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Episode 20
Hellos, Highlights and ‘Hot Takes’ with Mrs Heffernan
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In this episode, we are joined by Mrs Jacqui Heffernan for the first time as Principal of St Mary MacKillop College. To welcome her, Mrs Heffernan is joined by senior students, Matthew and Charlotte. We get to hear Mrs Heffernan's initial impressions of MacKillop, and our panel reflects on the many community events that took place in a busy first term. To finish this segment, we play a game of 'Heffernan's Hot Takes' where the panel asks Mrs Heffernan an array of fun and insightful rapid-fire questions.
We are then joined by Year 10 guitar-shredding superstar Reeves, who talks about his music journey and legendary school performances. He also showcases an original track submitted for his music assessment, titled Rearview.
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This episode's guests:
Harry Hattch
Jacqui Heffernan
Matthew Andrew
Charlotte MacLeod
Reeves Moore
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