On behalf of all the Merici College community, we commend the Year 11 Hospitality students, Trish Young and Tookie Capezio on their wonderful endeavours, and congratulate them for the first-class, degustation menu that they prepared on Saturday night.
This event is in its fourth year running and was initiated three years ago by two staff members, Trish Young and Tookie Capezio, as a way of broadening the experiences of Senior Hospitality students. It also gives the students with the opportunity of providing a service to those members in our community who need our help most. On behalf of all the Merici College community, we commend Trish, Tookie and the students on their wonderful endeavours, and congratulate them for the first-class, degustation menu that they prepared on Saturday night.
As part of Catholic Schools Week Discover New Horizons, Belinda visited Merici College to conduct a Writer’s workshop with students from Years 7-9 and an Author talk for Year 7 students.
We congratulate Jade Esler (Year 11) on her selection to participate in the Royal Australia Air Force Camp for Young Women.
We are pleased to announce that our student-initiated application to participate in the ABC’s @QandA audience in Canberra has been successful! Tune in at 9.35pm on Monday 10 September to see our young women tackle the issues of today!
What & How?
Merici has partnered with WV Technologies to begin a community e-waste recycling program on campus. The e-waste collection cage is outside the IT staffroom towards the Wise Street staff carpark. Merici staff, students and parents can drop off:
Please note the program doesn’t include appliances (like toasters) or consumer electronics (like DVD players). Keep your drop-offs limited to the list above please!
Why?
To celebrate National Health and PE Day and National Child Safety Week, on Wednesday 5 September Merici College teamed with Jasiri Australia to become the first school in Australia to train all of the students in self-defence.
We are very excited to be a successful applicant for the PROJECT ROCKIT Online School Grants Program. PROJECT ROCKIT is Australia’s youth-drive movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. For the last 12 years, they have been sending passionate young people into schools to create real talk and help young people stand up instead of standing by. PROJECT ROCKIT now works with over 250,000 young people, sit on the Government's eSafety committee and are the go-to-youth cybersafety partner of Facebook, Instagram,Twitter and Google.
Congratulations to Kasey Kelley who placed first in the ACT Snow Sports Schools Cup on Sunday 2 September and achieved the fastest time overall amongst both genders. Very impressive Kasey, we are very proud of you!
