Brennan Mills (Year 3/4), Karen Jonker (Years 7 to 12) and Elizabeth Dorian (Year 1/2) have gotten off to a flying start leading their classes at the co-educational school.
After working in large schools in Melbourne, Mr Mills welcomed the chance to work in an environment in which the whole school community looked out for one another.
“I think that’s one of the benefits of a smaller school,” he said.
“I feel comfortable here. I think that says a lot about the culture here.”
Mr Mills grew up in Cobram and moved away for university. He has friends and family in the district, and said he had enjoyed his time at CAGS since beginning there in January.
“The school leadership here is really great,” he said.
Since moving back to the area, Mr Mills has enjoyed the chance to catch up with mates from his own schooling life at Cobram Secondary College across town.
With just as much teaching experience behind her, Mrs Jonker and her husband moved to Melbourne from South Africa before deciding to settle in Cobram in 2022.
She said the students at CAGS were some of the most well-behaved she had seen across her teaching career.
Meanwhile, Miss Dorian has entered her seventh year of teaching after moving to Cobram from Ballarat to settle down with her partner, a local farmer.
Miss Dorian said the Cobram community had been great, and had so far found the warmer weather more congenial to her taste.
“Everyone is a bit more easy-going here,” she added.
The CAGS community has been “really welcoming, and the staff are great”.
With such bright beginnings to their time at the Cobram school, it is no surprise that the three teachers plan to stay around for the long haul.
