Welcome to the official page of Hawker College. We encourage contributions to the page. Hawker is a co-educational senior college, catering for Years 11 and 12 and attractively sited in hillside grassland in the residential suburb of Hawker. The school is easily accessible by public transport from all feeder suburbs. The college opened in 1976 and has a long tradition in scholarship, student welfare, cultural and sporting facilities and strong community involvement. Responding to changing educational/training needs is a priority. Please note the content is moderated. The page aims to highlight the achievements of our school, our teachers and students. In joining our Facebook community you agree to follow our ‘Guidelines on Wall Posts’ and Facebook’s Community Standards. ACT Public Servants are also subject to the ‘Public Sector Management Act’ and the ‘ACT Government Social Media Guidelines’. Wall post guidelines
The following guidelines provide advice to ensure your wall posts will not be deleted. The ACT Government Education Directorate and ACT Public Schools, cannot endorse any sites referred to in any comments or discussion submissions. Views expressed on our wall may not be the views of the ACT Education Directorate or ACT Public Schools. Please make sure your comments are appropriate before submitting them. Inappropriate comments could be anything that is:
• Off-topic or spam
• Soliciting funds, goods or services, or advertising
• Racially, ethnically or religiously offensive
• Defamatory
• Threatening, harassing or abusive
• Obscene, profane or vulgar
• Illegal or encouraging of criminal acts
• Known to be inaccurate or contains false attribution
• Infringing on copyright, trademark or any other rights of others
• Impersonating anyone else (actual or fictitious)
Please note that any posts deemed inappropriate will be deleted. Photos of students can only be published if the correct Education Directorate permission forms have been completed by the student’s parent or guardian. For privacy and protection, please do not tag photos of children, and please do not name them in your comments, unless the previously mentioned permission is sought. On rare occasions and with parental permission, students may be named by the school social media administration team. Tagging of parents or friends within the comment box is permitted with the understanding that all other rules of engagement are followed. This page will be monitored from 9am-5pm daily and will not necessarily be monitored out of hours.
