Congratulations to Reagan Minchin (Year 11) who competed on behalf of Merici at the Combined High Schools National Sailing Regatta held at Belmont, Lake Macquarie last week.

Catholic Schools Week (CSW) will be held 1-19 May. The main aim of CSW is to build community awareness about the strengths and distinctiveness of Catholic schools. The theme for 2017 is Great Learning. Great Communities. We have planned many wonderful activities during Catholic Schools Week which includes all students and staff receiving a a commemorative lapel pin on Monday 1 May during PC.  

For more information on Catholic Schools Week please visit the Catholic Education Office website at http://cg.catholic.edu.au/.

As I write this update, our students in China are getting ready to visit the Great Wall!

All is going well with our intrepid Language students as they undertake Merici’s first trip to China, as you can see from the happy snaps from recent days.

I hear Mrs Preston is busy making poppies for our Anzac Ceremony so it’s lovely to see wherever we are in the world, we are united as the Merici Community.

Here is our green tip for the week:

Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day – an event celebrated internationally.

Get involved by joining citizens in more than 300 cities around the world in the non-partisan March for Science.

Information about the Canberra march is available at http://marchforsciencecanberra.org/  

Bec DeCourcy

Sustainability Officer

On Saturday 1st of April nearly two years of preparation by Mrs Jen Baines and Mrs Corinne Preston came to fruition as eight of the nine Merici students and their families gathered at the Jolimont Centre in Civic (the ninth student was already in Sydney!). A total of nine Chinese students from Years 9 to 12 are now on their way on Merici’s first Study Tour of China! The amazing teacher team has travelled together before, to Japan last year, so the students are in good hands. The Chinese students will undertake a 20-day Study Tour of China.