Student Achievement

We would like to congratulate Olivia Rickard who auditioned and was invited to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy summer intensives in Florence and Urbino (Italy) and Lugano in Switzerland.  Olivia's family decided to attend in Switzerland and Olivia participated in 5 days of intensive training with master teachers from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.  It was an amazing experience for Olivia to be immersed in the ballet and culture of Lugano and to meet other children from around the world (Hong Kong, Canada, USA, Italy and Russia to name a few).  Olivia is looking forward to continuing in engag

We congratulate the following Year 10 students who are scholarship recipients for Year 11 and 12 over the next two years as they embark on their Senior Secondary studies in 2020 and 2021. This year Merici has also included a Vocational Scholarship for a student progressing from Year 11 to Year 12.

Celebrating the achievements of all our students!

On Monday 19 August the Merici College school community celebrated the academic achievements of students in Semester 1, 2019 with over 260 students receiving awards that highlight their effort and joy of learning.

Imogene Blake has been selected as one of just five year-11 Canberra students to attend the National Constitutional Convention next year. This comes after competing in the ACT Constitutional Convention at parliament a couple of weeks ago. Imogene’s selection is a rare honour. Also represented will be Canberra Grammar, Radford, Dickson and Daramalan, two girls and three boys. The Convention will be an intense experience of debating and deliberating with students from all states and territories over three days in March, to make recommendations to the Federal Parliament.

Stress Down Day is a fun and easy initiative designed to reduce stress and raise funds for Lifeline Canberra. Research shows that 90% of Australians need to stress less! What can you do today to stress less? Spend time with friends, eat your favourite food, enjoy nature, hug your best friend, call a family member, or go for a walk. Too many to name, but plenty of options, that hopefully can make their way into your life routine and help you stress less every day.

As part of the Australian team for the International Physics Olympiad, I was privileged enough to have the opportunity to go to Israel to compete in the July holidays. This was undoubtedly a life-changing experience: seeing the world, and meeting the world's future scientists. I met passionate students from across the globe, from countries including, but not limited to: Kazakhstan, Brazil, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Germany, Poland, France, Korea, and Israel.

This morning Rosemary Zielinski ,Year 12 student, together with senior staff members from Merici and her parents, attended the 2019 Australian Olympiad team’s announcement, that Rosemary has been selected to represent Australia on the Physics team at the 2019 International Physics Olympiad. Rosemary and team members will be competing in Israel from 7-15 July. We wish Rosemary all the best in this international competition.

Listen to ABC Radio Interview with Rosie and team members.