2015 HOMEBUSH BOYS HIGH YEARBOOK

VOLUNTEERING

Homebush Boys High School hosts a handful of BREAKFAST CLUB
hardworking and consistent workers; however We are forever indebted to John Symond, a former student
they are not the janitors or the teachers. They are and the founder of Aussie Home Loans for sponsoring our
volunteering students who give up their time for Breakfast Club for the second year in a row. We extend
the school and the general community. our thanks to an anonymous supplier from Flemington for
donating eggs weekly and Mr Peter Smith from Rotary
Volunteering at Homebush Boys is not just a strenuous for bringing them to school. We also thank Mrs Burton, a
effort but it is a great opportunity for students to engage parent of ex- students for delivering bread for us. A lot of
themselves in the greater community, to meet new Hospitality staff, Office staff and many other members of
people and personal development of individual qualities the staff who have assisted in any way.
such as communication and co-operation. This year, the
volunteering students have been actively involved in a For the last 4 years, volunteers have assisted the breakfast
variety of events such as helping out at: club in various ways. Volunteers arrive at 7:30 every
- Chalmers’s Road Public School, twice a term a group Thursday morning, to ensure that breakfast is prepared
of 10 boys walked to the school to assist students in a for hungry students. Students are provided with a variety
number of activities. The response from the school was of food such as freshly cooked scrambled eggs, toasted
very encouraging as it made these students of varying bread, golden hash browns, fresh fruit, canned spaghetti
disabilities, “like peers”. and beans, an assortment of refreshing drinks: including
- St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, by helping at the fresh orange juice, milo, coffee and tea.
athletics carnival and coordinating a variety of games A special thanks to boys in year 10 who spend their
- NStrathfield Council and the Interact Club Thursday mornings cooking, serving and cleaning every
week A special mention to Ashwin, Joshua, Jake.
Authors - Sihyong (Jake) Kim, Sumon Majumder, Nicholas
Li

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MULTICULTURAL DAY
A day of peace, fun and joy. Bringing people
with different ethnicities together in harmony, breaking
the barrier of racism.

As our SRC Coordinator Mrs Kumaralingam with our signature Drum Corps march followed
constantly reminds us that, The Student by the Inter-National flag march. This year’s
Representative Council at Homebush Bush celebration involved the regular multicultural
Boys is not only a fund raising body but main- fusion dance, talent show and cultural food
ly, a group which strives to maintain Social stalls that lined the playground under the
Justice within the school and the wider school Figtree. A Lebanese drumming performance
community. We’re not always at the forefront, entertained the students during lunchtime.
but we don’t hesitate to take on the responsi- To top it all, our technological wizard Mr Lai
bility. Our work behind the scenes ensures the showcased our real passion for Multicultur-
success of the various events that takes place alism by uploading a taster clip on You Tube
during the school year. which enabled us to give the local media a
proper insight of how well multiculturalism is
One such initiative of the SRC is the Multi- practiced at our school.
cultural day which has been instrumental in
giving us the well-deserved reputation within Multicultural day is not the only time where the
our school and the local school community. SRC promotes multiculturalism and student
Our multicultural day was filled with a variety wellbeing, it also promotes harmony within the
of activities that appealed to not only our school community through various activities.
students and teachers but also to dignitaries,
teachers, principals and students from the
various school communities. The day opened

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For example Peer Mediation which runs throughout the year, “Don’t think you’re a treat to society,
along with “Anti-bullying week”, “Harmony day” and “R U OK when actually you are apart of society.”
day”.
This year Harmony Day was held on the 23rd of March, and
to promote this the SRC developed a photography competi-
tion with prizes that involved gifts, shout-outs and promotional
posters around the school. We also run the Anti-bullying week
activities and “R U OK Day” with our Prefect body because we
believe, that success can be only achieved, by living harmoni-
ously in an inclusive and accepting community.

In addition we also believe in supporting the community through
fundraising. This is when we run The World’s Greatest Shave
Day in collaboration with the Prefects. We collected more than
$1000 in donations. Likewise with the help of Ms Milovanovic
and many teachers our Pink Ribbon Day was made into a mas-
sive school event which raised a $1000.

During the year, the students have also been involved in sup-
porting other events such as ANZAC Day, White Ribbon Day,
Revolution Red Campaign Day, and Jeans for Genes Day,
Smith family Christmas Appeal along with our visits to the local
nursing homes to spread some Christmas Cheer to our well
deserving and respected elderly.

The SRC wishes to thank our Principal, Deputy Principals,
teachers, the SASS staff and the School Community for
supporting us throughout the year to carry out services to our
school and the wider community.

Within Homebush Boys
High School, we like to
embrace many different
cultures. One of these
can include Indian and so
much more.

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YEAR 9 SOCIAL

The Year 9 Social was an awesome night of funky music and
dancing with Burwood Girls High School. Students are pro-
vided with the opportunity to socialise and make friends
with students from other local high schools.

Thank you to the members organised by.
of the interact club who
made the event happen
along with the Prefects and
staff who ensured the night
ran smoothly.

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RECITAL NIGHT

WRITTEN BY MR IAN ALBERTSON

The annual Recital Night concert was electric guitar solo, viola solo, guitar duet,
held in the School Hall on Thursday guitar ensemble and the Year 9 Elective
evening, 11 June. In recent years Music class band, 4 Shades.
a display of student artworks has At the conclusion of the Concert there was
become an added feature of this school a lucky door prize draw. Winners received
event. Art works were on display from vouchers for services and products donated
5.30 pm followed by the Concert at by local businesses.
6.30 pm. Supper was served by Interact Club
members. Donations received totaled in
A cozy audience of parents, staff, local excess of $240 and will go towards the Nepal
friends and students enjoyed an hour of Relief Appeal.
diverse musical entertainment.

Twenty students performed during the
concerts. Items ranged from piano solos,

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DRUM CORPS

WRITTEN BY MS SARAH BROWN

The Drum Corps had a very busy and This year we said goodbye to Edward Yi, Srinivas
successful year. The first of our major Byreddy, Yunus Isik and our amazing Drum Major
events was the 100 Year anniversary of Panayioti Constanti. We wish them all the very best
Gallipoli March held in the city on Anzac for their university years and thank them for their
Day 2015. Panayioti Constanti led an services to Drum Corps.
amazing group of boys through two laps
of the city. Mr Kennedy, Mr Khurshed, a In Term 4 we welcomed Zac Foster as our new
group of prefects and SRC members and Drum Major for 2016. Ananth Kumaralingam will
myself marched with the Drum Corps. It continue as Bass and will be a senior leader in the
was a very moving and memorable event group.
for all involved.
A special thanks goes to the following students for
In August we proudly represented the school their on-going commitment to Drum Corps:
at the Sandakan Memorial Service in Burwood Jayanth Kumaralingam
Park, and in November we participated in a new Callum Hannah
event at Concord Hospital on Remembrance Day Zac Jones
that honours and celebrates the lives of cancer Chris Kadamadi
survivors. We also participated in numerous school Charles Prentice
based events such as Multicultural Day, Orientation Alfred Zheng
Day, Year 12 Graduation Day and our school based Vineel Repaka
Anzac Service. Shamik Patel

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LEGACY PUBLIC SPEAKING
COMPETITION LOCAL FINAL

Written by Mrs Gyan Sahay, Public Speaking Coordinator.

2015 was a good year for us. We did not have any major hard for this in room 4 at lunch every Tuesday with Ms.
successes as such but had a fantastic group of boys who Sahay, who helped us improve our speeches.
went out of their way and took part in a number of Amongst schools such as Newington College, it was
competitions in semester 1. hard not to get nervous! However, we gained valuable
experience which will be useful in the future. This
As usual, we had massive support from parents and our experience was not only from learning about what
sponsor, John Symond. The winners received trophies, other speakers had to say, but also from what the
cash prizes and were treated to a pizza lunch. As usual, it Legacy representative said. He told us about what this
was a shame that quite a few prospective speakers missed great foundation does and why it needs to continue for
out as they did not hear about the competition early enough generations to come. That speech was my favourite part of
for them to take part in it. In future, we will endeavour to the day, as it was worthwhile gaining the gift of knowledge.
put this date on the school website as soon as soon as the Three regional winners were selected by the adjudicator,
assessment dates for the seniors is set. one of whom was me. Regionals, I’m there!
Bush Bulletin- Legacy Public Speaking regional final
The winners of the senior division were On the 19th of August, I had the amazing opportunity of
representing the School in the Legacy Public Speaking
Mohammad Mohagregh (Winner Junior) regional final. I wanted to thank Mr. Elaro for dropping me
eerti Mallaai (Senior Winner) off at The Arts Unit in Lewisham.
Fawad Faheem (Runner Up Junior)
Samuel Mansfield (Runner Up Senior) Consisting of a prepared speech and an impromptu
Ahmad El Hassan (2nd Runner Up Junior) component, I had lots of fun. During morning tea, I was able
Kartik Saravanan (2nd Runner Up, Senior) to socialise with other schools, whilst munching on delicious
Michael Lopes (Highly Commended) banana bread!
Jayanth Kumaralingam (Highly Commended)
I gained useful feedback from the one and only Lloyd
The following report by Fawad outlines his experieces. Cameron, the Speaking Competitions Officer who has a lot
On Wednesday 29th July, I, Fawad Faheem and fellow of experience with speaking in public. Unfortunately I didn’t
year 9 student, Mohammad Mohaghegh, participated in the qualify for the next stage of the competition, but this won’t
metropolitan local final at Sefton High School. A big thank stop me trying again next year!
you to Mohammad’s mum, who drove us to and from the - Fawad Faheem, Y9
venue. I thank everyone for their continued support and wish you
another successful year of debating .
After our outstanding prepared speeches during the John
Symonds Public Speaking Competition, we delivered the
same prepared speech, along with an impromptu speech
with a preparation time of 5 minutes. We trained long and

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JUST:MEDIA15 TO SEE THE PROJECTS FEATURED AT
DIGITAL MEDIA SHOWCASE JUSTMEDIA15 VISIT

WRITTEN BY AMNRDARNEDWRLEAWI LAI youtube.com/user/HBHSMultimedia

JM15 was an amazing showcase of creativity,
talent and commitment from our Year 11 and
12 students studying Industrial Technology
Multimedia. The night began with a five star
hotel equivalent service from our Hospitality
students lead by their wonderful teachers
Ms Bolbol, Mr Saber and Mrs Greenshields.
The school auditorium was completely filled
with over 250 guests including staff, parents,
students and public members.

The main screening of the Year 12 major
projects kicked off with a massive countdown
and celebratory cheer at 7:00pm. The screen-
ing included a stellar lineup of animation,
short films and documentaries. At the end
of the night we had our first audience voting
session which allowed all attendees to vote
for their favourite project. Our prize winners
included: Justin Lam, Lucas Chan, Boon Hao
Lee, Jacob Efendi and Aravinda Sundravel.

Lastly we would love to thank our special
sponsors: Adobe Australia and Canon
Collective for their generous support towards
our event and to public education initiatives.
We are looking forward to seeing even more
faces at JM16!

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JM15 AWARD WINNERS
Jacob Efendi (Winner - Creative, Contribution
& Commitment Award, Runner up - Animation
Award)
Boon Hao Lee (Winner - Animation Award)
Justin Lam (Winner - Film Award)
Sing Ho Chan (Runner Up - Film Award)
Aravinda Sundravel (Winner - Other category)

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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EXPANDING
HORIZONS
CONCERT

WRITTEN BY EDWARD YE

On the 17th August 2015, I was privileged for cultural exchange programs; educational
to represent our school to host the visits between the two countries for students and
“Expanding horizons” concert at the opera official delegations and interaction in school-based
house along with our very talented band programs. “Expanding horizons” demonstrates
and choir performing amongst many other the strengthened relationships that have formed
performers from several schools. through education across China and public schools
in NSW since 2007 when this program first began.
There were 4 comperes for the night, 2 speaking
in English, and 2 translating in mandarin for the I have never been inside the Opera House, let
guests that have come from China; I was one of alone become a compere for one of its magnificent
the mandarin comperes. The night was successful concerts; I was definitely honoured to be given
and I met new people, I also had the chance to talk the opportunity. I would like to thank Ms Su for
to the executive director of public schools NSW, choosing me to be the candidate for this event
Mr. Murat Dizdar. The performances were amazing, and our principal Mr Kennedy for supporting me all
as students from Australia and China perform the way to the event, it was definitely a once in a
together. lifetime experience.

“Expanding horizons” is an initiative of the NSW
department of education and schools from the
cities of Nanjing, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou. The
sister school relationships between Australian and
Chinese school provides important opportunities

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SYMPHONIA
JUBILATE

Symphonia Jubilate Primo orchestra ceremony at Strathfield Girls on Monday
started in 2013 and is alive and kicking 30th of November.
at Homebush Boys High School! SJ meets
3 times a term on Saturday afternoons Another branch of SJ that has been very
and the core of the orchestra, which successful this year is the Stage Band
are students from Homebush Boys and lead by Paul Burjan ( ex Homenbush
Strathfield Girls HS meet every Monday Boys). Zaki Ousmand and Samuel
afternoon at Marie Bashir Public School Mansfield took to the stage for the last
in the new music space. concert singing Michael Jackson’s
“Blame it on the Boogie”. The boys have
This year SJ performed at the Sydney really been enjoying this new aspect of
Opera House as part of the Expanding Symphonia Jubillate.
Horizons program with China. They
accompanied the combined schools choir I am sure the students would agree that
and played Hungarian Dance No 5 with the best thing about the orchestra is
students visiting from China. the comraderie that it brings between
students from different schools and
The orchestra holds two major concerts especially the Bushy Boys and Strathfield
every year. In July they held their concert girls. Music is the centre of these new
called “A Night at the Movies” and more found friendships as we found on our trip
recently “ Una Notte di Romanza” ( A to China last year.
Night of Romance). Both concerts were
a huge successs and raised funds for If you would like to know how to join
charity and the orchestra for 2016. or require more information please
Daniel Cho in Year 10 has been concert contact Tracy Burjan at info@
master for the past 2 years and has symphoniajubilate.com .
been doing a magnificent job leading the
orchestra. Daniel has the stressful job of
tuning the whole orchestra in the dark, on
the stage of the concert hall at the Sydney
Opera House. Daniel also leads the string
ensemble which played at the awards

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ESL EXCURSION
TO SYDNEY OPERA
HOUSE

FRENCH
COOKING CLASS

WRITTEN BY PETER GOCK

The day started when the Year 8 French class met Mrs Zammit at the front of
the canteen t to get our names marked off. After waiting for a few late students,
we commenced our walk to the 483 bus stop in Strathfield. After a 15-20 wait,
the bus came and we all sat ourselves at the back of the bus.

The bus journey took about 20 minutes and we arrived at Stanmore. A short 2
min walk and we were entering the building of the French international cooking
School.

We proceeded inside, were seated and introduced to Laurent Villoing, our
instructor for the day! Mr Villoing introduced us to his cooking school and gave
us information about his own background Following his “speech” we donned
our aprons and started cooking.

The first course of the day was a chocolate mousse. After preparing that, we
progressed to triple chocolate cookies. I was beginning to sense a theme here!
After making the cookie mixture, we went back to the mousse and beat up the
egg whites to make meringues. The finished product was then placed in the
fridge.

Next on the menu was French onion soup. When cutting the onions, everyone
and I mean “everyone” started crying. Finally, when the mousse was ready,
the soup was finished and everyone stopped crying, our food was ready to be
served. Everyone ate fairly quickly, happy with the food and the mini recipe
souvenir we each received.

It was then time to leave the cooking school and head back to catch the bus
back to school.The day was eventful with laughs and cries and everyone
present had a whole heap of fun. This was a great excursion that I enjoyed with
all my French class peers.

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JEWISH &
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT

WRITTEN BY WILFRED KNIGHT

On the 3rd of November, ten students We were guide around the museum by Vlad, a
from the Year 10 History Elective class descendent of a survivor. Vlad showed us various
went by train with Ms Caramancion to artefacts and photos taken from the period,
the Jewish Museum in Darlinghurst as accumulated by the museum. All the museum’s
part of a term’s study of the Holocaust. artefacts are genuine, accumulated from the survivors
The Museum was constructed by Jewish who constructed and are involved with the museum,
refugees fleeing the war in Europe some of whom are still alive and visit the museum.
and persecution under Adolf Hitler in Vlad would sometimes point out a particular display
Germany, as both an education centre and reveal that he had met the person in the photo
and as a memorial to those that did not or who owned the artefact. This insight gave an
survive. unusual depth to the stories of the artefacts not (in
my experience) often found in other museums. One
The Museum itself is the centre of a community of the points of the tour that really stuck in our minds
of survivors and their descendants, who come to was the Children’s Memorial, dedicated to the 1.5
tell their stories and remember those left behind in million Jewish children that perished. It is frightening
Europe. These people volunteer their time and effort to think that those children were the same age as
to host tours and seminars, like the ones we attended many Year 7, 8, and 9 students at this school.
on the 3rd. The experience at the museum was in
three parts: an introductory seminar, a guided tour of The final part of the tour was the testimony by a
the museum and finally a testimony by a survivor of survivor of the Holocaust. The person who came to
the holocaust. talk to us was named Eddy, aged 95. Eddy talked
about his horrific experiences, and his escape from
The introductory seminar gave an overview of the death camp Auschwitz. The talk, more than
the Holocaust and a background to the rise of anything else, gave a sense of realism to the tragedy
Nazism in Germany, and the various stages of that cannot be found in the classroom.
persecution, culminating in the infamous death
camps. The seminar gave the tragic facts of the Overall, the trip was a real journey, in terms of mental
Holocaust: overall, 11 million people died during comprehension of the sheer scope of the Holocaust.
this period, 6 million of them Jews. But simply I would strongly recommend the experience to all
reciting these numbers, whilst dramatic, does not interested people who wish to learn a bit more about
allow for the mental and social wounds suffered by this terrible period in history.
those victimised in this tragedy, or the effects it has
on people, the survivors and their descendants,
around the world to this day. This human, rather
than statistical, element was to be the focus of the
remaining two parts of the museum experience: the
guided tour and the survivor’s testimony.

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FECCA
PRESENTATION

WRITTEN BY MRS KATHY TOTIDIS (P&C PRESIDENT)

The FECCA Conference in Sydney last week Feedback from the FECCA delegates was and has
was a great opportunity to highlight the been overwhelming. The boys messages about
breadth and depth of current initiatives getting long, challenging racism, highlighting what
and opportunities to improve partnerships, brings people together and sharing differences
services and community attitudes across resonated and provided optimism about young
our multicultural communities. people’s attitudes towards each other.

On behalf of Homebush Boys P&C I had the good I am very proud of the student’s and the schools
fortune to co-present with students, teacher and commitment to embed positive attitudes across the
the principal a multicultural tool co-designed and student’s learning and wellbeing.
produced in partnership between students and
teachers. The digital tool, a short film inspired The video is a wonderful, simple and effective
by the boys produced at the local state school resource, It has a great opportunity to be replicated
showcases what Multiculturalism is in Australia. across NSW schools and have a significant and
It was created to celebrate unity and harmony positive outcome in strengthening children’s and
amongst the numerous ethnicities represented young people’s values and attitudes towards each
at Homebush Boys High for the June 2015 other and the community.
Multicultural day.
I am very proud of the students, teachers and
Twelve boys, supported by six boys behind executive and their ongoing commitment to
the cameras, from 15 nationalities, sharing 12 embrace and support each and every student in
languages produced the video with the assistance the school.
of the digital media teaching staff.

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SYDNEY ADOBE
OFFICE VISIT

WRITTEN BY MR ANDREW LAI

Our talented Year 11 Multimedia students Following our tour, students were given
recently visited the Sydney Adobe Office for approximately 3 hours to write, shoot and edit a
a tour of the grand office and a short film video that utilised the space of the Adobe Office.
workshop using Adobe Creative Cloud tools Check out the following video written and shot on
(Premier Pro & After Effects). an iPhone6 by Makoto Tsai and his team.

All of our students were stoked to tour the office in Special thank you to our wonderful facilitator and
Darling Harbour, located on the 26th and 27th floor mentor Dr Tim Kitchen, Senior Education Specialist
with a 360 degree view of the city! We also had at Adobe, for inviting us to the office and running
the opportunity to meet and chat with some of the the workshop.
Adobe employees to gain a little more insight into
what it was like to work there.

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RESPECT

PINK RIBBON DAY

About 15,000 women across the nation are diagnosed
with breast cancer each year.

Homebush Boys High School continued, on we reinforce that donating is part of the Australian
the 23 October, 2015, with its strong donation culture. It is also not for individuals, but for much
tradition as part of a Pink Ribbon fund-raiser and needed medical research.
cancer awareness day.
Many around the world battle forms of cancer.
Pink Ribbon Day is an annual event run by the Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed
Cancer Council which aims to raise funds and cancer in women. Pink Ribbon Day is a great
awareness about breast and gynaecological opportunity to remind women and/or others of the
cancers. importance of detecting breast cancer in its early
stages and that treatments are available to both
Individual personnel dressed in pink to support fight and prevent the disease.
the Pink Ribbon Day initiative and raise funds
for breast and gynaecological cancer. Fashion Homebush Boys High School salutes and thanks
police were sent out to look for best dressed staff all those involved in Pink Ribbon Day initiatives
members on the day. Staff and students raised and for the generous donations that continue to
over $800.00 for such a worthy cause. Many be made by many. As Head Teacher, Teaching
shared stories of the need for early detection and and Learning, I personally thank those who dig
support mechanisms that are available. Whole deep to help find a cure, and improve the lives
school personnel also engaged in practices of and wellbeing of those currently battling this
reflection, remembering loved ones who have lost disease in our society.
their battle with cancer.
Suzi Milovanovic
Homebush Boys High School raised funds
through the selling of pink ribbons by our student Head Teacher Teaching & Learning
leadership body, generous donations made by
whole school community personnel. As a school,

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WHITE RIBBON DAY

WRITTEN BY MS SUZI MILOVANOVIC

Homebush Boys High School is committed to Schaefer was part of the 1974, Australian, World Cup
ensuring that schools remain safe places for Soccer Team. He kindly took out the time to support
students to learn and teachers to teach. The White Ribbon Day initiatives at our school. In addition
school is also determined to prevent violent to this, thank you to Sydney FC, Western Sydney
behaviour by any member of the school Wanderers, A-League Referees, Parramatta Eels, Wests
community. Countering violence against women Tigers, Sydney Kings, Australian Cricket Teams, Schaefer
is consistent with the school’s endeavours Family, Strathfield Council, Mayor of Strathfield, State
to ensure that Homebush Boys High School and Federal MPs and Police Force, for your support
is a safe and harmonious environment and and donations, regarding this community event. Signed
to enhance a school culture of co-operation, clothing items and tickets to games, were donated by
tolerance and acceptance for all. the sporting clubs. These were raffled off on the day and
presented to overall raffle draw winners.
White Ribbon Day is a significant event at Homebush
Boys High School and within the community. Thank you Staff, students and guests also shared personal
to Sydney FC, Western Sydney Wanderers, A-League experiences, presenting stories and highlighting the
Referees, Parramatta Eels, Wests Tigers, Sydney Kings, need to address such an important issue. Our student
Australian Cricket Teams, Schaefer Family, Strathfield leadership body assisted with proceedings on the
Council, Mayor of Strathfield, State and Federal MPs day and sold white ribbons to mark this occasion. Our
and Police Force, for your support and sporting item highly talented CAPA Faculty painted black and white
donations, regarding this community event. harmonious male and female cardboard characters,
and students and staff decorated walls with white ribbon
White Ribbon Day celebrates the culmination of balloons, posters and written pledges. Mr Letsios was on
the annual campaign and global recognition of the hand to ensure photography requirements for the day.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against The Hospitality staff and students put on a wonderful
Women. As such, men and women are encouraged to morning tea for our guests. They also organised a whole
wear a symbolic white ribbon on 25 November. White school sausage sizzle lunch, raising funds for such a
Ribbon Day (25 November) also signals the start of the worthy cause.
16 Days of Activism to Stop Violence against Women,
which ends on Human Rights Day (10 December). Violent actions exist at all levels of our society. We are
aware, that the effects of violence on learning, and
This year saw the extension of the White Ribbon Day general adjustment at school, can be devastating and
Program at Homebush Boys High School. It included far reaching for the students involved. We trust that the
guest appearances from Sydney FC, NRL, Wests Tigers whole school community can share the responsibility
and A-League Referees and a presentation to students for combating any form of violence whenever it occurs,
for outstanding charity work. Head Teacher Teaching and especially those against women.
Learning, Ms Milovanovic, Mr Saber and Ms Adams, also
engaged students in addressing the issue of violence Homebush Boys High School sincerely thanks those who
against women through a whole school program. have supported our school White Ribbon Day initiatives.
Classroom activities addressed issues of violence Thank you to our overall White Ribbon Day Team
against women and structures that are on offer in society for their support and work regarding this event. Most
to support those in need. Students also completed tasks importantly, thank you to Ms Milovanovic, Ms Adams and
in classrooms and concluded the week program with a Mr Saber, for their tireless efforts, in the organisation and
whole school community oath delivered by Mr Saber, at implementation, of such a highly successful event.
Friday’s assembly. White Ribbon Day is a great opportunity to remind all
The overall highlight was the successful organisation “never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence
of a whole-school assembly that was run by our school against women”.
captain, Dominic Yates. Homebush Boys High School
was again supported by the highly inspirational and
talented soccer player, Mr Manfred Schaefer. Manfred

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SRC
INDUCTION

Year 7 - Sai Shivam BHONSLE |Timothy CHOONG | Zain OUSMAND | Nabil RANA
Year 8 - Maaz IQBAL | Kajan KUMARALINGAM | Michael LOPES | Sean MANSFIELD | Charlie McLEAN | Jiayang WANG

Year 9 - Fawad FAHEEM | Vineel REPAKA | Ethan TIAH | Bhav MALHOTRA
Year 10 - Amaan ANSARI | Jayanth KUMARALINGAM | Zaki OUSMAND | Subbiah SURENDRAN
Year 11 - Rui (Ray) LIU | Keshav SARSWAT -Secretary | Prince SHRESTHA | Justin TON - President | Jimmy WANG

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PREFECT
INDUCTION

Oshi BARKAT | Hugh BLACK | Kaya BREMNER | Omar CHARIF | Zac FOSTER | Jay HOUHLIAS
Puneeth KAMBHAMPATI | Ananth KUMARALINGAM | Andrew LAI | Anthony LOPES | Khan MILLIGAN
M a t t h e w MONRO | To e e NAING | M e r tca n SA K LA K | D hrumi l SH A H | Abhi j eet S H A R MA | H ashi r S Y E D | Yi t TEOH

Keegan VAZ | Oscar VERRELLI | Dominic YATES | Adam YOON

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Issue 2015

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

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SPORTS REPORT

2015 was another successful year for success, Koheleti Vaitaki (Rugby), David Chen (Athletics) and
Homebush Boys High School in the Isaac Noh (golf).
sporting arena with notable team and
individual achievements attained at the In Swimming, the highlights came from Vincent Nguyen.
highest level of school sport. Vincent broke another school record in 100m breaststroke and
competed at the CHS swimming championships. The 4x50m
In 2015 Homebush placed 2nd in the overall champion school medley relay team finished 2nd at the Sydney North Carnival
for the North West Metropolitan Zone. We won 6 Grade Sport and went on to compete at CHS. Team: Liam Murray, Igor
Summer Grand-Finals (Junior Oztag ‘A’, 2nd Grade Cricket, Gainulin, Mohammad Elakhras and Vincent Nguyen.
1st Grade Waterpolo, 14B Cricket, 15’s Volleyball and Junior
Futsal ‘B’) and 5 Winter Grand-Finals (13’s Rugby, 2nd Grade In Athletics and Cross Country, there were some fantastic
Rugby, 15C Football, 14B Football and 14C Football). Thank individual achievements at a Zone level with several students
you to all the teachers who take their time to coach on a just missing out on moving to the Sydney North and CHS
Wednesday afternoon. Your commitment and efforts do not Carnivals by being named reserves. David Chen finished 1st
go unnoticed and on behalf of the whole school community in the triple jump and 2nd in the long jump at the Regional
thankyou on the time you spend with the boys. Carnival and 2nd in the long jump at the CHS carnival. Sean
Le competed in the 100m and Samuel Antonito in the Javelin
Our knockout teams did not perform to expectation in 2015 at Sydney North Championships. Both these boys were other
with many teams falling in the early rounds. Waterpolo, notable performers in the field of athletics. Cory Jnr Sharma
Volleyball and Football did make it to regional semi-finals Constance competed once again at the CHS Cross Country
but could match the performance of recent years. The team carnival after finishing 5th at the Sydney North Carnival.
performance of the year was Mr Khurshed 13’s rugby team.
This team comfortably won the Zone Competition winning the House sport continues to be an avenue where students can
Grand-Final 69-5. They then moved into the field of Rugby improve their skill and fitness with a variety of new options
League and won the Balmain KO and then went on to finish provided in 2015 including mixed sports and indoor soccer.
a credible 5th in the state at NSW Rugby League State Titles. With the support of the whole staff at Homebush Boys, house
The 15’s Rugby League team coached by Mr Wilson and Mr sport continues to be an area where our students understand
Khurshed finished 7th in the state. Congratulations to these the importance of lifelong physical activity and improve their
fantastic teams and a special mention to Mr Khurshed for all physical, social and emotional well-being.
his time and effort he puts in with these boys. Finally I would like to thank the Senior Executive in particular
the new principal John Kennedy for all their wonderful support
I would like to make a special mention of our sportsmen of and contributions to school sport at Homebush. John has been
the year. Senior Sportsmen Isaac Noh and Junior Sportsmen a tremendous support to the sport structures that currently
David Chen are well deserving of these prestigious school exist in the school and has attended several grade games and
awards. Isaac Noh was attempting to defend his Australian house sport on Wednesday afternoons. To all the SAS staff
Golf Title in 2015 and was so close by finishing runner up. for collecting fees and organising sport rolls and Pamela Vine
Isaac was part of the winning NSW interstate team and for the collation of school carnival results, thank you for all you
named on the Australian CHS Honours team. Isaac will now tireless work. To the carnival managers, Jon Sculthopre (Cross
be representing an Australian team that will be competing Country), Annabel Chapman and Sharon Cuneen (Swimming)
overseas in 2016. David Chen finished 2nd in the 16 years and Dan Carrozza and Brett Wilson (Athletics) thank you for
long jump at CHS and will be competing at the NSW All School your invaluable contributions to school sporting carnivals.
Carnival. Good luck to Isaac and David. Without the continued support from all these members of staff
I could not fulfil my role as sport organiser. I look forward to
There were numerous students who represented both Sydney another successful sporting year in 2016.
North Region and North West Metropolitan Zone at various
carnivals and championships, congratulations to those boys on Yours in Sport,
their representative achievements. However we had several Scott Belgre (Sports Coordinator)
students who represented at a CHS level with wonderful

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LET

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The annual school athletics carnival was held on Friday Age Champions:
the 1st of May. Even though we had horrible weather
the day still went ahead, with a solid number of students 12 Years- Onur Saklak
participating. Special thank you to all staff for their 13 Years- Min Huh
assistance under the harsh conditions. A big congratulations
to all students from the Hayes House who were eventual 14 Years- Korhan Sozen
winners on the day for the second year in a row. 15 Years- Joshua Beattie
16 Years - Cory Jnr Sharma-Constance
17 Years- Khaled Abu Mahmoud

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SWI
MM I
NG

Our annual School Swimming Carnival was held on Age champions:
the 20th of February. All boys who attended wore their
house colours proudly and put in a great effort, making 12 Years – Loklan Duong
the carnival a wonderful day. We had another record 13 Years – Adam Manna
broken by Vincent Nguyen, who beat the time of former
student Henry Lee in the 100m breaststroke. Vincent’s 14 Years – Ung Mang
time was 1.16, almost two seconds quicker than the record. 15 Years – Liam Murray
Congratulations to Greening House who were the eventual 16 Years – Mohammed Elakhras
winners of the carnival, narrowly defeating Howe House 17 Years – Michael So
and to the following boys who were

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SCHOOL
CROSS
COUNTRY

WRITTEN BY MR JONOTHAN SCULTHORPE

A bleak looking afternoon welcomed the We trialled a new system using the student’s
runners for the schools cross country. This ID cards as a marker of their participation. This
year, the boys were running around the proved quite successful. This system allows
block encompassing Airey Park. for faster processing of students and reduces
cheating on the run.
The junior group (12-14 yo) were asked to run a Congratulations to the following students on their
couple of laps around the course, whereas the success in the run:
seniors (15-18 yo) had to run three challenging
laps. The course is short, but is long enough to
sort the runners out for selection to the next stage.

12S: 17S:
Caleb RINAKAMA Sergei CHERNIAKOFF
Ryshad BALGAHOM
Loklan DUONG
Ali SAFWAN Diluxan SIKURTHAN

13S: 18s:
Gus NEWTON Michael SO
Jacob EFENDI
Noah TRAD Justin LAM-NGUYEN
Lewis CHOI
Senior Champion: Cory JR SHARMA-
14S: CONSTANCE
Todd DALE
Dyan POWELL Junior Champion: Gus NEWTON
Vardaan AUL Winning house: Howe

15S:
Josh BEATTIE
Liam MURRAY

Alex JIANG

16S:
Cory Jr Sharma- CONSTANCE

Ediz ELGUN
Nick BURNS

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PREMIERSHIPS

SUMMER WINTER

JUNIOR OZTAG ‘A’ 14A CRICKET 15C FOOTBALL 2ND GRADE RUGBY
Farouk Barake Talha Ahmed Lachlan Beattie
Tarek Bardouh Ruthvik Bethi Soyuz Chudal Abdulrahman Albarq
Aydin Bremner Sreekanth Didigu
Ahmed El Koudssi Todd Dale Fabien Alegria
Berkay Eskin Hamin Jeon Tarek Bardouh
Aamin Issa Michael Jackson Grant Kim Jaiden Bowen
Benjamin Kain Nidal Kattakathu Joo Hyuk Kim Hussam Djebbouri
Ali Khalil Hari Kumaralingam Matthew Murdocca Kristian Dobson
Hadi Khalil Sean Mansfield Thomas Pearson Dean Eleche
Malakai Lee Vaibhav Mehta Siddharth Satyavolu Jack Gerbec
Dylan Powell Madha Sunderram Maea Havea
Peter Monro Victor Tang
Abdullah Ramlawie Suran Thiyagarajah Parash Thapa Aamin Issa
Mr B.Wilson (Coach) Mr Pisani (Coach) Ethan Tiah
Sushant Upadhyaya Esber Jammal
2ND GRADE CRICKET 15’S VOLLEYBALL James Yates Abdul Kanj
Fahmid Ahmed Steven Choi Mr G.Carrozza (Coach) Ali Khalil
Karim Faour Malakai Lee
Thushan Ajithpiyantha 14B FOOTBALL Tyler Leng
Aryaman Baisyet Jayanth Kumaralingam Mohamed Abbou Joel Malla
Desmond Lee
Pirannavan Kumaralingham Tommy Lu Fahd Abdul Zaki Ousmand
Fahad Mohamed Feroze Kevin Nguyen Tobias Buckley Wassim Outour
Zade Murphy Victor Tang Samuel Powell
Zaki Ousmand Keegan Wong Bryan Dao Salesi Qoriniasi
Utkarsh Puntambekar Ali Zeybek Andy Georgiou Abdullah Ramlawie
Thileerprahul Ramesh Adam Hasna Radwan Saddik (Manager)
Thooy Santhirathas Ms Kamil (Coach) Walid Samaha
Dhrumil Shah Calvin Iturra
Piratheepaan Thirunamam JUNIOR FUTSAL ‘B’ Ilia Knezevic Rohan Sethi
Mr Sivasothy (Coach) Waqas Ali Khan Anuj Mane Ben Strode
Anas Awan Charles McLean Abdelrahman Sumrain
1ST GRADE WATERPOLO Alex Campos Massimo Modafferi Richard Trad
Mark Dowling Ben Gosby Mohammad Mohaghegh Kendyll Vati
Talha Khan Akash Mubarik Jayden Wallace
Mohammed Elakhras Sean Le Vrishank Pendyala Adam Yildirim
Zac Foster Riley Tsingolis Daniel Slaminka Ben Kain
Igor Gainulin Ms Chapman (Coach)
Jay Houhlias Mr D.Carrozza (Coach) Kenny Yin
Mr Prasad (Coach) 13’S RUGBY
Ananth Kumaralingam
Freeman Lin 14C FOOTBALL Mohammed Abdul-Rahman
Zyad Alzahrani Mohammed Allam
Vincent Nguyen Farouk Barake
Michael So Kennu Challenger Jake Binskin
Daniel Dutton Rabih Chami
Yakub Tanrisever Zain Dandan
Max Walker Rabiek El-Kabbout Adam El-Helou
Daniel Yuan Diwash Ghimire Ahmed El Koudssi
Ibrahim Endroun
Ms Cuneen (Coach) Suganda Habakkala Hewage Tyreece George
Callum Hannah Mohamed Ghoneim
Maaz Iqbal Ismail Goreli
Juhyong Kim Ahmad Hammad
Silas Kim Salahuddeen Holali
Yazyd Holali
Hari Kumaralingam Hadi Khalil
Chris Kwon Siaosi Lea
Nevin Lin Bassam Maaliki
Peter Monro Billee Mohammed
Jerrong Ung Adam Paterson
Joshua Ung
Andrew Romeo
Ms Greenshields (Coach) Noah Trad
Cooper Vati

Mr Khurshed (coach)
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Summer Grade Sport Finalists

1st Grade Volleyball 2nd Grade Volleyball 14’s Volleyball

15’s Volleyball 1st Grade Basketball 2nd Grade Basketball

15’s Basketball 14’s Basketball Open Tennis

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2ND GRADE BASKETBALL 14C SOCCER

The young man had a coach that knew little about basketball and lots Team: Zyad Alzahrani, Kennu Challenger, Daniel Dutton, Rabieh El-
about netball. To be fair this did not bother them at all. What we had was an Kabbout, Diwash Ghimire, Callum Hannah, Suganda Habakkala, Maaz
amazing group of young men who always gave their 110%. One young man Iqbal, Juhyong Kim, Silas Kim, Hari Kumaralingam, Chris Kwon, Nevin Lin,
too the charge and was flattened for the team. Another young man broke his Peter Monro, Jerrong Ung, Joshua Ung
ankle, jumped and ran (hobbled)) down the court to defend. It was a team of
committed young men. They made committed young men. They made the I feel privileged and proud to have been coach to the 14Cs football team.
semi-finals and unfortunately were defeated. As a coach I could ask nothing The 14C football side played in the 14B competition and finished the season
more – fine young men who worked for each other and never, ever gave up. undefeated! From the beginning it was apparent that Mr Prasad had put
Player MVP – Tae Gyeong Lee together a formidable team. Lead by Peter Monro and Rabih El-Kabbout,
the 14Cs worked together as a team with excellent communication, skill,
1ST GRADE 15S RUGBY and determination. Each play was scrutinised by the players as they wanted
to improve their game. The season was highlighted with good sportsman
Our 2015 season started with promise. We had a huge amount of students ship, friendship and respect for each other and all opposition teams.
vying for a spot on the team. Mostly inexperienced, but keen. Congratulations to all players for their camaraderie and the spirit in which all
The boys quickly learnt the ins and outs of Rugby and used their skills games were played.
from other ball sports to dominate the opposition. It was evident that we
had a strong backline with many of our boys bringing their Rugby League Coach
experience to their play. Mrs A Greenshields
The inexperience of our team was perhaps the deciding factor in most
games this season. Even though we lost more than we won, the defeats opponents over like bowling pins; only being halted by his fitness. This was matched
were always close. by the raw toughness of Taylan, Ahmed, Dean and Emmy. The courage shown by
As with previous teams, the aim of the season was not to win, but to form Luke, Mejed, Nick J, Karlo, Omar and Zahid made games special to coach. Every time
a strong supportive group of boys. This bond began early on through hard Tim and David got the ball, something good happened. We also had the leaders of the
work and standing up for their mates on the field. If one of their mates went team; some doing it with words and actions, some with just their actions. Nick Fletcher
in to a breakdown, someone was following close behind. was always strong at the front and knew how to get the team revved up; ensuring
The team began to enjoy the physicality of the game and never took the everyone was doing their job. Yunus, Tarek and Ethan guaranteed that the team had
challenge of playing against dominating oppositions past the rules of the the grit that comes with a little more experience and age- never backing down on the
game. They remained stoic and proud to be wearing the Homebush colours field and taking the team with them.
in every game of the season. Every team needs those that will keep going about their business. The reliable
Injury and a lack of commitment from some of our players left our team in players that you know will deliver. Nadim Kassem and Anthony Lopes combined skill,
a precarious position against Randwick for the Waratah Shield and Asquith toughness and energy to drive the team every time.
for the Wednesday game. These two matches on two consecutive days Then there were the three biggest threats on the field. One, Ahmad Kaddour. Some of
typified the pride and courage of our team. Against Randwick, reduced to 14 the things he did on the field surprised even himself. He continuously kept opponents
players and with most players filling a spot out of their regular position, they out of our try line, pulling off the miracle tackle and running back at the opposition as
were against the odds from the start. A severe neck injury to one player and though they weren’t there. He was a huge reason for our several wins. Two, Stefano
a couple of head knocks didn’t help the situation. However, our boys stood “the animal” Totidis. Power, skill and sometimes even speed (over a few metres)
strong. They continued to make desperate tackles, continued to put their motivated our team and instilled fear in the opposition. The amount of times that
hand up for a run and made sure that their mates weren’t left alone on the Steph got us out of trouble by stealing the ball, pulling off a big hit or busting a line
field. In the end, a loss was inevitable, but the team kept the score line to a was countless. Then we have the third most important factor- Craig Miller. He was
respectable margin. We were very grateful to have Emad and Tarrek jump and is a true leader on and off the field, leading by example through maintaining a
in for us. high standard in his play and in his behaviour. Perhaps not a natural Rugby player,
The next day saw the team travel to Thornleigh to play against Asquith. A he worked hard to get to a high level. He continually played with courage and always
miserable day of storms left the field as a swamp. Once again, we were exhibited pride in being part of the team and representing Homebush Boys.
down on numbers due to the lack of commitment of some players. The Congratulations to Koheleti Vaitaiki who went through the representative ranks to
game was a very physical contest with both teams enjoying the tussle in the become a member of the NSW All-Schools team. This team was comprised of players
mud. The enjoyment that came from this game and the way they handled from all NSW schools, including those from the private sector. A tremendous effort that
themselves against Randwick was the highlight of the season. Homebush and me as a coach are very proud of.
There is a huge sense of pride that comes from seeing a group of young Good luck to our year 12 boys and thanks for a great season.
men take on a challenge, help their mates out and come away smiling.
They have forged friendships and tested themselves against very strong Mr J Sculthorpe
opponents. Coach
Watching the pace and smooth skills of Tennessee, Jawad, Adam, Jamie,
Mohammad, Willy and Joseph “Neck” Choe made the season enjoyable. I PAGE 81
felt pity for the opposition when big Abdul Wehbi ran the ball up- knocking

Winter Grade Sport Finalists

13A’s Soccer 13B’s Soccer 13C’s Soccer

14A’s Soccer 14B’s Soccer 14C’s Soccer

15A’s Soccer 15B’s Soccer

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15S GRADE BADMINTON 1ST GRADE BADMINTON

Throughout the season the entire team members have worked hard BY TERENCE BAI
consistently by participating in after school training. It is the above qualities
of the players that enabled our badminton team to achieve great results Throughout the season the entire badminton team has shown initiative,
and advance to the Grand Final. 15’s grade started the season off strong, enthusiasm and their eagerness to win. Team members have worked
defeating our major opponent Epping in the first round (5-1), we only losing hard consistently by always participating in after school training. It is the
two matches to the strongest opponents, Normanhurst (1-5) and North above qualities of the players that enabled our badminton team to achieve
Sydney and managed to secure second position in round-robin ladder great results and advance to the semifinals. First grade started the season
and a place in the semifinals against Normanhurst. We lost the first set to off strong, defeating our major opponent Epping in the first round (4-2),
Normanhurst, but our boys did not give up and fought back, winning the this victory made the players see the possibility of going all the way and
next 5 sets with a score 5-1 and advance to the Grand Final. Unfortunately therefore worked harder. The first grade team has maintained the high
Homebush was defeated by North Sydney in the final. Well done boys! level of performance in the following games, only losing three matches to
the strongest opponents, Normanhurst (0-6), Epping (Games: 3-3, Points:
Thanks to our coaches Ramana and Joe for sacrificing their own time to set 100-113) and North Sydney (2-4) and managed to secure second position
up after school trainings. Also thanks to all players for trying their best. in round-robin ladder and a place in the semifinals against Normanhurst.
First grade was off to a very strong start in the semifinals, obtaining a 3-1
15’s Grade Badminton Team: Keegan Wong, Eric Nguyen, Samuel Chan, lead against Normanhurst, however Normanhurst did not give up and fought
Zhi Hong Yu, Cheng Han. back, winning the last two doubles with relatively large margin, taking the
score to 3-3. Unfortunately Homebush was defeated in the end by points.
Looking on the bright side, a lot of the games were extremely close and
could have gone either way, hope all the players learn from their experience,
work harder and come back stronger next year. Wishing all players the best
of luck in the years to come!

Thanks to our coaches Mr. Ha, Ramana and Joe for sacrificing their own
time to set up after school trainings and especially Mr. Ha for being on site
for every game and constantly giving players advice. Also thanks to all
players for trying their best and being so cooperative.
First Grade Badminton Team: Tianshu Terence Bai, Eugene Lee, Patrick Ho
and Nick Yit Teoh.

JUNIOR LAWN BOWLS small example of Scott’s love of the game that he demonstrated all season.

BY MRS CROSBY The Junior team also made it into the Grand Final. They again played very well,
but couldn’t be the victors on the day. They went down by one point to Epping Boys
Junior Team: High School. What a fabulous game it was. A big thank you to all of Scott’s family
There were only four members in the Junior Lawn Bowls team. Scott Miller and for coming to support him and the team for the Grand Final game.
Josh Anderson were the seasoned players, while Charles Prentice and Jayden
Spinola joined the team as relative novices. Charles showed a natural flair and Conclusion:
ability for the game, while Jayden just kept improving every time he stepped out Many thanks must go to Concord Bowls Club for their continued support of the
onto the green. Josh took on the role of “skip” throughout the season and mostly Homebush Boys High School Lawn Bowls teams. In particular, Henry and Martin
kept the team focused on the task at hand. It was of a concern that were had no made themselves available to offer some coaching advice to our lads on the
reserves, but the team only played with three players once throughout the season, occasions when we had home games. My heartiest congratulations go to both the
which showed just how dedicated they were to the sport and their role on the Senior and Junior teams on their teamwork and camaraderie, their conduct, and on
team. Even on that one occasion, when Scott was on an extended holiday with his a very successful season of lawn bowls. Needless to say, it has been an absolute
family, he was wanting to come back early from holidays, just to be back at school pleasure to have coached these teams throughout the winter season.
for sport and not let his team down. I certainly call that dedication. This was just a

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Winter Grade Sport Finalists

1st Grade Soccer 2nd Grade Soccer 3rd Grade Soccer

4th Grade Soccer 5th Grade Soccer Senior Hockey A

Senior Hockey B Junior Hockey 1/2nd Grade Tennis

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SECOND GRADE FOOTBALL 14C SOCCER

2015 was a disappointing year for 2nd Grade Football. It was a newly Team: Zyad Alzahrani, Kennu Challenger, Daniel Dutton, Rabieh El-
formed team as many members from last year’s team were in year 12. We Kabbout, Diwash Ghimire, Callum Hannah, Suganda Habakkala, Maaz
also had a large number of year 10’s who were playing senior football for the Iqbal, Juhyong Kim, Silas Kim, Hari Kumaralingam, Chris Kwon, Nevin Lin,
school for the first time. Peter Monro, Jerrong Ung, Joshua Ung

The effort and commitment of these young men could never be questioned, I feel privileged and proud to have been coach to the 14Cs football team.
however they found it difficult to gel as a team. The team would be better for The 14C football side played in the 14B competition and finished the season
the experience and come back stronger next season. undefeated! From the beginning it was apparent that Mr Prasad had put
together a formidable team. Lead by Peter Monro and Rabih El-Kabbout,
Thank you for your efforts this season. the 14Cs worked together as a team with excellent communication, skill,
and determination. Each play was scrutinised by the players as they wanted
SENIOR A FUTSAL to improve their game. The season was highlighted with good sportsman
ship, friendship and respect for each other and all opposition teams.
It was another strong season for our talented senior Futsal team as Congratulations to all players for their camaraderie and the spirit in which all
they again made the semi-finals. This is an experienced team who have games were played.
played together for past 3-4 years and know what it takes to get this far.
Unfortunately they were knocked out at this stage of the competition by a Coach
very good Normanhurst team. Mrs A Greenshields

Throughout the season the team showed fantastic commitment by training SENIOR B OZTAG
weekly and always playing every Wednesday. The core of the team can still
play another grade season of Futsal, so hopefully they all return and win the The B team (or the blues) did a splendid job by reaching the semi-finals
premiership. stage, where they lost in the last few minutes. It was great team effort and
it was the first time many of the players had played Oztag. By the season’s
Thank you for your efforts this season. send the team were A clear second, behind our nemesis – Randwick.

SENIOR A OZTAG The team was well led by Emad El-Kheir and Ahmed Kaddour, who were
two strong catalysts in attack and defense. They formed a formidable
The 2014-2015 senior Oztag season was a season of expansion and middle and dominated when they were on the field together. The revelation
consolidation. For the first time ever, we had 3 senior teams – 2 in the A in the team was Abdullah Allam, whose pace and deceptive running had him
competition and one in the B competition. The second A team was made up average about 4 tries a game. He ran good lines and when he was in the
of mainly Year 9 students at the end of 2014. The view was to develop the open no one ran him down. Mohammed Gebara was very competitive and
skills and competitive streak in these students so that they will become the his improved speed after Christmas made him a more dangerous player.
school’s representatives in the A-competition next season. Craig Miller tried his heart out every game and his straight, hard running saw
The A team finished third in the normal rounds and was bundled out him score many tries. Ethan Wright, Hamed Gaznawi, Timothy Chen and
comprehensively in the semi-final by a very strong and focused Ashfield Sultan Shamsin contributed well and often. And Nadim Kassem served the
Boys team. team well with his deceptive pace when he was available to play.

The team was well led by Koheleti Vaitaiki, Stefano Totidis and Jawad El I would like to thank all the players for a fantastic season and wish them well
Koudissi; three very accomplished athletes who always played at a high in their Oztag futures.
level. They were well supported by the powerful running Anthony Lopes
and Kaya Bremner’s endurance and deceptive pace – two very reliable Chabes Elaro
young men. Players that also contributed well throughout the season Coach
included the hard-running Tarek Zraika, the relaxed Nicholas Fletcher and
the enthusiastic Mazhur Ayoub. Luke Mansfield always tried hard and his a nail-biting finish with the very last bowl securing the winning result for
deceptive pace served us well. Adam Lees’ confidence improved as the Epping Boys High School. Homebush Boys High, even though not victorious
season progressed and Nicholas Jorgensen excelled on the wing. And the on the day, were nonetheless gracious Runners’- Up.
most improved, and big-hearted, player was Aaron Tatarakis. What a wonderful addition to the Final’s atmosphere to have had some
parents attend to show their support and encouragement for our young men.
Thanks men for a very successful season. It was a pleasure seeing you all
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in the sport in the future.

SENIOR LAWN BOWLS

After a year’s break from lawn bowls, Keshan Kiritharan, Shankaran
Kiritharan and Patrick Dowling who are in Year 12 returned with a
renewed enthusiasm and added much vigour and experience to our
current team which also included Andy Lu, Qi Le Chen and Ricky Huang
who had already a year’s experience under their belts. The boys worked
extremely well as a team under Kesh’s able direction as “skip” and won
most of their games throughout the winter season of grade sport to make it
into the Grand Final.
Anyone who thinks that lawn bowls lacks excitement would have changed
their mind very quickly if they had attended the Grand Final that our boys
played against Epping Boys High at North Ryde Bowling Club. It was

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GRADUATION

SPEECH BY MR STEPHAN MADYSKI (YR 12 ADVISOR)

Today I stand in front of you for the last time as I recall a visit to Homebush public to meet the students.
your year advisor and it reminds me of the first time Sitting all straight with crossed legs except two. One teacher
I stood in front of this group and your parents. It point out “those boys laying down at the back trying to look
was 2010 and I was so nervous that it took me a few all cool and she said good luck with them, they are a real
seconds before the first words would come out and handful, they could have gone down a different path but
I’m sure that they sounded like a teenage boy whose instead worked on not following the wrong crowed by doing
voice had just broke. Today I feel many emotions, silly things and to day Ahmed Kadour and Joseph Zanzoul get
one stands out more than the others “Pride”. to graduate with their mates.

Gentlemen, you are almost there the HSC exams are just A trip to Strathfield South public school introduced me to a
around the corner, I promised you I would stick with you and young 10 year old who was friendly, polite, articulate and so
we have done it. It was six and half years ago that I met many small. Unknown to me he would go on to be Five times to
of you for the first time. It was 2009, you were still in year best result (DUX) in the year, the youngest man in the cohort
six and Ms Edwards and I were on our visits to our feeder and our school vice-captain. Panayioti Constanti
schools to meet and test the incumbent year seven cohort On that same trip I was introduced to a shy boy who didn’t
for 2010. Fast forward to 2015 and the tiny little boys I saw say a lot, but had a big heat and always looked after others,
before me have grown, matured and become fine outstanding has come a long way since those days and what a young
men, ready to take on the world. man Robin Camilot has become.
Homebush West gave us Koray Alcin and from the first day
I’ve learnt much in my time as year coordinator and I only he was always in my office in year 7 for something or another.
hope I have imparted in you only a fraction of what you have He couldn’t get from one side of the fig tree to the other
taught me. without stopping and catching his breath as his lips would
I was trying to think what it was that my year advisor said turn blue from the lack of oxygen. It was a proud moment two
to me on my graduation day and honestly I can’t say I weeks ago when I saw Koray running across the quadrangle
remember. I was too excited about finally reaching the end of past the fig tree when those images of him in year seven
that long road I now fondly recall as school. popped into my head. For someone who took up so much
time in the early years I’ve barely seen him recently due to
What I can remember fondly is my time with you and what the new found independence he has developed in himself.
you taught me.

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Don’t be a stranger, come and tell us your stories.
This school will be different without you men
walking the halls.
“A School is all bricks and mortar; it is the people
inside it that make it great.”

In the first week of year seven we all went to Coolendel for the year 7 camp
and as we all piled off the bus and students clambered to get their bags,
find their troops and act as cool as they could around the other boys for
street cred. I noticed one student who had obviously been camping before
all kitted out in the jubilee Scout gear he had only just got weeks earlier.
I vividly remember thinking two things, 1 keep an eye on this one he is
self-assured and confident. The 2nd thing I thought was “This kid is in for a
world of hurt, wearing that stuff” That individual turned out alright and Craig
miller went on to become School captain.

That camp forged many friendships some which still hold strong today, as
the boys spent most of the camp looking for dry places to stay as tents
washed away, the river rose 10 meters Jump rock was submerged under
the river, a tree got hit by lightning and the busses almost didn’t make it
in due to the flooding so the boys were ready to walk out on foot. Yet that
didn’t stop them from playing in the rain getting dirty and making the most
out of a tough situation away from their parents.
This group has always had a fond place in my heart, (I may be biased, but
you are the best behaved well rounded group to go through HBHS in my 13
years at the school).

I thank you for the privilege of being a big part of your lives for the last 6
years you felt like my sons, all 198 of you special and difficult in your own
ways. When you succeeded, I felt like I succeeded, when you fell over I
felt your pain. I want you to go out now into the real world and make your
parents, your school and myself Proud of what you will become.

Thankyou Gentlemen

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CAPTAIN’S REPORT

WRITTEN BY CRAIG MILLER

The privilege of representing Homebush with the phase all as part of a competition with our sister school
best Prefect Advisors and leaders, especially my Strathfield Girls. To list some more key successes, we
Vice Captain and Senior Prefect, has made 2015 assisted in religious events such as facilitating the annual
one of the most rewarding years of my school Islamic Iftar night, maintained traditional duties like
life. It has been invaluable to trust the guidance organising and promoting the junior disco with Burwood
of Ms Brown and Mrs Kamil, and to be able to Girls, advocated respect through assisting the SRC
rely on Panioti Constanti and Haddi Taha’s and Interact with Multicultural day and integrated with
support and level-headedness when projects the school to pay respect to national heroes in Dawn
have become complex. It is a credit to this school Services, Remembrance Day and Anzac Day.
to have such staff and men, and what the Prefects
have accomplished in 2015 could not more Through the service of all of these men in the
clearly show this. prefect body, the graduating year 12 class of 2015 and
the rest of the school, I am confident that we realized our
We began this year with the core aim to improve the goal and believe that the 2016 leadership bodies will grow
Homebush even further.
school spirit, and having such a clear goal enabled us to
It has been my honour, Craig James Miller
come together with all of Homebush’s leadership bodies School Captain 2015

to achieve. We revitalised major projects like the ‘Give

What You Got’ initiative where this year students raised

money to purchase and distribute sleeping bags and

fruit/water to the homeless in Sydney in the first phase,

and brought in canned food for the needy in the second

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