Participating Schools

Kensington Primary School is located 4km from Perth CBD in the heart of tranquil Kensington. The school opened in 1926 and the ambience of the school is a talking point for visitors to the school. Kensington Primary School is steeped in tradition, which is well appreciated by members of the community. It is well known that our deliberate focus on community, keeping traditions and making new ones is successfully building strong partnerships with the school community. The students come from a range of backgrounds and work harmoniously to develop their academic and social skills. The School Council has a significant role in the school community and leadership by the group is well respected. The P&C are very proactive and enthusiastic in all of their endeavours to support the school community. The school community has a strong partnership in all aspects of their involvement in the school. The staff at Kensington Primary School represent a broad range of experience. The staff are described as energised, committed to quality teamwork and highly professional. Shared leadership and leadership development are key aspects of the way the school operates. The staff work positively as a whole team.

Contact: Christine Cook
Email: christine.cook@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.kensingtonps.det.wa.edu.au

Embleton Primary School has 155 students from K-7 and largely comprises of students from multicultural backgrounds. We value the contribution of the whole school community to make a difference to children’s mental health and well being and foster respect, inclusivity and cooperation. We have many and varied events which encourages positive behaviour, sportsmanship and team building with students and an enthusiastic P&C body. Staff are very supportive of each other and work collaboratively towards the enhancement of students’ development.

Contact: Anne Champion
Ph: 9271 4019
Email: anne.champion@det.wa.edu.au

St Stephen’s School is a Uniting Church secondary school with a population of approximately 850 students from the northern suburbs of Perth. St Stephen’s is renowned for its outstanding pastoral care and its dynamic and holistic approach to education. The school environment provides a friendly, co-educational learning community where students can learn readily and develop and grow as people. The relationship between staff and students is the key to student engagement and learning. In this important relationship we seek to educate and to nurture. We also seek to help students serve God and serve others in their daily living. Adopting Act-Belong-Commit aims to strengthen and expand the existing mental health initiatives at the school.

Contact: Brian Plowman
Ph: 9306 7355
Email: brian.plowman@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Website: www.ststephens.wa.edu.au

Lockridge Senior High School is located in shady grounds on the western edge of the Swan Valley. Since opening in 1974, the school has developed a reputation for innovative programs and maintains a fine tradition of academic and vocational success enhanced by strong student support structures. At Lockridge SHS extensive efforts and resources are devoted to providing a supportive and caring environment catering for student health and well being. Students come from over 30 different ethnic backgrounds, and are encouraged to form integrated friendship groupings and adopt inclusive values. Our Ngulla Maya Centre, NAIDOC Week and Harmony Day activities help to teach students to appreciate and value cultural diversity within the context of our unique Australian society. Lockridge Senior High School would like to create a mentally healthy school environment for all staff and students by promoting the Act-Belong-Commit message to the school community.

Contact: Jani Schaper
Ph: 9378 0252
Email: jani.schaper@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.lockridge.wa.edu.au

North Lake Senior Campus is a campus designed for students aged 16 years and older who want to complete Year 11 and 12 secondary education. North Lake is a member of the Fremantle Public Schools Collaboration with Applecross SHS, Hamilton SHS, Melville SHS and South Fremantle SHS. The student population is approximately 450 and is made up of students from 51 different countries including refugees from war-torn countries. The campus also includes an Intensive English Centre as well as a Fast Track program, which is located in Fremantle. The purpose of the school adopting the Act-Belong-Commit campaign is to raise awareness of mental health, destigmatise mental illness, and promote wellbeing for everyone in the campus community. The school also aims to develop a proactive and mentally healthy learning and working environment for students, staff and parents.

Contact: Linda Kwok
Ph: 9314 0444
Email: linda.kwok@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.northlake.wa.edu.au

Kalamunda Senior High School is a local area high school set in the hills region of the Perth metropolitan area. The school was established in 1960 and currently has a student population of approximately 937 students. Teaching and support staff find the school professionally rewarding and tend to remain for an extended period of time, with many staff living in the local community and sending their children to Kalamunda. The current students are predominantly Australian born or from an English or European background and speak English as their first language. There are 20 students of Aboriginal descent at the school. The school strives to foster a learning environment which values achievement and positive social values including respect for self, for others and the wider Australian community. The Act-Belong-Commit message will be promoted to the students and wider community to reinforce the school values.

Contact: Amanda Morton
Ph: 9293 6470
Email: amanda.morton@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.kalamundashs.wa.edu.au

Sevenoaks Senior College presents a modern and practical approach to senior schooling in Western Australia. The school caters for up to 600 students from across the Perth metropolitan area and provides for all students across the educational landscape with programs including Stage 1, 2 and 3 courses, VET, Industry and Fast Track programs. The school also hosts an International Centre and wherever possible the school integrates VET (Vocational Education and Training) and WPL (Workplace Learning) into all students’ programs. Sevenoaks values an open, adult relationship between staff and students and believes that every child has the right to quality education irrespective of the background and future goals. Sevenoaks intends to implement Act-Belong-Commit via Year 12 health studies and activities and events held on various occasions throughout the year by student council.

Contact: Beverley Smith
Phone: 9356 4943
Email: beverley.smith@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.sevenoaks.wa.edu.au

Clayton View Primary School was planned and constructed in 2003 in response to the amalgamation of Bellevue and Koongamia Primary Schools. The staff at Clayton View Primary School have demonstrated a wealth of combined knowledge and experience coupled with a great deal of empathy for students from some low socio economic backgrounds. Their willingness to share experience and assist each other has meant this wealth of experience has been further enhanced. The school’s priority for 2011 is to develop a Health and Physical Education Policy and Strategic Plan in consultation with the school community. The Act-Belong-Commit mental health program will help support the achievement of the objectives of the Policy and Strategic Plan.

Contact: Frank Scarfone
Phone: 9294 1566
Email: frank.scarfone@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.claytonviewps@det.wa.edu.au

Canning Vale College (CVC) is a government secondary school catering to students from years 8-12. CVC has a current student population of 1120 students and 150 staff. The school has identified three key drivers to underline how the CVC community works together. These drivers are Thinking, Learning and Caring. CVC style of schooling aims to reflect a more complex society that is changing continuously by encouraging students to learn new thinking skills, develop a positive attitude to learning and support students to think highly of themselves. CVC prioritises optimal mental health for the whole school community. Becoming a partner with ABC supports this endeavour and aims to extend the message more widely into the school culture.

Contact: Angela Somerville
Phone: 9334 9002
Email: angela.somerville@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.canningvalecollege.det.w...

At North Albany Senior High School (NASHS) we provide a highly positive, caring and supportive environment for our students. Our school motto is “Care and Diligence”. This guides the development and implementation or our many and varied educational programs. Our population size (between 450-500) enables individualized learning programs for each student which addresses their immediate and long term academic and career needs. At NASHS we celebrate each student as being unique and we support this, in partnership with the community by providing a ‘wrap around” academic, social and cultural curriculum. We believe that the mental health and well being of every child is important. Act-Belong-Commit provides us with the opportunity to work in partnership with another community agency to meet the needs of young people today.

Contact: Andrew Harrison
Phone: 9841 6611
Email: andrew.harrison@det.wa.edu.au

Ashdale Secondary College (SC) is an Independent Public School, specialising in Science and Technology. The school also caters to students from a diverse range of cultures including students diagnosed with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder through a Specialist Autism Extension Program.

Ashdale SC was established in 2009 and currently has 500 students across years 8, 9 and 10. This number is expected to increase to approximately 750 students in 2012 and as our first intake of students enter year twelve in 2013, our numbers are expected to top 1000 students. Most of our students begin their education journey at one of our three cluster primary schools.

Ashdale SC aims to be a values-rich environment where all students are motivated to strive to achieve their best and to realise their potential. The focus of the college is on student engagement and wellbeing. We are working on students developing the capabilities necessary for healthy living and lifelong learning by building social and emotional resilience, supported by clear, ethical and effective pastoral care. This ensures students are able to develop the confidence they need to play an active part in the life of their school, family and community while being prepared for future transitions from home to school to work or further study. All students have access to innovative and flexible pathways for learning in a variety of environments including school, TAFE, universities and the workplace.

Ashdale SC aims to promote the messages of Act Belong Commit through student, staff and community involvement in fundraising projects, mental health expos, sporting events and volunteer programs.

La Salle College is a co-educational Catholic secondary school founded by the Lasallian Order in 1954. Situated in the Swan Valley region of Western Australia, the College caters for the educational, spiritual and pastoral care needs of 1400 students in Years 7-12. In keeping with the tradition begun by John Baptist de La Salle, La Salle College is committed to providing a quality education for the whole person within a Catholic community.

The foundations upon which our College is built are:
• A strong sense of community
• A rich Pastoral Care system
• A nurturing spiritual environment
• A commitment to excellence

In its essence, a Lasallian school is not a book, a building, or a program. A Lasallian school is people, people who electrify the building and make its environment so supportive of growth, no matter what our job description is, we live out faith through the example we give. What happens in every classroom or office is what gives credibility to what is presented and discussed in the religion class and to the public. The Lasallian School is founded on the belief that religion has to do with the whole of life.