MANDETILLIAN Registered by Australia Post Publication No. VBH7636, Vol.5 No.2, June 1990
By ANNE HUNT A recently televised documentary, Anyone Can Be a Genius, explored the work
now have two fully qualified counsellors.
their commitment to the pastoral care of
and beliefs of Venezuelan Government
their students and to the school as a family
As educators, we believe in the education of
the whole child is grounded in our
For us as Christians, this commitment to
maintains that any child, if properly
the whole child and that this necessarily
conviction that each is uniquely created in
encouraged and stimulated, has the
involves our concern for her total well-
the image of God and destined for eternal
potential to be a genius. The thesis is
being. We have no doubt that her physical,
life with Him Machado is right in his
contentious but nevertheless very thought-
emotional, and spiritual welfare are vital
insight that love must be the ground of our
provoking.
factors in her academic development and to
endeavours as parents and as teachers. Love is the rich soil which will nourish the
her growth as a person. All teachers at Loreto are therefore
insistent claim that "the only way to
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Margaret Capp. With her joining us, we
minister, Luis Alberto Machado. He
Even more compelling is Machado's
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welcome to the school this year Mrs
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
develop intelligence is through love". It is a
involved in the formal and informal
claim which is in many ways a radical expression of what Loreto schools have
pastoral care programme of the school. They are supported by our team of qualified
always believed in and sought to achieve in
counsellors. It has been my pleasure to
$1m Appeal
child and bring her into an ever fuller life. When supported by love she can respond to constructive criticism and meet new
challenges. Counselling and careers, page 2.
-PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL Left to right: Susannah Lennon (Barry), Elina Akselrod -4///// F/////////////////////////////i////////A/1//
& Annabel Nicholls (Mulhall), Fran Johnson & Sara Brownell (Mornane)
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bottom right: Rachael Hodder (Ward)
on target >--By ANNA FARRELLY The $1 Million Appeal is well
"In the first three weeks a total of
underway with tremendous support from
$212,000 was pledged front past pupils
the school community.
and past and current parents.
The Chairman of the Appeal, Mr Paul
"This included several very generous
Hoy, told The Mandevillian a total of
gifts such as three of $15,000 each, two of
$450,000 comprising donations and
$12,000 and one of $10,000.
pledges had been raised to the time of
"But it is important to realise that an appeal of this nature is only successful if
going to press. The overall objective of the Appeal
as many people as possible donate
organisers is to raise $600,000 this year
according to their means and their
with the balance pledged over the next
aspirations for the school."
two years. As most of the Appeal activity
Typical of the encouraging responses are
takes place in June, Mr Hoy is totally
the following extracts from letters
confident the figure of $600,000 will be
accompanying donations to the Appeal:
donated or pledged by June 30. Mr Hoy said that the Appeal board and the school were extremely impressed with the generosity of those who had given.
very high standard of creativity
the winner. In his adjudication he
and performance of the Loreto girls
commended the great energy
approached this large project. Good luck!
as the houses presented a varied pro-gramme of song, dance, drama
displayed by the girls, an energy, he said, which could well be copied by
and musical ensemble playing at
many professional performers.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to your appeal. I wish you
achieve its aim of maintaining Loreto,
every success in raising your target.
There is still time, he said, for those who
had not made a pledge to do so. Volunteer workers for the Appeal had not yet contacted everyone, but were expected to
I am sure everyone felt sorry for Mr Brian Stacey, who had to pick
I was uery impressed with the manner in
However, he stressed that the Appeal
school in Melbourne.
For yet another year, the Melbourne Concert Hall saw the
which you and your committee have
needs to raise the full $1 million if it is to
Mandeville Hall as the best Catholic girls'
By MELANIE BROWN
the annual Performing Arts Festival on May 16.
Congratulations
must
be
extended to all the houses, but
We were most interested to read of the
It was an important and
major and exciting programme being
significant year for me. I not only
Choir Cup with their version of
undertaken at Mandeuille. As you would
had the honour of being captain of
Somewhere and to Ward, overall
be aware, both of our daughters greatly
Mulhall, but I also had the privilege
winners of the festival with their
enjoyed their years at Mandeuille.
of hosting the evening as school
presentation on the theme of
music captain.
Women.
especially to Barry, winner of the
I certainly do acknowledge the great
do so soon.
"We have been very encouraged by the
start that Loreto has giuen me and, for
that reason, I am happy to giue what I can.
response so far," Mr Hoy said.
POLITICAL
Skipping the
FORUM
generation gap
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Mr John Halfpenny, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, Mr Michael Wooldridge, Liberal M.H.R. for Chisholm
and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal 97
The day began with a mass, followed by
member for Thomastown and former
A.L.P. State Secretary were guests at
morning tea and then grandparents were invited to visit their granddaughters'
Mandeville recently for a political forum.
classrooms. There, memories were
Box Hill TAFE combined to discuss the
ways in which people can genuinely
374 Paul Hoy addresses some of the 107 Appeal volunteers who attended information sessions before making their home visits
School Family Week in May would agree that the highlight was Grandparents' Day.
Affairs, and Mr Peter Batchelor, the state
Year 12 Politics classes from Loreto and
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By JILL BASKETT All those who took part in the Junior
participate in the political process.
As each of the three visiting speakers represented different areas of political participation, students gained a comprehensive idea of the subject and received much useful information for their course.
triggered for many grandparents who delighted the girls with tales of their own schooldays.
Most families were represented on the day, and, remarkably, there were four generations of one family present.
Throughout Family Week the girls participated in a daily skip-a-thon to raise money for the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau. The grand sum of $10,702 raised will be used to aid less fortunate families.