House debates

Monday, 23 February 2015

Statements by Members

Shortland Electorate: School Leaders

4:16 pm

Photo of Jill HallJill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Last Friday, the state member for Charlestown and I hosted a morning tea for high-school captains, vice-captains and prefects in our electorates. We were overwhelmed by the maturity and insight of these young people, and their ability to understand the issues that are important not only in their school community but in the community as a whole.

We had students from Cardiff High School, Hunter Sports High School, Kotara High School, Warners Bay High School and Whitebridge High School; and Warners Bay deputy principal Neil Best. The students were Sara Woodbridge, Dalton Yates, Jacqueline Edwards, Kurt Lawther, Molitoni Nasilai, Paige Davies, Ben Fleming, Ellen Frohlich, Jacquie Willing, Tom Gordon, Drew Worthington, Ellen Richards, Brody Wilson, Chloe Frizzel, Gemma Morgan, Michael Sturn, Joshua Turnbull, Bowen Parnell and Courtney Parnell.

I cannot emphasise enough how well these young students understand what being school leaders means and the importance of the role that they play within the school in connecting students and teachers, and leading that school throughout 2015.