Feast of Saint Marcellin Champagnat125th Anniversary Celebratory Mass of Marist North Shore

Vol. 49 Issue #8 10th June 2013

Dear Parents,

The College community celebrated Champagnat Week last week with extra effort this year because of it being the 125th anniversary since the arrival of Marist education to the Parish of North Sydney. The Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Monday 3 June was a most fitting way to begin the week. The band and our specialist vocal group supported the full Cathedral of participants in their singing.

We were privileged to have four members of our Parish Jesuit community at the altar. Fr Edward Dooley, our Parish Priest since earlier this year, was our main celebrant with Fathers Paul Coleman, Daven Day and Michael Stoney concelebrating. Fr Edward presented us with a most inspiring homily which spoke of the key aspects of Marist education as presented by our founder Saint Marcellin Champagnat. The Jesuit community in the Parish of North Sydney help us immensely at the College by being available for the various class and school masses and other sacramental events during the year. The College community appreciates their ongoing support in amongst their many other parish duties.

Following the Mass, Mr Forrester presented our Champagnat awards for 2013. I congratulate our Junior Champagnat Award recipient Isaac West (10 Kelly) and Senior Champagnat Award recipient Maxwell Madden (12 Moore). These boys are deserving winners who exemplifyall the values that Saint

Marcellin lived by and encouraged within the Marist community.

FROM THE HEADMASTERIt is with pleasure that I also announce our Archibishop’s Award winner for 2013 is Beau Drummond (12 Chanel). Beau was presented with his certificate at the Mass but will be formally recognised later in the year by Cardinal George Pell at a ceremony to be held at St Mary’s Cathedral.

The P&F held another wonderful trivia evening on Saturday 1 June. Over 230 people attended and had a wonderful time. I extend a big thank you to everyone who supported the evening. The prizes were fantastic and the bidding at the auctions supported the efforts of the committee to make the evening financially successful. And it seemed that the twenty-five tables had a very friendly and social time in spite of rivalry witnessed on occasion!

Musical Week is here! The teachers, cast and crew have been working for weeks to ensure the production is professional and entertaining. Thanks to all participants for their efforts and I am sure that the learnings from being involved in this musical will be life-long.

You may have noticed we are modernising our communication methods here at the College. We will be emailing parents now on rather than sending mailouts. Each parent will shortly be receiving a letter from the College confirming your current email address held by the school. Please check that this is correct to ensure that you are kept up to date with all relevant communication in relation to your son and the school.

Next term, we will be launching our College app which will be available on iPhone and Android devices. This free app will allow us to contact you with urgent notfications as well as allow you access newsletters, calendars, permission notes etc. The app will require parents to setup their specifications such as year group and house group once downloaded. Further information will be provided closer to the launch date. Our office staff would enjoy some feedback as to how helpful the app is so that we can monitor its effectiveness.

I wish you every blessing for the next two weeks.

Br Peter Corr, fmsHeadmaster

Senior Champagnat Award winner Maxwell Madden and Archbishop’s Award winner Beau Drummond

Junior Champagnat Award winner Isaac West presented by Br Peter Corr

FROM THE DEPUTY HEADMASTER

OTHERS CENTRED

A constant message and lesson for life provided to our students is the importance of being relational people and having a mindset of being ‘others centred’. In the next column is a beautiful story of our new Pope that I came across last weekend. I feel it is a wonderful example of this “way of being”. It displays for us a wonderful model of not being concerned of who you are and what role you have, the importance of considering and assisting with the welfare of others is what should be at our core as Catholic people.

David ForresterDeputy Headmaster

The Surprising Greatness of Pope Francis is in Small Things...

...to care for the Swiss Guard who guards the door of his apartment in Casa Santa Marta every night until dawn.

A few days ago, at, dawn, the time the Pope wakes up, he came out to the corridor and he found in front of his door, the sentry, a Swiss Guard standing with his halberd at attention.

He asked him, “And what are you doing here? Have you been up all night?”“Yes”, replied the guard with deference and a bit surprised.“On your feet?”“Your Holiness, my duty since I took over from my companion.”“And aren’t you tired?”“It’s my duty, Your Holiness, I should watch for your safety.”

Pope Francis looked at him again with kindness, went back to his suite and after a minute, he came out carrying a chair.

“A least sit down and rest.”The Swiss Guard rolled his eyes and answered:“Santo Padre, forgive me, but I cannot! The regulations do not allow for that.”“The regulations?”“Orders from my Captain, Your Holiness.”The Pope smiled, “Oh really? Well I am the Pope and I order you to sit down.”

So caught between regulations and the Pope, the Swiss Guard chose the chair. The Pope returned to his apartment. After a couple of minutes the Pope came back to the Swiss Guard who was obediently seated on the chair carrying a panino com marmellata (Italian bread and jam) which he had prepared. Before the soldier could say anything, the Holy Father, exhibiting his Argentine smile, told the Swiss Guard:

“With all the hours spent standing on guard, you must be a little hungry!”

The Swiss Guard had no time to object because the Pope right away wished him a good bite.

“Bon appétit, brother.”

May God keep him with us for many years.

YEAR 12 BLUE TIES

Congratulations to the following boys who have been acknowledged for their leadership and achievements:

Zachary Nicholls Timothy Huskins Thomas Manos

Joshua How Alexander Jack Naynesh Thakkar

Divyesh Thakkar Mayank Chauhan Mithun Chauhan

Adam Devine Calan Andrews Yianni Saragas

FAITH FORMATIONSAINT MARCELLIN

On Monday 3rd June, the College held our 125th Anniversary and Champagnat Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. The mass was a beautiful celebration of our College’s history and was a wonderful way to honour our founder, Saint Marcellin. The occasion was a success because

of the Marist community - staff, parents, past members of the College community and of course the current student body who were in attendance. To see everyone participate in the celebration and to hear so many voices fill the cathedral was truly a magical experience.

I have personally been involved with Marist schooling for over twelve years as a student and as a teacher. A highlight is my first Champagnat Week as a Year 7 student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College in Alice Springs. Since that special experience, I have always looked forward to this week in the calendar here at Marist College North Shore.

Our celebrations this year were again jubilant.Following the moving Eucharistic celebration at St Mary’s Cathedral, the staff earnt some respect wiping the students off the floor in Wednesday’s annual staff vs students basketball game. The week concluded with Friday’s assembly and games day at the park where all the Houses competed for points in the House Cup.

One of my Year 7 students asked me on Friday: “Do you think Marcellin would like our school?”

I answered yes to that Year 7 student. To explain why, I need to firstly paint the picture of who Marcellin was and the difficulties that he encountered as a young boy. Marcellin did not attend school until age eleven, with that experience lasting only one day. Marcellin was disturbed as watched in horror as the school teacher beat a student who tried to answer a question that had been posed to Marcellin instead.

To Marcellin, this was not right. He left school that day and did not return to formal education until he entered the seminary at age sixteen. Within his first three months there, he was called to a home where sixteen year old Jean-Baptiste Montagne was dying. As Marcellin prepared to hear the confession of Jean-Baptiste, he realized that the young man had little religious or academic education. It occurred to Marcellin that Jean-Baptiste was one of many young people who had gone without education during and after the French Revolution.

Marcellin’s own difficult school experience and his encounter with Jean-Baptiste Montagne convinced him that he had to do something to combat the illiteracy and spiritual poverty of the young people in rural France.

Six months after his ordination, Marcellin founded the religious community, The Marist Brothers of the Schools (also known as The Little Brothers of Mary). Their purpose was to make known, through their lives and service, the love of Jesus and Mary especially where access to love and support, education and catechism were remote. Marcellin stated clearly his mission:

“May it be said of all of us, as of the first Christians, see how they love one another”. (Luis Sera Liansana)

Fast forward to today and in particular this year’s Champagnat Day address by 2010 school captain, Nathan Beencke. Nathan observed that whilst there is consistent change at the College, Christ is still continually made known to the staff and students of the school through the solidarity programs offered by the school. Students are able to work with the marginalised and vulnerable, making Christ known amongst the people we work with, as well as seeing Christ reflected in them.

I believe that Saint Marcellin Champagnat would be proud of the Marist College North Shore as he sees today.

Stephen Versteegh Acting Director of Faith Formation

Saint Marcellin Champagnat

FAITH FORMATIONFEAST OF SAINT MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT & 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY MASS

FAITH FORMATION

OUR LADY OF DOLOURS YOUTH GROUPS

UPCOMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY 16th JUNEYears 10, 11 & 12 Welcome Night• Gather in the Church @ 5pm for 5.30pm Youth Mass.• Pizza and games in Bishop Barry Room afterwards.

SUNDAY 30th JUNEYouth Group Gathering & Mass for all high school aged youth• 12pm Sausage Sizzle in the Rotunda.

SATURDAY, 27th JULYDiocesan WYD Vinnies Winter Appeal Sleepout 7pm at The Light of Christ Centre Waitara (St Leo’s College) for senior high school (Year 10 and up). Please make contact for more details.

Parents are welcome at all events.

Please register you and/or your child’s intention to attend, or if you wish to ask for further details, by contacting Adrian Brannan – Pastoral Associate for Youth Ministry on either adrian@chatswoodparish.org.au or phone 9410 9025.

On Wednesday 29 May, Miss Devitt and Mrs Rorke accompanied our Year 10 Religious Education class on a Social Justice Day held at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney.

Some of the topics covered on the day included human rights, asylum seekers, human trafficking and kids on the street. Before we went into the workshops, we headed off to the auditorium to hear a keynote address from the CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Michael Perusco, on homelessness and how it is affecting our society today.

The workshops were very interactive and hands on, giving us a chance to have an opinion and share our views on the topics discussed. We went out for lunch with a delicious variety of wraps and sandwiches to choose from and then returned to the auditorium for a presentation on social media and how it can have a positive impact on raising awareness for social justice issues when used properly.

An example that was given to us was that a Facebook page titled “Dear Pringles, why can I not fit my hand in your tube of deliciousness” received 1.3 million likes, whilst a Facebook page promoting a charitable aspect of the St Vincent de Paul received no where near that amount of traffic. This comparison gave us a lot of food for thought in regards to our use of social media.

The day was a great learning experience, where we were made aware of some of the issues facing our community and where we were provided with ideas of how we can help make our community a more just place.

Declan ClearyYear 10 Salta

SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY

TEACHING & LEARNINGYEAR 11 REPORTS

Year 11 reports should be received in the mail this week. Please contact Mrs Kelly if you have not received a copy by the week’s end. This is an important report as it does indicate where students are currently placed having completed over half of their preliminary year.

The Parent/Teacher interviews will be taking place at the beginning of next term where you will be provided with further feedback regarding your son’s performance in his particular subjects.

THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM

Next year sees the implementation of the National Curriculum for Year 7 and 9 in History, English, Mathematics and Science. As such, the College is busy preparing resources, programmes and assessment tasks in order to be ready to start teaching from day one in 2014.

Staff have been involved in a number of in-services run, internally, by the Catholic Education Office and other organisations, to help us in our preparations. The College is also involved in collaborative programming which will begin to really take shape on a cluster staff development being held on the Monday 24 June.

Our teaching staff will be working closely with Marcellin Randwick and Marist Penshurst to ensure quality teaching programmes are being created for next year. The National Curriculum is a time of great opportunity for both teachers and students in which we hope to see re-energised approaches to teaching and learning across our schools.

Please feel free to contact me at the College if you have any concerns about the implementation which is taking place next year.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Western Sydney Careers Expo is taking place from the 20 - 23 June. Information can be found here:

westernsydneycareerexpo.com.au

The University of Notre Dame is holding and HSC Study Intensive week from the 8 - 11 July. I did distribute a number of flyers to students, however, details can also be found on the following website:

http://www.nd.edu.au/events/notre-dame-hsc-study-week

TSFX, the School for Excellence have launched their Trial HSC study timetable for July also. I have left some flyers for Year 12 at the lectern near Mr Forrester’s office. Details can also be found here:

www.tsfx.com.au

Ann McGovernDirector of Teaching and Learning

Thankyou to all the parents and students for their support during the Woolworths Earn & Learn campaign! We collected lots of stickers through your generosity over the past month, which will all go towards new equipment for the school!

www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

CAREERS NOTICEBOARD

Click here for the latest Careers news!

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXCELLENCESTUDENT COURSECalan Andrews Hospitality

Liam Baker

Design & Technology

=1st English Extension II

Visual Arts

Daniel Boyle Biology

Joel Brown Mathematics

Michael CollinsChemistry

Physics

Harrison Cornay

Industrial Technology

=1st PD/H/PE

=1st Studies of Religion I

Dennis de CairesEnglish Advanced

Modern History

Beau Drummond Geography

Alexander Fong =1st Studies of Religion I

Timothy FungInformation Process & Technology

Robert Grasso =1st Studies of Religion I

Lachlan Hardie Construction

Nicholas Khzouz =1st English Standard

Harry Lambrou Music

Maxwell Madden Mathematics Extension I

Declan McWhinney =1st Drama

Gabriel Mead Legal Studies

Ellis Mitchell-Paterson =1st Drama

Nicholas Bolevich Business Studies

Jonathan Prasad =1st PD/H/PE

Jose Sollano-Antonio Catholic Studies

Adam Szyszkowski Mathematics Extension II

James Tomkins =1st English Standard

Carl Trevena Ancient History

Liam Tully =1st Studies of Religion I

Angus Wheeler

Economics

=1st English Extension II

English Extension I

Mathematics General

Studies of Religion II

COMMITTMENTSTUDENT COURSE

Liam BakerMusic

Studies of Religion II

Nicholas Bolevich Studies of Religion I

Anthony Borgeest Mathematics General

YEAR 12 ACADEMIC AWARDS

COMMITTMENTSTUDENT COURSEJake Bredeson Geography

Daniel Cavalcanti-Martins

Drama

Josh Cummins Industrial Technology

Dennis de Caires Visual Arts

Beau Drummond

Biology

English Standard

Mathematics General

PD/H/PE

Studies of Religion I

Alexander FongBusiness Studies

Mathematics Extension I

Timothy Fung Studies of Religion I

Rishi GopalaniInformation Process & Technology

Nicholas Khzouz Business Studies

Daniel Kinloch Industrial Technology

Harry LambrouMathematics

Catholic Studies

Maxwell MaddenDesign & Technology

English Advanced

Andrew Mathieson Hospitality

James McQueen Ancient History

Michael O’Brien Construction

Liam Pratt English Standard

Alexander Radovan Modern History

Manveer Singh Physics

Daniel Sleiman Catholic Studies

Adam SzyszkowskiChemistry

English Standard

Tom Terado

Ancient History

Biology

English Advanced

Harrison ThomasEconomics

English Extension I

Carl Trevena Legal Studies

Liam TullyEconomics

Mathematics Extension II

Elliot Vella Mathematics General

Angus Wheeler Modern History

Thomas Windeyer English Extension II

LOTEHSIE

JAZZ IMPROVISATION TUITIONBeing able to improvise is one of the important performance skills that assist musicians of all levels. This is especially would assist performers aiming for HSC and Elective Music.

The College is now offering individual lessons teaching students how to improvise in Jazz including both performance improvisation work with accompaniments and basic jazz theory by Mr Tony Gardiner. Tuition offered is for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone and Flute.

These lessons should be used in conjunction with the regular instrumental lesson with your usual tutor who teaches all aspects of playing your instrument in all styles. Lessons can be taken weekly or fortnightly. Please contact Mr. Herbert for more details and a tuition enrolment form.rod.herbert@syd.catholic.edu.au

MUMMIFIED!

On Friday 24 May, Year 7 Ludovic students re-enacted mummification rituals which haven’t been practiced in nearly 3000 years. They went through the task step by step and were extremely careful not to awake or disturb the Gods. The favorite step must have been the chants made by the Jackal Masked Magicians, the chants were spectacular just as was the entire ritual it was itself. The steps are as follows:

1. Chant over the dead body with a Jackal mask to appease the Gods2. Pour water over the body3. Pull the brain out of the nose with a hook, throw it away4. Make an insertion in the stomach5. Pull out all the organs and put them in the proper canopic jars6. Cover the organs in fluids7. Cover the body in fluids8. Wait seventy days9. Fill corpse with linen and sew up wound10. Put charms over heart and stomach wound11. Wrap the body in linen bandages12. Place body in coffin13. Alert the family that the body is ready14. Get the high priest to send the body to the afterlife

LE CAFE MARIST

The first Café Marist took place in Week 4 on Wednesday lunchtime and it had a cracking start! The room was busy with students and staff throughout lunch - boys from Years 7 to 12 had the opportunity to look at French magazines, books such as Tintin, watch French music clips, learn phrases from Ms Durand, learn the basics from Year 11 French Beginners and Year 9 Elective French students and sample croissants, pain au chocolat and macarons!The next Café Marist will take place at the end of the term - listen out for announcements and to see what will be on next time... À bientôt!

Katherine BucknoleFrench

CREATIVE ARTS

TAS/VETYEAR 11 HOSPITALITY WORK PLACEMENT

During Week 4 of this term, both Year 11 Hospitality classes experienced their first week of Industry Work Placement. Thirty-one students visited various hospitality establishments across Sydney. They worked in a variety of commercial kitchens and were exposed to the life similar to that of a first year apprentice chef.

The students’ experiences varied depending on their placement and their enthusiasm. For me, nothing is more rewarding than visiting a student on placement and seeing their enthusiasm in what they are doing. This is often followed with stories of, how early they have to get up in order to start at 7.30am or catching public transport.

We received a few of our regular placement locations, as well as many new establishments due to the increase number of students studying Hospitality this year. Some of the hospitality establishments the students visited included: Quay Grand Suites, The Observatory Hotel, Doltone House, Wild Fire, North Ryde RSL, The Sydney Adventist Hospital, Peppermill Catering, Bella Blue Café, Flavours Catering, Aqua Dining, Bathers’ Pavilion, Mosman Rowing Club, Pymble Golf Club just to name a few. Students assisted with general kitchen duties, preparing food items, front of house service not to mention cooking and plating meals.

The College received a number of very pleasing reviews from the various head chefs. In particular, they mentioned the student’s manners, punctuality and eagerness to help and learn. For some students, school is not such a bad place anymore. Well done Year 11!

Rochelle EgginsHospitality Teacher

CREATIVE ARTSMOSMAN YOUTH ART PRIZE

On Thursday 30 May, two of our gifted art students were recognised at the Mosman Youth Art Prize.Its with pleasure that we announce that Year 8 Kelly student, Dominic West, took out first place in the junior category with his painting entitled, My Grandmother Mimi.

In addition to his painting prowess, Dominic passed his Grade Two AMEB Piano exam with an A+.

Dennis de Caires (12 Moore) also received a commendation certificate for his visual piece which was showcased on the night.

Carolyn O’BrienCreative Arts Coordinator

Dominic West (8 Kelly) with his winning artwork

SCIENCEMARIST IN AFRICA

Our Marist schools in Africa struggle for existence and most of them serve very needy communities. Through a range of international cooperative efforts, the Marist Community is about to open a new school on the outskirts of the city of Accra, the capital of Ghana. International aid, including the provision of cash as well as professional services from a range of countries has meant that the buildings are almost complete.

Our colleagues in Accra currently face the challenge of equipping the school. Marist College North Shore, with assistance of Marcellin College Randwick, has donated twelve surplus microscopes to be used by Marist students in science laboratories in Accra. It is hoped that the use of these microscopes will continue the good work of the Marist Communities.

Russell KamScience Coordinator

HOUSE CUPHOUSE CUP RANKINGS AS OF TERM 2, WEEK 6:

RANK HOUSE POINTS1st CHANEL 15772nd KELLY 14873rd SALTA 13864th MOORE 1263

TUTOR GROUP RANKINGS AS OF TERM 2, WEEK 6:

RANK TUTOR GROUP POINTS1st CHANEL 1 1452nd KELLY 2 1233rd SALTA 8 1144th KELLY 1 1115th KELLY 4 104

The House Cup has been steaming along nicely with students eagerly participating where they can in the College’s extra-curricular and sporting activities on offer. In addition, we’ve seen many boys achieve numerous silver and gold awards through their exceptional behaviour and achievements day to day here at Marist North Shore.

We commend all the boys on their contribution so far and encourage one and all to keep up the good work as the House Cup for 2013 draws to a close at the end of Term 3.

There’s still time to make a contribution for your House through whatever it is that you love to do. You don’t even have to be the best at what you do, its all about getting in there and having a go. All efforts do not go unnoticed!

House Cup Committee

SPORTCHAMPAGNAT GAMES

SPORTSQUASH

Dominique Braham (11 Moore) has been on good form this term with a number of substantial results. He won the U/17s and U/19s Division of The 2013 Coffs Harbour Junior Classic convincingly. In

addition to this, Dominique also came 3rd in the A Grade Division of the Lane Cove Open the week before. Congratulations to Dom!

RUGBY UNION

Zac Feaunati (8 Moore) and Nathaniel Panozzo (8 Kelly) were selected to play in the Gordon Rugby U/14’s and U/13’s representative side respectively which played in the NSW State Championships this past weekend in Orange.

Zac’s U/14’s side had a strong build up having won all their trial games against Eastwood, Warringah and NSW Country.In the round matches, they won all games convincingly but unfortunately lost in a tight battle against Randwick 17-10 in the semi finals. Nathaniel’s U/13’s side suffered a similar fate, bowing out in the semi finals after cruising through the round matches. Congratulations to Zac and Nathaniel on being part of a successful campaign for their teams!

Zac Feaunati Nathaniel Panozzo

P&FTHANKYOU

Our annual fundraiser was held at the College on Saturday 1 June and what a success it was! We broke the previous record for numbers of tickets sold and auction items donated. We are still finalising the numbers but it appears as if we have raised approximately $17,000, which is an amazing effort. All funds raised will go back to the College. None of this would have been possible without the kind and generous support of the Marist community and the families within it. Thank you to all the families who so kindly donated items and volunteered their time to help with wrapping the donations, setting up the hall and cleaning up afterward. Thank you to all of the business who were so very generous with their donations in support of our school. Below is a list of staff, families and businesses we would like to make special mention of. We hope everyone had a great night and please spread the word so we can keep breaking the records next year!

4 Pines Brewing Company Adorne JewelleryAIMIA Loyalty Marketing Australian Golf DigestAvon Bakers Delight - Lane CoveBoony Doon - Culburra Beach BrevilleCaribee Chateau Tanunda Estate Wines Chi Remedial Therapies, Neutral Bay CoastCordell Jigsaw Zapruder Country Style MagazineDave Bredeson Photography Delicious MagazineDeOleo - Bertolli Olive Oil Eva SoloFreedom Office Solutions GlaxoSmithKline Consumer HealthcareGM Photographics Greg Chappell Cricket CentreGribben Treasury Consulting InsideOut MagazineJackson Strata Jeremy Byrnes PhotographyJewelliet Lane Cove BoatshedLife’s an Adventure Maxwell & WilliamsMichael Chetham Photography Microelectronic SolutionsMoki International Morambro Creek WinesMTA Travel Naked WinesNestle Australia North Sydney OrthodonticsNorthbridge School of Visual Arts QT Gold CoastSBS Television Skypoint Observation DeckSmooth FM TEFALThe Laughing Ganesha Through The WardrobeIndian Restaurant, Lane Cove Utz Sanby ArchitectsVogue Australia Wendy’s BeautyXenos Restaurant, Crows Nest Brother Peter Corr The Jackson Family Mr Graham Carter The Kinsella Family Mr Mark Brooks The Kirke Family Mr Stuart Coppock The Lamberti Family Mrs Rachel Noble The Lecat Family Ms Holly Andrew The Lindquist Family Ms Jane Zipevski The Lucas Family Ms Joyce Aimond The Lynn Family Ms Julia Heaton The Mackay Family Ms Michelle Power The Manning Family The Bernes Family The McGrath Family The Bibb Family The McQueen Family The Borgeest Family The Monaghan Family The Bredeson Family The Moriarty Family The Byrne Family The O’Gready Family The Catanzariti Family The O’Hagan Family The Challenger Family

The Peake Family The Chance Family The Power Family The Cole Family The Radford Family The Collins Family The Radovan Family The Czornyj FamilyThe Sharp Family The Fanning Family The Spano Family The Fitzgerald Family The Stacey Family The Fraser Family The Swinney Family The Gallagher Family The Utz Family The Grenot Family The Vella Family The Gribben Family The Whitehead Family Ms Tina McDonaldMs Carolyn O’Brien

P&F Committee

SPORTMCC CROSS COUNTRY

On Thursday 30 May, thirty boys from the College headed out to Rozelle to compete in the MCC Cross Country event. The boys showed a lot of heart in finishing third, only ten points behind second and twenty points behind the winner.

We had some outstanding individual results including Josh Phillips winning the U/14 division with Hugo Douglas finishing second, Thomas Fay finishing third in the U/12 division and Lachlan Kenny, Jim Ham and Harry Creed finishing fourth in the U/12s, U/16s and Opens respectively. A special mention also goes to Luke Hills who stepped up and competed up a division in the U/15s. It was a great team effort with ten boys making it through to represent the MCC at the next level and all of our runners finishing in the top twenty-five in all of their events.

This has given us a great platform to build off for next year. Cross Country is a team sport with forty points awarded to the winner, 39 points to second - all the way down to 1 point for the 40th place runner. This means that if you are interested in running Cross Country you don’t need to be put off by thinking you can’t win. What is more important is that you turn up and earn points for your school.

I want to congratulate all the boys on their efforts and their dedication to training and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Boyle for his help with the squad and to Mr Maoudis for his help on the day.

Robert TaylorMCC Cross Country Coordinator

CANTEEN10 Jun: PUBLIC HOLIDAY11 Jun: Martina Anderson, Heather Cook, Sandra Fitzgerald, Kirsty Hudson12 Jun: Amanda Gallen, Meg Neuhaus, Sarah Panozzo, Ruth Scholes, Sue Van Twest13 Jun: Rosina Aloe, Barbara Doll, Catherine Dovgan, Liz Parr, Sonya Schofield14 Jun: France Booth, Anne Haron, Fiona Lucas, Jane O’Shea, Irene Tan17 Jun: Linda Fung, Debbie Jenkins, Liz McGuire, Izabel Silva-Lindsey, Veronica Valderas, Monika Zanardo18 Jun: Deborah Brown, Fiona Bush, Jacqueline Moran, Colin Wilson19 Jun: Sam Adderton, Lisa Brink, Marlana Collins, Erica Keri, Lyn Radovan20 Jun: Rosemary Burgess, Cathy Hamilton, Johanna Huskins, Jacki Krahmalov, Nikki Verhoeven, Jenny Winter21 Jun: Anne Christiansen, Karne Ferguson, Suzanne Fraser, Sandra Garratt, Karen Mitchell, Peta Turner

UNIFORM12 Jun: Narelle James, Karen Whitehead, Gemma Metzker19 Jun: Helen Briggs, Megan Sturrock, Josie Spano, Odette Drouler

VOLUNTEER ROSTERS LOOKING AHEAD10 Jun PUBLIC HOLIDAY12 Jun Uniform Shop Open College Musical - Matinee Solidarity - Matthew Talbot13 Jun: College Musical (7.00pm)14 Jun: College Musical (7.00pm) CSDA Debating - Elimination Round15 Jun: College Musical (7.00pm)17 Jun: Night Patrol - Moore18 Jun: Year 7 English Incursion ‘Heroes’19 Jun: Year 8 Reflection Day Uniform Shop Open Solidarity - Matthew Talbot21 Jun: White Card Course Year 9 Commonwealth StartSmart Excursion Year 10 Catch Up Careers Testing Chanel Sandwich Making Solidarity - Surry Hills (Chanel)26 Jun>9 Jul: Year 12 Immersion26 Jun: HSC Studies of Religion Focus Day Uniform Shop Open Solidarity - Matthew Talbot27 Jun: FINAL DAY OF TERM28 Jun: PUPIL FREE DAY (In lieu of Expo Day)29 Jun>14 Jul: SCHOOL HOLIDAYS15 Jul: First Day of Term 3

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FEES REMINDER

On the first Fee Statement issued in February, all students were incorrectly charged $30.00 for a Mathletics computer licence. The credit has now been raised and all accounts have had the entry reversed. If the first Fee Statement was paid in full including the error, the $30.00 credit has been taken off your second Fee Statement issued in May. As our standard Fee Statement only shows items unpaid, the credit does not show on the Fee Statements that have been paid. If you would like confirmation that you have received the credit, please email accounts@maristns.catholic.edu.au and a detailed Fee Statement showing all your transactions for the year (payments, credits etc) will be emailed to you.

Term 2 Fees were due for payment on Thursday 30 May. All other previous Term Fees unpaid are now outstanding. These must be paid as soon as possible unless on authorised payment plan.Any queries, please email accounts@maristns.catholic.edu.au

Mark BrooksBusiness Manager

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