Merici Weekly Green Tip #14
Submitted by mericiadmin on July 25, 2017 - 10:31amHere is our green tip for the week:
Even if you’re not using plastic bags, remember to re-use your bags to actually reduce your environmental footprint.
Here is our green tip for the week:
Even if you’re not using plastic bags, remember to re-use your bags to actually reduce your environmental footprint.
Business owner, university graduate and former Merici student, Tracy Keeley, has penned a letter to current Merici students, providing an insight into the journey of a successful business woman.
Join the Class of 2007 from Merici College for an evening of memory sharing, old faces and new opportunities to connect! This event is open to all women who attended Merici College who would have graduated from Year 12 in 2007 - it would be great to see all the faces the students grew with and learnt from.
Here is our green tip for the week:
Is your phone running low?
Charge it sustainably with our electricity-generating bikes!!
The bikes have been set-up in the main foyer for everyone to use.
Bec DeCourcy
Sustainability Officer
We congratulate Shirahni Mudaliar, Year 12 student and Expressive Arts Captain, on her music achievements with the Canberra Youth Orchestra.
Sadly we remember Maria Bernice O’Sullivan who died suddenly on Sunday 25 June 2017, aged 89.
Bernice joined the staff of Braddon Catholic Girls’ High School (the original name of the College) in 1961 as an Art, History and Literature teacher. She retired at the end of 1992.
Congratulations to Anna Connolly, Year 7 on her success over the weekend, having participated in Regional Special Olympics Basketball Competition at the Australian Institute of Sport winning medals in Skills (2nd in division) and 1st team in division.We wish Anna continued success in all her future endeavours.
Perspectives on a co-educational school, that wasn’t really co-educational
It is hard to believe that 39 years ago I came to Braddon as one of 49 intrepid boys who would form the initial intake of males to the school community.
What struck me as incredible at the time, was the sheer size of the Year 12 girls; they all seemed like Giant Amazonian Women to us scrawny 12-year-old boys, almost scary!