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Our Hospitality student will be holding a Bridge Benefit Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, 24 August 2024 in the Bridge...
Ascension Thursday, also known as the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is a Holy Day of Obligation...
Dear Community,
I am very pleased to invite all members of our community, past and present students, staff and friends...
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Celebrated on March 8, the day marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. The theme for this year was #BeBoldForChange and to support this special occasion, Merici College held a dinner on Thursday 9 March in the restaurant.
As part of the Year 10 Semester One, 2017 Religious Education Unit: ‘Interfaith Dialogue’, our students visited four Religious sites to listen to representatives speak about their religious beliefs and customs, to gain awareness and appreciation of the diversity of traditions within Canberra. We would like to thank the Hindu Temple, Sri Vishnu Shiva Mandir in Mawson, the Canberra Mosque in Yarralumla, the Sikh Temple in Weston and the Thai Buddhist Temple in Lyneham for making time for our students and teachers.
Where our students are going…..
This report was focussed on the Year 12 Graduating Class of 2016 cohort. The data was obtained from a Destinations Survey sent out to all students in mid-late January, after the main round offers for university placement.
The student survey related to:
Destinations
In 2016 Balgo House started a partnership with the Mercy Works organisation. Mercy Works support long term development projects, where the needs of people who are denied access to basic resources like education and health care are urgent, in Australia and the South-East Asia Pacific. In their House Week 2016, students of Balgo House committed themselves to fundraising for the Mercy Works, where all donations went to a preschool on Bathurst Island.
We would like to thank our students and parents from Years 9-12 for attending our Leading Students to Successful Futures workshops. Presentation information for Leading Students to Successful Futures Workshops Monday 6 March can be viewed below.
Year 7 Integrated Humanities visiting the National Museum. The students have the opportunity to explore the Eternity Gallery, the Eternity Gallery and the Landmark Gallery. In the The First Australians Gallery the students were immersed in a workshop where they discovered about life for Indigenous Australians
Today as a school community we celebrate Ash Wednesday which is the first day of the season of Lent. Throughout the morning, blessed ashes were marked on the foreheads of our students and staff in the form of a cross. The smudge mark made by the ashes is a visible reminder of the commitment we enter into during Lent and of the forgiveness and strength which is the gift of Jesus to each of us.
Here is our green tip for the week:
This Sunday (5 March) is Clean Up Australia Day!
Get involved in a clean-up near you or make your own – have a look at www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
We will be celebrating ‘Schools Clean Up Day’ at Merici on Friday.
Bec DeCourcy, Sustainability Officer
