Archive for May, 2006

Wongutha praised in Parliament

Published by
shayne
at 17May06 in blog. Closed

The school recently has a visit from [Brendon Grylls MLA][1], the leader of the Western Australian National Party.

Mr Grylls was able to have a look around the school and see how things are done. He was so pleased with what he saw that he used the end of his speaking time in Parliament during the budget right-of-reply to bring the work here to the attention of his parliamentary colleagues.

I have quoted from his speech below, but the entire speech is available on [Hansard][2].

> We talk about indigenous education, and the Wongutha CAPS is a wonderful model… It is an absolutely wonderful example of educating indigenous kids, and getting it right… [The students] are absolutely loving it… It beats me why kids in the north have to travel all the way to Esperance to access a boarding school education. Why we do not have schools like Wongutha CAPS in Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek and Karratha defies me. It is working fantastically well.

[1]: http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembers/418355481E1F490048256B14001BCA31?Opendocument
[2]: http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/NFS/33e345278dacbf6348257173001aeb87?OpenDocument&highlight=0,wongutha


Staff changes

Published by
shayne
at 14May06 Uncategorizedin . Closed

This year we have said “goodbye” to:

Annie Dabb, girls’ hostel manager for four years. Annie is a grandmother and has gone to a less stressful life in Esperance and takes a community group for bootscooting.

Murray Smith was school mechanic and mechanics teacher for four years. Murray is now working at Esperance 4×4 Centre.

And “hello and welcome” to:

Eva and Mark Jetta have come from Pingelly. Eva is the girls Hostel supervisor and Mark works on the CDEP team.

Sarah and Brad Slater and family have come from Brookton and work on the CDEP team.

Sasha Morrison has come from Perth and also joined the CDEP team.