On Wednesday 15 November our Year 9 students had a wonderful finish to The Rite Journey program by hosting their parents and mentors for a Homecoming ceremony at the College.
The Rite Journey is a unique educational program designed to support the development of self-aware, vital, responsible and resilient adults. Through several key events throughout the year the students have been encouraged to explore their view of themselves, how they get along with others, what more there is on life’s journey for them and what they have to offer their families, their community and the world.
Parents and mentors have played a key role in the program, helping to guide the way and by sharing their own experiences.
The Homecoming was a celebration in which the Year 9s symbolically finished the year and "returned" to their families. In small groups the students were provided the opportunity to express how they have grown over the year, what they have learned about themselves, and what sort of man/woman they would like to become.
They finished by offering their gratitude to parents and mentors, a display that left some with very proud faces and wet eyes.
