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1 Thursday 28 June 2018 Our Kinder kids enjoyed having their faces painted and creating paper costumes. Dates to Remember June Friday 29 Final Day of Term 2 (Finish 2.20 pm) July Monday 16 Traralgon Office Closed Tuesday 17 First Day of Term 3 for Kinder Wednesday 18 First Day of Term 3 for Prep Year 8 Friday 20 Senior School Expo, Drouin Campus Not all campus events and activities are listed above. For more comprehensive information regarding upcoming dates, please refer to the Calendar on Linc. Follow Chairo on Facebook facebook.com/chairo.traralgon

2 Whole School News Celebrating Our Heritage It has been great over this term to re-tell (and remember) part of Chairo s story our heritage. We started by saying how important it is to remember to not forget our past, our story, our beginnings. These roots are an important way in which we can ensure that we stay the course and continue to be the community that we have desired to be from the beginning. In the previous newsletter, we reflected on forty years of Christian education in South Gippsland through Leongatha Christian School, South Coast Christian College and now Chairo Leongatha. This year also marks twenty years since our wonderful Pakenham Campus (originally known as the Cardinia Campus) commenced. It was wonderful to hear more about this part of the Chairo community when Steve McAllister spoke at last month s AGM about the founding and growing of this campus. Our founding families had established the school at the Drouin East site on Lardners Track in 1983, and Chairo had then expanded to the Balfour Road site a bit closer to Drouin in A good number of families were travelling to Chairo from west of the school including from Pakenham and some were expressing a desire to see a campus of Chairo established closer to where they lived. In October 1996, a small group of parents gathered at the home of Tony and Lisa Finlay to discuss the possibility of starting a new campus. A public meeting was held in Pakenham in December and, after much searching, forty acres of land was purchased on Bald Hill Road between Pakenham and Nar Nar Goon in May Much preparation work was done, including by families whose children were attending Chairo Drouin, to establish a campus in the middle of paddocks, with no real services or amenities at their disposal. It literally was a greenfield site, with a driveway and two small buildings being established. Slabs for the first stage of building were poured in early October of 1997 and to cut a long story short the campus opened with two teachers and twenty students on 2 February Again, families were seeing the fulfilment of a wonderful and over-reaching dream the establishment of a Christian school in an area where there had not previously been ready access to Christian education. The campus grew rapidly and is now the largest Chairo campus, with close to 800 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. It really is a living example of how God s goodness realised through uncompromising vision, sacrifice and hard work can be seen in such a tangible manner. The campus is also a wonderful testimony to the generosity of the Chairo community. By God s goodness, and with recognition to the spirit with which our founders established the school, there is a generosity within our community that is quick to look outward for the good of others. The establishment of a campus near Pakenham is a wonderful example of this, as is the willingness to embrace our campuses at Leongatha and Traralgon at particular times when this support was so needed. I trust that you, as a valued member of our school community, have also experienced this generosity in some way. I hope this is the case, not because it glorifies Chairo, but because it points to someone far bigger than Chairo to our loving and generous Father in heaven, who, because of His initial generosity to us in Jesus, enables us to show and share that generosity with others. Simon Matthews, Executive Principal From the Finance Office Tax Deductible Building Fund As the end of the financial year fast approaches, we wish to remind all Chairo parents and supporters that we have a tax deductible building fund. Building development plans around Chairo remain very high, as we continue to develop the Pakenham Campus and construct the Chairo Cultural Centre at Drouin in particular. Funds can also be directed to capital projects at the Drouin East and Leongatha campuses. Your donation would be a great assistance and encouragement to the school community. For more information, or to make a donation, please contact Tammy Williamson in the finance office ( or twilliamson@chairo.vic.edu.au). Performing Arts Support In addition to seeking donations for the building fund, sponsorship and donations are also encouraged for the purpose of assisting with the fit out of the Chairo Cultural Centre (musical instruments, lighting and stage effects, etc.) at the Drouin Campus. For more information, or to make a donation of any size, please contact Tammy Williamson in the finance office ( or twilliamson@chairo.vic.edu.au).

3 Have You Considered Joining the Board? Even though Chairo is a large, multi-campus school with assets of $65 million, we are nevertheless a not-forprofit incorporated association just like so many sporting clubs and other organisations that are governed by a committee of volunteers. As vitally important as our Executive Principal, Business Manager and more than 250 other staff members are to the ongoing success of Chairo, nothing would be possible without our dedicated, hardworking Board members. Jeff Calway (Board Chairman) explained: God has certainly blessed us over the past 35 years or more with wonderful, godly men and women who have been passionate about Christian education and prepared to serve for a season as Board members. Many of those currently serving on the Board have been doing so for a good number of years and/or their children are nearing the end of their school years. As always, we are trusting that God will raise up Christian men and women who will progressively replace those who conclude their time on the Board. Have you considered joining the Board? Can you think of other Chairo parents who might be suitable? Are you able to bring this need before the Lord in prayer? Would you like more information about Board responsibilities and time commitment? A good place to start is by reading the Governance at Chairo booklet (available at chairo.vic.edu.au/pdf/ Enrolment/Governance at Chairo Booklet.pdf) and/or talking to a current Board member. There is no doubt that serving on the Chairo Board requires a significant commitment of time and energy. However, there are also immeasurable benefits. Many of these benefits are for current and future members of the school community, and for the wider cause of Christian education, but there are also benefits personally for Board members. Kerrie Jackson joined the Board at the start of 2017 and believes that serving as a Board member is a great privilege, and an excellent way of supporting and partnering with staff members in their roles. I now understand so much more of what happens to enable the school to run so well, explained Kerrie, and I have learned (and am still learning) about good governance. Because of my Board involvement, I am realising more deeply how blessed we are in this country to have the freedoms that we do to have a school like Chairo, and how careful we need to be to keep and defend those freedoms, said Kerrie. Kerrie also commented that it has been wonderful to learn more about the other campuses, and to witness the way they are so valued by their families and communities. In addition, she has appreciated hearing about why families choose Christian education, and this has helped further develop her appreciation for what Chairo provides. Those interested in finding out more about joining the Board, and perhaps being put in contact with a Board member, are invited to the Board Support Officer, Darryl Martin, at dmartin@chairo.vic.edu.au in order to commence the process. From the Senior Chaplain Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 Psalm 51 is the famous Psalm that David wrote after he had committed adultery and murder (see 2 Samuel 10 11). It is a deeply profound and moving Psalm of confession and repentance, and a plea to God for renewal and restoration. In his plea to God for restoration, David asks for joy. Not once, but three times: Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice (verse 8) Restore to me the joy of your salvation (verse 12). Why does David, in the midst of his confession of horrible sin, ask God three times for joy? Surely it is because David knows something that it is easy for us to overlook: joy is a powerful vaccine against sin. So often, we yield to temptation because of our lack of joy. Without joy, it s easier to think that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Without joy, temptation becomes more powerful and more enticing. Without joy, we are less likely to be content and satisfied and at peace in Christ. It is good and right for us to pray for joy, as David did. It is good and right for us to teach our children and our students to seek joy in God. It is good and right for our school to be named Chairo, which means rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4). May the Lord restore and sustain in us the joy of His salvation, to His glory. Medon Loupis, Senior Chaplain

4 Staff Q&A: Rob Dedynskyj What is your role at Chairo? I work on the maintenance team in a part-time role at the Traralgon Campus. What do you love about working at Chairo? I love the energy and enthusiasm of the staff members and their heart to have Christ at the centre of all they are and all they do. What were you doing before coming to Chairo? I was a trainee pastor at Reality Christian Church at Traralgon and had my own handyman business. Who would you most like to swap places with for a day? I wouldn t want to swap with anyone for a day. I am very blessed with how God made me. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be and why? I would be a purple crayon, as it s my favourite colour and is also a royal colour. Who inspires you? Jesus Christ, Leif Hetland, Todd White and my mentors are the ones who inspire me the most. What is something that not a lot of people know about you? I had plastic surgery when I was in my early 20s. I had maxillofacial surgery as I had sleep apnea and would stop breathing for up to 60 seconds. I had to have a CPAP machine and wear a mask every night. They brought my jaw forward and also raised it to help the problem! What are you passionate about? I am passionate about my wife, family, souls and seeing people entering into a deeper relationship with the Trinity. Where is your favourite place to visit (and who with)? My favourite place to visit is Phillip Island with my family. What s the best meal you ve ever had? The best meal I think I ve had was a Chicken Marsala at an Italian restaurant in Morwell that is no longer there, unfortunately!

5 Campus News Traralgon Office Holiday Hours The office at the Traralgon Campus will be closed for the first week on the holidays (Monday 2 to Friday 6 July). It will be open during the second week (Monday 9 to Friday 13 July) of the holidays but will then be closed on Monday 16 July due to a whole-school staff professional development day. Box Club Mrs French has been busy collecting boxes and other recyclables to be used at our Wednesday lunchtime Box Club. The students have enjoyed being creative and helping each other with their recycled inventions, and have come up with some very detailed creations. Thank you, Mrs French, for spending your lunch time with the students each Wednesday. Box Club will continue next term and we are always on the lookout for more items to use. If you have any of the following items at home, we would love to have them: Small boxes Egg cartons Milk container lids Paper towel or glad wrap rolls Take away coffee cup holders Kitchen Garden Years 3 4 students used fresh vegetables from our school garden to make a simple lettuce and radish salad with a creamy dressing. This was a great opportunity for some of our students to try radish for the first time. Students have enjoyed preparing their own food from seed to plate, and were willing taste-testers.

6 Thank You Mr Spink The Prep class would like to thank Mr Spink for cleaning up the dry creek bed in the junior playground. Preps have been doing their investigations outside each Friday and trying to get the water flowing freely in the creek bed. Mr Spink cleared it up and then showed the Preps how they can keep it clean. Preps also washed and cleaned their dinosaurs and made sure everything was clean ready for the school holidays. Kinder Face Painting Fun! Miss Versteden brought lots of smiles to the faces of our Kinder kids today by painting their faces. There were lots of different designs, from Spider-Man to princesses, mermaids to rainbows. The teachers then helped the Kinder children make costumes out of paper to go with their face paint. I m sure you will agree that the kids looked amazing! Thank you, Miss Versteden, for sharing your creative talents. Drouin Uniform Shop Holiday Hours The uniform shop at the Drouin Campus will be open as follows: Monday 2 July: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm Tuesday 3 July: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm Wednesday 4 July: 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Monday 16 July: am to 2.30 pm The shop will be closed during the second week of the holidays and on the Tuesday of the first week of next term. Regular hours will resume on Thursday 19 July (1.00 to 5.00 pm). Community Noticeboard Latrobe City Library Free Holiday Program Week One: The Big Samba This is a hands-on musical experience where everyone joins in to create an explosion of sound. Steve Schulz takes a room full of kids, buckets of percussion instruments and a whole heap of energy to create the Big Samba. Wednesday 4 July at the Traralgon library at am and at the Moe library at 2.00 pm Thursday 5 July at the Morwell library at am For bookings and enquiries, phone or online bookings can be made at latrobe.vic.gov.au/library Week Two: Naidoc Week The Bodrum Boys will be dancing at am. There will be mobile making, stick weaving, rock and stick painting and other various crafts. This is happening at each library on the following days (no bookings required): Moe Library: Monday 9 July, am Traralgon Library: Tuesday 10 July, am Churchill Hub: Wednesday 11 July, am Morwell Library: Thursday 12 July, am

7 Chairo praying parents Every weekday am Traralgon Campus Parents are warmly invited to attend, whether regularly or just when available Prayer requests can also be ed to or text Melissa Rumble on or Medon Loupis on membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?formid=79496 Chairo provides advertisements within the parameters of our Advertising Policy as a community service. The inclusion of any advertisement is not necessarily an endorsement by the School.

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9 Expo Come along to our Friday 20 July, pm at Tyson Hall, Drouin Campus Year 8 students and their families are invited to learn about Senior School at the Drouin Campus. There will be subject stalls, interactive displays, external providers, hot and cold drinks, and a variety of seminars including: How to select subjects What is atar and scaling? Investigate vce and vcal pathways 76 Balfour Road, Drouin

10 Chairo Christian School ABN WARRAGUL DISTRICT PARENT CONTROLLED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC. Reg. No. A5753 ~ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES ~ Thursday 24 May 2018, 7.30 pm, Drouin Campus Library 1. Attendance 1.1 Full members present: Jeff Calway, Michael van Leeuwen, Mark Smith, Danielle Smith, Chris Dean, Leon Pedersen, Stephen Young, Mark Cutchie, Bryan Lewis, Donna Lewis, Andrew Jackson, Kerrie Jackson, Darryl Martin, Phil McCorriston, Rob Bruce, Marcus van Heyst, Brian Tucker, Lisa Finlay, Medon Loupis, Andrea Munn, Melissa Rumble, Alan Battersby, Justin Groenewaldt, Helen Neumann 1.2 Associate and graduate members present: Judy Hume, Malcolm Hume, Jane Ward, Samuel Nalder, Bronwyn Crawford, Ian Gawler, Heather Bedford, Olivia Davey, Tania Maunder, Hans Pedersen, Robert Poper, Simon Matthews, Kym McLeod, Ian Cooper, Wendy Lowe, Sharon Battersby, Judy Linossier, Peter Wells, Paula Loomes, Fiona Clacy, Dianne McAllister, Aaron Maidment, Sharon Gordon, Leigh Angus, Nick McLean, Adam Selent, David Stork, Hazel Rhodes, David Ball, Christine Hibma, Rachel McPherson, Jeremy van Boxtel, Lyndon Calway, Keryn de Bruyn, Tina Lewis, Mick Lewis, Shelly Beamish, Chris Pedersen, Elise Groenewaldt, Kylie Crawford, Brendan Clarke, Caroline Weatherhead, Tammy Williamson 1.3 Non-members present: Veronica Matthews, Graeme Lowe, Steve McAllister, Johanna Haasjes 1.4 Proxies presented: Nil 1.5 Apologies received: Allan Piening, Susie Piening, Jeanette Breaden, Karen Thorp, Millie McLean, David McLean, Fiona Kallady, Jason Chew, Danielle Chew, Anne van Vliet, Janene Williames, Merron Calway, Jason Ward, Julie Dean, Gordon Bedford, Alan Rumble, Peter Morison, Janita Morison 2. Opening 2.1 Jeff Calway welcomed everyone to the meeting, including new full members Marcus van Heyst (present) and Karen Thorp (apology), and then opened the meeting in prayer. 2.2 Alan Battersby shared a devotion about a biblical perspective on how to measure success in relation to students who graduate from Chairo. 3. Singing 3.1 A group of staff musicians led the singing of worship songs, Cornerstone and Great are You, Lord. 4. General resolutions 4.1 Resolved on the motion of L Pedersen & S Young that the agenda as distributed be adopted. 4.2 Resolved on the motion of M van Leeuwen & A Munn that the apologies received be adopted. 4.3 Resolved on the motion of M van Heyst & J Groenewaldt that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 25 May 2017 be confirmed as a true and correct record. 4.4 Resolved on the motion of S Young & M Smith that the minutes of the General Meeting held on 9 November 2017 be confirmed as a true and correct record. 4.5 Resolved on the motion of M van Leeuwen & D Smith that the annual reports for 2017 by the Chairman, Executive Principal and Business Manager as distributed be received. 5. Special report 5.1 Traralgon Campus Simon Matthews introduced and welcomed Keryn de Bruyn, who then presented an encouraging update regarding the Traralgon Campus. She mentioned that the Traralgon school community has felt very welcomed and supported in their first year as part of Chairo, and highlighted a wide range of activities that have occurred already at the campus in Guest address # Anthony Collier introduced Johanna Haasjes, who has been a significant contributor to Christian education in Leongatha over the years and has a wealth of knowledge about the campus, having served as a Board member, teacher and principal. 6.2 Johanna Haasjes presented an overview of the forty years since Leongatha Christian School (now a campus of Chairo Christian School) was first established in She recounted how the story began in 1976 when a steering committee, consisting of interested people from a range of different churches, was formed following a public meeting. Land was purchased in 1977 but the school commenced in a Brownie hut in 1978, with the first buildings not ready on the Horn Street property until early Enrolments grew steadily and had passed one-hundred by Johanna reflected on some of the challenges that were faced as the school grew, and also on the many positives to the local community including the way in which barriers between local churches were broken down as parents worked together to establish and operate the school. Thursday 24 May 2018, 7:30 pm, Drouin Campus Page 1 of 2

11 Chairo Christian School ABN WARRAGUL DISTRICT PARENT CONTROLLED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC. Reg. No. A5753 ~ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES ~ 7. Special business 7.1 Changes to Statement of Rules Resolved on the motion of S Young & M Smith that the proposed changes to the Statement of Rules of Warragul District Parent Controlled Christian School Association Inc., as distributed, be adopted. 8. Financial report 8.1 Financial results for 2017 Jeff Calway introduced Bryan Lewis, thanked him on behalf of the school community for his wonderful service as Business Manager at Chairo, and wished him well for the future as he and his family prepare to move to Japan and serve there in a Christian school. Bryan Lewis then presented his twenty-seventh and final report at a Chairo general meeting. In relation to the financial results for 2017, some key points were as follows: 1399 x P 12 students plus 144 in kindergarten Cash surplus from operating activities of $2,685,243 ($445,278 better than budget) Building expenditure of $3,689,652, including $531,495 in grants Other capital expenditure of $1,752,720 Borrowings of $4.46m ($3188 per student) at the end of the year 8.2 Budget and projects for 2018 Bryan Lewis reported in relation to the budget and projects for 2018, with key points including: Budget of 1519 enrolments (120 up on 2017) with growth mainly at Pakenham & Traralgon Performing arts centre at Drouin on target for September 2018 completion Some classrooms completed at Pakenham with Senior School development commencing soon with the help of a $900,000 grant Leongatha Kinder development has commenced using existing buildings Borrowings to peak at approximately $8m (includes Pakenham land and Traralgon campus purchases) before reducing again over the next five-year cycle Bryan Lewis reflected on God s provision to Chairo over the years, and thanked God and members of the school community including Board members, those in senior leadership and staff members for their support since he commenced as Business Manager in From 2003 to 2017, Chairo has added two more campuses and two more land parcels, received over $10m in capital grants and spent more than $20m in capital development. Turnover has increased from $5.8m to $25.6m, net assets have increased from $7.6m to $55.7m and enrolments have increased from 770 to 1399 (plus kindergarten). On behalf of Board Treasurers and members of the Finance Committee over the years, Chris Dean thanked Bryan Lewis for his service and led the meeting in prayer for Bryan and his family. 8.3 Resolved on the motion of L Pedersen & M van Leeuwen that the audited annual Financial Statements for 2017, as distributed, be accepted as an accurate representation of the financial position of the Warragul District Parent Controlled Christian School Association Inc. 8.4 Resolved on the motion of D Martin & M Smith that Gordon Robertson of Crowe Horwath be appointed as Auditor for 2018 for the Warragul District Parent Controlled Christian School Ass. Inc. 9. Guest address # Steve McAllister spoke about the development of the Pakenham Campus which commenced in 1998 and some of the key developments, people and highlights over the past twenty years. He referred to Pakenham as a story of God s amazing provision, which started with a Board retreat in 1995, a small group of parents wanting access to Chairo closer to home, and the establishment of a steering committee. After an exhaustive search for suitable land in the Pakenham area, part of what was referred to as Old McDonald s Farm was purchased. Steve spoke of the significant effort to have the property purchased and rezoned, and the necessary permits in place, for the initial buildings to be constructed in just a few short months. The commitment and hard work of parents and other volunteers was vital, especially in the early years, and growth at the campus each year has been amazing. 10. Closure 10.1 Simon Matthews closed the meeting in prayer at 9.34 pm Jeff Calway invited everyone to stay for a time of fellowship over supper. Thursday 24 May 2018, 7:30 pm, Drouin Campus Page 2 of 2