Newsprint Issue No. 10

Dear Members of the De La Salle community, As we approach the end of Term 4, we can look back with satisfaction on all that has transpired during the term. The number of boys who have represented the College in the various ACC sports is gratifying. We congratulate those basketballers who brought home the Championship flags. It has also been a busy time for music with their tour to the Beechworth area at the start of the term. Our debaters won entry to the Zone Grand Final narrowly losing the final by 1 point—our senior debaters were a skilled team and involved themselves with passion.

We congratulate the senior footballers who went on to play for the Under 19 DLS Old Collegians A team and scored a convincing Grand Final win over Old Xaverians last Saturday afternoon. On Sunday the tables were turned when the senior team went down to Old Xaverians and were denied a place in the finals next weekend.

This term we have also had a sacrament of Confirmation and a Class Mass program established for our Year 9 boys. We are grateful to Father Hien Vu, Parish Priest of Ashburton, for his availability and generosity in making himself so available for our boys. That program will now move to Year 10 in Term 4.

We end this term with a Mass for Social Justice. Father Tony Kerin, Old Collegian, Parish Priest of Avondale Heights and Episcopal Vicar for Social Justice will celebrate the Mass with us. Every boy in the College has been given designated food items to bring to our College collection and the goods will then be distributed to our identified charities for this year. It was they who have determined the goods they would prefer.

On Sunday last, 16 Year 11 boys left for Papua New Guinea with Mr. Tim Hogan and Mr. Sam Magree and a qualified builder who has volunteered his services to our program in De La Salle School, Bomana. By the time you read this, boys will be hard at work. They have 3 Science rooms to renovate as the major part of our ongoing Centenary project in that school. We want to make a difference for them. Our Year 12 volunteers to India are currently doing their fundraising and preparation for their trip once their exams are completed.

The major functions for the Centennial year are almost complete. The Dinner at Crown was a wonderful success and we are grateful to Kerry Martin and her wonderful presentation in the last edition of Roll Call which I hope each family has received now. Our final Centennial event will be the blessing of the Kinnoull Chapel in Term 4.

Finally, I express my thanks to staff for their energy, dedication and commitment to our boys. It is they that make all things possible and it is their enthusiasm for teaching that enables us to continue to grow as a school.

May you all have a restful and pleasant holiday period.

In Term 4 John McAlroy, Head of Tiverton Campus, will be on Long Service Leave. We wish him safe travels and a good rest. Mr. Rob Bonnici will be the Acting Head of Campus in his absence.

Yours in De La Salle, Br. Paul Rogers fsc Principal