This week we have presented to each student a name badge. It is a special token of what it means to be a student at QAHS.

We talk about this being an adult environment where we together decide on how many things work. From day 1 students have taken responsibility for governance of many facets of the school. This has included decisions on the uniform and the behaviour expectations of the school community. In all this, students have sent the message clearly that they wish to be treated as adults, in a professional environment. Guests to our school always comment on students’ behaviour in this light.

This badge provide students and visitors with the invitation to address each other in an adult manner. It provides us as a community with the opportunity for all staff and students to address each other by their names as we grow from a community of 250.  All incoming students will receive these badges as they arrive each year and take them with them as they leave. It is another token of the respect we have for students in our community and our belief in their ability to act as adults in a professional environment.

Ms Leanne Nixon, Principal