The board is being kept very busy at present, with several exciting things in the works!

Board roles

The positions of Treasurer and Secretary have been filled following our AGM earlier in the year. A huge thank you to Will Hosken and Jen Fraser for taking on these roles.

Strategic planning

One of the key areas of Board responsibility is the strategic oversight of the school. This year we have been working on financial and growth modelling for the school, as well as launching a new strategic planning cycle. Parents and staff should all have received a survey link in relation to our strategic planning, asking for their thoughts and feedback about GHSS and where we’re heading. We would be most grateful if as many of you as possible could take a moment to complete the survey to ensure that our planning takes into account the thoughts and feelings of our diverse and beautiful community.

High school

We are continuing to move forward with our high school development. Some key milestones have been met recently, including:

• Rezoning for the new block that allows educational use for the land. Without this, we couldn’t submit a development application to the Shire for building the high school.
• Having our development application approved by the Shire.
• Achieving the required financial support to commence Stage 1 of our building programme.

From here, the project goes to tender to secure a building contractor, and soon enough the progress will begin to show on the block rather than just in lengthy email chains and paperwork.

Thanks to everyone for making GHSS such a wonderful community – I am truly grateful to be part of it!

With warm regards,

Ariel van Oudtshoorn
Chair, Board of Directors

Ariel van Oudtshoorn

Chair, Board of Directors

Golden Hill Steiner School