Newsletter Mount Eliza Secondary College

Year 9 Community Minded-Ware
Term 4 at Mt Eliza Secondary College is the Community Service
term where Year 9 students go out into the community and offer
their assistance and time to various community organisations.
However, this year, Mindware students have had a real focus on
being Community minded and have assisted and been part of
many organisations where they have offered their skills, time and
a willingness to help others.
The Mount Eliza Neighbourhood Centre has played an important
role in inducting our students into the world of charity and
community under the wonderful guidance of manager, Marilyn
Pelman. Marilyn has been overwhelmingly helpful and
supportive, in showing our students the need for community
based activities and charity, throughout the entire year.
All Year 9 students visited the Neighbourhood Centre earlier in
the year where they were shown the activities provided by the
Centre and told about the need to be community-minded.
Students used their Individual Project work to organise and
present an Italian Meal for a disadvantaged group as well as a
“Kid’s Cafe ” for a playgroup at the centre.
4 students assisted the elderly during Senior’s Week, with
computer and ipad usage and throughout Term 4, half a dozen
students, over 6 weeks, will assist more people at the Centre in
bingo, bowling and computers. Marilyn and the Neighbourhood
Centre have been an integral part of Mindware this year and a
part of our students’ lives and interests. It has been a remarkable
relationship and very much appreciated by the Mindware Office.
The students have leapt at every invitation offered by Marilyn
and this has been great to see.
Another amazing relationship and extraordinary experience the
Mindware team has been involved with is the Mt Eliza CFA. With the eagerness and willingness to be part of the
Mindware Program, Karen Wands from the CFA, has designed programs that our students have enthusiastically
participated in throughout this year. Over 50 students have participated in “mini” CFA programs, highlighting to the
students the work of the CFA and the need to foster community awareness and volunteering. Once again, our students
have found such programs interesting and incredibly worthwhile.
We have also had over 50 students participate in the Iconnect Program, organised by Youth Worker, Sarah De Neef
through the Mornington Shire Council. Here 3 separate groups of students have worked, as a team, on a community
based program, under Sarah’s guidance, as well as, many other community members.
Mindware students have raised money for Cambodia through a Community Skate Competition, held a sausage sizzle at
Mount Eliza Safeways for the Children’s Hospital, worked on Sports Programs at Moorooduc, Mt Eliza and Mt Eliza
North Primary schools, as well as conducting the Youth Forum for the Shire at all Peninsula high schools. Our students
are giving their time and their skills at all the Salvation Army stores in Mt Eliza and Mornington, at the Moonlit
Sanctuary and School Camps at the Briars and Manyung.
Our Year 9 students have been out there all year (and are still at it) working in the community, helping the community
and displaying such incredible maturity, selflessness and thoughtfulness. They should be thanked and congratulated
for their wonderful contributions. The Mindware students of 2012 have been nothing but outstanding in their
willingness to embrace the idea of charity and community-mindedness and the Mindware Office (and the school) is
very, very proud of them.
Congratulations Year 9 for all your amazing assistance to the Community and all delivered with a smile.
Paula Harris, Mindware Coordinator & Lynette Sherman , Mindware Assistant
“Our School Raffle 2012”
We would like to thank all parents, students, staff and
community members who supported our major fundraising
activity for this year. Our participation in the Scouts Australia
“Our School Raffle 2012” was a great success with Mount Eliza
Secondary College being named the one of the highest ticket
selling schools – 5 th out of 255 schools!
Mount Eliza Secondary College raised $3200 towards building
projects that include the final fit-out of the VET Music Centre
and modernisation of existing classrooms. Congratulations to
our highest ticket book sellers Grace Schultz 7D who received
an iPad and Sarah Rogers 8A who received an iPod Dock.
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