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Newsletter
The school newsletter, "The Muse", is the chief means of communication between school and home. As it is very important that parents receive a copy, "The Muse" is published monthly and posted or emailed to parents. The first "Muse" of each term contains a term calendar.
Download current and previous copies of the MUSE in PDF format:
Feature Articles (Muse March 2009)
| A Top Achieving School | Top |
Kelmscott Senior High School was ranked 31 in the state in the 2008 TEE League Table published in the “West Australian” newspaper in January. The school was also the seventh best performing public school.
Seventeen of the twenty two TEE subjects studied at Kelmscott were at or above the state mean. Outstanding results were achieved in a number of subjects which were significantly above state means—German (+15), Physical Science (+10), Applicable Maths (+7), Calculus (+6) and Discrete Maths (+6).
The highest achieving Year 12 students were invited back to the school on Friday 13 February to celebrate their success. Fourteen students were invited to the morning tea.
Special Congratulations to ...
Mark Hoey, with a TER of 98.6 gained distinctions in Chemistry, Applicable Mathematics, Physics and Calculus. He received an Engineering Scholarship, Curtin University. |
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Judith Williams with a Certificate of Excellence achieved distinctions in English, Physics and Applicable Mathematics. She received a Curtin University Scholarship to study Nanotechnology. |
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Christian Ferrara achieved distinctions in Physics, Applicable Mathematics, Chemistry and Calculus. He received an Engineering Scholarship, Curtin University. |
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Alvin Lai achieved distinctions in Chemistry, Applicable Mathematics, and Physics. He received an Engineering Scholarship, UWA. |
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FORMER STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS 2009 |
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The Former Student Scholarship Program was expanded this year to include thirteen scholarships to the highest achieving students in a range of subject areas.
The generosity of former students in supporting this Board initiated program has been well appreciated by both the school and the student recipients.
The Chair and Vice Chair of the School Board, the Mayor of the City of Armadale together with the former students attended a breakfast on Wednesday 11th February.
Former students said they were proud to continue their association with a school which continued to set high standards and “Strive for Excellence”. Speaking on behalf of the scholarship recipients, the Head Boy and Head Girl said that the success of former students of Kelmscott SHS was an inspiration to the current student body.
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Left to right: Tristan Moriarty-Wright; Scott MacDonald; Ella Draffin; Ashleigh Cockman; Cassandra Joss; Sarah Rutherford; Ben Banyai; Jake Gethin; Kimberley Steele; Luke Schmitt; Danielle Maddy; Tynan Stuart and Katherine Veness |
Left to right: Mr Brendan Taylor, Ms Karen Bond, Mr David Koutsoukis, Mr Mark Ritter, Mr Wayne French, Ms Frances Hammond and Ms Deborah Milton. |
Donor |
Graduation |
Background |
Subject |
Recipient |
Wayne French |
1987 |
Principal Kensington Partners Accountancy |
Accounting |
Luke Schmitt |
Karen Bond |
1978 |
Physiotherapist |
Physical Education Studies |
Sarah Rutherford |
David Koutsoukis |
1978 |
Author/Motivational Speaker |
Social Science History |
Jake Gethin |
Dr Colin Somerville |
1978 |
Paediatrician |
Science Chemistry and Physics |
Ben Banyai |
Hon Mark Ritter |
1979 |
Barrister QC |
Social Science Political and |
Cassandra Joss |
Ben Parkin |
2002 |
Agricultural Scientist |
Agriculture |
Scott MacDonald |
Frances Hammond |
1978 |
State Librarian |
Literature |
Katherine Veness |
Deborah Milton |
1979 |
Lawyer |
Art |
Ella Draffin |
Dr Dean Pritchard |
1997 |
Specialist Emergency Medicine |
Science Biology and |
Tristan Moriarty-Wright |
Rita Saffioti |
1989 |
Member of Parliament |
Languages |
Kimberley Steele |
Brendan Taylor |
1986 |
Lawyer—Commercial Litigation |
Mathematics |
Tynan Stuart |
Mark Riley |
1980 |
Assist Coach Carlton F.C. |
Sporting (Joint Award) |
Ashleigh Cockman |
Doug Harris |
1979 |
Cricket Coach—WACA |
Sporting (Joint Award) |
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Natalie Smart |
1981 |
Chemist—Owner 2 Pharmacies |
Music |
Danielle Maddy |
| Cambodian Sister School | Top |
The school principal, Mr Terry, visited Cambodia during the Christmas vacation with a group of twelve Western Australian Principals to establish a sister school relationship with a school in the poorest area of Cambodia.
The school, Tirom Khet, has ten toilets, two of which are for girls. Girls make up 50% of the population of the 1100 students at the school. The $2000 raised for our sister school through free dress days last year will be used to build an additional four toilets for the girls.
