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Knox Grammar School offers AIEF Scholarships for boarding students.
2024 has been a positive year for our AIEF boys with each young man engaging in leadership opportunities, cultural experiences, academia, and sport.
The boys were spectacular in their performance at the Knox Centenary Tattoo. They worked continuously with Uncle Tim Bishop and Uncle Den Barber developing the choreography and ensuring they were ready to perform sensitively and with pride.
The boys worked together and produced a large centenary painting facilitated by Uncle John Gurri Kelly supporting each boy researching and drawing their totem. The painting now proudly hangs in a central place in the school. The boys also designed our new Indigenous Round jerseys representing the local totems, the central rivers of Sydney.
Our Year 12 students William L, William H, Charles and Harrison excelled in their studies. Harrison and William L achieved a KAI 97+ and William H achieved 85+. Harrison enjoyed his time in Canberra in the 15 Years of AIEF Celebrations and found inspiration from the alumni. All of the boys have received early university entrance into their chosen fields; Harry to study Business, William H will study Engineering and William L will study Medicine. Charlie will go into primary teaching and hopes to specialise in children with special needs.
We are very proud of the Year 12 boys who led and mentored the younger boys with such kindness and sensitivity. The younger boys look up to these senior boys with genuine respect, leadership and cultural pride – a great strength amongst the Aboriginal students at Knox.
Our Year 11 Boys, Nate, Malakai, Ben and Noah continue to explore their future options. They are passionate about their sport and are maturely looking to their future post-school. Noah has continued to do his TVET Course and overall, his academics have shown much improvement.
Malakai has attended an open day for the army. Nate is an all-rounder in and out of the classroom playing in the First XV and aiming to follow in his older brother’s footsteps at university to study Exercise Science. Ben was a valuable member of this year’s 1stXV.
Mackye is making solid progress demonstrating strong leadership and commitment to his studies. He is a fine athlete, has shown interest in studying Business of Exercise Science and has enrolled in the Duke of Edinburgh Program.
Redson has settled in very well. He is an able student, a talented singer and performer, and is now the leader of his mentor class and captain of his basketball team. He was in the junior musical and is hoping to learn the saxophone.
The Year 10 and 11 boys participate in Cultural Dance workshops and art workshops around culture. Our partnerships with the local community remain strong and we continue to develop this through participation in events, visits by local elders to Knox and AECG meetings.
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Australian Indigenous Education Foundation
Suite 2A, Level 2
2-12 Foveaux Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
T (02) 8373 8000
F (02) 8373 8001
info@aief.com.au
www.aief.com.au
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