As Term 2 comes to a close I would like to take the opportunity to thank parents for their continued support of the many curricular, co- curricular and extracurricular activities that occur at this very large school. Staff contribute significant personal time to the planning, implementation and supervision of these activities to provide students at Mountain Creek with extensive opportunities for personal and social growth as well as outstanding educational instruction.

Examples of this contribution in Term 2 include, Seussical the Musical, the school and regional cross country, inter-school sport, debating both locally and in Brisbane, Leadership Camp, Year 11 Formal and the development program competitions held outside school hours.

Anyone who attended the school musical would certainly understand the enormous contribution from staff not only in the Creative Industries faculty but across the whole school. This showcase event certainly reminds us of the outstanding talent in the student group and in the teaching staff at Mountain Creek State High School. Congratulations once again to ALL involved.

Our name returns to the Champion school trophy for Cross Country having won the male division trophy and the overall trophy. Congratulations to all students involved in the huge TEAM effort and to the two key teachers Peter Bock and Madonna Reynolds for their organization of the events and their training of the team.

Leadership involves participation in a full day of leadership TEAM building activities, interviews and selection, followed by attendance at Leadership Camp by the 42 selected leaders. Selection of the school captains and the programs of excellence leaders occurs following the leadership camp. A huge thanks to Ms McGuire for the organization of the Leadership Day and the Leadership Camp. Thank you also to the 4 staff (Stu Cran, Chaplain, Derek Ranclaud, Bree Brockenshire and Anita Curley who attended the 3 days of grueling activities at Emu Gully to supervise the leaders. Leadership Induction is planned for Thursday 15 July.

Mountain Creek will contest 18 of the 23 final games in interschool sport for Term 2. This is an outstanding effort by the teams and their coaches who give up their time to train the teams throughout the term. We wish all teams the very best of luck for the finals and look forward to receiving the Winter trophy for champion school again in 2010. Thank you to Andrew Denny for the organization of the interschool sport program.

The Year 11 formal was once again a gala occasion with 200+ students in attendance. This formal occasion provides students with an opportunity to experience (for some) their first formal occasion and the associated etiquette in preparation for the graduation at the end of Year 12. I would like to make special mention of Deputy Principal, Donna Lancaster for the organization and management of this event. A review process is already in place to review the purpose of the Year 11 formal in the senior leadership program.

On a more routine note, I ask that parents check the winter school uniform and provide the appropriate winter school uniform. The only options acceptable for winter uniform are those outlined in the school diary and on the school website. Please ensure that now that the cold weather has arrived students have the correct uniform which is readily available at the uniform shop. A school scarf has been added to the uniform options for 2010.

REMINDER: Term 2 finishes on Friday 25th June. All middle school students are required to be in attendance up to and including this day. Year 10, 11 & 12 students are on scheduled exam blocks and each student should have received an exam timetable indicating when they are required to attend an examination session. Parents could I please ask that you monitor this attendance closely.

Best wishes and safe travels for the mid year break – school recommences for students Tuesday 13th July.

Cheryl McMahon

Executive Principal