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13CodeCamp: Winter 202209:00AM 13 July -
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28Bye Bye Birdie2022 Musical07:00PM 28 July -
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29Old Collegians Annual City Dinner07:00PM 29 July August
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02Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W2 2022)Week 209:15AM 02 August -
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06Farewell to Blinman12:00PM 06 August -
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12Principal's Quiz Night 202206:30PM 12 August -
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16Junior School Tour (T3W4 2022)Week 409:15AM 16 August -
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24Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W5 2022)Week 509:15AM 24 August -
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25Middle & Senior School Tour (T3W5 2022)Week 509:00AM 25 August September
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15Junior School Tour (T3W8 2022)Week 809:15AM 15 September -
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20Middle & Senior School Tour (T3W9 2022)Week 909:00AM 20 September -
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22Early Learning Centre Tour (T3W9 2022)Week 909:15AM 22 September October
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07Class of 1972 50 Year Reunion05:30PM 07 October -
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08Class of 2017 5 Year Reunion07:00PM 08 October -
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08Class of 1982 40 Year Reunion07:00PM 08 October -
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15Class of 1992 30 Year Reunion07:00PM 15 October -
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22Class of 1991 30 Year (Plus 1) Reunion06:00PM 22 October -
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25Junior School Tour (T4W2 2022)Week 209:15AM 25 October -
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29Class of 2002 20 Year Reunion07:00PM 29 October -
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29Class of 2012 10 Year Reunion07:00PM 29 October November
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02Middle & Senior School Tour (T4W3 2022)Week 309:00AM 02 November -
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03Early Learning Centre Tour (T4W3 2022)Week 309:15AM 03 November -
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17Junior School Tour (T4W5 2022)Week 509:15AM 17 November -
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23Early Learning Centre Tour (T4W6 2022)Week 609:15AM 23 November
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Leadership
Educating a generation of better leaders

Leadership
Educating a generation of better leaders
Scotch’s calling to educate a generation of better leaders.
All around us we see leaders, but we do not necessarily see great leadership. A proliferation of Royal Commissions, regular turn-over of political bosses, divided decision-making over matters that should command consensus, biased thinking to support sinister stakeholders, unethical practice born out of poor culture and the headlong rush to meet inappropriate corporate or collective objectives all frustrate human progress.
We need to do better.
At Scotch, we are charged not just with getting our students high ATARs. Lots of well qualified individuals are damaging our world due to poor thinking and poor training in the responsibilities that surround the positions they hold. One might even say that the lack of emphasis on the broader skills required for strong leadership has been lacking in education for a generation.
What are these qualities?
Emotional intelligence, diverse thinking, values-led strategic planning, strong ethical frameworks, practice enhanced by reflection, inspirational adoption of worthy goals, resource management and consensus building are all skills that we nurture in our classrooms in both the Junior and Senior School. But that alone is not enough. Individuals of conviction are not inspired by school programs unless they have a chance to exercise their craft in a school’s way of life beyond the curriculum.
Who are our leaders?
Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. We know of the speaker from the podium and the one who occupies the named office or work space. Of course we need individuals who live up to the titles they have earned. But there is also the courageous researcher, the ones who speak truth to power, the unsung heroes and heroines who labour to deliver change in a meaningful, unseen way. Leadership can be exercised by the modest, the untitled, the uncelebrated just as much as by the one with their name on an honour board.
The Scotch way
At Scotch, all are inspired to consider their leadership profile. All have an opportunity to reflect on the many facets of leadership in both our Junior and Senior School. Leadership is an educational experience for all, in all its complexity. And the journey leads us to what is uplifting, ethically driven, environmentally sound, protective of the future not just the present, and deeply humane.
And yes, there are tasks to fulfil and titles to be earned. We need young people who spearhead and pioneer, and who challenge us in authority to do better, to think more widely, to dislodge ourselves from our complacency. Opportunities across the spectrum of Scotch life proliferate. As the range of leadership opportunities broadens, the richness of our life deepens and our education becomes more effective, more relevant, more purposeful.
But we cannot offer everyone such public acclaim. How we help students navigate rejection, but not to lose hope or momentum towards leadership in the future is equally important to us.
We are what we celebrate. We are what we celebrate with authenticity. Scotch will suffuse its students with a sense of mission and the tools to do whatever job of leadership they are called to do, whether they have a title or not. This is no mere educational process, but a launchpad to develop the problem-solvers, flagbearers and influential thinkers of the future, so our world evolves to a place of genuine peace and broadly shared prosperity.
A school with our history and prestige should aspire to nothing less.

Scotch College
We are a school firmly committed to providing a holistic education and whole of life preparation. Here is a snapshot of our life on campus.