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Dear Community,
I am very pleased to invite all members of our community, past and present students, staff and friends...
In Term 3, Year 7 students visited Cotter Dam for an excursion that arose as a collaboration between Integrated Humanities and Integrated Maths and Science. Students looked at the Cotter and surrounds from a number of perspectives, learning about and examining links between the history, geography, ecology, water chemistry and water management of the area.
Save the Date! Catholic Girls High School Braddon Class of 1968
50-year reunion, 20th October, 2018
We look forward to meeting up with you at our Catholic Girls High School Braddon 50-year Reunion on 20 October 2018 to be held at the school, now known as Merici College. The reunion dinner will be held on the evening of Saturday 20 October in the Hospitality Training facility (Bridge Restaurant) at our school and will be catered by the students. We are thrilled that the event will form part of their end of year academic assessment!
We congratulate our two Year 10 Debating teams (Kaitlin McClory, Issy Mahon Matisse Van, Rosie Zielinski, Ella Carmichael, Caitlin Bilton) who debated against each other in the ACT Debating Competition semi-finals. They argued the topic 'That there should be a quota of low SES students attending private schools'.
We are proud to announce that the team comprising Rosie Zielinksi, Ella Carmichael and Caitlin Bilton are through to the grand final next Wednesday, 25 October where they will debate against Gold Creek.
Good luck girls!
Year 8 participated in a Reflection Day on Thursday 19 October at the College with the theme "Life of Love". During the day the students were reminded they are held gently in the palm of God’s hand, there are times that their hearts need to be renewed and that they need to ask for forgiveness for the times they have not been completely loving. During the afternoon liturgy, the students had an opportunity to reflect on their actions and they were motivated to start afresh – with a renewed heart.
We congratulate Rebecca DeCourcy, Sustainability Officer on completion of her Master of Environment (Advanced) Thesis attaining a grade of 91 (High Distinction).
The thesis is entitled Food Security on the Lower Mekong Basin: A Comparative Study of Agricultural Policy in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Here is the abstract:
Congratulations Shabnam Mohamad Shafiq on being selected for an award in the 2017 Pens Against Poverty writing competition. Merici College was also the overall school winner and teacher Mrs Louise Martingale and her Year 10 class are being recognised as the standout class. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday 20 October at the Canberra College Performing Arts Centre.
Monique Lawrence, Year 10 student, competed at the ACT State Ice Skating Championships on Saturday, 14 October and attained a Personal Best score and 1st place! Monique has been selected into the ACT Representative team to go to Brisbane in December 2017. Also then competing on Sunday, 25 October in Liverpool NSW taking out another 1st place. We congratulate Monique on these wonderful achievements and look forward to hearing more news.
We congratulate Jessica Lauc, Year 12 student, on winning the National CPA Business Plan Competition in Melbourne. Jessica presented her business plan on the "LEADZ" band, to a panel of judges including the Director of CPA Australia and the National Coordinator of Business Educators. The "LEADZ" band is a very innovative design of a dog band that contains two compartments: one for dog treats; and the other for tidy bags or any other small items such as car keys, on either side of the band. Jessica was inspired to design the band by her family dog, Archie Lauc!
Here is our green tip for the week:
Did you know….
Tomatoes originally came from Peru where their Aztec name translated to “plump thing with a navel”.
Tomatoes increase in weight as they ripen, even after harvesting.
Our annual tomato plant sale is on Saturday 28th October at 8am at Merici College - on the corner of Henty Street and Limestone Avenue.
We would like to thank our Class of 1977 for the opportunity of conducting a school tour as part of their school reunion on Saturday 14 October. It was a pleasure listening to all the wonderful school yard stories!
We would also like to thank the Young Music Society Concert Band who were rehearsing in our Jubilee Centre at the time of the tour and happily performed "Lord of the Dance" for our group.
