Dear Parents and Families,

Happy new year to all of our families and welcome to Kennedy Baptist College for 2019. In particular, welcome to all of our new families who are joining us for the first time this year. We trust that everyone has had a safe, relaxing and enjoyable holiday and are now ready to commence the new academic year with excitement.

Throughout the holidays, work has continued at the College to complete some major projects, upgrading the facilities for our students. This has included:

• The completion of our new Food and Textiles Technologies building providing outstanding new facilities for these courses.
• The refurbishment of our Block 1 student toilets.
• The replacement of some Block 1 air coolers with reverse cycle air conditioning. This is an ongoing project across the campus.

Work has also continued over the past weeks in preparing and planning great opportunities for all students and we look forward to sharing these throughout the year. Our goal at Kennedy is to equip students to seize these opportunities and strive for greatness in all that they do. After reviewing all events that took place throughout a very busy 2018 we are extremely confident of continuing to provide opportunities for excellence and look forward to students embracing all that is on offer in another exciting year.

Year 12 Results

Our Year 12 students produced very pleasing WACE results at the end of last year. Congratulations to Callum Petersen who achieved the highest ATAR score for the College, closely followed by Ethan Tan. Kennedy Baptist College had 14 students achieve an ATAR score greater than 95.0, an excellent effort. Congratulations to the following students:

• Callum Peterson
• Ethan Tan
• Jayden Ng
• Matthew Patman
• Joseph Petrus-Kasim
• Jordan Scanlan
• Mitch Thomas
• Ignatius Yap
• Quin Lin Charlene Lee
• Samuel Herbert
• Lochlann Downey
• Phoebe Dibben
• Kathryn Hill
• Amrit Puarr

Congratulations also to Mitch Thomas who achieved a Certificate of Excellence, for being in the top 0.5% of the state for Applications Mathematics. An outstanding effort. 

Kennedy was also identified as a School with the highest performing students in the following Courses of Study:

• Biology
• Business Management and Enterprise
• Health Studies
• Psychology

The class of 2018 produced some pleasing results due to their hard work and the support provided by College staff to ensure students achieve their goals. However, these results also reinforce the fact that we need our students and parents to be realistic when selecting student academic pathways.

Our 2018 results support the College Administration view that some students are still attempting an ATAR pathway when they may have achieved better results in a more suitable alternative course completing the General course pathway. We welcome the opportunity to discuss with families the options available to students regarding course selections in order to order to maximise their chance of success.

Road Works and Traffic Impact

Bibra Drive between Lakeside Recreation Centre and Hope Road has been closed since early January 2019 for the construction of a new roundabout. Asphalting works are currently being undertaken and Main Roads expects to re-open Bibra Drive by Thursday 7 February. Progress Drive is also temporarily blocked to through traffic. Due to this, we recommend you add more travelling time to get in and out of the College campus. Please click here for more details. 

Mr Mark Ashby
Principal

In Term 4 of 2018, we had a special morning tea for our 2019 Student Leadership team and their parents. This event was an opportunity for parents to meet staff and hear about what their children will do in 2019. Students also interacted with each other, getting to know those who will be leading and serving the College with them in 2019. We look forward to a fantastic year. Please click here for more photos.

During 2018 the College undertook a review of its Enrolment Contract, and as a result, has updated the terms and conditions of enrolment at the College.  

The Enrolment Contract between Kennedy Baptist College and parents/guardians is a legally binding document, and we request that you carefully read the updated terms and conditions. To review the new terms and conditions, please click here. If you have any questions or concerns about the updated terms and conditions, please do not hesitate to contact us at admin@kennedy.wa.edu.au with your concern. 

Secondary Assistance Scheme

The State Government, through the Department of Education, provides financial support to eligible parents through the Secondary Assistance Scheme (SAS). The aim of the scheme is to assist low-income families with secondary school costs.

Eligible parents/guardians with students enrolled in Years 7 to 12 studying a full-time secondary course at a WA private school will be able to apply for the SAS in 2019.

The SAS consists of two allowances:

• $235 Education Program Allowance (payment made to the College); and
• $115 Clothing Allowance (payment made to the parent/guardian).

For all enquiries regarding the application process/forms please visit our reception. Applications close on Friday 12 April 2019.

Pre-start Day is designed to help new students familiarise themselves with the College, get to know other new students and meet the staff.

Students will discover where their classes will be held, how the College day operates, meet their Form teacher and peer support students. Our friends from Nations Church will provide fun activities for our new Year 7 students, including a water slide and bouncy castle.