Preparing for high school
It’s hard to believe that our eldest child is now at the age we have to select a secondary school for her in 2006. It seems only a fraction earlier than yesterday that Kathleen was starting primary school.
I went with her to orientation nights at Bright P-12 College and Marian College over the last two weeks. Bright is 6km from Porepunkah and it’s 25km to Marian in Myrtleford. Kathleen has spent all her primary years at Porepunkah and we live within easy walking distance of the 130-student school.
After careful deliberation we’ve decided that Kathleen will go to Marian. We’re Catholic, and the religious aspect is important, but we also feel the peer group there will be more academically motivated.
Kathleen initially preferred Bright, because most of her friends will be going there, but two other Porepunkah girls are going to Marian and she’s now looking forward to it.
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
