Community & Business
3 July, 2021
First indigenous leader for Atherton State School
ATHERTON State School has elected its first ever female indigenous leader after Heather Archer was chosen as one of the 2021 school captains.
ATHERTON State School has elected its first ever female indigenous leader after Heather Archer was chosen as one of the 2021 school captains.
In grade four Heather set herself the goal to become the school captain, now two years on she has realised her dream.
Heather has become the first ever indigenous leader of Atherton State School and their first ever female indigenous leader, in one fell swoop.
Heather’s mother, Timeah, is incredibly proud of her daughter in pursing her goal to become the school’s first indigenous leader.
“She has always upheld good behaviour standards, she’s never been in trouble, so I just encouraged her to work hard and do what she needed to do to earn the leadership position,” Timeah said.
“Heather is proud to set that example for other indigenous students and encourage them to work towards leadership roles in the future.”
Heather had worked hard over the two years to become a student leader in year six and has even started up a breakfast club that has been running at the school.
“I wanted to become a school captain because I wanted to show everybody that I could do something to change the school,” she said.
“We wanted to have the breakfast club and do some fundraising for students that need more school supplies.
“I am very proud of myself, it’s everything I thought it was and breakfast club has been better than I thought it would be.”
