This school has an unusual – and sugar-filled – secret to success.
Melba College class of ’24 started each morning at their government school in Croydon by having a hot chocolate and a yarn with principal Matthew Lee.
Lee said Melba College’s success came from shifting its focus to academic excellence, expecting more from its VCE students. Principal Fiona McAuliffe created a head teaching and learning position and brought in Tracy Williams to start with the basics. Almost 15 per cent of students had an ATAR above 90, including dux Anagah Gupta, who achieved 99.55, and proxime accessit Shiv Patel, who got 98.85.“We’re looking at the results that we’re getting and asking what that information tells us about what we need to change,” McAuliffe said.“The more success we have, the hungrier our teachers are to want to do more.”
Brennan was diagnosed with brain cancer on Boxing Day last year and died in March, leaving behind his wife, Tracy Brennan, and three children.
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