Message from the Principal

To Students,

Welcome to students of the year 2006! You are joining a young and vibrant school. Tannum Sands State High School has already established a reputation for quality and we intend to keep it that way. We know you will assist in doing this. You come here to behave and to work.
Tannum High values Respect, Responsibility and Excellence. This is a school where you can Create Your Futures. This is what we expect of you:

Sharing Respect

We expect you to show respect for -

Your teachers and classmates

Their property and yours

Your school's environment and its reputation

Your parents and the dreams they have for you

Most importantly, for yourself.

Demonstrating Responsibility

We expect you to be responsible because you are not a child any more: you are growing towards adulthood. For example, at Tannum High you would show responsibility by -

Doing your classwork, homework and assignments because you need to, not because some adult 'makes' you

Being on time for class even though there are no bells

Reporting damage instead of leaving it to someone else to do

Volunteering to help eg with sports gear, instead of having to be told.

Seeking Excellence

We ask you at all times to do your best. We all seek excellence in behaviour, in class and assignment work, in cooperation, in involvement. If everyone at the school - students, parents and teachers - seeks excellence, we will have a quality school.

'Creating Our Futures' - our motto

We say at Tannum Sands State High School that learning is an active thing, not something that happens to you. It is your job to learn. We expect you will set your own goals, work towards them without affecting the rights of others, study hard and behave.
Remember, at high school, you have only 1000 school days to give yourself the broadest range of options after Year 12 that you can! Work hard and behave, not because you'll get into trouble if you don't (and you will!), but because it is important for YOUR future that you do. Create your futures, in fact!
Notice, the motto says 'our' because we all learn together, respectful of each other's rights, feelings and successes.

Being an Individual

Finally, some words of advice: Don't follow like a sheep, determined to be as mediocre as the mob. Do what you want to do, not what others talk you into. Choose your friends wisely. Set your own goals and work wisely towards them. Don't be sucked in by those who would ridicule the successful ones. Be proud of whatever achievements you have, whether they are in Science, debating, soccer, drama, committee work or whatever. Become committed, become involved and you'll enjoy wonderful years at Tannum Sands State High School.

Ray Johnston
Principal

Last updated: Mon, 16th Oct 2006