ICU READ May - ISIK College

Dear Parents and Students,Principal's MessageWelcome to another issue full of activities and updates. I will try to highlight just some ofthem.Our Parents and Friends Association should be commended for their tireless hard work.Their Mothers' Day stall and raffle draw were both very exciting. Also, the Associationhas recently begun offering a traditional Ebru Course which looks very promising, withfourteen people already taking part.“PFA...commended fortheir tireless hard work”“PFA...keen to get moreparents involved in the lifeof our school”“when students see thattheir parents areinvolved...they come tounderstand that theirparents value and takepride in the school”The PFA has also organised a Parents' Seminar titled “Supporting Your Son to Succeed”to be held on Thursday 4th June. The presenters will include Serife Ucar (SchoolCounsellor), Mr Suleyman Kor (Deputy Principal – Curriculum) and Mr Adrian Verga(English Teacher and Avid Readers' Club Coordinator). On the following Friday, 5thJune, there will be a very special event for parents: a “Ladies Night” designed to helprelieve our mothers of their busy, stressful daily routines.Our PFA is very keen to get more parents involved in the life of our school. Recently,invitations were sent to parents, coordinators and pastoral care teachers of students invarious year levels to come together and share in “Year Level Breakfasts.” It has beenwonderful to feel part of the large ISIK College family as the PFA aims to be our parents'voice. Of course, the Association hopes to see even more parents sharing theresponsibility of organising and preparing these breakfasts. I strongly advise you toattend all PFA activities because when students see that their parents are involved inactivities, they come to understand that their parents value and take pride in the school.Our school celebrated the 19th May Sports & Youth Festival with an athletics day atEdwardes Lake Park. Students enjoyed the day of sporting competition. The day'shighlights were the teachers' 100m sprint and the final race between the fastest studentsfrom all year levels. I congratulate Mr Matthew Wakefield and Mustafa Dincer for comingfirst in each of these respective races. Thank you to Mr Ahmed Rajab (SportsCoordinator) for organising this enjoyable day and to Mr Ilker Karagozoglu for assistingwith the sausage sizzle.Our annual Open Day was held on 24th May. I would like to thank members of eachdepartment for making themselves readily available and for the wonderful andinformative displays they created.Our VCE students have had their second Careers Day this year. These events continueto be one of the greatest sources of information for students in VCE. Once again I thankMr Ahmad Helou and Mr Louie Traikovski for sacrificing their time in putting this daytogether so successfully.Perhaps the most significant event in May for our Campus was the six-yearly audit by theVRQA (Victorian Registration & Qualification Authority). Three inspectors spent theentire day reviewing all the school's protocols, procedures and policies including studentenrolments, curriculum, staff registrations and working with children checks and thebuilding and facilities. We look forward to receiving their positive report shortly.“wish...students all thebest for theirupcoming...exams”ICU Read 2In our April issue, I unfortunately neglected to welcome our new staff member MrMehmet Dogan who has been teaching Unit 3&4 Accounting. I am sure his addition toour Humanities Department has strengthened its caliber.I would like to wish all year 12 students a very successful midyear VCE exam period. Iwould also like to wish our years 7 to 11 students all the best for their upcoming semesterexams.See you in the next issue.