Second Letter Home from The Alpine School Campus (Altitude 1600m),
Thursday 1 August, 2019

Letter Snapshot...

Welcome again to the community of the Alpine School Campus. Congratulations again on the achievement of being personally, as a team, as a family and as a school selected to participate in this Alpine School experience. The purpose of these letters is to provide you a perspective of the intended program here at the Alpine School. What your son or daughter experiences, and then of course what they may communicate to you, may vary! This is quite normal! We will not be writing about individuals, more about the experiences of the community as a whole.

It seems amazing that a couple of weeks have passed already. As we indicate to your son or daughter, the time here seems to pass at an accelerating pace. I think it is something to do with the familiarization of the living situation here. And familiar they certainly seem to be! I am very pleased at how readily our students this term have settled-in.

Students are again this coming week heading out on their overnight expeditions, carrying their backpacks and all their alpine camping gear. We start locally with an overnight expedition, and after the visiting weekend, we head out on a more ambitious expedition. Please be reassured that all expedition routes are reviewed for safety and access and modifications made as deemed necessary, to ensure that the safety of your sons/daughters remains as paramount.

Visiting Weekend Reminders

Parents/ Guardians visiting weekend is approaching and this time is specifically a weekend about you as a family and about your relationship to your son/daughter, and is an integral part of the whole Alpine School separation and reintegration process. Give them your undivided attention and take the interest in their experience here and their return and reintegration over the Spring period will be so much better for all of you. If you are not able to make the visiting weekend of Saturday, August 24th and Sunday August 25th, or would like to talk to us about any of the matters raised, please do not hesitate to do so.

• READ THE SECOND LETTER: Letter 2: 01/08/2019

The Student Program Timetable details the daily program for students participating in the Alpine School Year 9 School for Student Leadership (SSL) Program at Dinner Plain in Term 3 2019.

This has been included to assist liaison teachers, schools, families and the community to stay in touch with what students are doing on a day to day basis. The Term Timetable also highlights how the day unfolds for students.

For more detailed information on daily events, read student articles in Student Life and lesson resources in Alpine Lessons.

Alpine School Campus Term 3 Student Program - 2019:

Alpine School Term 3 Alpine School Student Program 2019 [XLSX]

The Alpine School Campus at Dinner Plain has welcomed the following Year 9 Schools teams for our Term 2 2019 Alpine School Campus, School for Student Leadership (SSL) program:

Schools teams in attendance at the ALPINE SCHOOL CAMPUS for our Term 3 2019 Alpine School SSL program are from:

• Elwood College
• Yarram Secondary College
• Glen Eira College
• Doveton College
• Lakes Entrance Secondary College
• Sale College
• Brighton Secondary College

Term 3 2019 School for Student Leadership program at the Alpine School Campus commenced on Sunday 21 July 2019 (Student Arrival) and concludes Saturday 21 September 2019 (Student Departure)

First Letter Home from the Alpine School,
Sunday July 21 2019

Arrival Day at The Alpine School (Altitude 1600m)

A Snapshot of Letter 1 ...

Welcome to the community of the Alpine School Campus for our Term 3, NINE-week program.

uEducateUs Communications

During the course of the next nine weeks, we shall be using the ICT platform called uEducateUs to communicate with you several times over the term. These letters will also be posted on our website for you to see and read about current and daily events. The content of the communications is to assist you with your side of the Alpine School Campus Experience. The letters will not necessarily deal with individuals and their achievements, but more about the living and learning process all students will be undertaking. We want to provide you with some early reminders and information for your arrival day and to perhaps help you on your return and continued journey. We hope to post images on our website from time-to-time as well.

Mark Reeves (Principal) on behalf of the School Team and David Chelbna (Acting Campus Principal)

FIRST LETTER HOME - ARRIVAL DAY: View Letter 1: 21/07/2019

2019 SSL - Alpine School Program Key Dates

Expressions close last week of term 2 in the year prior to the program.
Notification will be given in term 3 of the year prior to the program.
Community Information evening conducted as time and local requirements dictate in the term prior to program.