The year has commenced positively and with a strong sense of purpose. Encouraged by our stellar 2025 VCE and co-curricular achievements, we reaffirm our aim to be the State’s highest performing secondary school and a lighthouse school for public education.

It is an ambitious vision, but certainly not an unattainable one. Our students are highly capable and our community aspirational.

At its heart, this vision extends well beyond academic achievement alone. As our motto reminds us, we are more than just marks. Through high-quality teaching and learning, our expectation is that we graduate students who are well equipped for further education, employment, and community service. This requires us to deliberately develop the personal and character strengths that enable our students to become good global citizens — well-rounded, resilient, and principled young men.

In the curriculum, this has meant changes to the timetable, introducing new subjects and ways of learning that ensure our students have the skills, knowledge and personal dispositions required for both personal and academic success.
I very much appreciate the ongoing support of the MHS Foundation, alumni organisations and parent bodies, whose fundraising efforts and pro-bono contributions continue to support the School.

2025 EOY Fundraising Donor Thanks and Update
Thank you again for your generous support. Your support last year has enabled us to advance a number of important projects, including:

• Swimming pool repairs
• Artists, Writers and Entrepreneurs in Residence Program
• School entrance/front doors
• Sport program
• Speech Night Awards and Scholarships
• Tomorrow Man — a program designed to help guide boys towards a healthier understanding of masculinity

Work on the pool is ongoing. The Foundation’s support has helped us acquire new heat pumps. Our Artists, Writers and Entrepreneurs in Residence Program has enabled us to engage Indigenous artist Jenine Godwin-Thompson and support our Year 10 Entrepreneurship Forums.