This year Maroochydore High School was yet again given the opportunity to spend a week with our Japanese friends at Tono High School. The school’s biannual trip to Japan was again a great success with students returning home with new found friendships, new life experiences and renewed enthusiasm to learn Japanese.
Congratulations to the MSHS Opti Minds team which competed in the Social Science section of the competition recently. Team members, David Fensom, Tarni Kirkpartick, Brittany Stenton, (Yr 8) Emma Fenson (Yr9)Monica Dakin (Yr 10) and Facilitator Courtney Reardon (Yr12) were awarded Honours for their creative response to the Opti Minds Challenge.
The Maroochydore State High School Interhouse Athletics Carnival was held recently under clear blue skies after being postponed due to wet weather. Kingsford Smith house again overcame strong opposition to be overall House Champions. Hinkler house won the Boy’s Champion House trophy and Kinsford Smith the Girl’s Champion House trophy. The Spirit Bat, which is an award for house spirit was also won by Kingsford Smith.
Showing initiative and leadership paid dividends for Year 12 student, Tom Whitby recently, when he was one of only 26 students from 300 around Australia chosen to attend the Youth Science Forum in South Africa.
CHEER SQAUD PERFORMS AT ALL SCHOOLS CHEER CHAMPIONSHIP
On Wednesday August 6 our school Cheer Squad travelled to Brisbane to perform at the All Schools Cheer Championships. Consisting of Year 8 to Year 12 students, our squad performed exceptionally well given the experience they were up against on the night. The girls were an absolute delight to take away, and proved once again to be wonderful ambassadors for the school.
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