A number of students are excelling at their pastimes and hobbies – not just at school work. Don’t forget to check our Library counter year-round to see if any of our SSHS students featured in the local newspapers. Tash is pictured above with a place ribbon from last weekend’s triathalon. We have stars amongst us and we don’t even know about it!
Our reader’s cup team has been selected and is gearing up to start reading over the Easter break and throughout term 2:Ben Weller, Megan McDowall, Brogan Lynton, Joshua Pelach and Tal Pelach.
We are still looking for Bloggers who want to join our Blog Club. This is a virtual club – once you are set up, you needn’t visit the library to see Mrs Robins unless you are having trouble. I am available on Thursday afternoons after school but all your posts can be written and approved remotely. So if you have a talent or passion, why not showcase your expertise on the WWW? Allysha Sordelli has created a Blog about Gothic Literature and it features her own original stories and reviews of published novels. Why not create a blog theme that highlights your interest? A wonderful novel about the reach of blogs is on our shelf: The Gospel According to Larry, by Janet Tashjian. It’s about a youth who shares his views about globalization, commercialization and materialism with the world under the pseudonym of Larry. Larry seems much older than Josh and even his love interest has a crush on Larry, never realizing Josh’s true identity.
It’s all about having a go. Each time you take a risk, another opportunity opens up for you. Pretty soon, opportunities are knocking on your door and you no longer have to look for them. But why are we afraid to take a risk? Here’s a brilliant quote by Marianne Williamson that offers one explanation:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
