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On the evening of Tuesday 25 May,Ìýthe new Entrepreneurship Hub hosted parents, students and community members for the inaugural ‘Becoming Wealth Creators’ event.ÌýCouncillorÌýSueÌýMigdaleÌýintroduced fellow alumni Hilton Nathanson (Zooming in from London), who spoke on the importance of following through with one’s passion and doing something that you love. The students activelyÌýpa ...

By Rebecca, Annael, Hila andÌýRoyieÌýOn Sunday 2 May, Year 11 and 12 Hebrew students participated in the annual Hebrew Camp. We departed from School to spend the morning wakeboarding at Perth Wake Park. We then returned to the campsite for an afternoon of fun activities and were joined by Year 10 Hebrew students for a ‘Survival’ program with theÌýTzevet. After enjoying a delicious ...

Oliver celebrated his Bar Mitzvah with friends and family, the highlight of which was a Friday night dinner with parents, grandparents and cousins.ÌýÌý He enjoys family walks with Perry and Hazel (four legged buddies) as well as building glorious cities of Lego that adorn the shelves of his home,Ìýand dives into sci-fi and fantasy books. Oliver'sÌýfavouriteÌýChag is YomÌýHa’atzmautÌý ...

By Mrs AnneÌýPoustieÌý On the evening of Thursday 20 May, a group ofÌýCarmelÌýstudents attended the Global Health Short Course at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research as an enrichment opportunity. They heard from a WHO Global Health Economist and learnt of his role in communicating with countries about the cost and profits involved in the implementation of a wide range of m ...

Our annual masterclasses are bedding in nicely in the lead-up to exam time. Alumni RuthÌýKarotkin, who teaches the Year 12 masterclasses for ATAR Human Biology, told us her student feedback so far has been good. “The structure of my 60-minute sessions involve some direct teaching of the revision content followed by time to work through short answer questions I’ve taken from past ...

Carmel’s English Department welcomed Mr Jon O’Brien at the beginning of Term 2 to teach Years 7 and 9 as well as Year 11 ATAR English. We tapped him on the shoulder recently to have a chat about his early impressions of Carmel and to delve a little into his professional and personal journeys before landing here. Before joining Carmel Jon spent 13 years at Hale School where, on ...

There are many superheroes at Carmel who quietly go about their day doing amazing things for our students and their families. Alicia Fernando-Lee, our School Psychologist slash specialist in what makes us tick, is absolutely one of those. Now in her tenth year at Carmel, Alicia booked us in between appointments to talk about her decade at Carmel and what came before, as well as ...

Carmel High School students paused for a few minutes today in a calm manner to pay respects for the tragedy in Israel last weekend and to recognise the ongoing horrific COVID situations in India, Brazil and elsewhere.Ìý Rabbi Dan said a few words to remind students that when we pause to reflect and pray, we help ourselves to become more caring and thoughtful people.Ìý It is alw ...

Over the coming weeks, the House Cultural Competition will make a comeback! Every Friday during Mentor, students will be participating in either a debating, board games or building bridges tournament. The debating will cover many topical issues incorporating areas of general knowledge - with a touch of humour and fun! Games and building bridges will bring out the competitive si ...

We finished off the NWAS/ACC summer seasonÌýon Wednesday 21 AprilÌýwith our Year 9 and 10ÌýGirls’ÌýBasketball Grand Final. The girls gave it their allÌýbutÌýwere beaten by a better team on the day inÌýAranmoreÌýCollege. TheyÌýhad an outstanding season, goingÌýthrough undefeated to finish as minor premiers in the regular season.ÌýMazal tovÌýforÌýanÌýoutstanding effort throughout the season an ...