Category Archives: Stories

INVESTING IN YOUNG LIVES THROUGH FOGS ARTIE ACADEMY

THE HON. MALCOLM TURNBULL MP PRIME MINISTER MR TREVOR RUTHENBERG LNP CANDIDATE FOR LONGMAN   Saturday July 7 2018   Investing in Young Lives Through Former Origin Greats   The Turnbull Government is supporting the education of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Caboolture and throughout Queensland, with a new $1 million investment. […]

A CHANGE FOR SUCCESS

Georgina’s continued growth and achievement at school is all thanks to her hard work and determination.  In 2018 Georgina with the help of her ARTIE Academy Education Coordinator made the conscious decision to improve her behaviour while at school and reduce her number of OneSchool referrals. Georgina has always demonstrated great attendance however at times […]

ACCELERATE CHALLENGE SUCCESS FOR STEVIE

Stevie, an ARTIE Academy student from Beenleigh State High School, has been successful in achieving the ARTIE Academy Accelerate Challenge in Term Two. The ARTIE Academy Accelerate Challenge is designed to set individual achievement targets and have weekly mentor meetings with ARTIE Academy Education Coordinators to keep them on track and to work through any […]

RECONCILIATION WEEK SHINES A LIGHT ON ARTIE STUDENTS

Between May 28 and June 1, Morayfield State High School celebrated Reconciliation Week with an informative display designed by ARTIE Academy students and Indigenous Support Staff. It was an interactive display that allowed Indigenous and non-Indigenous students to come together and discover more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. Staff and students were able […]

ARTIE STUDENTS SHOW THAT CELEBRATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela understood the importance of celebrating your victories. Mandela, one of history’s greatest figures, overcame enormous adversity in his life to make a difference to the lives of millions of people in his own country and around the world. Mandela spent 27 years in prison because he stood up for […]

FOGS AND QUT PUT ARTIE ACADEMY STUDENTS ON ROAD TO SUCCESS

DRIVING Queensland students to new heights has always been the goal of the FOGS ARTIE Academy education program. But in 2017, that drive for success became literal with a unique research collaboration between FOGS and the QUT School of Economics (QuBE). QuBE and FOGS have received an Australian Research Council grant to undertake an Individualised Drivers Licence program for eligible participants in the study. Under […]

ARTIE ACADEMY HELPS TAFE STUDENTS LEARN TO TEACH

THE Former Origin Greats organisation has always been about Queenslanders helping Queenslanders. Now, with the ARTIE Academy’s TAFE Tutor Partnership, we are seeing Queenslanders helping Queenslanders helping Queenslanders. Under the new partnership, TAFE students studying Community Service, Youth Work or Education Support are providing support in literacy and numeracy to ARTIE Academy students. This not […]