What made you apply for an exchange program?

Way back in 2014, when I was in Year 2, my family went on a ‘big trip’ around Europe – we spent a week in Berlin, and I was hooked (looking back, it was probably the colourful, life-size bear statues we ran into wherever we went). I’ve been taking German lessons ever since. The more I learned about the language and culture, the more I craved to be there, in Germany, surrounded by it all – an exchange seemed like the perfect opportunity for me.

Merici College is an IB World School offering the Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme. Visit https://www.ibyb.org/listing/merici-college-australia to find out more.

It was wonderful having Year 6 students from St Joseph's Primary School attend our Big Sister Science Day today.

The Year 6 students joined our Year 9 Science classes to support their classroom learning as they are currently studying volcanos. Our Year 9 students assisted the students in exploring Earth Science activities,rotating around 8 stations. This also included a demo volcano experiment with dry ice and warm water! The students also participated in a Sustainability class, planting seedlings and visiting our kitchen garden.

Sincere thanks to all our community for supporting our Gift of Life Walk this morning. We would like to extend our thanks to Josh and Ned and the Canberra FM crew for broadcasting live from Merici this morning and helping us raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. Special thanks to Cath Scott and all the staff at Gift of Life Inc. for their involvement and support. We would also like to thank Clem and Liam O'Donnell for sharing their story this morning.

Don't forget everyone, register to become a donor! www.giftoflife.asn.au

Established in 1959, Merici College educates young women from Years 7–12 Merici is a Catholic College for young women in Years 7 to 12, which was established in 1959. We are an authorised IB World School for the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students.

Merici College congratulates every student on their personal and academic achievements for 2022. These have been acknowledged at the College’s Graduation and Awards Ceremony.  Here is a proud snapshot of the Class of 2022 and a glimpse of the contribution Merici students will make to our local and global community in the future.

Sincere thanks to our students and their families who attended our annual Community BBQ last night.

We hope you had a great time!

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