Flags to the sky for the first semester
By Deanne Jeffers
SCHOOL captains and staff at Greater Shepparton Secondary College (GSSC) were joined by dignitaries to witness the flags being raised on Friday, January 28.
Semester one 2022, which started on Monday, January 31, is the first time students have attended classes on the freshly completed Hawdon Street campus.
School captains for 2022, Skyler Norton, Beth Gray, Ella Rei Dunlop, Olivia Judd, and Dante Sinclair-Dealy, had the honour of raising the flags during the ceremony.
“GSSC is effectively open for business,” announced executive principal, Barbara O’Brien. “For a school, being open for business means raising the flags. And today, at this brand-new school, we are raising our National flag, the Aboriginal flag and Torres Strait Islander flag for the first time.
“We didn’t want to let this day pass without having a small but significant flag raising ceremony.”
The state-of-the-art $130M college is one of the state’s newest education facilities, boasting unrivalled amenities like the ‘Enterprise and Innovation Centre’ that will deliver specialist performing arts, technology, and science classes, as well as world-class sporting facilities.
“Our double gymnasium, outdoor netball and basketball courts, full size oval and soccer facilities ensure sport is well catered for. For passive recreation and outdoor learning, our courtyard is larger than Federation Square.” said Ms O’Brien, who also thanked builders, Hansen Yuncken, for their effort on the school.
“Hansen Yuncken have been in Shepparton for almost 100 years. For the last two years they have been managing as many as 300 or more workers on site, every day, to complete this project. It’s HY’s biggest project in the region and today marks their final day officially on site.
“Many of those workers have strong links to this site. Some attended Shepparton High School, some have children who are at GSSC or will attend GSSC. We know great care went into this build and we know we are about to inherit the very best in modern school design and facilities.”
Best wishes to students and their family for the 2022 school year.
