AIME Day Four!

To celebrate the last day of the AIME program for 2013 students participated in an awards ceremony. All students that participated in the program received a certificate and a small gift. There was particular emphasis on the students that are completing year 12 this year.

This has been our first year as part of the AIME program and we are very excited to continue the partnership next year. We have found AIME to be a very supportive organisation that does everything it can to keep young people in the education system.

 

Our moment on the Edge

ADVANCE students have spent the semester helping out improving the school grounds and the gardens around the Bob Hawk centre in coburg that provides meals on wheels to the local community. As a reward they visited the the city this afternoon to participate in the Edge experience on the Eureka Skydeck, 300 meters above ground level.

We look forward to the next phase of the vegetable garden update as we begin planting the spring/summer crop in our new raised, irrigated no dig  garden beds.

Congratulations Brooke!

Yesterday we had the honour of accompanying Brooke to a scholarship ceremony at Victoria University. Brooke received a scholarship to assist her with her year 12 studies in 2014. Brooke has made a real commitment to her education and we are really proud of her!

Resource Smart AuSSI Vic Program

At the beginning of 2013 SRCS signed up to be a part of the Resource Smart AuSSI Vic Program. Resource Smart is a framework that provides practical support to schools to live and work more sustainability. We were successful in our application and have been working on the core module this year and it’s almost complete.

Over the next four years we will work through modules on energy, waster, water and biodiversity. We have been allocated a wonderful facilitator from CERES and she has provided us with the information and support that we need to work through the module.

The most exciting part of joining the program was the ability to apply for a grant to make SRCS more efficient in its use of finite resources. We recently found out we were successful in our application and a $10,000 grant is coming our way soon. Planet Savers will be coming to SRCS in the middle of November to do an energy audit with the students and help us put energy saving measures in place.

It has been an exciting year for SRCS with quite a few new initiatives up and running. Our participation in the Resource Smart Program is sure to help us become more sustainable in how we do things!!!!