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Congratulations, celebrations and Graduation

The Haileybury College class of 2023 has officially graduated.

It is always an exciting and very emotional time of the year for our Year 12s as they gather for a series of formal and informal events to celebrate the culmination of their schooling. Friday was the last time the entire cohort were together as they attended their final Senior School Assembly.

Afterwards, they enjoyed food trucks provided by the Old Haileyburians Association and then returned to Aikman Hall to present their own Year 12 Review — a wonderful combination of onstage performances and amusing video anecdotes and farewells.

On Monday (Haileybury College) and Tuesday (Haileybury Girls College) were fondly farewelled by their Houses, led by their Heads of House, in gatherings that are always very moving.

The Haileybury College assembly, after the awarding of the House shields, was an opportunity for their outstanding school captain, Sam, to deliver his final speech to Years 10–12, with the Haileybury Girls College school captain, Neeraja, reducing her peers to tears in her emotional speech to the Senior School.

The event ended with the ceremonial laying of the flag, a symbol of the end of the Year 12 cohort’s time at the School. It is ready to be unfurled by the incoming 2024 student leaders.

Students then enjoyed lunch before hearing from the peers and staff they had nominated. This concluded the more informal part of the day.

The evening saw the students officially graduate, proudly walking across the stage to the applause of their teachers and loved ones who have been such a pivotal part of their academic journey. The Valedictory Dinner held at Crown Palladium was a fitting farewell to this outstanding group.

For the next few weeks, the students will be undertaking their final exams. We wish them all the best and thank the class of 2023 for their service to the School.

Need support during examinations?

All students in Senior School have had examinations and our Units 3 and 4 students will continue to sit exams in the coming weeks. I encourage all families to do everything they can to support their children during this time.

While examinations will be a normal part of our students’ lives for the foreseeable future, VCE examinations can become all-consuming for the young people in our care. A degree of encouragement from parents is always useful in helping students prepare for examinations; however, it is also important to balance this with the message that families will support them if things do not go as planned.

If you have any concerns about your child during or post the examination period, please contact their relevant Head of Pre-Senior or Head of House to discuss the supports that Haileybury can offer.

Meet our 2024 School Leaders

The Year 12 leaders for the 2024 school year were announced last Friday. The process used to elect our school leaders is a democratic one with students and staff voting for those students they believe to be worthiest to lead Haileybury. I am constantly amazed at just how seriously our students take this power to vote and I am equally impressed that they make such good choices — year in and year out.

I know that Anna Wassell (Acting Head of Senior Girls) and Graham Leys (Head of Senior Boys) are very pleased with the group of School Captains, Senior Prefects, House Captains, Prefects and House Vice Captains elected to these positions for 2024. We cannot wait to begin working with this team of student leaders to make next year as good as 2023.

I have listed students elected to School Captain, School Vice-Captain, School Sport Captain, Senior Prefect, Prefect, and House Leader positions below.

2024 Haileybury student leadership team

2024 Haileybury College House Leadership

2024 Haileybury Girls College House Leadership

Congratulations to all elected students.

Dr Nicholas Grigsby

Deputy Principal
Head of Senior Schools