Fort Street High School
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<strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Street</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Parents & Citizens Association<br />
Minutes of meeting, Wednesday 10 August 2011<br />
Chair:<br />
Ian Reid<br />
Minutes: Roslyn Bell, Co-secretary<br />
Present: Rod Lander, Jane Bell, Hao-xu Lu, Nadia Savige, Naga Somasun, Helen<br />
Mackintosh, Eithan Smek, Deborah Thompson, Wendy Yang, Jennifer Suen, Linda Yan, Ian<br />
Palmer, Eva Wu, Bem Le Hunte, Jan Golembiewski, Paul Hsu, Isa Tse, D Vassil, Phil Cornell,<br />
Philip Ma, Prasad Srivastan, Hyeen Yoo, David Iceton, James Anthony, Martin Lancaster, Van<br />
Hieu Nguyen, Mark Mercer, Annabel Palfreeman, Jonathan Chen, Susie Connor, Steve<br />
Thackway, Thomas Kuo, Ian Reid, Roslyn Bell<br />
<strong>School</strong> Staff: Mr Brett Scovell, Chris Kemp<br />
Apologies – Marianne Mullaly, Sarah Foster,<br />
Meeting started at 7.35pm.<br />
1.0 Welcome<br />
Ian Reid welcomed everyone to the meeting.<br />
.<br />
2.0 Previous minutes<br />
The minutes of the meeting of Wednesday 1 June 2011 were carried and accepted by<br />
Jane Bell and seconded by Ian Reid.<br />
Suzy to action Point 5.<br />
3.0 HSC and ATAR.Presentation by Mr Brett Scovell This presentation is on the <strong>School</strong><br />
website.<br />
Main points:<br />
Your <strong>School</strong> does not affect your HSC mark.<br />
HSC mark is made up of 50% Assessment and 50%from Exam mark. .<br />
UAI – marks best of 10 units. ( 2 unit English + 8 remaining units).<br />
4.0 Principal’s Report by Deputy Principal Ms Kemp<br />
-Term 3 – inspirational talk by Li Cunxin, author of Mao’s Last Dancer
- Year 7 places have been offered for 2012<br />
- Staff changes – Mr Gaskin, Mrs Campbell, Ms Quirk retiring<br />
- Aircraft Noise update – Rowe Buildling re roofed, Kilgour rooms completed in Term 4.<br />
- Congratulations made to Students who achieved awards – refer June Mercurius<br />
- Strategic planning taking place for 2012-2014 with draft plan to be presented at Sept P & C<br />
- Calendar 2012 proposed P & C events needed in next 2 weeks.<br />
- <strong>School</strong> Certificate – this is the last year for this exam.<br />
- National Curriculum for 2013 has been delayed by NSW until 2014<br />
5.0 – President’s report<br />
HSC Visual Arts to be on 16 August at 5.30pm., followed by HSC Drama performance at<br />
6.30pm<br />
Meeting ended 9.20pm.<br />
Next meeting is at 7.30pm on Wed 14 Sept 2011 in <strong>School</strong> library.
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