THINKERS
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
We congratulate Rosemary Zielinski (Year 11), who this year sat all four of the Australian Science Olympiad exams: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth/Environmental Science (EES).
Rosemary placed in the top 50 students in Australia for Physics, Chemistry and EES, and has been invited to the Olympiad Summer School for both Physics and EES. Rosemary has chosen to undertake Physics.
A group of 15 students and 3 accompanying teachers from Tieyi School in Xi’an, China came to Merici College on 31 Aug 2018. This is the first of many activities to build the sister-school relationship between the two schools. The activities which we had for the day were:
- Introduction of Merici College and Tieyi School
- Chinese Folk Music Performance
- Sharing of Australian Snacks and Interaction
- School Tour
It was wonderful meeting the students and staff.
We would like to congratulate our Dance students on their amazing dance performances last night at the Ausdance Dance Fest.
Youth Dance Festival (affectionately known as Dance Fest) is a remarkable Canberra success story and has been proudly presented by Ausdance ACT since 1985. A long-term feature on the Canberra arts and education calendar and now in its 34th year, Dance Fest boasts a second generation of participants, a proud alumni and a strong legacy.
Lots happening at Merici College in Week 10 and Term 4 Week 1, http://merici.college/go/whats-on-newsletter
Earlier in Term 3, a number of students in Years 9-12 sat the Australian National Chemistry Quiz. Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded certificates of achievement.
Year 9:
Distinction: Ashley Frater
Credit: Hafsah Mughal
Year 10:
High Distinction: Annalise Lennon
Distinction: Ashlyn Radford, Kaheesha Rai, Jemma Richardson, Samantha Trafford
Credit: Lily Alexander, Shreya Bhatnagar, Bridget Darby, Emma Garratt, Areebah Murad, Angel Ravi
Year 11:
On behalf of all the Merici College community, we commend the Year 11 Hospitality students, Trish Young and Tookie Capezio on their wonderful endeavours, and congratulate them for the first-class, degustation menu that they prepared on Saturday night.
As part of Catholic Schools Week Discover New Horizons, Belinda visited Merici College to conduct a Writer’s workshop with students from Years 7-9 and an Author talk for Year 7 students.
Merici was pleased to welcome Minister Mick Gentleman on Thursday morning for a tour of our Makerspace and to meet some of our engineering students. Among his other portfolio responsibilities, Minister Gentleman is the Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Advanced Technology and Space Industries.
