February Newsletter

There has been a distinct rise in the level of activity, and a buzz of excitement around the Centenary since the beginning of the school year. A photograph of the Centenary staff and students was taken on February 3rd whilst February 6th marked 100 years of state secondary education in Leongatha. Leongatha Agricultural High School opened on on February 6th 1912.

The February Centenary Newsletter is packed full of updates on Centenary planning and important information for all those coming to Leongatha to help celebrate on the weekend of April 28th and 29th. By clicking here or on the image of the newsletter below you will be able to download the complete newsletter.

A Registration/Booking form is also available and can be accessed by clicking here or on the image below

The school photo and an updated list of the Centenary Committee are also included in this post.

It’s been great to see people using this blog to chat and exchange information. We are approaching 1000 unique site visitors and those comments are most helpful in keeping the blog ‘alive’!

2012 School Year Begins

School has begun for the class of 2012. Mr Peter McCaughan (Maths) addressed the students at the opening assembly on the Centenary events. Some of the statistics around the Centenary weekend were shared with the students leaving them with no doubt that this will be one of the biggest weekends of the 2012 year for the Leongatha community.

A historical photo of the whole 2012 LSC school community was taken on Friday 3rd February. That photo will be published here when it becomes available.

In the meantime here is a photo that we think is from the 1974 Swimming Sports at Mirboo North. Do you recognise any faces? Please leave a comment

Recent Centenary newsletters have a Program for the Centenary. Information about bookings for the Centenary Dinner and Centenary Cabaret as well as ordering the Centenary Book and coffee mug will be included in the February mailout. Avoid any disappointment – book as soon as you can!

One of the events is a Centenary raffle. The Committee has had goods, vouchers, etc. already donated towards the raffle. If you would like to contribute please leave your phone number at the College and you will be contacted. Alternatively, leave relevant details at centenary@leonsec.vic.edu.au

Accommodation information for the Shire of South Gippsland can be found at :
Online bookings : www.visitpromcountry.com.au
Telephone bookings : 1800 630784
Further information can be found at the Shire’s email : infocentre@southgippsland.vic.gov.au

Library Monitors

The library Monitors with Mrs Bacon. Not sure of the year! Can you help? Sometime between 1962 and 1964.
Thanks to Kaylene Vlasveld for sharing this image via Facebook.

“Owly”

“Owly”, posted with vodpod

The Amalgamation

By the mid-1980’s plans began to merge the two schools and form Leongatha Secondary College. The amalgamation in 1990 heralded a new era in Government Secondary schooling inSouth Gippsland. Years 7 to 10 occupied the old High school site and Years 11 and 12 the old Tech site. They became known as The East campus (Tech) and The West Campus (High). A new centre wing was built and officially opened in 1991.

The Time Capsule

In 1972 the High School celebrated its 60th anniversary with a “Back To” at which a time capsule was buried. The time capsule has been extracted and is situated outside Mesley Hall. It will be opened at the Centenary in 2012 – on April 28-29^th.

The Technical School

Again, local lobbying led to the development of theLeongathaTechnicalSchool. It began in 1967 in portable classrooms at the rear of the High School. By 1970 the newTechnicalSchooloccupied the area where the farm used to be.