October 31, 2011
Taken from The Express
SIR Joseph Banks High School welcomed its first Aboriginal vice-captain as one of four student leaders next year.
Josephine Zarka is the first Aboriginal student to be made a student leader at the school.
But she is not alone in representing the cultural diversity of the school’s student population.
Captains Maverick Faamatuainu and Zainab Mehanna are of Samoan and Lebanese extraction, respectively, while Josephine’s fellow vice-captain, Mohamad Bazzi, is also of Lebanese extraction.
Student engagement officer Stuart Davidson said Josephine’s appointment, as with all captains, was based entirely on merit.
“Not only is she a great leader but she is perform- ing within the top three (students) in all of her subjects,” he said.
“This is a massive credit to her and her family.”
Nevertheless, he said the appointment of an Aboriginal student leader was a landmark moment for Sir Joseph Banks High School.
He also praised the efforts and leadership of the other three leaders.
Mr Davidson said their separate heritages were a reflection of Bankstown’s “melting pot” culture.
“All of these students represent the diversity of the community in Bankstown,” Mr Davidson said.
“They have all been model students for the school and are representing their communities exceptionally well.”
Sir Joseph Banks High School was founded in 1960.
Principal Brad Mitchell said the school faculty was proud of the fact that its students came from many different cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
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September 20, 2011
School Captains
Zainab Mehanna and Maverick Faamatuainu
Vice Captains
Josephine Zarka and Mohammed Bazzi
Prefects
Chloe Murray
Andrew Hunter
Ivy Ngo
Wassim Jawhra
Sophia Repousis
Hussein Haydar
Sana Mahmoud
Mahdi Hussain
Please congratulate these students when you see them. They will be presented with their badges at the Year 12 assembly.
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September 20, 2011
Class Winners – click here to view their works.
Best in Year 7 7E Languages, Ms Majed – Music Video
Best in Year 8 8E Drama, Ms Stajcic – Video”UnderJelly”
Best in Year 9 English, Ms Rairibi – Presi “Youth Culture”
Best in Year 10 Food Tech, Ms Battung – Video, “New Cake with cream”
Best in Year 11 Visual Arts, Ms Mitic/Ms Stajcic – Video Slide show, Aboriginal Enrichment Day
Best in Years 11/12 Food Tech – Video Slide Show “A day at Ready Steady Cook”
Individual/Group Winners – Click here to view their works
Year 7 Alvin Santhosh and Pejwok Allahyar – Game design
Year 8 Daniel Turay – Game
Year 9 Khalid Hageobeid – Powerpoint “Obesity”
Year 10 Nikki Nguyen – Stop motion animation “Penguin Journey”
Year 11 Jan Paolo de Guzman – 3D Animation
Special Projects – Click here to view
History, Ms Hawke – Anzac Day
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September 19, 2011
Josephine Zarka and Andrew Hunter of Year 11 have been selected from an Australia-wide field to undertake one week’s experience at Parliament House in Canberra. The ‘Learn, Earn, Legend Program’ provides leadership opportunities for Aboriginal students and Josie and Andrew will be great ambassadors for the school during their week in the Nation’s capital in mid September.
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September 19, 2011
Public Education
Congratulations go to Wassim Jahwra in Year 11 who has been chosen to represent Sir Joseph Banks High School as our 2011 Public Education Ambassador. Wassim represents all that is good about our public schools, being a polite, determined and extremely respectful young man who has enjoyed the leadership opportunities the Ambassadors Program has given him. Both his family and the school are very proud of him.
Read more in ISSUE 5 Banksia Bulletin here
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October 27, 2010
Dear Friends of Sir Joseph Banks High School
I am writing to thank all of you for the contribution you made to our 50th Anniversary celebrations during September. Both the Cocktail Party and the Open Day were hugely successful events, with large numbers of you going ‘back to Joeys’ and sharing treasured memories with old friends. The Open Day also marked the opening our new ‘Language Centre’ and the dedication of the new Science labs to the memory of Jack Pollock. Jack’s family have also very kindly donated a substantial amount to fund a scholarship to enable an outstanding Year 12 student to study Science at university every year. We thank them for their generosity.
‘Semper Ardore – A History of Sir Joseph Banks High School’ proved to be very popular and we are about to do another print run. If you would like to order a book, an order form is available from our website, please contact the school during the next few weeks so your copy can be secured.
Finally, many SJBHS Alumni expressed the desire to continue their involvement with the school beyond the 50th celebrations. If you wish to play a part in ‘Joey Banks’ next 50 years, please contact the school at sirjosephb-h.School@det.nsw.edu.au or by phone on (02) 9773 6054. Whether it be a financial commitment to help purchase library books or sporting equipment or the offer to run workshops or activities with our students, it would all be greatly appreciated and would provide a lasting reminder of our fantastic 50th!
It was great to meet so many of you.
Kind Regards
Brad Mitchell
Principal
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