This Thursday and Friday I will be attending the state-wide conference for State School Principals at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. We will be listening to a number of world renowned education leaders as well as engaging with fellow principals, discussing the importance of collaboration and best practice, exploring ways of elevating our schools to greatness. The theme of the conference revolves around the following: lighting the path for innovation, equity and impact of which we have embraced at MSS this year. I look forward to sharing with you a number of whole school initiatives that we will be implementing throughout this year, that are geared to improving student learning in 2017.