As we near the end of term, I hope our school community is travelling well and have enjoyed a positive start to the school year.

Academic Excellence program

There have been lots of activites, events and excursions for our academic excellence program recently.  Our primary program is in full swing, with a welcome afternoon tea for parents, and applications and testing is already underway for the 2026 school intake.  Our students have participated in a range of seminars recently to support their learning.

Kalamunda Show

This will be held on Friday 11 April and Saturday 12April.  Our KSHS music students will be featured on Friday Night.

P&C fundraiser

The P&C will be running a secondhand book stall at the Kalamunda Show and are looking for donations of books.  These can be dropped off to the front office at the school.  If you are interested in helping out or want any further information please contact the P&C via email (kshspc.president@gmail.com) or contact the school on 92923 6400.

Parent Teacher meeting – change of date

Pleae be aware that our planned parent teacher meeting will now move to 30 April (Wed of Week 1 Term 2) due to parking restrictions starting 5pm Tuesday 8^th April.  There will be no access to the KPAC carparks or access via the oval gates from this time until 14^th April, impacting parking and drop off and pick up of students.

Leavers Jackets

Our Year 12s were very excited to see an early arrival of their Leavers Jackets in Week 6.  While the weather is still a little warm, they are looking forward to having these ready for the cooler weather to set in.

School photos

These are now completed with new photographers this year (Fotoworks) and we thank everyone involved in helping coordinating this.  This is our 2025 Year 12 group having their special photo.

P&C Canteen – Spriggy Schools

Just a reminder that the school canteen has changed their online ordering to a new system – Spriggy Schools.

P&C EAT program

Our wonderful P&C have been running their EAT (Ethnic and Traditional foods) program through the Healthways grant to introduce our school community to healthy snacks from different cultures.  They participated in the recent Year 7 Information evening along with complementing our Harmony day activities recently.

Partnership with Kalamunda Secondary Education Support Centre

Recently our Year 12 Certificate in Sport and Recreation students participated in running the Kalability Cricket Carnival for Education Support Centres across Perth.  They umpired and officiated the games accommodating the modified rules.  We received such positive feedback on how well they conducted themselves and it is a credit to our students and staff.

Hyperfest

In Week 6 we were treated to a special lunchtime concert as part of Hyperfest with Mariae Cassandra (Winner of the 2024 triplej unearthed competition).  This event is in partnership with ECU and an opportunity for our students to learn about courses on offer through this university – including WAPPA.

Building update

We continue to see steady progress on the teaching block with the outside scaffolding being peeled back to reveal the new building.

Storm

Like many in the hills, we were impacted by the recent storm, with some water damage to a few areas of the school.  Thank you to all our staff and students for their patience as we navigated this, and it is good to see everything return to normal.

Year 7 Swim trials and House Carnival

Unfortunately, due to the storm and availability of the Kalamunda Swimming pool both these events were disrupted.  The Year 7 swim trials were cancelled, however we managed to at short notice run our House Swim Carnival a day earlier than planned.  While numbers were down a little this year, those that attended enjoyed participating in this competition.

ANZAC DAY

ANZAC assembly

This year our ANZAC assembly will be held on Tuesday 8 April at 10.30am.  Parents are welcome to attend – please register https://www.trybooking.com/DAJEK to assist us with our planning.

Connect

Just a reminder that this is our main communication hub for our class teachers and year and program coordinators to place important information with each year group having their own page.

Italy Trip

We wish our Italian and Art students all the best as they head off on their trip to Italy for the last 2 weeks of term.  They have an amazing tour planned to experience some highlights of the cultural and artistic elements of this country.

Wishing everyone all the best for the rest of term and the upcoming school holidays.