Koorie School Mentor Claire Cartwright welcomes you to WSSC and looks forward to supporting you throughout your WSSC journey.
WSSC now has over 90 Koorie students. We have an extensive range of programs to support our Koorie students such as:
- Accessing scholarship programs that enable our students to have financial support while continuing their education. These include the Federal Government – IYLP scholarship, Victorian Government – Marrung scholarship and others as they come on hand.
- On-Country Pathways Driver Mentor Program – As the piolet school for this program nationally, we have seen numerous students get their L’s hours and go on to obtain their P’s and employment.
- Excursions to Indigenous local and state sites to assist the Koorie students to explore and understand their culture.
- A dedicated Koorie Student Agency group that can be accessed by Koorie students (limited numbers). This group organises events and facilities such as the development of an Indigenous Garden on the college grounds.
- Celebrates significant indigenous dates and events – NAIDOC and Reconciliation Week are whole school initiatives.
Our programs are designed to maximise the opportunity for our Koorie students and for them to gain success in their secondary studies.