Monique competed at Penrith Valley Artistic Figure Skating Competition on Saturday 10th March representing the ACT and placing 1st in her division.
She also competed at Ice Zoo Artistic Mascot NSW on Sunday 8th April also representing the ACT and placed 1st.
We congratulate Monique on her achievements and wish her continued success in future competitions.
Did you know that Australian households throw away $8 billion worth of food every year?
Food waste is a big problem but there are a lot of creative solutions.
Check out the documentary Wasted ! The Story of Food Waste on SBS On Demand,
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1183108675945/wasted-the-story-of-food-waste
Please follow the link https://www.merici.act.edu.au/node/1878 to find our latest What;'s On newsletter.
We hope that everyone had a very happy and relaxing Easter.
Here are some tips for managing Easter waste sustainably!
You can recycle your Easter egg foil and any cardboard packaging. Hot cross bun packaging and other soft plastic can’t go in the Yellow bin, but you can drop it off at your local Coles or Woolies and place in the soft plastics recycling bin.
We congratulate Caitlin Figueiredo (ACT Young Woman of the Year) and Ashleigh Streeter-Jones (ACT Woman of the Year) on being named Forbes 30 Under 30 for their work on parliamentary gender equality.
Merici Student and Teacher awarded the Simpson Prize 2018
We are delighted to announce that Samantha Elise Trafford (Year 10) has been selected as the Simpson Prize 2018 winner for the Australian Capital Territory. Many outstanding entries were submitted to the competition and Samantha is to be congratulated on this achievement.
We have had another great week in debating with five big wins.
Our Year 8 team (Alyssia Borgia, Isabelle Dunn and Anna Mels) defeated Girls Grammar arguing ‘that Australia should become a republic’.
Our second Year 8 team (Pragnya Gupta, Lana Dexter and Stephanie Frater) defeated Canberra Grammar successfully arguing ‘that Australia should become a republic’.
Our Year 10 team (Lily Alexander, Aislinn McArdle and Samantha Trafford) defeated Burgmann arguing ‘that Maths should not be compulsory for Years 11 and 12’.
Please follow the link http://merici.college/go/whatsonwks8and9 to find the latest What's On newsletter for Weeks 8 and 9.
Year 7 students who were scheduled to go on camp in Tathra this week, have spent some time writing letters of support to the community of Tathra.
The camp has been rescheduled and students will be visiting Tathra for three days on Wednesday 2 May to Friday 4 May.
This week we will celebrate EARTH HOUR!
Friday is School’s Earth Hour and at Merici we will be participating through our school-wide SWITCH OFF during Period 6. We are also partnering with Solar Buddy and will be building a set of solar lights to go to disadvantaged school children living in Papua New Guinea.
The community is welcome to visit Merici in the CRLC at lunchtime on Friday to help build the lights.
Get involved at home on Saturday night as the nation switches off for Earth Hour between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
