Taking care of business
Diamond Valley Leader (October 21 2009)
YEAR 11 students from Eltham College have used their business smarts for a good cause. The students set up their own in-school businesses with profits donated to charity as part of Business Management studies. The project saw them managing their own small businesses from its inception right through to checking final balance sheets. Read more...
Surely there's a better test
The Age, VIC (October 12 2009)
By Alexandra Adornetto, ELTHAM Year 12 student
As the final weeks of my schooling draw to a close and exams loom, I find myself reflecting on the past six years of my secondary education only to realise that many questions are still unanswered. How have I been shaped by my learning experiences? What skills have I developed that are valuable and transferable in the workplace? What lessons have I learned about the value of education? Read more...
Miss write
The Age, VIC (October 12 2009)
At 17, Alexandra Adornetto is already a veteran author of a popular children's trilogy, with another three books on the way. This is quite a feat for the teenage whiz who wrote her first book The Shadow Thief at 13, simply because she was bored during the summer school holidays. Read more...
Down to the river...
A kayaker is up the creek with a paddle
Heidelberg & Diamond Valley Weekly (September29 2009)
Olympian Warwick Draper was no child sporting prodigy, but he learned fast. The 32-year-old was in Year 9 when he discovered kayaking and took to it like a duck to water.
'I started at school, at ELTHAM College,' he explains. “The first time I did it was at a school camp in Year 9. I realised I really liked it and progressed in it quite quickly. So I got into the school’s development squad and went on to make the (junior) world championship team in Year 11 and 12.' Read more...
Can't Be Beaten
Herald Sun, VIC (August 29 2009)
Two Eltham College footballers have claimed a unique achievement – and it looks like one that will be hard to beat. Lachlan Hooper and Tyler Scarce are year 12 students at the College and say they have gone through their high school footy lives without losing a game. Read more...
Paddling Against the Current
Heidelberg & Diamond Valley Weekly, VIC (August 11 2009)
A champion kayaker is certainly not up the creek. Five years ago, when Eltham North resident Alistair Anderson tried kayaking for the first time, it was just another activity to keep him busy. Now, the 17-year-old Eltham College student trains with a two-time Olympian and is seen as one of the rising stars on the Australian sports scene. Read more...
VCE awards
Diamond Valley Leader, VIC (29 July 2009)
Five Diamond Valley students are among 308 VCE graduates from 2008 to be honoured in the Premier’s VCE awards. They are Brett Way of Eltham High School for outdoor and environmental studies, James Neil of St Helena Secondary College for furnishing, Eltham College’s Aidan McDonald for music industry skills, Kelsie Nabben for hospitality and Fiona Tansley for equine industry.
Toe-tal cultural exchange
Heidelberg & Diamond Valley Weekly, VIC (26 May 2009)
Gloria Jingair from Wadeye in the Northern Territory teaches ELTHAM College student Miranda Deylen how to create delicate fibre-craft pieces by hooking them onto her toes. Jingair travelled to Melbourne with seven other artists and eight students last week to take up a week-long artists-in-residency program at the school. Read more...
Eyes cast on French experience
Diamond Valley Leader, VIC (29 April 2009)
The gastronomic experience of a lifetime beckons for an Eltham apprentice chef who is a finalist in a statewide cookery competition. Matthew Carnell, a second-year apprentice at Eltham’s Mercers Restaurant, is one of six finalists in the 2009 Thierry Marx Career Development Award run by Restaurant and Catering Victoria. Read more...
Samara comes to grips with top-crop reality
Diamond Valley Leader, VIC (18 March 2009)
Getting the snip for charity turned out to be a lot scarier than Samara Violani anticipated. Samara, 9, had raised a whopping $2500 for the World’s Greatest Shave Event at Eltham College last Thursday but in return she had to lose her long, brown locks. Read more...
Joint shows promising treats
Albany Advertiser (Western Australia) March 2009
With the Perth International Arts Festival coming to a close, it is reassuring to know that more cultural treats are in store for Albany with two public performances scheduled for early April.
For the very first time, music students from Eltham College of Education in Melbourne are coming to perform with Great Southern Grammar students and local community musicians. Read more...
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