Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680

TELEPHONE: (02) 69692400

WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au

No 6

Friday 4 March 2016

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

Catholic Schools Week is a special time in the year when we celebrate and give thanks for Catholic Schools, especially our own school Marian Catholic College. We have a display set up at Griffith Central next week and our television

advertisements that showcase the College are currently running.

It is a time to give thanks for the wonderful learning and teaching that takes place each day in every classroom.

In our prayer, we acknowledge and thank all who work together in the service of Catholic Education.

Lord Jesus,

You came among us as teacher, to reveal to us the Father’s endless love and mercy.

Our Catholic schools continue to give witness to your compassion and wisdom,

seeking always to ensure that we are all welcome no matter who we are.

May our Catholic schools continue to be places of belonging and sources of hope and enthusiasm for our young people and their families.

May the work of our Catholic schools always be guided by the inspiration of your Spirit.

We ask this through Christ our Lord,

Amen

In addition to Catholic Schools Week, the 2017 Year 7 Enrolment Information Evening will be held on Tuesday, 22nd March. Please pass this information to any parents you think would be interested in enrolling their child at Marian.

As a follow up to last weeks notice on student attendance requirements, I remind parents and guardians that notification of student absence must be immediate. This is very important to inform the College about short and long term absences. The responsibility is with parents/guardians to initiate this contact.

Last Friday the staff spent the day seeking to understand ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder. Here is some information..

Peace and Best Wishes

Principal

CANTEEN ROSTER 2016

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March

T Savage K DeMartin L Quinn

A Mazzarolo D Marcon P Nunn

J Murray R Keenan L Gullotta

M Portolesi K Yardley F Virgara

L Rovere E Menegon S Ngxiki J Javier

CALENDAR OF EVENTS – Week 5 Term 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March

Catholic Schools Week Lesson 1 Years 7 & Year 10 Drama- Circus Performance

Questacon Visit Year 10 Lesson 1-4 CCC Touch & Tennis WAGGA

Peer Support Lesson 5

Please pray for:

We pray for any families in our community who have lost loved ones or are suffering illnesses.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Megan has had a long & successful public speaking career at Marian Catholic College. This talent saw her rise to the national finals of the Rostrum Voice of Youth public speaking competition last year, and previously has won the Lions Youth Leadership quest.

The Lions Youth of the Year is a competition for students aged between 15 and 19. This is a prestigious event for young people, which boasts many high profile Australians amongst the ranks of former entrants such as: Kevin Rudd, Peter Beattie and ABC’s Sabra Lane. The program is in its 50

th year and provides an

unequalled opportunity to experience an interview situation – in a friendly atmosphere – and a chance to practice your public speaking skills.

Megan was required to submit an extensive contestant form which detailed her past accomplishments and community involvements. She was then interviewed for over 15 mins and asked to discuss topics such as ‘the European refugee crisis’ and ‘the Australia’s government approach to climate change.’

Megan was also required to speak on two impromptu topics for two minutes each. They were: ‘Australia gives a lot of foreign aid, does it give enough to its own people?’ and ‘if you could go anywhere in the world where would it be and why?’ Two very challenging topics which Megan managed t address very well.

After all this, Megan was also required to deliver a five minute speech for which she chose the topic of mental health. Her speech was both emotive and thought provoking and was well received by a captivated audience.

Seven exceptional students from Griffith schools competed on the day – all of whom performed brilliantly, however Megan was overall winner and it was well deserved. Her hard work and dedication to the skill of public speaking is continuing to be rewarded with outstanding success in this field and is a credit to herself, and the College is without doubt extremely proud.

Megan will now compete in the zone finals which fortunately, this year, will be held in Griffith on the 12th

of this month. Time and place has yet to be confirmed but details will be announced soon so that the College can get behind her and hopefully see this star continue to rise!

Heath Neville

Public Speaking Coordinator

Jack Martin attended The Canberra Area Theatre Awards nominated for his performance in Griffith’s community production of Beauty and the Beast in which he played the role of Lefou. After being announced the winner Jack had difficulty believing his achievement, Jack took home the award for Best Actor in a featured role in a musical.

Jack was fortunate to have his parents and Grandmother with him to share his excitement for his tremendous efforts.

Look out for Jack in his next performance in the MCC Grease Production!

Well done on this wonderful achievement!

Marian held its Swimming Carnival on Friday 5th February. The day was a fantastic event with all students ac-

tively involved in spirit of the day.

The House Captains and Vice Captains lead their houses well in the House Meetings and on the day. It was pleasing to see the number of senior students also involved in the day, with some strong results recorded.

The best of these results were achieved by our 2016 Swimming Age Champions:

12 Madison Bucello 15 Mea Riley

Joseph Nehme Joshua Golden

13 Sienna Donadel 16 Eloise Star

Samuel Macrae Corey Myott

14 Sarah Quarisa Open Brooke Myott

Brock Twigg Andrew Seton

Patrick House was again the winner on the day and setting a large challenge for the other Houses with the Ath-letics and Cross Country Carnivals still to come.

Well done Andrew Febo and Grace Ryan, Patrick House Captains!

Marian went on to participate at the BISSA Carnival in Wagga Wagga on Thursday 3rd

March. With a squad of 29 students, Marian competed well in all the events. With special mention to:

Brock Twigg receiving 2nd

place in 14 Years Age Champion for the day

Joseph Nehme receiving 3rd

place in 12 Years Age Champion for the day.

Congratulations to all competitors!

Regards

Mr J Seers Sports Co-ordinator

It was a delight to be part of the Year 12 Retreat at Warrambui and to see our Year 12 students immerse themselves joyfully and reverently in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass presenting their dreams and future prospects to Jesus in that Mass. I wish all our Year 12 students all the best in their final year at Marian College and pray that the Good Lord help them realize their dreams in life.

God Bless you all

Fr Christian Obiekwe

Monica Litisoni with NSW Education Minister Mr Adrian Piccoli receiving an award for: 'Participation in National Athletics- Representing NSW at the National Level' taken at a recent St Parick's Primary School Assembly.

Congratulations Monica!

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2 Trainees to fill the positions of weighbridge operator and to undertake a traineeship in Business Ad-

ministration which will compliment the position. \ The position is ideal for anyone seeking employment in their

gap year as it is a term position not ongoing. Could you ask all interested students to email their resume and brief application letter to admin@getset.org.au. I will accept resumes until Thursday 10 March.

The COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM leadership team for 2016 was announced this week. The group follows the teachings and Christian values as identified by the Catholic Church however the vision, direction and decisions are made by the group members with an emphasis on social justice and access and equity issues. The team is made up of volunteers from year 7 to year 10 and meets on a fortnightly basis.

The actions of the group normally follow a 3 step process

SEE (Education & Awareness)

THINK (Formation & Reflection) and

DO (Community Service & Fund Raising).

Our leadership team for 2016 is ~

President: Claire Murray

Vice President: Melina Ferraro

Secretaries: Nicole Bruss and Shristi Chatterji

Spiritual Advisor: Nina Malijan

Year 10, 11 & 12 Liaisons Elizabeth Trimboli, Isabella Bertoldo and Bianca Zillioto

Year 9 Reps: Talissa Cerato and Nicola Bordignon

Year 8 Reps: Kimberly Ma and Nayani Navaneethan

Year7 Liaisons Zac Scoble and Aidan Scoble

Activity Support Members: Thomas Zambon and Branavan Thevashangar

THANK YOU FOR RISING TO THE CHALLENGE AND VOLUNTEERING TO TAKE ON THE RESPOSIBILITY NOF A LEADERSHIP ROLE ……CONGRATULATIONS

Guest Speakers

This week we were joined by Renee Cooper, School Coordinator for St Vincent De Paul Youth Conference from Wagga Wagga who is responsible for promoting and coordinating the conference in the local diocese. Renee will be part of future activities and hopefully become a familiar face at MCC. We were also joined by Monica Dickie, Griffith City Library who brought along Ada Snaidero and Jan Kurtzman who are members of the knitting club. The ladies will be assisting and guiding us as we commence our knitting for charity activity. The CAT members will work together to create blankets to be distributed for those in need as part of “Wrap With Love” campaign and for those in the group who are more advanced knitters they will be creating comfort teddy bear for those experiencing crisis or trauma.

The team would welcome donations of wool and needles (size 8) if you have some to spare

A reminder about our upcoming movie premiere to acknowledge and celebrate HARMONY DAY tickets are $20 each and available at the front office.

Have a wonderful weekend and next week we will share some exciting news regarding our holistic, lunchtime, chill out space; that we are now referring to as

“THE DEN”

Stay safe…..

Regards Sue Hone

(Pastoral Care Worker)

Marian Catholic College’s production for 2016,

GREASE, is underway!

Students who are interested in assisting backstage need to see Mrs Aventi ASAP.

Students involved in the show will be practising on Tuesdays 3:30pm—5:30pm and Sundays 1pm—

5pm

Students who wish to discuss their roles, please see Mr Hillam or Miss Calabria

IMPORTANT DATES FOR CAST & CREW -

FRIDAY 10th JUNE—REHEARSAL AT SCHOOL

SATURDAY 11th & SUNDAY 12th JUNE—BUMP IN (CREW & BAND ONLY)

MONDAY 13th JUNE—FULL DRESS REHEARSAL @

THEATRE

* We have some great packages available for sponsorship so if you think you would like to be associated

with another of our fantastic productions please email Belinda Aventi for more information

aventib@ww.catholic.edu.au

* We will have a FACEBOOK page up and running for everyone to see our progress but for now keep

the dates free

WED 15th JUNE 7pm, THURS 16th JUNE 7pm, FRI 17th JUNE 7pm and SATURDAY

18th JUNE 2pm and 7pm.

Student Laptops Dear Parents,

When students were issued with their laptops, it was part of the agreement that students would carry them to and from their classes and the College in their Laptop Bags. A number of students are not using their bags and we are doing our best during school hours to remind the students around this part if their agreement. Laptops may be confiscated from the students until the protective case is brought in. This may hinder the learning of the student.

If they are dropped and broken, or end up with cracked screens, parents and/or students are liable to pay for the damage to have it repaired or replaced.

We are asking if parents could help remind your child about the importance of carrying the laptop in the correct protective bag to and from their classes and the College. The last thing we want is for families having to pay for repairs or replacements due to students not doing the right thing to begin with.

Lockers are available for hire from the office where students can safely store them during lunch and recess so they don’t have to worry about carrying them around. Your help in reminding students about this part of the agreement would be greatly appreciated.

Mr L. Summerville

Learning Technology Co-ordinator