Sydney’s Inner West’s school leaders share their hopes for 2023
School leaders from across Sydney’s Inner West have shared their hopes for 2023, from young sport stars to budding musicians. Meet the new year’s inspiring young leaders.
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As another school year rolls on, school leaders from across Sydney’s Inner West are leading and motivating their fellow students.
From young sport lovers to budding musicians, young stars from across the region have shared what they are most looking forward to in the new year and what they hope to achieve as 2023 school leaders.
Meet the Inner West’s young and upcoming leaders for 2023 here.
Marrickville High School
Ivy O’Donovan — School Captain
As a newly-elected school captain, Ivy said she had always been interested in leadership — particularly female leadership.
“Females have always been under represented in this area so that motivated me to go for a leadership role,” she said.
“I am passionate about bettering the world around me. My goal this year is to get everything possible out of this time at school for both myself and my peers.”
In the future, Ivy would like to study a degree in Political Science next year.
Long Huynh — School Captain
Long has been involved in leadership positions at Marrickville High School for many years now — since first being elected to the SRC when he was in Year 7.
“I have always dreamt of being school captain and have always had an interest in leading,” he said. “I believed I could be an authentic voice for my fellow students and help to better our school community.
“My goals for this year are to leave school with the best HSC results, and at the same time, create a legacy of leadership that inspires younger students to continue to contribute to society and keep on bettering the school as a whole.”
Jarrah Schlesinger — Vice-captain
Jarrah’s passion as a young leader is equality — he wants to use his role to make change and ensure everyone has a voice.
“Even though it is 2023, many people are still oppressed and under-represented,” he said.
“For me it is important to raise issues for those who don’t have a voice. My goals for this year are to work hard and achieve my best in all of my subjects so I can study Design at university.”
Sam Rodgers — Vice-captain
A passion for AFL inspired Sam to take up a leading role in his high school.
“I captained my AFL team for three years and my favourite part of the job was giving a rousing speech pre-game and during breaks,” Sam said.
“Making everyone feel included, but also committed and passionate is difficult, yet it is a challenge that I enjoy.
“If I could make more people excited to show up to school, the same way the boys feel pre game in the change room then I would feel successful … (because) I want to make school fun, accepting and motivating.”
Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus
Anna Finance — School Captain
As one of Blackwattle Bay Campus’ school captains, Anna took the reins of the school leadership team in 2023 to find ways to improve her school through working collaboratively with the other captains, as well as the SRC and school administration.
“I have long been passionate about finding ways to better our school, and working with others in order to do so,” Anne said.
“I believe that the overall school environment is extremely valuable, obviously as a learning platform but also as a social world, providing students with countless valuable lessons within and beyond the confines of the classroom.
“(This) is why I always planned to be a part of that — having been given a chance to change and build upon this pre-existing world within the role of captain.”
Cassidy Newman — School Captain
Throughout Cassidy’s entire school life — and four different schools — he had been part of the SRC groups, all the way from Kindergarten to Year 12.
And now he has taken the step up to becoming on of the school’s captains.
“When I arrived at Blackwattle Bay in Year 11 I was impressed with the school and the way it was organised, and I knew immediately that I wanted to represent the school in any way I can,” he said.
“I was delighted to be elected into the school captain position, and I feel that (so far) myself, the other three captains and vice captains, and the entire prefect body of the school have done a great job in organising events and making the school the best it can be.”
Looking ahead, Cassidy said his goals for this year were being a great student leader and hopefully gaining an ATAR high enough to earn him a spot in either a Sociology or Arts degree at the University of Melbourne.
Mia Williams – Vice-captain
Mia, who one day hopes to become a lawyer, said the process to becoming elected vice-captain was “nerve-racking” but “completely worth it”.
“It has always been important to me that I have a role in giving a voice to the students of our school, especially since Blackwattle Bay has such a diverse student population,” she said.
Mia said she was always encouraged to play a leadership role in her community.
“It stems from my family always encouraging ‘speaking up’ and speaking for those who cannot do so for themselves,” she said.
“I have involved myself in school leadership as much as possible throughout all years of school, dating back to a (not so-successful) school captain speech in primary school.
“There are so many elements of the behind-the-scenes that go into our education students don’t get to see, and acting in a leadership position allows us to have a voice and a role in those aspects.”
Patrick Hubbard — Vice-captain
Patrick said his desire to become a leader comes from him wanting to become more involved in the school community — one which he loves.
“I’m passionate about sport and extracurriculars such as Duke of Ed at school and my ambition for this year is to keep sport strong at Blackwattle and grow the Duke of Ed Program after Covid,” he said.
Strathfield North Public School
From year one to year six, these are the students already making their make at Strathfield North Public School as part of the SRC. Read about what inspired them to put their hand up for a leadership position, how they earned the position and what their passions are.
Evan Truong — Year 2
“I am an SRC at Strathfield North. We meet every week, plan events and raise money for charities and our community. Sometimes, our classmates also come to us if there are issues or problems.”
Katerina Zaw — Year 1
“I got to be an SRC because I was voted in. I also had to do a speech to convince the class about why I was the best person for the job.”
Sophie Stubbs — Year 1
“I chose to be an SRC because I wanted to help people.”
Stella Angus — Year 3
“As an SRC representative at the school, we use our student voice to raise awareness for different charities and other conditions or illnesses. We do this by voting for different causes or special events and then teaching our classmates and planning fun activities.”
Meera Maharaj — Year 3/4
“I wanted to be an SRC representative because I wanted to take responsibility and give it a go. So far, it has been the best experience. On Wednesday March 8, all the SRC reps gathered together to discuss our plans for the year, played some leadership games and did some group work with children from Years 1 all the way to year 6.”
Sophie Tai — Year 6
“My passions are dance and art. One of my goals this year is to improve on my writing.”
Sophie Marcola Lowe — Year 1
“For the SRC this year I want to try and be braver for when I am speaking in front of the whole school. I also want to try and help others if they need help.”
Balmain Public School
Lauren Booth — Deputy Prime Minister
Lauren is the Deputy Prime Minister of her school’s student ministry and is also the sustainability minister.
“My positions include leading our school in assemblies, making presentations to … represent the school, improving our garden and managing our waste correctly,” she said.
“My role also includes leading ‘Clean Up Australia Day’, helping manage the environmental warriors, global recycling day and Earth Hour. We also lay the wreath on Anzac Day to pay our respects.”
Lauren said her goal for this year was to help renovate Ms Pauline’s garden, with help from the P&C, and to play an active role in her school’s ‘environmental warrior team’.
Miles Elliott — Prime Minister
Miles is one of the Prime Minister and Balmain PS and he has also been appointed Minister for Health, Fitness and Wellbeing.
“My job as a minister is to replenish sports equipment in the school, help with sports carnivals, as well as looking at causes such as RUOK? Day,” he said.
“As Prime Minister, I lead assemblies, write fortnightly e-newsletters, go to the ANZAC Day Dawn Service and check in with other ministers.”
Miles’ goals this year including having more sports tournaments and also running an activity around RUOK Day.
He also welcomes also students at the gate with the school principal which he said was a great way to keep in touch with the entire school community.
Birchgrove Public School
Lotte Shepherd — Prime Minister
Lotte is one of the two prime ministers at Birchgrove Public School and she is also Environment Minister.
“Prime Ministers have to run the parliament, present at school assemblies, give tours around the school for new students, present speeches on special events/occasions and generally care for and respect other students and teachers,” she explained.
“As Environment Minister, I organise events to raise awareness about taking care of the environment, make posters and many other things to make sure our playground is clean and all rubbish is in the bin.”
Lotte said she decided to put her hand up for this position because she loved being a leader and helping others.
She said her passions at school include writing, art and playing guitar in the school’s rock band.
“I like doing these things because I love being a leader to my school, being creative and expressing myself,” she said.
Alex Mills — Prime Minister
Alex is the other prime minister at his school and he also leads the Welfare Ministry, which he explained is all about making sure everyone feels safe and happy at school.
“My main passions at school are all things academic and also playing guitar in the school’s rock band,” he said.
“My goals for this year are to be a good role model for the school and to work with Lotte to make Birchgrove Public School the best it can be.”
Marrickville West Public School
Roxi Soltany Zand — School Captain
Roxi said she put up her hand for school captain because she had big ideas for her school and loved to help others.
“If someone would like to pursue their dreams for this school I always love to help out and seeing their ideas come true is an amazing feeling,” she said.
Roxi said he had so many passions at school, such as dancing and acting, which Marrickville West Public School had helped her fulfil.
“I have many goals for this year but my biggest goal is to make Marrickville West the best version it can be, a safe space where everyone feels comfortable, a place where you can be yourself and not be judged, a place that you look forward to going to,” she said.
Tyrone Pedimonte — School Captain
Tyrone said he sees his job as a young leader as being all about making everyone feel comfortable and welcomed.
“I wanted to pursue this role because my friends and family persuaded me to go for school captain (I agreed with them). Many people thought I could be a great role model since I am creative and can improve lots of things at Marrickville West Public School,” he said.
Tyrone added his goal for this year was “to see smiles on every face I turn to” because that will make him feel as though he was succeeding as a leader.
Annandale Public School
Tea Scobie — School Captain
Tea said she was elected as school captain because she was responsible, respectful and a learner, adding she also focused on the needs of other students — not herself — when she convinced her peers to vote for her.
She said one of the reasons she decided to be a leader of his school was she wanted to learn more about leadership, so someday she could achieve more things and perhaps run a company or a business.
“My goal is to make the school better and meet new people so that I can be prepared for high school,” she said.
Archie Garcia-Panetta — School Captain
At first Archie said he wasn’t going to run for school captain, but his teacher, Ms Stapleton, encouraged him to give it a try.
“If it wasn’t for Ms Stapleton, I wouldn’t have tried and I wouldn’t be school captain,” he said. “My goal this year is to encourage everyone to try and do their best, just like how Ms Stapleton encouraged me.”
Forest Lodge Public School
Finn Gemmell — School Captain
Finn said he viewed his role as school captain as being a voice for the students and providing them with opportunities to have a say in what they want for their school.
“My passion as a leader is to help students at school by making the students feel more comfortable and excited about coming to school,” he said.
“(One of) the biggest thing I want to do is create a sustainable environment by planting more trees and protecting the ones we still have. Over the years we have been taking measures to make this school as sustainable as possible and I endeavour to keep this going.”
Willie Lloyd — School Captain
As school captain, Willie aims to look out for his peers and help make the school the best place for learning that it can be.
“I’m really passionate about making the school a better place and the best and most suitable place for learning, giving students many opportunities to look forward to each morning,” he said. “I also want the school to encourage the community to be environmentally sustainable in our everyday practices. This included having various plants growing all around the school, reducing unnecessary plastic in people’s lunch boxes and in the canteen lunch and recess orders.”
Fort Street High School
Savannah Pradhan
Savannah is the vice president of Fort Street’s SRC.
She said her role involved managing and organising school spirit events, as well as implementing wellbeing initiatives.
Savannah described herself as an “avid learner”, who would love to grow her knowledge and skill sets in all fields this year.
“My goals this year are to perform academically well, and to grow as a person,” she said. “As a leader, I would love to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment where everyone feels safe and able to express themselves.”
Kalanie Prabhakar
Year 10 student Kalanie is the president of Fort Street’s SRC.
“I have been in the SRC every year since Year 7, and I have held many other leadership positions inside and outside the school, including house captain, P&C representative for the SRC, and as a Sydney Jewish Museum Youth Committee member,” he said.
“I am very passionate about making positive change for our school, and encouraging the strong sense of social justice our community has, especially in the upcoming referendum, and representing Fort Street High School!”
Leichhardt Public School
Austin Kelly
Austin is one of the student leaders at Leichhardt Public School.
“I chose to pursue this position because of my commitment, determination, and confidence and because I thought I had the right qualities,” he said. “I looked up to other leaders inside and out of the school and said ‘I can do that’.”
Austin said his favourite subjects at school were maths and sport, and his goal for this year was to inspire future leaders.
Marrickville Public School
Telesia Toalepai
Year 6 school leader Telesia said she earned her role by putting up posters across the school and delivering a speech to all the students and staff.
“(My role) involves showing other students how to be respectful, safe and active learners,” she said.
As part of her responsibilities, she helps lead school assemblies, hand out merit certificates to her peers and also has a kindergarten buddy who she helps out around the school.
“One of my biggest passions is helping listening and playing P.S.S.A with my classmates,” she said. “My goal for this year is to hold fundraisers and make sure everyone feels welcome and has a smile on their face every day.”
Nyah Leung
Nyah Leung is a Year 6 school leader and positive behaviour for learning (PBL) ambassador.
As part of her role, she has greeted some very special guests to her school, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Summer Hill MP Jo Haylen.
Nyah said she always looked up to previous students leaders and wanted to help take up the reins in her final year of primary school.
“One of my passions here at Marrickville Public School is sport,” she said. “Two of my favourite sports are netball and soccer. Our school is part of the Balmain zone PSSA which means we compete with other schools throughout the inner west in many sports. There is a summer and winter season with different sports such as netball, soccer, Oztag, cricket and AFL.”
She is also an avid musician who plays both the cello and the piano.
Esther Doyle
As a student leader, Esther is another PBL ambassador for Marrickville Public School.
“Over my years at Marrickville Public School, I’ve seen previous student leaders hosting assemblies and leading the parents around the school,” she said. “I thought it would be so cool to be a student leader so I jumped at the opportunity to run for one and I was so proud to become a student leader.
“My goal this year is to cherish my last year in Marrickville Public School because this is a great school and it makes me sad to think that I’ll be leaving for high school at the end of this year.”
Sebastian Hendriks
Like other school leaders at Marrickville Public School, Sebastian earned his spot by delivering a speech to his peers and putting posters about himself around the school.
Sebastian said he was most looking forward to helping run fundraising and school events this year.
“I wanted to be a student leader because it would mean I would lead the school and help it become a better place,” he said.
Sophia Lucius
Sophia said she decided to put her hand up to become a student leader because she was inspired by other school leaders she had seen.
“For so many years I’ve watched the past student leaders deliver their speeches, run assemblies and do many amazing things,” she said. “I took this inspiration and soon enough, it was my turn to take the opportunity to be a student leader.”
As a student leader, she wants to help bring back events such as the monster ball, big breakfast and bush dance.
“Now I finally have the chance to give many other kids the happiness that I had,” she said.
Riley Delisle
Riley said he decided to run for school leader because he wanted to make the school a better place.
He is particularly passionate about raising money for causes such as the Exodus Foundation.
Riley said one of his biggest passions at school was music.
“I have been playing music for five years now and I want to continue,” he said. “Some of my ideas (as school leader) are raising money for the exodus foundations and the Addison Rd food pantry.”
Evie Miller
As one of the Marrickville Public School’s student leaders, Evie said a big part of earning the honour was writing a speech which she could deliver to the whole school.
She said her goals for this year were hosting great assemblies, being an excellent school leader and making it into the zone level for cross country to represent her school.
“I wanted to be a student leader because in the past I have run for SRC and sadly didn’t get it and the sports vice-captain for my house — I wanted to do something for my school,” she said. “When it was time for me to make the decision if I wanted to be a student leader, I knew there was a chance that I was not going to get it but I tried like all of those kids I have watched over the year and for my last year of primary school I got student leader.”
Sam Beveridge
Sam said he put his hand up to be a school leader for 2023 because he “just wanted to give it a go”.
“I’m really passionate about keeping our environment clean and being a role model for the school,” he said.
Newtown Public School
Margaret Enid Pratt
Margaret is one of Newtown Public School’s eight school leaders, who are each in charge of different ministries.
“My department is the Department of Arts and Community, and our main role is to help bring all ages of the school together and we also help run activities and stuff like ANZAC Day for our school or the Festival of Creativity which is near the end of the school year,” she said.
Margaret said she always looked up to the ministers at her school, which was why she decided to run for a leadership role.
“I always looked up to the ministers and I felt as though I needed to push myself to have a go and learn new things about being a leader like they did. I also wanted to prove to myself that I can do stuff like this, and I can be a leader,” she said.
Leo Brasse Warhaft
At Newtown Public School, Leo is the minister for the department of the Student Representative Council (SRC).
Leo said his interest in politics was a driving force behind his decision to run for a leadership role.
“The main reason I decided to pursue this position was because I was, and still am, very interested in politics and wanted to exercise this interest in a real situation, a situation where I could develop my skills in speech writing, public speaking and organisational/leadership skills,” he said. “I believe that our school parliament is an important and successful part of our school but for it to achieve its full potential, it needs good leaders running it, and I profoundly hope that this year that I manage to become one of these “good leaders”.
“Also, finally, a thing that must be achieved for our school parliament to reach its full potential is co-operation between ministers, teachers and department members, because, as Abraham Lincoln said: ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’.”
Jo Scott Kicuroski
Jo runs the department of technology in Newtown Public School’s student parliament.
“I had always dreamt of becoming a school minister,” Jo said. “I always knew I could ask questions to the ministers and they would be answered. I wanted people to think the same of me. I also wanted to push myself as far as I could.”
Jo said he loved all his subjects at school — but maths and English are his favourite — and he also loved the school itself.
“Everyone at Newtown Public School is nice to me and helps me so much,” he said. “My goals this year are to be a worthy minister by trying my best and helping people as much as I can. Also, doing more than I need to do and doing the best I can in everything at school.”
Jordan Tinker
Jordan is the minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI).
She said her position involved going to the student parliament to share her ideas with the other ministers, as well as visiting Carriageworks to learn more about Aboriginal Australia.
“I chose to pursue this position so that I can share my ideas … and bring them to life so that people have a chance to make this school so much better!,” she said.
One of her main goals for this year — apart from improving her punctuation and spelling — was to have more native plants planted around the school.
Petersham Public School
Kate Byrne — School Captain
Kate is the first Indigenous leader at her school and is also a passionate West Tigers fan in the NRL.
She also loves playing sport, particularly touch footy and netball.
“One of my goals for this year is to bring back the cultural awareness days, where children dress up in their culture,” she said.
Ariadna Diaz — School Captain
Ariadna, who is half Spanish and half Peruvian, speaks Spanish fluently at home.
She said there were many reasons why she put her hand up for this leadership role.
“I love helping people, so I wanted to at least try and see if I could achieve this role and help out the school as much as I could,” she said. “I have also looked up to our school leaders and once wished to be one, but I never would have expected I would be school captain.”
Outside of school, her passion is rhythmic gymnastics and her goal is to make it compete at nationals again this year.
Louis Cheung — Vice-captain
Louis is vice-captain at Petersham Public School and takes his role very seriously.
“Being a leader means more people will turn to me when playing a game and things aren’t going right in the game. They will turn to me and listen,” he said.
One of his main goals for this year is earning a spot in Fort Street High School — his “dream school” — as well as making the most of the school’s new sporting equipment.
“I saw all the new sports equipment but behind all the cool new frisbees and basketballs, I saw all the excited and happy faces when my teacher walked in with a tub of basketballs that kids voted for last year,” he said.
“The best part of this school is that people get to vote for what they want and I want to listen to more kids and what they want.”
Jacob Doung — Vice-captain
Jacob is the other vice-captain at Petersham Public School this year.
“I decided to pursue the role of school leader because I wanted to help this school in every way possible as I love this school,” he said.
“I jumped at the chance to lead the school and my peers. Also, because the school now can be led by anyone. There’s no such thing as a “boy captain” and “girl captain”.”
Arlo Hawkins — Prefect
As prefect, Arlo helps run fortnightly assemblies and fundraisers with his fellow school leaders.
“I pursued this position because as a student leader your voice is heard and we are shortly getting our outdoor basketball court renovated, the paint redone, the backboards fixed and the whole court resurfaced,” he said.
Looking forwards, he hopes to do well academically so he can be accepted into the gifted and talented program at Ashfield Boys High School or earn a spot at Fort Street High School.
Isla van der Merwe — Prefect
Isla said she was elected prefect because throughout her years at Petersham she had tried to become a friend to everyone.
Her aim to become a prefect started in Kindergarten, when she saw her older brother become one and decided she wanted to follow in his footsteps.
“My passions for this school year are to become a great swimmer and represent my school in further swim races, especially because not many people are swimming at elite levels. This gives me more determination to succeed,” she said.
Oliver Sceats — Prefect
As prefect, Oliver said he would love to make this school a better place and has also really enjoyed caring for the school chickens as one of the school leaders tasked with that responsibility.
“I love this school and have always looked up to the older school captains and prefects, so I jumped at the opportunity when it was first offered,” he said. “There have been many changes made by the SRC and leaders over the years. In the past year the student leaders have been making major changes about the school such as new play equipment which everyone is very proud of.”
Clementine Bellamy — Prefect
Clementine said she felt the role of prefect was perfect for her because she was “a natural born leader” and “a confident speaker”.
“I knew that it was a good idea to run because I liked that the leaders got a say in what happens in the school, such as new play equipment that the leaders before us got a part in designing,” she said.
Clementine also loves the performing arts — drama, dance, singing and especially musicals.
“My goal is to get into Newtown School of Performing Arts For drama and one day be an actor … I also love American history and I learned most of it from my favourite musical Hamilton.”
St Peters Public School
There are several leadership positions at St Peters Public School, including being a buddy for the Kindergarten students, being a house captain or being an SRC member.
Some of the school current crop of leaders are Soledade Kilham-Santos (buddy), Billie McLean (house captain and buddy), Neko Moran Peer (buddy and house captain), Yindi Morris (buddy) and Timothy Eaton (SRC).
This is what they said about why they love their leadership positions:
Neko: “I really enjoy working with little kids and I know that when I came to this school it was nice to have older students to show me around the school. I wanted to encourage students to participate in carnivals and make up fun chants.”
Billie: “I really want to lead younger students and be a role model. To encourage students to go outside their comfort zone and achieve their full potential.”
Yindi: “I wanted to help the kindies and show them where to go if they’re lost. I wanted to get to know them better and be there for them if they got upset.”
Soledade: “I wanted to be a kindy buddy so that I can help them understand that they’re welcome no matter their skin tone, culture or religion.”
Timothy: “I tried out five years in a row and I didn’t get in but I really wanted to try any leadership option available to me.”
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus
Charlotte Hood — School Captain
As school captain, some of Charlotte’s responsibilities include running SRC meetings, representing the school at official events, chairing assemblies, contributing to school initiatives and having frequent meetings with the school’s principal where school policy is discussed.
She, alongside her fellow school captain, also had the recent opportunity to meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he visited the school during its presentation day.
“As well as playing in the bands, I got to present my friends and peers awards that they had worked hard for and were well deserving of. Overall, it was a memorable day that gave me experience speaking in a large hall, presenting awards, and talking to political leaders,” she said.
Charlotte has two key goals for this year.
The first springs from her love of music — she wants to push initiatives that allow students to have more opportunities to showcase their artistic and musical talents.
“Another goal is to spark more conversation around student stress, pressure around assessment periods, and spread awareness about having healthy study habits,” she said.
Lorenzo Laureti — School Captain
Lorenzo said he views his responsibility as a young leader as boiling down to “representing everyone with respect and dignity”.
“The main reason I chose to pursue this position was a result of my personal ideas – specifically, how to make the most of every opportunity presented,” he said.
“I was asked to join the student representative council a couple years ago, and since then I have striven to do my absolute best in many of my endeavours.
“From the moment my teachers and friends expressed the possibility of me being school captain, I had my sights set on being one, and doing a great job with it, for the students and also for myself.”
Strathfield South Public School
Jayden Jacob — School Captain
Jayden said his role as school captain involves greeting important guests, leading assemblies, hosting events, sharing ideas and working to improve his school.
“I thought since Year 6 was my last year I wanted to use every opportunity I got. I wanted to make sure I did everything I could to help improve and grow this school,” he said.
“My goal is to make my mark on this school.”
Jayden also loves playing sports and drawing because he said it helps him get his mind off things.
Freyja Gray — School Captain
Freyja said she wanted to become school captain because she loved representing her school.
“I decided to pursue this position because I wanted to represent and serve the school and its incredible students,” she said.
“I wanted to give ideas and do all I could do so it can continue to be an amazing place for its students to learn and grow.”
Wilkin Public School
Maggie McIntyre-Sloman — School Captain
Alongside her fellow school captain, Maggie said she aimed to follow through on the election promises they made.
“We would like to organise more time on the play equipment for older years, organised sports competitions during break times and diverse activities for rainy days. At the end of the day, our goals are to continue to improve our school,” she said.
Maggie also said being elected had changed her concept of what leadership is.
“When I used to think about being a leader, I imagined standing in front of a room of people and creating a safe environment, not one where I told them what to do — I know this sounds a little cringey but it is true,” she said. “I also wanted to make a name for myself and not just be known as a student of Wilkins Public School. I want to be a leader who puts in a solid effort and makes positive changes, and help guide my leadership team to be the best leaders they can be.”
Remy Ellis — School Captain
Remy has been working as a team with Maggie to carry out their election promises.
“Some of the major focus areas are: fairer time on the play equipment for older years, organised sport competitions at lunch and recess, adding clubs and somewhat incorporating the SRC with the leaders,” he said.
Previous to this, Remy was also the chair of the SRC in 2022.
He said this experience opened his eyes to changes he thought should be made, which is why he ran for school captain.
Nicholson Street Public School
Bloom Stringer — School Captain
As school captain, Bloom’s responsibilities involves being a positive role model, representing the student body, actively participating in school assemblies and assisting students when necessary.
Bloom said he decided to put his hand up for this role because he was a good role model who “wears our uniform with pride”.
“My passion is to work to the best of my ability and my goal is to be a great captain this year,” he said.
Georgia Gilding — School Captain
To be elected school captain, George had to deliver a five minute speech on why her fellow peers should vote for her.
She said she put her hand up for this role because she was kind, cared for the school, and will do what it right — even when it is difficult.
“My passion is being a great role model and my goal is to continue to help others when needed,” she said.
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