Official International Baccalaureate (IB) Stamp of Approval – MYP Authorisation

We are pleased to announce our formal authorisation as an IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) school. We have been preparing and trialling the MYP for the last 2 years and have received the final ‘stamp’ of approval that we meet IB international standards.

This means we are the only non-government school in Canberra authorised to offer both the MYP and Diploma Programme (DP), providing an IB continuation of programmes.

I am pleased to announce that following a panel selection process, Anna Masters has been appointed as Principal, Merici Catholic College, Braddon from the start of the 2021 school year.

Merici College congratulates Year 7 student Abigail Van Ballegooyen who is the 2020 Origin Little Big Idea Winner!

Can you imagine a student working on a Geography project that is also assessed by their French teacher? Or how about having to work on a Italian project that is also marked by a Business teacher?

The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) at Merici College offers just such an opportunity. Students are provided with the chance to connect and collaborate across subjects through what is known as an interdisciplinary unit (IDU). The purpose of this is to allow students to investigate complex problems through different lenses whilst referring to knowledge gained in different disciplines.

Our Merici College annual St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal starts today, Monday 16 November. We all know that 2020 has not been the best year for a lot of people in our community so let’s see if we can put some smiles on faces at Christmas time! Please support our appeal by buying a gift and leaving it unwrapped under the Christmas tree in Students Services or make a cash donation and give it to your PC teacher. Please be generous and do what you can to support those in our community so that we can all enjoy Christmas this year!

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At the Year 12 Farewell Assembly today, the ceremony included the presentation of the College Cup. The College Cup is awarded to the House with the leading points after the following is added for each House:

Today our Year 12 students were formally farewelled by the Merici College community at a special assembly. On behalf of the staff and students, Mrs Wholley thanked the Year 12 students for the wonderful contribution they have made to Merici College over the years, “Strive with all your might to remain as you are called by God and to seek and desire all the ways and means necessary to persevere and make progress to the very end.” St Angela Merici

Every year at the Opening Assembly since 2013 I have concluded with the words: