TWO Rivergum Primary School students have earned their school $2000 for their forward-thinking idea.
Hampton Park students Kasim Ibrahim and Michael Schreiber were awarded with an inaugural NAB Schools First Student Award for their exceptional school-community partnership idea and also won and Apple iPad each.
Their idea was to form a partnership between Rivergum Primary School, Victoria Police and their New Emerging Communities Liaison Officer (NECLO).
The partnership will involve organising a family fun day soccer match between students of the school and Victoria Police.
The aim of this idea is to encourage trust, respect and communication between local youths and the police.
NAB Retail Local Regional Executive Marcus Cotrill said he was proud to see a local student’s idea selected as one of the national winners.
“It’s great to see young members of our community developing fresh, innovative and effective ideas on how schools can partner with the local community,” he said.
“It will be interesting to see the school build on this idea and, hopefully, it will inspire more students to get involved with school-community initiatives that ultimately strengthen our community network.”
Rivergum Primary School also put together an application for the NAB School’s First Seed award, in which it could potentially win $25,000 for a local school-community partnership.
