We need to talk more about the kids who struggle and their achievements.
The graduating class were the only children in the playground when they started year 7,which has led to a camaraderie that has steered them through COVID and the HSC.
The country's longest serving Nationals politician,NSW MP Melinda Pavey,has spent her entire parliamentary career raising Emily.
Three-quarters of year 12 students who planned on taking gap years say they no longer will due to international travel restrictions. But new opportunities are being created in their backyard.
Data shows most senior school students believed they usually manage through difficulty"one way or another",and can find their way out of a hard situation.
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic,400-metre runner Ellie Beer is juggling her Olympic dream and her final year of high school.
Students who faced war,terrorism and natural disasters during their HSC say the experience taught them a valuable lesson.
New guidelines issued to NSW school principals on Friday confirm school graduations and formals will take place next term under the 4-square metre rule.
When Alex Richter fell off his bike his friend called Alex’s mother and held the phone to his mouth. “Mum,” she remembers him saying. “I can’t feel my legs and I’m scared.”
The pandemic has forced school leavers to re-plan their post-exam celebrations away from traditional coastal parties.
Emily Cox,who organised school captains to campaign for COVID-safe formals and graduations,said she was thrilled by the news.