Merici College congratulates Year 12 Dance students Eliza Cooke and Rachel Baker on their recent achievements. Eliza has been successful in receiving an offer from one of Sydney's most elite boutique full-time Dance School, Ettingshausen. Rachel will be undertaking a two year intensive Dance program at Ev and Bow in Sydney. All the best wishes girls!
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This week’s Green Tip has been written by Imogen Simmons.
In Week 10 of Term 3, SAM had a guest speaker come in to talk about ACT Healthy Waterways and why it is important for Canberra to have healthy waterways.
So why is it important for Canberra to have healthy water?
The water in Canberra’s suburban creeks, wetlands and ponds mostly comes from stormwater and run-off from residential blocks, streets, retail and industrial areas. This water ends up in our lakes and rivers, largely untreated.
According to the Australian Conservation Foundation 350,000 people nationwide participated in last Friday’s student-led #ClimateStrike – the biggest climate mobilisation in Australia’s history.
Thank you to the many Merici students and staff who went to Glebe Park to show their support for urgent action to address climate change.
We congratulate our 2020 House Captains, Vice Captains and Specialist Captains.
Specialist Captains
Sustainability - Imogen Simmons
Narragunnawali - Eleanor Coleman
Arts and Culture - Imogene Blake
Sport - Hannah Iles
Transition - Ainsley O'Malley
SRC - Lily Alexander
Social Justice - Jacinta Wright
Spirituality Captain - Kiera Sanford
House Captains 2020
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Captain – Grace Howse
Vice Captain – Haylie Chesterton
Merici College, along with the seven other Catholic Secondary Schools in the ACT, have combined to present an Expo for parents and carers on Mental Health Issues affecting our young people.
It will be a great opportunity to meet people from the agencies, hear from special guest speakers and ask questions.
Please RSVP to this event by clicking on the link https://www.trybooking.com/BFLGT.
This week Taylah Ellems has been in Canada, representing Australia at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tournament.
A team of four boys and two girls, aged 15-18 were selected to represent Australia at the National Team Challenge in Niagara Falls. It was a 54-hole tournament and Australia was up against some strong countries from Canada, Mexico and the USA. A total of 90 juniors played over the three days.
Australia was victorious and the talented Australian juniors have taken out the team honours in Canada at @maplejt event.
When you turn on the tap, do you consider where your water comes from? Or goes to afterwards?
https://www.iconwater.com.au/Water-and-Sewerage-System/Water-and-sewerage-system.aspx
Prior to arriving at your tap, water goes through many stages.
First it is collected through river catchments and makes its way to our dams, which store water before it is transferred to one of our two water treatment plants.
We would like to thank our community members who supported our Bridge Benefit Fundraising Dinner on Saturday 14 September in the Merici College Bridge Restaurant. This event is a student-led initiative and is in its fifth year of running with all proceeds to be donated to Barnardos Canberra. We would also like to thank our sponsors who generously donated items for our silent auction.
