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
Balgo
Captain – Grace Howse
Vice Captain – Haylie Chesterton
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.
Each year, we have a growing number of students in Year 12 who apply for recruitment to the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) as a pathway for their future career. As part of this recruitment, the Defence Force Academy choose the best students to recognise for their performance in the recruitment process.
We are very proud to announce that Olivia Horvat, Year 12 student has been awarded ACT Australian School-Based Apprentice of the Year.
Qualification: Certificate III in Individual Support
Training Provider: Quest Training Solutions
Employer: Australian Training Company
Host Employer Name: Black Mountain School
School: Merici College
We wish Olivia continued sucess in her apprenticeship.
Our Dance Troupe performed an hour long concert for the residents at St. Andrews Village in Hughes on Saturday, 31 August. The girls were absolutely fantastic and we have already been asked back to perform again nearer Christmas! The residents were clapping and tapping their feet and were very appreciative.
We would like to thank our dancers for their ongoing commitment to entertaining our community and attending community events.
On Friday 30 August, it was the turn of Year 9 and 10 students to represent Merici at the Legislative Assembly Parliamentary debates.
Issy Dunn, Pragnya Gupta, Anna Wearden and Mishal Kamran delivered very polished arguments and represented us with pride. They really enjoyed their experience and have asked me to recommend that we keep sending teams to these events.
For the record, the student politicians decided by vote:
Last week Taylah Ellems (Year 11) went to Mandurah in Western Australia to represent Merici College and the ACT in the Australian School Sports Golf Championship.
As the girl's Captain, Taylah shot 77 and 78 in stoke and played number 1 in match play. Taylah won 3 out of 5 matches, winning 3/2 against WA, 3/2 against QLD and 4/3 against SA which are some of the strongest teams with in Australia.
Her strong performance saw her rewarded in making the School Girls All Australian Team for 2019.
Congratulations Taylah!
The Merici College school community congratulates the following students who have been elected in the positions of College Captain and Vice Captain for 2020:
Zoe Beresford - College Captain 2020
Ashlyn Radford - College Vice Captain 2020
