A FIREFIGHTER, emergency services volunteer, horse-riding teacher and leader at her school, Katie Napier wears many hats for her list of voluntary and leadership roles.
The 17-year-old Butler resident's contributions to the community earned her the youth award at the City of Wanneroo's Australia Day celebrations. Katie joined the Quinns Rocks Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade as a 12-year-old with her sister and brother and within weeks she had also signed up to the Clarkson Emergency Services and the St John Ambulance cadet units.
Clarkson students promoted National Recycling Week recently with a focus on school-based recycling projects. Learning centre co-ordinator Alison Nolan said the cadets did all the school’s paper recycling as well as the composting and worm farm in the school garden. Almost 90 Clarkson Community High School students have been involved in the Bushranger Cadets Unit, which participated in awareness week from November 12 to 18. Planet Ark encourages students to go green through participating in various school recycling activities.
Photo by Dominique Menegaldo: Year 8 and 9 Bushranger Cadet Unit members with their scribble pads
The City of Wanneroo has paired with the business community to stage a successful Charity Golf Day, raising over $40000.
A total of 26 teams of 104 golfers took part in the day at Carramar Golf Course, with money raised going towards chaplaincy services at the City of Wanneroo public high schools.
Mayor Tracey Roberts who played in the event, thanked everyone who supported the charity day, an annual event in the City of Wanneroo calendar.
"This is a very special event raising money to employ chaplains in our schools. This vital service operates at the coal face to help young people with the problems they may be facing," Mayor Roberts said. "The chaplains do a great job, and it is very gratifying that we have again raised such a substantial amount to support their good work."
Golfers enjoyed a post game function with the school chaplains and YouthCARE area Chaplain Michael Norman. They were joined by a number of City of Wanneroo staff who also raised several thousand dollars for the chaplaincy program.
1st - Mayor's Trophy - Banksia Grove Developments, 2nd - Mindarie Regional Council, 3rd Yanchep Beach Joint Venture
Photo: City of Wanneroo Mayor Tracey Roberts, CEO Daniel Simms, Tim Cosby from DC Golf, Georgina Hall (Deputy Principal Clarkson Community High School), Lynn Bayakly (Chaplain Clarkson Community High School)
Article courtesy of Sun City News
A Dreamtime serpent has wound its way through a community garden in Quinns Rocks. The Wagyl, a dreamtime creature in Noongar culture, was the inspiration for a path laid in the community garden at Quinns Beach Primary School. Mindarie Rotary Club member Geoff Newby-Butt said Clarkson Trades North students worked on the path this month, laying a base of limestone from Tamala Park.
ANOTHER Clarkson Community High School student is benefiting from the school’s long link to the Joondalup Business Association.
Year 12 student Katlyn Madgwick has a one-daya-week work placement for 15 weeks at the JBA’s office where she will learn administration procedures under administration officer Michelle Corbett. JBA president Ray Foster said the school had been a member of the association for more than 12 years.
About 100 Clarkson students enjoyed a carnival atmosphere at school recently as a reward for high attendance levels.
Clarkson Community High School Damien Croxford said students who had achieved a 97 per cent attendance rate or higher, participated in the carnival as part of the ‘It all starts at school’ program.
STUDENTS and donors enjoyed a garden party at Clarkson Community High School after the recent delivery of a water tank. Butler firefighters filled the tank, donated by Bunnings, with water after it arrived on Monday, November 7.
Learning Centre teacher Sophie Sherlock said the water would enable students to continue gardening through summer.
Clarkson Community High School Learning Centre has a Bush Rangers cadet unit, which is part of Cadets WA and the Department of Environment and Conservation.
The objective of Bush Rangers is to provide young Western Australians with the opportunity to participate actively in conservation projects and a variety of self-reliance, teamwork and initiative training activities, while at secondary school.
CLARKSON Community High School students last week welcomed visiting youth mentor David Gunter, who talked about the importance of attending school and handed out prizes with the Student Edge team.
Mr Gunter, who once lived on the streets and associated with criminals, talked to students about his teenage years.
