Student Achievement

For the last five weeks, the students at Merici College have been collecting cans of food for the most vulnerable in our community. TcSt Vinnies and OzHarvest were overwhelmed by the thousands of cans donated. As a result, many families in our wider community will be comforted by the contributions from Merici College.

Congratulations everyone for an outstanding effort and special congratulations to Balgo House for collecting the most cans and winning House points.

Congratulations to our Antigone cast and crew who worked long and hard to ensure that the performance drew our audience to the team’s dystopian interpretation of this traditional Greek play. Our talented students, along with students from Marist Radford, Burgmann and Erindale Colleges, continue to demonstrate the very high standards we have come to expect of Merici College.

Year 11 and 12 Scholarships

Full Board Scholarships. These scholarships cover full tuition as the students have displayed outstanding academic achievement and community involvement in Years 7-10. The Full Board Scholarship cover these students' school and general fees for 2023/2024.

Gabrielle Shoebridge (Seiwa)

Sofia White (Penola)

“To succeed, you have to believe in something with such a passion it becomes a reality.”

Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

Today Merici College launched its #preventperiodpanic program and placed dispensers and eco-friendly period products in College bathrooms.

Our CASE Junior Oceans group have enjoyed lots of wonderful activities over the last few days with pool buddy safety training to prepare for their upcoming snorkeling. The group learnt important hand signals and had some fun racing each other. They also headed down to Pratton Park to learn about how we use transects and quadrats in ecology and helped to collect microplastics in the beach sand for further research at Griffith University. The group learnt that each year we eat the equivalent of a credit card in plastic!

Our CASE Oceans Junior group enjoyed another beautiful sunny day on North Stradbroke Island. The group started off knee-deep in mangrove research and enjoyed a coast walk where they saw whales, a dugong and a turtle. The group also attended a wonderful presentation about corals by QUT PhD student Brett Lewis. Did you know adolescent corals go on a great migration from the coral shelf to the sea floor? Part of the process of becoming an adult coral is to eat themselves!

#mericipride #acturaaustralia #mericistem #caseoceansprogram

Year 10 Transitions Forum

On Monday 27 July Merici College held its annual Year 10 Transitions Forum. Held for a week, every year at this time, this is such an important experience for the Year 10 students of Merici College. During the forum the students considered how to make decisions, reflected on what is important in life, heard about a few different careers, learnt about the job market, prepared for senior study and much, much more.