Internaonal Learning Journey and, on the first Saturday of the holidays, the last groups returned from either China, Nepal, Vietnam or Cambodia. On Tuesday night of this week they held their Presenta- on Evening which is the culminaon of the journeys. The learning was certainly deep from all of these trips; not only about the cultures they experienced but also about themselves as people. I am proud to lead a School that challenges 14 year olds with such thought-provoking journeys but also one that has staff queuing up to support the students in their endeavours. Commen- daon goes to all involved in this incredible learning opportunity. Well done Year 8 and your staff! As our Year 12 students prepare to finish off their formal classes in the next couple of weeks, before a short study vacaon and their examinaons, I am sure we are all thinking of them and their teachers. The VCE is a challenging program and students who complete it are to be commended for their applicaon. Best wishes to our Year 12 students for the weeks ahead. WHAT’S ON Saturday 13 October AGSV/APS Sport begins (selected teams only) Monday 15 October House Dinner – Drinan Tuesday 16 October House Dinner – Anderson Wednesday 17 October House Dinner – Were Thursday 18 October Year 5 (2019) Informaon Night Friday 19 October Valedictorian Church Service 7.30am – 8.30am Saturday 20 October AGSV/APS Sport Monday 22 October Year 12 Celebraon Day Tuesday 23 October Valedictory Service 10am – 12 noon St Paul’s Cathedral Valedictory Dinner Caulfield Racecourse 6pm Wednesday 24 October Art & Design Show opens ISSUE NO 23 - TERM 4 12 OCTOBER 2018 ART & DESIGN www.mentonegrammar.net EXHIBITION MENTONE GRAMMAR 24 - 30 OCTOBER Official Opening Wednesday 24 October 6.30pm All welcome Exhibition showcasing art and design works by students in Years 5-12 ARTWORK BY ISABELLA SVOJTKA YEAR 12 VCE STUDIO ARTS
