To be perfectly honest the school year of 2020 ended with a great big sigh of relief.<\/p>\n
Staff Farewells<\/strong> In 2021 we will welcome several new staff to the Fort including: HSC Results<\/strong> State Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n Eszter Coombs<\/strong> – 1st in English Extension 2 and 4th in English Extension 1 HSC Showcases<\/strong><\/p>\n 11 students were nominated for various HSC Showcases: Please check the school website for a full list of the distinguished achievers this year.<\/p>\n I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Fortians and their families the absolute best over the January holidays and hope that all students and staff are enjoying a well-deserved break after an unusual and difficult year. I look forward to catching up with everyone again in 2021. Staff will be returning to school on Wednesday 27 January. Year 7, 11 and 12 as well as Year 10 Peer Support Leaders return to school on Friday 29 January with all other students returning on Monday 1 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To be perfectly honest the school year of 2020 ended with a great big sigh of relief. Staff Farewells Sadly, we have said farewell to nine staff members across the school on the last day of term. Ms Erica Yu in the Mathematics Faculty had temporarily replaced Ms Ning Cui at the beginning of term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-2466","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSadly, we have said farewell to nine staff members across the school on the last day of term.
\nMs Erica Yu<\/strong> in the Mathematics Faculty had temporarily replaced Ms Ning Cui at the beginning of term 4, her contract has now come to an end.
\nMs Meg Vierboom<\/strong> in the English Faculty joined the Fort halfway through the year and has been successful in gaining a permanent position at Randwick Boys High School, we wish her all the best in her new appointment.
\nMs Rosa Brown<\/strong> in the English Faculty commenced at the start of the year and has been an outstanding fit at Fort Street. Ms Brown is expecting her second child in the new year and we would like to wish her all the best and hope to see her return to the Fort in the future.
\nMr Martin Cox<\/strong> has been working in the English Faculty for the past ten years backfilling various members of staff either on maternity leave or working part-time as they returned from maternity leave. The Fort has farewelled Mr Cox on several occasions so whilst we do not have a temporary contract for him in 2020 no doubt, we will see him back in some capacity in the future.
\nMr Mark Egan<\/strong> has been working on a temporary contract in the library one day a week for the past 8 years and we are sad that he will not be returning in this capacity. Hopefully, we will catch up with Mr Egan from time to time if he is able to come in on a casual relieving basis in the library.
\nMs Rae Spratt<\/strong> in the CAPA Faculty has been teaching Drama for the past 2 years and has also finished up her contract at the Fort.
\nMr Randev Uppal<\/strong> has been working as the Sports Coordinator for 3 years now and has improved sport at the Fort considerably over this time. Students and staff would like to wish Mr Uppal all the best in his future endeavours.
\nMr Noah Melser<\/strong> from the English Faculty has also accepted a permanent appointment elsewhere and will be moving to East Hills Boys after 11 years at the Fort. Catriona Arcamone delivered the farewell speech for Mr Melser, this is just a short excerpt, \u201cFor 11 years the whimsy of Noah Melser has diverted students, confounded staff and bemused executive. At the same time students have been enraptured, staff enlightened, executive impressed. Into the very stable warp of Fort Street, the weft of Melser magic has been woven. Let us hope that it remains in the fabric of this wonderful school for some time to come.\u201d
\nMs Caroline Jerrems<\/strong> has been a teacher in the Social Science faculty at Fort Street for the past 15 years. Caroline has accepted a new appointment at Cammeraygal High School closer to her home. Caroline has built the Duke of Edinburgh program at Fort Street to be the biggest Public-School program in the State. Caroline also initiated the annual market day where Commerce students work in groups to run a business, she has contributed to the Cancer Council\u2019s 7 Bridges walk, Legacy Days, organised the Smith Family\u2019s Student 2 Student reading program as well as the Bread and Butter Project, Caroline\u2019s enthusiasm and dedication to the Fort will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n
\nMr Ed McMahon<\/strong> who joins us from North Sydney Girls High School and will take up the permanent position as Head Teacher English.
\nMr James Wright<\/strong> has accepted a permanent position in the English Faculty at the Fort and joins us from Sydney Girls High School
\nMs Chi Truong<\/strong> will also join the English Faculty in a temporary capacity for the year coming from James Ruse Agricultural High School.
\nMr Geoffrey Geha<\/strong> will join the Mathematics Faculty, Ms Flynn will continue to teach in the Technology Faculty, Ms Ryan<\/strong> will return part-time to the learning centre and Ms Ezekiel<\/strong> will be commencing in the role as sports coordinator.<\/p>\n
\nOn Friday 18 December staff enjoyed a morning tea with the 2020 Year 12 Fortians who returned to celebrate their outstanding HSC results. In summary:
\n24 students were listed as HSC All Rounders, that is they achieved a result in the highest band in 10 or more units of courses
\nFort Street was ranked 18th school in NSW<\/p>\n
\nJack Coleman<\/strong> (Year 11) – 1st in Mathematics Advanced
\nJulius Faith<\/strong> – 3rd in German Continuers
\nEmily Grimes<\/strong> – 4th in German Continuers and 5th in German Extension
\nJessica Huang<\/strong> – 3rd in Chinese in Context
\nEmily Miers<\/strong> – 11th in Legal Studies
\nDaniel Yang<\/strong> – 17th in Mathematics Extension 1
\n131 students were listed as \u2018Distinguished Achievers\u2019 having achieved a mark of 90 or above in one or more subjects.<\/p>\n
\nEncore: For Performance – Jamie Kwon, Emily Miers, Max Tosello and Jaden White<\/strong>. For Composition, Alistair MacDonald, Jaden White and Alexander Epps<\/strong> were nominated.
\nArt Express: Raphael Taib (selected), Alexander Wang (selected), Cheylon Devine and Jennifer Shu<\/strong>
\nOn Stage for his script: Tom Stevens (selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n