Student Achievement

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

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.