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Year 10 Careers Day[20 November 2009]
Year 10 is synonymous with career exploration and last week the University of Sydney's Yr 10 Compass Career Day provided 57 students from Condell Park, Kogarah and Marrickville High Schools the chance to explore their strengths in workshops aimed at focusing on careers that suit their personality and strengths. More
Compass Evaluation[17 November 2009]
Erebus International will undertake the formal evaluation of the Compass program from November 2009 until December 2011. Representatives from Erebus will introduce themselves to staff attending the Volunteer Planning days in the coming weeks. More
Planning Day Follow-up - Film-editing Workshops[17 November 2009]
We have received confirmation that the Sydney College of Arts (SCA) will be able to deliver film-editing workshops for our schools next year. At this stage the SCA will be able to deliver two workshops per term for 2010. More
Giant Science![6 November 2009]
On 5th and 6th November over 150 students from years 4 and 5 in Marrickville, Kogarah, Bexley and Yagoona Public Schools attended Giant Science at the University of Sydney. More
Global Handwashing Day[26 October 2009]
Global Handwashing day is an initiative by global aid agencies and industry to promote hygiene practice and to highlight how diseases can be spread. Marrickville West Public School participated in a morning of high-tech germ spotting that showed just how pervasive those pesky germs truly are! More
Year 10 School Certificate Workshop[23 October 2009]
Year 10 Marrickville High School students attended a School Certificate Preparation Workshop at the University of Sydney on October 23rd, 2009, organised through the Compass Project and staff at Marrickville. More
HSC Revision Lectures[17 October 2009]
Sixteen Year 12 students from Marrickville High School and Kogarah High School were offered free places in chemistry and physics HSC revision lectures. More
Media coverage in the Inner West Courier[13 October 2009]
The Compass program was the subject of an article in the Inner West Courier on 13 October 2009. More
Media coverage in the Cooks River Valley Times[1 October 2009]
The Compass program was the subject of an article in the Cooks River Valley Times on 1 October 2009. More
Parents' Experience Day[29 September 2009]
Parents from Marrickville West Families in Cultural Transition program attended a concurrent Experience Day undertaking a physics session with Dr Phil Dooley, a tour of the campus and libraries, a session on higher education pathways and a visit to the Nicholson Museum. More
Introduction to University for high school indigenous students[25 September 2009]
This week the University of Sydney, in partnership with The Smith Family, is hosting two Experience Days for high school students who may never before have considered university study. More
Compass leads way to more diverse student body[23 September 2009]
The University has invited high school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to come to campus to experience university life for a day in a project aimed at encouraging students to aspire to higher education. More