German Poetry Competition
The AGTV (Association of German Teachers of Victoria) regional poetry competition took place on Thursday 8 August at Box Hill High School. 35 Selected German students from Box Hill High School, Brentwood Secondary College and Mount Waverley College were invited to participate in this event. Students worked very hard to learn and memorise their individual poems and then recite them with excellent pronunciation, intonation and gestures.
Congratulations to the following MWSC Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists:
Year 7
For category German as a Foreign Language:
First place: Parnavi K
Third place: Aditi G
For category German Native Speaker:
First place: Eisa K
Year 8
For category German as a Foreign Language:
Third place: Maddie V
Year 9
For category German as a Foreign Language:
First place: Inez S
For category German Native Speaker:
First place: Marlena W
Second place: Viktoria K
Third place: Declan C
Thank you to Ms Katja Chitters, Head of Languages for her organization of this event.
Musical Success
Over the past couple of weeks, four of our music ensembles have competed at various competitions.
On Wednesday 6 August, the Junior Choir performed at the Victorian Schools Music Festival at the Box Hill Salvation Army Centre. The choir performed two pieces for adjudication and received valuable feedback that they can improve on moving forward. The choir received the ‘Bronze’ award. Congratulations to all involved and thank you to Mr Tom Frost Choir Director and Mrs Melissa Knowles who assisted on the day.
Our Junior and Senior Guitar Ensembles gave a very admirable performance at this year’s 2025 Monash Youth Music Festival, under the guidance of Mr Lee Jones and Mr Timothy O’Connor. The contest was held at The Salvation Army Temple on High Street Road; Glen Waverley and several other local schools competed. We are delighted to share that our Junior Guitar Ensemble won third place in the large ensemble category whilst the Seniors won second place. The event was a wonderful opportunity for the ensembles to hear other groups and receive valuable feedback from the adjudicators.
Early last Monday morning, 23 excited Phoenix Strings students gathered at the Junior School Campus to await the bus taking them to Hawthorn Town Hall. This is the first time that a Junior String Ensemble has participated in the Victorian Schools Music Festival. Our ensemble was the first one to perform for the day, and after a tune & warm up, they were welcomed to the stage, where they performed admirably and received a ‘Gold’ award. Thank you to Ms Keryn Lientschnig Director and Mrs Jenny Curtis who assisted on the day.
Congratulations to our Head of Strings, Mr Timothy O’Connor, and all the members of the Presto Strings and Chamber Strings on their outstanding performances at the VSMF on Tuesday 12 August. Both groups performed beautifully and had the valuable opportunity to work with adjudicators on stage. The Presto Strings earned a ‘Silver’ Award, and the Chamber Strings received an acclaimed ‘Platinum’ Award, a special honour given to only a few ensembles deemed outstanding overall.
Well done to all of our students and staff who were involved in these competitions. I am incredibly proud of our talented musicians!
2025 Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey
Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.
Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies.
The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 18 August to Friday 19 September 2025. All parents / caregivers / guardians have been selected to participate in this year’s survey.
The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.
The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home. Please contact the school for survey guides in your language.
MWSC Raffle 2025
We have been working hard on sourcing some great prizes for our College Raffle this year. Over $7000 worth of prizes have been sought including a Mastercolour paint offer, Bus Hire for a Winery tour, Curved Monitor, UE Boom Speaker,Gift cards and many more fantastic prizes.
Please support the college by buying some tickets. Tickets are on sale from Friday 22 August via Compasstix. Further information and compasstix link will be released on Compass next Friday.
The raffle will be drawn on Friday 12 September.
Feel free to forward the Compasstix link below to family and friends. All proceeds will go towards the purchase of student-led college initiatives.
We would like to thank all our sponsors for their generous donations this year; Mastercolour, Quinces Bus Hire, Learning with Technologies, Woods Furniture, Toshiba, Campion Education, RHS Sports, Maps Marketing, Texas Instruments, Premier Waste, Smart Records Group, Schoolfurn, Bounce Inc, PSW and Bunnings Nottinghill.
Student Parent Teacher Conferences
On Thursday 11 September Student/Parent/Teacher conferences will occur. The day will run from 1 pm until 7.30pm and appointments will take place virtually via WebEx. Please note classes will not be held on this day.
The 2025 Victorian State Schools Spectacular
The 2025 Victorian State Schools Spectacular brings together government school communities from across Victoria to produce a 3-hour live show including music, dance, circus arts, puppetry, and skating. This year’s show will be performed for an audience of about 12,000 people at John Cain Arena on Saturday 13 September, over 2 shows at 1pm and 6:30pm. Talented Victorian students will feature on stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job, professional experience.
For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on students from the audience, be quick to secure tickets through Ticketek. Adult tickets cost $40; children aged under 15, $20; and concession, $30.
Buy 10 tickets and get one adult ticket free (the 11th ticket is free) by calling Group Bookings on 1300 364 001.
Mrs Karen Wade
College Principal