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Year 9 Geography students will attend an excursion to the Australian National Botanic Gardens and Jerrabomberra Wetlands on...
The Catholic Schools Youth Ministry Australia (CSYMA) program is continuing at Merici College as part of Archbishop...
Tomato seedlings propagated by Merici College Sustainability students and teachers will be on sale to the public on Saturday...
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2019 Book Week dress up parade was a huge success. We would like to thank all our students and staff who participating in the dress up! Beautifully creative costumes, embracing the theme Reading is my secret power and some amazing likeness to Book Characters.
We would like to congratulate Olivia Rickard who auditioned and was invited to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy summer intensives in Florence and Urbino (Italy) and Lugano in Switzerland. Olivia's family decided to attend in Switzerland and Olivia participated in 5 days of intensive training with master teachers from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. It was an amazing experience for Olivia to be immersed in the ballet and culture of Lugano and to meet other children from around the world (Hong Kong, Canada, USA, Italy and Russia to name a few). Olivia is looking forward to continuing in engag
Congratulations to Kerry McDonnell, VET and Careers Coordinator, who has been selected as a finalist in the ACT Excellence in Training Awards in the category of ACT VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year.
The ACT Training Awards is an annual opportunity to showcase the commitment, innovation and outstanding achievements of all those involved in the ACT vocational education and training (VET) sector. As the VET Coordinator, Kerry has been integral in the development and implementation of innovative training and delivery of Vocational Education at Merici College.
Just a quick tip this week to remind us all of how important water is in our daily lives.
According to Cool Australia most fresh water is used in farming and agriculture. Only 5% of all water is fresh water and more than 70% of this is frozen (mostly as ice in Antarctica). That leaves us with only 1% of all the water on our Earth to use to grow crops, raise animals, cool coal fired power plants, power industry and use at home, work and school.
We congratulate the following Year 10 students who are scholarship recipients for Year 11 and 12 over the next two years as they embark on their Senior Secondary studies in 2020 and 2021. This year Merici has also included a Vocational Scholarship for a student progressing from Year 11 to Year 12.
Celebrating the achievements of all our students!
On Monday 19 August the Merici College school community celebrated the academic achievements of students in Semester 1, 2019 with over 260 students receiving awards that highlight their effort and joy of learning.
Year 7 students participated in the inaugural combined Marist-Merici College Days earlier this week. Entitled ‘Respectful Relationships’, this new initiative was designed by Marist College and Merici College to bring the brother-sister schools together for ice breaker games, Youth Ministry activities and a ‘Choices, Decisions, Outcomes (CDO)’ relationship building session.
