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Friday, 22 February 2019, Term 1 Week 4

Jesus said to his disciples:

'As the Father has loved me,

so I have loved you.

Remain in my love. If you keep my

commandments you will remain in

my love, just as I have kept my

Father's commandments and

remain in his love.

I have told you this so that my own

joy may be in you and your

joy be complete.

This is my commandment:

love one another, as I have loved

you. A man can have no greater

love than to lay down his life for his

friends. You are my friends, if you

do what I command you.

I shall not call you servants any

more, because a servant does not

know his master's business;

I call you friends, because I have

made known to you everything I

have learnt from my Father.

You did not choose me, no, I chose

you; and I commissioned you to go

out and to bear fruit,

fruit that will last; and then the

Father will give you anything you

ask him in my name.

What I command you is to love one

another.'

John 15:9-17

Dear Parents, Staff and Students

Gratitude

Listening to our Federal and State political leaders as they enter election mode, people could

very easily come to the belief that everything about our country, standard of living and

society is in a parlous state. It is the nature of the adversarial political process that mostly

what we hear is negativity, criticism as well as half-truths delivered by all the major players

of all political persuasions.

Although it is easy to become somewhat downcast at the picture that is being painted, a few

minutes of reflection would lead us to the realisation that, as a community, we have much

for which to be grateful. We live in a beautiful country with warm summers and mild winters.

Many people around the word cannot go out in the midday sun in summer or have to dig

their way through snow in winter just to get to work or school. Australians are blessed with

generously resourced health care and social security systems ensuring support for the

elderly, sick and disadvantaged. As a nation, we have a high life expectation. Despite

criticism from some, Australian children are very well educated and prepared for life in what

is an ever-changing and challenging world. Compared to other countries, most

Australians have a decent income and can adequately support themselves or their families.

We live in a democracy that is the envy of the world, where everyone has a voice that can be

made known to our elected representatives. Our justice system and public institutions are

widely regarded as fair and trustworthy. Despite the political commentary and

pessimism of some, there is so much for which we should be thankful.

Election Update

Next week I will be meeting with Mr Chris Minns, Member for Kogarah (former MCK

student), Mrs Anne Melrose, Principal, Mater Dei Blakehurst as well as representatives from

the Sydney Catholic Schools Office. These meetings between the Catholic education sector

and State Members of Parliament will be taking place in every electorate before the state

election next month. Election cycles allow people or organisations to place arguments to our

elected representatives in an attempt to get a fair and reasonable slice of the budget pie.

The current State Government is spending $6 billion on public school capital works over the

coming four years. There are 595 Catholic schools in NSW and only $100 million is allocated

from this massive budget for capital works for our schools. This is manifestly unfair to the

parents who pay their taxes and send their children to Catholic schools. Already parents are

paying 90% of the costs of capital projects through building levies, fees and fundraising.

Similar to the argument with the Commonwealth Government, Catholic education

authorities and parents are not greedy but simply asking for a fair and equitable allocation of

funds. As we know, due to the sacrifices of our parents, Catholic schools save governments

billions of dollars to the budget bottom line!

Parents and Friends’

Our first P&F meeting for the year will be held next Wednesday, 27 February commencing at 7.00 pm in the College library.

The College Executive will be introduced to the parents along with an outline of what we are planning to achieve in 2019.

Open Day

The College Open Day will take place on Wednesday, 6 March commencing at 3.00 pm. All prospective students and their

families who are hoping to enrol are both encouraged and welcomed to attend and have a guided tour of the College. If

parents know anyone who may be interested, please pass on an invitation to visit us on this day.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, 27 February – Advisory Council (4.30 pm)

Parents & Friends’ (7.00 pm)

Thursday, 28 February – MCC Summer finals

Friday, 1 March – College Swimming Carnival

Wednesday, 6 March – College Open Afternoon

Thursday, 7 March – MCC Swimming Carnival Homebush (4.00 pm - 7.00pm)

All Year 8 students attend

Friday, 8 March – Year 8 Reflection Day

Mr John Riordan

Principal

FINIS CORONAT OPUS - The end crowns the work

LIBRARY NOTICE

Could all students please check at home for any overdue library books.

Please see Library Staff if you are unsure what loans you have.

Thank you.

Ms Anne Plummer - Librarian

COLLEGE FEES 2019

The College fees have now been issued via email and post. If you have not received your fees, please contact the College

Office on 9587 3211 (option 2 for accounts) or email [email protected]

HSC CLASS OF 1969 REUNION

Please contact Greg Purcell

[email protected]

Proposed reunion date Saturday,

20 July 2019.

Venue to be advised.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

The Class of 2018 achieved outstanding results in the Higher School Certificate and were congratulated on their success at the High Achievers’ Assembly held on Friday, 8 February 2019.

The 2018 College Dux, Joseph El Ammar (pictured right receiving his award from Mr Chris Minns, Member for Kogarah) achieved an ATAR of 97.10 receiving a Band 6 in - Studies of Religion 2 Unit, English (Standard), Economics and Business Studies.

Jamie Laskovski 97.05

English (Advanced)

Mathematics General 2

Personal Development, Health and Physical

Education

Alexey Fedorov 96.90

Studies of Religion II

English (Advanced)


Business Studies

Evangelos Papaefstathiou 96.75

Studies of Religion II

English (Advanced)

Biology

Manny Saviolakis 96.40

English (Advanced)


Music 1

Alan Patrick Dormido 95.05

Mathematics

Biology

Joshua Vigliante (pictured left) was awarded 6th place in the State and 1st place in Sydney Catholic

Schools in the Construction Examination. He received an ATAR of 95.40 and achieved a Band 6 in

Mathematics General 2, Senior Science, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education and

Construction Examination.

The following students achieved an ATAR greater than 90 and a Band 6 in the subjects listed below.

Sam Hicks 94.95

English (Advanced)

Biology


Education

Dimitrios Tsardakas (pictured right) was awarded 1st place in Sydney Catholic Schools in Music 1.

He received an ATAR of 93.40 and achieved a Band 6 in Mathematics, Music 1 and Modern Greek

Continuers.

Michael Susetio 94.80

Mathematics

Biology

Dylan Damevski 93.15


Reinard Tan 92.75

Mathematics

Visual Arts

Benjamin Vella 92.65

Legal Studies

Modern History

Joy Rozario 92.45

English (Advanced)

Modern History

Joshua Weiler 92.10



Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Band 6 in one or more subjects -

Connor Flanagan 91.60

Mathematics General 2 Personal Development,

Health and Physical Education

Industrial Technology

Peter Aganakis Mathematics General 2

Biology

Kurt Cheng Legal Studies

Industrial Technology

James Christou Modern Greek Beginners

Joel Wooldridge 91.50


Education

Matthew Koss 91.20

Studies of Religion I Legal Studies

Michael Steriovski 90.35

Mathematics

Liam Becvarovski 90.15

High Band 5s in all subjects

Joseph Guerzoni Mathematics General 2 Personal Development,


Michael Hanna Mathematics General 2

Eric Josifov English (Advanced)

Andrew Koikas Mathematics Extension 2

Tovy Li Mathematics Extension 2

Matthew McAdam Music 1

Cooper Miles Mathematics General 2

Construction Examination

Jason Mioduszewski Mathematics General 2

Benjamin Mir Music 1

Peter Perivolarellis Mathematics General 2

Cedric Reyes Personal Development,


Thomas Saludo Personal Development,


James Setiadi Mathematics General 2


Zachary Spanis Mathematics General 2 Personal Development,


14 Marist College KOGARAH

52 Wolseley Street, Bexley 2207 | (02) 9587 3211 | www.mck.nsw.edu.au

OPEN AFTERNOON 2019

The average for ‘courses above State average’ has been 90.5% over the pasteight yearsTop ATAR 97.1018 students received an ATAR above 90Student ranked 6th in the State in the Construction examinationStudent ranked 1st in Sydney Catholic Schools in the Construction examinationStudent ranked 1st in Sydney Catholic Schools in Music 166 mentions on the Distinguished Achievers List (Band 6 result in a course)Marist College Kogarah was ranked in the Sydney Morning Herald Top 150 Schools for the fourth consecutive year

2018 HSC High Achievers with Mr Chris Minns, Member for Kogarah and Mr Steve Kamper, Member for Rockdale

Wednesday, 6 March 2019 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm

SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM

As part of the Senior Curriculum, Studies of Religion 2 unit students are required to undertake a Depth Study on Christianity, Islam and Judaism. On Thursday February 14, we had the privilege of attending an authentic learning experience at the Sydney Jewish Museum in Darlinghurst, to aid in our Judaism Depth Study on Holocaust Theology.

We experienced a first hand account of the Holocaust from survivor Jack Meister ; a Polish born Jewish man. His story was moving, as he was the only survivor from his family and one of the few remaining survivors to live through the atrocities of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. We were then given a tour of the museum by volunteers. We concluded the day with three consecutive lectures by Sandy Hollis, a Jewish woman and member of the Educational Department of the Museum. The lectures covered all three aspects of our Judaism Depth Study; Holocaust Theology - School of Thought, Bioethics and the Significant Practice Death and Mourning.

Our visit to the Sydney Jewish Museum was a wonderful opportunity to make connections between the material being learned, and the experiences of the real world. This authentic learning experience was relevant and purposeful , rigorous and thought provoking. It was learning that will enable students to develop their social consciences and live lives of promise and meaning in a rapidly changing world.

Ms Lauren Abihanna

Religious Education Co-ordinator


YEAR 7 REFLECTION DAY

On Friday, 15 February, Year 7 students participated in their first Reflection Day. The day was facilitated by Hopkins Ministries,

Mr Collins, the Year 7 Coordinator and the Year 7 Religious Education Team. The students engaged in meaningful activities that

involved group discussion, teamwork and discussions around value and respect, their God and their own faith. The day ended

with a prayerful liturgy and meditation. An enjoyable day was had by all.


Ms Lauren Abihanna

Religious Education Co-ordinator

MCC SPORT

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our Summer MCC Representative teams on a very competitive and successful regular season. We managed to get half of our teams into the Semi Finals, which were held this week, and these results can be seen below. A huge congratulations to the MCC Tennis team and their coaches Mr Azar and Mr Lemos on progressing through to next week’s final against Marcellin College Randwick. Also a huge thank you to the staff who volunteered their time to coach one of the Summer MCC teams this season. They give up their own time before and after school as well as returning home late on Thursday afternoons to give our students the opportunity to represent the College in their chosen sports. Semi Final results -


Tennis

Kogarah def Marist North Shore 82-49

Under 14s Basketball

Marcellin Randwick def Kogarah 86-40

A Grade Basketball


A Grade Cricket

CBHS Lewisham def Kogarah by 20 runs

Under 15s Basketball


Under 14s Touch Football

Holy Cross Ryde def Kogarah 4-3

On the Australia Day long weekend, Fletcher Warn (Year 8) represented his club, Revesby Workers Club in the Australian Open Water Titles in Adelaide. Fletcher competed in the 14yr boys 5km open water event and achieved an outstanding result of 3rd, especially since it was only his second attempt swimming the 5km distance. I would like to congratulate Fletcher on behalf of the College on his outstanding achievement and we look forward to seeing him perform at a high level in the upcoming representative swimming season.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

UPCOMING EVENTS

Term 1 is an extremely busy time in sport for the College. Please take note of the following information regarding upcoming events.

Thursday, 28 February - MCC Summer Grand Finals

Friday, 1 March - MCK Swimming Carnival at Botany

Thursday, 7 March - MCC Swimming Carnival at Homebush Aquatic Centre (evening)

Thursday, 21 March - Golf and Squash Gala Day

Thursday, 28 March - Cross Country Carnival

Rugby League and Soccer trials will also begin later this term. Students are to ensure they check Sentral regularly for updates.

Mr Chris MacDougal

Sports Co-ordinator


NSW COMBINED CATHOLIC COLLEGES BLUES AWARDS CEREMONY

On Monday, 11 February, the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Blues Awards Presentation was held at St Mary Star of the Sea,

Wollongong to recognise outstanding achievements across the various CCC sports during 2018. Marist College Kogarah had

two students from last year’s HSC class receive a prestigious Blues Award.

Michael Hanna received one for Athletics. He excelled in his events at the 2018 NSWCCC Athletics

Championships winning gold in the 17+ years 100m and 200m events and silver in the 400m. Michael

was named as the Age Champion for the Boys 17+ years. Michael also recently won gold medals for

beach sprints at the World Lifesaving Championships in Adelaide.

Joel Wooldridge received his Blues Award for Triathlon. After an outstanding

performance at the New South Wales All Schools Triathlon where Joel placed first

in the NSWCCC division and third in the NSW All Schools senior male division, Joel

then went on to finish sixth at the Australian Schools Triathlon Festival. Joel was

then selected as part of the Australian Team in the 16-19 year age division to contest the Triathlon

World Championships on the Gold Coast in September where he finished a very credible 11th overall.

Congratulations to both boys on an outstanding achievement.

Michael Hanna

Joel Wooldridge

Mr Mark Hildebrandt

Year 10 Co-ordinator

The Air Force Cadets is a professional organisation under the management of the Royal Australian Air Force with the vision of being

the premier air minded youth organisation in Australia. Our aims to better equip young people for community life by fostering

initiative, leadership, discipline and loyalty through training programs which are also designed to stimulate an interest in a

particular arm of the Defence Force.

What is the weekly time commitment for Cadets?

Cadets meet once a week after school and on some weekends where Cadets are encouraged to take part in bivouacs and air force

training and promotion camps over weekends and school holidays.

Will Cadets impact on school work?

Cadets won't clash with school work in fact, it helps As Cadets progress through the Chain of Command they become leaders and

are trained to instruct junior cadets on a range of military subjects by researching the topic, producing lesson plans and delivering

the content in an engaging, professional style. By the time they need to stand up in front of their peers and do a school

presentation, they would have done so countless times in the cadets giving them confidence in their own ability to accomplish

anything they wish.

How much will Cadets cost me?

While cadets is partly funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Defence, Air Force Squadrons generally ask

for a weekly or annual subscription to help with running expenses, for 302 it’s $250 annually. The AAFC provides uniforms and

most equipment. On camps, most of the equipment will be provided by Defence, however you may need to provide additional gear

for comfort such as a sleeping bag for overnight activities. When they leave, Cadets they must return all uniforms and equipment.

Who can join the AAFC?

To join Cadets you must:

• Be a resident of Australia

• Be a male or female aged between 13 and 16

• Not be a member of any other Cadet organisation

Is Cadets a pathway to defence?

Yes, it can be. Cadets gives access to serving men and women, the military-like culture and way of life, so it provides an invaluable

insight into Defence. Not all Cadets join the Australian Defence Force, but they can still have a safe and fun military-like experience.

Does Cadets provide help with career options?

Yes. Cadets develops decision-making skills so they can meet almost any challenge. While school provides a solid academic

background, Cadets develop life skills such as team work, leadership, discipline, resilience, the demonstrated capability to work

unsupervised and the aptitude to issue and follow directions. Employers who are former cadets or military know they are hiring a

person who has an active interest in their own self development, they are reliable, innovative and work well with others with

respect, trust and a sense of collective purpose.

Recruit Information Night:

Wednesday 27 February 2019 7:00pm to 8:30pm at 302 Squadron (St George), parading at the Rockdale Multi

User Depot, Chandler Street, Rockdale. Inquiries [email protected]

Marist College Kogarah

52 Wolseley Street Bexley, NSW 2207 Telephone 9587 3211 Facsimile 9556 1790 Website: www.mck.nsw.edu.au

Email: [email protected]

From the College Counsellor

Managing online time There are many ways you can help your child maintain a healthy balance between online and

offline activities for the benefit of their health and wellbeing.

Talk to your kids

Monitor the games, apps and devices your kids buy and then chat about any concerns you

have. Your conversations should also cover positive things, such as what they love in life,

careers they are interested in and new hobbies.

Find a balance

Finding balance is so important and you can help your kids with that by encouraging a mix of non-screen entertainment and

socialising opportunities.

Set screen time limits

Set clear rules about when and for how long your child can play games or use the internet—the Australian Physical Activity

and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines provide a useful benchmark. It may take time to strike a balance but a minor reduction

each day or ‘15-minutes to switch-off’ warning can help the transition. Reducing your own screen time also sets a positive

example.

Create a screentime plan

Involve your kids in a family screen time plan to help set clear boundaries and balance online and offline activities. It could

include an agreed age-based screen time schedule, rules about what websites can be visited and electronic games can be

played (with clear consequences for breaking those rules) and control of access to the internet with daily passwords

revealed once family time, homework and chores are complete. Where possible, try to avoid using screen time as a

punishment as this approach may inflate its importance to children.

Filter their access

You may like to install a filter on the device your child is using that can be adjusted to limit the amount of time an internet connection will be available.

Find out more information about parental controls and filters in our Online safeguards section.

Open location for devices

Try to locate the devices that your kids use in a shared or visible place in the home.

Seek help

If your child seems particularly anxious or irritable, or you notice them becoming isolated from friends or other activities, there may be an underlying issue so seek help from your child’s school counsellor or your GP, or direct your kids to support services such as Kids Helpline (1800 55 180), which offers free and confidential counselling for young people or eHeadspace (1800 650 890) for online and telephone support for those aged 12–25.

Article link: https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent/staying-safe/balancing-time-online/managing-online-time

Ms Amy Martin

College Counsellor

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines

https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent/online-safeguards

https://kidshelpline.com.au/Kids

https://www.eheadspace.org.au/

https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent/staying-safe/balancing-time-online/managing-online-time

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