Marist College Ashgrove | College Newsletter 2012
Junior School News Continued... Welcome to Ms Kate McDonald: We welcome Kate to the Junior School for Semester 2. Kate is a Teacher Librarian and will also be working in the Senior School Library, replacing Mrs Cathy Atkinson, who is the Acting Head of Information Services for Semester 2. You are very welcome, Kate. Welcome back to Mrs Alicia Frances: After an absence of 2 years, we welcome Alicia Frances back to the Junior School Staff, as a Learning Enrichment Teacher. Alicia has a great deal of experience in the Learning Enrichment area and her presence will be valued within the classrooms and part of the Learning Enrichment Team. Welcome back, Alicia. Orlagh Mary Minihan: I thought you would be interested in seeing little Orlagh Mary who was born during the school holidays. Janice and the baby are doing well. Orlagh is here being cared for by her brother, Patrick. We are looking forward to Janice’s first visit in a couple of weeks. Letter of thanks from ‘Innocents Relief.’ A letter was received on Friday 13 July 2012, from Mr Ron Fernan, thanking the College community for their involvement in ‘The Walk for Innocents’ on Friday 1 June 2012. This is part of the letter: “On behalf of Innocents Relief, I would like to offer our thanks for the wonderful response from yourself, teachers, staff, students and parents in regard to the ‘Walk for Innocents’ on Friday 1 June. Special thanks also to those who manned the Sausage Sizzle Barbeque….The money collected amounted to $4,862.00. As per last year’s agreement, half the money will be sent to the Marist School in Cambodia and half will be used to help educate poor children in other centres/schools world-wide, supported by Innocents Relief.” Congratulations to Harrison Cusack – Year 7 White: We extend our sincere congratulations to Harrison Cusack for a wonderful achievement. The following e-mail was received at the end of Term 2: “Harrison takes a private Mandarin lesson each week to continue learning the language that he started while living in Singapore. His teacher entered him into a speaking competition, more the experience than anything else. Harrison was in a Grade 7/8 non-background speaking category. There were about 50 participants from all over the State, coming from 38 different schools and to our absolute surprise and delight, Harrison was awarded First Prize.” Lightening Chess Competition – Friday 15 June, 2012: For the final Chess class for Term 2, Mrs Pizzato organised a Lightening Chess Competition for the Junior School boys and these are the results. The boys were presented with their ribbons at the end of Term 2. Congratulations to all the boys who participated: Year 5: Thomas Boehmer. [5 Gold] First: Gus Rosanowski [5 Gold] Second: Jackson McNeill [5 Green,] Jack Ingram [5 Green], and Liam Treston [5 Green]. Third: Alexander Gibson [5 Blue] Fourth: High Achievement for Year 5 was Adam Sweeney [5 Red] Year 6: Daniel Groves. [6 Blue] First: Second: Michael O’Connor. [6 Blue]
Year 7: First: Henry Smith [7 Gold] High Achievement for Year 7 was John Francis [7Red]