When nurturing excellence in the young people of the Senior School, it is important from time to time that we call them to a higher standard in areas in which we believe as a community we need to improve.
Over the course of the next few weeks, members of the Senior Leadership Team will be reminding students of the need to conduct themselves with excellence in the areas of personal presentation, maintaining a clean College environment and speaking with staff in a respectful manner. With personal presentation, we will be reminding students of the uniform requirements of the College as outlined in the student diary. These guidelines refer to many areas, but some important reminders at the moment will be in regards to wearing the College hats as part of the summer uniform, being clean shaven, not wearing fake nails and maintaining the jewellery, skirt length and hair cut guidelines. Student lockers have been made available again this year and all students have been supplied with a personally coded lock to use, which means that bags are no longer to be carried around the campus.
Our beautiful grounds provide a host of wonderful spaces for students and staff to enjoy their break times and it is a community responsibility to ensure that we keep the College in pristine condition. College staff have been asked to engage with students about uniform standards and keeping our campus clean and we expect students of Thomas Hassall Anglican College to be polite in their interactions with staff, just as they would in the classroom environment. The Graduate Aims which we hope to cultivate in every learner at the College include becoming an effective collaborator, an effective communicator, exercising self-regulation and being receptive.
These attributes are grown in young people just as they are with adults through experiencing life together responsibly in a loving community. Your continued support in preparing your children to be amenable to requests from staff in reference to following College guidelines is greatly appreciated and contribute to this College being the wonderful place that it is.