“I’m not the type of girl who sits at home,” is 17-year-old Mary Pupuli response when asked why she wanted to graduate high school.
Mary, who is from the Ma Thawurr clan, is one of seven Year 12 students graduating this year in the town of Wadeye, in the Northern Territory. They are the first students to do so since the class of 2007.
Head of the secondary school at Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Thamarrurr, Matthew Spring, says it is an achievement three years in the making, with improved patterns to completion and a new teacher structure benefitting the students.
“We have also…
