Year 12 Student, Leith Stevens, was recently named the Positive Image Ambassador for the Esperance school district in a competition run by the Office for Children and Youth, after being nominated for the award by the staff at Wongutha.
The Positive Image Award was developed to recognise secondary school students who promote a positive image of young people within their school or wider community, and is open to all secondary students currently enrolled in a school within Western Australia.
Leith has chosen hostel staff member Steve Morisson to accompany him to Perth next month to attend a Special Reward Day.
This includes breakfast at Parliament House with the Minister for Youth, a visit to Scitech, a picnic lunch, followed by a latest release movie and twilight sail aboard the STS Leeuwin.
Congratulations to Leith, an appropriately named Positive Image Ambassador.
Congratulations to Tarisha McGinty, Leryan Costaine and Leith Stevens, who passed their driver’s test today.
Passing this test gives them their “Blue Ls”. They now have to perform and log 25 hours of supervised driving before taking their hazard test and getting their licence and “P-plates”.
Well done.
Wongutha’s sister school, [Coolgardie CAPS][1] is celebrating its 25th anniversary today until Tuesday.
Coolgardie was the first CAPS school, founded in 1981 (refered to [here][2] in relation to Wongutha’s history), and Wongutha joined the CAPS family in 1990.
There will be much thanksgiving and celebrating in Coolgardie this weekend, including the opening of new buildings by Federal Education Minister [Julie Bishop][3].
Wongutha students and staff are travelling to Coolgardie to join in the celebrations.
[1]: http://www.aics.wa.edu.au/content/theschools/info/caps_coolgardie.shtm?14
[2]: http://wonguthacaps.wa.edu.au/?page_id=19#caps
[3]: http://www.julie-bishop.com/
Students at the school were visited today by staff from the [Esperance Community Health Centre][1].
Being [World Diabetes Day][2] today, they were here to educate the students about diabetes, its symptoms and management, and how they can give themselves the best opportunity of avoiding it later in life.
Rather than being a dry boring lecture, we were treated to a live drama with actors, costumes and everything. An excellent way to learn!
Further reading:
1. Facts sheets at [Diabetes Australia][5]
2. [Diabetes Australia - WA][6]
3. [GI is now the buzz for diabetes management][4]
4. [Get fit, not fat, and avoid diabetes][3]
[More photos...][7]
[1]: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/services/detail.cfm?Unit_ID=54
[2]: http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/
[3]: http://www.castletownchemist.com/?p=85 “Get fit, not fat, and avoid diabetes”
[4]: http://www.castletownchemist.com/?p=41 “GI is now the buzz for diabetes management”
[5]: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/fact_sheets/index.html
[6]: http://www.dawa.asn.au/
[7]: http://wonguthacaps.wa.edu.au/photos/tags/visitors
Multiple staff vacancies have opened up from the 2007 school year.
1. Literacy Teachers
2. Metal Trades Teacher ([click here][1] for more information on the course)
3. Hostel supervisors
Browse the site for information about the school, and please [contact Linda][2] in administration if you would like an application pack.
[1]: http://wonguthacaps.wa.edu.au/pdfs/metal.pdf
[2]: http://wonguthacaps.wa.edu.au/?page_id=21
