![]() ![]() Instead of carrying out the full review process outlined in his contract, the school council was instead instructed to spend almost $8,000 surveying parents and teachers at St Paul's.Īrmed with an 89 per cent approval rating, the school council made a unanimous recommendation in September 2022 that Dr Browning's contract be renewed for another five years. When conversations about renewing Dr Browning's contract began in 2022, the Anglican Schools Commission Qld, which operates 12 other schools on behalf of its owners the Anglican Church, appeared positive. In 2018, Dr Browning was named Australian principal of the year, the same year the Cambridge University Student Union named St Paul's among its 100 most innovative learning organisations in the world. And 12 months later, it took out Australian School of the Year. So too was the school council, the body responsible for its day-to-day operations. To enter the contest, p ost your pictures on twitter to with the hashtag #GOpurple.Ĭontest winners will be decided at the end of the week."The decision not to renew my contract, in my mind, is inexplicable," Dr Browning said. With your purplest outfit and biggest grin, you could be in for a chance to win a Bagelman or Hatter’s Cafe gift card. In the cafeteria, the group has provided a bulletin board for all who want to participate in #GOpurple contest. “I hope that by bringing the project to DHS that this helps people from overdosing,” Gersten says. On top of the Purple Project, Gersten says that recently STMAD as hosted town hall meetings with a panel of speakers explaining the risk of drugs and a forum to teach freshmen of the dangers. Sarina Gersten, senior, has been devoted to STMAD as a student representative since her freshman year. Stand Together Make a Difference - which started the Purple Project - is an outside organization dedicated to educating about the effects of substance abuse, mental health issues, suicide and other public health concerns. Jana Patel, who is also involved with the DECA project, says, “We want to get rid of the stigma placed on DHS students.” Herren, a former NBA star, spoke to DHS students last year about the dangers of substance abuse.Īccording to his website: “ A national anti-substance abuse initiative, The THP Project Purple Initiative empowers youth to stand up to substance abuse, promotes positive decision making and encourages teens to make a difference.” The project is associated with the Chris Herren Project. ![]() “I think the most important thing is spreading the awareness of substance abuse and to encourage people to make good decisions, not just by saying, ‘Don’t do drugs,’ but by saying that we’re strong enough to not need them,” DeLima says. Monique DeLima, BOG treasurer, said that there will be an assembly on Thursday for juniors in which guest speaker Chris Sandy will tell of his battle with alcoholism.Īs part of a community service project, DeLima says, “We are trying to empower students, and Project Purple fit perfectly with our project.” 25, students are encouraged to wear purple to show support for the cause. A s an initiative to spread awareness of stopping substance abuse, DECA and Stand Together Make a Difference have introduced Project Purple ![]()
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