Scotch Reports Issue 164 (December 2015)

The New Team in Boarding
Starting in 2016, we are going to have a new
leadership structure in the Rosevear Boarding
House, with Kara Cleary taking on the position
of Head of Girls Boarding and David Scholz
taking up the role of Head of Boys Boarding.
Kara will be assisted by Susie Grabham (’86)
and David will be assisted by Sam Prior.
The selection process for the Heads of
Girls and Boys Boarding involved a field
of 42 applicants, psychometric testing for
those successful in the early rounds, 2 sets
of interviews, tours of the school and the
Rosevear Boarding facility, encounters with
boarding students, boarding parents and
staff, and reference checking. In their second
interviews, each of the staff applying for
the two senior positions were challenged to
propose how we take our very good boarding
provision and make it the best in the country.
Both Kara and David gave us very ambitious
plans as to how our boarding might enhance
the education of our boarders beyond what is
possible in the day school.
We have already made a superb start here
with not only a high quality of pastoral care
but also the very well received Boarders’
Enrichment Programme, which is due to
expand in 2016.
Scotch College would like to
deeply thank Graham and Gill
Duffy for all that they have brought
to boarding in their time at
Scotch and to wish Graham well
as he takes up his new post at
Pembroke College.
We also remain deeply grateful
to Suzanne Farrington for her
sure and profoundly caring
guardianship of the girls during
this interregnum.
John Newton
Principal
Kara Cleary
Kara Cleary joins Scotch from Ballarat
Grammar School where she is currently
Assistant Head of the Boarding House
and Head of PE. She also manages
BGS’s association with Round Square
- an international collective of schools.
Kara has also served in boarding roles
in the UK and brings with her a wealth
of energy and experience with a
personal touch.
David Scholz
David Scholz is already well known to
Scotch and to our boarding life. He has
shown real skill in managing short term
roles as Head of Middle School and
Director of Student Wellbeing, but his
heart was always in boarding and we are
delighted that his caring manner, fine
personal skills and depth of management
experience will be available to the boy
boarders from next year.
Sam Prior
Sam Prior has been an important
part of the Boarding team since 2011
and has been passionate about the
Boarding Program and the boys in
his care since he arrived at Scotch. In
addition to being a qualified teacher, he
also finds time to coach basketball
Susie Grabham
Susie Grabham (’86) comes from a long
line of Scotchies and is both a past and
current parent. She has most recently
been deeply involved in teaching in
the Scotch ELC and the Grabham and
Bone families have been long time
supporters of the College.
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