Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Ashwood electorate schools

Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (10:50): It was great to welcome the Premier down to Ashwood High School a couple of weeks ago when we had a look at the fantastic new STEAM and research centre that is nearing completion. A huge thanks and shout-out to principal Dr Brett Moore, assistant principal Meg McLellan and executive assistant Donna Mineo, as well as the terrific student captains Sebastian Millan, Carol Yuan and Stephanie Millan for showing us around. I was delighted to drop into some of the classrooms with the Premier and see all the hard work the students are doing. That school is really a testament to the work that our teachers and our hardworking education staff do every day.

While on the topic of my local schools I also want to acknowledge the fantastic work our youth advisory committee is doing. The Ashwood youth advisory program is an initiative we started last year for the Mount Waverley electorate and have continued this year. The committee is made up of a terrific group of students from schools across the electorate, including Ashwood High School, Mount Waverley Secondary College, Salesian College, Avila College and Huntingtower School. I would also like to acknowledge the 13 students on the committee: Lily Shields, Melita Davis, Tharul Perera, Daniel Liang, Jocelyn Seager, Stanley Lu, Thomas Maguire-Nguyen, Abel Ebi Joseph, Yunai Lutfi, Fatema Sajid, Wesley Pryor, Sarika Pandher and Jagraj Pandher. It was a pleasure to meet with them, and I tell you what: the future is bright when these kids come and take over the office – and we can listen to a lot they say.