McKinnon Secondary College
Nick STAIKOS (Bentleigh) (11:02): It was a real treat recently to see McKinnon Secondary College’s year 12 theatre studies production of Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings. The subject matter was at times a bit heavy and at times a bit quirky, so it took a lot of skill for the students to present, but each and every one of them succeeded with flying colours and delivered compelling performances. Congratulations to students Ashley Blutman, Lani Hammam, Yvette Lipovetsky, Lena O’Hanlon, Bella Rubenstein, Aziz Sharipov, Hugo Tran, Tom Wever, Meirav Berger and Stefanie Panagiotopoulos; a big shout-out to the staff who were supporting them, production coordinator and director Lucy Angell and AV technician Michael Birkett; and another big shout-out to year 11 student Lulu Elliott, who operated the lighting. Congratulations to everyone on an amazing production.
As members of this house have heard me say many times in the past, McKinnon Secondary College is an outstanding school which I am proud is in my electorate of Bentleigh. It has been well supported by our government over the years, with the construction of the senior school centre at the main campus and then the stunning new east campus, which really has marked the next, exciting chapter in McKinnon’s continuing history, now under the leadership of new principal Michael Kan. I look forward to continuing my work with McKinnon and all the schools in the Bentleigh electorate to ensure that students have a first-class education.