“At this school, I am surrounded with like-minded people who also want to do the best they can in life, which both encourages and pushes me due to my competitiveness.”
Mikayla Helms, CGS Indigenous Scholar (Alumni)
The School recognises our position in being able to affect equity and equal opportunity by welcoming Indigenous Scholars to the School community each year through the Indigenous Scholars Programme. Our Indigenous Scholars have the opportunity to be ambassadors for their cultural heritage, to take pride in their Aboriginal identity and to share their knowledge with other students in the hope of reconciling the past with an optimistic future.
We recognise the transformative power of a world-class education and the impact this can have on the community and societal outcomes across Indigenous and non-Indigenous settings. The School seeks to reconcile our young history with the ancient cultural heritage of the Ngunnawal people on whose land our School stands. We seek to do this through recognition and understanding of history and through the integration of traditional culture and knowledge of Country in pursuit of a collaborative and equitable future for Australia. We acknowledge that it is not possible to alter the past, and we pay respect to the trauma inflicted upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
We seek to reconcile ourselves with the past so that history is not repeated. Not everything can be resolved overnight. However, education is the key to enacting change, and Canberra Grammar School is in a position to enable change through its role as an educational facility and pillar of the community.
“At this school, I am surrounded with like-minded people who also want to do the best they can in life, which both encourages and pushes me due to my competitiveness.”
Mikayla Helms, CGS Indigenous Scholar (Alumni)
“This scholarship & the opportunity to participate in this wonderful experience that is attending CGS. It is an opportunity that I will be forever grateful for and one that has shaped me to be the man I am today.”
Deklan Barford, CGS Indigenous Scholar
Scholarship recipients will be supported to achieve in school, and to create pathways to further education and employment through:
• Engagement with confident and supportive educators. Staff provide a high level of support to students and their families, ensuring they feel safe and included in school life. Staff consider the holistic needs of the child, with high expectation of success, wellbeing and cultural needs a priority. Students develop leadership skills and are supported to be passionate advocates for and educators of their Indigenous culture and identity
• The provision of responsive learning environments. Mindful that individual needs are diverse and change over time, continuous monitoring is an integral component of the CGS Student Development Programme, ensuring that learning requirements are recognised and responded to
• Additional support when required. Students are provided increased access to learning and development programmes through the implementation of individualised learning plans, when necessary, that identify personalised support needed to participate fully in the learning programme. Families are invited to contribute to the development of individualised learning plans; and
• Extending the invitation to families to volunteer their expertise. Utilising the expertise of our community in the teaching and delivery of Aboriginal cultural knowledge and languages.
Canberra Grammar School invites scholarship applications from Indigenous students who believe they would thrive in our environment. We envision these scholarships to be mutually beneficial, learning with and from one another. Scholarships are awarded to students who show the potential to succeed, who demonstrate care and concern for the broader community, have a range of talents and interests, and are eager and ready to participate in and contribute to the CGS community. Those who have shown leadership ability and commitment to their education are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be proud of their culture and have a desire to give back to the communities they are involved in.
Criteria To be eligible for the Indigenous Scholars Programme, students should be:
• Of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage and eligible to receive ABSTUDY
• Receiving encouragement and support for their scholarship application
• Committed to making some financial contribution towards expenses
• Connected to community through sports, leadership or cultural programmes; and
• Respectful of the Christian ethos of the School Community.
• BOARDING FEES Regular fees associated with boarding (less parental financial contribution)
• TUITION FEES Regular CGS tuition fees (less parental financial contribution)
• UNIFORMS A basic summer, winter and sport uniform package
• TEXTBOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS Purchase or hire of required textbooks and subscriptions
• CO-CURRICULAR FEES Summer and winter co-curricular activities covered up to $500 each
• BASIC STATIONERY As identified in the list released by the School each year
• SCHOOL CAMP FEES All camp participation fees (not including clothing and toiletry costs)
• TECHNOLOGY One Notebook device (not including insurance)
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