Year 12 Farewell
On Thursday 22 October the school held a farewell assembly for the Year 12 students. The school captains addressed their peers for the final time, and through humourous anecdotes cleverly reflected on the highlights of the year. I would like to congratulate the four college captains, Daniel Walsh, Sarah-Jade Sharlassian, Vedrana Kovacevic and Shaief Azim for their outstanding contribution to the College during their very demanding final year of secondary schooling. I would also like to pay tribute to Ms Sue Simadri (Senior School Manager), Mr Nick Railakis (Year 12 Coordinator) and the Year 12 teachers for the outstanding support, guidance and commitment they provided to all of the students throughout the year.
Whatever the outcomes may be for each and every student in Year 12, it is a wonderful achievement to have completed their final year of schooling. I would like to wish them the best of luck and hope that they can attain the goals they set at the start of the year.
2009 is the first year in which the Middle School has appointed Students Leaders to represent the students in the areas of Arts, Sport, Environment and for each House; Gladstone, Monro, Halton and Oakwood. They have worked hard to provide opportunities for their peers to contribute to many areas of the school, as well as representing the college at various official ceremonies and events. We are very proud of what they have achieved in their inaugural year, and look forward to building upon their success in 2010 with a new team of leaders.
Instrumental Music Evening
On Monday 16 October, the Middle and Senior school bands performed to an audience of teachers, families and friends. Over 50 students, with diverse musical talents, harmoniously presented the ensembles they had learnt under the guidance of Instrumental Music teacher Mr. Lyle Hoeffer. Well done to Mr. Hoeffer and every student involved on the night.
Sport
The 2009 Lyndale Athletics team is the strongest and most successful team that has come together since 2002. The enthusiasm and dedication by the students involved to attend up to four training sessions a week, also organizing additional training themselves on Saturday mornings, has been the catalyst for the development of such a unique team spirit. All this hard work culminated in the VSSSA State finals on October 20 at Olympic Park, where a very tight team of 19 athletes brought home 3 gold medals (including a new State Record for the 15y Boys Relay), 3 silver medals, 2 bronze medals, 2 fifth place, 1 sixth place, 1 seventh place and 3 eighth places. Along the way the school has finished in 1st place at the district competition (482 points ahead of 2nd place, winning 8 out of 9 pennants); 2nd place at Southern Zone level (including 1 pennant) and 10th place at State finals. Along with the success has come the traditional, proud Lyndale spirit of being the loudest and most performance lifting cheer squad at all levels of competition. But watch this space, as this is just the beginning of a new golden era in both Lyndale Athletics and Lyndale Sport in general.
Principal, Mr Mark Moir.
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Presentation Night will be on Wednesday 9th of December at the School Hall. The evening will start at 7:00pm and should conclude at around 8:30pm. Recipients for awards will be notified closer to the date.
Lyndale parents will have the opportunity to sell their children’s books at the College on Saturday 12th of December 2009. All second hand texts will be sold in our Hall between 9:00 am – 12:00pm.
It is important to note that the school will charge each family a fee of $10:00 for this opportunity. All profits received will go to the College.
