Student Achievement

This report was focussed on the Year 12 Graduating Class of 2017 cohort. The data was obtained from a Destinations Survey sent out to all students in mid-late January, after the December round offers for university placement. 

The student survey related to:

•    Plans for 2018 - categorised into further study, full time employment and a Gap year
•    Plans for 2019-  if they were taking a Gap year
•    Type of study
•    Institution of study

Congratulations to our Textiles and Fashion students who participated in the 2018 Canberra Show and it was a delight to see them so excited to see their entries hung and displayed so beautifully. A congratulations needs to be extended to all students in Textiles and Fashion who entered especially the students listed below. They all did an amazing job!. Their work is on display in the IC.

Year 12

Siena Scifleet Reserve Champion and first place - Shift dress

Tayla  Deminico Encouragment award - Shift dress

Grace Swan Year 12 1st place - Cushion

We congratulate Jessica Manclark, Year 10 student, on her recent achievements. Jessica won the Canberra Cavalry Starlight Music Series on the 26th January this year. The prize was a recording session at the ANU recording studio to record her song. She also sang the National Anthem at the Grand final of the Australian Baseball League here in Canberra. In addition, Jessica was a finalist in the Song-writing Competition in Tamworth and over the holidays she attended the Gondwana Australian National Choir School in Sydney.

On Monday 19 February the Merici College school community celebrated the academic achievements of students in Semester 2 2017.

We were blessed with a beautiful day for our annual Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to all students who competed in both the competitive and novelty events. There was certainly an abundance of community spirit and everyone had an enjoyable day,

Championship Trophy

1st Ningil

2nd Brescia

3rd Balgo

House Spirit Award

1st Brescia

2nd Tullow

3rd Penola

Age Champions:

12yrs: Chloe Rushton-Ningil

13yrs: Chloe Petropoulos-Seiwa

From the 6th to the 10th of December 2017, Merici students Erin Smart, Taneisha Cook, Kate reedy, Maddison Green together with Ms Clare Freeman (Teacher) travelled to Sydney along with over 100 other youth from the Canberra/Goulburn Archdiocese to take part in the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. We were joined by another 15,000 young people at Sydney Olympic Park where we participated in four days of prayer, worship and celebration with an atmosphere of joy that we will never forget.

Merici College shares some garden joy … You know life is good when you get back to our Kitchen Garden and there is a bountiful harvest! All that the students planted in Term 4 2017 has borne fruit.

Yesterday we harvested for the Canteen:

6 kg beans

5 kg cherry tomatoes

6.5 kg large tomatoes

18 kg Lebanese cucumbers

12 kg apple cucumbers

1.7 kg fairy tales eggplants

5 kg Lebanese eggplants

1 kg normal zucchini