Announcements

New Mural for #MERICI60

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 18, 2019 - 11:40am

Our 60th Anniversary this year has provided the College with the opportunity to fulfil our Straregic Plan goal where we are committed to beautifying our school grounds and investing in artworks that celebrate the history and traditions of our Founders.This week we have commenced our second project, to create a mural, which will be situated in the Old Quad adjacent to the existing mural.

We would like to thank families who have finanically contributed to our fundraising for artworks.

Merici College What's On Newsletter Term 2 Weeks 8 and 9

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 13, 2019 - 11:18am

Please follow the link http://merici.college/go/whats-on-weeks8and9 to find informaton on upcoming events.

Merici College Green Tip #16 - Please say NO!

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 11, 2019 - 2:00pm

Please say "No"

During a recent waste audit, the pictured item was found in one of our bins. It is a toy from McDonalds, opened, used for perhaps a few seconds and discarded to landfill where it will spend potentially a few hundred years.

It would be a positive action for sustainability and the school if you would decline such items at point of purchase.

Please say "no thanks"!

Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer

Clean Up Australia Day

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 5, 2019 - 1:58pm

As part of World Environment Day and our week of War on Waste, Merici College held a ‘whole school' Clean Up Australia by Houses today. We would like to thank the students for supporting this important event.

Merici College Green Tip #16 - World Environment Day

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 4, 2019 - 1:09pm

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on the 5th of June every year, and is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Over 143 countries participate annually. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging

St Angela Merici Day inspires our students!

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 3, 2019 - 3:06pm

On Friday 31 May, College staff and students celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Angela Merici. A special College community Mass was also held, celebrated by Fr Emil Milat and Fr Josh Scott. As this year marks 60 years since the beginning of the College, the Mass reflected on the College’s past, present and future journey from Canberra Catholic Girls’ High School in 1959, to Merici College in 2019 and beyond, with a special focus on the six Houses and the Founding Orders. Present at the Mass were Sr Angel Jordan, Sr Genny Ryan, Sr Jane Keogh and Sr Karen Muir.

St Angela Merici Festival

It was wonderful to see so many members of our community at our Festival on Saturday 1 June as one of the many faces who have moved through Merici’s doors over the last 60 years. As a future member of the Alumni, it is great to see the College’s connection with ex-students continue to grow.

New House Crests

Submitted by mericiadmin on June 3, 2019 - 11:48am

On Friday 31 May, as part of St Angela Merici Day and in celebration of our 60th Anniversary, new House crests were unveiled to our community. Our House Story was also presented to our community which covered the history of our Houses.

BALGO HOUSE

Merici teams through to National Titration Stakes

Submitted by mericiadmin on May 31, 2019 - 9:45am

Last night the Research School of Chemistry at the ANU held the annual ACT Titration Stakes - a chemistry competition. The two Merici teams (Yr 11: Shreya Bhatnagar, Emma Howse and Ashlyn Radford; Yr 12: Jade Esler, Japneet Kaur, Rosie Zielinski) placed 2nd and 3rd respectively from 29 teams and will compete again in the nationals in Term 3.

This is great work by both teams, but particularly impressive for the Yr 11s, who only did their first titration about three weeks ago!

The displayed photo shows them with the new head of school, Professor Penny Brothers.