Student Achievement

On Friday 3 December, Year 7, 8 and 9 students attended Advent Liturgies focussing on this year's College theme Dare to Dream with its overarching symbol of the STAR. Historically, the stars were used as maps by peoples moving from place to place.

St Angela Merici, herself, was

• a star-gazer,
• a dreamer,
• a seeker and
• a Pilgrim Traveller.

Today St Angela Merici is our star, guiding us along our journey as students at Merici College.

In a year where we have been encouraged to Dare to Dream, it is wise to explore how this season of Advent helps us to do so. I feel that the wonderful task of Advent is to awaken us all to memories of goodness and thus open the door of hope. If you are hope-filled you have the courage to dream, to be future-focused, to aspire to better things and to look forward to a glorious future filled with love, joy and the grace of God.

Congratulations to all our Year 12 students on their exceptional academic achievements.

At our Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 30 November, our community congratulated the following students who received special awards.

St Angela Merici Award - The St Angela Merici Award is presented to a student who has completed over 150 hours of Christian service and has 150 points across at least two areas of the following: Academic, Co-curricular, Cultural and Sport.

We congratulate the following two students who received a St Angela Merici Award:

A very special night was enjoyed by our Year 12 students and their families last night as we celebrated the Year 12 Graduation Mass and Awards Presentation.

Congratulations to our Year 10 students on their achievements this year. We hope you enjoyed your High Tea.

Congratulations to our Year 8 students who have worked tirelessly to amazing array of upcycle projects during remote learning for their Christian Service Learning Program focusing on the theme of stewardship.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our convenors, managers, coaches and parents for the effort that you have put into creating valuable opportunities for our students to participate in the Merici Co-curricular Sporting program. The contributions of our volunteers and their service as coaches and managers are at the heart of the school’s sporting program. Without their support, co-curricular sport would not exist.