Second Letter Home from The Alpine School Campus (Altitude 1600m),
Friday October 26 2018

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 with a perspective of the intended program here at the Alpine School. 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 heading out over the coming weeks 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 you 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 Summer period will be so much better for all of you. If you are not able to make the visiting weekend of Saturday November 17th and Sunday November 18th, 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: 26/10/2018

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 4 2018.

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 4 Student Program - 2018:

Alpine School Term 4 Alpine School Student Program 2018 [.xlsx]

Schools teams in attendance at the ALPINE SCHOOL CAMPUS for our Term 4 2018 Alpine School SSL program are from:

• Footscray City College
• St Arnaud Secondary College
• Brauer College
• Melton Secondary College
• Surf Coast Secondary College
• Camperdown College
• Phoenix P-12 Community College
• Suzanne Cory High School
• Lavers Hill K-12
• Balmoral K-12 Community College

Term 4 2018 SSL program at the Alpine School Campus commences:
– Sunday 14 October 2018 (Student Arrival)
Concludes:
– 15 December 2018 (Student Departure) (Student Departure)