Forward July 2015 | Page 46

PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL Student leadership in the Preparatory School 2015 “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc Being elected as a Student Leader in the Preparatory School is a tremendous honour, a privilege, a wonderful opportunity to make a difference – however one can never overlook the challenges this opportunity presents our young leaders. They realise that they will constantly be tried and tested as they fulfil their obligations and duties across the year. We have significant expectations of our young leaders – we have confidence in each student leader that they can be respected by all, are always ready to set a positive example to their peers, are willing to lead by placing service above self, that they show a keen interest in the School as a whole and are committed to being a servant of our School and importantly, their peers. In November of each year, our Year 4 to 6 students have the opportunity to elect the School Captain, Head Boy and Head Hannah, William and Joshua. 46 Girl for the following year – these roles are announced at our Annual Prize Giving in a meaningful ceremony, where the outgoing leaders congratulate the incoming leaders and wish them well for the year that lies ahead. At our Prize Giving in December 2014 we were proud to announce that our 2015 Preparatory School Captain was William Hutson, our Head Boy Joshua Cox and our Head Girl Hannah Dell. Early in the year our Year 4 to 6 students, together with staff, cast their votes for the new Councillors of our School – who would join William, Joshua and Hannah as our new Student Leadership group for 2015. At our Councillor, Specialist Captains, Quarter Captains and Monitors Induction Service held in Priestley Hall we were delighted to induct the following students as Preparatory School Councillors: Tahlia Davis, Orlando De Santis, Noah Dowe, Braydon Fernandes, Elijah Hewett, Patrick Kerman, Zoe Langtry, Rupert Lethbridge, Hannah MacLachlan, Rizvan Nair, Alexander Newcombe, Aidan Parfitt, Sarah Pinelli, Brayden Scully, Zoe Van Der Walt and Earl Wijayananda. The Quarter Captains are elected by Year 4 to 6 students in each Quarter, and these votes are analysed by Quarter Coordinators and Quarter staff. The following students were inducted as our 2015 Quarter Captains