Announcements

We congratulate Mrs Loretta Wholley, Principal, on being awarded the ACEL ACT Fellowship. A highlight each year for the Australian Council for Educational Leaders Australian Capital Territory Branch (ACEL ACT) is the annual presentation of awards. It is through these awards that ACEL ACT honours educational leaders who have made a significant contribution to education, educational leadership and the improvement of student and organisational outcomes.

Fantastic achievement Mrs Wholley!

It is with absolute pleasure and delight that we announce that our Year 10 debating team of Rosemary Zielinski, Ella Carmichael and Caitlin Bilton WON their grand final against Gold Creek last night.

They successfully argued 'that we will require a licence for parents to have children'.

Merici has never won this competition before, so the girls have achieved a huge result for themselves and the school.

New items available February/March next year.

Save the Date! Catholic Girls High School Braddon Class of 1968

50-year reunion, 20th October, 2018

We look forward to meeting up with you at our Catholic Girls High School Braddon 50-year Reunion on 20 October 2018 to be held at the school, now known as Merici College. The reunion dinner will be held on the evening of Saturday 20 October in the Hospitality Training facility (Bridge Restaurant) at our school and will be catered by the students.  We are thrilled that the event will form part of their end of year academic assessment!

We congratulate Rebecca DeCourcy, Sustainability Officer on completion of her Master of Environment (Advanced) Thesis attaining a grade of 91 (High Distinction).

The thesis is entitled Food Security on the Lower Mekong Basin: A Comparative Study of Agricultural Policy in Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Congratulations Shabnam Mohamad Shafiq on being selected for an award in the  2017 Pens Against Poverty writing competition.  Merici College was also the overall school winner and teacher Mrs Louise Martingale and her Year 10 class are being recognised as the standout class. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday 20 October at the Canberra College Performing Arts Centre.

Monique Lawrence, Year 10 student, competed at the ACT State Ice Skating Championships on Saturday, 14 October and attained a Personal Best score and 1st place!  Monique has been selected into the ACT Representative team to go to Brisbane in December 2017. Also then competing on Sunday, 25 October in Liverpool NSW taking out another 1st place. We congratulate Monique on these wonderful achievements and look forward to hearing more news.

We congratulate Jessica Lauc, Year 12 student, on winning the National CPA Business Plan Competition in Melbourne. Jessica presented her business plan on the "LEADZ" band, to a panel of judges including the Director of CPA Australia and the National Coordinator of Business Educators. The "LEADZ" band is a very innovative design of a dog band that contains two compartments: one for dog treats; and the other for tidy bags or any other small items such as car keys, on either side of the band. Jessica was inspired to design the band by her family dog, Archie Lauc!