Cooktown State School 2025 captains Jade Clarke, Lachlan Tran, Marika Snider, Violet Snider, Lucy Roberts, Ashton Gilmour and McKinley Ryle will receive their badges at this weekend’s 150th anniversary celebration. Photo: Supplied.
The invitations are out, school captains are awaiting their badges, and Cooktown is ready to celebrate a century-and-a-half of educational excellence this weekend.
The 2025 Cooktown State School captains hand-delivered invitations to businesses around town last week for the school’s 150th anniversary celebration on 22 February, when they will receive their badges in front of family, schoolmates and generations of alumni.
Primary, junior secondary and senior secondary captains and vice-captains said they were proud and excited to step into their roles in this momentous year.
“[I am] very honoured to receive my badge and be captain for the 150th year of the school in my last year at Cooktown State School,” senior secondary school captain Lucy Roberts said.
With the captains sharing a sense of responsibility for their peers, citing goals such as “make sure all younger students’ ideas are heard”, “assist people to learn” and “be helpful to others”, the young leaders said they were excited for the Cooktown community to see what the school was all about and what it was like 150 years since it was founded.
“I hope to be able to make everyone else’s wishes be heard and come true,” senior secondary school captain Violet Snider said.
“I’m honoured to receive my badge and have the whole community present to see how the school has improved to be a great school.”
After the badging ceremony, which will kick off at 10am, the community will have the chance to enjoy a nostalgia-filled day with old friends, featuring past photos and memorabilia, a historical best-dressed competition, great food and much more.
