Thursday, 5 March 2020

Burwood electorate student leaders

Mr FOWLES (Burwood) (09:57): It is my pleasure to rise today to acknowledge some outstanding young leaders in my electorate. Selected by their peers and their teachers, these students represent the best and brightest of Burwood. Ashburton Primary School has selected Stephanie G and Benjamin B as the school captains for 2020, with Milie S and Julian D taking up the role of SRC captains. I had the pleasure recently of attending Ashwood School’s badge presentation assembly. It was my honour to install 2020 school captains Cameron Marshall, Louisa Orlando, Patrick Hammond and Molly Thatcher. Those students were elected after a hard-fought campaign, including some outstanding candidate speeches.

Parkhill Primary is a great local primary school, and this year their school captains are Ava Morrin and Tom Houghton. The deputy school captains are Minh Tran and Sam Bryan.

I recently attended Wattle Park Primary’s leadership badge presentation assembly and formally inducted this year’s school ambassadors Naomi Chin, James LeGet, Ava Lily Beatie and Minjun Kim.

Finally, our fabulous secondary school Ashwood High School has selected Zander Morgan and Nicole Dryer is this year’s school captains. They are supported by vice-captains Amy Peters and Huon Diggins as well as international student captain Wendy Pan.

I congratulate all the 2020 school leaders in my electorate on their appointments and wish them every success for their year in office.