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Principal's Desk

Binge Drinking

Date: 
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Recently I have been reading some material to do with binge drinking and the increased abuse of alcohol by teenagers within Australia.

It is disappointing to hear about cases where teenagers are supplied with alcohol by older siblings or by parents to attend parties or celebrations. Is it provided because these children cannot enjoy themselves without drinking alcohol? This is not only breaking the law it is placing these loved ones at risk.

Some deafening facts have been presented by the National Binge Drinking Campaign.

Primary School

So Much More Than a Website

Date: 
Friday, June 19, 2009

Welcome to the new Scots website which is set to revolutionise communications at the School. What you can now see are the basic tools of the website - our static promotional information (top navigational buttons) and the new format for our weekly newsletter - presented through a dynamic "media" style home page.  The home page will soon replace our weekly The Scots News newsletter, with each edition available on the website for easy referral (navigate to: News/Newsletters).

2009 United Nations Regional Youth Summit

Date: 
Friday, June 26, 2009

On the 29th - 31st of May, the United Nations Regional Youth Summit was held at the Hume Weir Resort.

There were youths from all around the surrounding regions of regional NSW and VIC, some even coming from as far as Corryong and Yanco.  Two Scots students attended, Portia Sowden and myself.

Student Achievers

Date: 
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Cara Stones (Year 8) and Joshua Graetz (Year 9) are this weeks student achievers in dance and tennis.

Cara Stones competed with her dance troupe in the Wangaratta Eisteddfod.  The troupe danced beautifully and were awarded first in both sections,