Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
All the fun at the fair...
AUTUMN
2016
The Principal, Mr Sholto Bowen OAM, welcomed guests, staff and students to the new academic year. His Commencement Address included the following remarks:
I would firstly like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, the original custodians of the land on which our school is built. We pay respects to their elders past and present, and we acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
Welcome to the 2016 school year; a year of living lovingly and kindly; a year of loving life and of having no limits. This year we will emphasise the uplifting of our thought in order for us to fulfil our mission of being a beneficial presence in the world and a blessing to mankind. To be a blessing, we need to think about and focus on those qualities that pull one in the direction of higher consciousness. We will move away from fear, vengefulness, anger and pride, and instead move into willingness, forgiveness, love, joy and peace. As we focus on such qualities we can expect them to become more and more apparent until we fully express our true nature as God’s child. That is our heritage: more intelligence, more love, more kindness and more compassion. A simple idea will help us in this process: remember that everybody matters. Absolutely everybody! No one in God’s kingdom is any more important than any other. No one is loved by God any more or any less
than anybody else. Everyone is God’s masterpiece, made in the image and likeness of infinite Life, made as the expression of Love. In reality, everyone embodies every God-like grace, every God-like quality.
Last year’s VCE results were excellent and I am happy to announce that we once again had a 100% pass rate and for the 12th consecutive year we had a 100% first round tertiary acceptance
rate. 26% of our ATAR Scores were over 95 and 50% were over 90. That’s half the class. Our median study score was 35 out of 50 and 23.2% of study scores were over 40. This result placed us 30th out of all 485 schools in the state and 9th out of all co-ed schools in Melbourne, including selective schools.
Our median ATAR score was 90.8. We are led to believe that this is one of the highest median ATAR results for any co-ed School in Victoria. Huntingtower has maintained its reputation as a leading academic school in Melbourne.
Our dux student in 2015 was Philip Chen who achieved an ATAR score of 99.65. Congratulations to Philip. My grateful thanks go to all the teachers who worked so hard to give the students the best possible preparation for their VCE.
The building team has worked extremely hard to get Phase One of the new Middle School ready for the school year. Phase Two should be ready for the Year 7 students sometime during the second term.
From the Principal
ABOVE: David Weil, President of the Huntingtower Board, Sholto Bowen, Sophie Barker (School Captain), Commencement Day Addressor Holly Ransom and Daniel Gates (School Captain).
BELOW: What a buzz! Julia Banks, the Liberal candidate for Chisholm and the Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke to Senior School students on the eve of International Women’s Day. Students (L to R): Dmitri Maksoutov, Georgia Gale, Shreya Sharma, Vernice Ta, Sophie Barker and Daniel Gates with Julia Banks, Julie Bishop and Sholto Bowen.
02
The Year 10 students will now take possession of their own Year 10 centre and soon all lockers will be housed in purpose built areas. I am very grateful to the building and maintenance team and also to the grounds staff for ensuring that our beautiful gardens reflect the uplifting atmosphere that we aim to create.
This is going to be the best year of your life and will set a new benchmark for every year from now on. Remember, every word we speak and every thought we think, every blog we write and every text we send, every email we write and every selfie we take and send will be respectful and kind, both to ourselves and to others.
I wish you all a wonderful 2016.
Sholto BowenPrincipal
BELOW: Congratulations, Philip Chen (the Dux of 2015, who achieved a perfect study score in Media and an ATAR score of 99.65) and Mariah Papadopoulos (whose ATAR score was above 99).
Philip Chen (the Dux of 2015)
Mariah Papadopoulos
Huntingtower’s Middle Years Centre opened its doors in February. As well as elegantly designed and equipped classrooms, the centre features collaborative learning areas, terraces and landscaped gardens. The natural light and large windows opening to vistas of blue sky and park-like grounds ensure the centre is a place of inspiration for students and staff alike.
Stage 2 of the MYC is due for completion in July this year and then Huntingtower will embark on its most ambitious construction in recent history.
OUR NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
The new centre will provide a theatre and concert space with the acoustics, flow and access to handle our largest orchestras. The technical fit out and sight lines will help us showcase our most brilliant productions and media presentations. The centre will also provide small performance spaces and links to the drama studio.
The new Performing Arts Centre construction cost is in excess of $10 million. This is a huge undertaking. We need the support of all of you to help make this plan a reality. Our goal is to provide a state-of-the-art learning and performing centre for both our students and the local community which will be used for decades to come. The accompanying brochure shows how you can assist and be part of this very exciting project.
Celebrate the future: the new Performing Arts Centre
Join us! Help celebrate the Arts at Huntingtower and in the local community
2
1
ABOVE: Striking exterior of the Performing Arts Centre, incorporating a new entrance to the school and Middle Years Centre.
1: The auditorium of the new Performing Arts Centre.
2: The Middle Years Centre and the new Performing Arts Centre.
03
ABOVE:. A New Year: new teachers! Welcome to Emma McCracken (Wellbeing counsellor), Olivia Heaton (History), Rosie Hindle (Chemistry, Science and Mathematics), Nerida Beresford (English), Wes Smith (Psychology and Science), Anne Kilpatrick (Head of Mathematics), Barbara Hender (Head of Information Technology) and Melissa King (Commerce). We also welcome Chris Irving as part of the Wellbeing team of counsellors.
1. John Bruce and Rob Kitchingman.
2. Year 11 students Morven Curr and Shannan Griffiths.
3. Fiona Hamzi and Marion Power.
4. Des Lyristis and Adam Somes.
5. Mary Ciavarella, Des Lyristis, Rebecca Amsha, Sue Storey, Marion Power, Nerida Beresford, Jai Denny and Olivia Heaton.
2
1
3
4
5
Commencement Day 2016
04
Holly Ransom is a global strategist with a passionate work ethic. She is renowned for developing innovative solutions to complex problems for corporations, governments and non-profit organisations. She holds a Law Degree, a BA Economics and she is an Ironman Endurance Triathlon Athlete.
In 2012, Holly was the youngest person to be named in the list of Australia’s ‘100 Most Influential Women’. In the same year, Holly became the world’s youngest ever Rotary President, where she played a key role in ensuring that youth participation in Rotary doubled during the past five years.
In 2014, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott appointed Holly to chair the G20 Youth Summit. The G20 Youth Summit was the first of its kind to secure its policy demands from G20 leaders.
Her corporate career has included being Chief of Staff to the NAB Wealth Chief Executive, Andrew Hagger. She has also worked for the Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh where she led key organisational strategy and business improvement initiatives and integrated corporate affairs projects. Holly’s company, Emergent, has worked with the likes of INPEX, CBH, Conoco Phillips, KPMG, as well as local, state and federal government departments around the world.
Her inspirational Commencement Day Address to the Huntingtower students included the following advice:
1. Spend time working on your ‘why ‘(and don’t sweat the ‘how’). Get to know what you’re passionate about, because your passion is the thing that drives your motivation.
2. Own the word ‘leader’ now. No one is going to hand you the keys to leadership; the keys are there for the taking whenever you’re ready.
3. Choose who you ‘flock’ or spend time with carefully. You’re the average of the five people with whom you spend most of your time. Make sure they bring out the best in you.
4. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable because it’s when you’re outside of your comfort zone that the magic happens!
ABOVE: Holly Ransom leaves the PAC with Sophie Barker and Daniel Gates.
Holly Ransom
Our Commencement Day Addressor: Holly Ransom
05
Alexander LiFour years ago, in February 2012, a cheeky but lovable, intelligent young boy named Alexander Li, entered the heart of Huntingtower. In that heart he will always remain. Alexander had a love of life and an infectious energy. His many friends loved being around him, talking with him and sharing many, many laughs. He was known for having a great sense of humour. Most importantly, Alexander was a brother and a son; a nephew, and a
cousin. He was a loved member of his biological family and he was also a much loved member of his extended Huntingtower family. Here he had hundreds of kindred spirits, mentors and advisors. We are also his family and we feel his loss very deeply.
Alex loved technology, the ability to connect with others and he loved his on line computer games, particularly League of Legends. He was an exceptionally talented student in many areas of the curriculum, especially mathematics and the sciences, and he excelled in his passion for gaming and computer technology.
Alex is now, always has been and always will be, a beloved child of God, of infinite Life, Truth and Love. He is the expression of Soul and of Mind; of Spirit and of Principle. Alex is as important to the totality of God as the number 8 might be to mathematics. One may be able to rub out the number 8 physically represented on a piece of paper, but that has not destroyed the number 8. The
number 8 continues to exist eternally. In the same way Alex continues to exist eternally. There is no number more important than any other in mathematics and equally there is no idea or child of God that is more important than any other. Just like it is impossible to destroy a number, to remove it from mathematics, it is impossible to destroy or remove God’s perfect spiritual idea from the infinite family of God. Alex remains forever in the heart of the Father, where he has always been. He is loved deeply by all of us here, but not nearly as much as he is loved by his heavenly Father, infinite divine Love itself.
We will miss having Alex around; we will miss his witty retorts; we will miss his cheeky grin. However, all the life, joy, happiness, friendliness, fun, generosity, creativity and kindness that we saw in Alex is a representation of his way of expressing God. That can never be lost and is always with us. Be at peace.
Sholto Bowen
Alexander Li
Cherish glad memoriesCherish glad memories
06
Remembering Shirley Paine (1925 – 2016)Athletic, academic, intelligent, principled and dignified are all words that come to me when I think about Shirley Paine. Over her almost 40 years of service to Huntingtower, Shirley had roles as a classroom teacher, Science teacher, Head of Junior School and Principal. When requested by the Board to take on the role of Principal, she reluctantly accepted this mantle. She was very clear on her expectations
of both students and staff and set very high standards. Her dignity and poise were always present and her strength of character enabled her to fulfil this challenging role during the time when Huntingtower was shifting from being a school for children from Christian Science families, to one which accepted students of all faiths who wished to base themselves on Huntingtower values.
Shirley retired in 1990 after 15 years of dedicated service as Principal and spent her time pursuing her interests in writing, travel and family.
We thank Shirley for her dedication to Huntingtower, for seeing the school through the challenges of those times and for always knowing that she was guided by a higher principle.
We thank her for the foundation that she established and upon which all other principals have and will continue to base the school.
Sholto Bowen
Margaret JonesAssistant Head of the Junior School and Year 6 teacher, Margaret Jones, passed on in January. She was a wonderful friend, a fine educator and a joyful and happy presence in our school. We miss her.
Margaret came from a teaching family and part of her education was spent
at the Friends School in Hobart. She majored in English at university, was a top proof reader and loved reading, craftwork, going to the theatre, walking and yoga. Margaret met her future husband, David, on a student exchange to Milwaukee. Their two sons, Adam and Daniel, both attended Huntingtower.
Margaret had a long association with our school. She joined the Huntingtower staff in Term 4, 2001. Term 4 is a tough time for anyone to start work at a new school, but in true Margaret style, she soon won people over with her calm, steady, intelligent ‘concrete sequential’ approach. An excellent teacher, Margaret prepared her Year 6 students beautifully for the world beyond Primary School. She both challenged and supported them and had a calm, unflappable nature.
Margaret was a marvellous colleague; buoyant and supportive with a terrific sense of fun. She was creative and kind and a source of great wisdom. Margaret was very much looking forward to returning to her job at Huntingtower and during the past year she continued to send her colleagues innovative ideas that she had gleaned through her educational reading.
We are all so grateful to have known and loved Margaret. We extend our love to her husband, David, and to her boys, Adam and Daniel.
Shirley Paine
Margaret Jones with Tharushi Amararatne (currently in Year 7) 07
Simon DeppelerIn late December, Huntingtower Board Member, Simon Deppeler, passed on. Simon was both a past student (Class of ’72) and parent of the school and he brought a calm and spiritual perspective to Board discussions. He recently presented the Board with a detailed analysis of the school’s ICT infrastructure that will enable Huntingtower to continue to provide the best ICT for our community into the future.
Simon had a huge enthusiasm for life and learning and an expansive love for his family and church. He adored his wife, Danielle and he was immensely proud of his daughters, Marijke and Yolande, and his son, Christian, a past student of Huntingtower.
A musician by trade, Simon spent much of his lifelong music career as a member of the Victoria Police Bands. He was also constantly pioneering ways to weave together inspirational music, church and Christian Science in not only his own church, his community and country, but the world. Simon was the Broadcasting Manager for Christian Science Broadcasting, Victoria, where he created and presented six high quality radio programs a week for the last three years, carefully selecting appropriate readers and music for each article.
His sister, Diane, writes: ‘Simon was serene and calm in the last few weeks because he was prepared. Like a true musician he had fine-tuned his consciousness to God and understood that in reality, there is no separation.’ Huntingtower extends thoughts and prayers to all the Deppeler family.
Denys HewittDenys Hewitt (Class of ’64) passed on in November last year. Denys completed his secondary schooling at Huntingtower, firstly as a day student and then as a boarder when his family moved to South Australia. After studying at teachers’ college and art school in Adelaide, Denys moved to Tasmania with his first wife, Tamara, also a Huntingtower student. They had two children, Rebecca and Tim.
Although Denys was a talented artist, art teacher and photographer, his family remembers him for much more than that. At his memorial service, his sister, Celia said: ‘My brother Denys was such a special person who had the most amazing sense of humour, a wisdom beyond his years and a calmness and spiritual outlook that brought peace and happiness to all those around him. His love for his children, Bec and Tim, and grandchildren Zac and Tom brought him many contented years and happy times.’
Denys’s wife, Joan, cherishes the years they spent together. Denys always loved exploring remote and beautiful places. At his memorial service Joan spoke of a trip to the Simpson Desert as being a particular highlight. She concluded her eulogy by saying: ‘Denys was a most generous man, willing to go out of his way to help his friends and family … he was a treasured man in all of our lives’.
Denys Hewitt
Kevin Yu
The Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize provides 22 Victorian History students from Years 9 and 10 with the opportunity to participate in an overseas study tour to Lemnos, Gallipoli and the Western Front. Last year, Shannan Griffiths was chosen as one of the 12 state finalists in the essay and research competition to participate in the overseas tour. This year, Year 10 student Kevin Yu has been awarded that honour. Well done, Kevin!
Elise Rodrigo and Mun Joon Teo (both Year 10) are also congratulated for being amongst the 16 regional finalists selected to participate in a Canberra study tour.
Many thanks are extended to History teacher Jai Denny for all her hard work, encouragement and inspirational ideas.
Wonderful, marvellous, Congrats!
Simon Deppeler
Elise Rodrigo Mun Joon Teo08
In February, Year 9 student Joshua Richardson won the Victorian Karate State Champion for Cadets’ Kumite over 70kg. He also won a gold medal at the Oceania Cup held in New Caledonia in May. After ten years of hard training, Joshua is starting to perform consistently at the elite level. In 2013 he earned his black belt and in 2014 competed at the State Championships where he won gold. He also competed in Japan where he won an individual gold and team bronze. Later that year at his first Australian Karate Federation National tournament he won a silver medal and in 2015 he won a bronze in his division. Joshua lists his number 1 highlight as the opportunity to train with Japanese high school students and the Japanese National Karate squad who went on to represent Japan at the Junior World Championships. He is still aiming high – the Junior Karate World Championships in 2017, and then hopefully – the 2020 Olympics.
Joshua Richardson
Daniel Gates
Congratulations Molly Xiao (Year 10), who reached the 2015 National Final of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award. Well done!
Congratulations Vicky Tan (Year 8) and Ben Gough (Year 11) who both represented Victoria in the Pacific School Games. Vicky won a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke and Ben swam in 5 individual events and 5 relay teams.
In the past 12 months, other than personal bests in most strokes, Ben Gough’s biggest achievements have come in relays. He won a silver medal last September in the State Short Course Open Championships in the 4x100m medley relay and collected 3 bronze medals at the Victorian Age Championships last December – these were in the Under 16 4x100 freestyle relay and the 4x100 medley relay, plus the Under 18 4x100 freestyle relay.
Liam Louzado (Year 10) had a great summer season in tennis. He was the consolation runner up at the Victorian Schoolboys and Schoolgirls tournament in December. In January, he played in the Daphne Fancutt Shield for Waverley Tennis, a team event. Waverley won the event and Liam won the overall excellence award. Waverley District Tennis Association nominated Liam as Junior Male Player of the year 2015 for excellence on and off the court. Congratulations, Liam!
Tennis Excellence
School Captain Daniel Gates is congratulated on progressing to the Victorian semi-finals of the Lions Youth of the Year Award. In his presentations he captivated audiences with the depth of his knowledge and his ability to express his opinions in a good humoured and forthright manner.
The Australian Science Olympiad Competition is a national extension program for top performing secondary science students. It culminates in the International Science Olympiads – the Olympic Games for science students. In January, Year 12 student Daniel Bil was selected as one of 21 students from across Australia to attend the two week intensive Biology Olympiad Science Camp in Canberra. This comprised of a two-week intensive residential program that gave him the opportunity to study with others passionate about science. He writes:
“The Biology Olympiad Summer School was mentally intensive, to say the least.
Daniel Bil
Year 6 student Karina Thompson will play Brigitte in the new production of The Sound of Music at the Regent Theatre in May. Karina was a member
of the Strictly Ballroom cast last year and played Peter Pan in the Junior School production of Peter Pan. Congratulations, Karina!
Karina Thompson
Vicky Tan Ben Gough
Liam Louzado
Molly Xiao 09
Classes included a mixture of lectures and lab experiments which ran from 8:30am to 9pm every day, along with nine exams covering the material we learnt. It was like a marathon that we had to sprint. By the end, we had essentially covered an entire first year biology degree within two weeks.
But over the two weeks I also got the opportunity to meet some incredibly inspiring people, including Ian Chubb AC, former Chief Scientist of Australia, Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt, and other world-class researchers working at the forefront of their fields. I made close friends with like-minded students from across Australia with whom I am still in touch today. The workload was intensive, but the people I met, the experiences I had, and the knowledge I gained made it all worthwhile.
I was blown away by how willing everyone was to help one another. Despite the competitive nature of the program, we all worked together, studied together, stressed together, and on the final night, celebrated together. By the end, the twenty of us were like one big family.
My favourite topic was biotechnology, which encompassed gene sequencing, cloning and genetic engineering. It was particularly interesting to see how this knowledge was applicable to real world situations and problems.
Throughout the two weeks, we were all pushed to our absolute limits and learnt a lot about what we are capable of when we put our minds to it. I have no doubt that it was one of the hardest challenges I have ever faced, but it was also one of the most rewarding.”
With the support and encouragement of his teacher, Sarah Bishop, Daniel also sat an exam in March for selection into the Australian team for the International Olympiad on World Biology in the USA. While he was not selected for that event, he was chosen as one of nine students in the Australian delegation to attend the 2016 Asian Science Camp in India in August. At this prestigious international event, Daniel will have amazing access to Nobel Laureates, world class researchers and like-minded peers in the celebration of science and friendship.
Congratulations, Daniel! We look forward to hearing about your experiences later in the year.
Class of ’15 Speech Night Celebrations at the Robert Blackwood Hall
3
2
1
4
1: Paris Tsiros, Laura Wilson, Rodney Jones and Mariah Papadopoulos.
2: Alexander Carlin, Jacob Blackburn, Jayden Teekins, Ben Greenwood and Emma Knaus.
3: Blair Stevenson, Sanaya Sharma and Colin Xie.
4: Abbey Crawley and Christina Percival.
5: Naomi Tang Yamaoka and Lynley Bramble.
6: Three HT generations: Julian Kitchingman’s grandmother, Mary Paton (’36) and Julian with his mother, Libby Kitchingman (’79).
65
Daniel Bil (left) and other students at the Australia Science Olympiad in Canberra.
10
Lights, cameras and plenty of action for media students at Huntingtower. Led by the indefatigable Mel Beal, students have won numerous awards in festivals all over the country. Environmental and humanitarian issues, comedy, drama, pathos, quirkiness - you name it, Huntingtower media students have the genre covered. Congratulations, everyone!
1: Mel Beal accepts the Best School 2015 Award on behalf of Huntingtower at the Bond University Film and Television Awards.
2: In the interview spotlight at the Monash Film Festival: Emma Knaus and Liam House (both Class of ’15).
3: More interviews: Sophie Paras and Mariah Papadopoulos (both ’15) at the Monash Film Festival.
4: Briar Klavins (’15) with her Best Actor Award at the Monash Film Festival.
5: Top 15 Nominee Connick Cheung ‘stars’ at BUFTA.
6: Best Experimental Film Award winner Christina Percival (’15) at the Monash Film Festival.
7: Jayden Teeken’s parents (Donna and Andrew) have a ‘star’ in their eyes: they accepted Jayden’s Best Comedy award for him at BUFTA.
ABOVE: Green Foot Flicks Film Festival award winner Philip Chen with finalists Sophie Paras and Daniel Phillips (all Class of ’15) and Year 12s Daniel Nieborski, Daniel Bil and Georgia Thompson.
2
1
4
5 6 7
Media Moghuls
3
11
1
5
2
6
In December, wedding bells chimed for Nic and Jenna Green. Stuart Walkerden retired ‘in style’ and Yvonne David and Ryan Thomson left Huntingtower to take up new jobs and challenges. We had a mini HT baby boom when in February Leigh and Hannah Parsons welcomed little Jagger into the world and Carla and Cam Smith’s daughter, Olivia, was born on 23 April. Congratulations and good wishes to you all!
1: Outdoor Ed and Camps Coordinator guru Nic Green and Jenna at their wedding in December.
2: A whole lot of fun: Sandra and Lee Tieperman, Sue and Peter Chambers, James Bahn, Leigh and Hannah Parsons and Brett and Daniel Borbely at Jenna and Nic Green’s wedding.
3: Kris Kringle elves: Ryan Thomson, Yvonne David and Stuart Walkerden.
4: Carla and Cam Smith with their brand new daughter, Olivia May.
5: Leigh and Hannah Parsons with little Jagger.
6: Rob Kitchingman, Jan Savage, Noel Davies, Stuart Walkerden, Sholto Bowen, Tony Hill and past teachers Ray Clifford and David Fletcher with Dot Greiveson and Jane Barker (seated) at Stuart’s retirement dinner.
Our teachers mark the moment 3
4
12
1: Ronald Liao, Nicholas Amprimo and Riley Caune.
2: Walking into an active marine volcano’s crater on White Island.
3: Jeremy Zhang at the Kauri Museum looking at amber made from hardened resin from the Kauri trees.
4: It’s a ‘swell’ day… Chelsea Zhang, teacher Sandra Tiepermann, Jordan le Blanc, Tegan Smart, Emmanuel Papastamatis, Nicholas Amprimo.
5: The 3 ‘Rs’: Ronald Liao, teacher Rodney Jones and Riley Caune ‘hanging around with nothing to do’!
6: Hurrah for Hobbiton: Emma Carroll, Renae Moore, Davern Vijayanand and Jay Sun
7: All together now…
Christmas in Belgium for a French language exchange
Stefanie Giagoudakis…
6 7
2
54
1
3
Geography rocks… in New Zealand
13
1: Year 9 at Cinangneng Village: Rajat Harwad, Vivian Zhang, Nicholas Maclean, Sean Chan, Harrison Penna, Alyssa Chan, Elise Ozga, Jacqueline Tang and Madhu Iyer.
2: Planting rice at Cinangneng village.
3: Kevin Zhao, Tanner Stevenson, Min Deng, Stefan Sakellaridis, teacher Tata Survi, Anjuni Dassanyake, Indira Devenish and Yasmine Koudmani.
4: An Indonesian cultural performance in Bandung city.
5: Year 9 Farewell party.
6: Mr Ng Chin, Principal of ACS Jakarta, and Ms Timi Ardiyenti.
7: Fun at Taman Mini.
Indonesia, Keren!Year 9 and VCE Indonesian students have just returned from a very successful trip to Indonesia. Previously, seven Year 9 students participated in an exchange program and hosted students from Indonesia. They were able to immerse themselves in the language and experience Indonesian culture and daily activities.
In Indonesia, both Year 9 and VCE Indonesian students went to school where they learned new subjects and made new friends. On the first two days of the trip, the Indonesian Department of Tourism took us to a beautiful restaurant in North Jakarta and introduced us to the wonderful ‘Taman Mini’ (an Indonesian miniature park) in South Jakarta.
Year 9 students then travelled to Bandung before staying with host families in Jakarta. The VCE Indonesian students participated in a program at the Sampoerna Academy Day School in south Jakarta (one of our Indonesian sister schools) where they immersed themselves in daily life and polished their Bahasa Indonesia skills. The students loved interacting with new Indonesian friends and they enjoyed outdoor activities including a visit to Bogor Botanical Gardens, shopping and eating a lot!
Timi Ardiyenti
1 3
2
7
6
5
4
14
Our Sports Fun Day is an annual Junior School event. Our Lower Junior students enjoy fun races and activities, supported by parents and our Year 6 group leaders. Our littlest members of the community loved the challenges of bouncing footballs, propelling themselves on boards, hopscotch and races with large balls, wooden horses and bean bags. A great morning was had by all.
All sorts of Sports!The Pre-Prep to Year 2 Sports Fun Day
ABOVE: Harriet Veenker (Year 2) (far left) is going for gold!
2: Ellie Younger (Pre Prep).
3: Maria Filosoglou and Xien Lin (Prep).
4: Jonah Gucciardo and Abigail Hall (Prep).
5: James Lin, Finn Hamill and Samuel Hu (Year 2).
6: Pre-Preps Ellie Younger and Keeley Chambers wait their turn whilst Veronique Rowson cheers on super hop-scotcher Zara Tiepermann.
3
1
2
4 5 6 15
7: Best foot forward: Charlotte Dernelly, Riley Russell, Lily Holcombe, Connor Pereira and Evan Morgan (Year 1).
8: Preps Xien Lin, Lexie Nuroo and Ben Dernelley with Felicia Shen (front).
9: Footie fever: Lilah Stephens (Pre Prep).
10: Alexander Anderson (Pre Prep).
11: Elastics fantastic! Vedant Nandakumar and Alexander Anderson (Pre Prep).
7
10
9
11
8
16
High Five! Magic moments at the House Athletics and Swimming Carnivals1: Drew Lindsay and Matt Cramer.
2: Valandi Mavroudis, Brianna Smedley, Jaime Mavroudis, Kate Culbert, Alex Piperidis and Head of Bruce House, Mel Beal.
3: Kallista Amery, Mirai Tanabe, Emma Davies, Cerys Khor, Jacinta Na and Saumya Mathur.
4: Sarah Ridjalski, Olivia D’Rozario, Tanisha Pal, Daniel Nieborski and Jonathan Li.
5: Sam Ariens, Tim Goddard, Paul Lau, Percy Pan and Jason Liang.
6: Hugh Dobbyn, Jason Huang, Youseph Dib, Ernest De Los Reyes-Sager, Harvey Stein and Yohei Tang-Yamaoka.
7: Rachael How.
8: Aimee Pieterse, Tia Yiannoudes, Vivian Zhang and Rachel Ko.
9: Lachlan Jessup, Kushal Wijesinghe, Luka Torlak and Nishank Jain.
10: Devon Rushton, Jonathan Li, Jordan Hailey and Sam Ariens.
11: Georgia Gale, Priyanka Pillay, Kirsten McIver and Stephanie Ferrier.
1110
8
65
4
3
9
2
7
1
17
LEFT: Michael Johnson with endangered Bush-Stone curlew chick.
ABOVE: Michael Johnson with his sisters Meredith and Cate in their Huntingtower uniforms.
Back as a student in Year 1 at Huntingtower, Michael Johnson wrote a short piece that was published in the school yearbook. It talked about taking care of an injured bird and ended with ‘when I grow up I want to look after all the animals.’ Michael loved the books of famous British conservationist Gerald Durrell and was inspired by his stories describing the growth of his zoo in Jersey, the world’s first conservation zoo.
Never losing his interest in animals and their conservation, Michael pursued other interests, including politics, travel and the family company. Finally in 1996 Michael had the opportunity to do a course in the ‘Breeding and Conservation of Endangered Species’ at the International Training Centre at Jersey Zoo. Inspired by the message that the best conservation work with animals takes place in their natural range, the idea for Moonlit Sanctuary started to form in Michael’s mind.
With the support of his family, particularly his parents Margaret and Roland Johnson, Moonlit Sanctuary opened to the public in 2001 on 10
hectares of bushland in Pearcedale. Important facilities such as a visitor centre, car park and predator proof fence were constructed as well as a large wetland that forms the central feature of the Sanctuary.
Initially, Moonlit Sanctuary concentrated on evening wildlife tours. Owls and other night birds are active then; tiny feathertail gliders and beautiful squirrel gliders swoop around, and quolls, pademelons and bettongs forage for food. Even animals such as wallabies are much more active and responsive at night.
In 2007 a change of direction was made to concentrate more on daytime visitors. While the evening tours will always be available, today most visitors come during the day. Michael’s sister, Cate Small, joined as operations manager in 2010.
Today Moonlit Sanctuary is home to over 300 animals of over 60 species. Many, including about 80 kangaroos and wallabies, are free to roam through the bush and give visitors a rare
natural encounter. Others are housed in large natural enclosures, including endangered creatures such as the strange looking bush thick-knees bird whose call hadn’t been heard on the Mornington Peninsula for more than 60 years. Colourful parrots also abound; waterbirds are at home in extensive wetlands and visitors can explore the flourishing bush foods garden.
Conservation remains at the heart of the Sanctuary. The first conservation project was with critically endangered Julia Creek dunnarts. Starting in 2002 quite a number of these difficult marsupials were bred and then returned for release in the Queensland outback. The orange bellied parrot, southern bettongs, spot-tailed quolls and Tasmanian devils are all protected at Moonlit Sanctuary. A breeding facility for orange bellied parrots breeds birds for release back into the wild and hopefully will be expanded to house 30 pairs next year. Recently, two critically endangered honeyeater species, the regent honeyeater and the helmeted honeyeater, have arrived.
‘When I grow up I want to look after all the animals’… Michael has definitely fulfilled his wish. Moonlit Sanctuary is proud to have won a number of awards, including the Victorian Tourism Award in Ecotourism twice, the Sustainable Cities award for Preservation of the Environment and the South East Melbourne Small Business of the Year award.
Starting with the end in mindMichael Johnson (Class of ’75)
18
On the Wallaby is the latest in a long line of HOSA productions directed by Peter Thompson. Peter’s other fabulous productions include Beauty and the Beast, Hello Dolly and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Peter is also a member of the Huntingtower Board and is exceptionally generous in giving of his time in order to produce these shows.
The productions themselves are a testament to Peter’s love of theatre, his creativity, his vision and his hard work. They also speak volumes of his love for his alma mater, HOSA and the wider school community.
Particularly noteworthy is the sense of team and inclusiveness. There is a palpable atmosphere of camaraderie, affection and enthusiasm which, along with the exceptionally talented cast and crew members, make for some wonderful and inspirational theatrical experiences for all concerned.
Thank you, Peter!
A message of thanks and appreciation toHOSA President, Peter Thompson
ABOVE: Peter Thompson as Des O’Brien in Peter’s production of On the Wallaby.
news
The cast (from back row, left): Bernard Hemmingway, Cameron Bardwell, Janet Armstrong, Ben Armstrong, Sam Fyfield, Tania Parkyn, Peter Thomson, Tom
Fyfield, David Weil and Aidan Lloyd. Front row: Katie Cookson, Alyssa Bunting, Patrick Parkyn, Karina Thompson, Deb Brewster and Rohan Gilham. 19
HOSA & HT Grads
Sports Day
Sunday 11 September 2016
Sausage Sizzle commencing
12.30pm Games include
tennis, table tennis, volleyball, hockey, basketball, netball
and soccer
Stay tuned for more details or contact Mel Beal or
Jan Tyquin on 9807 8888 or Peter Thompson on
0427 277 357 or [email protected]
Get Social with HT Grads
@ht_grads HTGRADS facebook.com/htgrads
ABOVE: Cameron Bardwell with the O’Brien family: Kath (Tania Parkyn), Des (Peter Thompson) and Lily (Karina Thompson).
1: Deb Brewster, Alyssa Bunting, Tom Fyfield, Janet Armstrong and David Weil.
2: John O’Brien (Rohan Gilham).
3: Tom Fyfield and Aidan Lloyd.
4: David Weil, Janet Armstrong, Cameron Bardwell, Katie Cookson, Ben Armstrong, Aidan Lloyd, Deb Brewster, Rohan Gilham and Tom Fyfield.
5: Ben Armstrong, Deb Brewster, David Weil, Cameron Bardwell, Janet Armstrong, Tom Fyfield and Katie Cookson.
6: Alyssa Bunting, Sam Fyfield, Karina Thompson, Peter Thompson and Tania Parkyn.
7: All together now: a fabulous finale.
6 7
54
1
2
3
20
Amos, Virginia Kennedy, Naomi Wong, Meetha Chambers and bride Li Jian Newman in pride of place!
5: A gorgeous couple: KJ Tsanaktsidis and Angeline Thiagarajah (both Class of ’08) at their wedding in January.
6: Nicholas Tsanaktsidis (Year 8), bridegroom and bride KJ and Angeline, and Vicki Tsanaktsidis and Luke Thiagarajah (both Class of ’12).
7: David Wong and Linda Archbold (Class of ’73) at their wedding in Healesville in May last year. Look hard and amongst the happy throng you will be able to spot past students, parents and/or Board Members Ken and Betty
Walters, David Weil, Merran Williams, Amanda Dunsmore, Peg McGinley, Pauline Hutchinson, Simon and Danielle Deppeler, Pat Wheeler and Daryl and Chris Francis.
8: Wonderful, marvellous HT line up at Eva Sudbury’s wedding: Sharmala Thuraisingam, Dayna Lau, Rebecca Foot, Georgia Kotschet, Niki Prasad, Eva Sudbury, Michelle Reyes and Joy McConnochie (all Class of ’02).
9: Congratulations Emmalyn Gregory (’07) and Adelaide Crows’ footballer, Andy Otten. They have announced their engagement and will be married in October next year.
1: Ross Peacock and Bridgette Nevins (both Class of ’07) at their wedding earlier this year.
2: Ross and Bridgette’s bridal party included a solid representation of former HT students: Deniz Desem, John Razos, James Davies, Ross Peacock, Bridgette Nevins, Rachael Nevins, Hannah Nevins and Heather Cleaver.
3: Li Jian Wong (Class of ’10) and Chris Newman at their New Year’s Eve wedding.
4: The HT Crowd at Li Jian and Chris’s wedding (from back left): Ashley Davies, Chris Newman, Leigh Maclean, Daniel Chambers, Rebecca Chambers, Renee Maier, Simon Bourke, Simone Masci, Tecca Ross, Hannah Nevins, Li Mei Wong and Kai Wong. Front row, from left: Phil
Love is in the air
8
7
4
95
2
6
1
3
21
10: Class of ’75: Marguerite Hancock, Peter Mollison, Fleur Paton (Ciprian), Michael Johnson, Andrew Mollison, Andrew Smith, John Simmons and Greg Bain. They were also joined by Warwick Freeland, Linda Barton and Elizabeth Vezina (Deppeler).
11: Class of ’85: Woon Yau Hiu, Alison Bradley (Self), Caroline Trubridge (Norton), Susanna Nilsson (Critchley), Nicole Ager Phin (Smith), Jaylyn Bradley (Smith), Rob Paton and Michael Cookson.
12: In November last year, Chenoa Benton (Class of ’07) beautifully represented her salon in Berlin for the TrendVision award for hairdressing talent.
Class of 2011: 5 year reunionPlanning is underway … register your interest by sending an email to [email protected]
Class of 2006: 10 year reunionIt is a ‘happening thing’ for the Class of ’06! Let us know you would like to come by sending us an email at [email protected]
Class of 2005: a ‘10 years plus GST’ reunion!A date has been set: 25 June. Can you come along? Let us know! Email us at [email protected]
Class of ’96: 20 year reunionYes – it’s been 20 years! Lisa Marty and Christine Bertolotti are planning a reunion dinner for Saturday 8th October. Please email [email protected] with your contact details to ensure you are on the mailing list for this exciting event – Lisa and Christine would love as many of the class to get together as possible. They are looking forward to seeing you all!
Class of ’86: 30 year reunionBeverley Babbage (nee Fletcher), Peter Chambers and some classmates are arranging a 30th Reunion of the Class of ’86 on Saturday, August 20 at the Honey Bar and Restaurant, South Melbourne. Contact Bev for more details at [email protected]; or go to Eventbrite to buy your tickets.
Classes of ’63 – ’66: 50 year reunionA range of activities: Saturday evening welcome dinner at the Glen Waverley RSL and a day of fun on Sunday at Huntingtower’s inaugural Festival of the Arts. For more information contact Heather (0423 211 335; [email protected] ) or Wendy (0407 676 718; [email protected]) or click the Try Booking link on the school website.
See you soon: you are invited…
Reunions for the Classes of ’75 & ’85
In the spotlight
12
10
11
22
ABOVE: ‘We are family’ (back row from L to R): Matt Silcocks, Elliot Kitchingman, So Imamura, Simon Bourke, Riley Irving, Belinda Drummond, Patrick Buckley, Sam Hillman, Andrew Turton and Swathi Madike. Seated (from L – R): Renee Williams, Annece Kim, Sonja Petrovic, Amelia Busby, Simone Masci, Carlé Rooks and Ash Davies.
A: Philip Chen (’15) has been accepted into the Ivy League college, Wharton, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a fantastic achievement!
B: It is never easy applying to study at an overseas university. Naomi Tang-Yamaoka (’15) is thrilled that she has been accepted to study Liberal Arts at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.
1. Birla Village Orphanage in Hanoi welcomes the Class of ’15 (front row): Paris Tsiros, Naomi Tang-Yamaoka, Matt Sturgeon, Sarina Aba-Bulgu, Mariah Papadopoulos and Briar Klavins.
2. Bearing gifts for Birla Village: Teacher Jody Goddard (front) with Paris Tsiros, Matt Sturgeon, Mariah Papadopoulos, Briar Klavins, Naomi Tang-Yamaoka and Sarina Aba-Bulgu.
3. Hair-help: Mariah Papadopoulos with two children from Birla Village.
4. The best pho and noodles in town…
5. Looking like the locals!
HT GradsSchoolies with a smile…Vietnam ’15
Congrats
4
5
3
2
A
B
1
Class of 2010 Reunion
23
In 1927, a group of Christian Scientists established Huntingtower with the purpose of helping its students reach their unlimited potential. Huntingtower continues to be based firmly on the principles of Christian Science. Generations of students have passed through the school, their success measured in fine academic results and fulfilling lives. The school’s needs have traditionally been met by the generous support of benefactors, supplemented with government financial assistance. In order to ensure Huntingtower’s progress and lessen its reliance on government funding, the founders of the school set up different ways for supporters to help the school financially.
You may like to consider any of the following:
• Grants, bequests or donations to the Huntingtower Foundation (A Foundation set up by Trust Deed to preserve and maintain the school’s financial independence)
• Tax Deductible donations to the Property and Building Fund (A fund set up to assist the school in adding new facilities)
• Grants or donations to the Mather Foundation (named after Mr. J.B. Mather, Principal 1949-1972, and set up as a restricted endowment. Whilst the assets cannot be used, the income from the assets contributes towards the running of the school and to student bursaries).
For more information on any of these or to register a bequest via a will or codicil please contact:
Business Manager, Huntingtower School, 77 Waimarie Drive, Mt Waverley 3149, Australia
Phone: (03)9807 8888, e: [email protected]
Preserving our independence
Dates to remember
Credits:
Editor and Art Director: Jan Tyquin
Design: Redfish Bluefish Creative
Photography: Phil Amos, Timi Ardiyenti, Jane Barker, Sandra Tiepermann
Advisor: Vicki Anderson
Printed by: Alpha Printing Co. Pty Ltd
Huntingtower School Association A.B.N. 23 004 231 654
If you know of someone who would like to receive the Huntingtower News, please ask them to contact the school on 9807 8888 or email Jan Tyquin at [email protected]
FRONT COVER PHOTOS: Let the fun begin: happy scenes from the Huntingtower fete.
• August 31 – September 3: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Senior School Production)
• September 11: HOSA and HT Grads Sports Day
• October 9: Huntingtower Festival of the Arts
• October 22: High Tea @ HT
• November 5: Huntingtower Fete
• December 2: Junior School Speech Night
• December 10: Senior School Speech Day
BACK COVER PHOTO: On top of the world: Sean Gloury, Luca Mercuri, Mia Worcester, Grace Barelier, Sophie Barker, Ashleigh Morley, Lachlan McNeary and Stephanie Ferrier on their Gold and Silver Duke of Edinburgh walk from Mt Hotham to Falls Creek.
