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In 2019, Merici College celebrates its 60th Anniversary and the journey from Canberra Catholic Girls’ High School, through to...
A Christmas Concert will be held in the auditorium from 10.15am to 1.00pm. A disco will follow from 1.15pm – 3.15pm. It is a...
Term 4 ends – Friday 14 December
Please be aware that the canteen will be closed on Friday 14 December, as...
Parent-Teacher-Student interviews will be held on Tuesday 25 September and Thursday 27 September from 4:00pm – 6:30pm in the Auditorium. Our booking system, Parent-Teacher Online (PTO)* is currently open for parents to make appointments.
THINKERS
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
I was recently fortunate to attend the Education Executive Symposium, hosted by Australian Catholic University in Rome. We had the opportunity to hear on issues of governance, Catholic identity, and Church and Mission. Presenters included:
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
That means it’s time to turn your heaters off!
Plant some bee-friendly plants in the garden, refresh your wardrobe by buying second hand at one of Canberra’s many op shops and make sure to use seasonal Spring produce in your cooking!
We congratulate our 2019 House Captains, Vice Captains and Specialist Captains.
Specialist Captains
Sustainability - Gabrielle Cox
Narragunnawali - Zali Marshall
Arts and Culture - Theresa Carlton
Sport - Ellie Haseler
Transition - Charlotte Schroeder-Juratowitch
SRC - Grace Aboud
Social Justice - Kaitlin McClory
Spirituality Captain - Madisson Doyle
House Captains 2019
Balgo
Captain – Xanthe Longhurst
We congratulate Rosemary Zielinski (Year 11), who this year sat all four of the Australian Science Olympiad exams: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth/Environmental Science (EES).
Rosemary placed in the top 50 students in Australia for Physics, Chemistry and EES, and has been invited to the Olympiad Summer School for both Physics and EES. Rosemary has chosen to undertake Physics.
We would like to congratulations Brianna Farrell (Year 10) who received the Hockey ACT U21 Women Significant Contribution to Hockey Award.
We wish you well in your future sporting endeavours Brianna!
