VICTORIAN

SCHOOL OF
LANGUAGES

ARCHIVES OF THE
INSTITUTE FOR SLOVENIAN STUDIES OF VICTORIA

1976-2009
Victorian School of Languages / VSL

8.1.VSL:
Correspondence
1988-2004
In 1988 the name of the school was changed from Saturday School of Modern Languages to Victorian School of
Languages, and it had won its battle to be recognized as a special state school with the same status as all other
schools. As the firsat sign of status it received permission to establish a school council, run elections and expect a
range of improvement in conditions, such as hours of teaching, payment of teachers, professional development, etc.
During the nineties the school undertook a major reform in administration, professional development and curriculum
and took took responsibility for Distance Education for languages offered by the Education Department. It also
published a great deal of language education material. It continues to offer and develop courses for languages of the
newly arrived ethnic groups, and and it is still growing.
Feb 12, 1991. response to application to teach in VSL 4
Apr 12, 1991. appointment as coordinator of Slovenian 5
Apr 23, 1991. Evol Biron VCAB to Sasha Ceferin 7
Mar 3, 1992. Request for an additional instructor for Slovenian 8
Jun 29, 1992. Gil Freeman VSL Principal to A L Ceferin, VCE Coordinator 10
Jun 29, 1992. Gil Freeman to AL Ceferin, re VSL Council Elections 11
Apr 6, 1992. Gil Freeman VSL Principal to A L Ceferin re organizing VCE workshop 12
Nov 24, 1992. Sandi Ceferin STAV to Venetia Kefalianos, VSL Area Manager 13
Oct 10, 1992. Sandi Ceferin, Slovenian Coordinator to Venetia Kefalianos VSL Area Manager 14
Oct 28., 1992. Sasha Ceferin to Berta Dolinar SIM re: gift books for students and teachers 15
Nov 20, 1992. Sandi Ceferin, Slovenian Coordinator to Venetia Kefalianos VSL Area Manager 16
Dec 11, 1992. Frank Merlino Principal to Sandi Ceferin – teaching appointment 17
Feb 2, 1992. A L Ceferin, ISSV to Frank Merlino, VSL Principal 18
Mar 11, 1998. Frank Merlino, VSL Principal to A L Ceferin, VSL Top Scorers Award 20
Mar 30, 1999. Venetia Kefalianos, VSL Area Manager to A L Ceferin 21
Jul 17, 1999. Sandi Ceferin to Venetia Kefalianos re book purchase 22
Aug 10, 1999. Sandi Ceferin to Area Manager re: singing ensemble Oktet visit to school 24
Oct 25, 1999. Sandi Ceferin to Area Manager re Teacher and Parent Award 1999 25
Nomination of Sasha Ceferin for Community Award 26
Oct 26, 1999. Sandi Ceferin ro Area Manager re: request for advertisements in the media 29
Oct 27, 1999. Sandi Ceferin to Area Manager – description of Thezaurus.com 32
Oct 27, 1999. Sandi Ceferin to Area Manager re LOTElinx Brochure 33
Oct 26, 1999. Sandi Ceferin, Slovenian Coordinator to Venetia Kefalianos VSL Area Manager 36
enrolment notice 37
Victorian School of Languages / VSL

8.1.VSL:
Correspondence
1988-2004
In 1988 the name of the school was changed from Saturday School of Modern Languages to Victorian School of
Languages, and it had won its battle to be recognized as a special state school with the same status as all other
schools. As the firsat sign of status it received permission to establish a school council, run elections and expect a
range of improvement in conditions, such as hours of teaching, payment of teachers, professional development, etc.
During the nineties the school undertook a major reform in administration, professional development and curriculum
and took took responsibility for Distance Education for languages offered by the Education Department. It also
published a great deal of language education material. It continues to offer and develop courses for languages of the
newly arrived ethnic groups, and and it is still growing.

Nov 26, 2000. A L Ceferin Thezaurus Metacom to Venetia Kefalianos VSL Are Manager 39
Nov 1, 2001. Frank Merlino VSL Principal to Sandi Ceferin 40
Jan 24, 2001. Aleksandra Ceferin to Venetia Kefalianos VSL Are Manager 41
Jan 24, 2001. Invoice for Jana magazine 42
Feb 1, 2001. Glas Slovenije to VSL - Advertising Invoice 43
Sep 15, 2001. Funding for VSL Course Outline Project 2001-2002 44
Nov 16, 2001. P Petrovska to Sasha Ceferin, Appointment as Slovenian Project Writer 45
Dec 6, 2001. Frank Merlino to Sandi Ceferin, offer of appointment as instructor 46
Apr 27, 2002. Sandi Ceferin Coordinator to Venetia Kefalianos re: VSL Grant Reimbursement 47
May 4, 2002. Sandi Ceferin Slovenian Faculty Coordinator to V. Kefalianos – Purchase Orders 48
Nov 23, 2002. Sandi Ceferin to V. Kefalianos re advertising in Misli and GS and annual subscription 49
Apr 27, 2002. A L Ceferin to V. Kefalianos, re LOTE grant for Slovenian resources 50
May 30, 2002. Pandora Petrovska to Sandi Ceferin re Slovenian Course Outline Project 51
Jul 24, 2002. Sandi Ceferin to Pandora Petrovska re Slovenian Course Outline Project 52
Sep 16, 2002. Pandora Petrovska to Sasha Ceferin re Slovenian Course Outline Project 53
Sep 16, 2002. Pandora Petrovska to Sandi Ceferin re Slovenian Course Outline Project 54
Dec 14, 2002. Frank Merlino to Sandi Ceferin, offer of appointment as instructor 7 - 12 55
Dec 17, Sandi Ceferin to Pandora Petrovska re Slovenian Course Outline Project 56
Feb 6, 2004. Frank Merlino to Aleksandra Ceferin, Invitation to Top Scorers Award 57