Official opening of Roleystone high school

3/9/93

Roleystone District High school staff and students are celebrating a unique combination of events this week - the school's official opening and its tenth anniversary.

Education Minister Norman Moore marked the occasion today by addressing a special function and burying a time capsule of student works, newspaper cuttings and photographs.

Mr Moore said it was fitting that a Liberal Education Minister was performing the opening, because it was a Liberal Government which originally established the $4 million school.

"This school took part in a pilot scheme involving the local community in school decision making, and has gone from strength to strength since 1983," the Minister said.

"Roleystone District High School started on a high when the BMA won an architectural award for the school buildings, and it has not looked back."

Roleystone, with its beautiful forest setting, attractive farm-style buildings and unique student body, has a population of 430 students from Years 6 to 10, with a staff of about 30 teachers.

The school has developed a strong musical interest with a full-time music teacher, school band and choir, together with a full-time computer teacher and computer facilities.  It is developing strengths in manual arts, home economics, art and craft, business education, languages, speech and drama.

"Evidence of the school spirit is demonstrated in the support by students, teachers and parents for the wearing of school dress," Mr Moore said.

"The unique structure, incorporating Years 6 to 10, makes the transition from primary to high school smooth and easy and Roleystone has a strong future ahead based on the success of the past decade."

Mr Moore congratulated the school community on its tenth anniversary and said the time capsule, when opened in 25 or 30 years, would give that future generation of school children a window to the world of the 1990s.