Dear Parents,

I thank you for your continued support throughout 2017. Simonds Catholic College continues to be a vibrant community that is full of great energy where an enormous number of events and activities continue to take place alongside the academic studies of our students throughout the year. This week, it was a delight to welcome next year’s group of 88 Year 7 boys, as they participated in their Orientation Day and began forming friendships that may well last a lifetime.

On a sadder note, we farewelled several staff members this week. Peter Dingli and Maryanne Krall are retiring, while John Howes, Shaun James, Joanne Massey, Desi Sinis, and Jenny Watson have all obtained positions at other schools for 2018. Students and staff alike will miss their presence in our staffrooms, classrooms and school yards, but wish them the best for a successful transition into their new roles.

Within the Church’s liturgical year, we are currently in the middle of Advent. In Advent, we remember Jesus Christ, who has been born into human life, and look to the future when God’s Kingdom will come. We look forward to celebrating the coming of Christ at Christmas, knowing all the while that Christ has already been born.

May I take this opportunity to wish all families an enjoyable holiday period. May you all have a safe, happy and Holy Christmas.

DATES Friday 22 December 2017 College Office Closes Monday 22 January 2018 College Office Opens Tuesday 23 January 2018 Campion Booklist Order Collection Monday 29 January 2018 Teaching Staff return Thursday 1 February 2018 All students commence in 2018 Year 12 Retreat Monday 5 February 2018 Opening School Assembly

Yours sincerely,

Mr Peter Riordan Principal | Simonds Catholic College

Newsletter Issue 12: 7 December 2017

St Mary’s 7-10 Campus 273 Victoria St, West Melbourne 3003 Tel: 9321 9200 FAX: 9321 9299 St Brigid’s VCE Campus 20 York St, Fitzroy North 3068 Tel: 9403 6800 FAX: 9403 6899

www.sccmelb.catholic.edu.au principal@sccmelb.catholic.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL – Mr Peter Riordan

Prayer for relaxation at a busy time

Lord Jesus, Please forgive me for being so grumpy as I trudge through the never-ending tasks set before me this

holiday season… My to-do list seems to keep growing with shopping,

church services, and family gatherings and I’m running short of time!

Restore the joy of Christmas to my heart . . . and help me to relax each day and make time for

YOU my one true Source of Joy.

The Years 7-11 Excellence Awards are designed to promote and acknowledge Academic Excellence. The Leadership Awards acknowledge outstanding student leadership, whilst the Justin Simonds Award is presented to a person who lives the values of the Gospel, values education and promotes the Simonds Catholic College community. All of these recipients were presented with their award at our annual Family Mass and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 6 December 2017.

The recipients of these Awards are as follows:

Year 7 Excellence Awards

Italian Thomas Assenza

Religious Education Matteo Encena

HPE William Goumotsios

The Arts Noah Kenter

Technology Luke Nguyen

Science & Mathematics Romeo Nguyen

Humanities Oliver Perini

Japanese Daichi Toyama

Year 8 Excellence Awards

Science David Batonda

Italian Alexander Iannuzzi

The Arts Thomas Matijevic

Humanities, English, Maths, Technology Eldrick Nuique

HPE Noah Seiderman

Japanese Aiden Tan

Religious Education Michael Tesfaye

Year 9 Excellence Awards

Japanese Justin Ho

Humanities Jack Keating

English & Science Andrew Le

Technology Jervin Mabanag

The Arts, Italian, Maths, RE Leonardo Pacioni

HPE Ming Zhou

2017 Excellence Awards, Leadership Awards & Justin Simonds Award

Year 10 Excellence Awards

Technology Marcus Caruana

The Arts Julian Gunn

HPE William Khouri

Science Carlo Nilo

Japanese Bryan Pham

Italian, Maths & VCE Specialist Maths Joshua Slaviero (Year 10 DUX)

English, Humanities, RE, VCE Food Studies Xavier Volonnino

Year 11 Excellence Awards

Accounting & Physical Education Angelo Berro

General Maths Marc Bortolotto

Product Design Jimmy Bui

Ethics Matthew Gossman

Media Raphael Hudec

History Ari Kokkaliaris

Physics Andy Pham Nguyen

Italian, Biology, Chemistry Francesco Pacioni

Maths Methods & Psychology Danny Quan

Business Management & English Ashane Silva

Legal Studies Andy Tuano

A new award – ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE – was presented to the top 5 students in each year level based on their performance over the entire year. These students may not necessarily have received an individual subject award but have performed at a very high level, consistently and across all subjects throughout the year. Students received a badge and a certificate.

Year 7 | Romeo Nguyen, William Wilson, Luke Nguyen, Oliver Perini, Luca Mezzavilla

Year 8 | Eldrick Nuique, Noah Seiderman, Ryan Di Pietro, William Truong, Michael Tesfaye

Year 9 | Andrew Le, Leonardo Pacioni, Jomar Inot, Jack Keating, Jervin Mabanag

Year 10 | Joshua Slaviero, Carlo Nilo, Brendan Phan, Xavier Volonini, David Babula

Year 11 | Francesco Pacioni, Ashane Silva, Angelo Berro, Johan Pagdanganan, Andy Pham Nguyen

Academic Excellence Awards

Commendation Awards Teachers have nominated up to two students in each of their classes to be awarded Certificates of Commendation in Semester Two recognising their outstanding performance. Over 200 Commendation Awards are being sent out with the reports.

Year 7

7B Food Luke Nguyen Jason Vo

7B English Luke Nguyen Aaron Magri

7B Humanities Luke Nguyen

7B Mathematics Oz Yensukjitt Jason Vo

7B Science Tom Reid Raunit Yadav

7G Art Noah Kenter Reynard Phoadi

7G Humanities Oliver Perini

7G Mathematics Romeo Nguyen William Wilson

7G Science Romeo Nguyen Daniel Phan

7B/G Japanese Romeo Nguyen Oliver Perini

2017 Leadership Awards

Benjamin McCormick Year 7 Leadership Award

Michael Tesfaye Year 8 Leadership Award

Joey Delfin Year 9 Leadership Award

Ben Ryan Year 10 Leadership Award

Joseph Papandrea Year 11 Leadership Award

Thomas McCormick CALTEX Best All Rounder Award (Year 10)

Billy Dingle CALTEX Best All Rounder Award (Year 12)

Ben Ryan ADF Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award (Year 10)

Minh Nguyen ADF Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award (Year 12)

Joshua Slaviero Kwong Le Dow Young Scholar

Angus Turner Social Justice Award

Stirling Bonar Sportsman of The Year Award

Mrs Maryanne Krall Justin Simonds Award (Staff)

Triet Luu Justin Simonds Award (Student)

2017 Leadership Awards

Commendation Awards

7B/G Italian Luke Nguyen Reynard Phoadi

7R English Nick Dingle Brendon Tran

7R Humanities Daichi Toyama Thomas Assenza

7R Mathematics Brendon Tran Thomas Assenza

7R Religious Education Mitchell Kafanelis Daichi Toyama

7R Science Nicholas Dingle Brendon Tran

7W Drama William Goumotsios

7W Health & Physical Education William Goumotsios

7W Humanities Kidus Shumye Leo Gemmell

7W Mathematics Luca Mezzavilla

7W Food Domenic Filardo William Goumotsios

7W Religious Education Matteo Encena Ben McCormick

7W Science Andrea Diep William Goumotsios

7R/W Japanese Daichi Toyama Thomas Tobin

7R/W Italian Thomas Assenza Marco Mangano

Year 8

8X Religious Education Michael Tesfaye Eldrick Nuique

8Y Religious Education David Batonda Marc-Aiden Duggan

8B Mathematics Jordan Nguyen Michael Nguyen

8B English Jordan Nguyen Thomas Matijevic

8B Health & Physical Education Aiden Tan

8B Humanities Minh Anh Vo

8B Science Minh Anh Vo William Truong

8G English Vincent Lam Ethan Oscini

8G Humanities Vincent Lam Ethan Oscini

8G Mathematics David Batonda

8G Science Ryan Di Pietro David Batonda

8 Italian Alexander Iannuzzi David Batonda

8 Japanese Ashley Pham Aiden Tan

8R English Jackson Muscat

8R Humanities Jude Collins

8R Mathematics Kevin Truong Leon Tran

8R STEM | Product Engineering Minh Anh Vo

8R Science Kevin Truong James Nguyen

8W Art Elvin Tran Eldrick Nuique

8W English Elvin Tran

8W Health & Physical Education Noah Seiderman Ashton Skerget

8W Humanities Eldrick Nuique

8W Mathematics Eldrick Nuique Josh Hamling

8W Science Eldrick Nuique Noah Seiderman

Italian Julius D'Amicis Michael Tesfaye

Japanese Elvin Tran Will Zhang

Year 9

9B English Jack Keating

9B Health & Physical Education Ming Zhou

9B Humanities Bryce Sarah Jack Keating

9B Mathematics Justin Ho Jack Keating

9B Religious Education Jack Keating

9B Science Jack Keating Johnny Li

9G English Andrew Le Ruben Waller

9G Civics & Citiznehip Andrew Le Ruben Waller

9G Humanities Andrew Le Nathan Phan

9G Mathematics Nathan Phan Andrew Le

9G Religious Education Andrew Le

9G Science Andrew Le Nathan Phan

9R English Jomar Inot Leonardo Pacioni

9R Health & Physical Education Isaac Molinaro

9R Humanities Jomar Inot Leonardo Pacioni

9R Mathematics Leonardo Pacioni Jomar Inot

9R Religious Education Jomar Inot Leonardo Pacioni

9R Science Jomar inot and Sebastian Gronow

Isaac Molinaro and Leonardo Pacioni

9Blue/Gold Italian Marvin Encena Quince Lam

9Blue/Gold Japanese Justin Ho Jervin Mabanag

9W English William Rendle Nathan Ngo

9W Civics & Citizenship Ethan Epifanio

9Red/White Italian Ethan Epifanio Leonardo Pacioni

9Red/White Japanese Gabriel Glouchkov

9W Mathematics Ryan Nguyen Phu Hoang

9W Science Phu Hoang Joey Delfin and Nathan Ngo

Food Studies Jack Keating Ruben Waller

Media Bailey Dyson Han (Ming) Zhou

Product Engineering | STEM Lucas Diep Leonardo Pacioni

Product Engineering | STEM Jervin Mabanag Andrew Le

Visual Communication Isaac Molinaro Jomar Inot

Year 10

10B Civics & Citizenship Huy Le Brendan Wong

10B Science Dominic Babula Huy Le

10G Civics & Citizenship Carlo Nilo Brendan Pham

10G English Carlo Nilo Khiem Trinh

10G Health & Physical Education Lewis Johnson Thomas Cao

10G Humanities Thomas Cao Carlo Nilo

10G Science Carlo Nilo Brendon Pham

10B/G General Maths Nguyen Dao

10B/G Maths Methods Carlo Nilo

10R Civics & Citizenship Xavier Volonnino Joshua Slaviero

10R Health & Physical Education William Khouri Joshua Slaviero

10R Humanities Joshua Slaviero Xavier Volonnino

10RW Mathematics Willian Khouri

10R Religious Education Xavier Volonnino JonathonDo

10R Science SLAVIERO, Joshua VOLONNINO, Xavier

10W Civics & Citizenship Alessandro Fernandes Andy Phan

10W Health & Physical Education Lochie Casha Seth Cahill

10W Science FERNANDES, Alessandro DUNGOG, Luke

10R/W Maths Methods Joshua Slaviero Adam Tran

LOTE | Italian Joshua Slaviero Xavier Volonnino

Media Julian Gunn

VCE Food Studies | Unit 1 Xavier Volonnino Stefan Vrabec

VCE Specialist Mathematics | Unit 1 Joshua Slaviero Carlo Nilo

VET Animation Adam Tran Alex Esposito

Product Design & Technology Danny Tom Luke Dungog

Year 11

Biology | Unit 1 Francesco Pacioni

Business Management | 2 Jacky Dang

Business Management | 2 Ashane Silva

Chemistry | 2 Francesco Pacioni Andy Pham Nguyen

English | 2 Andy Tuano

English | 2 Ashane Silva

Ethics | Unit 2 Matthew Gossman Angelo Berro

Ethics | Unit 2 Ashane Silva Johan Pagdanganan

General Mathematics | 2 Marc Bortolloto Kevin Nguyen

Italian | 2 Francesco Pacioni

Legal Studies | 2 Ashane Silva Andy Tuano

Mathematical Methods | 2 Danny Quan

Mathematical Methods | 2 Francesco Pacioni

Media | 2 Raphael Hudec Charles Wolff

Product Design & Technology | 2 Yew Meng Wan Jimmy Bui

Physical Education | 2 Angelo Berro

Physics | 2 Andy Nguyen

Psychology | Unit 1 Raphael Hudec

Congratulations to all recipients.

Mrs H Koutoulogenis Deputy Principal (Learning & Teaching) | Head of St Mary’s Campus

5 Year Reunion for Class of 2012

On a very rainy Friday December 1, members of the graduating class of 2012 returned to the College to renew acquaintances and chat about “old times”. 45 of the group were present with some past and current staff. The event was organised by members of the Alumni Wellbeing Team from that graduating year: Gianni Cozzi, Tim Ryan and James Launer.

It was a delight to see the young men interact and to really enjoy each other’s company – and it was heartening for staff to see how well these young men have grown. We are proud of them!

Endings and beginnings.

Soon we reach the end of the year and look back on all sorts of experiences … and give thanks for some … and wonder about others … and wish perhaps, that some were other than they were.

In any case, the year is almost done. Exam results will be received and time away from school will be welcomed. School ends and holidays begin.

In terms of wellbeing, holiday time is best used and enjoyed when BALANCED. The many components which make up a school boy’s life include family, friends, for some – relationships, sport, gaming, part-time employment, time alone. Holidays afford people the time to pay attention to ALL of what is regarded as important in life. During the busy-ness of the school year, sometimes some aspects suffer from unintentional neglect … and so holidays offer the chance to re-balance life.

Those who are tempted to fill up holidays with “all of one thing” (like huge numbers of shifts at work … or endless hours of gaming … or never being home) run the risk of living unbalanced. And it is imbalance which is the enemy of wellbeing.

May all in our community be well in the time they spend away from school and work … and enjoy connecting with the many people and aspects that make up their lives.

All the best – Mr P Rohan | Coordinator of Student Wellbeing | Counsellor

W@SP News

On Monday November 12 2017, the Junior Debating Team made up of: Leo Gemmell, Jett Ryder, Jet Cawte, Thomas Assenza, and Patrick McCartin and Junior Public Speaking Team consisting of: Thomas Matijevic, Luke Nguyen, Aaron Magri and Krish Vij, set off to participate in the ACC Debating an Public Speaking Competition that was held St Bernard’s College. These young men spent hours researching and preparing their speeches. The Debating Team tackled topics ranging from banning violent video games through to discussing a reduction in Australia’s population growth. The Public Speaking Team shared their beliefs about the dangers associated with using the internet and why the people of Australia should elect them to parliament. Though our teams did not bring the trophy back to Simonds, what they did bring back was far more important than any trophy. These young men gained experience and confidence. I know as a school we are very proud of their efforts.

The 49 students who met the Premiers’ Reading Challenge has been presented with their certificates.

Congratulations to them and to all the students who participated this year. It is a very popular Literary event in our

College and successful challengers also receive House Points.

Mrs J Dymond | Librarian

Jr ACC Debating and Public Speaking Competition.

Mrs Van der Kaay | Humanities Faculty

From The Library

Dear Parent/Guardian

You may have noticed on the booklist that the calculator your child will need to purchase for the next three years

of schooling is a 'Texas TI-N spire CX CAS Touchpad Colour '.

It is very important that students begin their Year 10 school year with this calculator as it takes time to learn to use

its many functions.

We have managed to organise a reduced price and extra warranty for the calculator through HAINES SCHOOL

CALCULATORS. There are two options:

To order your calculator through HAINES, read the instructions below, order by 24th of January and the calculators

will be delivered to the school after 31st of January.

If your child can buy a second-hand calculator, please make sure that it is a TINspire CX CAS Touchpad calculator.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call, or email me at apradel@sccmelb.catholic.edu.au.

CALCULATOR ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS

1. To order your school calculator go to www.schoolcalcs .com.au

2. Enter the school portal code of sccsm

3. Select your required calculator bundle, enter your student's details and delivery address and pay by VISA

or MasterCard.

4. Place your order by 24/01/2018 and then collect your order from the College after 31/01/18.

5. Orders placed after this date will be delivered to your home address for a fee of $12.

On offer are the following bundles, please choose only one for your child.

(**All pricing includes GST)

Ms Pradel | Maths Faculty Manager

2018 YEAR 10 TI-Nspire CX CAS Touchpad Colour Calculators