Carinity Education Rockhampton Year 8 student Nicholas Schulz recently successfully completed the Veteran\u2019s Mentors Junior Leadership Program.<\/p>\n
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The program was run by Veteran Mentors, a group of ex-Australian servicemen and women who teach students skills which can help them to achieve success in the most challenging environments.<\/p>\n
Nicholas was excited to participate in activities such as obstacle courses, fitness and personal training, healthy eating seminars, high ropes and other team building activities.<\/p>\n
He also learned lots of other skills to help him meet his goals with NDIS, and at the end of the program he went indoor skydiving. Nicholas was both excited and scared of this and had a thrilling experience.<\/p>\n
Nicholas\u2019s mum Sarah Crewdson says attending Carinity Education Rockhampton allow her son\u2019s individual abilities and wellbeing to be catered for.<\/p>\n
\u201cI chose Carinity Education Rockhampton for Nicholas because he wasn\u2019t coping with the teaching strategies taught in the mainstream system he was struggling and falling further behind,\u201d Sarah says.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t happy and hated struggling through his learning and the subjects like drama and music. I knew high school was going to be an even bigger struggle for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to send him to a school that recognised his unique individual personality and needs, and would support him with his struggles socially and teach him in a way that didn\u2019t confuse him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since Nicholas started attending Carinity Education Rockhampton Sarah has \u201cno longer has to fight with him to go to school\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe goes to school with no fuss. It took him a little bit to get used to the new school but he is now thriving and loving it as he feels accepted for who he is by both teachers and his friends,\u201d Sarah says.<\/p>\n
Carinity Education Rockhampton understands that building positive and trusting relationships are integral in a young person\u2019s educational journey, and that meeting students also on this journey makes a difference in building resilient, compassionate, and educated young people.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommunity and family are important co-educators in a young person\u2019s life, and it is for this reason that the school works collaboratively with both families and organisations in the community to ensure opportunities like this can be accessed,\u201d Carinity Education Rockhampton Principal Lyn Harland says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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