你属于这里
Principal Ashleigh Martin (pictured below with our 2022 School Co-Captains) reflected on the 2022 School year
in the latest edition of our School community magazine Labora.
The most powerful statement we can make to any person in our Caulfield Grammar School Community is ‘You belong here’. Something that is no longer taken for granted is how special it is to come together, celebrating the uniqueness of who we are and what our students bring to our School. Speech Night 2022 was a marker of ‘place’, with our Senior School community back together again – in the one place – to celebrate the Class of 2022.
12年级的450名学生中，每个人都有自己的故事。有的令人鼓舞，有的令人心碎，有的学生对自己的时光有些矛盾，还有的学生在我校的时光决定了他们的命运。没有哪个故事比其他故事更重要。
今年，我们所有人有时都感到心情沉重，仍然笼罩在过去两年的不确定性和令人不安的回忆之中。我们的社区在寻求节奏、常规和希望，而我们的 2022 届学生提供了这些--将激情、个性和位置带回了我们的校园--领导了那些定义我们学生体验的标志性活动，并以身作则，让每一个年轻学生都关注他们。观看、模仿和向往。
虽然 2022 届学生是今年学校文化的晴雨表，但我们社区的所有人都在塑造学校的现在和未来方面发挥了自己的作用。
文化不是既定的，而是塑造出来的。我们将继续关注文化，在 141 年的历史长河中弘扬个性和选择。这是一种艺术性的平衡。在尊重过去的同时，也要认识到今天的学校必须从五年前、十五年前和五十年前不断发展。
It isn’t easy. We want our students to rise to the standards expected of them at Caulfield Grammar School because they WANT to, not because they HAVE to. We aspire to be a school where there is pride in everything we do, not for external validation, but because it’s intrinsically driven. Small things get noticed. What’s walked past. What’s celebrated.
Decades of personal and collective efforts have built Caulfield Grammar School to the School we are today. Great schools stand for something. We all have an accountability to uphold our standards and rise and aspire to them. Every school in the country is going through a period of introspection. What defines them post-COVID? What schools have responded? What schools are still stuck in the mire? We know who we are. Our Values and our Purpose are strong. We are a school where academic success is vital to us, but it is not the sole purpose of why we exist.
在我们的学校里，男女同校是我们一切工作的重中之重，我们满怀激情地努力为所有人找到公平的平衡点。在我们的学校，机会的广度和深度是我们的基础。我们的学校文化来之不易，独一无二。
我们不能忘记什么是重要的。相对于看似重要的东西，什么才是真正重要的。我确实经历过无数次的不适和反省。作为成长的先决条件，我需要对自己的心态进行总结并承担个人责任，接受来自我信任的人的善意的真相，并在不同的时候向内反思，从而变得更加强大，更加专注于重要的事情。
The vocation of education, the heart of great schools, is helping others be better. Our students need alignment of values, consistency and the kind truth – at home and at school. Teachers with students, teachers with parents, parents for our community, staff to staff, and students to students. We all have the opportunity to lead. Working in education is a rewarding profession and the fire has to burn. I acknowledge all Caulfield Grammar School staff for keeping the fire burning and for bringing the quality of care to every interaction.
We look forward to 2023 with optimism, with exciting developments in our learning programs delivering on the ‘Innovative Learning Opportunities’ Strategic Goal. Taking a smarter approach to what a school day looks like for our Secondary School students, along with some enhancements in aspects of our Junior School learning program to provide continued alignment in the Junior to Secondary learning journey, this revitalisation elevates even further our outstanding Caulfield Grammar School education, and finds that sweet spot between academic success and whole-child development.
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