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Parent-Teacher-Student interviews will be held in Term 2 online via Microsoft Teams on Monday 29 April (2:...
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Dear Community,
I am very pleased to invite all members of our community, past and present students, staff and friends...
Parent-Teacher-Student interviews will be held on Tuesday 25 September and Thursday 27 September from 4:00pm – 6:30pm in the Auditorium. Our booking system, Parent-Teacher Online (PTO)* is currently open for parents to make appointments.
We would like to thank all our Year 10 students for having a great time at the Year 10 Social last Friday night. We would also like to thank our House Coordinators Vicki Meyers, Liza Laird and Louisa Barnsley for all their hard work in organising this event. Our sincere thanks are also extended to our Hospitality students and staff who catered for this event.
THINKERS
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
I was recently fortunate to attend the Education Executive Symposium, hosted by Australian Catholic University in Rome. We had the opportunity to hear on issues of governance, Catholic identity, and Church and Mission. Presenters included:
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
That means it’s time to turn your heaters off!
Plant some bee-friendly plants in the garden, refresh your wardrobe by buying second hand at one of Canberra’s many op shops and make sure to use seasonal Spring produce in your cooking!
We congratulate our 2019 House Captains, Vice Captains and Specialist Captains.
Specialist Captains
Sustainability - Gabrielle Cox
Narragunnawali - Zali Marshall
Arts and Culture - Theresa Carlton
Sport - Ellie Haseler
Transition - Charlotte Schroeder-Juratowitch
SRC - Grace Aboud
Social Justice - Kaitlin McClory
Spirituality Captain - Madisson Doyle
House Captains 2019
Balgo
Captain – Xanthe Longhurst
We congratulate Rosemary Zielinski (Year 11), who this year sat all four of the Australian Science Olympiad exams: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth/Environmental Science (EES).
Rosemary placed in the top 50 students in Australia for Physics, Chemistry and EES, and has been invited to the Olympiad Summer School for both Physics and EES. Rosemary has chosen to undertake Physics.
A group of 15 students and 3 accompanying teachers from Tieyi School in Xi’an, China came to Merici College on 31 Aug 2018. This is the first of many activities to build the sister-school relationship between the two schools. The activities which we had for the day were:
- Introduction of Merici College and Tieyi School
- Chinese Folk Music Performance
- Sharing of Australian Snacks and Interaction
- School Tour
It was wonderful meeting the students and staff.
We would like to congratulations Brianna Farrell (Year 10) who received the Hockey ACT U21 Women Significant Contribution to Hockey Award.
We wish you well in your future sporting endeavours Brianna!
We would like to congratulate our Dance students on their amazing dance performances last night at the Ausdance Dance Fest.
Youth Dance Festival (affectionately known as Dance Fest) is a remarkable Canberra success story and has been proudly presented by Ausdance ACT since 1985. A long-term feature on the Canberra arts and education calendar and now in its 34th year, Dance Fest boasts a second generation of participants, a proud alumni and a strong legacy.
