Announcements

Congratulations to our Year 12 Class of 2021 for their exceptional academic achievements. Four students successfully completed the IB Diploma Programme. All four of these students attained an ATAR well above the Australasian average.69 students received their Year 12 ACT Senior Secondary Certificate. 47students completed a Tertiary Package and received an ATAR. 22 students completed Accredited Packages, which included Vocational qualifications.Our highest ATAR was 99.10. Our median ATAR was 79.3 and our average ATAR was 78.64. 20% students received an ATAR of 90 or higher.

Welcome all to the commencement of the 2022 school year. I hope that you had a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year holiday season. I also trust that all are ready for:

Today we celebrate the Feast Day of our patron saint Angela Merici and her vision for education and her unique model of spirituality. She continues to be the inspiring model on which we base ourselves. Her love and sensitivity to human needs won her the title "Madre Angela" from the people of Brescia, Italy.

Due to isolation requirements, the uniform shop will not be open today, Wednesday 19 January. As this was an appointment-only day, please check your email if you had a appointment for the alternative arrangements. We do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Merici College Celebrates Their First International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Results

Authorised to deliver the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP) starting in 2020, the 2021 Merici College graduating cohort is the first to make history as the first Diploma Programme students at the college.

We look forward to welcoming you to Merici College for Year 7 in 2022!

Please find below information that we hope will help with your transition into Merici life.

FIRST DAY

Welcome new and returning Merici staff, sisters and members of the community to the year of 2022. What an eventful year 2021 was, and as your Captains, we could not be more excited and grateful to lead you into this new year. Hopefully, the Year 7s of 2022 will not have to experience the challenge of online learning... fingers crossed, don’t want to jinx things! Lockdown has provided some immensely complex challenges for us all and we recognise the profound impact it has had on the community, which is why we encourage all year groups to not hesitate to contact us at any time.

2021 has been a year of firsts for the Language Department. For the first time in Merici history, we have all students from Years 7-10 maintaining their acquisition of languages. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, Merici encourages students to be internationally minded and prepared for a global future. We are proud to support not only the language learning of students through the Middle Years Programme (MYP), but also the cultural appreciation, cognitive benefits and openminded-ness that comes with it.

Dear Merici Community,

Dare to Dream

To ‘dare’ is to call on courage, strength, imagination and strategy. To ‘dare’ is to be willing to take on the unknown, to embrace change and to shape things for the better.  To ‘dare’ is to be futures focused, positive, agile and active. To ‘dare to dream’ is to do all of the above as well as to open oneself to awe and wonder.

Jesus dared to dream and hope. He envisaged a wondrous future defined by love and unity.

Today we gather to celebrate the end of the academic calendar in a year of wonders and challenges. We also take this opportunity to recognise the successes, strength, resilience and passion exhibited by our young women in 2021. So much has been achieved, both academically and more broadly, by our students who have had the courage to dream big and to strive to reach for personal and community stars.