Melrose High School is founded upon a tradition which encourages achievement in learning within a safe and friendly environment based on the values of Respect. The school aims to provide opportunities and support to develop students in the areas of intellectual, aesthetic, moral, emotional, physical and social growth.

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Families and Community Evening

Thank you to all our wonderful families who continue to support our students to be successful at Melrose High School. Teachers at Melrose genuinely appreciate the partnership we have with parents and carers, and we know how important it is for you to be involved in your child’s learning.

To continue building a positive partnership with families at Melrose, our team has organised a Families and Community Evening on Monday 17 September from 4.30-6.30pm  in the MHS Library with a presentation from Headspace. The evening is focused on mental health and connecting our families with both the Melrose team and local community services. Parents and carers are welcome to drop in at any time. 

4.30pm – Melrose Student Services Team  - come and meet the Year Coordinators, Youth Support Worker, School Psychologist, Indigenous Education Officer and Executive Team. 
5.30pm – Presentation from Headspace on student mental health. 
5:50pm – Community stalls for parents to connect with local support organisations including: Menslink, Woden Community Centre, PCYC, Gugan Gulwan, OneLink, Carers ACT, YMCA, Smith Family etc.
6:30pm – Evening concludes. 

We hope that this evening will help families to engage with these services. Remember that if you need support with your child, you are always welcome to contact their Year Coordinator. Additionally, I encourage you to sign up to attend our Parent/Teacher Night on Thursday.

If you are interested in attending, please email MelroseHS.Events@ed.act.edu.au  to help with catering; however, there is no need to RSVP. 

Posted on 13 Sep 2018

2018 ACT Public Education Awards

A reminder that nominations for the 2018 ACT Public Education Awards: Celebrating Excellence close this Friday 24 August 2018.

The Directors School Improvement encourage you to discuss these awards within your school community, networks, and nominate the people in your school who are going above and beyond their expected duties to make a real difference to the lives of students and the school community. As you know, these awards provide an important opportunity to showcase the great work happening in our schools, highlight achievements and recognise contributions to our system.

Further information including the online nomination form is available here http://www.det.act.gov.au/teaching_and_learning/act_public_education_awards.

For further information or to request assistance with the online form please contact the Workforce Strategy team on 6205 4360 or email EducationAwards@act.gov.au.

Posted on 21 Aug 2018

QCity and Transborder Bus service updates

Please note the schedule of changes to school bus service route numbers for services which operate to and from Melrose High School which will come into effect from Monday 3rd September 2018. 
These changes are being implemented to improve the provision of consistent, accurate and easily identifiable bus services across regional New South Wales and improve customer access to current transport information. 
The naming and numbering of school routes will be updated as detailed on the Schedule of School Route Service Changes attached.  
In addition, a full listing of the new school route numbers will be available on the Qcity Transit website, www.qcitytransit.com.au prior to the changes coming into effect on the 3rd September 2018. 
During a transition period of one month, all school bus services will display the current/old bus number and the new bus number to ensure students and teacher can clearly identify them.

Further queries can be directed to the Qcity Transit website, call Qcity Transit on (02) 6299 3722 or contact TfNSW directly on 131500.

 

Current Bus No.

New Bus No.

AM/PM

Coming From (AM)/Going To (PM):

6

831

AM

Queanbeyan Interchange

54

S163

AM

Tharwa Rd and Jerrabomberra

93

93

AM

Uriarra Village

3

831

PM

Queanbeyan Interchange

54

S175

PM

Jerrabomberra, North Terrace and Tharwa Rd

94

94

PM

Uriarra Village

Posted on 21 Aug 2018

Link to Student Satisfaction Survey

Please use your Student Number to access the survey

https://acteducation.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1EQcAgBMFVfkxYV 

School Code: MLRH 

Posted on 15 Aug 2018

School Satisfaction Survey

2018 School Satisfaction Survey - Information for Parents and Carers

The 2018 School Satisfaction Surveys will be conducted from 14 August to 3 September 2018. Parents and carers, school staff and students (in years 5 to 12) will be asked to participate in these important surveys. The survey results will contribute to school research and improvement processes.  Although the survey is voluntary, we hope you will want to participate. It won’t take much of your time and will help us improve our school for your child and future students. A letter or email about the parent and carer survey will be sent to you in August. The key ACT results from the 2017 School Satisfaction Surveys have been published on the Education Directorate website (www.education.act.gov.au) and a summary of our school results is provided in our 2017 School Board Report.

Student Surveys will be conducted online during class time in August. The survey results will contribute to our school improvement processes and will also be used in public interest research projects and longitudinal studies aimed at improving the quality of services in the ACT.

The survey includes general satisfaction items together with the school climate module, which covers relationships with other students and teachers, connection to the school, student well-being and engagement in learning. This module is part of a longitudinal study being conducted in partnership with researchers at the Australian National University. Student identification numbers will be used at the start of the survey to confirm the identity of students and to enable survey responses to be linked over time and with administrative and performance data. Linking data in this way will help researchers to assess the relationship between improvements in school climate and educational outcomes and enable a more informative understanding of patterns over time. No personal information will be provided to any school or college.

The Australian National University and the Education Directorate will handle all personal information in accordance with the Territory Privacy Principles set out in the Information Privacy Act 2014. Details about how personal information is stored and used are available in our Privacy Policy (available at http://education.act.gov.au).
The participation of all students in years 5 to 12 will be extremely useful and valuable in finding out what we do well and where we can improve. The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.
If having read the information above you do not want your child/ren to participate in this voluntary survey please contact the front office (frontoffice@melrosehs.act.edu.au ) by 12 pm, 13 August 2018 so that we can exclude them from the survey.

Posted on 10 Aug 2018

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