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Faith at Ave Maria College 14 Year 8 Team Leader
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Jessica Hall Casey Janides Acting Year 7 Team Leader Year 7 Team Leader
Where is your favourite place to take students on an excursion?
The zoo. I like the zoo, and Science Works.
What were some of the special events held by your department this year?
The Year 8 sausage sizzle, coin line and wellbeing day.
What was your favourite cartoon growing up and why?
Josie and the Pussycats and also Scooby Doo. And the Flintstones.
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Positive Education Course at Melbourne University.
What cheers you up?
Small, furry animals.
Who is your hero?
I have two, Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Chocolate.
What were some of your nicknames growing up?
Cara.
What are you currently listening to?
Beyonce.
How do you like to procrastinate?
Eat and go for a walk.
What is your favourite food?
A variety of Pizza and Thai food and curries.
What is your favourite motto?
You can do the things you think you cannot do.
If you had to rush out and leave your house forever what three things would you take?
My cat, food and my phone.
What is your favourite animal?
Cats.
What is your favourite place in Melbourne?
Anywhere around the Port Phillip Bay.
What is the most exotic place you have been to?
Japan.
What is your favourite time of the day?
Around 7:00 at night when you can relax a bit.
Who is the funniest person on staff?
Ms Ooi and Ms Morgan.
What is your funniest childhood memory?
When by brother got drunk at the age of two years old.
What was the last book you read?
Small Island.
What is your favourite piece of clothing?
My new jacket.
What are some of this year's highlights for you?
Starting the Positive Education Program in Year 8.
What do you love most about teaching at Ave Maria College?
The friendliness of staff and students.
What do you love to do in your spare time?
Read or walk, meet up with friends.
What was your favourite moment in high school and why?
Seeing Desmond Tutu.
Do you have any strange phobias?
I don't like birds.
What is the best prank you ever pulled at Ave Maria?
I haven't pulled any, not here anyway.
Interviewed by: Meg Gleeson and Hannah Shaw Y’ear 8 Homeroom Ambassadors
A group of Melbourne University Engineering students came in to talk to Year 8 students about how engineering is everywhere. They set us a challenge to create our own remote control cars out of pieces they supplied to us, and then drive the car through a course in under two minutes.
Grace Hengel, Year 8
The CERES Mobile Energy Classroom came to talk to Year 8 students about renewable energy. We discussed non-renewable resources such as oil and coal and the damage that they cause to the earth. We participated in activities such as a bike connected to different light bulbs and a kettle. You wouldn't believe how much hard work is required just to turn on a simple light bulb for a few seconds, let alone boil water!
Monique Moore, Year 8
Year 8 Special Persons Mass was a wonderful opportunity to spend time with a special person in our lives. We presented our guest with a plant to symbolise the love and bond between student and special person.
Antonia Kerrison, Year 8
Best thing about Year 8 is that I made new best friends and that I got new teachers.
Isabella Fabiani, Year 8
Best fun, happy experience including 'The Wiz' and new friends.
Amelia Frigo, Year 8
Life is short so smile while you still have teeth.
Jessica Jackson, Year 8
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Carolyn Mills Year 8 Team Leader
What were some of the special events held by your Year Level this year?
Year 9 First Aid and HPE week.
What was your favourite cartoon growing up and why?
Ariel, because I liked her bathers.
What accomplishments are you most proud of growing up?
Fastest swimmer in Victoria.
What cheers you up?
Watching 'Friends'.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Hedgehog and lollies.
How do you like to procrastinate?
Find anyone to talk to.
What is your favourite food?
Mango.
What is your favourite motto?
Character is how you treat people when they can do nothing for you.
If you had to rush out and leave your house forever, what three things would you take?
My runners, my phone, and a snack.
What is your favourite place in Melbourne?
The Airport - because it means I am travelling somewhere.
What is the most exotic place you have been to?
Hawaii/Greek Islands.
Who is the funniest person on staff?
Christine Lovell.
What is your funniest childhood memory?
Making stilts out of pot plants.
What cheers you up?
Exercising and laughing when people scare me.
What are some of this year's highlights for you?
Year 9 Camp.
What do you love most about teaching at Ave Maria College?
Being part of the girl's high school experience.
What do you love to do in your spare time?
Going on adventures.
Do you have strange phobias?
Yes, Raffles.
What was the highlight of Year 9 this year?
Camp and Year Level Assemblies.
What is the best prank you ever pulled at Ave Maria College?
When I dressed up as a gorilla and scared Mr Whicker and Ms Virgato.
Interview by: Year 9 Homeroom Ambassadors
Year 9 Adventure Camp
The most exciting experience in Year 9 was our first outdoor adventure camp. We all thought it would be a daunting experience - not realising that we would have the best time. We had to overcome our fear of sleeping in the middle of nowhere, being paranoid about every rattle we heard outside our tents. In orienteering we were forced to read our maps even though it delayed arrival to our final destination. This experience helped us to feel more comfortable to talk to people outside of our friendship groups as well as to get know the teachers a better.
Pauline Boutros, Year 9
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Interviewed by: Teesha Pacifico and Olivia Fazio, Year 10 Homeroom Ambassadors
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Coming back to soccer after 15 years and still being able to play in the Women's Premier League (WPL) the past two years.
Who is your hero?
Growing up it was David Boon as he was a batting sensation and cricket ruled my life. However, in recent times it would be my parents, cliche I know, but they are both amazing people.
Who is the funniest person on staff?
Ms. Lovell, because she is hilarious and she comes out with the most random comments.
What do you love most about teaching at Ave Maria College?
The community feel around the place. I will always remember the first day I ever came for an interview here and it was recess time and as soon as I walked in the gate obviously looking confused as to where to go and a smiling student instantly asked me if they could help. You don't get that at most schools.
What is the best prank you ever pulled at Ave Maria College?
We were at Year 12 Outdoor Education Camp and we were staying in a massive house, with an open fire and there was an axe for cutting the firewood. We were going out to the waterfall one night, and in front of the students Ms Fastuca and I started having a 'conversation' in front of the girls about needing to put the axe away when we got back. When the girls got on the bus, I hid the axe in the cupboard. When we got back the axe was 'missing', which made the girls think there was an axe murderer in the house. They then made us check every room in the house to make sure there wasn't.
What was your favourite moment in high school and why?
On the last day of school, we had dress up day. The police car picked up my friends and I and gave us a lift to school. We got out and the teachers thought that we got arrested for doing something dodgy.
What was the highlight of Year 10 this year?
Watching the girls fight for each other's socks in the personal safety self-defence lessons.
What was your favourite cartoon growing up, and why?
Blinky Bill -the original version where there were puppets and it was based in a National Park. It was entertaining and provided good messages about looking afterAustralia's National Parks.
What cheers you up?
Mytwo little West Highland white terriers, Barkley and Hunter. They arejust so cute and have the funniest little personalities.
What is your favourite motto and why?
"Live your dreams, don't dream your life" -1 think there is something in that for everyone.
Anywhere I can escape the hustle and bustle ofthe city and spend time in nature.
What is your funniest childhood memory?
My brother and I playing every sport possible, but never allowing my little sisterto play because she was not good enough. But so as to not get in trouble from mum for not letting herjoin in, we brought her a bucket of chalk and let her keep score. We still laugh about it and my sister still states that is the reason she is still uncoordinated to this day.
What was the last book you read?
Bear Grylls - Blood, Sweat and Tears. A must read for any adventurer.
Do you have any strange phobias?
I'm absolutely petrified of lizards, give me a snake overthat any day. It also does not help my nephew has three as pets.
What do you love to do in your spare time?
Sport, Sport, Sport..... either playing or watching it.
What is your favourite food?
Crocodile cooked by traditional Australian Indigenous methods. Otherwise anything that can be thrown on a BBQ.
How do you like to procrastinate?
Read and analyse the match reports of every WPL game played that week.
What is the most exotic place you have been?
I have travelled quite extensively through Europe as I taught in London for two years before coming to Ave Maria College. I guess the most remote place has been East Timor where I have gone the last two years to visit our sister school in Venilale.
Year 10 Leadership Team attended a Sustainability Summit excursion to the Clocktower Centre in Moonee Ponds, along with other leaders from various schools in Melbourne. At the seminar representatives of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) explained to us about the issues of climate change and how small actions such as reusing, recycling, reducing waste and having sustainable energy sources can make a significant difference to the world. We discussed with our volunteer buddies, Linah and Jono, about how we can make our school a more sustainable environment, and the different ways we could motivate other students to take action with us. We also did workshops and activities to further our understanding of climate change and how we can make a difference. During this excursion, the Year 10 Leadership team of Ave Maria College not only broadened their knowledge, but met so many new and different people along the way. It was a highly enjoyable and beneficial experience for all of us.
Liz Nguyen, Year 10
