Student Achievement

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

Dear Parents and Merici College Community,

Congratulations and best wishes to all our Graduands for 2017.

92 students received their Year 12 ACT Senior Secondary Certificate.

Merici College Dux

Highest Achieving Year 12 student at Merici College who completed a Tertiary Package: Cameron Jackson

Proxime Accessit Runner up to the Dux: Ellen Court

ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) Awards

We congratulate the following students who received an award at the 2017 BSSS Recognition of Excellence Ceremony today, Tuesday 12 December.  The BSSS Recognition of Excellence Ceremony is a prestigious award ceremony with awards given in five categories: Community Services, Vocational Studies, Performing/Visual Arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students and Academic Achievement.  We congratulate:

Community Service Award: Roisin Moore

Vocational Studies Award: Kaitlyn Towner

Congratulations to our Year 10 students who celebrated their academic achievements on Thursday 30 November at a special ceremony.

We would also like to congratulate the following students who received scholarships and special awards:

Caltex All-Rounder Award – Rosemary Zielinski

ACU Angela Merici Award for School and Community Service- Shabnam Mohamad Shafiq

We wish all our students lots of success and happiness as they transition into Senior College next year.

Please follow the link http://merici.college/go/naplan-parent-satisfaction-2017 to find data on NAPLAN and the Parent Satisfaction Survey for 2017.