We would like to welcome all our new and returning students to the first day of Term 1.

We wish to pass on our congratulations and best wishes to all our Graduands for 2016: 138 students received their Senior Secondary Certificate.

Merici College Dux: Highest Achieving Year 12 student at Merici College who completed a Tertiary Package - Avneet Bakshi

Runner up to the Dux – Proxime Accessit: Cassandra Nguyen

We congratulate the following students who received an award at the 2016 BSSS Recognition of Excellence Ceremony. The BSSS Recognition of Excellence Ceremony is a prestigious award ceremony held next week by the BSSS. Awards are given in five categories: Community Services, Vocational Studies, Performing/Visual Arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students and Academic Achievement. These awards were presented by the Chair of the Board of Senior Secondary Studies. We congratulate:
Avneet Bakshi - Academic Achievement
Ashleigh McClelland - Vocational Studies

See our last Building Futures magazine for 2016. Inside articles include the Principal's Address, "In 2016 is we celebrated the year of Love and Mercy. The Love came from our mission statement to “Love Life” and Mercy came from the Jubilee Year proclaimed by Pope Francis – “the Year of Mercy”. This term has seen a number of services and celebrations for the students in their different year groups. Year 12 students, their teachers, parents and family members attended a moving Graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony at St.

We would like to thank all the students who participated in the Christmas Concert - it was fantastic!

Wishing all our students and families a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year season.

Congratulations to following students who have been awarded the ACT Branch of the Order of Australia Association Student Citizenship Award for their participation in the Merici College Christian Service Program, having received their Gold Angels awards in September this year for completing over 150 hours of community service.