The Mandevillian, 1989, Vol5, No2

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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

£,54

Margaret Capp. With her joining us, we

minister, Luis Alberto Machado. He

Even more compelling is Machado's

€3%. «Li. 33 S-'

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.


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