My name is Hollins Eastgate, and I am the 2023/2024 College Captain for St Gregory’s College Campbelltown. It is an absolute privilege to be awarded such an honour, to serve and lead my fellow brothers in this great College. I am very grateful to work alongside my fellow leaders Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Lachlan, Matthew, and Anthony, and look forward to the next 12 months of actioning our plans and goals for our school.
During Week 2 of this Term, the leaders and I, accompanied by Mr Joel Weekes and Mr Riley Coughlan, attended a two-day leadership camp in Mittagong. Here we deconstructed our roles, grasping at the requirements each presented, and began to brainstorm our ideas and create our personal and group goals for the year ahead. As a group, we drew inspiration from the Marist characteristic of Presence. Together, we made one of our main goals: to be present in our School and in our School Community, building friendships with our younger brothers in Year 7 and bridging that gap between Senior and Junior years. One of the ways we have begun to action this goal is through the game of handball. Throughout the week, the leaders and I, with members from our grade, make the effort to travel up to the Top Quad at recess or lunch, to participate in a couple of games of handball, to catch up with our younger peers and checkup with how they are progressing with their studies and general school life. We plan to continue this action as we strive to be present within our school and continue to strengthen our community.