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Dear Community,
I am very pleased to invite all members of our community, past and present students, staff and friends...
We congratulate Jade Esler (Year 11) on her selection to participate in the Royal Australia Air Force Camp for Young Women.
We are pleased to announce that our student-initiated application to participate in the ABC’s @QandA audience in Canberra has been successful! Tune in at 9.35pm on Monday 10 September to see our young women tackle the issues of today!
What & How?
Merici has partnered with WV Technologies to begin a community e-waste recycling program on campus. The e-waste collection cage is outside the IT staffroom towards the Wise Street staff carpark. Merici staff, students and parents can drop off:
Please note the program doesn’t include appliances (like toasters) or consumer electronics (like DVD players). Keep your drop-offs limited to the list above please!
Why?
To celebrate National Health and PE Day and National Child Safety Week, on Wednesday 5 September Merici College teamed with Jasiri Australia to become the first school in Australia to train all of the students in self-defence.
For young people studying and preparing for exams, there can often be a big sense of pressure. We often use ‘stress’ and ‘pressure’ interchangeably, but they are quite different. Pressure can be a time where we have a lot to do, but this can be a positive and motivating experience, and help us move forward and grow. Stress on the other hand can feel negative, and can make it harder to us to complete tasks and study.
Some signs you may be feeling stressed are:
On Friday 31 August, over 100 Merici fathers and their daughters participated in our annual Father/Daughter Mass and Dinner.
We are very excited to be a successful applicant for the PROJECT ROCKIT Online School Grants Program. PROJECT ROCKIT is Australia’s youth-drive movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. For the last 12 years, they have been sending passionate young people into schools to create real talk and help young people stand up instead of standing by. PROJECT ROCKIT now works with over 250,000 young people, sit on the Government's eSafety committee and are the go-to-youth cybersafety partner of Facebook, Instagram,Twitter and Google.
Congratulations to Kasey Kelley who placed first in the ACT Snow Sports Schools Cup on Sunday 2 September and achieved the fastest time overall amongst both genders. Very impressive Kasey, we are very proud of you!
A brave call was made not to cancel the Mountain Bike Championship this year! So Charlotte Farrell, Tara Maguire, Fey Etherington, Jess Kalthofen, Hannah Iles and Laura de Puit braved some shocking weather to ride with nearly 700 other high schoolers at Stromlo. The race was shortened to 2 hours as riders were shaking with cold being soaked and splattered from head to toe with mud. But fun was had by all and the girls placed a very impressive 4th and 6th in their all female category, competing against ACT and NSW teams. Well done girls!
