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Recipients
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ASG Community
Merit Awards 2005
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South Australia:
Mrs
Renee Book |
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St
Joseph's School,
Barmera
for commitment to integrating the school with the wider
community.
Mrs Book initiated a global home-stay program and arranged for 18 students from Japan to spend two weeks
at their school and in the community, learning about life in a different country. Her students visit a local nursing
home, and she also helped to re-open a local playgroup that had been closed for many years. Mrs Book was
responsible for implementing a literacy program, providing an area with appropriate resources and
support teachers to improve students’ skills.
Nominator: St Joseph’s School parents
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Ms
Ray Bywaters
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Banksia
Park International High School,
Banksia
Park
for initiative in teaching programs that are of benefit to her school and wider
community.
Ms Bywaters coordinated the design and implementation of the Global Citizens Medal (GCM). Students applying
for the medal present to a panel on an issue they feel passionate about. The medal aims to encourage
students to value themselves and their community contributions, promoting them as well-rounded and
important citizens of the future. The school’s GCM program won a $10,000 grant in the 2004 National
Awards for Quality Schooling, and Ms Bywaters is using this grant to introduce the GCM program to six other
schools and their students in the area.
Nominator: Banksia Park International High School Governing Council
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Mrs
Kathryn Clark
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St
Peter's Girls' School,
Stonyfell
for creativity in teaching programs that help link students’ learning to the
community.
The Junior Primary Teachers team implemented a Creative Play program, which engages students through
problem solving, thinking, exploring, experiencing and developing their ideas through play based learning.
Students created a zoo and invited other students to visit for a gold coin donation, which was then passed onto the
RSPCA. A project on occupations using the theme Connecting with the Community included parents and
friends talking about their jobs. Students used research into these occupations as part of an Intranet resource to
access information about future occupations. The team has also been responsible for developing market stalls
with students creating items to sell, working as stall holders, and raising money for local charities.
Team Members: Alysia Simic & Helen Smith
Nominator: St Peter's School Board of Governors
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Mr
Aidan Coleman
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 Trinity
College,
Gawler
for commitment to engaging students and encouraging participation in the wider
community.
Mr Coleman has run many creative writing workshops, and promoted literary competitions and events which he
attends with his students. Mr Coleman’s commitment to youth writing is reflected in his involvement with the annual
Spring Poetry Festival and his role as a judge of students’ poems for the festival’s anthology. He has also
developed poetry courses that are taught across the college’s five campuses and other schools.
Nominator: Trinity College Gawler parents
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Ms
Narelle Dew
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Loreto
College Junior School,
Marryatville
for commitment to supporting participation in physical education within the school and wider
community.
Ms Dew is an executive member of the South Australian Catholic Primary Schools Sports Association as an
Athletics Coordinator, and has been awarded life membership for her 11 years of involvement. She has
been responsible for implementing extensive intra-school and extracurricular sports programs, and she encourages
parents to be actively involved with coaching, scoring and umpiring teams. Ms Dew also coordinates athletics
carnivals for around 80 catholic schools from around the state.
Nominator: Loreto College Junior School parents
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Mrs
Lynette Ferenci
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 Roxby
Downs Area School,
Roxby
Downs
for leadership in engaging students through participation in the wider
community.
Mrs Ferenci developed a clubs program for middle school students where community members came into
the school and taught skills such as dance and crafts. One club went on to enter rural dance competitions, and
another publishing club made and sold goods to the community. A community studies program introduced fire
brigade training and facilitated students to study for and receive their senior First Aid certificates. Mrs Ferenci
worked with disinclined male students to restore local historical cottages, helping them gain respect from the
community. She developed a Gifted and Talented program, and as a member of the school’s Governing
Council, is involved in many areas of the school community.
Nominator: Roxby Downs Area School Governing Council
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Mr
Roger Frahn
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Eudunda
Area School,
Eudunda
for encouraging participation and forging links between the school and local
community.
Mr Frahn has been instrumental in organising students to compete each year in the Australian International Pedal
Prix. Students make pedal power vehicles to compete in the 24-hour event, with strong community support for, and
involvement in, fundraising, building the vehicle and organising participation in the event. Mr Frahn organises
the outdoor education program for the school and has initiated courses such as motor mechanics.
Nominator: Eudunda Area School Governing Council
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Mr
Lynton Hall
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Murray
Bridge High School,
Murray
Bridge
for commitment to environmental education and encouraging student participation in the wider
community.
Mr Hall uses his position as a volunteer guide at Monarto Zoological Park to engage students in projects of benefit
to the park and its wider community. Students are involved in a revegetation program, they have established
photo points to monitor progress, and have carried out water and soil tests, all useful for the management of the
park’s resources. Each year Mr Hall helps conduct two-day workshops on the health of the Murray River, and
through agriculture subjects, involves students in working with grower cooperatives, farmers and agricultural
advisers to develop an efficient irrigation and water conservation plan for the school.
Nominator: Murray Bridge High School Governing Council
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Ms
Letitia Hayward
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 Maitland
Area School,
Maitland
for encouraging an appreciation of cultural diversity and developing links with the wider community through participation in the
arts.
Ms Haywar d developed a Mural Making in the Community program, bringing together students in the
community through art. The students’ first completed mural focused on a different stage of the Aboriginal
experience, and was officially presented during NAIDOC week at a large gathering in front of the school, Aboriginal
elders and parents. Ms Hayward arranged for a local artist in residence to work with her students as part of the
Windjammer celebrations, and an Aboriginal artist in residence helped students create a traditional piece of
art that now hangs in the Maitland District Hospital.
Nominator: Maitland Area School Governing Council
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Mr
Rob MacFarlane
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 McLaren
Vale Primary School,
McLaren
Vale
for commitment to environmental education programs, and enhancing school community awareness and pride in the
environment.
Mr MacFarlane displays leadership both within the school and wider community, helping develop networks with
external environmental groups, the local council, government and private organisations, always with a
focus on caring for the environment. As Environmental Education Coordinator, Mr MacFarlane has helped form
a curriculum centred on the environment and linked to engaging students’ own learning capabilities. He has
developed many native propagation and revegetation projects, vegetable gardens, is involved in paper
recycling and monitoring school water and energy consumption.
Nominator: McLaren Vale Primary School Governing Council
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Mr
Dennis Marshall
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Eudunda
Area School,
Eudunda
for leadership in engaging students through environmental programs that benefit the school and
community.
Mr Marshall developed and implemented the Kerbside Krew, a kerbside recycling program that engages
marginalised and 'at risk' students in supporting their community. The program is an accredited school subject
and has introduced recycling to a community where there was no recycling collection previously. The program has
involved the local council in the school, and has won a National Sustainable Education Award. Mr Marshall
introduced a Hat Sunsmart Policy, implemented anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies, and also
organises the school’s major fundraiser quiz night.
Nominator: Eudunda Area School Governing Council
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Mrs
Geraldine Mathieson
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 Michelle
DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten,
Naracoorte
for linking students to the wider community through participation in environmental programs.
Mrs Mathieson involves students in activities that help to raise their awareness of environmental sustainability. The
kindergarten is active in Waterwatch and Saltwatch programs, will soon become a solar school, and students
participate in recycling. Mrs Mathieson’s programs aim to ensure that for her students’ generation, ecological
sustainability and environmental awareness is a way of life so that their practices carry on for future generations.
Nominator: Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten Parent Committee
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Ms
Tracey Noble
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Woodcroft
Children's Centre,
Morphett
Vale
for commitment to early childhood education and forging links to the wider
community.
Ms Noble has worked in collaboration with teachers at The Briars Special Early Learning Centre on a pilot
program to trial and implement educational programs for students with special needs. The programs provide the
essential learning and curriculum that these children need at a local level which relieves parents of the need to travel
long distances. The program’s success has had a positive effect on the wider community resulting in
government funding being allocated for six other centres in the state.
Nominator: Woodcroft Children's Centre Governing Council Community
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Mrs
Jo Panizzolo
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 Tumby
Bay Area School,
Tumby
Bay
for enriching students and the local community through participation in musical
events.
Mrs Panizzolo helped initiate and coordinate the Talent Challenge, a concert that provides 11-16 year olds with
the chance to entertain and showcase their talents in front of a large community audience. She has also organised
the local Eisteddfod, an annual variety night, and fundraisers for local clubs and the Eyre bushfire appeal.
As the school’s music teacher, Mrs Panizzolo has showcased her musicians’ talents at community events
such as Remembrance Day and centenary celebrations.
Nominator: Tumby Bay Area School P&F Association
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Mrs
Tanya Scanlan
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Stradbroke
Junior Primary School,
Rostrevor
for commitment to engaging students through innovative programs that support students and the wider school
community.
Mrs Scanlan helped to equip Aboriginal students with the classroom skills they need by enlisting an Aboriginal
Education Worker to support and improve student literacy and numeracy abilities. Mrs Scanlan was also involved
with a group of South Australian teachers in the Supporting English Language Acquisition and Learning
(SELAL) project, which lead to the publication of a book intended to help improve educational outcomes for
Aboriginal students. Mentoring student teachers and providing guidance is reflective of Mrs Scanlan’s
commitment to teaching and support of education.
Nominator: Stradbroke Junior Primary School parents
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Miss
Alysia Simic
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St Peter's Girls'
School,
Stonyfell
for creativity in teaching programs that help link students’ learning to the
community.
The Junior Primary Teachers team implemented a Creative Play program, which engages students through
problem solving, thinking, exploring, experiencing and developing their ideas through play based learning.
Students created a zoo and invited other students to visit for a gold coin donation, which was then passed onto the
RSPCA. A project on occupations using the theme Connecting with the Community included parents and
friends talking about their jobs. Students used research into these occupations as part of an Intranet resource to
access information about future occupations. The team has also been responsible for developing market stalls
with students creating items to sell, working as stall holders, and raising money for local charities.
Team Members: Kathryn Clark & Helen Smith
Nominator: St Peter's School Board of Governors
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Mrs
Helen Smith
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St Peter's Girls'
School,
Stonyfell
for creativity in teaching programs that help link students’ learning to the
community.
The Junior Primary Teachers team implemented a Creative Play program, which engages students through
problem solving, thinking, exploring, experiencing and developing their ideas through play based learning.
Students created a zoo and invited other students to visit for a gold coin donation, which was then passed onto the
RSPCA. A project on occupations using the theme Connecting with the Community included parents and
friends talking about their jobs. Students used research into these occupations as part of an Intranet resource to
access information about future occupations. The team has also been responsible for developing market stalls
with students creating items to sell, working as stall holders, and raising money for local charities.
Team members: Kathryn Clark & Alysia Simic
Nominator: St Peter's School Board of Governors
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Mrs
Jasmine Tassios
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Renmark
High School,
Renmark
for leadership in enriching student learning through multicultural
programs.
Mrs Tassios established the French program at Renmark High School five years ago, and has changed it from a
subject that struggled for numbers, to a popular class where students now outnumber those studying other
languages offered at the school. Her students attend intensive language activities and multicultural programs
at Adelaide University and presented a short play to a French club. Mrs Tassios’ students also participate in
exchange programs to France, and local families have hosted exchange students from all over the world.
Nominator: Renmark High School parents
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Mr
Steve Wasilewski
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Mercedes
College,
Springfield
for enriching students through real-life learning and participation in the wider
community.
Mr Wasilewski was responsible for implementing the Study Extension Program (STEP), a program that
benefits students through a variety of learning areas. Mr Wasilewski has involved students in growing vegetables
to connect them to the school environment, cleaning yard areas and weeding and planting in both school and the
local community to teach ownership, making and delivering meals for Meals on Wheels, and organised
other schools to visit indigenous schools to foster cultural understanding.
Nominator: Mercedes College Student Council
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