Thursday, 22 June 2023

Mount Waverley Secondary College

Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (17:23): (246) My adjournment item this evening is for the Minister for Education, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me at Mount Waverley Secondary College to have a look at the fantastic new STEAM centre that will be completed in the next couple of months. Karen Wade, the wonderful principal of Mount Waverley Secondary College, and Ian MacLeod, the principal of the middle school, lead an outstanding group of teachers, support staff, student leaders and of course students and are a credit to their school and our community. The school’s $7.9 million STEAM centre is well underway and soon to be completed and the amazing building will provide lots of opportunities for their students to participate in hands-on and creative learning.

On Monday I paid the centre a visit with my work experience student from the school, Zinia Rohila. We had the very great opportunity to take a tour through the building and have a look at its construction and the exciting development. The new building will include laboratories, technology workshops, multipurpose classrooms, art rooms and has a drainage system around it that is effectively a moat. So we now have a moat in Mount Waverley. Although it will be covered up, I know it is there. The new facility will be a place that fosters culture and innovation and leadership through the creation and sharing of ideas. This STEAM building demonstrates the college’s dedication to enhancing current infrastructure to develop a crucial technological environment that will provide students with an advanced educational approach and will be a centrepiece for Mount Waverley – as you come down Stephensons Road it is there for all to see. I would also like to especially thank Zinia for writing this adjournment item that I have just read out. She has been a fantastic asset for the team this week, and I hope to see many more students from Mount Waverley in the office locally.