Four new heads of learning start at Manjimup Senior High School in 2022

Manjimup Senior High School has welcomed four new faces to its campus this year as new heads of learning in mathematics, English, physical education and humanities in 2022. With three of the new teachers — phys ed teacher Mathew Boreland, maths teacher Keeley Palmer and humanities teacher Billie Thomas coming from the Pilbara and Kimberly region they were excited at the prospect of relocating to the South West. English head of learning Chantel Saunders has made the move from Perth where she has taught her entire career. All four teachers agreed that the school and the region offered a lot of opportunity for them to develop both professionally and personally. After leaving her last post in Kununurra, Ms Palmer said it was the opportunity to make her stamp as a leader which brought her down to Manjimup. “I wanted to be head of department, I wanted to be head of maths, that was something I was keen to do so this opportunity came up and I was keen to get down to the South West,” Ms Palmer said. “I really like it (in Manjimup), it is very pretty, everyone is very friendly, very welcoming.” Mr Boreland said as a sports teacher he was blown away by Manjimup’s passion for all outdoor activities and especially its love of football. “There are three footy clubs here in Manjimup and I have never seen anything like it,” he said. “They seem to live and breathe playing sport down here.” All four faculty heads have said they were very keen to get involved in the Manjimup community and are looking forward to the year ahead.