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Sometimes endings are necessary before new beginnings can unfold. We are very proud of the Carmel cohort of 2023 Year 12 students, whose last week of school was an ending characterised by dignity, courage and integrity. A fabulous beach breakfast, bowling expedition, lunch and valedictory rehearsal made for a fitting final day of school. Now that they have celebrated, enjoyed v ...

Good morning students, teachers, parents, friends, Carmel VIPs, guests and, of course, our Year 12 valedictorians. A valedictory is a farewell address. It denotes the end of something 鈥� in this case, the end of your time at 国标麻豆视频APP. But it also denotes a beginning - it鈥檚 an end and a beginning. It鈥檚 the beginning of the next episode of your lives 鈥� lives which I am confi ...

It is at times like this that one realises the awesomeness of the people around them. I am in the lucky position of being surrounded by people who have this week shown their compassion, their resilience and their resolve. I have felt privileged to have worked this week with leaders at our school who have led with dignity and strength. I have worked with students who have contin ...

The end of Term 3 is upon us and looking back, it has been an extremely busy term. As I write this, our Year 12 students are in the throes of their exams and we have been really impressed with the way in which they have conducted themselves 鈥� their outlook was described to me yesterday as 鈥渃ool, calm and collected鈥�. Although I do understand that this outward calm may not always ...

We recently connected with Carmel alumnus Yaron Fisher (OKC 2013) who values the unique opportunities he was provided with at 国标麻豆视频APP and is proud of the many ways he has been able to give back to the Jewish community. Yaron now works for the Victorian Government, in First Peoples affairs and he is steadily focused on helping to make our world a better place. 听 What did ...

Noam鈥檚 Bar Mitzvah took place at Chabad Shule on the morning of Saturday 22nd July, following a few months of weekly study. Noam was proud to read his parsha (Devarim) in Hebrew. Noam was pleased to invite friends from school to attend the celebration, he enjoyed a Shabbat dinner with family and close friends at home on the Friday evening. They all attended Shule on Shabbat mo ...

Joshua鈥檚 Bar Mitzvah was held at Chabad Shule. He was very excited to be called up to the bima at the Friday night service. This was followed by a huge family Shabbat dinner with cousins and uncles and aunties who flew in from Melbourne especially for this special occasion. For the first part of Saturday evening service Joshua sat at the door greeting people. Later on, he went ...

Romy鈥檚 Bat Mitzvah was at Chabad Shule. The simcha began at her house on a Shabbat diner 鈥� a friend from school attended and there was much excitement due to the arrival of Tal, her brother, from Israel. He has been travelling around the world and Romy hadn鈥檛 seen him for a year and a half, so his arrival was very special. Romy鈥檚 dad made Kiddish with grape juice and the family ...

The wisdom of youth... I always feel great pride during school assemblies. Last week we enjoyed a Founders鈥� Day assembly in which we honoured the late Dr Harry Hoffman AM obm and heard from his daughter Sue, about his life and the huge difference he made. We also recognised students鈥� efforts and contributions in our Colours and Honours assembly, which highlighted the opportuni ...

Some weeks ago, I was blessed to be a part of the inaugural Sacks Scholars retreat in Israel which linked me up with a group of remarkable communal and lay leaders from around the world. The aim of the Sacks Scholars programme is to bring together a group of educators, academics, and leaders to study and develop the teachings of Rabbi Sacks, ensuring that his messages remain r ...