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Henry Kendall High School

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Daniel Quilty Update

                                          

As many of you know one of our wonderful teachers, Daniel Quilty is battling cancer. Daniel has sent us an update for our school newsletter that we would like to share with the community.

 

This is a long overdue update and thank you to the whole school community. In short, treatment is progressing well as expected up to this point. I remain both positive and patient for what is to come.

During Term 2 , I was deeply moved by the support shown from the entire school community in response to my cancer diagnosis. This ranged from seeing my boss, colleagues and students shave their heads on the brink of winter to a 25+ strong team of teachers braving a 12km fun run under the "Dashing For Dan" banner. Further to this, the community reached deep into their pockets and raised $3635. This money contributed significantly to the overall fundraising for the SAN Cancer Support Centre, which reached a total of $17, 120 from our team alone.

The fundraising efforts culminated last weekend at the "SAN Run For Life" a 5km fun run in aid of the Cancer Support  Centre. Over 70 people turned out for the "Quilty Strong" team (including teachers Blake Wawrzyk, Michael Mellish and Sasha Fitzgerald). The event marked an opportunity to draw a line under the first stage of the treatment process. One lesson I have learnt from all of this is to celebrate the small victories and use that success to focus on the challenges ahead.

September and October promise challenges to all of us, not least to the students of Year 11 and Year 12 as they take on the first and final steps of their HSC years. Personally, I begin the next and hopefully final stage of treatment during this time. I hope to be celebrating some bigger victories with you all again soon! Henry Kendall High School has never been far from my thoughts while I've been away and I wish all the best to the staff, students and community as the year goes on.

                                          DQ2