Community & Business
17 March, 2022
Young leaders step up
THE leadership team for Mareeba State School had been inducted to the community through the annual Badge Ceremony held last week.
Students were inducted into their roles of school captains, sporting captains, peer supporters and student council members.
The group of leaders will be working alongside principal Hannah Simpson to grow their leadership skills and help guide their fellow peers.
“Each year we celebrate a new group of student leaders at MSS and each year I am in awe of the calibre of students selected by our students and staff to represent our school and community and this is no different this year,” Mrs Simpson said.
“I educate our students on the traits of a strong leader and strong leaders encourage – they lend a hand, and they do the right thing and respect others, they always listen but, most importantly, they energise others by truly believing.”
The leadership team will work with the school community to create a fun, inclusive and safe environment for students from prep to Grade 6.
This year’s school captains are Mitchell Gale and Kahlia Sellers, with Zebedee Knighton and Aimee Fink named as vice captains.
The indigenous leaders are Cussmero Rainbow and Zion Pitt and indigenous ambassadors are Jack Wenberg and Ayla Wigg.
The Granite sports captains this year are Luke Keal and Jordynn Jackson, with Cooper O'Brien and Hailey Jaszczyszyn named as Barron sports captains, while Zahlita Tokarahi and Trysta Peckham will head the Mitchell sports team.
Auslan captain is Alice Gillman and instrumental music captain is Niah Abdalla-Caamano.
“To those Year 6 students in formal leadership positions, I wish them every success this year in their final year of primary school and encourage them to be a strong leader with big footprints because you have 800 pairs of smaller feet following in them,” Mrs Simpson said.
