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Dear Friends
It is with great pleasure that I offer these few words to your College on behalf of Edmund Rice Education Australia.
Your College belongs to a national family of some 50 schools who share the common inspiration of Blessed Edmund Rice. We particularly celebrate the way in which Edmund responded to our Gospel by providing Catholic education based on key priorities and values. We collectively try to embody these values through fidelity to the Charter for Catholic education in the Edmund Rice tradition.
Each school is different and we celebrate this diversity while endeavouring to maintain our relationships as a ‘family’. We work together for the good of all, particularly mindful of those families for whom life can be a struggle.
There are so many aspects of the life of your school that are a source of great pride for the Edmund Rice vision. Your care for the disadvantaged, your advocacy for a more just world, your vision for ‘excellence’ that encourages all students to strive for fullness of life, your emphasis on service as a response to the privilege of education and your challenge to our young to seek a strong relationship with God and obtain the happiness our Gospel promises. There is so much to celebrate and rejoice in!
On behalf of the Christian Brothers and the whole Edmund Rice family, I thank and congratulate you on another great year.
I thank our families for choosing Edmund Rice education through enrolment in this school. I realise that costs associated with education of our children can be difficult to bear at times. I know that your school commits to continuous examination of ways in which it can be as supportive as possible in this regard.
I thank the staff and students of this school for using their gifts and talents to make this excellent school so faithful to our vision and traditions.
So friends, may God bless your school and bless us all as we celebrate another wonderful year of hard work and great achievement.
With much gratitude and admiration.
Best wishes
Dr Wayne Tinsey - Executive Director Edmund Rice Education Australia
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The College enrolment for 2016 was 1708 students. 18.2% of our students achieved an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank in excess of 90 and the Dux of the college was David Motorniak with an ATAR score of 99.55.
Our commitment to continue to improve academic outcomes was evident in the formation of the Aspire Group designed to encourage students studying Units 3 and 4 in VCE to strive to achieve 40 plus study scores in as many subjects as possible. We are hopeful of a strong academic performance from our VCE students but would also acknowledge some excellent outcomes from some of our senior alternative programs involving VCAL and those undertaking other vocational courses. The capacity of those programs to integrate worthwhile community projects with their learning is a great example of what is possible in a Catholic school.
This year we also made a financial commitment to joining Australia’s Academic and Research Network which has provided both the Edmund Rice and Westcourt campus with fibre optic, fast, high bandwidth internet access, linking us with the university sector.
Last year the Westcourt Campus was fortunate to take out the Victorian Secondary School ANZAC Day Award. This year they went one better winning both the state and national prize. The day involved students from St Joseph’s and Clonard Colleges. St Joseph’s College staff member Annalee McKew is to be congratulated and commended for her outstanding work in organising this day. As a consequence of this initiative and several others, Annalee was nominated for and subsequently won, the National 2016 EREA Charter Leadership Award for Liberating Education.
Australian conductor and music educator, Richard Gill AO, refers to the two essential bookends of an excellent education as music, performing and creative arts and sport. It has been an outstanding year for our College in these areas. The Herald Sun Shield win by our First XVIII team was an extraordinary achievement as was the Associated Catholic Colleges Premiership, and the winning of the Reconciliation Shield. The sportsman’s night hosted by Mark Howard to launch the AFL/VFL Representatives Wall of Fame here at the College was another celebration of a proud sporting heritage.
Of equal importance was the success of senior student, Daniel Rabbat, in winning the Geelong Plain English Speaking Awards and then going on to finish third in Victoria. Daniel also took out the Youth Advocacy Award as part of the Geelong Youth Awards.
The strength of the creative and performing arts were evident at our Arts Assembly held on Monday 25 July and the Opening of the Mrs Pat Bourke Gallery, which will provide a
Big Fish
future venue to display the outstanding quality of our student work.
The College production ‘Big Fish’ was one of the finest I have experienced. Local critic, Colin Morkett, made the following comments, “Underpinning the whole production was a fine 20 piece live orchestra, drawn from students and tutors, that kept the show on song and action flowing. I highly recommend Big Fish for a number of reasons. It’s big, bright, brash, logically and morally satisfying. It shows just how good school productions have become in Geelong in 2016. But mainly, for Geelong’s lovers of musical theatre, it’s really a truly fabulous experience.”
The student commitment to community service has remained a strong feature of our College. Students across the school were involved in a multitude of practical works, visiting those less fortunate and getting behind a number of fundraising events. The $50,000 raised on Edmund Rice Day will be directed, as always, to the poorest of the poor via our partnerships with the parish of Mannya in Uganda and the Edmund Rice Foundation. The work of the students was reinforced by their parents’ commitment to the cause. The annual Fashion Dinner conducted by the Parents & Friends was a sell-out and raised $24,000 for our Ugandan ministries. Edmund Rice Education Australia has strongly supported a congress which took place in India during October.
St Joseph’s has been a lead school for Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders, an international network of Catholic schools educating young people from different faiths and cultures. Over the coming years your sons will benefit from some of the initiatives which will enhance this global understanding, leading to a modern understanding of a world which is rapidly shrinking as a consequence of technology. The more we can promote common understandings, especially those which promote the idea of respecting differences and emphasising peace and tolerance, the more likely we are to achieve something closer to the Kingdom of God. I commend the Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders as an important initiative into the future.
One of the highlights of the 2016 school year was the opening of Mary’s Chapel at the Westcourt campus on 16 August. This project was strongly supported by the Old Collegians’ Association and will provide Year 9 students and all who work at the Westcourt campus with a beautiful sacred space. Looking back over my 22 years at the College, one of the critical areas that has always been an overwhelming force is the parent involvement at St Joseph’s College. We are blessed to have the level of support and participation that we have for such a large secondary college. The way our families come together to support not only myself, but our staff and students is at the heart and soul of St Joseph’s.
ANZAC Awards
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I sincerely thank all our Board Members who give generously of their time and expertise to attend meetings and gatherings throughout the year. I deeply value your support and shared vision for our College. I thank Brett Harman, Board Chair, along with the Executive, Mark Nicholls and Joanne van Slageren for their support and encouragement over the years. We say farewell to Louise Paatsch as she is leaving our Board, having commenced in 2013. We have valued Louise’s contribution and her expertise. Her depth of experience at Deakin University has enabled her to give insights and information to our Board that is truly valued. It’s sad that Louise is stepping down to allow her husband Tony to take up his executive role on our Board. We thank Louise for giving of her time and energy to attend meetings and gatherings at the College. Kathleen Rawson also leaves the Board this year. Kathleen has been a member of our Board for 5 years, commencing in 2011 and has been an active and dedicated member throughout, always looking out for both the financial and welfare needs of our College families. We thank Kathleen for her contribution.
Once again I thank our parent committees including the Finance & Planning Committee, Foundation Committee, Old Collegians’ Association, Parents & Friends’ Association, Men’s Association, Josephines, Care Group, Canteen and other Volunteers and all our parents and families who have been involved in any way at St Joseph’s College in 2016. Your new Principal, Tony Paatsch will look forward to working with you all for many years to come.
I thank our Management Team made up of Deputy Principals, Michelle Brodrick and Mark Kennedy; Director of Identity, Rachel Roche; Director of Curriculum, Michael Goss; Head of Year 9 Campus, Michael Wrigley; Business Manager, Terry Fowler and Human Resources Manager, Rolf Audrins. You have been my constant supporters once again this year. You will never know how much I value your support, expertise and integrity. We say goodbye and a huge thank you to the following staff members who are leaving us this year –
Leader at Westcourt campus since it opened in 2014. Ash was actually appointed to Westcourt prior to the campus opening and much of the curriculum developed under his direction. Ash leaves us to take up a Deputy Principal Curriculum position at Damascus College in Ballarat. We wish Ash well and thank him for all he has been to St Joseph’s College.
Luke O’Grady commenced Teaching in the PE Faculty at the College in February 2011. He was appointed shared Physical Education Domain Coordinator in 2013, a position he held until resigning this year. Luke has been an outstanding member of staff here at St Joseph’s and is resigning because his wife Robyn has been offered a position at Lismore hospital in NSW. Luke has made an extraordinary difference to our PE faculty and areas like cross country running where we have advanced to serious contenders for the ACC title. I wish Luke all the very best for the coming years ahead.
Ric Brodrick commenced at St Joseph’s in February 1999 and has been a Classroom Teacher and held other leadership roles but more recently appointed the Director of Students. Ric has been a hardworking and loyal employee who works closely with staff to care for our boys supporting and helping them through difficult and demanding situations. Ric’s patience and endearing nature when dealing with both students and staff are to be commended. He works hard to produce the best possible outcome for all. Ric has also been a strong advocate and represented the College many times with visits to Uganda. No doubt there will be ongoing opportunities for Ric to visit us here, as Michelle continues her great work as Deputy Principal Year 7 - 9. Ric leaves us to take up a Deputy Principal role at Catholic Regional College, Caroline Springs in 2017. We will miss Ric but commend him on his new role which he so richly deserves.
Ashwin Pillai commenced at St Joseph’s in April 2004 and has given 13 years of dedicated service. Throughout this time Ash has been a Science Teacher and has shown great leadership potential. He has held the position of Year 9 Curriculum
John Monagle commenced as a Classroom Teacher in 1990 and leaves us to retire after 27 years of dedicated service. John has worked on various committees supporting fellow workers wherever he could. John is a passionate Fire Brigade volunteer and is extremely communityminded. We thank John for all his hard work. We hope the family enjoy good health and happiness for the years ahead and they will continue to stay connected to St Joseph’s.
Earlier this year, in March, our Library Manager, Paul Devine left us after 12 years of dedicated service in our College Library. Paul was a quiet achiever and worked diligently to manage and maintain our library. Paul and his wife Anne have been travelling this year and we wish them good health and happiness for the years ahead.
To all our 2016 staff members I extend my deep gratitude for your dedication and hard work once again this year. Your professionalism and commitment to our students, your colleagues, our families and the wider community are to be commended. Without each and every one of you St Joseph’s would not be held in such high regard.
I consider myself blessed to have worked with you throughout all or part of my 22 years in this special place.
For me this final Virtus report is not just about the 2016 school year, but to some extent, about the last 22 years I have spent here. The most significant change over that time has been around the culture of the College. I think culture was once described by AFL coach Alistair Clarkson, as what you do when you’re not being told what to do. This year has seen controversy about the Safe Schools Coalition.
The work of Safe Schools Coalition Australia supports the vision of the National Safe Schools Framework. The Framework is based on the following overarching vision: “All Australian schools are safe, supportive and respectful teaching and learning communities that promote student wellbeing.”
The guiding principles of the organisation are as follows: Australian schools:
• affirm the rights of all members of the school community to feel safe and be safe at school
• acknowledge that being safe and supported at school is essential for student wellbeing and effective learning
• accept responsibility for developing and sustaining safe and
Opening Mary’s Chapel
Pat Bourke Gallery Opening
Reconciliation Match
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supportive learning and teaching communities that also fulfil the school’s child protection responsibilities
• encourage the active participation of all school community members in developing and maintaining a safe school community where diversity is valued
• actively support young people to develop understanding and skills to keep themselves and others safe
• commit to developing a safe school community through a whole-school and evidence-based approach
While we do not use the curriculum material, the coalition provides a useful resource to help ensure that our policies and procedures are appropriately inclusive. Our membership of the coalition in no way diminishes our values as a Catholic School, indeed one of the four touchstones of Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition is ‘Inclusive Community.’
As a school community we are committed to the pastoral care of all students irrespective of their sexual identity. Homophobic bullying is destructive because it is an attempt to destroy the self-esteem of some students and often reinforces a narrow and unhealthy stereotype of what it means to be authentically male. As a community we have made significant progress in addressing homophobic bullying and our student culture over many years has developed and matured. At the same time, it is a constant challenge to ensure that students continue to treat each other with tolerance and respect.
As a consequence of my position on safe schools, I am currently representing the Catholic Secondary Principals of Victoria on a reference group, ‘Safe and Supportive Learning Communities’, established by Catholic Education Melbourne. I am also the Co-Chair with former staff member Ms Jo Hart on an Edmund Rice Education Australia working party to develop appropriate guidelines and resources to ensure those being educated under the Edmund Rice charism around the nation will be part of safe and inclusive learning communities, irrespective of where their learning takes place. I will continue with my involvement on both working parties until that work is complete.
The second area of focus for me has been highlighted in my submission to the Royal Commission on Child Abuse, which was published earlier this year and is re printed below.
“My name is Paul Francis Tobias and I have worked in the area of Catholic Education for the past forty years. Over that time I have worked as a teacher at Christian Brothers College St Kilda, 1978 -1984; Deputy Principal at St Joseph’s Christian Brothers College Warrnambool, 1985 to 1990; Deputy Principal Emmanuel College Warrnambool, 1991 – 1994; Deputy Principal at St Joseph’s College Geelong, 1995 – 1999 and Principal at St Joseph’s College Geelong, 2000 – 2016.
I will retire at the conclusion of the 2016 school year. My career has been based in Catholic Secondary Colleges, but I served for
several years as the Board Chair of Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in East Warrnambool. My observations outlined below relate to structure, governance, culture, power and authority in the Catholic Church. I have no doubt that these systemic institutional factors have impacted on the occurrence of abuse, as well as the Church’s capacity to respond appropriately. Many of the observations I am about to make in relation to the culture in our church, may have contributed to the current crisis.
In the year 2000, my first as Principal, I made a public apology for the abuse which had taken place at St Joseph’s College Geelong in the preceding decades. I did so in the hope that some of the victims would have an opportunity to move forward, with the assistance of appropriate redress procedures. The response from the then Archbishop of Melbourne, Cardinal Pell, could best be described as muted. I think at the time an apology was not considered as an appropriate response. I subsequently met a number of victims and believing that the Church had the best interests of the victims at the forefront, referred many of them to “Towards Healing”.
I have been incredibly disappointed to discover that at the same time I was meeting with victims, senior catholic clergy including the Archbishop were meeting with their legal representatives to develop strategies such as the Ellis defence which were designed to exhaust the financial and emotional resources of the victims. This fact alone provides an interesting insight into the structure, governance and culture of our church. The Catholic Church operates on a hierarchical structure, which means that incredible power and authority resides with the clergy, Priests, Bishops, Archbishops, Cardinals and ultimately, the Pope.
During my time as Principal, Cardinal Pell has been an extraordinarily powerful and influential leader within the Australian Catholic Church. Even from Rome, he exerts in my opinion, significant authority and power over the direction of the Catholic Church in Australia, to the extent of maintaining the existing culture here. At the heart of our culture is too much power residing with too few people and not enough input from the laity (non- clerics) into key decision making. I would also make the point that there are not enough females in genuine positions of power in our church.
Few genuine forums exist whereby people can express dissent or different points of view. Those who do express their views can expect to be penalised, isolated and have their careers impacted. The prevailing culture was adequately highlighted for me in Cardinal Pell’s attack on former NSW Premier Christine Kenneally when she expressed a contrary view, reported in the Sunday Telegraph 2nd of January 2011. “You’re either one of us or you’re not.” That has been the prevailing culture which has been applied consistently over the past decades. The prevailing understanding therefore, is that the clerics in our church have the wisdom and the expectation of the rest of us, including those such as primary and secondary school principals, is to follow them rather than think for ourselves and provide authentic leadership.
The Catholic Church persists with antiquated governance models
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which are no longer appropriate, rather than distribute power appropriately. The governance of many Catholic primary and secondary schools needs urgent review. In the case of primary schools, the local Catholic Priest is often the Canonical Administrator. This is a role unsuited to many Parish Priests, due to their other work commitments, lack of interest or expertise in education, lack of understanding in relation to modern work place practices etc. It can also mean that Principals are pressured into positions and situations which they know to be inappropriate, but since they are often relying on this Canonical Administrator for their current and potentially future employment, they are hopelessly compromised.
This is less likely to be a problem in Catholic secondary schools, but we still have a situation whereby the pastoral care of students can be compromised because of a position taken by Catholic Bishops. The current lack of clear guidelines and curriculum to negate the impact of homophobic bullying in the Archdiocesan schools of Melbourne is a clear case in point. As principals, we are frequently told that we are important components of the leadership of the Catholic Church. However, secondary principals quickly come to realise that their future careers, like those of their primary colleagues, rest with appropriate recommendations from clergy and often ultimately, the approval of the Archbishop.
I would describe the relationship between Catholic secondary principals and the clerical hierarchy, at best, as immature. The Archbishop of Melbourne will, for instance, determine who is and is not an appropriate speaker for our annual Principals’ conference. That lack of maturity of relationship makes it very difficult to conduct genuine dialogue around pastoral and curriculum initiatives impacting on our students and their families. The only effective link between the schools and the Bishops is the Catholic Education Offices, primarily through their respective Directors.
and inappropriate. The evidence before the commission would indicate that Catholic primary and secondary schools have been prolific providers of the victims of clerical sexual abuse. It is interesting to note that, as a group, Catholic primary and secondary principals, who are responsible for the pastoral care of all children in their schools, have been largely silent throughout this entire crisis. This silence does not indicate a lack of conviction but to me indicates a culture whereby those who are outspoken can expect the consequences.
The right of the Bishop to appoint whoever he wishes to the position of the Director of Catholic Education, is apparently enshrined in Cannon law. It has certainly been the case that in some instances, this appointment has been made without advertisement or interview. This practice does not represent sound governance principles. The cultural implications of such an appointment are obvious. The lack of transparency can provide impetus for that director to make further appointments into senior positions, with a similar lack of process, and establishes a mutual relationship between the director and the Bishop, which is more likely to breed secrecy than transparency.
I suspect also that Bishops appoint those who, for the most part, tell them what they want to hear, rather than challenge them, especially around matters such as sexual abuse. The end result is that issues are glossed over rather than dealt with, in an honest and transparent manner. Directors in turn can, in the allocation of resources, promote certain causes and largely ignore others. I commenced writing to the Director of Catholic Education in the Melbourne Archdiocese in 2004 in relation to the lack of any sanctioned program to deal with homophobic bullying in Catholic Secondary Schools. This issue has consistently been ignored over the years. Principals like myself, who express a view in relation to the pastoral needs of young people in their care, risk suffering the cultural consequences implicit in the statement ‘you are either one of us or you are not.’
There are many aspects of the relationships between Catholic school Principals and the Catholic Church hierarchy which need to develop and change.The current power imbalance is unsustainable
It is not my intention to lay blame with any particular individual in relation to any of the observations I have made. I have worked in the sector for the last forty years and have loved the work I have undertaken and the interactions I have had with those in my respective schools. To some extent, we are all part of the culture and in hindsight, I would act and react in different ways, given what we now know. Each of us who work in the sector, both cleric and lay, need to be reflective about what has been uncovered and what role we might have played in promoting and maintaining a culture where this level of abuse and cover up was possible.
I am not in a position to draw conclusions around the impact of celibacy in relation to the extent of clerical child sexual abuse. I would, however, make the observation that the fact that clergy are not permitted to marry and to father children, to some extent explains why many of them have been found to be so lacking in empathy and compassion in their dealings with the victims of sexual abuse and their families.
My greatest fear, in terms of the work of the Royal Commission, is that some Bishops may have already concluded that because of the widespread nature of abuse, across a variety of religious groups and other entities, the Catholic Church does not need to review its structure, governance and culture. If as a Church, we fail to embrace the opportunity presented, we will risk repeating the mistakes of the past.
Issues Paper 11 invited Catholic employees to address a significant number of different possibilities. My submission focuses primarily on structure, governance and culture in the Catholic Church. Once the matter is considered by the commission any reports received can, with the consent of the writer, be downloaded onto the Commission’s website. In the case of my submission I was comfortable with it being released to the public because it is my honest assessment of where as a church we are and what we might need to change to avoid further damage to our school communities and the young people we educate. If, from all of this, what emerges is a more inclusive and transparent Australian Catholic church, that will be a good thing for everyone. Pope Francis is clearly calling for reform and it will be interesting to see within the Australian context who has the capacity to lead.
In terms of leadership at the school level, I have done my best over the years and the remarkable cultural transformation which has taken place at St Joseph’s College Geelong has only been possible as a consequence of significant support from my wife Dianne, my many work colleagues, my employer, Edmund Rice Education Australia and most importantly from the local community. Thank you for your wonderful support and encouragement over many years. It has been a privilege to lead the community for the past 17 years. I commend the incoming Principal, Mr Tony Paatsch to the community and wish him every success in the role.
Paul Tobias - Principal
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It has been another extremely productive year at St Joseph’s and as 2016 draws to a close, I would like to thank teachers, support staff and the various committees who work tirelessly to make St Joseph’s the positive, engaged and inclusive community that it is. St Joseph’s is very fortunate to have such a dedicated team of teaching and support staff and I’m confident that all parents join me in commending and thanking them for the outstanding work they do in education and for the many ways in which they go ‘above and beyond’ in the service of the school.
A major highlight of the year has been the official opening of Mary’s Chapel, which stands proudly on St Joseph’s Westcourt campus and which completes another aspect of the College’s master plan to benefit all students now and into the future. The continued success of trade training, VET and VCAL programs and also including a number of community-based initiatives, reflects the College’s commitment to looking outward to maximise the education advantage for our students. A many number of highly successful activities such as Edmund Rice Day, the Old Collegians’ Golf Day, Upstart Entrepreneurial Challenge and Parents and Friends Fashion Show conducted throughout the year prove just how dynamic, diverse and committed our sub committees and support groups are who all work in support of St Joseph’s.
I would to take this opportunity to acknowledge Board members Louise Paatsch and Kathleen Rawson who leave the Board at the end of this year. On behalf of remaining Board members, we thank them for their respective contributions, fellowship and generosity as valued members of our college community. We wish both Louise and Kathleen well in their future endeavours.
Thank you to staff, sub committees and Board members for the time they have invested in the College. I am proud to say that our efforts have and will remain focused on the strategic direction of the College.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge Principal Paul Tobias who retires at the end of the year. On behalf of the College Board, I would like to express our sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the contribution Paul has made to the culture and reputation that St Joseph’s College now enjoys and the vibrant, community-minded education services that operate.
From his earliest days at St Joseph’s, Paul has championed cultural diversity and the need to be accepting of all people which has been of paramount importance to his efforts. He has guided St Joseph’s through a period of steady and sustained growth which has seen school enrolment numbers grow from around 1100 in 2000 to in excess of 1700 in 2016. He has worked consistently to provide a wide range of subjects and pathways to meet the needs of all students and promoted and supported the creation of alternate pathways and programs in applied learning at the College such as VET and VCAL.
Paul’s leadership is testament to the commitment and selfless dedication he has shown in the service of catholic education, and in particular the St Joseph’s College community. We wish Paul and his wife Dianne good health and happiness in retirement.
In closing I wish everyone a safe, prosperous and fulfilling 2017.
Brett Harman - Chair, St Joseph’s College Geelong Board
College Captain’s Report
2016 was the beginning of a journey for the Year 7 cohort, and the end of a fulfilling one for the Year 12s. The opening of the Paul Tobias Centre in late 2015 provided the Year 7s with an excellent, updated quadrangle as they embarked on a nervous and exciting transition into their new home.
St Joseph’s College is a very special and unique community that I have been so grateful to be a part of, and honoured to lead during my final year. The memories that I have gathered are ones that I will carry throughout my adulthood. Although the future beyond secondary school represents excitement, a touch of sadness lingers knowing that my precious time here is up.
The student leadership team has worked hard throughout the year to present the students of the College with events such as the 15 Words Film Festival, as well as serving to raise money for many charities within the community. The Year 12 Winter Formal, organised collaboratively with the College Captains of the four Catholic Colleges in Geelong was a huge success – raising around $6000 for Headspace, a vital service for the youth of Geelong. In addition, we also came together to organise an Op Shop Clothes Drive to raise money for the Samaritan House Homeless Shelter. The event saw an extremely generous amount of clothing donations that were setup for sale at the Geelong West Town Hall in early September. Coupled with a barbecue, the event ran smoothly and attracted a larger crowd than expected, with the total revenue approaching $7000.
A huge thanks must go to Mr Lynch and Mrs Gleeson, as without their guidance and support the initiatives that the leadership team carried out would not have been possible.Their hard work was vital to our success and much appreciated by the entire team. I would also like to extend my thanks to the Deputy College Captains, James Mangar and Ben Kenworthy, who both conducted themselves excellently throughout the year, working tirelessly on both the academic and leadership front. They have served as commendable role models for the student body and I.
Finally, to our Year 12 Coordinator Mr Dan Hale, your compassion and kind nature has been integral to our success. Your openness and support has created an excellent environment which ensures that we can achieve our best. Your hard work often goes unnoticed to the student body, but the way in which you conducted yourself throughout the year is a credit to your character.
I feel very humbled to have led this College in 2016. Throughout my senior years, I have come to realise how unique and special the St Joseph’s College community really is. The opportunities provided to students are immense and plentiful, something I hope that those students still to come make the best of.
To the student body, you are very privileged to attend this College. Always remember that it’s up to you to make the most of your opportunities. Jump into a challenge, and never look back, because every experience makes you wiser.
- Rhys Hegyesi, College Captain 2016
Building Works
Following the completion of the Paul Tobias Centre (Staff and Student Services Building) in November 2015, the College commenced the refurbishment of the Administration Offices and Reception. This project involved a total revamp of the office and reception layout and was completed at a cost of $1.5M in May 2016. The opportunity was also taken to establish a gallery adjoining reception where student work can be displayed. This gallery was named the Mrs Pat Bourke Gallery, in recognition of the volunteer services she provided to the College over many years.
In August there was the official opening and blessing of the new Mary’s Chapel at Westcourt campus. The Chapel was initiated by the College Principal, Mr Paul Tobias and provides a sacred facility for the Westcourt community. The Chapel can sit about 130. A key feature of the Chapel is the large door that opens up to enable the entire year level to be seated indoor and outdoor in full view of the Chapel alter.
The Chapel at the Edmund Rice campus also received some much needed maintenance with repairs undertaken to the rendered surfaces and painting. The carpet was also replaced with the same designed carpet that was installed in the Westcourt campus. This uniquely designed carpet features a pattern depicting the four touchstones of a catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition.
Work commenced on an upgrade to the Heritage Centre on Shannon Avenue. The upgrade involves new frontage to the building, improved disabled access, new kitchen amenities and raised floor level in the entry to provide increased display space.
Planning is underway for the next major building project involving construction of a number of project based learning classrooms, two new science classrooms, replacement of two music classrooms which are currently housed in portable building and staff office. Construction is expected to commence mid-2017 and be completed early in 2018. It is expected that the project based learning classrooms will predominately accommodate Year 8 students.
The College is in the process of acquiring Joseph Lane with Council having now gazetted its closure. The lane is off Aphrasia Street and given its location in terms of proximity to existing College property and facilities it is of strategic importance that the College acquire this land.
Other minor works undertaken during the year included:
• New audio visual system installed in the Peter Cannon Performing Arts Centre
• Upgrade of the VCAL classrooms including new furniture and painting
• Installation of evaporative cooling units at Westcourt campus
• Purchase of portable stage for the gymnasium
Looking ahead the College is in the process of seeking a planning permit for the construction of a car park on its property in Queens Road. This car park will accommodate approximately 45 vehicles and will ease current parking constraints and reliance on staff and students using street parking.
Terry Fowler - Business Manager
Mary’s Chapel Opening
Pat Bourke Gallery Opening
Pat Bourke Gallery Opening Mary’s Chapel Opening New Reception Area
2016 has been a big year for archives and the Heritage Centre.
INSTALLATION OF HERITAGE DISPLAY IN RECEPTION
Have you seen the Heritage display in reception? Dedicated towards preserving the Heritage of the College, the display was made possible by a bequest from the Estate of William (Bill) Smith. Bill attended St Joseph’s College between 19431947, he had a love of History and was part of the College’s Heritage Society. In addition to his enthusiasm towards the College’s history, Bill wrote and illustrated a book about the history of Breakwater; he was an extremely talented artist. Because of Bill’s bequest we are able to showcase the history of the College and share it with our community. Currently we have two displays, one from the perspective of students during 1935-1949, the second display reflects on life as a Brother at the College during the same time period.
RENOVATIONS TO THE HERITAGE CENTRE
Renovations to Heritage Centre will begin shortly. The Heritage Centre frontage is very tired and in need of upgrading.
Works will replace the existing timber and glass facade with new double glazed windows. Internally the foyer windows and doors will be removed, and the foyer floor will be raised to match the level of the rest of the Heritage Centre; this will increase the display space.
The kitchen and toilet will be replaced with new facilities with disabled access. This part of the renovation is particularly welcome as both the existing toilet and kitchen are most likely the original ones dating from 1953.
THANK YOU
Thank you as always to my volunteers for their support over the year. Without the help of Terry Phillips (SJC 1959), Lisa Brown, Kathleen Rawson, Karen Povey and Daniel Belluzzo, I would not achieve what I do.Thanks also to Paige Martin and Paul Belluzzo, for giving up two days to help me install the Administration Display, without their help it would have taken two weeks instead of one.
Susan Belluzzo - College Archivist
1940s Brothers Griffin, Warrion, Howard & Manion
1940 First XI Cricket Team
1938 Rowing
1936 John McNeil
1940 Boarders Group Heading Home
1940s Speech Day Nativity Scene
The new foyer displays
Foundation Report
The St Joseph’s College Foundation was established twenty one years ago, and today we have $2.6m in assets and cash. It’s a sound position to be in, but we must be diligent to consolidate the future for our students and families. In this scenario, we’ve focused our attention on a major Strategy Review this year, to reinforce our mission and cement our goals, so our College can enjoy even greater financial successes for a further 20 years.
Our Foundation has come a long way since 1995, and so has the College. As an inaugural member, our Chapel was in a serious state of disrepair, and many of the school buildings were in drastic need of attention.
There was no Performing Arts Centre, the Br Adams Centre was a single basketball court, and extremely cramped conditions were experienced by our staff and administration. There was no Westcourt.
My involvement commenced when our first son started in 1987 and within my journey, the transformation of the College has been extraordinary. To be a part of that transformation, personally, has been a very exciting and humbling experience.
Offering your time in a voluntary capacity can be extremely rewarding and one I would encourage all parents and friends within the St Joseph’s community to think seriously about. The more you put in, the more satisfaction you will get. The Secondary years go so fast.
We’ve been fortunate to have two new members
join our Foundation Management Committee Paul McNamara and Steve Madden. Steve has two boys who plan to come to St Joseph’s in the future and Paul has a son Luke who is currently in Year 9 and Ben graduated in 2015. We warmly welcome them both and are really excited about the contribution they will make into the future.
Farewell to our retiring Principal, Mr Paul Tobias. His presence and leadership over the past two decades has been truly remarkable. We wish Paul and Dianne all the happiness into the future.
We look forward to working with our incoming Principal, Mr Tony Paatsch. It is fantastic to have him return to the Joey’s fold, as he leaves St Bernard’s Essendon to join us at the helm. His experience as Principal at the largest Catholic College in Melbourne will certainly be most beneficial to our College moving forward.
I work with such a loyal and hardworking bunch of volunteers and I thank them for yet another successful twelve months.
To all members of the St Joseph’s College community, please take the opportunity to really observe the magnificent facilities St Joseph’s offers our students and the contribution it makes to the Greater Geelong landscape. I would encourage those that can, to carefully consider a philanthropic contribution in the form of a donation or bequest and really be a generous supporter of our College. Please contact the College Development Manager Mr Kristen Gleeson if you require further information.
Peter Rudd – Chairman, The St Joseph’s College Foundation.
There have been many changes at SJC - and the Foundation has been a big part
Construction of the PAC
Construction of the gym
SJC Geelong
PAC construction
Mary’s Chapel construction
The old Gym
2016 has proved to be another successful year with our two gatherings having a warm and friendly atmosphere. Our Josephine’s dinner was held in March at Truffleduck with 80 people coming together for a lovely evening together. We gathered in the garden for drinks and a quick catch up on a lovely warm evening before moving into the dining area. Kristen Gleeson, Development Manager, welcomed everyone and introduced Paul Tobias, Principal, who gave an update on activities around the Edmund Rice and Westcourt Campus’. Preparations were underway for the opening of Mary’s Chapel later in the year.
Mark Turner gave a report on the Educational Support Program and activities being undertaken at the College. As you will be aware, the Josephine’s contribute to this essential program which helps our students who most need support and guidance. This year there are 109 funded students who are a part of this program and a further 100 plus students who need support in their classrooms.
Our guest speaker was a former St Joseph’s College student, Dr Kevin Murfitt who is a lecturer at Deakin University. His specific teaching and research interests revolve around human rights, diversity and employment. Kevin is also currently Chair of Vision Australia, Australia’s largest blindness and low vision service provider. Kevin lost his sight in his mid-20s after a penetrating eye injury. Another area of life where Kevin had outstanding success is water-skiing. After winning his first World Championship Gold medal in France in 1993, Kevin accumulated 10 World Championship titles and two world records in the blind skier category. He says his greatest achievement is breaking the world jump record in 2005 at the world championships in Belguim. He jumped 19 metres and added another 2 metres to the former record. All present were overwhelmed with his story and power to overcome adversity.
After our delicious meal some of the ladies shared their news which provided light entertainment and fun for all present. Truffleduck was once again a most enjoyable experience for all present.
Josephines
Our new Deputy Principal, Mark Kennedy introduced himself and shared his life story and how he came to move to Geelong from Cairns, being originally from Skipton. All present appreciated his openness and warmth and gained a good insight into this new member of our College Staff for 2016.
Kate invited Susan Belluzzo, Archivist in our Heritage Centre to chat briefly about the work being undertaken in the Centre on Shannon Avenue (in the old Chilwell Library). Susan welcomes visitors to join her to either visit or help if you have some spare time. All present enjoyed a relaxed atmosphere and chatted the afternoon away.
Our Spring gathering was held on Wednesday 5 October at Black Salt Restaurant, with 51 enjoying a pleasant atmosphere overlooking Corio Bay. In Mark Turner’s absence, Nerrida Holland spoke about activities in the Student Support area.
As we are all aware this is Paul’s final year after an outstanding 22 years at St Joseph’s College. Paul has attended most of our gatherings giving us the updates and insights on all aspects of the College. He cares deeply about his staff, students and families past and present, as well as the wider community. We have been blessed to have this special leader and mentor in our lives. We will miss Paul and wish he and Dianne peace and happiness for the years ahead with their precious family.
Once again we thank Natasha Solczaniuk, Events Coordinator and Kristen Gleeson, Development Manager for their great work in organising these events and Lauren Salcombe, Publications Officer / Website Manager, for her creative genius in designing our invitations and promotional material. The Josephine’s provides a great opportunity for past and current mothers and staff members, other family members and friends of the College to come together in a friendly atmosphere, enjoy a meal and stay connected to our great College. So thank you for taking the time to attend our gatherings and for your ongoing support. St Joseph’s College is like one big family and we are all a part of this amazing journey. Thank you for being a part of our Josephine’s.
We take this time to reflect on those who have been unwell or have died throughout 2016 and we ask God’s blessings on each and every one of you, those you love and who are in your care. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2017.
Kate Parke & Maureen Bryant – Coordinators
Mark Kennedy speaking at the Spring Lunch
Autumn Dinner
Dr Kevin Murfitt speaking at the Autumn Dinner
Enjoying the gardens at Truffleduck for the Autumn Dinner
A lovely lunch at Black Salt
Great weather for the Autumn Dinner!
Parents & Friends
The St Josephs College Parents & Friends are a group of parents who meet regularly, plan fundraising activities and coordinate events. Our aim is to raise money to benefit the students here at St Joseph’s and to enable parents to become involved at the school. We endeavour to foster an environment in which parents/carers can feel connected to and part of our school community. We are very well supported by the school and its leaders. We try to ensure a relaxed and welcoming environment for any parent wishing to be involved in any way and we are immensely grateful for all the help provided to us by the parent community.
This year we have raised over $42,000, which is a wonderful result. Apart from the funds raised at the Fashion Dinner, which goes to support the community of Mannya, Uganda, the remaining money will be used to provide further resources for the College. Money was used for the purchase of large format games by Year 7 & Wellbeing Coordinators for the courtyard in the Paul Tobias Centre. Go-Pro cameras have been purchased for use by the VCAL students and money will be directed towards the Bursary program to assist boys in need of financial assistance.
We held several events this year, with the first of these being the Artisan Market, held in late April. Over 50 stalls of unique and local wares were showcased inside the College gym. The P&F ran their popular café selling homemade goodies as well as a BBQ, complete with egg and bacon rolls. The two day event raised over $8,000.
As in previous years, the P&F catered for the annual Old Collegians’ Reunion at the end of May. The Old Boys enjoyed catching up, having a refreshment and being served tasty fare prepared & served by a band of parents. We raised $1900.
Our always popular Trivia Night was run in August. This relaxed and fun event attracted over 200 people to pit themselves against others in a battle of general knowledge. Simon, our quizmaster, ensures there is something for everyone. The competition was hotly contested with the result only decided in the final round. The night raised in excess of $5,600.
The St Joseph’s Fashion Dinner is an event which has a rich history and is a popular night out on the local social calendar. This year’s event was held at Mt Duneed Estate in October and as in previous years, was a sell-out well ahead of time. Around 350 people chatted to friends whilst browsing beauty and fashion stalls and the silent auction before being seated at tables, in the Barrel Hall. Guests enjoyed a delicious meal and were treated to two runway shows, showcasing various local fashions. Our host, Nicky Buckley, was right behind our cause, raising money to support the community of Mannya in Uganda. We were fortunate to have Fr Emmanuel from Uganda with us who, along with Ric Brodrick, gave us an insight into the work that has been achieved in Mannya using the funds raised by this major event. The night raised an amazing $24,000.
In Term 3, ran a day just for the boys, Fun Food Wednesday. The P&F set up numerous stalls around the quad during recess and lunch to sell the boys a variety of food and drinks including the popular cake stall - generously stocked by parents and volunteers. This fun day raised over $2,700.
Each and every one of these events would not be possible without the hard work and time given by our wonderful event sub-committees along with their helpers both in the lead up and on the day of each event. We wish to acknowledge and greatly thank every person who gave their time and support to plan, organise and run each event. Thanks to everyone who has donated goods and to all who have come along to support us at our events.
Many thanks to Kristen, Lauren and Natasha from the development office for their continued guidance, support and valuable assistance. We couldn’t achieve any of this without them. A big thank you also to the maintenance department for all their help throughout the year.
As Paul finishes his time as Principal, we’d like to extend our sincere thanks to him for his wonderful support of our group and functions over many years. He has attended many of our events and always personally thanked those who volunteer to assist us. He knows the value of having a strong P&F to continue to foster a great community spirit at the school. We will miss his leadership and encouragement. We’d like to wish him well. We hope to see him at our events in the future.
Thanks to everyone on our committee for their work this year. It’s been a fun and rewarding year. We look forward to continuing our endeavours in 2017.
- Jackie Richards & Terri Walker, Co-presidents of the Parents & Friends
The Fashion Dinner
Trivia Night The Fashion Dinner
The Artisan Market
Nicky Buckley hosting the Fashion Dinner
Cooking up a storm for P&F events!
Artisan Market
Old Collegians’ Association
2016 was another fantastic year for the Old Collegians’ Association with the highlight being the opening of the Chapel at the Westcourt campus in August this year. The Old Collegians’ Association donated $250,000 to this project.
At the AGM of 2016 the following committee was elected:
Justin O’Brien - President
Sam Hopgood - Senior Vice President
Robert Hennessey - Junior Vice President
Sam O’Dwyer - Treasurer
Nick Jahnecke - Administrative Officer
General Committee Members - Joe Virgona, Roger Hardwick, Greg Thompson and Tony Honner.
On Sunday 17 April the Annual St Joseph’s College Old Collegians’ Golf Day was held at 13th Beach Golf Links Barwon Heads. Just over 200 players took part in an Ambrose-style team competition. Both courses were once again in pristine condition. Many thanks to David Bowles and Associated Cold Tread Tyres for being our major sponsor. It was great to see so many new players as we continue to try and grow the golf day.
Overall winners on the day were Jake Maxwell, Nathan Maxwell, Jake Mongelli, Loren Bunting, Ricky Norton
The Annual Golf Day is a major fundraiser for our Old Collegians’ Association with all money raised generously going towards the St Joseph’s College Bursary Fund.
Many thanks to all of the players and sponsors of the Golf Day who helped raise over $14,000 on the day.
Beach Winning Team – the team from Costa Asset Management of Todd Devine, Stuart Costa, David Costa, Justin Haneysee, Paul Tonkin
Creek Winning Team Jake Maxwell, Nathan Maxwell, Jake Mongelli, Loren Bunting, Ricky Norton
attended and made a great night of it. Many thanks to Jane Lewis and all the staff at the Emerald Hotel.
On the eve of the AFL finals series The Old Collegians launched the VFL/AFL Representative’s Wall of Fame. The plaques are a great way of recognising past students who have played or coached at the elite level. St Joseph’s College has always had a long and proud history within the football industry and we are seen as one of the leading schools in developing champion footballers. I think names such as Barry Stoneham, Mick Mansfield, James Bartel, Cameron Ling, Nick Maxwell and Matthew Scarlett to name a few are testament to the standard of footballers the school has produced.
The Annual Reunion held at the College in May had over 200 Old Collegians attend. The night is always filled with great memories and laughs from times past. The night started with a tour of the College and many past students commented on the development of the school facilities.
The Melbourne Reunion was held in August at the Emerald Hotel, South Melbourne. Approximately 20 past students
I am sure in the future there will be many students who create their own piece of history like the players mentioned previously. Maybe some of this year’s winning Herald Sun Shield team will achieve the ultimate in a footballer’s dream and be drafted into the AFL. In the 2014 AFL national Draft Paddy McCartin was our first student to be taken at No 1 by St Kilda which is a fantastic achievement. Thanks to all those people who supported the night especially the contribution made by Alan Bruce, Tony Costa and Richard Schmeizsl. Thanks to Mark Howard for hosting the night, as the interviews were very interesting.
The Mass for Deceased Old Collegians, Staff and Benefactors was held in November in the College Chapel. Fr Matthew Thomas celebrated the Mass with us. During this Mass the deceased were remembered and afterwards those in attendance enjoyed afternoon tea in the College staffroom.
As in past years we have also donated $20,000 to school bursaries which assist families in need with the opportunity to send their boy to St Joseph’s College.
The SJOCA would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of committee member Roger Hardwick, who passed away on December 5, 2016. Roger was an outstanding contributor over a long period of time to the Old Collegians’ and will be missed by all. Our thoughts are with Patricia and Roger’s extended family.
Thank you to all committee members for their dedicated commitment to the Association and to St Joseph’s.
Justin O’Brien - President
The Class of 1986 at the Annual Reunion
SJOCA Golf Day
Mark Howard & Cameron Ling at the Sportsmans Night
Presenting the donation from The Old Collegians Association towards the construction of Westcourt’s Mary’s Chapel
SJOCA Golf Day at 13th Beach
Mark Howard interviews a panel at the Sportsmans Night
Men’s Association & Care Group
This year has been a very active one for the Men’s Association, performing all the tasks I have presented to them. The usual tasks of setups for assemblies, Artisan Market, exams, mowing and weeding were complimented with other tasks such as unloading production props and equipment and rock breaking in the B block garden. These tasks were performed with good humour, banter and of course the occasional complaint that was quickly ignored by everyone.
I decided to request assistance from Team Two members to write this article, I asked them to express in their own words why they attend working bees, I hoped this would give some insight to why these great men continue to support me for two hours on Sundays when I’m sure they could be doing other activities.
“To help the school, to set an example to my son about community service, to meet and talk to other fathers and learn about the school.” - Shayne Hill
“I like to give a bit back to the school, it’s good to meet a few new blokes and have a beer at the end.” - Dave Keogh
“I enjoy giving back to the school community, enjoy the BBQ at the end.” - Derek Thomassen
“A couple hours per month is a small effort to help out and I know it’s very appreciated. I also enjoy the interesting insights Pierre gives when he explains what’s going on around the school.” - Terry Koerntjes
“I joined the working bee to give a hand, gain new skills and meet other parents.” - Philip Oyang
“This is my first year of the Men’s Association and I have really enjoyed catching up with the other men to perform various tasks which help maintain and improve the College. It’s a great feeling knowing that you have contributed back something to the College given that I was a former student.” - Phillip Sprague
“I have been on Team 2 for a few years now. I enjoy outdoor activity and the sense I’m not doing it on my own at home, which is normally the case. Nothing like hearing about other people’s work to cheer you up! Good to get out of the man cave for a morning and run with the pack.”- Cliff Paul
“When my boys started at St Joseph’s I wanted to be a part of the school community and the Men’s Association seemed a good fit. I was amazed to see fathers on my team who did not have boys at the school any longer but still came to help in a small way to maintain the school grounds. Jobs included mowing, setting up for assemblies and cleaning up after functions. After the work is done we end the morning with a BBQ, a couple of drinks along with a chat and a laugh. I am now one of those dads with no boys at the school, and still enjoy catching up with new and old dads in the St Joseph’s community.” - Rohan Crowe, Men’s Association President
I would like to thank all members of each team for their contribution throughout the year, special thank you to Team Captains, Des Nolan, Team One; Rohan Crowe, Team Two; Danny Sheedy, Team Three; and David Cogan, Team Four.
Pierre Belluzzo - Property Manager
Care Group
“It’s not a lot to give a few hours every now and again to help out with a few chores that I know will help out my son’s school. You get to learn a bit more about some of the behind the scenes activities at the school. You get to meet other fathers from all walks of life. Anything you do to help the school is always appreciated so don’t be afraid to volunteer with the Men’s Association. It’s a valuable part of the College and it’s easy to be involved.” - Stuart Wong
Our Care Group assists families during times of crisis (eg. illness, bereavement). Each year this group has done wonderful work supporting those in our community when they are most in need. The last thing people need to worry about is food, when they are under stress or strain caring for family members who are seriously ill or struggling with difficult circumstances. This year has been a very sad year for our College with a number of parents and staff illness and bereavements. We have been able to assist approximately 20 families throughout the year, with 60-70 meals supplied. The families we have helped are most appreciative of the support and a number of these have received ongoing support to ensure there is a meal for their family as they cope with complex and long term illness.
We sincerely thank our wonderful band of volunteers who have generously prepared and provided meals throughout 2016. Our VCAL students have also prepared meals and snacks which has been a tremendous boost to our supplies. Without your hard work, we would not be able to offer this support to our families, so to ALL involved in preparing meals THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- Zoe Callahan & Veronica van Galen, SJC Care Group
We would like to acknowledge the contribution both Zoe and Veronica have made over the last few years. Both girls have been a fantastic support. Zoe is stepping down from her coordinators role next year. We would like to thank Zoe for being an important part of the Care Group. Thank you so much for your support. - Adel Mawson & Maureen Bryant, SJC Care Group & Principal’s Personal Assistants.
Team 3 Enjoying a BBQ after mowing the College grounds
Team 2 Setting up the Gym for Assembly
VCAL students cooking for the Care Group
VCAL cooking for the Care Group
This year we have seen Year 7 students involved in a variety of activities. Getting to know other students in Year 7 can be a challenge, however, through getting involved in school activities this has allowed the boys the opportunity to build relationships with other boys and teachers and to have fun. I would like to congratulate the boys on the start they have made at St Joseph’s and wish them all the best for the next part of their journey. I also thank the Homeroom Teachers at Year 7 who consistently went above and beyond all year for the boys to ensure their students had a successful year.
The boys in Year 7 share some of their reflections of activities they participated in for 2016….
SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Wednesday 12 February was the annual SJC Swimming Carnival. It was a very hot day but we could cool off in the pool. There were diving boards to keep us entertained while the other races were on. There was also a canteen that was becoming popular as the day got warmer. At the end of the day, all the House Captains and the best swimmers in each House did the final races. The crowd was wild and cheering with joy. In last place, but not the worst House was Brophy Bees. In third was Jordan Redbacks. In second was Foley Falcons and in first was Butler Sharks. The day was great and each House received many points.
- Mason Claridge, 7C
ATHLETICS DAY
My first athletics at secondary school was very different compared to primary school athletics day. At St Joseph’s there were many more activities and you had more of an opportunity to show what you are good at. The day started in Homeroom and then we slowly made our way around to each event. There were many different events e.g. 100m Sprint, 200m sprint, shotput, discus, 400m run, long jump and high jump. House points are a big factor in the athletics carnival and every person that competed in any event received 1 point for their house and the winning house get the Adam Bryant Shield (he is my cousin).Overall The St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival was lots of fun.
- Lewis Brice, 7F
BEACH BONANZA
Year 7
experience or play sand games such as soccer, bucket filling and kicking the footy. Many kids had not surfed before and had lots of fun trying for the first time. It was a very fun day that involved many enjoyable activities that helped in building stronger connections with the new friends we had made. I thank all the teachers especially Mrs Wrigley and Mrs Gray for organising this experience and it is one I won’t forget.
Early in the school year, Year 7 Homerooms went down to either Bancoora or Cozy Corner beaches for a day full of fun and activities. Taking turns with another class we got to either learn to surf which was a fresh and exhilarating
- Oscar Morrison, 7A
CAMP – LAKE DEWAR
Activities week had arrived in the first week of May, and all Year 7 boys went off to Bacchus Marsh. When we arrived we were greeted with warm and cheery smiles from the friendly YMCA staff members. We were then put into our cabin groups and shown to our cabin for the next 2 nights. Not even the strong winds or occasional showers of rain could dampen our spirits. From the geocaching to the mountain bike riding and everything in-between, there was not a dull moment. For some the thrill and excitement of the flying fox was the best, or maybe the tranquillity of the canoeing and paddle boarding. The nights were rough with strong winds but we got some sleep. Although I can’t say the same for other students. Before we knew it, we were packing up and getting ready for the bus home. All of us will have different memories of camp such as, activities, new friendships or just the experience. All of us left camp changed people with a memory and story we won’t forget for some time to come.
- Andrew Dawson, 7C
CYBER-CATS YEAR 7 2016 REFLECTION
On Friday 27 May, myself and a group of Year 7 boys represented St Joseph’s at the Cyber-Cats program at Simonds Stadium. We learnt many ways to keep safe and secure online and how to protect yourself from Cyberbullying. We started off the day by completing a survey on how we use social media. We then had a guest speaker from the Torquay police station come to talk to us about the dangers of social media and advise us on how we can protect ourselves online. After the guest speaker talk we then moved on to planning our movies on one of the aspects of Cyberbullying. My group did ‘how does social media effect you’. We then started recording our movies up in the stands with two special actors, Steve Motlop and Zac Baits to help us out. Some key information I took away was: Change your password more than once a year, don’t share personal information to strangers, think before you send something
Year 7
and finally have fun using social media and keep safe online. Thanks to Mrs Wrigley for organising this awesome day. We all had a fantastic time. - Max Jones, 7G
SILVER COIN TRAIL
The silver coin trail was a challenge that all of the Year 7 Homerooms took on.The silver coin trail is a challenge where you have to collect as many silver coins as you could to make a trail. The Year 7s did a fantastic job raising the money. One homeroom that did a very good job was 7A, they raised the most money out of all the homerooms raising $160.15, so well done 7A. There was also one other class who stood out and that was 7H, they made the longest trail of silver coins a whopping 30.54 meters. All of Year 7 should be proud of themselves, so good on you Year 7 for your wonderful efforts. You should all be proud of yourselves. - Alex Altimari, 7E
7A
Thomas Barnett
Thomas Brooks
Thomas Corray
Joseph Cotter Alex Deane-Jenkins
Macgregor Docherty
Matthew Finn
Artie Jens Tyler Jones Hai Le
Tyran Lynch Ned Madigan
Oscar Morrison
Nicholas Nadile
Lucas Nesci
Tom Garreau
Steven Nguyen Bailey Pitcher
Charlie Saunders
Marcus Schroeder Jake Webb
Mark Wee Jack Williams Finn Zanoni
Alex Nguyen
Adam Morrissey
ABSENT: Thomas Ashley, Michael Fordham-Collison
Homeroom
Joshua Belleggia
Angus Bigmore
Mitchell Caldow
Jordyn Cervinski
Thomas Dickinson Joel Edwards
Justin Grigsby
Karan Jacob
Nicholas Jury Chris Kaminaras
Patrick McFarlane
Flynn McIntyre
Rhys Mckinnon
Angus McKoy
Jaxon Mohr
Michael Moore Connor O’Sullivan
Brodie Parish Jacob Pitcher
Thomas Richmund
Anton Ridgway
Harry Roache
Jamison Sherman
Patrick Visentin
Daniel Warfe
Jaime Warren
Patrick White
Brendan Reed
William Anderson John Bove
Sebastian Buchanan
Mason Claridge
Lucas Conte
Jello Coronado
Msafiti Corstorphan
Andrew Dawson
Louisa Biviano
Cooper Dunn Harrison Harkness
Luke Housego
Joshua Howells
William Huby Zac Justin Oliver LaBonte
Sebastian Maddalena Nash Moed
Xavier Muhor Darcy Norris Riley Orr
Archer Quick Finn Reilly-Shea
Levi Sebastiani
Bayden Slater Rory Thomson Cooper Vanderkley
Maximus Virt
Absent: Finlay Duncan
Joshua Appleford
Mitchell Bonnici
Hamish Bourke
William Bourke
Alexander Burtt
Angus Codd
Stanko Dugandzic
Samuel Erwin Finn Giles
Lachlan Grist
Timothy Hannan
Rhylee Holland
Christian Jimenez Finn Laffy
Jack Linguey
Stjepan Majstorovic
Thomas O’Brien
Alexander Palladini
Matthew Pratt Cooper Siwicki
Louis Tsatsalmas
Ezra Uebergang
Marquis Virt Liam Whelan
Jarrod Zanardo
Cameron Zula
Absent: Oscar Durden, Louie Shearman
Amy Anderson
Vicki Mills
Alex Altimari
Joseph Anticev Adam Baldasso
Joshua Burgess
William Byrne Luke Carra
Jack Condon
Byron Cosic
Matthew Croce
Samuel Croft
Zavier De Agrela
Liam Donnison
Alexander Doorakkers
Dylan Holmes Declan Mackie
Matueny Mangar
Dylan McNicol Bailey Meath Cashel Quirk
Nicholas Romano Jared Schultz
Conor Silo
Lachlan Williams Martin Wood
Daniel Woolley
Absent: William Boothey, William Lancaster, Aidan Stynes
William Barker Noah Bartolo
Josh Berry Lewis Brice
Campbell Burns
Maximilian Corbett
Adam Dahm
Hamish Dawson Sebastian Dew Jack Diamond Ji Diiorio
Rory Doherty
Riley Firth
William Hardiman
Jared Harrison Noah Hickey
Edward King
Jack Marescuk
Peter Martini
William McDine
Oscar McDonald Oscar McKinlay
Jack Morrissy
Michael Secen Kallum Sheridan Kieran Spanner
Matthew Tripodi
Absent: Michael FitzGerald
John Harmon
Luke Bartolo Noah Biggs
James Bove
Benjamin Bucek
Noah Buttigieg
Thomas Chalmers Isaac Collins
Trent Fantella Paddy Harris Darcy Hindle
Ethan Horrobin
Max Jones
Harrison Massey
Daniel Melnik
Aidan Meyer Christian Modica
Aidan-Jack Mummery Daniel Paulden
Samuel Podbury
Miles Rau
Joshua Reissinger
Kane Shum
Noah Travers
Lachlan Trethowan Keiran Tyssen
Mitchell Vaughan
Absent: Caleb Ezard
Nathanael Smith
Connor Azzopardi Isaac Bourke
Hayden Burns Preston Cappadona
William Chaston
Angus Coburn Hayden Cowell
George Gower Sam Greco
Conall Green
Macauley Haywood
Joshua Holtrust
Thomas Howell
Zach Jozwik
Ainzleigh Julian
Thomas Lloyd
Darcy Martin Connor McCarthyGrigg
Edward McCoy Finn Murphy Kye Owens
Anthony Scaffidi
Elliot Senftleben
Connor Tino
Charles Wilson
Absent: Caelan Campbell, Angus Cumming
Hannah Smith
Mary Malone
Thomas Burchell
Thomas Caligari
Alexander Di Blasio
Alexander Dunn
Jordan Edwards
Lachlan Haines
Charlie Haintz
William Hamers Ryan Harvey
Jacob Hill Jeremy Jurcic
James Lunardelli Lachlan McKoy
Edward Mortarotti
Jack Northey
Darcy O’Brien
Dyllan Rabino Umi Roberts Jack Sager
Harrison Salmon
Brandon Scaffidi
Fraser Smith
Joel Soraghan
Oliver Stephens
Samuel van Arend Heath Van Rossum
Absent: Taj Cayzer, Ben Eddy
William Baum Ermias Bottrell Angus Calnon
Lachlan Demasi
Diamond Jack Doyle
Oliver Edwards
Saul Favre Benjamin Flintoff
Jack Grant John Honner
Jack Hora
Cameron Jones
Nikolas Jovic
Ayom Makor James Mallinson
Joshua Mannings Taner Mermer
Tanner Owen Patrick Paulden
Jack Simsic
Campbell Sunderland
Izaak Terhorst
Ashley Wilson Jakob Wray
Absent: Bailyn Jenkins, Jarrod Porter
Will Newton
Andrew Branchflower
William Anderson Spencer Bryan
Chapman
Con Foo
Conroy
De Wit
Charlie Delaney
Rhys Devlin Mathew Dudas Solomon Francis
Rhys Ginn
Jahred Glover-Taylor Samuel Hough
Griffin Lee Liam McCarthy
Samuel McKew
Angus McLeish Jack McMahon Joshua Meehan
Jordan Powe
Tarkyn Sayers
Tarek Scheelings
Ryan Sulomar
Kai Tracey
Riley Whitefield
Marcus Wu
Absent: Angus Farrow
Year 8
Year 8s have had the opportunity to participate in a variety of experiences to enhance their progress through the College. A focus of their second year at St Joseph’s was to enable the boys to develop independence and to start to take responsibility for their own learning and development. I am confident that the boys are ready for the challenges that the Westcourt Campus will provide next year and I know many of them are very much looking forward to the experiences that Year 9 has to offer. Thanks to the Year 8 Leaders who reported on some of the activities that have helped to shape their 2016 school year, I hope you enjoy their reflections.
- Simon Piasente, Year 8 Coordinator
YEAR 8 FOOTBALL MATCH
The Year 8 football match was contested by a strong Joey’s team and a St Ignatius team. Joeys having a team of 36 was split into two with each team to play half a game. The game started off and right from the outset Joey’s began their dominance. A Joey’s clearance resulted in an Ollie Henry screamer at the top of the square. Declan Clark who was running the scoreboard added on 6 points only to have to remove 5 of them after Henry went the torpedo and absolutely shanked it. A St. Ignatius kick out was turned over leading to another Henry screamer which once again only yielded a minor score. Joey’s kicked a couple more goals which lead to the coach bringing off Victorian superstar Charlie Lazzaro who had a serious bout of leather poisoning. A scintillating run from Connor Sayers down the wing finished off with a banana which unfortunately missed and provided the gobsmacked crowd with something to cheer for. The siren blew and the Joey’s teams swapped over. The first goal coming from a future AFL superstar combination with Tanner Bruhn winning a clearance and banging the ball in long to a leading Lazzaro who went back and slotted the goal. From there the rest of the quarter was the Noah Gadsby show with the Torquay B&F winner controlling the game with almost no pressure from the smaller less experienced Ignatius. At half time it was a 60 point game and in the second half Joeys didn’t take their foot off the pedal running out 120 point winners over an undermanned St Ignatius team. ‘Man of the Match’ honours went to Charlie Lazzaro with his eight goals. The future is
bright for the Year 8 team with half of the Geelong interleague team players coming from this year level bracket.
- Hugh Menzies and Charlie Lazzaro, 8C & 8G
YEAR 8 ACTIVITIES WEEK TRIP TO MELBOURNE BY TRAIN
Starting fromWaurn Ponds, all the students hopped onto the train, carrying their myki cards ready and topped up. There was a buzz and excitement as we greeted fellow classmates. After a long travel on the tracks, we arrived in Melbourne and headed towards the Old Melbourne Gaol. Where we were introduced to the quality and history of the Gaol. The cells were small and cramped, and one was rumoured to contain a ghost. We were shown some of the items on display like guns and statues. We were taught the history of Ned Kelly by the informative tour guide. After a lot of learning, we got to go exploring the bottom level of the prison. We found models of heads, miniature displays of Gaol cells, and learnt more of how prisoners lived. After our experience in this prison, we took a stroll back to the train station. The streets were busy and the traffic was loud. But it was a good day as we got to sit back, relax and even sleep for a little bit as the train took us back to Geelong, We left with knowledge of the life of a prisoner and the thought of never wanting to break the law.
- Eric O’Malley, 8B
THE TWO CAN APPEAL
Our Year 9s at Westcourt ran the Two Can appeal as part of their community service project. They have been doing this to get food for the Geelong Food Relief Centre. Myself as a Year 8 student, was asked to collect non-perishable items from all the Year 8 classrooms. The Year 8s roughly donated over 150-200 cans, as well as toothbrushes and toiletries. This ran for two weeks and every morning another student Hugh Menzies and I went around to all of the classrooms and collected all of the items and put them in three big boxes. Thank you to all the Year 8 students who contributed and supported the Year 9 initiative.
- Ashley Cook, 8C
– Travis Dempsey
Year 8 Renewals
At Melbourne Gaol
BIG FISH
This year St Joseph’s College, along with Sacred Heart and Clonard College, participated in the school production of ‘Big Fish’. The Year 8s from Joey’s got a chance to interact with some of the other Year 8s from the other schools. Some standout Year 8s from our school were Harry Scanlon, who played the part of Young Will, and Henry Stephensen, who had the role of Zacky Price. The other Year 8s included Brayden Webber, Grady Martin, John Gionis, Nathan Harvey and Thomas Dowling who were part of the ensemble.
- Henry Stephensen, 8A
MCG
The MCG tour was a real standout of activities week. It was just awesome to see the biggest sport stadium in Australia. We were taken on a tour. First we went to one of the seating areas where we could ask some questions. Then it was to the benches. It was amazing to see the stadium from the ground like you were a player. Then it was to the boxes where the cricketers sit when they are waiting to bat.We were then taken down to the cricket rooms under the stand. The change rooms were one of the best parts of the tour. We were able to see the ice bath area and where they all get changed before a game. We were then taken to the 4th tier which was just an amazing view. Then was inside the stands to the corporate boxes. They were so big and could fit around 18 people. It was a great experience to tour the MCG and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys sport.
- Lachlan Santoro, 8G
Back Row: Grady Martin, Henry Stephensen, Nathan Harvey, Thomas Dowling.
Front Row: Harry Scanlon, Brayden Webber Absent: John Gionis
Year 8 Big Fish Cast
William Best Ayrton Bloink Mason Breust
Declan Clark Hugo Clatworthy
Thomas De Grandi Luke Dowd
Luke Esteban Jack Farrow Cameron Fleeton
Cooper Hardy Brodie Hynam
Banura Jayakody
Mitchell Keane Noah Kulic Austin Lee
Austin Lofts Matthew Manly Wade Morrison
Thomas Naylon Anthony Santospirito
Daniel Serra Henry Stephensen Brodie Thomassen
Dylan Walsh George Wheeldon Absent: Daniel Crough, Robert Marinovic
Christine Rowland
At the MCG
Clay Bassett
Darcy Brocks
Jack Campbell
Robert Demo Dani Deng
Jack Drought
Matthew Eid Julien Gaite
William Harrington Xavier Huxtable
Alexi Kanellos
Noah Kavenagh
William Marshall Nicholas Massey
Angus Miller
Zachary Muir
Nicholas Naumovski
Thomas Newnham
Eric O’Malley
Harry Scanlon
Jolyon Simpson
Caspar Spasojevic
Xavier Stanley Mitchell Stosic
Jordon Walker
Tyler Walsh
Granger Woolley
Absent: Declan Brown
Kate Gibbs
Sam Querella
Jack Atchison
Samuel Ballan Matthew Boardman
Benjamin Camilleri
Caleb Carlon
Ashley Cook
Mohammed Dagbossey
Isaac Dow
Archie East John Gionis
Tom Hockley Samon
Marius Hurley-Paul
Conor Killury
Caleb Law Cormac Lynch Flynn McIntosh
Hugh Menzies
Lachlan Neate
Dylan Newman Caleb Neyenhuis Callum O’Leary
Tom O’Neill
Nicholas Povey
Thomas Romaniuk
Nickolas Skotnica
Jesse Sorgiovanni
William Ure
Indi White
Liam Africa Cameron Bily
Rory Boland
Charlie Cannon Max Dementiev
Ethan Durante
Noah Edwards Mackenzie Ewings
Brannon Goli Will Gray Noah Gribble
Nathan Harvey Oliver Koerntjes
Braiden Leong
Connor Lourey Jacob Mirabile
Spencer Morrison
Eamonn Murphy Joseph Nguyen
James Pante
Samuel Raimondo
Jack Rickerby
Jordan Schleter
Lachlan Schoemaker
Quinn Taylor Henry Van Til
Oliver Wiltshire
Ashlee Tanner
Jarrod Africa Finlay Armstrong Jacob Beekmans
Shelden Bourk
Finnley Brown James Chappell
Matthew Cogger
Nathan Colla Frederick Dripps Angus Ewers
Thomas Fitzpatrick Micah Haste Avery Johnson Zane Jones Lachlan Kelly
Michael Leach Ewan McDonald Michael Music
Thomas Poole Max Sells
Callum Stow Hayden Trotter
Sean Van Miltenburg
Jarryd Wood
Absent: Aidan McLeod, Liam Patching, Blake Spiller
Nick Jones
Dexter Beron Tanner Bruhn Kyle Czerkiewicz
Noah Grant
Campbell Hoober
Thomas Howden
Aiden Kelly Mason Kent
Seamus Keogh
Ethan Kiebert
Cade Knight Jesse Lo Piccolo
Clancy Mackay
Christian Mahon
Ethan Nicholls
Alistair O’Donnell
Jacob Palmer
George Plumridge Mackenzi Rouse Jackson Ryan
Chey Sadler-Cahoon
William Savickas
Brendan Schultz Rocco Simunic
Luka Skoko
Isaac Stanley Brayden Webber
Absent: Nicholas Baric
Nerrida Holland
Michelle Bishop
Liam Belfrage
Billy Cattanach
Jake Charles
Lachlan Corrigan
Jacob Dickson
Dallas Grech
Clancy Hehir
Colin Holt Justin Ivelja
Charlie Lazzaro
Anthony Leban Joel Martyn Isaac Monaghan
Tyler Murphy Jesse Pappalardo
Jacob Ross Lachlan Santoro Lincoln Sertic
Kyle Skene
Mitchell Timms Henry Walsh Tyler Wiffen
Lachlan Wilkes Nicholas Zanghi
Absent: Patrick Day, Tobias Evertsen-Mostert, Dylan Javni, Kaleb Piera
Ethan Anderson Patrick Anderson Riley Arnott
Ethan Beauglehall
Dylan Blight
Gennaro Bove
Finbar Cleary
Seamus Connoley William Cranny
Thomas Dowling
Joseph Finnigan
Mark Gudasic
William Holdsworth
Tom Houlihan
Flynn Kinsey
Amin Logory
Elijah Muraca Adam Noggler
Tom Scott Jordan Thompson Khan Tran
William Turner Jack Virgona
Griffen Wilson
Absent: Joel Jokic, Noah Quick, Jarvis Russell, Cooper Tully
John Stephensen
Janine McLean
Patrick Allan Cameron Bath Jason Benson
Jack Bentley
Benjamin Conlan
Tom Connolly
Zaiden Curtain
Charles Darcy
Jacob Devlin Bryce Dunell
Addison Fisher
Augustus Fraatz
Billy Gibbons
Oliver Henry
Tikei Hiku
James Hughes Jaymon Hurta
Declan Jones
Connor Kelson William Maschio Hamish McCallum
Tyson Neal Jerimyah O’Connor
Matthew O’Leary
Har vey Rae
Robert Rowlands
William Taylor Noah van Galen
Dougal Barrett
Lachlan Beattie Liam Bindokas
Benjamin Clark
Jayden Clark
Jack Corneby
Luca Del Giudice
Joel Fleeton Charlie Ham
Mathew Hartney
Ryan Hartwell
Lachlan Jenkins
Luka Jurkovic
Simon Laffy
James Lappin
Zachary Loveday
Cooper Marcus Hayden Menchise
Thomas Muraca
Jordyn Nolan
Heath Rogers
Connor Sayers
Connor Senftleben
Lachlan Vassallo
Cooper Wilson-Gayner
Absent: Jonah McKinnon, Jesse Stapleton
Susan Dickinson
Riley Beste
Franjo Booth Isaac Bucud
Ashley Carthew
Zander Clayton Oscar Courtney
Lachlan Doyle Noah Gadsby
Oliver Giles Harry Gower Benjamin Huby Mason Ingles
Matthew Issell
Lachlan Kidd
Sam King Aidan Lentoor
Grady Martin
Finn McCombe
Michael Norman Nicholas Routley
Dominic Ryzner
Jack Simpson Lucas Wharmby
Absent: Patrick McBain, Zak Pedersen, Alexander Warner
Peter O’Connor
WESTCOURT
WRAP UP
Westcourt Campus
2016. What a year it’s been. With more historic moments written into the books, especially when it comes to sport. The Olympics, Leicester City winning the Premier League, Cleveland winning their first NBA title and of course the Doggies with their inspirational win in the AFL Grand Final. But of course, at home in little Geelong, Westcourt has also, had a fantastic year.
The year started off with a term that went so quickly that, in the teenage spirit, some boys could have slept in and missed it. Despite this, the term was very busy. Athletics Day, Eddie Rice Day, Cross Country and Swimming Sports were all on the agenda, as well as sending off the boys participating in the Victorian Young Leaders to China Program.
The highlight of Term 2, was definitely the school camps. There were two different camps that we participated in; the 4 day camp to the Grampians, and the hotter choice, the Central Australia trip. The reports from the Central Australia trip were all extremely positive, and many memories were created. The Grampians camp which I was a part of, was also, a great success. Not only was it a mix of adventure, fun and independence, but after the trip many bonds were formed between class groups.
A much talked about point of Westcourt, is the fact that we border on an all-girls school. Throughout the year “Mingle Fridays” were a chance for the two schools to meet on the back oval. Bad weather had brought about some terrible misfortune, as it seemed every week it was raining on Fridays. But no rain was going to ruin the much anticipated Year 9 social.
Undeterred by the rising doubt over how the social would pan out, the night went ahead and was a huge success. The fact that almost everyone who attended couldn’t dance, didn’t affect the spirits of anyone and certainly made for some great photos.
As I’ve said, the year has been fantastic. Not just because of all the things that occurred, but because of ‘Westcourt.’ Having an entire year level separated from the main school isn’t that common, and it’s certainly been an experience not to forget. Bonds have been formed and strengthened immensely. It’s only fair to thank all the teachers who made the year so enjoyable, especially Mr Wrigley in his first year as the Head of Westcourt. I wish all the Year 8s good luck next year at Westcourt, and I hope their year is as successful as ours.
- Charlie Roache, Westcourt Captain ANZAC REFLECTION
On 22 April, the Year 9 students of Westcourt and Clonard College came together to commemorate ANZAC Day. On the day we took part in a range of workshops to give us the opportunity to further understand and experience what the men and women during the world wars went through.
There were many other activities throughout the year that can be read about in other reports. The Amazing Race, the day to Torquay for Rite Journey, the Mental Health day with Clonard and of course, the award winning ANZAC day ceremony which again, was a highlight. In our final term at Westcourt, we look forward to participating in the Solo Day for Rite Journey, as well as the end of year exams…well maybe ‘look forward’ isn’t the best way to express that.
The day started with an official ceremony with Clonard and special guests. As part of the ceremony we had a keynote speaker, Captain Hailey Haines, she spoke about her experience and the hardships, and eye opening experiences that she accounted during her time at war.
The activities I took part of were ‘tasting digger’s food’ which was making ANZAC biscuits and then eating them, and ‘military weapons’ which was taken by Mr Monagle. Mr Monagle told us about his time in the army and how the weapons have revolutionized.
In the Afternoon there was a performance by the Clonard and Joey’s students.The performance was put together over many lunchtimes during Term 1. The performance gave an insight to the troubles and difficulties that the soldiers and nurses went through during war. All the students from both schools got a lot out of the day.
- Finn Dripps, 9B
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA TRIP
This year at Westcourt, we were given two camps to choose from as part of Activities Week. Choice No.1, wet, cold and rainy Grampians or Choice No.2, Sunny Central Australia! It wasn’t a hard decision. The eight day road trip through the Australian outback was filled with unforgettable adventures and mind blowing experiences such as climbing King’s Canyon, seeing Uluru in the rain, visiting the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service Museum, heading
Costa Giorgiadis Visit ANZAC day workshops
Central Australia Trip
Westcourt Campus
underground into the Coober Pedy opal mines, and sleeping outside surrounded by wild dingoes. The Central Australia Trip is something that we will never forget and something that every Year 9 should do.
- Nathan Fox, 9H
ACTIVITIES WEEK – GRAMPIANS CAMP
The Grampians was a fantastic experience for everyone involved. Although the weather was mostly cold, wet and so windy that tents were blown away, we had a great time. Some of the activities included canoeing, rock climbing and bike riding, as well as numerous bushwalks including one to the Pinnacle, and games of Spotlight after dark. We were also able to experience cooking our own food each morning and night over the fire. Overall, the Grampians camp provided plenty of highlights and will be a memorable experience for all who participated.Thanks to all the teachers that lead the boys over the week.
- Patrick Sweet, 9H
JUST THINK PROGRAM
Towards the end of Term 3, about 25 Year 9s got to participate in the Geelong Cats Just Think program. The Just Think program raises awareness on the subjects of drinking and drug use at a young age and described to us the cause and effect it can have on us later in life. The day was held at the Geelong Cats, Kardinia Park. Throughout the day we participated in many different activities, group conversations and watched videos relating to drinking and drug use.
Some of the more notable activities were when we watched real-life security footage of a coward punch in a bar in Geelong, which had been provoked by alcohol, and the experience of the victims. Another fun but challenging activity was when we had to put some weird looking goggles on which gave us the vision of somebody under the influence of alcohol and then we had to work our way through a small obstacle course. We also contributed to group conversations and filled out surveys about our views on the topic.
THE AMAZING RACE
During Term 3 all Year 9 students went to Melbourne to take part in the Amazing Race. This was a race that consisted of groups of four students and a booklet that would be your guide and your answering sheet during the long and adventurous walk around Melbourne. The group that I was with was an amazing and very efficient group that consisted of Charlie, Max and Ben. The most memorable moments from my perspective were finishing in around one and a half hours which gave us plenty of free time at the end of the activity. As we were competing in the race some of the more standout moments were going past the Shrine of Remembrance which looked spectacular, we also went through China Town which was very colourful and had many amazing things to see. We also got to see some amazing Street Art and explored the Block Arcade. There were many more interesting and memorable moments that made the day fun and exciting. To cap it all off the Amazing Race was definitely a day to remember as it was filled with thrills, excitement and competiveness.
- Connor Fopiani, 9F YEPPOON EXCHANGE
It was a great day, we all developed a greater understanding of how cautious and careful we need to be when making decisions and we all learnt a lot.
- Jake Powe, 9H
There are many opportunities to do educational, cultural, and enjoyable activities at Westcourt. In Term 3 I attended the exchange trip to the Central coast of Queensland which occurs at the end of August. The trip was an amazing adventure and I would most certainly do it again. We flew up to Rockhampton via Brisbane and then on to Yeppoon. In Yeppoon, we stayed for five nights in the boarding house at another EREA school, St Brendan’s College. Whilst in Yeppoon we participated in many activities including clay target shooting, visiting a crocodile farm, spending a day at a rodeo, watching a school rugby final, going into the town and getting to know the boarders with one day in classes to learn the cultural side of things. The trip also included a nights stay on Great Keppel Island. The island is just off the coast of Yeppoon where we paddle boarded, swam, snorkelled, bush walked and ate the most delicious food ever! The trip was definitely worth it and I loved every moment, it was sad to come home after having such a good time in Queensland but also good to see the family after a week away with your mates.
- Will Magher, 9B
Cooking up a storm in the Westcourt Garden
Adventures in Melbourne Yeppoon
Noah Ansell Tyler Black
Thomas Brittain
Colby Bruce Joshua Caruso
Salvatore Cilmi
William Farrow
Gabriel Hayes Benjamin Hough
Michael La Spada
Marach Marach
Charlie McEvoy
Hugh Nelson
Gerard O’Connor
James Pile
Antonio Pirrottina
Joshua Sorgiovanni
Hugh Stanton Daniel Starcevic
Jake Stephens
Matthew Teale Zac Tucak
Oliver Van Til
Shaun Vigor-Smith
Jake Weber Angus Wiese
Henry Wilson
Absent: Darcy Crucitti, George Devine
Jonathan Augello Will Batson
Ryan Birthisel Riley Boddington
Harry Carter Jackson Cone Jay Dahlhaus
Finn Dripps Thomas Gaspari Isaac Graham Liam Kelly Adam King Charlie Lever William Magher
Charlie Mahar Harrison Marks
Benjamin Minge William Mirabile
Daniel Robinson
Nicholas Sanders Dougal Sims Wil Spence
William Talbot Charlie Travers Ako Warakea
Mitchell Wesson
Absent: Jack Royce
Carmen Ahearn
Damien Harrington
Annalee McKew
Jamie Benedet
Thomas Biggs
Ryan Brach
Jonathan Burns Jack Buttigieg
Iestyn Cornelius Jordan Fama
Casey Fox Seth Garcia Joshua Gasperic
Jeremy Guljas
Haydn King
Jacob Lobodarz
Daniel Martyn
Benjamin McMahon
Michael Moreno
Nicholas Nugent
William Owen Callan Rogers Finn Spence
Anthony Stalio
Lachlan Taylor
William Taylor
Michael Verfurth
Xavier Walsh Jye Watkins
Max Whiting
Absent: Ryan Birthisel, Jonty Lawson
Blair Adamko Jack Benstead
Riley Berg
Alexander Bisinella
Patrick Bongiorno
Jeremy Brice
Jesse Clark
Harry Connell
Daniel Gulli
Antonio Gumina
Joshua Gummer
Samuel Hazelman
Ethan Jellett
Bradley Jepson
Jack Kelly Brayden Maurer
Callum McCarthy
Callum McDermott Fraser Miller Joshua Norman Clay Page
Connor Pickett
Oliver Sims
Nicholas Trupkovic
Patrick Viccars Murphy Walker Ty Williams
Absent: Flynn Hardiman
John Schlank
Peter Barker Paul Stender
Owen
Agius-Mikin Mason Andrews Benjamin Bernardo Sean Bindokas
Thomas Bucki-Smith Joseph Christensen
Thomas Croft
Will Dawson Callum Gray Lochlan Hindle Jacob Jepson-Raby
Benjamin Jones Michael Juric
Lachlan Kent Oscar Mazaraki
Harry McFarlane
Liam McIntyre Jack Mullen
Jordan Parker
Alexander Petkovski
Tyler Sferco
Matthew Shelley Jayden Trajcevski
Patrick Tucci
Harrison White
Jordan Zekic
Absent: Mackenzie Brogan, Daniel Herceg, Benjamin Soppitt
Lucas Capicchiano
Ashley Humphries
Fletcher Adams Oscar Anderson Thomas Anderson Harrison Blackney
William Caddy
Darcy Chirgwin
Murphy Clifford Jack Corry
George Devine Ruairi Donnellan
Brad Edwards
Connor Fopiani
Ryan Huglin Max Jedynak
Finn Jens
Cooper Jessen
Lachlan Johnston
Devlin Mason
Will McLeish Max McMahon Ben Miller Harrison Orr
Charlie Roache
Jesse Sammut
Patrick Silo
Max Tagliabue
Manywon Thiep Aidan Wong
Absent: Niko Besant
Peter Malone
Lachlan Baker Archie Bowers Keam Chan
Mitchell Clark Riley Eggleton
Thomas Esteban
Angus Evans
Zed Freeman Ivan Grubisic
Rhys Huglin
Jai Iacovella
Levi Irving
Donovan Karlich
Matthew Keast
Leroy Kelly
Patrick McKenna Luke McNamara
Jett Mitchell Noa Northam
Thomas O’BrienHenderson
Riley O’Connor
Ralph O’Donnell
Jackson Paatsch
Ben Simons Leif Stojanovski
Thomas Tigani
Bryce Watkins
Absent: Oliver Bennett
Louis Beale
Daniel Bindokas
William Carter
Patrick Clissold
Luke Coppe
William Davies Max Fitzgerald
Nathan Fox Chae Goldsworthy
Drew Green
Matthew Harvey Oskar Helmore Harry Hudson-Collins
Gordon Kustera
Oliver Loughnan
Gabriel Majic
Rory Monteith Fynn Moran Jake Powe
Patrick Sweet
Ethan Thomas Harry Tregenza
Charlie Walter Darcey Webber
Fraser Wilson Micah Woods
Absent: Brandon Trinh
Patrick Prendergast
David Shalders
Max Aitken Garet Barker Joshua Besei Ethan Blythe
Bourke Jake Burgess
Thomas Courtney
Byron Dillon Zachary Fisher
Aaron Green
Chad Grossman
Sebastian Heath Joel Hutchinson
Harrison Kanellos
Max Lindrea
Fraser Mackus
Jordan Muhor
Callum O’Connor
Oliver Poole Ryan Rabbat
Teague Ryan
Charlie Scanlon
Lachlan Stonehouse
Joel Thornburgh
Gabriel van Berkel
Jake Vasilevski
Thomas Wood
Absent: Calum Boyce
Sandro Di Santo
Ashwin Pillai
Dakota-Kai Alcorace Kristian Bihar Thomas Brockway Ned Calnon
Zachary Finn Liam Fitzpatrick Jarvis Gleeson
Tom Hardiman Charlie Harris Dylan Hart Mitchell Hovey Josiah Howard Alex Keating
Andy Nguyen Bailey Patton
Thomas Pehar
Riley Pendergast
William Richardson William Robson Michael Rotiroti Fraser Ryan William Ryan Dominic Strbac Rhys Svetnik
Jake Warren
Nicholas Williams Jack Zivcic
Absent: Joseph Christensen
Philippa Barber
Year 10
CAREERS WEEK
At the end of Term 2, the Year 10s had Careers week. It was aimed at helping us look towards the future and to think about our career options.The week started with our teachers telling us about what will happen in Year 11 and 12. They spoke to us about VCE, VET and VCAL, and we had different activities and guest speakers. It gave students a ‘push start’ as to their pathway and it was extra helpful to the students that didn’t know what they wanted to do when finishing school. There were motivational speakers, loud music, and short clips. It gave us a good insight on what’s really out there. Overall it was a great experience that everyone enjoyed.
- Joseph Caruana
COMMUNITY SERVICE
St Joseph’s College is known for many great things. But one of the main things it’s renowned for, is its contributions to the wider community through charitable acts. And withholding that reputation and code that we hold so dearly, every Year 10 student took part in a moving four week program which involved helping out at aged care facilities around the Geelong area.The boys spent time with the residents and went through their daily routine which involved various activities and games such as bingo and other puzzles (which sometimes got really competitive among the boys and residents!), to just having simple conversations. After talking to the elderly, many boys came away with a different perspective towards this older generation. It is a journey which most of us ourselves will
James Anderson-Joyce
Charles Andrews
William Arblaster
Thomas Bakker
Alex Bisinella
Christopher Bortoletto Jackson Bourke
Thomas Chapple Matthew Davie Kobe Greenhalgh
Lachlan Guinane Jacob Javni
William McFarlane
Nicholas Morton
Ethan Near Kaleb Owen Danh Phan
Kuol Reech Bayley Repcak
Liam Saric
Samuel Smith Aaron Stefanac Jacob Stevens Zachary Stevenson Nicholas Walpole
Eamon Wheatland
Matthew Zebic
Absent: Oscar Lane
David Bourke
take, but that’s not a bad thing. From the old people’s wisdom to their stories, many things were learned and for some of us this community service opportunity was a changing experience.
- Jurrin Romanis, 10E FOOTBALL, SOCCER AND CRICKET
In 2016, Year 10 boys were introduced to ACC competitive inter-school sport. This involved the boys playing every Tuesday and travelling to Melbourne or playing at home to play other ACC schools. The footballers were ACC Premiers for the 2016 Year 10 competition with a big win over St Bernard’s, whilst the soccer boys were competitive in winning three out of their five games.The cricketers are aiming for ‘back to back’ titles when they compete later in the year. A big thank you to the teachers who have committed themselves to our Year 10 teams over the course of the competitions.
- Nick Pratt, 10K
THE
FORMAL
During Term 3, an exciting event known as the ‘Year 10 formal’ was highly anticipated. The event planned by Year 10 students featuring Clonard, Sacred Heart and St Joseph’s, was hosted at the fancy venue of Capri Receptions. The Formal aimed to build relationships, but conceded much more with the ‘scrubbed up’ boys trying to pull off slick dance moves. Backed up by DJ Michael Gulle and his bangers, many of us were able to annihilate the dance floor. Some starred, some joined in, but at the end of the day the beats and lights were too dangerous to leave hanging.
Year 10
must go out to the staff who helped set up this amazing event.
- Jordan Bradaric, 10J
WORK EXPERIENCE
Earlier in the year, all Year 10 students participated in Work Experience. We all came back to school, with a better understanding of life and work beyond school. For some of us, Work Experience has provided the opportunity for ongoing part-time employment, and for others, it has confirmed future careers choices.
With the girls of Clonard and Sacred Heart, and the boys of St Joseph’s all looking splendid, the spotlight shone on many stars. Max Visintin, wearing an ‘Abraham Lincoln’ hat, whilst carrying a walking stick, topped off the fashion. While Tawana and Leroy shredded the dance floor rhythmically, Lewis Conquit nailed the bottle flips. The night was bound to be great from the beginning, all around smiles and laughter were shared by all. From dresses to exposed chest hair (Nik Tino), the formal shared much diversity and glamour. The Year 10 Formal was a blast and a huge thank you
My own experience was that I managed to be placed in a Soul Pattison Chemist, with the aim to get a better understanding of what a Chemist does, and how this work related to the pharmaceutical industry.
Every day I would wake up at 7:00am have breakfast and then be there from 8:00am to 5:00pm. I had a different job every day which varied from organising files of patients, to working with the Chemist and understanding how they help people each day. My favourite moment on Work Experience, was when I had a chance to work with the main Chemist. I was taught how to go through the process of making medication, which was very interesting.
The team at Soul Pattison, were so hard working, pro-active and respectable which made my Work Experience very beneficial and fun.
- Roko Gudasic, 10K
Daly River Immersion
Student Leaders
Year 10 Football
Joseph Bifano
Matthew Bily
Oliver Boothey
Joshua Brown
Max Brown Alexander Chen
Joshua Chudosnik
Martin Dujmic
Mackenzie Fraser Ged Gallagher
Fionn Guina-Stannard
Thu Sa La
Hamish MacKenzie
Tom Mahon
Arop Makor
Max Matthews Danh Ngo
Nicholas Papic
Andre Prusac
Alexander Reader
Patrick Ryan
John Serra Finn Stephensen
Thomas Zampatti
Absent: Mark Demo, Benjamin Paulden
Jonathan Holt
Tom Arthurson
Alor Anyang
Benjamin Bennett
Rosario Bove
Jarrah Clark
Sammy Costanzo
Zachary Fausett
Joseph Flintoff
Harry HockleySamon
Benjamin Jaska
Louis Kied
Zachary Knights
Anthony Larmah
Thomas McCartin
Michael Modica
Jack Moran
Sam Purdy Daniel Sacchetta
Nicholas Scott
Dylan Sharp
William Tamassy
Robert Tigani
Samual Torpy
Dylan van Arend
Absent: Gene Majic, Matthew Stosic
Joel AndrewsStacey
Tyler Bryan Reef Davie
Charley Donohue
Declan Fenton
Thomas Hartney Liam Holmes
Bailey Macallef Tawana Mahlamvana
Angus Moore Fraser Murray
Julius Nelson
Eamon O’Callaghan
Danny Quach
Jake Raimondo Jack Sadler-Cahoon
Fraser Thomson
Jimmy Tran
Maxwell Uebergang
Jakob Vandermost
Benjamin Vanjek
Absent: Thomas Orsolic, Hayden Spiller, Max Sutton, Jared Tremul
Luke O’Grady
Nelson Gnaccarini
Dylan Barnes Samuel Black Nathan Bolger
Zeke Bourdamis
Baptiste Claudon
Michael Di Russo Noa Dragicevic
Jack Dunstan Kauri Farnham Alexander Foss
Lachlan Francis Ryan Hamers
Elliott Horan
Alexander Jaskiewicz Zak Lynch
Bradley Mann Lewis Rancic Seamus Spanner
Hayden Spiller Jesse Stawyskyj
James Tripodi
Thomas West Oliver WrightJanocha
Absent: Romuald Ambrose, Sammy Costanzo, Oliver Lewry, Jarred Milinkovic
Kaine Abela
Thomas Boardman
Hudson Brayshaw
Samuel Brethouwer
Jackson Bye
Louis Clifton
Thomas Curran
Lachlan Denney Liam Draper
William Eckhardt
Hayden Fell
Harry Gough
Jack Grigsby
Connor Hamilton
Lachlan Handley
Jack Horan
Angus Humphrey
Jordan Jones Harrison Lockyer
Doyle Madigan
Jack Martin
Ryan McNearney
Jurrin Romanis
Phoenix Sweetten
Fletcher Wilson
Charles Windt
Simon Jovic
Amy Ross
Benjamin Africa
Timothy Ball
Daniel Beron
Millen Boekel
Patrick Boland
Harvey Carmody
Lewis Conquit
Zachary Costa Matthew Dementiev
Liam Digby
Liam Eibl Kieren Fernandes
Matthew Fromholtz
Ethan Gray Gabriel Hickey
Thevin Katukurunda
Harrison Keane Connor Mackus Joshua Malley
Carlin McCloskey
Joshua Power Jamie Reilly
Joshua Spork
Hudson Stoop
Nicholas Vanmeel Kyle Williamson
Angus Benson Jaxon Bruhn Gideon Doble-Appleton
Franjo Dugandzic
Declan Flannery Joseph Frigo
Sheldon Ham
Lochlan Hardiman Jackson Harlock Cooper Ingles
Bri Kelly Julian Manaszczuk
Jake McCorkell
Baxter Mensch
Caleb Mutsaerts
Joshua Pellegrino
Thomas Pinjuh Luke Rowlands
Tanner Sadler
Seamus Schroeder
Nikolas Tino
Samuel Walsh James Zielinski
Simon Taylor
Dallas-Jai Alcorace
Lachlan Barbaro Nicolas Boccassini
Harley Canny
Daniel Corray
Izaak De Agrela
Ned De Grandi
Liam Dumont Samuel Harris Griffin Harvey Callum Hetherington
Isaiah Lindsay Lochlyn McFarlane
Patrick Richards
Harry Santospirito Lachlan Stanley Connor Taylor
Matthew Walters Harrison Yates
Karl Zilic
Mitchell Zivcic
Absent: Abwi Deng, William Hanley, Nathan Mifsud, Zachary Rockett, Nicholas Warner
Huon Bertino
Samuel Barling
Patrick Burchell
Samuel Chalmers
Lewis Clarke
Patrick De Grandi Xavier Dowd
Samuel Ford
Max Hardwick Ben Henkel
Thomas Keast
Fletcher Long
James Maiden
Hamish McManus
Lachlan McVilly
Jamie Noggler
Benjamin Pamplin
Matthew Ryan
James Sherry
Zachary Sullivan
Ashley Thompson
Adam Welsh
Benjamin Willis Alviston Wunungmurra
Matthew Zulumovski
Chris Conroy
John Monagle
Jordan Bradaric
Joseph Caruana
Bailey Collins
Darcy Conlan
Mitchell Coon
Brodie Denney
Thomas Devlin
Isaac Doroschuk
Koby Fatone
Charlie Fitzgerald
Robert Foster Makenzie Ganim
Oliver Hanneysee
Nathan Harwood-van Wegen
Jack Henderson Thomas Kahle Bailey Kampans
Paul Kanellos
William Kiebert
Avery Knight
Lleyton Woolley
Absent: Fraser Berry, Ethan Cumming, Lachlan Peck
Year 11
There were many things happening throughout the year and the following blurbs are just a snapshot of the engaging events that took place for Year 11 students.
ACTIVITIES WEEK
For activities week this year, the Year 11 cohort headed out on community service.The week involved students travelling far and wide around Geelong and the wider community assisting with a range of tasks. Activities included – school visits, environmental and land care duties, visiting various aged care facilities and interacting with the residents and participating in the disability awareness program.
Three student leaders joined Year 7 students on their camp to Lake Dewar Lodge, encouraging the boys and assisting with activities. All students were given the opportunity to work and interact with the wider community and in a small way were able to give something back. – James Dillon, 11B
BIG FISH AND MUSIC PARTICIPATION
Big Fish was the school production hosted by St Joseph’s this year and had a cast and orchestra made up of the students and staff from St Joseph’s as well as Clonard and Sacred Heart. Ben Semmler and myself were the Year 11s from SJC involved.
Alongside the Big Fish production, the Senior Band performed at the Royal South Street band competition in Ballarat. The Stage Band also took a trip to Mt Gambier for the Generations in Jazz music festival and competition where we competed against various bands in our division. The Stage Band also played at the Royal Geelong Show band competition where we competed against other schools in our division.
Overall, the music experience is amazing and immersive and I would highly recommend it to any student.
– Patrick Consedine, 11J
Lewis Antonac Samuel Arnold Adrian Augello
Nicolas Balta Joel Burns
Seth Clay Abwi Deng
Daniel Gudasic
Roko Gudasic
Ricky Ivelja
Josh Kiss
Domenico Lecchino
Harry McKeegan
Angus McKinnon
Jackson Moore
Angus O’Connell Colm O’Connor
Nicholas Pratt Mitchell Saba Lachlan Street Max Visintin
Sean Wee Jonathan Zarb Absent: Jye Bannister
Chris Lynch
Community Service
Community Service
Big Fish
Year 11
INDOOR SOCCER
The annual Homeroom Indoor Soccer tournament was, as always, a hotly contested competition. Coming into the championships, there was no clear favourite, however with a 13-1 drubbing of 11G, the mighty men of 11D were suddenly the warm favourites of the tournament.
As always, the crowd also played a major part of the entertainment, with crowd ejections a daily occurrence due to some dubious referee decisions.
After many hard fought battles, the grand final came down to 11D vs 11J. The crowd support was all for the underdogs, and after a gruelling game, with numerous contentious calls, 11D came out on top as the champions of Year 11.
As champions, 11D were given the opportunity to do battle with 12B, to be crowned SJC Homeroom Indoor Soccer Champions. The boys fought their hardest, supported by the rest of the cohort, but sadly the boys went down to the Year 12s.
– Hugh McMahon, 11D
FIRST XVIII FOOTBALL
The First XVIII football side achieved everything possible this year including the ACC Premiership against Parade College, leading us on the road to the Herald Sun Shield.
The Herald Sun preliminary final resulted in a close victory against strong competitors Essendon-Keilor College which gave us the dream opportunity to play on the MCG up against the famous St Pat’s College. We won by a point to be gifted the Shield and take away St Pat’s 7-year winning streak.
Although there was a very strong Year 12 list of players, there were 21 of us Year 11s that were given the opportunity to play in the First XVIII throughout the season and a privileged 5 of us that played on the MCG in the shield final.
YEAR 11 SOCIAL WITH CLONARD
On 8 September 2016, students from St Joseph’s and Clonard College organised a social that took place in the SJC gym.
The night started out with some live performances from Patrick Consedine (vocals), Jeremy Hurley-Paul (guitar) and Connor Morrison (piano). They played a number of recent hits to kick off the night while people were still arriving and standing around having a chat.
Following on from the great season, we are looking forward to being the senior players next year hoping to achieve the same success, alongside the current strong Year 10 cohort.
– Brayden Ham, 11C
Will Devine hopped up onto the stage, spun the decks for a little bit before introducing the main drawcard for the night (and chief organiser of the Social), Michael Gulle. Michael was the DJ for the Year 9 social with Clonard as well and turned out another great performance to provide another great night for all the students.
– Josh Ferrer, 11J
FINAL CONGRATULATIONS….
Well done to the students who have completed many hours of community service throughout the year – your dedication and compassion to the local community is a real credit to you all!
A special congratulations to Andrew McNeel, Liam Jelley and Michael Bongiorno who were voted in by peers and staff as the College Captain and Deputies for 2017. I’d like to also congratulate all the Year 11 students who have taken up leadership positions for next year – it’s great to see so many are willing to take charge and make change where necessary – Well Done!
We farewell those who are leaving us at the end of 2016 to go into employment and thank them for their contributions during their time at the College and wish them all the best – you will always be welcome back at school reunions in the future. To those returning in 2017, your final year, we hope you have a safe, restful yet studious break, in preparation for a hectic, stressful-attimes, fun and memorable year ahead.
- Andrew Scaddan, Year 11 Coordinator
Bryson Milverton
Margot Davies
Jonah Ahearn Ben Arcoraci
Charles Breen Rhys Collard
Patrick Cunningham
Sean Doherty
Aedan Green
Xandar Harrison Benjamin Hovey Liam Keogh
Enrico Macolino
Cooper McCormack Luke McCullough
Harley Pearce Declan Robertson
Thomas Ryan Jack Simons
Robert Stanley Aiden Sweeney Isaac Travers-Hucker
Tristan Turner Liam Waters Harry Whitehand
Absent: Sam Hyde, Korey McGregor-Trinh, Kaelan Morrison
Dean-Paolo Adante
William Beattie
Connor Bennett
Jared Boyce
Samuel Christensen William Coventry
Hugh Darke
Joel Downie Jack Gill
Joshua Hirt
Lachlan Jones William Jones
Patrick Kelly Nathan Kerger James Larkins
William Morrison Tom O’Callaghan
Michael Rimmer Luke Roberts Benjamin Thomas Fraser Toohey
Dominic Van Slageren
Mitchell Wharmby Zachary Zula
Absent: Lachlan Hill, Tristan Moreland
Ethan Belleville
Conor Bromley
Jack Canny
Eamon Carnie
Lachlan Clifford
Joshua Czerkiewicz
William Devine
Flynn Draper Lachlan Greig
Aaron Grose
Brayden Ham
Jack Hodgson
Michael Hussell
Joel Lay
Harry McMahon
Kyle Milanovic
Blake Nicholls Connor O’Keefe
Benjamin Semmler
Jack Stanton Matija Tataj
Mitchell Whelan
Joshua Widdison
Joshua Williamson
Miles Wood-Scorpo
Adam Noble
Simon Cahir
Peter Alesios
Keaun Anwari
Jack Brogden
Joshua Clissold
Jake Corliss
Christian Del Giudice
Joshua Forsyth
David Higginbottom
Antoraj Irudayaraj
Michael Kavenagh
Anthony Knezevic
Harrison Ling
Jack Maas
Hugh McMahon Sebastian Mortarotti
James Pritchard
Denzel Rabino
Ben Raimondo
William Rowe Matheus Santana Mendes
Daniel Valitutti
Peter Watkins Jesse Williams
Absent: Rody Spoormakers
Oliver Andrews Darcy Bourke
Patrick Fierka
Mitchell Grima Jackson Hobbs
Christopher Jurkovic
Jack Kammermann
Daniel Kolotelo
Justin Kozina
Matthew Ling
Andrew McCorkell
Jack McDermott
Zack Mongelli
James Nicholls
Patrick O’BrienHenderson
Austin Perrott
Jordan Petrie
Daniel Reed-Sharry
Harvey Ryan
Thomas Senftleben
Benjamin Shelley Liam Spokes Kingston Tantanouvong
I have worked with this group for the past two years and I have been impressed by them on numerous occasions. Whether it be seeing the fantastic production Big Fish, hearing State Finalists speak publicly, watching a beard be shaven to support refugees or supporting the Winter Ball for Headspace or even winning the ACC Grand Final and Herald Sun Shield these lads have excelled in many areas. At the start of the year the challenge was for them to step up, and they have delivered in many ways.
However, as with all triumphs and celebrations there are many stories of struggle and turmoil. It has been during these times that I have been hugely impressed. A number of Year 12 lads have battled dealings with illness, family break ups, injuries and sadly death. I have been so impressed and blessed to see this year level stick together and support each other through these difficult and challenging times. I can guarantee you, these friendships will last forever.
One factor that sticks this group together is the tremendous leaders within. From the sporting field, to public debating, arts, media, music and everything in-between, this year level oozes leadership. From my perspective, the leaders have supported and assisted me in my role, and I thank you for this. To Rhys, James and Ben –congratulations on being three unique, humorous, hardworking and compassionate leaders.You have led by example and served your year level and school community proud.
As a community we thank each and every one of you for your efforts and contributions you have made to St Joseph’s. You will always be welcome back, and we proudly call each and every one of you, Joey’s boys.
- Dan Hale, Year 12 Coordinator
THE ARTS
From the visual to the musical and the theatrical, The Arts crew have had a successful year in all facets of the Arts.
“Wasted Day” and Antoine Saleh for his film “Quarter Life Crisis” who took home the $500 cash prize.
The Arts assembly took a new turn this year producing a visual display for the school to demonstrate that The Arts “do it differently”. There were performances from the Senior Band who performed an outstanding “Daft Punk Medley” and Deputy Arts Leader, Mackenzie Heard, who performed a solo piece. A fantastic snippet of the “Big Fish” production was also performed which showcased the amazing work of the Drama department.
Earlier this year was the annual ‘Fifteen Words Film Festival’ which showcased the incredible filmmaking and media talent of the students. Congratulations to equal first place Year 12 students Sheldon Wilkens and Jacob Glatz for their film
2016 also welcomed the new Pat Bourke Gallery space which exhibits the amazing Visual Arts within St Joseph’s College. This year has been a huge accomplishment for The Arts in all areas; with the bar set high in 2016 we can only look forward to more artistic prospects to come in future years.
Antoine Saleh – Arts Team Leader
HERALD SUN SHIELD
On 20 July, the St Joseph’s First XVIII football squad defeated Essendon Keilor College to earn the right to play in the prestigious Herald Sun Shield, taking place on 30 July at the one and only home of all AFL grand finals, the MCG. There is no more significant game on the school calendar. Fittingly we were to face our archrival in St Patrick’s College Ballarat, who had set a very high standard indeed, by winning the highly sought after Herald Sun Shield for the past six years.
After receiving our pep talks from Mr Chris Lynch and Mr Jono Holt, and discussing tactics in our lines, it was time. Both sides were brutally competitive right from the first bounce to the last. The St Joseph’s midfield dictated the game during the early stages, whilst the backline were able to keep strong throughout the first quarter. There was nothing to separate the two sides at quarter time as the scoreboard read St Joseph’s 1.7 13 St Patrick’s 2.1 13.
The second quarter started evenly until the St Joseph’s midfield started working overtime willing the ball into our forward half. The defence continued to hold up strong whilst our forwards were able to add some needed scoreboard
pressure. However inaccurate kicking left the door open for St Pat’s to potentially fight back. The half time scores were St Joseph’s 5.13 43 to St Patrick’s 4.2 26.
St Patrick’s started to surge right back into the match during both the third and final terms as they continued to throw their weight around. It started to become a highly contested game with both teams scrapping to push the ball forward, and trying to break the deadlock which was in the last 5 minutes of the game. The match came right down to the wire when St Pat’s marked inside 50 with less than 10 seconds to go, to kick for the win. Scores at this stage read St Joseph’s 7.17 59 to St Pat’s 8.10 58. Thinking that our dream of winning a grand final on the MCG was about to be shattered, the St Pat’s player lined up and kicked the ball out on the full. Seconds later the final siren sounded and we realised that our dream had been fulfilled.
Captain Jack Blood was announced man of the match, and received the Neale Daniher medal for his superior effort. Credit must be given to both schools for not only making it to this stage, but being able to compete at such a standard, leaving the game to come down to a single point.
- Spiro Alesios,
Sports Team Deputy
Year 12
SOCIAL JUSTICE
The Social Justice Team has been involved in many different initiatives focused on improving the world around us for the most marginalised in society.
To kick off our year, we went on the Street Retreat, which involved discovering who we are as a team, in addition to feeding the homeless; teaching English to new arrivals in Australia; spending the day at Corpus Christi (a home for alcoholic middle aged men with mental difficulties) as well as engaging with juvenile inmates at the Parkville facility. Furthermore, the team organised a revamp of Diversity Day, which was focused on raising awareness for the rights of LGBTQI+ youth. The planning for the day also resulted in the development of the TOBI room – standing for Think Original, Be Individual, a safe space for students to hang out and get information regarding various aspects of sexuality.
With the year drawing to a close, Detention for Detention became a big focus, where students voluntarily taped their mouths, tied their hands and kept themselves in detention during a lunchtime to raise awareness for the plight of refugees locked in detention on Manus Island and Nauru. In relation to this particular issue, we participated in a meeting between students and Corio MP Richard Marles regarding the situation of refugees. Overall, the year has been very eventful for the Social Justice Team, and we thank everyone involved for helping us make the changes and drive the initiatives we were campaigning for.
- Daniel Rabbat, Social Justice Leader
Year 12 Celebrations
Spiro Alesios
Johnathon Arcoraci Nicholas Beattie Jack Blood Jack Bruce Michael Callahan Benjamin Cotter
Lachlan Duff Charles Francis Jack Francis
Cooper Fraser Jacob Glatz
Joshua Guy Jack Henry Luke Jennings Benjamin Kenworthy
Matthew Lyons Riley Nicholson Matthew Nolan Jake Peachey
Mark Ranasinghe
Darby Schilder
Ned Stephens Leyton Thulborn
William Turnley Kieren Walsh
Absent: Dion Meyer, Hamish Ross-McGlynn
Leyton Andrews Thomas Beckwith Cohen Blythe
Alexander Buckwell
Nathan Clark Noah Craven-Briggs
Mitchell Diamond
William Goller Harry Hand Liam Higgins Jamieson Jervies
Samuel Kidd Thomas Lyons Kyle Meyer Antonio Novta
William Paatsch Sebastian Pennefather Riley Raven Antoine Saleh Aadyn Sleep-Dalton
Charlie Harris Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - EnrichmentWonder World
Years 7-10 Awards
Jacob Jepson-Raby Consistent Effort
Luke McNamara Consistent Effort, Excellence Awards - Challenge - KickStART, Enrichment - Arts
Patrick Sweet Consistent Effort
Angus Wiese Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - Challenge - Planet Green
SPECIAL AWARDS
Nicholas Morton Public Speaking, Cross Curricular Award -Consistent Effort
William Ryan Debating
Drew Green Swimming Under 15 Age Champion
Brayden Maurer Athletics Under 15 Age Champion
Nicholas Sanders Cross Country Under 15 Age Champion
Thomas Biggs Community Service, Cross Curricular Award - Consistent Effort
William Owen Community Service
Murphy Walker Community Service
William Magher Leadership
Charlie Roache Leadership
Nathan Fox Edmund Rice Award, Excellence Awards - Challenge - Foot Sloggers, Enrichment - Biology on the Move, Enrichment - Wonder World
Finn Dripps Principal’s Award, Excellence Awards - ChallengeAdventure Race, Enrichment - Crime Time
YEAR 10 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Angus Benson Physical Education, The Arts - 2D
Daniel Beron Humanities - History
Jordan Bradaric 3D Introduction to Studio Arts
Jackson Bye Technology - Wood
Joseph Caruana Religious Education
Samuel Chalmers Humanities - Legal/Political Studies, The Arts - Music Performance
Alexander Chen LOTE - Chinese
Joshua Chudosnik Humanities - Geography
Zachary Costa The Arts - Photography
Thomas Curran Technology - Multimedia
Ned De Grandi English Literacy Extension, HumanitiesHistory, The Arts - Visual Communication
Matthew Dementiev The Arts - Visual Communication
Liam Digby Humanities - Geography
Xavier Dowd Humanities - Legal/Political Studies
Lachlan Francis English
Daniel Gudasic Mathematics - Methods
Jordan Jones 3D Introduction to Studio Arts
Zachary Knights Health and Physical EducationOptimal Health
Ryan McNearney The Christopher Gulli Food Technology Award
Michael Modica LOTE - Italian
Daniel Sacchetta Humanities - Accounting/Economics
Seamus Schroeder Mathematics - Foundation
Max Sutton The Arts - Photography
William Tamassy Technology - Computer Aided Design
Matthew Walters Technology - Computer Bits and Bytes, Technology - Software Development, The Arts - Media
Benjamin Willis Technology - Wood
Thomas Zampatti Humanities - Accounting/Economics
CROSS CURRICULAR AWARDS
Luke Rowlands Encouragement
Jimmy Tran Encouragement, Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - Technology - The Pits
Thomas Boardman Consistent Effort
Jarrah Clark Consistent Effort
Ryan Hamers Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - TechnologyDigital Still Photography
Oliver Hanneysee Consistent Effort
Harrison Keane Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - Mathematics - General
Thu Sa La Consistent Effort
Patrick Richards Consistent Effort
Lachlan Street Consistent Effort
Benjamin Willis Consistent Effort
SPECIAL AWARDS
Baxter Mensch Swimming Under 16 Age Champion
Colm O’Connor Athletics Under 16 Age Champion
Max Visintin Cross Country Under 16 Age Champion
Harvey Carmody Community Service
Jake McCorkell Community Service, Cross Curricular Award - Consistent Effort, Excellence Award - Health and Physical Education - Action in the Outdoors
Joshua Spork Community Service Excellence Awards - Science - Life Science, The Arts - Media
Roko Gudasic Leadership, Excellence Award - The ArtsMusic Technology
Samuel Walsh Leadership
Jurrin Romanis Edmund Rice Award
Angus O’Connell Principal’s Award Excellence Awards - Science - Physical Science, Technology - Robotics in Action
SENIOR MUSIC & DRAMA AWARDS
Patrick Carroll Service to Music and Drama, Outstanding Commitment Award - Vocal Ensemble
Waadhi Conole Service to Music, Outstanding Commitment Award - Stage Band
James Doherty Service to Music
Eamon Dooley Service to Music and Drama
Jonathan Dulce Service to Music
Matthew Graham Service to Music, Outstanding Commitment Award - Senior Concert Band
Liam Maiden Service to Music
David Motorniak Service to Music, Outstanding Commitment Award - Stage Concert Band
Diarmuid O’Reilly Service to Music
Oscar Senftleben Service to Music and Drama
SPECIAL MUSIC AWARDS
OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT
Jared Harrison Junior Band Academy
Flynn McIntosh Intermediate Concert Band
Angus McKoy Junior Band Academy, Excellence Award - LOTE - Italian
Thomas Newnham Intermediate Concert Band, Special Award - Debating, Cross Curricular Award - Consistent Effort
Senior Years Awards
YEAR 11 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Callum Schenk Accounting
Felicity Rush (SHC) Australian and Global Politics
Thomas Senftleben Biology
Charlottle Monaghan (SHC) Business Management
Hugh McMahon Chemistry
Jackson Kos Chinese
Matthew Walters (Year 10) Computing - Unit 1/2
Maille Cornelius (CLO) Economics
Liam Jelley English
Hugh McMahon English Language
Madeline Baker (CLO) Environmental Science
Kate Hudson (SHC) Food Technology
Angus McKinnon General Mathematics
Jack Kammermann Geography
Sanden Breust Health and Human Development
Emma Riley (SHC) History (20th Century)
Isaac Travers-Hucker History (Global Empires)
Matthew Zulumovski (Year 10) Legal Studies - Unit 1/2
Isaac Travers-Hucker Literature
Jack Keating Mathematical Methods (CAS)
Jonah Ahearn Media
Angus O’Connell (Year 10) Music Performance - Unit 1/2
Denzel Rabino Outdoor and Environmental Studies
Austin Perrott Physical Education
Hugh McMahon Physics
William Rowe Product Design and Technology
Connor Morrison Psychology
Jack Keating Religious Education (Ethics & Morality)
Sebastian Mortarotti Studio Arts
Ben Arcoraci Systems Engineering
Jordan Jones (Year 10) Visual Communication - Unit 1/2
Hugh McMahon Specialist Mathematics
Jordan Jones (Year 10) Diary Years 7 - 10 Cover Design
Joshua Forsyth Diary Years 11 - 12 Cover Design
Jacob Sesar Athletics – Under 17 Age Champion
Jack Keating Swimming - Under 17 Age Champion
Joshua Hirt VCAL Numeracy
Jordan Imbrogno VCAL Literacy
Joshua Cammarere VCAL Personal Development Skills
Charlie Johnson VCAL Personal Development Skills
Patrick Kelly Community Service
Joshua Ferrer Encouragement Award
Joshua Hirt Encouragement Award
William Devine Leadership Award
James Dillon Edmund Rice
Hugh McMahon Deakin University - School of Engineering Award, for outstanding application in Year 11 Mathematic Methods/Physics
Hugh McMahon Cross Country – Under 17 Age Champion
Lucas Pante Year 11 Principal’s Award
YEAR 12 EXCELLENCE
AWARDS
Jack Keating (Year 11) Accounting - Unit 3/4
Michael Bongiorno (Year 11) Biology - Unit 3/4
Jordan Caccamo (Year 11) Business Management - Unit 3/4
Ned Harris Chemistry
Benjamin Kenworthy Economics
Jack Francis English
Riley Nicholson Environmental Science
Daniel Rabbat Global Politics
Joshua Black Health and Human Development
Michael Callahan History: Revolutions
Emily Birthisel (SHC) Italian
Kyle Meyer Legal Studies
Ricky Ivelja (Year 10) Maths: Further Mathematics - Unit 3/4
Thomas Lyons Media
Jake Milliken (Year 11) Outdoor &Environmental Studies - Unit 3/4
Thomas Foley Physics
Liam Jelley (Year 11) Psychology - Unit 3/4
Leyton Andrews Systems Engineering
Brandon Stokes (Year 11) Visual Communication Design - Unit 3/4
Ryen Smith Awards & Music Showcase Cover Design
Matthew Henkel Awards & Music Showcase Cover Design
Jack Henry Athletics – Senior Age Champion
Liam Higgins Cross Country – Senior Age Champion
William Paatsch Swimming – Senior Age Champion
Justin Patterson Computing: Informatics
Angus McKinnon (Year 11) Highest Scored VET
Angus McKinnon (Year 11) Sport and Recreation (VCE VET)
Donald Conway
Nathan Gillespie
VCAL Personal Development Skills
VCAL Numeracy
Nicholas Stephanides VCAL Literacy
David Motorniak Maths: Mathematical Methods
David Motorniak Maths: Specialist Mathematics
David Motorniak VCE High Achiever
Thomas Howe VCE High Achiever
Thomas Fitzgerald VCE High Achiever
James Pundij VCE High Achiever
Eamon Dooley VCE High Achiever
Alexander Fama VCE High Achiever
Michael Caldow VCE High Achiever
Aidan Patterson VCE High Achiever
Matthew Ryan VCE High Achiever
Patrick Zulumovski VCE High Achiever
Leyton Andrews VCE High Achiever
Joshua Black VCE High Achiever
Riley Nicholson VCE High Achiever
Brayden Thompson VCE High Achiever
Samuel Searle VCE High Achiever
Isitha Subasinghe VCE High Achiever
Jack Bruce VCE High Achiever
Michael Callahan VCE High Achiever
Antonio Novta VCE High Achiever
Kyle Meyer VCE High Achiever
Patrick O’Connor VCE High Achiever
Rhys Hegyesi VCE High Achiever
Thomas Lyons VCE High Achiever
Charles Francis VCE High Achiever
Thomas Foley VCE High Achiever
Jonathan Dulce VCE High Achiever
Jordan Partington VCE High Achiever
Daniel Rabbat VCE High Achiever
Samuel Kidd VCE High Achiever
Justin Patterson VCE High Achiever
Benjamin Kenworthy VCE High Achiever
Kieren Walsh VCE High Achiever
Matthew Oyang VCE High Achiever
Blake Robinson VCE High Achiever
Jack Francis VCE High Achiever
Ned Harris VCE High Achiever
Leadership, Service & Excellence Awards
Ryan Draper Memorial Award For excellence in Debating and Public Speaking
Daniel Rabbat
Adam Bryant Memorial House Competition Shield Winner For the winner of the Inter-house Competition
Jack Walters - Foley House
Frank Merlino Memorial Cup For excellence in Information Technology
Justin Patterson
Michael Carmody Memorial Award For examplary Leadership at School and in the wider Community
Jack Blood
Brennan Houghton Joey’s Boy Memorial Award (Voted by peers) For the student who has ‘strived for the highest’
Angus McMahon
Old Collegian’s Association Citizenship Award For contribution and service to the College
Adam Karpinski
Parents & Friends Association Cultural Award (Performing Arts)
For contribution to the cultural life of the College
Eamon Dooley & Oscar Senftleben
Edmund Rice Award
For promoting and supporting the values of Edmund Rice
Jack O’Neill
Old Collegian’s Association – Leo Turner Memorial Award For excellence in sport
Jack Henry
Zampatti All Rounder Award
For excellence in a range of activities
Liam Higgins
Dux of College
For academic excellence in VCE
David Motorniak
McNeill Cup
For overall excellence, leadership and commitment to the College
Rhys Hegyesi
Mission Team
This is my second year as a teacher at SJC and my first year as the Director of Mission. It has been an honour to work with the five wonderful staff who create the Mission team: Ms Zoe Marshall (Service Learning Coordinator) Ms Vicki Mills (Religious Education Coordinator), Ms Louisa Biviano (ATSI coordinator) and new to the team in 2016 was Mrs Mary Malone (Faith Development Coordinator).
A strong focus of mine is to push for more advocacy actions within our school community. The various initiatives that shone a spotlight on the treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian government was the highlight for me in 2016. The four Catholic Secondary Schools combined together and stood in a Circle of Silence for 30 minutes to express our support and solidarity for refugees and people seeking asylum. We stood in silence to recognise the injustices faced by people caught up in Australia’s immigration detention system. We also hosted a meeting with Richard Marles, Federal Member of Corio, to discuss the asylum seeker and refugee issue facing Australia. This interaction captured the Geelong Advertisers attention and was written about in the letter section of the Saturday newspaper.
LITURGY
During this Year of Mercy we have many opportunities to gather together in our St Joseph’s community to celebrate our Catholic Identity through liturgy and ritual throughout the year. Edmund Rice Day is certainly a highlight of the school year. Not only is money generously raised for communities in East Africa and for Edmund Rice Camps we are brought together in solidarity to live out our Edmund Rice touch stones of ‘Inclusive Community’ ‘Gospel Spirituality’, ‘Justice and Solidarity’ and ‘Liberating Education’
This year the day began with a joyful celebration of the Eucharist and through the students generous participation in the day they come to see that they are living out the East African term ‘Unbuntu’ (oo-boon-too) which means, ‘Showing kindness and generosity towards others’.
other celebrity mums and musicians concerned about asylum seeker children in detention centres.
Fr Dillon then inspired us to live out the sentiments of the liturgy as he blessed and asked God to make us discover “active and practical ways of the tender love and mercy with which you embrace us all. May we go forth with compassion and courage in our hearts.” This is exactly what the 2016 SJC community have embraced this year.
For the communion reflection we sat in awe as we listened to Gorgi Coghlan a former student of Paul Tobias sing ‘Age of Reason’. Gorgi used her national profile as a host on ‘The Project’ news program to raise awareness of the #LetThemStay campaign by singing the song with a group of
RENEWALS
At each year level we are given the opportunity to take time out of the busy school year where we can re-treat, re-charge, re-fresh and re-new our body, minds and especially our spirit. This year the Year 10 students spent time over two days reflecting on the theme from John’s Gospel, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life.’ Inspired by our guest speaker, musician Scott Darlow who shared his story with us while raising awareness of indigenous issues and through a variety of experiences the students were called to explore ways to have more confidence to express who they are and to find ways to be themselves. They spent time experiencing spirituality through mediation and took time to reflect on their life journey so far and created a life motto to inspire them into their future.We can see how energising and successful these Renewal Days can be for all involved when a student, presenter and staff member respond to the question, ‘What is your life motto?’:
‘The ultimate measure of a man is not what they do in a time of comfort, it’s what they do in a time of discomfort and adversity.’ - Year 10 Student
‘Once again your students were fantastic and especially on the second day, many of them were moved to come to me and express their appreciation and several gave me a hug which is fantastic because there is no doubt that if they are prepared to hug me they will hug their parents. I want to congratulate you and your school for the fantastic safety awareness program that you bring to your year 10 students and I’m honored to be part of it.’
- John Maher, Carmen Road Safety
‘I think what is really nice is I have become really close with my homeroom after this week- they are great lads.’
- Year 10 Homeroom Teacher
Richard Marles meets with students from the four Catholic Secondary Schools
Celebrating our Mums
Gorgi Coghlan performing at Edmund RIce Day
Year 12 Renewals
Listening to the Gospel at Edmund Rice Day Mass
James Mangar leads the procession
Mission Team
ATSI
In 2016 we had 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students here at St Joseph’s. The year has seen the students participate in a variety of activities including the Watta Watnanda Day at Richmond Football Club and a joint art project for the Indigenous Garden at Barwon Prison. For the first time we have had ATSI captains; Sebastian McDougall, Jack Brogden and Jazariah Marrkula who took on the role of representing ATSI students and culture at the school this year.
Reconciliation Week was the biggest St Joseph’s has ever epxerienced! This year’s theme was “Our History, Our Story, Our Future” reminding us that, as Australians, our origins span the globe, but our future is as one nation, united. We started the week with Reconciliation Assemblies at both the Edmund Rice and the Westcourt Campuses, which were run by ATSI students and featured performances by Yirrmal, One Connexion Dance Group and Lyndon Perry, a didgeridoo player from Narana Cultural Centre. Other activities during the week included didgeridoo lessons, a quiz competition, the Recognise and Close the Gap Campaigns, the Long Walk to the G with Michael Long, Connecting to Country Festival at Narana Cultural Centre and the Reconciliation Cup Football Match.
Below are some highlights from our ATSI students:
“To be part of the first ATSI Student Leadership group at SJC was a true honour. One of my highlights for the year was playing and participating in the Reconciliation Shield Football Match against St Bernard’s College and being able to represent the school through wearing the indigenous jumpers with the Bunjil design on the front. It was also great to meet all the boys in the ATSI group and mentor them through the year.”
- Jack Brogden, ATSI deputy Captain 2016
“A highlight in 2016 was the Richmond Day, where we can catch up with students from Melbourne schools and do activities e.g. sports, music, stories and dancing. I also enjoyed the meetings where we could catch up and find out any news in our ATSI group. It was a good way to check in with the boys and see how everyone was and what they have been doing.” - Tyson Neal, Year 8
RE CURRICULUM AT YEAR 7
“I was lucky enough to be chosen as ATSI Deputy Captain for 2016. I have really enjoyed this role with some of the leadership skills I have learnt. It has also taught me to become a leader of our ATSI group by being responsible. I always enjoy catching up with the other boys of all ages within our group. We like to talk about what everyone has been up to, especially over their holidays, any of their sporting achievements and what is happening in the AFL..”
- Jazariah Marrkula, ATSI Deputy Captain 2016
A highlight this year in the Year 7 curriculum was a visit from Samuel Karanja from Kibera in Nairobi. Karanja is connected to the Edmund Rice Foundation and has been sponsored by the Foundation for his schooling and university education. He works with Edmund Rice Youth Camps which is part of the works of the Christian Brothers in Eastern Africa. Samuel visited some of our classes where he told of his experiences growing up in the slums of Kibera.
Karanja is one of the young leaders of Karibu Camps; camps created to give kids time away from the pressures of poverty. He, along with nine other remarkable young Kenyans, wrote a book titled “I Am Because You Are.” The authors were assisted by a young lady from Melbourne - Anna Cerreto.
The book is full of their stories, sharing their dreams, fears and realities. Karanja and Anna guided the Year 7 boys to an understanding of how real the challenges faced by people living in Nairobi actually are.
Karanja’s visit demonstrated that words can transcend boundaries, as well as the power in cross-cultural storytelling. His workshop pushed the Year 7 students to a deeper understanding of people, poverty and power. We are looking at how we can incorporate “I Am Because You Are” into our curriculum.
- Rachel Roche, Director of Identity
ATSI Students at the Watta Watnanda Cultural Day
Cybercats Indigenous Day at Geelong Football Club with Steven Motlop
The Long Walk to the ‘G’ with Michael Long for the Dreamtime game
One Connexion at Reconciliation Assembly
Didgeridoo Lessons Reconciliation Football Match
Samuel Karanja with Year 7 Students
Community Service
The year has seen the continuation of the many community service endeavours that our students and staff alike are involved with outside of school hours: breakfast programs, refugee tutoring, blood bank, Outreach Van, Winter SleepOut, Vinnie’s Winter Appeal, Feed Geelong Appeal, refugee holiday programs, Samaritan House, TouCan Appeal, footy boot collections, toiletries drive and more!
In addition, students were also given opportunities to engage in community service within various classes or as a year level. Year 9 Challenge classes identifed and completed a community service project that fitted within their subject focus, Year 10 Religion classes visited with elderly members of the community and Year 11 students completed a week of community service during Activities Week.
Every day I count myself lucky to be doing this job: not only does this role see me working with boys and young men but it affords me the opportunity to interact with them beyond the classroom walls. I frequently bear witness to some extraordinary moments, such as one which occurred during the weekly visits I make with Year 10 students to local aged care facilities. A staff member came to me, tears in her eyes and led me to an adjoining room. She indicated to where one of our students was sitting with quite a frail looking woman who, the staff member explained, had not spoken in almost 3 years – yet here the two were, laughing and chatting away…in fluent Croatian!
It is experiences like this that I hope will contribute to each student’s recognition of just how important community service is – taking the opportunity to give something back which can give us something really valuable in return.
- Zoe Marshall, Service Learning Coordinator
Doing something for someone else and not receiving anything in return – at least, nothing in the way of monetary gain – doesn’t sound rewarding, but in fact, it can be an enormously formative experience in and of itself. Serving your community through outreach programs often takes you to see places and meet people you never would have otherwise, which is especially important for private school students, since we’ve lived most of our lives in a bubble of privilege. That’s something which will hopefully influence our views and attitudes as we venture out into the world.
- Sebastian Starcevic, Year 12
On 15 April, Year 9 Outdoor Education students did some community service work with the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee.
Fifteen students swapped their regular classroom for the Torquay coastal reserves to participate in hands on conservation work near Whites Beach in Torquay as part of their outdoor education program. GORCC Education Coordinator Pete Crowcroft said the practical aspect of GORCC’s environmental education programs allowed students to see how every day action impact the environment.
Students worked in small groups to remove invasive woody weeds from the dune system to allow for native revegetation in winter.
The on-ground education helps develop an in depth understanding about the importance of coastal conservation in this beautiful environment we are fortunate to use,
- Lukas Capicchiano , Year 9 Outdoor Education Coordinator
Photo from GOCC
St Joseph’s College continues to develop a strong connection with the First People of Australia through the different Indigenous immersions and exchanges the students can participate in annually.
TIWI ISLAND
During Activities week this year Mr Wedding, Ms Cameron and Mr Jansen facilitated 12 Year 11 boys on the Community Service Northern Territory experience. The highlight for the students was staying on Bathurst Island at the Xavier College and playing dodgeball with the students.
DALY RIVER
In the last week of Term 2 Mr Holt, Mr Adams and Ms Salcombe departed with 13 Year 10 students on the Daly River Immersion.They spent the majority of their time in the community in Nauiyu, Daly River and enjoyed interacting with the locals through hunting experiences and the Welcome to Country.
YEPPOON
Ten students from the Westcourt Campus stayed at St Brendan’s, an EREA school located in central QLD. They visited Great Keppel Island and participated in a range of activities including shooting, visiting a crocodile farm and attending a rodeo.
TIMOR LESTE
For the first time in the history of St Joseph’s College we ran a student immersion to Timor Leste. In this experience we use the word immersion, rather than trip, to indicate that we are not travelling as tourists but rather as guests. In an immersion the participants are learning more from the locals than they are of us. We are conscious to not make judgements on how the local people could do it better or do it ‘our way’ but rather we are there to learn from them and to understand how we could enjoy life from a different perspective.
- Rachel Roche, Director of Identity
Immersions
Below is Nathan Rivalland’s account of the experience:
From the 7 - 16 July, St Joseph’s College Year 11 students Lachy Barnett, Harry Bateman, Jacob Loughnan and myself went on an immersion to Timor Leste. The trip was accompanied by Ms Roche and Old Collegian James Palmer who has visited Timor Leste many times and knows tetun, the local language.Timor Leste is one of Australia’s closest neighbours, which is only a 5 hour plane ride yet the two countries are worlds apart.
When we arrived into Dili (the capital city) we were shocked at how friendly all the people were and their eagerness to greet us. As well as spending four days in Dili we spent the bulk of our trip in Viqueque. Viqueque is a small village 180km from Dili but takes 6 hours to drive due to the difficult road conditions. In Viqueque we stayed at the orphanage and played with the kids and taught English at Viqueque 01 school.
The food in Timor Leste exceeded our expectations. Meals mainly consisted of rice, chicken, noodles and steamed vegetables. The Timorese love their sport and adventure. The locals always wanted to play with us and show us around. Notable differences between Timor Leste and Australia were the toilets, which were basically holes in the ground that you had to scoop water into to flush them; the people all said hello even if they had no idea who you were; and everyone was eager to get an education and learn.
A highlight of the trip was visiting the caves where the Timorese Resistant fighters hid in for many years whilst fighting the Indonesian Invasion. Swimming in the river at Loi Huno, playing soccer with the locals, walking to the Christo Rei statue and playing cards with the awesome kids at the orphanage were also memorable experiences. It was also very rewarding to be able to provide friendship and English to people who were so keen to be around us. This immersion made us realize how fortunate we are in Australia and how rewarding and fun it is to help and entertain others through sport and education.
- Nathan Rivalland, Year 11
Tiwi Islands
Timor Leste
Yeppoon
Yeppoon
Daly River
Daly River
Kokoda
Courage, Endurance, Mateship, Sacrifice.
These four words are engraved on the four pillars at the Isurava Memorial on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.
For 9 days in June and July this year, 6 St Joseph’s College students ,1 teacher and 2 dads had the opportunity to appreciate the rugged beauty of the Kokoda Track, and think about these 4 words and in particular the sacrifices of the soldiers who walked the same track in WW2. Those brave young men who gave so much for our freedom. We all appreciated a very sobering moment at the end of the walk when we came to the 3779 war graves at the Bomana Commonwealth Cemetery where we saw rows and rows of headstones, some unidentified - with the words “An Australian Soldier of the 1939-1945 War” “Known Unto God”.
Our trip was physically demanding and we were out of our comfort zones, so it was hard at times, however our trip was done in comfort compared to the soldiers. Personally I enjoyed everything about this well organised trip. “Doing Kokoda” had been on my bucket list for a few years and I was so excited to be able to do it and was fortunate to do it with my son!
There were steep and seemingly endless hills that were just as hard to go down as they were to go up. The conditions were hot and humid and we gave a lot of sweat. There were some muddy parts (fortunately it didn’t rain much on our trip) and plenty of tree roots to negotiate. Some of us had some difficult times with sickness and injuries but we all endured.
Nigel, our tour guide from Australian Kokoda Tours did an
excellent job explaining the history and the significant points along the track. We learnt about the bloody battles; saw memorials and plaques and the evidence of war in the form of fox holes, slit trenches, grenades, mortar bombs, helmets and boots.
The porters and our guide made sure everyone was safe and having fun.The porters were amazingly skilful at negotiating any terrain either barefoot or in thongs. They looked after us by navigating and advising which water to drink, cooking our meals (which were delicious and hearty), cleaning up and carrying the food, cooking pots and our tents and even being “taggers” for the 2 dads (to grab hold of the old guys in case they fell).
We have so many memories; the fantastic views, the mist in the valleys, the villages, the local children, the beautiful singing and playing rugby with the locals. There were cold showers to endure, the swims, the drop toilets; the damp, sweaty, smoky smell of our clothes (even after washing them), 5am wakeup calls and the chant every morning as we left camp. We had moments of reflection, there was playing cards at night, the local mandarins, bananas, avocados, the packets of twisties, the cans of coke, the cup of soups and the salami and cheese on biscuits for lunch…….. For me one of the best memories of all was the final gruelling climb in the sun and the walk under the arches at the end.
It was a pleasure getting to know everybody, from the early morning training sessions and the weekend training hikes to the fun and mateship on the track.
- Greg McCorkell, (proud Dad of Jake in Year 10)
Templeton’s Waterfall & Village
Isurava Memorial
Bomana War Cemetary
Finishing at Owen’s Corner arches
Project-Based Learning & Literacy
2016 has seen the implementation of a number of classroom initiatives - most notably is the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach introduced at Year 8 this year with implementation to Year 9 in 2017. Examples from classes who have participated in PBL this year appear below.
In 2014, our student data identified literacy and in particular writing, as an area of learning need. In response, we have worked with Catholic Education Melbourne to establish a Secondary Literacy Improvement Project (SLIP) team comprising learning area leaders to develop a whole school approach to literacy improvement. The team meets each term under the direction of Brian Dare to identify, rehearse and implement specific literacy strategies. Each SLIP participant then works with another team of teachers to assist it in introducing and embedding these strategies in classes. 2017 will be a year where a whole school approach to literacy improvement will be implemented.
- Michael Goss, Director of Curriculum & Michelle Bishop,Teaching Innovation Coordinator
PROJECT-BASED
LEARNING (PBL)
Project-based learning is to work towards a product in a dynamic and adaptable classroom setting. Project-based learning is a modern classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges to acquire a deeper knowledge. Jobs in the future will require more group work, so we are working to make sure that we are prepared for the modern age. If we do not know how to work effectively in a group, we will fail and other people will benefit in the workplace.
Initially, most students will find PBL a tiresome and annoying setting to work in; however, over time, when students see how easy team work makes the projects and how much work they can get done in such a little time, the projects become less of an ordeal and more of an opportunity to grow and learn as a team.
a local agency that is a non-profit organization and created advertising products for them; these ranged from pamphlets to a 30 second radio ad. We started by making contact with these agencies so we could find their immediate needs and support them.Then we proceeded to creating our advertising campaign and, finally, we presented them to the public. After presenting we reflected on what we had learnt about living a Christian life.
PBL will help us to work in teams for our everyday work life. This is why changing our schooling system now should be a priority. Not only does it help us work with others but it helps us build strong connections, forming long lasting relationships with our peers. In PBL we learn more about everyday problems that need solving rather than listening to lectures.
Term 3 in our religion classes we learnt about the Catholic Social Teachings; we did this in groups and looked at everyday situations where the teachings applied. Each group adopted
This article was made in a group and it shows just how effective group work can be. PBL is an exciting and inventive path for our future. We have already learnt so much. - Nathan Colla, Freddie Dripps & Jarryd Wood 8E
YEAR 8 ENGINEERING PBL AT DEAKIN
The Year 8 cohort attended Deakin University for an Entry Event for their Term 4 Science curriculum. Deakin were pleased to open their CADET (Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training) building to our cohort to experience many workshops and tours.
Upon arrival, students were split into 6 groups to build various models of bridges, towers and motors, experience the high voltage room and meet civil and mechatronics engineering students.
Although students have built spaghetti and marshmallow towers at school, they were given parameters for the cost of their towers, the amount of supplies and had opportunity to rejig their prototypes after being placed on a hydraulic machine designed to shake like an earthquake. Groups were penalised points if they purchased extra supplies and were tested based on amount of weight the bridge could support. Another activity was the building of single pulse DC motors.
The biggest highlight was the high voltage room which had a Faraday cage and large Tesla coils to produce lightning bolts. The demonstration of the lightning was very entertaining as they had programmed the bolts to Star Wars The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme)!
The students had an exciting day. They were delighted to hear that the local university has also adapted many of its courses to Project-based Learning (PBL) and Design Based Learning (DBL). Engineering students presenting their projects were thrilled to engage with students learning in the PBL style as they are, because that is what real world jobs- and engineers- do!
- Samantha O’Keeffe-Science Domain Leader.
Humanities
Humanities in 2016 has offered some challenging and exciting opportunities for students to explore History, Geography and Civics and Commerce subjects. Year 8 students, as part of a Project-based Learning unit, undertook field work at the Barwon River and completed a study as part of the assessment. Year 11 students visited Barwon Prison for their Legal Studies class. Whilst there, they had the opportunity to talk with inmates about their experiences with the Australian legal system and how this has affected their lives. Students at other year levels have been involved in camps, excursions and a range of exciting activities. There is commentary below regarding student involvement and achievement in the 22nd Annual Geography Competition. There is also some information regarding other Project-based Learning units and the fantastic experiences students are having through this innovative teaching and learning method.
I hope you enjoy looking at a snapshot of Humanities in 2016!
Students from Year 10 and 11 took part in the 22nd annual Australian Geography Competition during Term 2.
Approximately 60,000 students from around Australia entered the Competition, which is organised by the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.
Competition coordinator Bernard Fitzpatrick said that the Competition gave teachers an opportunity to highlight geography in their schools.
concluded, “Geography helps students understand the world around them, and the interconnections of the physical and social sciences within their local community and global communities.”
The following students performed particularly well:
High Distinction Lachlan Peck - Year 10
“In today’s society, geography is a vital subject that all young people should study. Understanding place and people, and the socio-economic and environmental interactions at local, regional, national and international levels is important to the economic and environmental future of Australia,” said Mr Fitzpatrick. He
Distinctions Year 11 - Jacob Bakker, Bill Rowe, Peter Watkin. Year 10 - Joseph Flintoff, Griffin Harvey, Lewis Rancic
Credits
Year 11 - Angus McKinnon, Benjamin Semmler. Year 10 - Samuel Barling, Fionn Guina Stannard, Oliver Hanneysee, Thomas Hartney.
RE PROJECT – LIVING A CHRISTIAN LIFE
Students in RE have worked through their project “Living a Christian Life”. As part of the project students had to contact a local aide agency in Geelong and create an advertisement that helped to promote the aims of the agency. The students found this quite a challenging activity but have learnt a lot about formal communication and working collaboratively to achieve their goals.
“The call to the charity was a great success. I made the call and the people on the other end of the phone were a great help towards me and my group…I would prepare myself better in future telephone calls and I would also try to be a lot less nervous. It was helpful that they wanted us to help them and they also gave us good information and insight into their organisation. Overall I think our phone call was a great success and me and my group are very happy with the final outcome.”
- Jake Charles, Year 8
Year 10 & 11 VCAL
RECONCILIATION INDIGENOUS GARDEN
PROJECT - STUDENT REFLECTIONS
“In this garden I learned so many skills from Tony, I enjoyed making the wooden seats & planting the large tree. I think it really symbolises Indigenous Reconciliation.” - Josh Brown, 10A
“This project has been a good opportunity for us to work as a team and learn what it is like to work for a boss.This project taught us new skills we will use in the future.”
- Bradley Mann, 10D
“We have developed our relationship as a class by working outdoors together. I have enjoyed building wooden seating, mulching, weeding and planting trees and plants.” - Jack Grigsby, 10E WORK EXPERIENCE
The Foundation VCAL Group is given the opportunity to participate in four weeks of Work Experience throughout the year. Work Experience is a week-long placement of the students with employers to provide insights into the industry and the workplace in which they are located. It provides students with the valuable opportunity to develop employability skills and explore possible career options.
LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK BOOT CAMP
On a cold Wednesday morning in Term 1 we came to school knowing that for the next three and a half hours we will be pushing themselves to the limit both physically and mentally. We went down to the waterfront where we meet our personal trainer Jess from SureFit.Throughout the morning we did boxing, group activities and a round of tugof-war. During the day all the boys had a blast and had fun learning about fitness, the importance of working as a team and identifying leadership qualities in ourselves and each other.
- Jack Canny, 11C
20
KM
SURF COAST WALK TO SUPPORT MINERVA COMMUNITY SERVICES.
On Thursday 13 October, the Year 11 VCAL students walked 20 kms from the Angelsea skate park along the surf coast to Torquay, which took approximately 4 hours.
well up hill and on the rocky paths. Mr Adams ensured there were few breaks to make it back to school to catch their buses.
Congratulations and thanks to all Year 11 boys who raised money via sponsorships, guess the lolly jar, selling chocolates and cans, door knocking, washing cars and kind parents. Almost $4000 was raised to support Minerva Community services and its programs.
The day was glorious and perfect for the day out walking. Fr Emma from Mannya Uganda accompanied the boys on the walk and enjoyed being involved in the day.
The first section was a bit gruelling but the boys managed
- Joshua Cammarere, 11H & Jack Canny, 11C BASILS FARM
Community partnerships are a vital piece of the puzzle when it comes to the transition from school to work. 2016 saw the initial development of a partnership at the Bellarine Peninsula’s Basils Farm. The Winery has a heavy focus on conservation and permaculture and the work experience visits allowed the boys to experience different aspects of this industry.
In response to the success of the 2016 partnership, Basils Farm has agreed to further strengthen the relationship with St Joseph’s and offer eleven students structured work placement for 2017. As well as developing a pathway into primary industries this innovative program hopes to engage the students by providing job readiness interaction with real world industry context to the curriculum.
Throughout 2017 the students will complete projects on the farm in conjunction with Basils staff ensuring the students are job ready for 2019 and beyond. We are super excited!
GEELONG CUP DAY
Some Year 10 and 11 students attended the Geelong Racecourse on the biggest day of the year - Geelong Cup day. We were not there to back a winner or judge fashions of the field. Our job for the day was to support the Sanctuary Counselling Centre.
The Sanctuary provides care and support for individuals and their families experiencing lifechallenging illness or bereavement in the Geelong region.
Students rattled tins and served food to the punters in the Sanctuary marquee. Staff members Jarrod Gore, Imogen Brough and Jason Coghill also supported the day by providing the musical entertainment. - Flynn Draper, 11C
Year 12 VCAL
RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS
Two of Geelong’s leading experts on the issue of family violence, Claire from Minerva Community Services and Sergeant Kevin Godfrey from the Geelong Family Violence Unit work on the front line in the fight against domestic violence. They provided valuable expertise on the issue of violence against women and children in our region. Statistics such as the Victoria Police Geelong Family Violence Unit receiving 80 call outs per week to domestic violence situations and every week four women seek refuge from Minerva were shocking. We were inspired to lobby for change. We used our collective voice to campaign and send a petition with in excess of 2,000 signatures to the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Fiona Richardson. Our petition sought tougher sentencing of family violence perpetrators and we will continue to advocate for local women and children in the battle against family violence. We raised over $5,000 for Minerva Community Services through several events such as a lap-athon and photographic exhibition.
- Angus Kelly & Nicholas Stephanides, Year 12
GARDEN BED – BACK UP TO SCRATCH
MS HIGH TEA
The aim of our event was to raise awareness and funds for the fight against multiple sclerosis. The afternoon was a sell out with 150 people in attendance enjoying the high tea service and live entertainment from Mr John Stephenson. A huge thank you to Claire from Pink Saffron Catering and to all who supported us by attending or donating goods to our silent auction.
As a part of our Year 12 Personal Development Skills we undertook a self managed project of our choice. Fletcher, Adam and I proposed a project to the grounds staff at Simonds Stadium to rejuvenate a large garden bed at the entrance to Kardinia Park. We had to put together emails to contact people and make multiple phone calls. Simonds grounds keepers were very interested in our idea and let us do the job.We totally revamped the garden bed removing old plants and starting from scratch. Then we mulched and replanted the garden bed.The City of Greater Geelong supplied materials and we supplied the labour. With the help of Bernard and Allan from Skilled Stadium we managed to bring the gateway to the cattery back up to scratch! Next time you’re stopped at the lights at the corner of La Trobe Terrace and Noble Street make sure you check it out.
- Fletcher Ivermee, Daniel Stawyskyj & Adam Bernardo, Year 12
We are proud to announce that we are handing over a cheque for $7,018 to MS Australia. MS Ambassador, Ms Justine Martin, who was our guest speaker on the day, attended our end of year dinner to accept the cheque.
- Donald Conway, Leyton Thulborn, Zac Forssman & Daniel Pollard, Event Organisers
AWARD WINNERS
The End of Year Dinner and Awards Ceremony was held on Wednesday 14 September. Family, friends and staff shared a meal and viewed a photographic display of some of the activities the students organised during the year.
Leah Irving - VCAL Coordinator
The 2016 award winners are as follows:
Academic Endeavour
Trent Buckwell
Jack Rice
Spirit Award
Daniel Stawyskyj
Self Development Award
Jake Peachey
Consistent Effort Award
Zac Barr
Outstanding Dedication
Jake Donohue
Dedication to Structured Workplace
Learning
Fletcher Ivermee
Adam Lubcke
VCAL High Achiever
Adam Bernardo
VET
VET at St Joseph’s in 2016 has been fantastic! Having now been the coordinator of this program at St Joseph’s for nearly five years I am beginning to see the hard work paying off. More and more students are starting to see the benefits of undertaking a VET subject as a part of their VCE or VCAL studies and The Joseph Innovation Trade Training Centre has never been busier.
The hands on learning environment provided by VET courses, has proven to be very popular amongst the senior year levels. In 2016 there has been just over 280 students completing VET courses at the College, nearly a third of the whole cohort!
Students completed a number of different courses both on site at the College and at other training locations/providers around the Geelong region. The most popular courses were in the fields of Sport & Recreation, Carpentry & Furniture Making. The students continued to produce work of a very high standard. Some of the amazing projects completed included hand built cubby houses in VET Building & Construction (Carpentry), and in Furniture Making, beautiful handcrafted desks, chairs, toolboxes and hand tools. Allied Health students conducted vital signs health checks for staff members as a part of their training and VET Electrotechnology students learnt how to create circuits. Community partnerships were also formed this year with students supporting the Give Where You Live and MS foundations.
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A number of students completed school based apprenticeships/ traineeships over the year. Fields ranging from Plumbing and Carpentry through to Information Technology showed positive uptake. The students worked towards gaining a nationally recognised qualification whilst still attending school and working one day per week. Feedback from the employers hosting the students was very positive and in a number of cases the students were offered full time positions for 2017.
VET students were given the opportunity to see where their studies could take them through a number of excursions attended over the year.The Ararat Windfarm was a major highlight for the VET Electrotechnology students. The Windfarm was in construction phase, so the perfect place for attendees to see the differences in the scale of electrical works. VET Building & Construction along with Furniture Making students attended an excursion with the Master Builders’ Association of Victoria to various job sites in the Geelong region as well as trips to local job sites during VET classes.
The common feedback received from students after attending the excursions was extremely positive and in most cases students found it made what they were learning more
Structured work placement was completed by a number of students alongside of their VET classes. The placements allowed the students to apply the skills and knowledge learnt in their VET courses to their work. The students showed a high level of maturity and work ethic whilst on their placements, qualities that are highly regarded and sought after by local employers when they finish their schooling.
In 2016, VET students seem to be extremely motivated and enthusiastic about their studies. Whenever I walk into these classes I am greeted with smiling faces, knowledgeable trainers and start to feel a sense of maturity. Each individual student is focused and engulfed in their learning, behaviour isn’t an issue and the students are very aware of how much of a difference completing their chosen study could be on their journey to start work.
I am blessed to be able to work in such a rewarding role. There is not a better feeling in the world than helping others to succeed and learn. St Joseph’s College is the platform to which our students can begin their life journey. With strong numbers of students continuing to elect VET as a subject in 2017 I am sure I will be in for another rewarding year.
- Jarrod Gore, VET Coordinator
The graduating VET Electrotechnology class of 2016
The VET students standing next to a brand new trench digger at the Ararat Windfarm
Students completing their electrical board jobs
Cubby Houses
Students with turbines at the brand new Ararat Ararat Windfarm
English Studies
This year heralded the start of some new courses, subjects and opportunities for Studies in English. At Year 11 level we were able to offer English Language for the first time and the new VCE English syllabus also started at Year 11. Year 8 English became a part of the PBL framework.Year 12 English students were given the opportunity to use the new staff room facilities to study on Wednesday afternoons and we regularly had anything from 30 to 40 students working in study groups or on individual writing pieces. - Anne Dooley, English Domain Leader
YEAR 7 ENGLISH
Oliver Phommavanh the author of the popular novel ‘Thai-riffic!’ visited the Year 7 students at St Joseph’s College. Oliver shared stories of his family and childhood, and explained how these people inspired him and his writing. The boys learned about Oliver’s experiences as a published author, and gained insight into the processes involved in writing a novel. His energy and humour made for an interesting and educational day for the boys.
Year 7 reflections on meeting Oliver:
I enjoyed Oliver’s visit because he is a very funny man and I love comedy. My favourite part was when he was talking about how he wanted to be a dinosaur when he grew up as there were lots of jokes. I would love for him to come back and teach us more about writing. – Joshua Berry, 7F
On 22 April, we had a visit from the author of ‘Thai-riffic!’, Oliver Phommavanh. He was very funny because he had great enthusiasm and adrenaline to crack up the audience. His collection of toys made everyone laugh. I really enjoyed his performance, and hope I read his newest book. – Maxmillian Corbett, 7F
Year 7 English Reflections
In English this year, I have enjoyed reading and reflecting on a wide range of books, such as comedy graphic novels, historical narratives and horror novels. I also enjoyed reading in the library. – Matthew Tripodi, 7F
clouds that blurred the scene into nothing more than a vaporous haze of black and green. Stone objects formed around me and I at once knew I was lost in the masses of black creepers and trees. There was nothing to hear. It gave me a blood chilling essence. I fully breathed in the musty, wet air and then I walked away in a hurried manner, for I felt the presence of a creature with ghastly magnificence stalking me.
In English this year, I have developed my skills in many areas, such as debating and working in an organised debate group. Other things that we have done are our horror novels where we learnt various ways to scare our audiences through words. – Noah Hickey, 7F
HORROR WRITING
I walked around the fog senseless and blind in the ever rolling
Noah Hickey - Year 7
YEAR 8 ENGLISH PBL REFLECTIONS
This year, I have developed various vocabulary skills as well as grammar skills. I have learnt to improve my standards in all forms of work. However, most importantly, I have learnt to become used to PBL. I’ve adapted to teamwork and leadership and these skills will assist me throughout my life.
– Thomas Newnham, 8B
This year, I have created various group projects across the year that have helped me develop skills like leadership, cooperation and communication. – Xavier Stanley, 8B
YEAR 10 LITERATURE
How do witches play a part in the corruption of Macbeth? Who may be considered ‘good’, Frankenstein or his monster? How does prejudice conflict with justice in the jury room?
Through our exploration of various novels and plays our class has developed an acute awareness of language and theme that allows us to unravel these intricate and complex ideas so that we may translate our knowledge into discussion and form opinion through essay writing.
We have allowed ourselves to understand the context of a Shakespearean Tragedy, so we may provide equitable judgement as to why we might villainise or respect witches, understand the plight of a serial murderer and have sympathy for a deranged maniacal villainess.
By reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein we take a look at humanity through the eyes of the Romantics and explore the depths of Gothic Horror; envisioning graveyards and charnel-houses all whilst endeavouring to bring out the most cruellest analogies of humanity that evoke goose bumps upon the skin.
By immersing in these more challenging reads we have gained a more thorough understanding of language and developed our own language substantially. - Josh Spork, 10F
Year 7 students meet author Oliver Phommavanh
“To Kill A Mockingbiurd’ Creative writing piece by Dom Lecchino, Year 10
English Studies
YEAR 11 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Sitting in my first period of English Language, I was not sure what to expect. As the year has progressed, I have found myself looking forward to classes with Mr Canaway, more than I had enjoyed English before.
English Language is best described in terms of a camera, compared to general English. General English is the study of what the camera captures, i.e. the picture, whereas Language is studying how the camera works, and how it is used. A main facet of the curriculum is the metalanguage, essentially a language that describes language, which includes grammar, syntax and the structure of words themselves among other things. We also covered the development of language, including language acquisition in children, the history of words (etymology) and the development of English as a global language. Whilst English Language is not the class for everyone, I am glad that I picked it this year.
- Hugh McMahon, 11D
YEAR 11 ENGLISH
The Year 11 English students have worked hard in developing the skills and techniques required to produce high-quality written pieces, with each student strengthening areas of their English capabilities for the purpose of preparing for Year 12 VCE English. The students studied a number of texts, including Growing up Asian in Australia, The Kite Runner, On the Waterfront and The Crucible.From the initial entry into Year 11 VCE English, the bar was raised high for every student, but undoubtedly, each boy has exceeded their wildest expectations, and has improved dramatically over the course of each term. Students have made a tremendous effort this year, and 2017 is looking to be a very successful year in English. - Liam Jelley, 11G
YEAR 12 ENGLISH
year. Then Context hit. The A-block resembled the battlefields of which we had read in the books, Every Man in This Village Is a Liar and The Life of Galileo, with students fighting valiantly for their hopes and dreams of a 40+ study score as if the entire world revolved around it. Like a truck that has lost its brakes, this year English was a rollercoaster ride. Hard work paid off, and horrible study-related jokes were met with short, polite bursts of pity laughter. Upon reflection, what we endured throughout the year was nowhere near as emotionally and psychologically draining as trying to teach a class (and in some cases two) of teenage boys with the attention span of a peanut. On behalf of the Year 12 cohort we would like to thank the VCE English teachers for all the hours they have dedicated to us through teaching, extra study, marking, cross marking and what we can only assume is some extra seven stages of marking required to finalise results. We also wish future year levels all the best with comparative writing (you’ll need it).
Coming into Year 12 with an array of diverse subject choices, one subject found common ground amongst every student; English. English stood as the only commonality that each Joey’s boy could relate to, as terms such as “Cheeky Koiki” became part of the Year 12 vernacular. After all, as every VCE English teacher will tell you, English is the most important subject - and that Maths is severely overrated. First term spelt the study of the inspirational biopic Mabo and an opportunity to start well by presenting a speech. After an abundance of positive results, a lot of boys were pumped with self-confidence and were very happy with their start to the
To paraphrase Walt Whitman, Robin Williams and a class full of boys not unlike ourselves; O Captain, Our Captains!
- Thomas Lyons & Liam Higgins, 12B
VCAA PLAIN ENGLISH SPEAKING AWARD STATE FINAL 2016
On 22 July, Year 12 student Daniel Rabbat represented St Joseph’s College at VCAA’s prestigious Plain English Speaking Awards. After winning the regional final in May at Geelong Grammar, Daniel advanced to the state final where he competed against five of the best speakers in Victoria. The event was held in the Treasury Theatre in Melbourne and featured expert adjudicators.
The Plain English Speaking Award recognises the best use of clear and effective English, oral communication skills and research. Through his planning, Daniel developed a bold and engaging speech that made an impact upon his audience.
Here is Daniel’s experience of the event: After shaking off a LOT of nerves, I delved into my eight minute speech which I had memorised and presented without cue cards, and it felt like it was over in 30 seconds. Competing against people of such high calibre was both terrifying and a bit of an ego boost (not that I needed any more of that). Somehow, I got through that prepared speech without dying. Then the wait for the impromptu began. Sitting outside of the theatre, freaking out alongside my fellow contestants until we walked into a tiny 1x1m square room to unveil the impromptu topic. When
English Studies & Library
presented with the topic “it is important to value differences”, I relaxed as I could speak for days on that. However, getting only four minutes to prepare wasn’t so easy. I gave my three minute speech that got some people laughing. In the end, I did not progress through to the national stage, however the compliments I received from people who had never met me before, was heart-warming. Being able to say that I competed amongst the Top 6 in the state (and was ranked 3rd) was a great feeling.
Thank you to Ms Rowland for taking me up to Melbourne for the day, and to Mrs Dooley, Mr Stracey and Mrs Andrews for assisting in crafting and delivering the speech since May. Your contributions are so very much appreciated.
ACC INTERMEDIATE DEBATING SUCCESS
The ACC Intermediate Debating Competition was held on Wednesday 24 August at Mazenod College, Mulgrave. Six Year 8 and Year 9 students represented the College, including Will Dawson, Will Ryan, Nicholas Morton, Thomas Newnham, Nathan Harvey, Ethan Beauglehall.
After several meetings and collaboration, the team developed excellent speeches for their rehearsed debate. Additionally, they prepared for two secret topics on the day of the competition. The boys participated in a variety of speaking roles and won all three debates, winning their overall division.
Christine Rowland & Zoe Marshall, Debating and Public Speaking Coordinators
LIBRARY NEWS!
As always, the St Joseph’s College Libraries have been busy places. The Brother Rahill Resource Centre at the Edmund Rice Campus is a well-utilised space – from before school to evenings. Classes from all Year levels have booked in for literature promotion and research classes with the librarian Miss Marshall and many have participated in additional ‘classroom – based’ sessions to explore the e-resources and LibGuides. Students are encouraged to access the online resources from home too.
Literature promotion has been big on the library staff’s agenda. Miss Marshall has worked with all Year 7 and 8 English teachers to encourage regular borrowing, promoting new fictional titles and library reading / writing competitions. Students have really got on board with lunchtime activity groups facilitated by the Library Team such as the Robot Maker Space Team, Dungeons and Dragons and helped to plan new lunchtime reading ventures – the Manga Moguls and Super Readers Clubs – starting in 2017.
We have been thrilled to help organise the enticing new reading space The Literacy Lounge - a comfortable reading area specifically designed to encourage sustained reading. The Year 7 and 8 students have really enjoyed their English classes and reading sessions in this facility.
A relocation of the Senior Fiction collection, senior level biographies and study guides has created a brighter, more interactive space for students in years 10-12.
We have had many fun, interactive displays and activities. Some particularly outstanding examples linked in with whole school events such as Science Week (Robots theme), Children’s Book Week 2016 and with study areas such as the Year 7 Term 4 English focus on the fiction Genre ‘Horror.’ We are looking forward to our 2017 Super Readers Clubs at both Westcourt and Aphrasia Street campuses, hosting more authors and illustrators and continuing to promote wider reading and independent research skills.
The Library Team : Mr Guy, Mrs King, Miss Marshall and Mrs Stapleton.
“To Kill A Mockingbiurd’ Creative writing piece by Patrick Richards, Year 10
Arts
VISUAL ARTS NEWS
The long awaited Pat Bourke Gallery opened this year and as a result we have been able to showcase the outstanding work of our talented students, at all year levels.We are looking forward in 2017 and beyond to have this opportunity to broaden our audience to take the Visual Arts from the art rooms to our community. We were also able to showcase the Arts in general at our annual Arts Assembly, which took place in July. Highlighting the diversity in the Arts within our school environment. Senior Arts Leader, Antoine Saleh and Visual Art Teacher Mr Simon Cahir combined efforts with many in our team to produce a creative and entertaining assembly of Visual Media and Music Performance.
On Tuesday 11 October we celebrated the creative work of Year 12 Studio Arts, Visual Communication Design, Media, Food, Design and Systems Technology.
The Exhibition was held in The Pat Bourke Gallery and was opened by past student, Artist and Co-director of Boom Gallery, Ren Inei. Many students attended with their parents, families and friends. Teachers and friends of the College also attended. It was a great night and the first of many wonderful exhibitions to be held in our lovely new gallery.
Congratulations to Waadhi Conole who was awarded the Principal’s Acquisitive Award for 2016. Congratulations to all students who exhibited their work and we wish them every success with their upcoming exams.
We hope you enjoy the following overviews by the students and the images which give you a snapshot of our student achievement.
- Anne Condon & Helen Kean, Arts Domain Leaders
YEAR 8 3D ART
We started 3D art in Semester 2, we were positive that we were going to have a good semester with the class. We kicked off the first term with an interesting project, we made bugs out of recycled materials. We planned and made our bugs, it took us a while because we wanted them to look their best knowing that they were going to be on display.The next project was the most fun project, we got our hands dirty and made dragons out of
clay.We constructed the dragons using techniques that we learned throughout the term, they turned out great. For the last topic we put our brains together and formed groups to work on a project of any choice, like sculptures, blankets, fake food and much more. Over all it was a fun semester with the class.
- Benjamin Clark, 8J & Jack Bentley, 8I
YEAR 8 2D ART
In 2D Art, I participated in learning about the different aspects, materials and styles that can be used when creating art. I completed a visual analysis of different artworks and gained an understanding of the different ways to paint. In completing these tasks, I have gained a range of skills such as how to write about art, paint, draw and use different techniques such as stippling and crosshatching. I had never been interested in art that much before but the things I like most about this subject is that it opened my eyes to different art and how interesting, creative and fun it can be to make art.
- Mackenzie Ewings, 8D
YEAR 8 2D ART
This year I chose to do the subject 2D Art. In the subject, we covered a variety of topics. These were: Impressionist painting and drawing, where we got to choose a landscape to paint, lino printing, where we took a photo and then made a lino print from it and we also did some theory on Vincent van Gogh and French Impressionism. These tasks have given me the skills of trying things that I wouldn’t usually do, as well as my knowledge of different art styles. I enjoyed this subject because it covered a variety of tasks and I learnt a lot about these different types of art styles, art elements and principles as well as Van Gogh and French Impressionism. My painting skills improved also.
- Clancy Hehir, 8G
YEAR 10 2D ART
This year, the class has studied a wide range of art which included printmaking, a drawing unit and an abstract painting unit. These topics have given us the opportunity to look deeper into different art forms. The class itself is fun but work is always expected to get done in the time set. I really enjoyed the abstract painting because we got to
Year 8 Recycled Material Bugs
Isaak De AgrelaYear 10
Year 8 3D Art
Declan Brown, Year 8
Christian Del Guidice - Year 11 Studio Arts
Nicholas Van Meel, Year 10
Charlie Donohue, Year 10
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choose whatever image we like and then we had to manipulate it using Photoshop. We sketched our image onto a canvas and then painted it to create our final product.
- Nicholas Pratt, 10K
YEAR 10 INTRODUCTION TO STUDIO ARTS
This year in Introduction to Studio Arts, the class have worked on a multimedia task in which we made a piece of art commenting on a social issue using different mediums. We then completed a photography unit based on light and weather, a painting task following the theme of “Where do I Belong” and our most recent task a sculpture unit. The new skills I will take with me from this class will be, stronger ability and the development of my technical skills (particularly in sculpting). I have also used this subject to further my ability to analyse visual art, which makes looking at and interpreting art far more interesting for me now. My favourite thing about this subject is that there aren’t many of my friends in this class, so I get time to myself to think and stay focused, which also helps me ponder new ideas to create.
-Angus Moore, 10C
STUDIO ARTS UNITS 1 &
2
This year we created a range of different artworks, all exploring a range of different materials and techniques to prepare for next year. Art Units such as Drawing, Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture and Photography were all explored. These were areas a lot of us didn’t have much experience with, but have been able to grow a greater understanding for during our work this year. I didn’t even know what printmaking was and now I can tell you who my favourite printmaking artist is and what my favourite print is. I really enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of this subject. I enjoyed the fact I was given the topic and then could work on my own ideas.
- William Devine, 11C
YEAR 11 MEDIA
Year 11 media was a journey of self-discovery in a number of ways. Throughout the year we were not only educated about the film production process, representations and reflections, but
Year 11 Media Excursion
we also learned about ourselves and our own learning through our own media productions. We even managed to go on an amazing excursion to the set of The Project. Mr Arthurson and Miss Goring were a massive help during the year and we as students can’t thank them enough for all they have done for us. Without the experience that we have gained from this year, it would not be possible to progress into Year 12 and further our studies of media in 2017, which I’m sure, we will all thoroughly enjoy.
- Callum McGough, 11H
DRAWING & DESIGN , VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN – YEAR 8
Year 8 Visual Communication Design has been fun, engaging and exciting. We have learned how to make a typeface by using letters, numbers and symbols. We designed the Westcourt diary cover for 2017. We learned the Elements and Principles and utilised them in our work. Each class member designed and created a one or two perspective children’s book cover. The cover had to include a hand drawn background and character. We achieved all our goals set for art this year.
During Year 8 Industrial Design the class completed a number of tasks in order to create a diary cover and a bus shelter. Along the way we constructed folios that outline our design brief, visualisation drawings, orthogonal and isometric drawings, and many more design processes. We created the diary covers on our laptops using Photoshop which allowed us to learn both design and technology skills. While creating the bus shelters we created our own design brief, we then created our visualisation sketches which were our ideas for the bus shelter. After that we did a number of drawings before moving on to making models. It is a great subject and everyone in the class was happy and enjoyed the tasks.
- Jarryd Wood, 8E & Frederick Dripps, 8E
Year 8 Industrial Design
Danny Quach - Year 10 Photography
Year 7 Clay Creatures
Oliver Stephens, Year 7
Jake McCorkell, Year 10 Folio
Matthew Eld - Year 8 Bus Shelter Design
Clancy Hehir, Year 8
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FOLIO, VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN-YEAR
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Year 10 Folio Presentation had two main tasks, creating a scale model of a restaurant or café, and a menu stand to go into our café. We created our own design briefs to follow throughout the project. We used programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. The menu stand we created reflected the aesthetics and theme of our café. Being a small class created opportunities for one on one talks with the teacher to aid and assist our tasks. Overall the subject provides a more hands on, architectural take on design.
- Tom Curran, 10E
VISUAL
COMMUNICATION DESIGN, YEAR 11 UNITS 1 & 2
During Unit 1 and 2 Visual Communication Design, we undertook multiple Outcomes that taught us different skills that relate to the everyday designers. During Unit 1, we learned to draw realistic images using different techniques, to work towards designing and drawing our very own USB stick, fully rendered and scaled. The second half was a movie poster design. Personally this was my favourite because we had freedom over what we wanted to do all the while sticking to a self-written brief. The second unit allowed
us the chance to design a diary cover for next year’s seniors or juniors, create a logo and advertisement for a company and finally enhance our drawing abilities. The subject was fun, but requires time and effort from students wanting to do well. Overall, recommended to people looking at any type of design from industrial to digital to architectural, and is a good introduction to presenting designs to clients.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN, YEAR 12 UNITS 3 & 4
In Unit 3 and 4 Visual Communication Design we undertook two different major design tasks while both focusing on the process used in real life design industry. We were given the opportunity to conduct an interview with a designer and gain an insight into the real design world. The first outcome was to design an advertisement for a kitchen company. This outcome taught us different technical drawings that were incorporated some way into the final design. In the final design outcome we were given a lot of freedom to design a range of material for a client of our choice. Because of the freedom we had the ability to design something we were interested in and could be proud of.
- Cameron Parke, 12C
Robbie Rollins, Year 8 Drawing & Design
Bottle Designs
Joel Downie - VC Unit 2
Daniel Valitutti
Jordan Jones
Mark Vlasnovic
Noah Van Galen - Year 8 Industrial Design
Josh Byron
Year 12 Studio Arts, Visual
Connor Blackwell - Studio Arts
Jarod Ross - Visual Communication Design
Brandon Stokes - Visual Communication Design
Spencer Luppino - Studio Arts
Nathan Clarke - Studio Arts
Aiden Green - Studio Arts
Waadhi Conole - Studio Arts Arts
Nathan Clarke - Studio Arts
Andrew McCorkell - Visual Communication Desing
Darby Schindler - Studio Arts
Ned Gude - Visual Communication
Joshua Guy - Studio Arts
Communication Design & Media
Isaac Rupa - Studio Arts
Waadhi Conole - Studio Arts
Samuel Simpson - Studio Arts
Joel Smith - Visual Communication Design
Mackenzie Heard - Media (making plans)
Liam Higgins - Media (arnold)
Cody Kampans - Studio Arts
Cameron Parke
Thomas Auld, Visual Communication Design
Education Learning Support
“I don’t know. Sometimes I can’t really get what I’m supposed to do. Here, I can get help to understand. It’s at my pace and the aides make it make sense.”
This, from student in Year 11, sums up the aim of education support at St Joseph’s. In what has become the fastest growing department at the school, 111 students are funded through the Catholic Education Office for education support. As well as those funded, approximately 200 students fall just outside the funding criteria but still benefit from having an extra person in the classroom.
Our Edmund Rice philosophy centres around inclusiveness and respect for all students, regardless of their background, ability or disability. From the youngest to the most senior, each student contributes to make SJC a richer, more accepting place. The education support team, which includes 27 part-time and full-time education support officers and four specialist teachers, aims to foster a safe, supportive and respectful environment where each student can develop his potential and learn skills to take beyond school.
2016 has been an exciting year of firsts. It was the first year in our new home as part of the newly opened Paul Tobias Centre and students and staff are loving the purpose-built rooms, and the light, airy space is a hive of activity each recess and lunchtime.
This year also saw the launch of the small reading groups designed to provide extra literacy support for Year 7 students. Seventy-seven boys and seven ESOs took part, meeting three times a week.
In 2016 we have continued with the popular horse-riding program through RDA Barwon Centre, at Wallington, and the breakfast clubs offering literacy and numeracy support for the Year 7s. Special thanks to the teachers involved for their early starts each week.
It was also the first year of the VITA Program, a life-skills based certificate course which delivers individual support for senior students outside the general VCE and VCAL programs. The new program focuses on providing realworld opportunities for learning aimed at helping students transition into life after school. Among the many highlights for the VITA crew, led by teachers Pete Adams, Hannah Smith, and ESO Ange Wilson, were the Bike Ed program, mentoring St Thomas Aquinas primary school students at the Gordon, visits to the RSPCA and the Amazing Race in Melbourne. Congratulations to Year 12 student Joey Giacomazzo, who is the first student to graduate from the program – and celebrated with the cohort by organising and starring in a memorable soccer match.
In another first, Year 8 student Caleb Neyenhuis, spent three weeks in America at Space Camp. Below is a reflection of his experience.
Over the September school holidays I was fortunate to attend Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama. Space camp is a camp for the vision impaired and the blind to experience what it is like to do missions and to operate simulators that they use to train astronauts. Around 200 vision impaired students from around the world attended the camp.We were divided into teams which meant we were able to meet new friends. Over the week we did some cool activities, including space missions, and space simulators. My favourite thing was a hover chair that you can control yourself, you can go side to side, forwards and backwards and left and right.
- Caleb Neyenhuis, 8C
This life-changing experience for Caleb would not have been possible without the generosity of the wider school community, particularly the P&F. Thank you.
Our sincere thanks, again, goes to the Josephines for their unfailing support of our area and interest in our programs. Funds from the Josephines have allowed for the purchase of essential resources and educational games to support a number of learning areas, particularly literacy, numeracy and life skills.
And to our boys who graduate with the Class of 2016, we say thank you. We have so many wonderful memories of your time here and wish you every success as you take your place in the world.
Mark Turner - Coordinator Education Support Services
VITA in action
VITA in action
Caleb at Space Camp
Break time in the Wellness Centre
Joey’s farewell soccer match
Senior students hard at work
LOTE
LOTE WEEK 2016
SJC’s first LOTE Week took place 1 - 5 August celebrating languages and cultures from around the world. Lunchtime activities were organised for all students including Chinese and Italian movies, soccer competitions between Italian and Chinese students, Italian card games and food vans. Year 7s had the opportunity to learn about Chinese and Italian culture by viewing a live performances. Italian students watched Commedia dell’arte and Chinese students learnt about the Chinese Lion dance and had an opportunity to perform it. A Language Perfect competition was also run, open to all LOTE students. 7H earned the most points during the week. We look forward to a bigger and better LOTE Week in 2017.
YEAR 10
Students had the opportunity to develop their appreciation of both cultures and languages through not only classwork but also excursions and incursions. Year 10 Italian students attended LOTE camp with Sacred Heart College. At LOTE camp students spent 2½ days practising their oral, aural, reading and writing skills. During LOTE Week Year 10 students had the opportunity to participate in a language incursion day, Italian students with St Ignatius College and Chinese students with Geelong College. At both language incursions students completed cultural and language based activities, to help improve their skills and confidence.
YEAR 9
Students spent three weeks at a school in Nanjing as well as three weeks travelling around China.
THE STUDY TOUR OF ITALY
At the end of last year, a group of 22 students in Years 10 & 11 from St Joseph’s and Sacred Heart took part in the study tour of Italy. The students had the opportunity to attend an Italian high school for a week in Milan. Following their homestay the group travelled around Italy for the remaining two weeks. Students were able to immerse themselves in the language and culture of Italy and had the opportunity to visit important Italian cities like Venice, Verona, Florence, Rome, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast to name a few. In July St Joseph’s College hosted seven Italian exchange students from two of our sister schools in Milan.The study tour of Italy is run every two years, current Year 9 and Year 10 students of Italian that continue with their language studies in 2017 will have the opportunity to attend the next trip.
LOTE students at Westcourt were also very busy. Chinese students completed Community Service in Melbourne at an aged care facility, which houses elderly people with a Chinese background. Students organised and ran activities in Chinese for the residents. Italian students took part in the ‘Italian Urban Experience’ for a second year in a row. Students participated in both cultural and language based activities in Geelong, Melbourne and Daylesford over the course of three days in Term 4. Some of the activities completed during the Urban Experience included students visiting Holy Spirit Primary Schools and assisting the teacher as well as organising activities for the class. Students also visited the Old Macaroni Factory and Lavandula Farm in Daylesford. In Melbourne students took part in a ‘foodie tour’ of Lygon Street and visited the Motorclassica exhibition. Year 9 Chinese students had the opportunity to partake in ‘The Victorian Young Leaders to China Program’, an intensive 6 week language course completed in China during Semester 1.
THE CHINA TRIP
This year during the September school holidays a group of 36 people, including teachers, parents and students attended the cultural trip to China. The group travelled around China for two weeks and saw the sights and learnt about the culture of a few Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Luoyang, Shaolin, Kaifeng, Tong Li and Xi’an. The next Chinese cultural trip will run in 2018, this trip is offered to all students and parents interested in experiencing Chinese culture. I would like to thank my colleagues of the LOTE Faculty for your continued hard work and support.
Caterina Giacomazzo – LOTE Coordinator
STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE
Year 11 Chinese students have enjoyed a successful year in our acquisition of the language. We have furthered our language abilities in the areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening, while also continuing to learn about the rich and diverse Chinese culture. We have worked hard each week to build our vocabulary, reading detailed passages on various topics and practising complex character writing. Furthermore, the opportunity for students to attend the Chinese Conversation Lounge at Deakin University each week ensured that each boy was able to improve his speaking and listening skills by conversing with native-born Chinese students from Deakin. We have also been very fortunate to travel on cultural excursions, such as attending the Australian Centre for Moving Image to watch a Chinese film festival. – Liam Jelley, Year 11 Chinese
LOTE Week – coffee
Year 10 Language incursion - St Ignatius
Year 7 Chinese
Year 10 Language incursion - St Ignatius
Year 7 Italian Performance
Year 7 Chinese lion dance
As I reflect through my journey of experiencing and embracing the Chinese language, Year 10 has been different to previous years. Whether it was to do with Mr Zhang teaching us his engaging lessons, to the various information about Chinese history and values, every lesson was interesting. As the year progressed, I was lucky enough to travel to China, which was extremely life changing and provided me with valuable memories that will stay with me for a lifetime.
-Domenico Lecchino, Year 10 Chinese
2016 started well as we learnt about new tenses, rules and extended our vocabulary. We have been lucky enough to do many extra activities that have been a highlight. A day at St. Ignatius College and Language Camp were very entertaining and have provided many memories that will stay with us all. Language camp was a particular highlight, it was helpful to have two nights and three days to improve all aspects of our language learning. Thank you Ms Giacomazzo, your help is greatly appreciated.
-Tom Mahon, Year 10 Italian
Year 10 Chinese has been extremely enjoyable. We have been hard at work, learning so many new Chinese characters and complex sentence structures. This has helped us to expand our knowledge and our understanding of China’s culture. This year, some students were lucky enough to travel to China. During the trip we had the opportunity to meet the locals and put our Chinese skills to the test! Some students also took the opportunity to join the Deakin Conversation Lounge, this helped us to expand our vocabulary and improve our pronunciation skills. Year 10 Chinese has been a really exciting year, and I’m looking forward to 2017!
-Matthew Dementiev, Year 10 Chinese
2016 CHINA TRIP
were incomparable to anything to be found at home. From Beijing we travelled to Xi’an, Luoyang and Kaifeng. Near Kaifeng we stopped at the Shaolin Temple (the heart of Kung Fu) and some of us even attempted some of these martial arts moves! We ended our trip in Shanghai, one of the most modern cities in the world. Skyscrapers towered above us and the night-time skyline of the city was one of the most breathtaking things any of us had ever seen. It’s quite hard to decide what was better, the views or the food! We are indebted to Mr Taylor and Mr Zhang for such a wonderful experience.Joshua Spork,Year 10
On 16 September some brave students, teachers and parents joined Chinese tour guide, Michael Du, and embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Upon arrival to Beijing Capital International Airport we were met with imposing masses of buildings lined with shops and cafes, a monorail to transport tired passengers between terminals that travelled faster than the fastest of V-line trains. This was to be a small reminder of the completely different culture we had cast ourselves into. Beijing itself was a sprawling metropolis, not even the grey skies could diminish its grandeur. Traffic was bumper to bumper and police struggled to control the masses of motorcycles determined to get past the stagnant cars. Only a short bus trip away from the city was the Great Wall of China - high in the mountains, full of majesty and beauty. Buddhist temples, ancient walls and traditional performances
VICTORIAN YOUNG LEADERS TO CHINA
The VYLC consisted of fifteen selected boys studying Chinese, we had the opportunity to travel to immerse ourselves in the life of a Chinese student. During the first two weeks of the six week trip, we spent time taking classes and living at BFSU (Beijing Foreign Studies University). This gave us time to consider the opportunities for studying abroad. The days in BFSU consisted of Chinese class for four hours in the morning followed by either a lecture in the afternoon or an excursion to significant Chinese landmarks such as; The Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.
For the second part of the trip, we were accommodated in Nanjing Senior High School where we spent four hours a day doing intensive language classes followed up in the afternoon by culture classes where different aspects of Chinese culture were demonstrated to us. These classes included things like tea ceremonies, Chinese calligraphy and tai chi. Following the culture classes, we got the opportunity to indulge in silent self-study for an hour and a half to catch up on homework, study for tests and speeches throughout the trip.
Despite being language and learning based we managed to have a lot of fun, and were all disappointed to only have three days left. The three days in Shanghai were arguably the most packed, a different resturaunt for every meal and a new place to go to between like the Shanghai Tower, The Yanghzei River along with various markets.
The VYLC trip was an incredible experience for everyone involved and has left lifelong memories that will stay with me forever. This extraordinary experience enhanced the language skills, leadership and confidence for all who attended, this has been evident in the months following the trip. I would recommend for future Year 8 students to apply. During a trip like this you look around and realize how lucky we are. - Jackson Bourke, 9K
Visiting past SJC teacher Kylie Pretty in China
VYLC in Tianmen Square in Beijing
China Trip at The Bund - Shanghai
VYLC
2016 has been another busy and rewarding year for the Music Department.The highlight of the year was undoubtedly the musical Big Fish, which involved almost the entire Vocal Ensemble and many of the Senior Musicians either on the stage or in the pit. As well as being very involved in the production our ensembles produced some excellent performances at various Festivals throughout the year. The Senior Band performed strongly at the South Street Eisteddfod and were awarded a third prize.
The Stage Band played very well at Generations in Jazz at Mount Gambier finishing in 4th place, the highest the College has ever been placed at Mount Gambier. The Intermediate Band received a Silver Plaque for their solid performance at The Victorian Schools Music Festival in Melbourne.
The Junior Band will perform in their section of this event later in the year as well as completing a tour around some of our contributing schools. All ensembles had the opportunity to participate in music workshops in Melbourne organised by the ACC Colleges.
As part of the ACC Rock Day in September, a Year 11 Band ‘Infinite Steps’ took out the ACC Colleges Battle of The Bands Trophy. This is the first time St Joseph’s College has ever won this award. The boys performed their own composition.
All of the College Ensembles have performed regularly throughout the year at a variety of College and Community Performances. In all College Masses, Assemblies, Liturgies and Ceremonies our musicians have played a central part. This year we say farewell to a wonderful group of Year 12 Students. They have helped forge an excellent culture in our performing groups and have assisted in all our ensembles performing at ever increasing standards.
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students. This performance in particular, brought together students from both the Year 9 campuses and had them working collaboratively for the majority of Term 1.
The Celtic group, made up of students from Westcourt music performance class, performed for the first time at the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington on the Queen’s Birthday weekend in June. This was a major highlight for the boys and very well received by the audience and festival organisers. To round the semester off, the students gave several performances as part of the Westcourt Expo to showcase the music program at Year 9 level.
The music boys at Westcourt have had a busy year in 2016. We began with Edmund Rice day where ‘Westcourt Wonders” took out the trophy for Edstock Battle of the Bands. This was closely followed by the ANZAC commemoration service, which involved the music performance class preparing music for the service and participating in the performance directed by Amanda La Bonte. The students drew on the work of Scottish/ Australian Singer/ songwriter Eric Bogle, which created a moving and poignant atmosphere. Give Peace a Chance was used as a finale piece, together with the choir made up of Westcourt and Clonard
- Amy Young, Music Staff
SOLO NIGHT RESULTS
A Grade
1st Jonathan Dulce Piano
2nd Patrick Consedine Percussion
3rd Eamon Dooley Piano
B Grade
1st Angus O’Connell Alto Saxophone
2nd Calum Boyce Trumpet
3rd Josiah Howard Guitar
C Grade
1st Patrick Consedine Voice
Thomas Boardman Oboe
2nd Patrick Bongiorno Trumpet
3rd Michael Moreno Voice
D Grade
1st Elliot Senftleben Flute
Mitchell Bonnici Voice
2nd Luke Dowd Alto Saxophone
3rd Benjamin Camilleri Clarinet
Beginners
1st Solomon Francis Percussion
2nd Noah Conroy Flute
3rd Jared Harrison Alto Saxophone
My thanks to all of the music staff who so willingly give of their time for the benefit of our boys. Thanks to the 17 Instrumental and Vocal Teachers for the pivotal role they perform each week in the boys’ musical development.
David
Gallaher, Director of Music
Junior Band Performing at Federation Square
ACC Battle of the Bands Champions
A Grade Solo Night Winners
ACC Rock Band Winners
L-R: Thomas Veitch, Finbar Kinna, Aiden Sweeney, Nelson Wilcox
Celtic Group
L-R: Christopher Bortoletto, Eamon Wheatland, Thomas Anderson Staff: Amy Young
Winning Band - Edstock 2016
L-R: Michael Moreno, Christopher Bortoletto, Eamon Wheatland, Thomas Anderson, Nathan Fox, Charlie Scanlon Absent: Liam Fitzpatrick, Benjamin Soppitt Staff: Amy Young
Drumline
Back Row: Jack Sadler-Cahoon, Harry Hockley Samon, Eamon Wheatland, Flynn McIntosh, Patrick Bongiorno
Front Row: Timothy Ball, Joshua Besei, Patrick Consedine, Mackenzie Ewings, Frederick Dripps Staff: John Seal (absent)
Big Fish Cast and Orchestra
Back Row: Matthew Graham, David Motorniak, Finbar Kinna, Jackson Bourke, Calum Boyce, James Doherty, Diarmuid O’Reilly, Jonathan Dulce, Thomas Anderson
Third Row: Thomas Biggs, Eamon Dooley, Grady Martin, Julius Nelson, Patrick Bongiorno, Ashley Thompson, Patrick Consedine, William Anderson, Hamish McManus, Oscar Senftleben
Second Row: Jake Raimondo, Nathan Harvey, Angus Moore, Jonathan Zarb, James Bowers, Nathan Fox, Henry Stephensen, Noah Conroy, Luke Carra, Charlie Scanlon
Front Row: William McDine, Jack Diamond, James Mallinson, Michael Moreno, Harry Scanlon, John Gionis, Thomas Dowling, Nicholas Jury, William Byrne, Elliot Senftleben Staff: Amy Young, John Shawcross, Michael Wilding, Janine McLean, David Gallaher
Junior Band Academy
Back Row: William Bourke, Noah Conroy, Connor O’Sullivan, Campbell Sunderland, Rhys Mckinnon, Edward Mortarotti, Thomas Chalmers, Matthew Tripodi
Third Row: Jarrod Zanardo, Jordan Powe, Riley Firth, Nicholas Naumovski, Ryan Sulomar, Joshua Appleford, Jahred Glover-Taylor, Nicholas Jury
Second Row: Solomon Francis, Angus McKoy, Jaime Warren, Alexander Palladini, Connor McCarthy-Grigg, Sam Greco, Jack Doyle, James Mallinson, Tarkyn Sayers
Front Row: Dyllan Rabino, Jared Harrison, Mark Wee, Alexander Doorakkers, Luke Carra, Edward King, Conall Green, Jacob Hill, Charles Wilson, Umi Roberts
Absent: Oscar Durden, Jarrod Porter
Staff: Michael Wilding, John Shawcross, Amy Young, Angela Gionis, Sarah Hepworth, David Gallaher (absent)
Intermediate Band
Back Row: William Ryan, Joshua Besei, Matthew Boardman, Patrick Bongiorno, Eamon Wheatland, Brodie Thomassen, Bryce Watkins, Angus Miller, Nicholas Naumovski
Third Row: Flynn McIntosh, Jack Campbell, George Wheeldon, Oliver Sims, Aidan Wong, Samuel Ballan, Harrison Kanellos, Connor Sayers, Robert Demo
Second Row: John Gionis, Cooper Hardy, Harry Scanlon, Oscar Mazaraki, Marius Hurley-Paul, Frederick Dripps, Connor Azzopardi, Thomas Bucki-Smith, Mason Breust, Luke Dowd
Front Row: Leif Stojanovski, Rory Doherty, Charlie Scanlon, Joseph Finnigan, Thomas Newnham, Austin Lee, Owen Agius-Mikin, Isaac Dow, Elliot Senftleben Absent: Benjamin Camilleri, Caleb Neyenhuis, Benjamin Soppitt, Brayden Webber Staff: Michael Wilding, John Shawcross, Amy Young, Angela Gionis, Sarah Hepworth, David Gallaher (absent)
Senior Concert Band
Back Row: Christopher Bortoletto, Liam Maiden, Thomas Anderson, Eamon Wheatland, Calum Boyce, James Doherty, Mitchell Saba, Diarmuid O’Reilly, Waadhi Conole
Third Row: Eamon Dooley, David Motorniak, Patrick Bongiorno, Liam Jelley, Matthew Graham, Hamish McManus, Jonathan Dulce, Oscar Senftleben
Second Row: Jake Raimondo, Patrick Carroll, Thomas Boardman, Samuel Chalmers, Nathan Fox, Angus O’Connell, Alexander Petkovski, Zachary Sullivan, Angus Moore, James Bowers
Front Row: Michael Moreno, Ethan Belleville, Samuel Ford, Alexander Chen, Finbar Kinna, Patrick Consedine, Harry Hockley Samon, James Maiden, Sean Doherty, Jonathan Zarb Staff: Michael Wilding, David Gallaher, Sarah Hepworth, John Shawcross
Stage Band
Back Row: Jonathan Dulce, Matthew Graham, James Doherty, Eamon Wheatland, David Motorniak, Ethan Belleville Middle Row: Christopher Bortoletto, Liam Jelley, Patrick Consedine, Diarmuid O’Reilly, Eamon Dooley, Angus O’Connell, James Bowers
Front Row: Oscar Senftleben, Hamish McManus, Patrick Bongiorno, Mitchell Saba, Waadhi Conole, Oliver Sims, Jake Raimondo Staff: John Shawcross, David Gallaher, Michael Wilding
Victorian Young Leaders to China
Vocal Ensemble
Back Row: Julius Nelson, Ashley Thompson, Jackson Bourke, Calum Boyce, Eamon Wheatland, Thomas Anderson, Patrick Bongiorno
Third Row: Grady Martin, Thomas Biggs, Patrick Consedine, Hamish McManus, Samuel Ford, Eamon Dooley
Second Row: Henry Stephensen, Oscar Senftleben, Waadhi Conole, Nathan Fox, Patrick Carroll, Angus Moore
Front Row: Elliot Senftleben, Michael Moreno, Harry Scanlon, Jake Raimondo, Noah Conroy, Charlie Scanlon, John Gionis, James Mallinson Staff: John Shawcross, David Gallaher, Tania Spence (absent)
Victorian Young Leaders to China
Back Row: Matthew Davie, Jackson Bourke, Jacob Javni, Riley Eggleton
Middle Row: Patrick Sweet, Luke McNamara, Harrison Kanellos, Christopher Bortoletto, Ryan Rabbat
Front Row: Thomas Bucki-Smith, Charlie Roache, Teague Ryan, Alexander Petkovski, Max McMahon, Leif Stojanovski Staff: Claire Brown, Simon Taylor
SJC Production - Big Fish
In August St Joseph’s presented “Big Fish” for five performances at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre. The cast of 70 and 20-piece orchestra was made up of students from St Joseph’s, Clonard College and Sacred Heart College. The cast put in an incredible amount of hours of rehearsals, starting in early February, and a large supportive group of staff and parent volunteers assisted with a wide range of tasks to ensure the cast looked and sounded their best. As St. Joseph’s were the first school to be granted the rights to perform “Big Fish” in Australasia, a great deal of interest was generated throughout the theatre community, with many patrons travelling from far and wide to come along and see the show.
Close to 3,000 people witnessed “Big Fish” during its run at GPAC, and the feedback from the community has been glowing. The maturity and sensitivity with which the cast prepared and supported one another through the entire rehearsal and production period is to be commended.
Entertainment Reviewer Colin Mockett proclaimed “Big Fish” as “ a truly fabulous experience…. This shows just how good school musical theatre productions have become”.
The emotional impact that the story-telling of the cast had was profound, and had an obvious effect on each audience. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the commitment, dedication and sheer hard work
that so many students, staff and parents put in to make “Big Fish” the tremendous experience that it was.
It is also fitting that I acknowledge Mr Paul Tobias for the influence he has had in elevating the culture of performing arts during his time as Principal at St. Joseph’s. Without Paul’s generosity, trust and support, the students would not have the chance to be involved in what has become such a positive, vibrant and rewarding experience for so many.
“Big Fish” has been nominated in the following categories by the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria:
Best Direction of a Junior Production - Janine McLean
Best Male Lead Actor in a Junior Production - Eamon Dooley
Best Female Lead Actor in a Junior Production - India Ney
This is a wonderful reward and a glowing endorsement for The Performing Arts here at SJC - over 60 productions are adjudicated state-wide each year.
- John Shawcross, Producer, Big Fish
St Joseph’s College Geelong Presents:
SJC Production - Big Fish
Dream Big....
Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed lm directed by Tim Burton, BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest… and then some! Edward’s incredible, larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to nd the truth behind his father’s epic tales.
Over owing with heart, humor and spectacular stagecraft, BIG FISH is an extraordinary new Broadway musical that reminds us why we love going to the theatre – for an experience that’s richer, funnier and BIGGER than life itself.
Science
NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM
I had the pleasure of attending National Youth Science Forum from the 4 -16 January in Canberra at The Australian National University (ANU). The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) program exceeded all my expectations by far.
Each student was grouped with 13 other students in their selected area of interest in STEM (acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). I was placed in the Chemistry group Curie, named in honour of Marie Curie - the physicist and chemist who pioneered research into radioactivity.
Each group went on a range of lab visits that were in-line with their area of interest. For Curie, this was made up of a visit to a laboratory specially designed for dating rocks, the Cotter dam, the ACTEW water treatment plant, a pharmaceutical testing company, the molecular biology lab at the ANU’s John Curtin School of Medical Research and ANU’s chemistry lab. These lab visits were fascinating as they revealed aspects of STEM that I had never considered before. For example, during the lab visits to the JCSMR molecular biology lab and chemistry lab at ANU we performed titrations. These were exciting because we got the opportunity to see and use sophisticated lab technology.
We had the chance to mix with esteemed and influential scientists at science dinners. One such scientist was Brian Schmidt, who received a Nobel Prize in Physics for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Lectures and seminars were included amongst the lab visits and social events of the NYSF. These presentations covered topics such as entrepreneurship, critical thinking, approaching Year 12 and equality in science. I particularly enjoyed the lecture about approaching Year 12 as we received practical advice about studying whilst maintaining other aspects of your life, the type of mindset that is healthy to have as well as advice about what happens after Year 12.
incredible weeks to share in our passion for science.
My group was specific to Engineering and most days consisted of visiting remarkable places around Canberra. This included giant telescopes and various industries such as Lockheed Martin and The Canberra Railway Museum. A highlight of the trip was a press conference to learn about the Large Hadron Collider in Germany.
The National Youth Science Forum taught me new and amazing things about the scientific world, along with valuable life skills and aided my personal development. I met amazing people and made new friends during the forum. I will never forget my time at the NYSF.
- Matthew Oyang, Year 12
National Youth Science Forum was an amazing journey. Two hundred individuals came from across the globe for 2
One of my favourite parts of the trip was the opportunity to visit Parliament House, receiving a grand tour, learning the depths of Australian Politics and how scientific issues are handled in the system. There were 150 of us who did a mock Parliament where I was lucky enough to be the Prime Minister - Mr Turnbull! In debate we crushed the Labour and Greens on water, and then backed it up with a comfortable win in the votes 80-60. After which I was able to meet Mr Turnbull and discuss various parliamentary issues, including climate change, and Australia’s war on terror.
Overall the trip was very worthwhile, and I highly recommend it to anyone with a passion for science, as the experience and knowledge they gain will be priceless!
- Benjamin Kenworthy, Year 12
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
On Thursday 28 April, 20 enthusiastic Year 10 students attended Deakin University for the 2016 Science and Engineering Challenge. During the day the students competed against other schools to get hands-on with a variety of different activities including building bridges, wiring virtual cities, designing robotic hands and building a hovercraft. Whilst our boys were strong competitors, the St Joseph’s teams placed 4th overall. The students were also treated to a visit to the High Voltage Lab, a key facility within the CADET centre at Deakin, that dazzled all with tangible lightning bolts. The aim of the challenge was to give students access to activities they would not normally experience in schools and show them that STEM is an important part of their everyday life; something they should think about as a possible career in the future. - Nerrida Holland, Science Teacher
RACI TITRATION VICTORIAN SCHOOLS COMPETITION
Each year, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Victorian Branch invites students from Years 10, 11 and 12 to compete in a titration competition. Students are required to apply
Benjamin Kenworthy at the National Youth Science Forum
Matthew Oyang at the National Youth Science Forum
Science & Engineering Challenge
Mission to Mars - Science & Engineering Challenge
Hovercraft - Science & Engineering Challenge
Robots at Science Week
skills specific to chemistry which involves the use of pipettes and burettes, and calculate the concentration of an unknown solution. Teams consist of three students and this year St Joseph’s entered six teams, two at Year 10, three at Year 11 and one Year 12 team. These students gave up multiple lunch times in second term practising for the competition. This preparation ended with a 90 minute session to complete the titrations and calculations involved.
All teams placed in the top 130, with four teams placing in the top 50, and two of these placing in the top 30. The teams who placed in the top 30 were invited to compete in the national competition. - Joanne Board, Science Teacher
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK 2016
National Science week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. The schools theme for National Science week 2016 was ‘Drones, Droids and Robots’. St Joseph’s College celebrated this theme at the Edmund Rice campus on Thursday 18 August.
From the start until the end of the day there were classes and groups of students visiting the activities set up to explore. Presenter Carl Ahlers aka Professor Bunsen presented during Periods 1 and 2 to a packed out auditorium made up of Year 7 and Year 8 classes, and Periods 3 and 4 to Year 9 students from the Westcourt campus. Students were awestruck by demonstrations of conversion of light to heat, sound to light and light to sound. Sound from an iPod was transmitted to a torch light beam. Electricity was converted to light and sound – AC/DC could be both seen and heard. Students’ imaginations were sent into overdrive when Professor Bunsen sent a student floating across the stage on a cushion of air.
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the robots and drones available for entertainment, music and household tasks! So many were involved who helped make the day happen, including the 11 students who made NXT robots to display and present on the day, we are very appreciative of their input. We love taking science seriously!
- Michelle Anderson & Samantha O’Keeffe, Science Teachers
YEAR 8 SCIENCE CULMINATING EVENT
One of the biggest hits out in the Quadrangle were the Sphero robotic balls controlled with iPads on the nine hole mini golf course. There were some lolly bags up for grabs as reward for getting three holes in one or playing ‘Mary had a little lamb’, ‘hot cross buns’ or ‘Ode to joy’ on the stairs set up as a Makey Makey piano. Some students also presented and explained how the NXT robots they had built could follow a solid black line as an obstacle, move towards clapping sounds and draw circles with pens. These students constructed NXT robots over Term 2 during their lunchtimes.
The Science domain at St Joseph’s hope our students enjoyed our interesting events and learnt something new about
On Thursday 15 September Year 8 students completed their Science Culminating Event for their Term 3 Project-based Learning unit as an Exhibition of Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms.
For the Term students were tasked with tackling the driving question ‘Explain why a large organism such as a human requires systems to work together to respond to change compared to a singular cell/ unicellular organism?’
In groups of four, students had 10 weeks to learn about unicellular and multicellular organisms, focus on one human body system, plan, research and prepare three exhibition pieces to explain their answer to the above question.The exhibition pieces could range from a labelled, functional or food model of an organ or system, a poster supported by diagrams and photos, a laboratory report as evidence of their findings, a video or a PowerPoint.
The presentations from the groups at the exhibition reflected students’ knowledge of surface area to volume ratio, and, structure and function of specialised tissues, organs and systems. They made comparisons between the singular cells or unicellular organisms to a body system and included theory on what might happen if something went wrong.
There were guests from Deakin University Waurn Ponds School of Medicine, from Skilling the Bay Successful Student STEM project, and primary students from Clairvaux Primary School in attendance to challenge the students on different levels with questions.
Overall the exhibition was successful with students stepping up to the occasion presenting to people of a younger age, to adults in the field and people outside of their classrooms. This culminating event really gave students and teachers the real fruits of PBL. Well done to the entire Year level for their hard work and presentation skills.
- Samantha O’Keeffe, Science Domain Leader
NXT Robots
Makey Makeys at National Science Week
PBL Science Expo
Science, TOM & Sustainability
Science & Engineering Challenge
RACI Titration Competition
TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS
On Sunday 28 August, 10 students from Years 7 and 8 represented St Josephs’ in this year’s Tournament of the Minds. The boys spent many hours preparing for the Science and Technology Challenge. The challenge required them to recreate a machine and use non-verbal communication skills to respond to a message after the world has gone through an unpredictable major catastrophe. The boys worked collaboratively to design a specific code that could be sent and read using series and parallel circuits. Using their own sound effects and clever scripting the boys created and presented an entertaining and polished performance which was well received by the judges. They were also required to complete spontaneous challenges on the day which tested their combined quick thinking skills. Whilst this year’s team composition didn’t allow them to be eligible for prizes, the boys gained invaluable experience and are very keen to continue with TOM in the future. Thank you to Mrs Janine Quick who kindly volunteered her time and assisted the boys weekly leading up to the event. We are all looking forward to TOM in 2017! - Nerrida Holland
Sustainability
Back Row: Joseph Caruana, Alexander Foss, Thomas Boardman, Domenico Lecchino, Jarrah Clark
Front Row: Lewis Rancic, Samuel Arnold, Connor Hamilton, Roko Gudasic, Alexander Chen
Back Row: Hugh McMahon, Jonathan Dulce, David Motorniak, Roko Gudasic, Joshua Clissold, Liam Jelley, Patrick Zulumovski
Front Row: Jonathan Zarb, Patrick Richards, Michael Bongiorno, Jackson Kos, Isaac Travers-Hucker, Sean Wee, Tom Mahon
Tournament of the Minds
Back Row: William Baum, Frederick Dripps, Thomas Newnham, Luke Carra Front Row: Jack Condon, Joshua Burgess, Alex Altimari, Jack Diamond, Fraser Smith Staff: Nerrida Holland
Back Row: William Owen, Kuol Reech, Charlie McEvoy, Patrick Bongiorno, Thomas Anderson, Michael Verfurth, Samuel Hazelman, Oliver Van Til, Bailey Patton Third Row: Lachlan Demasi, Nicholas Naumovski, Luke Carra, Nathan Fox, Lachlan Kelly, Jack Sager, William Baum, Joshua Belleggia, Alex Altimari
Second Row: Austin Lee, Jack Diamond, Matthew Pratt, Joshua Appleford, Darcy O’Brien, Jared Schultz, Samuel Podbury, Kai Tracey, Jake Webb
Front Row: Darcy Hindle, Brodie Parish, Daniel Warfe, Brandon Scaffidi, Mark Wee, Tom O’Neill, Macauley Haywood, Thomas Caligari, Harrison Salmon, Conall Green
Absent: William Anderson, Charles Andrews, Oscar Durden, Jordan Fama, Michael Fordham-Collison, Tom Hardiman, William Hardiman, Sebastian Heath, Ryan Huglin, Rhys Huglin, Jack Marescuk, Oscar McKinlay, Angus McKinlay, Aidan McLeod, Daniel Melnik, Kieran Spanner, Aidan Stynes, Riley Whitefield
Staff: Kelly Jenkins
Sustainability
With a growing awareness of human impact on the natural world, it has been heartening to see an increasing number of students rising to the challenge to take action on environmental issues, with a total of 49 members in our Sustainability Leadership Team this year.
There have been a wide variety of initiatives and activities undertaken this year including: introduction of “EWaste”, implementation of new sustainable garden beds, bicycle collection and participation in the National Ride to School Day, Clean Up Australia Day and National Tree Planting Day.
COSTA GEORGIADIS “PADDOCK TO PLATE” EVENT
In collaboration with Clonard College, SJC hosted a visit from Costa Georgiadis at Westcourt campus on 2 February. Costa’s presentation on food security and living sustainably was captivating and engaging, leaving the audience inspired to do more. Guests had the opportunity to talk to Costa as they conducted a tour through the Clonard and Westcourt veggie gardens. Planet Green students utilised their outdoor pizza oven to cook up a storm, treating guests to slow cooked lamb souvlaki, garnished with tomatoes and herbs harvested straight from the garden.
TIM SILVERWOOD “TAKE 3” FOR THE SEA
Tim Silverwood visited St Joseph’s on 18 February, to discuss the importance of recycling with our Year 7 and 8 cohort and promote the “Take 3 for the Sea” initiative. Tim captivated his audience with an informative and inspired discussion on the environment and in particular, recycling and reducing plastics from the oceans. SJC has adopted the “Take 3” initiative, followed by a video competition. The standard of entries was outstanding. Congratulations to William Baum, Year 7 for attaining first place, Lachlan Demasi, Year 7, for second place and Aidan McLeod, Year 8 for attaining third place.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY WORKSHOP
more sustainable future by creating renewable energy on our “Future Spark” bikes, to “power up” a laptop, integral to running the Westcourt gathering. Campus director Mr Michael Wrigley, was also quick to jump on board, allowing students to utilise the bikes to re-charge student laptops during lunchtimes. The bikes were subsequently utilised to “drive” the “Pedal Powered” 15 Word Film Festival at Westcourt.
On 3 March, eighty Grade 3 and 4 students from Fyans Park Primary School, participated in a hands on “Alternative Energy” workshop at SJC. This included three activities, incorporating power generation on our electromagnetic bikes, analysis of power consumption of various lights and appliances and a classroom energy calculation exercise.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AT WESTCOURT
Combining innovation with energy conservation, Principal Mr Paul Tobias took action on 16 May, leading the way toward a
PRE-LOVED BIKE COLLECTION
On 3 June, students assisted Mr John Mc Kinnin (Corio Norlane Lions Club) to load up the first instalment of pre-loved bikes, to be upgraded and gifted to local community groups and individuals. Since April 2015, over 400 bicycles have been donated by the club, providing lifetime memories for their new riders.
Kelly Jenkins - Sustainability Coordinator
WASTE AUDIT REVIEW
On 15 July, six students went to the Ariston Child Care facility to conduct a Waste audit. We went from room to room and analysed their recycling initiatives already in place. After we viewed each area, we provided staff at Ariston with ideas on how they could reduce their waste even further.
- Harrison Salmon, 7I
EXCURSION TO GDP INDUSTRIES & NORTH GEELONG RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE
At GDP Industries we met manager Tai who took us around the building showing us what they recycle, pull apart or strip. We saw E-waste, polystyrene recycling and wool recycling. At the transfer station we were given a tour by staff member Dave, who showed us all the unused, recyclable items. We saw items that we didn’t know could be recycled that were put in to different categories/bins. A great trip!
- Riley Whitefield & Kai Tracey, Year 7
TREE PLANTING DAY
On 3 August, our Sustainability Leaders and Year 11 Environmental Science class participated in a tree planting activity with the Friends of Waurn Ponds creek. The tree planting gods put on a cracking day as we made the journey to join a hoard of children from various schools who were jumping with contagious enthusiasm to get their hands dirty. We planted an impressive 750 plants in 30 minutes. The children were still hungry for more, inspiring the older generation by their can do attitude to look after our environment and save the Yarra pigmy perch.
- Xandar Harrison, Year 12
Costa Giorgiadis Paddock to Plate Visit
Tim Silverwood “Take 3 for the Sea”
Tree planting day
Fyans Park Visit
Westcourt Future Spark Bikes
Resourcesmart Awards
Food Technology
Time influences everything we do…especially cooking in the kitchen!
It was time for our Year 7 students to start cooking, many for the first time, with a “good time had by all” across the year level in 2016. The students had time to develop new skills and take time to sample their dishes throughout the semester.
The time came to reacquaint students in Years 8, 9 and 10 with life skills, such as making healthy food choices, planning meals, selecting fresh ingredients and employing safe and hygienic work practices. It was time to turn up the heat on production skill development and most students took the time to impress, while utilising resources and working within time constraints during class time.
The clock was ticking for final year students in Year 12, while they were tackling more challenging recipes and techniques at times, with more time consuming recipes than ever before. Time did not stand still for Year 11 students who enjoyed their first taste of VCE and they had very little time on their hands following a busy schedule throughout the year.
It was time to get involved in 2016, with Food Technology staff and students assisting in various school activities and the area hosting programs, such as school holiday workshops. There was even time for staff to enjoy a cooking lesson at the end of a busy day as part of the SJC staff wellbeing program.
Time as always, to thank our Food Technology team, including Suzanne Walsh, Leanne Rivett, Nicole Lucas
and Karen Sherman, with Annalee McKew and Jo Rigoni at our Westcourt campus, for all of their hard work and assistance throughout 2016.
The time has come for farewells, firstly our Food Technology assistant Mrs Karen Guerra who left after four years of service at SJC. Karen was a dedicated staff member who spent a great deal of time helping others, both teaching staff and students alike, and we would like to thank her for all her help and support. Finally, it is time to say farewell to our Principal Mr Paul Tobias who has been a great supporter of our Food Technology Department and we would like to take this opportunity to thank him too for his leadership and extend our best wishes to him for the future
INTER-HOUSE COOKING COMPETITION
The annual Inter-house Cooking Competition was held in Term 4, with all of the competitors performing brilliantly on the day. A big thank you to the judges, 2017 School Captain Andrew McNeel and our Principal Mr Tobias for their expertise, and as they say “the judges’ decision is final”, so here are the results:
1st Dougal Barrett (Butler)
2nd Lachie Beattie (Brophy)
3rd Riley Beste (Jordan)
4th Ben Huby (Foley)
Congratulations to all of the Year 8 boys and well done on an excellent effort.
Here we are again at the end of another dynamic & lively year. This year once again proved to be a busy time for the Product Design & Technology (wood) department. Students accessed the subject in greater numbers and this has seen the facilities both at the main campus and Westcourt used to a high level.
This Year 12s have tried to produce work that they could be proud of and Mr Steve Catanzariti has once more invigorated the boys to produce works of value and quality. The boys produced good works that were creative & individual.
The pupils in the mid-school year levels have produced work that has challenge them both from a designing and manufacturing view point. It is always fascinating for the teaching staff to see the differing approaches that boys take to solving a practical problem. This year the Westcourt Challenge program has doubled in numbers. Clearly demonstrating that there is a real demand for the subject. This is very encouraging for the subject area, indicating how much young men
wish to be involved in subjects that are project driven and have a tactile element to them.
The VET programs have been progressing extremely well under the support of Tom Trupkovic, Steve Catanzariti and Chris Gleeson. It’s been fantastic to watch the boys learn & become confident in their chosen areas of training. They will go into the work force well prepared to become excellent additions to our communities’ professional work force.
With the year of 2016 drawing to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the Wood Technology area. Their efforts make this dynamic and energetic subject area operate smoothly. Both teaching and support staff continue to do their utmost to make the subject an enjoyable, appealing and safe area for the boys to work in. Their endeavours are a real benefit to the boys.
Paul Melis - Product Design & Technology (Wood) Coordinator
Systems & Information Technology
Systems and Information Technology continue to thrive at St Joseph’s College with many fantastic pieces of work being produced by students from the junior and senior schools. Boys continued to enjoy subjects that ranged from Multimedia to VCE Systems Engineering. Programming, automotive, robotics, electronics, 3D computer graphics and digital photography were other areas where students continued to build skills that will have them well placed to thrive in a world full of technology.
NCSS CODING CHALLENGE
During Term 3 the NCSS coding challenge was offered to students who had an interest in building their skills in programming and problem solving. More than 20 students participated in the challenge. Ethan Near from Year 9 took out the Intermediate programming challenge with a perfect score! This was a great effort and he shows great promise of creating the next software solution that could one day change the world.This follows on from last year where he took out the beginner challenge. Well done Ethan!
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Students of VCE computing continue to achieve academic success with two classes undertaking the new Unit 3/4 “Informatics” subject. Year 10s enjoyed a range of exciting opportunities with elective subjects in Information Technology. A change to the “Computer Aided Design” subject had students designing, testing, 3D printing and racing CO2 powered cars. Students in “Bits and Bytes” took apart, reassembled and then networked desktop computers. They also had the challenge to “dissect” internal components and Multimedia students generated 3D animated worlds. Digital Stills students learnt how a digital camera works and how to operate the camera with manual settings.
Students at Year 9 had the opportunity to
participate in the “Game Design” challenge subject. They moved from gamer to designer and unleash their creative side to develop their own computer game.Year 8s that took “Surviving in an IT Age” developed their computational thinking and developed small education programs using Scratch and created their own website to educate an audience.
As always the technology department look forward to the challenges presented by ever evolving technology in 2017 and the opportunity this gives the next generation to create new and exciting solutions to problems humanity faces.
- Christopher Jansen, IT Teacher
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
This year in the systems engineering area the students have again displayed their innovation and creative skills in producing some excellent work. I think most boys in the class would agree that the stand out project this year is Cameron Parke’sQuad copter. Cameron spent many hours during holidays, before and after school designing and constructing his impressive machine. Denis Varju produced an impressive “linishing machine” and James Britt constructed a clay pigeon launcher, as well as these projects there were walking “spider” robots, a remote controlled security camera that you can access from your phone by Riley Raven and many more interesting projects that reflect the different interests of the students in systems engineering.
As always there were successes and designs that didn’t quite meet expectations but this is the real life experience of a designer / engineer and I hope that all students in the class this year have gained an appreciation of the amount of planning and organization needed to complete a successful project.
- Michael Davies, Systems Engineering
Tom Curran
Jake McCorkellComputer Aided Design
Jared Tremul - Software Development
Hamish McKenzieBits & Bytes
Gabriel Hickey - CAD
James Britt - Clay Pigeon Launcher
Riley Raven
Careers
CAREERS RESOURCE CENTRE UP & RUNNING!
The new Careers Resource Centre (CRC) has certainly been a hive of activity this year. Students have received classes in the CRC in careers pathway planning, writing resumes as well as lessons in strategies to find work placement and apprenticeships. Careers has hosted industry representatives and higher education guest speakers as well as former students to present presentations and information to students across a range of areas. Construction Induction Card and First Aid training has also taken place. Students have been able to access and take away information and brochures from Universities and TAFE as well as other careers specific areas. The CRC has also been used by students to undertake private study during breaks, and to drop in to ask questions and make appointments to get help from the Careers and VET Coordinators. It has been fabulous to see students embrace their new careers space and take advantage of the support, information and resources at their disposal. We look forward to an even busier year next year!
TRANSITION TO CAREERS TOOLS
The St Joseph’s Careers Blog has been used for many years now to inform and link students and their families to careers related topics and resources. Careers aims to continue to improve the service offered to students at the College, and with this goal in mind, a new web-based tool has been introduced, which will eventually replace the Careers Blog. The new Careers Website can be found at www.sjccareers.com. Like the Blog, the SJC Careers Webpage is a “one stop shop” for students’ needs with their Career Planning, information about VCE, VCAL, post-school options and much more. Students can also use careers website tools to create and save resumes, cover letters and digital portfolios.
WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK
Work Experience week was held in Term 2. The preparation begins in Year 9 during Term 4. For many, this is the first time that they will experience the world of work. This year, over 280 students from Year 10 descended upon workplaces in Geelong and the greater region, and further afield in Melbourne, Deniliquin, New South Wales and South Australia. Work places included the Geelong Magistrates’ Court, GPAC, farms, sports stores, many primary and secondary schools, the Melbourne, Geelong and Hawthorn Football clubs, building and construction sites, graphic design, law and architectural firms, and many, many more.
The site has been designed with the parents/ caregivers in mind, and aims to provide the information needed to support students’ Career Planning and post school options – this is very important especially given information is constantly changing. Parents can also log in to the student’s secure area as well as opt to receive careers newsletters and information about careers events. Students will be creating their career planners using the new Careers Webpage in 2017. Students and parents/caregivers are encouraged to have a look at the new web page and take the time to explore the many resources and links available!
CAREERS WEEK
Careers Week aims to get students thinking about their future career pathways. During Career’s Week, Year 10 students were prompted to begin preparing for their future pathway at school and to think about decisions that they will need to make that will affect and influence the next steps in their career development. This year, students were able to attend two presentations from a range of career industry areas. A number of the guest presenters this year were former students who were excited to come back to the College and share their experience and wisdom with the Year 10 boys. Students also actively participated in the Shape Your Destiny workshop, completed careers investigation and heard about their senior school pathway options from the VCE and VCAL Coordinators.
Karen Shum - Careers Coordinator
INTERNET OF THINGS
For the first four weeks of Term 4, four of us from Westcourt travelled to the Gordon for a program called the Internet of Things, run in collaboration by Deakin and the Gordon. While there we met the amazing Mr Kevin Leach, who explained to us the concept of the IOT, and helped us to start coding. Over the next four weeks, we learnt how to play James Bond on a buzzer, create a thermometer only using wires, a board and an LCD, drive small rovers and make NAO robots dab. It was a fantastic experience and I would recommend it to anyone aspiring to be a brilliant computer technician.
- Aidan Wong, Year 9
Joshua Besei, Aidan Wong, Jai Iacovella and Tom Anderson, Year 9, participated in the Internet of Things program at the Gordon.
The Careers Website
College Houses
What a year it’s been! Success runs in the veins of anyone who becomes inducted into the Foley family at the start of their Joey’s life.
We started the year at the much anticipated swimming sports. With a healthy second to start off our year the Foley boys knew there were bigger things to come.
The spirit of competition was inevitably depicted by all members from Years 7-12. Foley’s specialty event was to follow with high expectations leading into the Athletics Carnival. A win saw Foley soar back to the top of the table with a dominant performance. With a championship in sight as the year closes, there’s nothing better than finishing our time knowing we were a part of the Foley family.
- Jack Walters, Foley House Captain
The first house sporting event of 2016 was the annual swimming carnival held in February. The Joey’s boys headed down to Kardinia pool to once again battle for the coveted Swim Sports shield. Despite the all round domination of Jordan house’s very own William Paatch, winning the Year 12 age champion, the boys of Butler house once again left the pool victorious.
Following the swim sports, the St Joseph’s boys took to track and field to fight for the overall Athletics Champion title. Once again the Foley Falcons proved too strong for the rest, coming out overall victors and claiming the Athletics shield.
The final event was Cross Country held on Edmund Rice Day. Barwon River hosted what was a spectacular of all round participation from SJC students. Surprisingly, Jordan, a house plagued by poor performance, came out triumphant.
Thank you to the continuous efforts of Mr Lynch and Mrs Gleeson in what has overall been a great year in leadership. It has been an honour to lead the Sharks in 2016 and to all those in younger years I encourage seeking out a position in leadership.
Samuel Ridgway – Butler House Captain
The Brophy Bees have had an outstanding year in 2016. We had a tough start placing last in the Swimming Sports. This was followed by third placings in both the Athletics and Cross Country events.
Sport at SJC is all about participation. The Bees picked up their game half way through the year with a lot of participation in the other areas that offer house points. The sports teams and Big Fish production have hopefully pushed the team over the line in the end.
With 2016 coming to a close all I can say is Thank You.To all the young aspiring bees run harder, swim faster and push for longer. The hard work will pay off, have a great pre-season heading into 2017 and the brutal Brophy bees will be on top once again.
- Jack Blood, Brophy House Captain
Beginning the year with the swimming competition we looked strong with several boys winning their overall age groups; however, disappointingly, the lack of participation from many let us down, meaning that Jordan House sadly finished third.
Heading into the second sports competition of the year, the 8 house captains became overnight internet sensations after the release of their high quality athletics promotional video. While Jordan had the two best performances in the video, unfortunately the boys couldn’t pull through on Athletics day itself with an overall performance putting us in last place.
Finishing the year we experienced Mr Holt shedding a few tears on the side line as the Jordan faithful flew to the top and smashed the cross country. Winning comfortably, our very own captain Liam Higgins took out the competition in his final year in the race.
Overall the Jordan Boys are renowned for having a go. Well done.- Will Paatsch, Jordan Deputy Captain 2016
The Foley Falcons have withstood a Term 4 fight-back from the Butler Sharks to claim the 2016 Adam Bryant Shield by just 11 points! GO FOLEY!
EDMUND RICE DAY
Edmund Rice Day
Edmund Rice day is one of the most exciting events on the school calendar and is highly looked forward to by all staff and students. It was a great day with something for everyone with food, music, movies, bubble soccer and even a slip & slide! For me the best part was relaxing and listening to some very musically talented students battling it out for the title of SJC’s best band. If sports is more your thing there was a very cool game of bubble soccer on the oval as well as basketball throws, a down-ball competition and even a soapy slip and slide! The food was great with a wide selection including pizza, egg & bacon rolls as swell as a third world option of rice. All in all a great day that I am looking forward to next year! - William Baum, Year 7
Edmund Rice Day
Cross Country House Results
1253 1410 1059 1059
1382 1299 1301 1091 U15 1288 1065 1261 1524
U16 1213 1153 1435 1171
U17 1620 1530 932 848 SENIOR 1415 1346 1085 1208
Cross Country Results
PLACE U 13U 14U15U 16U 17SENIOR
1stFINN MURPHY (J) TOM HOCKLEY-SAMON (J) NICHOLAS SANDERS (BU) MAX VISINTIN (F) HUGH MCMAHON (J) LIAM HIGGINS (J)
2ndRHYS DEVLIN (F) OLIVER WILTSHIRE (BR) JACK MULLEN (BR) BAXTER MENSCH (BU) LOGAN MITCHELL (F) DARBY EDWARDS (J)
U/17 JACK KEATINGDOMINIC VAN SLAGERENJACK BROGDEN SENIOR WILLIAM PAATSCHBRAYDEN
Swimming House Results
Athletics Carnival Results
U/13
SENIOR HIGH JUMP JACK HENRY 193
U/13 DISCUSJOSH REISSINGER32.12
U/14 DISCUS --
U/15 DISCUS BRAYDEN MAURER 32
U/16 DISCUSTHU SA LA33.3
U/17 DISCUSJACK KEATING30.95
SENIOR DISCUSMANVIR NAGRA33.4
U/13 SHOTPUTTHOMAS DICKINSON12.3
U/14 SHOTPUTJAMES HUGHES11.82
U/15 SHOTPUTBRAYDEN MAURER13.33
U/16 SHOTPUTTOM MCCARTIN12.64
U/17 SHOTPUTTHOMAS RYAN12.1
SENIOR SHOTPUTJOSHUA JOKIC11.62
U/13 4X100M RELAYBUTLER
U/14 4X100M RELAYBUTLER
U/15 4X100M RELAYFOLEY
U/16 4X100M RELAYBROPHY
U/17 4X100M RELAYFOLEY VCE 4X100M RELAYJORDAN
Health & Physical Education
The Health and Physical education department had yet another productive and successful year. Instead of talking about this myself I’ve asked Daniel, Charlie, Sam and Ben to describe their experiences of HPE courses this year, you can read their excellent reflections below. I’d also like to thank the HPE staff for their contributions to the department this year, with special mention to Sam Querella my Co-Coordinator. 2016 will be my last year as the Head of the HPE curriculum and at St Joseph’s. I will sorely miss the staff and students of this great school. It has been an amazing community to be a part of. Many thanks.
- Luke O’Grady, Head of Health and Physical Education
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Completing sport science this year was something that I really enjoyed. During the semester we learnt all about exercise physiology and the effects that sport has on the body. I also enjoyed learning about Sports Psychology and how the mind effects our performance in sport. Another highlight was learning about Recovery and Performance Enhancement where we took ice baths and tested the effectiveness of PowerAde. All of these topics and practicals were really fun and interesting. Throughout the semester we went on several excursions, including BioLab and the Victorian Institute of Sport. At the VIS we were lucky enough to meet Kate Moloney from the Melbourne Vixens and Melissa Tapper, the first athlete to compete in both the Paralympic and Olympics for the same event (table tennis). I really enjoyed Sport Science this year, I learnt a lot in the subject and would definitely recommend it.
- Daniel Corray, Year 10
HEALTH
In Optimal Health this year we learnt about the relationships between social, mental and physical health and the many determinants that can affect your ability to reach optimal health. Throughout the term our double periods consisted of a number of workshops which included presentations by Headspace on mental health, Family Planning on sexual health and the Victorian Police on safe partying. We also had a lot of fun taking part in Yoga and Personal Training sessions that focussed on mindfulness. These presentations and
experiences have not only taught us valuable life lessons about our health but also that many of the issues affecting teenagers are experienced by everyone, so it’s important to break the stigma and talk about them. - Charlie Fitzgerald & Sam Barling, Year 10
OUTDOOR & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
In 2016, the Outdoor and Environmental Studies group covered a range of topics, outlining the fundamental reasons why a healthy outdoor environment is crucial for human development. This course took us from the freezing peaks of Mt Hotham, to camping and mountain biking the lush forests in the Otways. We gained knowledge about the versatility of ecosystems, as well as exploring threats to the environment, and how the outdoors have changed over time as a result of human interactions. I have loved taking part in Outdoor Education in my time at St Joseph’s, it’s an awesome program and I would highly recommend it. - Ben Kenworthy, Year 12
Mt Hothan Ski Trip
VET Sport and Rec at Essendon Football Club
Sport Science - Mellisa Tapper at the VIS
Outdoor Education - White White water rafting
Outdoor Ed -
Otway Fly
VCE Health - Real Babies
Sport ScienceBiolab
Outdoor EducationGreat Ocean Walk
Cross Country
The start to the 2016 season began with the St Joseph’s Cross Country on Edmund Rice day. With each age group running the Barwon River course of just under 4km. There were some fantastic results and the boys had high hopes for the ACC championships.
School Cross Country Champions
Finn Murphy (U/13), Tom Hockley-Samon (U/14), Nicholas Sanders (U/15), Max Visintin (U/16), Hugh McMahon (U/17), Liam Higgins (Senior).
As the year progressed, Term 3 saw the SJC Cross Country team make the trip to Melbourne to compete for the ACC title at Bundoora Park. With some fantastic results, the boys managed to pick up the junior (U/13 & U/14) and intermediate (U/15 & U/16) championship, giving the school its best shot in taking out the championship to date. Despite these terrific outcomes, and the best efforts from the senior team, St Bede’s proved too strong in the final stages of the day, leaving us in second position for the second consecutive year. Although it was disappointing not to take home the silverware, we were able to beat the dominant powerhouse of the ACC and fierce rivals in St Bernard’s, something the boys should be proud of. Special mention to Oliver Loughnan who ran our quickest 3km in 9:41.5 and to Hugh McMahon who ran our quickest 5km in 17:33.8 and won the U/17 race receiving the gold medal for the 2nd year in a row by quite a margin.
ACC Championship - Top Performers
Years 7-9, 3km - Tim Hannan (4th, U/13, 10:38.7), Finn Murphy (6th, U/13, 10:57.2), Tom HockleySalmon (2nd, U/14, 10:05.04), Oliver Wiltshire (5th, U/14, 10:21.9), Noah Gadsby (8th, U/14,
10:32.8), Oliver Loughnan (4th, U/15, 9:41.5).
Years 10-12, 5km - Paul Kanellos (3rd, U/15, 17:44.6), Sam Walsh (7th, U/15, 18:10.4), Hugh McMahon, (1st, U/17, 17:33.8), Doyle Madigan (8th, 18:22.3).
With another very strong performance for the year, the results haven’t come overnight. The early wake-ups every Tuesday and Thursday for two terms did not go unnoticed, and it is a credit to everyone who was involved. A very big reason for the success of the team is the hard work that our coaches Mr Kemp, Mr O’Grady and Eamon Anderson put in for the year, the boys can’t thank them enough for all they have done. In particular, on behalf of all the runners involved this year, the boys would like to say a massive thank you to Mr O’Grady for six years of work as the Cross Country Coordinator. Taking SJC from the bottom of division two to nearly winning division one, is an outstanding transformation and he is a big reason for this happening. We wish you all the best with your future endeavours.
Finally thank you to all of the members of the Cross Country team, it was a great effort at the ACC, Hopefully we can go one better next year.
- Declan Fenton, Year 10
Cross Country
Back Row: Lachlan McKoy, Max Tagliabue, Joshua Gummer, Brayden Ham, Logan Mitchell, Charles Francis, Brayden Thompson, Riley Pendergast, Matthew Ling, Dominic Van Slageren, Jack Mullen, Josh Berry
Fourth Row: Harry Gower, Declan Fenton, Benjamin Mullins, Finn Dripps, Tanner Sadler, Clay Page, Michael Bongiorno, Thomas Foley, Doyle Madigan, Charlie Mahar, Finn Murphy Third Row: Jack Simsic, Oscar Morrison, Max Visintin, Sheldon Ham, FinnMcCombe, Oliver Hanneysee, Jack Keating, Noah Gadsby, Baptiste Claudon, Will Batson, Thomas Keast, Finn Laffy
Second Row: Tanner Bruhn, Max McMahon, Oliver Wiltshire, Paul Kanellos, Samuel Walsh, Hugh McMahon, Timothy Hannan, Tom Hockley Samon, Oliver Loughnan, Charlie Roache, Nicholas Sanders
Front Row: Matthew Keast, Max Jones, Max Dementiev, Ethan Durante, Lewis Antonac, Oscar Mazaraki, Matthew Pratt, Ethan Horrobin Absent: Bayley Cockerill, Samuel Croft, Rhys Devlin, Mason Fraser, Noah Gribble, Ned Harris, Liam Higgins, Michael Kavenagh, Maxwell Kelly, Baxter Mensch, Patrick Paulden Staff: Glenn Kemp, Luke O’Grady
Hugh McMahonGold Medal
Finn Murphy & Timothy Hannan
Liam HigginsCaptain Year 8 Team
Year 10 ACC Football
What a year it was for the First XVIII and Year 10 football teams, both taking out ACC Premierships. For the Year 10s, our quest to become the first Joey’s team to go through the season undefeated started with various trial matches and team meetings prior to the season. Heading into Round 1 we were eager to pull on the Joey’s jumper for the first time, get an opportunity to represent the school and to play with our mates.
The first game saw us take on St Bede’s. Led by the likes of Avery Knight, Tanner Sadler and Sheldon Ham, we played consistent football throughout the day with outstanding pressure the highlight. A 41-point win was a great way to start off the campaign.
Our first away game was against perennial cellar dwellers Mazenod. It proved to be a tough game, but with a memorable speech from Mr Holt at half time the boys lifted to win by 17 points.
We were on the road again for Round 3 to take on De La Salle, and Sam Torpy and Jack Henderson led the way to a 6-goal win in the best team performance of the year to date.
After our bye week for work experience, we came back ready to play against the fellow undefeated St Bernard’s outfit. It was a very important game in the context of our season and although challenged, we had some great pieces of play throughout the game highlighted by debutant Max Hardwick’s 3-goal haul. It was a nerve racking last two minutes, but we held on by 2 points to ensure top spot heading into the final few games.
After several lunch time meetings where we reset our focus to achieve our goals, we went on to play outstanding team footy in Round 6 versus Whitefriars. The likes of Fletcher Wilson and Baxter Mensch were licking their lips in the forward line in the 94-point win.
Going into the last round a home Grand Final was at stake against bottom placed Parade. Although on the day we didn’t play our best footy we stood up in the tough moments, with some late heroics of Sam Torpy who kicked a goal to put us up by one point just before the siren. Although we were very happy with the result we knew we would have to get back to our best footy if we wanted to win the much desired Premiership next week.
St Bernard’s made the trip down to Elderslie Reserve for the Grand Final, as did the whole SJC Year 10 cohort which created an electric atmosphere. It was a tough game and very contested early but when it mattered most we responded to each challenge that was thrown at us and stuck to the team football that had got us there all year. Although scores were level at ¾ time, we kicked 5 goals to none in the final quarter to come out 28-point victors.
Overall it was a very successful and enjoyable year. Well done to all the award winners – Sam Torpy Best and Fairest, Baxter Mensch and Jack Henderson Runner-up Best and Fairest and Coaches Award Louis Clifton. On behalf of the group I would like to thank Mr Holt and Mr Lynch, they put in a lot of work which leads to us having such a great football program at the College.They are not only great coaches but also great mentors. I would also like to thank Len Alford and Shane Dawson for their help throughout the season.
We look forward to continuing the rich tradition of SJC First XVIII Football in the coming years.
- Sam Walsh & Tom McCartin,Year 10 Football Captains
Sam Walsh was named Best on Ground in the Grand Final and Tom McCartin managed 5-goals in the same game.
Year 10 ACC Football
Back Row: Colm O’Connor, Hayden Spiller, Thomas Zampatti, Jack Grigsby, Liam Dumont, William Tamassy, Fionn Guina-Stannard
Third Row: Jackson Bye, Louis Clifton, Nicholas Pratt, Jack Henderson, Benjamin Jaska, Tanner Sadler, Angus Humphrey, Izaak De Agrela, Jaxton Bruhn, Jakob Vandermost
Second Row: Oliver Hanneysee, Sheldon Ham, Lachlan Handley, Fletcher Wilson, Patrick De Grandi, Avery Knight, Declan Fenton, Max Hardwick, Bailey Kampans
Front Row: Samual Torpy, Nathan Mifsud, Doyle Madigan, Samuel Walsh, Thomas McCartin, Baxter Mensch, Max Visintin, Thu Sa La Absent: Samuel Barling, Oliver Lewry, Fraser Murray, Kyle Williamson
Coaches: Jonathan Holt, Chris Lynch Trainers: Shane Dawson, Len Alford
First XVIII Senior Football
In 2014, 40 of the most talented Year 10 footballers stood in a circle on Carey Oval holding a heavy rope in the air for 5 minutes straight. We were together, united, each doing our bit to contribute. Three years later, many of those boys stood in a circle on the home of football, the MCG, and belted out ‘Ad Alta Virtute’ having just won the Herald Sun Shield by a point. It was a surreal moment and one that we will remember for the rest of our lives.
The story of the 2016 First XVIII Football team is one that featured mateship, comradery, buy-in and good old fashioned hard work. For the Year 12s, it was to be our last chance to pull on the St Joseph’s jumper that had seen us win Year 10 and Year 11 ACC premierships. 50 players would go on to represent the school from 14 local clubs from around the Geelong region, all of them contributing and standing up when needed.
In round one versus St Bede’s, 13 boys pulled on the First XVIII jumper for the first time, but it was captain Darby Schilder who starred with a 3-goal best on ground performance to get us over the line by 15 points.
Round two was the 2015 ACC Grand Final replay versus Whitefriars and was set to be a nail biter from the very first bounce. However, with the healthy inclusions of Paddy Dowling (5 goals), Jack Henry and Mitch Diamond, we never looked like dropping off, defeating the school rivals by 42 points.
However, over the next three weeks our depth would be hugely tested with 40 players being called upon. Despite pulling off a 108-point victory against Mazenod, Parade were too good
for us and we just held on versus De La Salle.
The final round was an iconic one, with the first night game under lights in ACC history down at Geelong West. With tough, wet conditions facing a near full strength Joey’s army, the renowned Reconciliation Match was a battle against St Bernard’s College. An unusual pre-game dance from Jack Blood and Aadyn Sleep-Dalton committed in the spirit of the game, the contested presence and display of “The Juice” proved far too much from the top team to handle. Going home with a 27-point defeat to dissect. Jack Blood was also a worthy recipiant of the Reconciliation Medal for his best-on-ground performance.
Finals footy was a goal, and the boys managed to squeeze through to the ACC premiership for a second time in a row after a tough battle against Whitefriars. The ACC premiership was another stepping stone to the MCG, however it did not come easy and fullback Josh Jaska may have felt the physicality of the game more than anyone, stopping a potential game changing sure goal with one of the most courageous tackles the ACC has ever seen.The come from behind 9-point win was led by best on grounder Jack Rice and was the start of the tough games to come.
The Herald Sun Shield semi-final was another tight contest, with an Essendon Keilor player shooting in the dying seconds to secure the win, the rapid come back caught St Joseph’s off guard. However, it was going to be the Joey’s boys that were going to the MCG to battle St Patrick’s College who were in their seventh straight Herald Sun Shield Grand Final.
- Jack Blood & Darby Schilder, First XVIII Co-captains
First XVIII Football
Back Row: Wade McSparron, Joshua Jokic, Caleb Whitley, Xavier Blackley, Tom O’Callaghan, Joshua Jaska, Benjamin Thomas, Spiro Alesios, Liam Higgins, Peterson Kol, Thomas Ford, Manvir Nagra
Third Row: Thomas Foley, Zachary Walter, Patrick Dowling, Jack Walters, Johnathon Arcoraci, Jack Rice, Aadyn Sleep-Dalton, Charles Francis, Carl Daffy, Andrew McNeel
Second Row: Fraser Toohey, Jack Brogden, Brayden Ham, David Handley, Xandar Harrison, Jack Purcell, Jack Quinn, Samuel Walsh, William Cann, Zack Mongelli, Harley Pearce
Front Row: Darby Edwards, Charlie Lang, Matthew Ling, Bayley Cockerill, Darby Schilder, Jack Blood, Mitchell Diamond, Samuel Simpson, Ned Harris, Jack Hodgson Absent: Keegan Cuolahan, Mackenzie Heard, Jack Henry, Harrison Ling, Riley Maloney, Logan Mitchell, Thomas Saunders, Aaron Stone Director of Sport: Bryson Milverton Coaches: Chris Lynch, Jonathan Holt Trainers: Shane Dawson, Len Alford Team Manager: Greg Vaughan Runner: Mark Kennedy
Herald Sun Shield
In a sporting nation like ours, there is no more hallowed turf than the MCG and in school footy, there is no more valued prize than the Herald Sun Shield. In front of a supportive crowd of screaming family and friends, and die hard Collingwood and West Coast fans, the Joey’s First XVIII did what we hadn’t done since 2006, and won the Grand Final against the highly fancied St Patrick’s College Ballarat.
It was a match that both sides could be proud of. Fiercely competitive from the first bounce to the last, there was little to separate the two sides. The St Joseph’s midfield dominated in the early parts of the game, putting a lot of pressure on the St Patrick’s boys and giving the forwards every opportunity to capitalise. Jack Henry, Ned Harris and Mitch Diamond were on fire and if it wasn’t for the errant first half kicking, the game would have been over at half time.
Although we led at every quarter the match came down to the final ten seconds. When St Pat’s marked inside the 50m line, we thought that all our dreams were about to be shattered. However, when their final kick sailed out on the full, the siren sounded and the stadium erupted. It was then that we realised our dream of playing on the MCG and winning the Herald Sun Shield had been realised. As awful a moment as it was for them, it was a joyful and spine tingling moment for us.
What stands out most has been the mateship. We bonded as a squad and were so lucky to have each other. We were a united squad of Year 11 and 12 students. We always wanted the best for each other and pushed each other to be our best all year.
We were also lucky to have had two great coaches in Mr Chris Lynch and Mr Jono Holt. Both of these men went above and beyond; they were always there to encourage, support and challenge us. They challenged us to be better players and better men. All the players really appreciate what they did for us and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. It’s been nothing but a pleasure playing for you and you’ve taught all players on and off the field with class.
On behalf of the team, we’d also like to thank the school.Your support on the day was truly remarkable and got us over the line. A huge thank you and congratulations must be awarded to Principal Mr Tobias for supporting the team all year. The dedication and commitment showed by Mr Mark Kennedy; Mr Shane Dawson; Mr Ian Durran; Mr Greg Vaughn; Mr Dan Hale; Mr Bryson Milverton; and Mr Len Alford (who missed his first Newtown game in 40 years to be with us on Grand Final day) was more than appreciated and again our success couldn’t have happened without you. Thanks for cheering us, encouraging us, supporting us and giving up all your time to give us the best opportunity throughout the year.
We also want to take the opportunity to thank our parents and our families. Not only did you send us to a great school but you take an interest in what we do and you give undying love and support. We hope we have made you proud.
Fittingly, ruckman Spiros Alesios was awarded the Best and Fairest for his amazing season ahead of Runner Up Matthew Ling. Ned Harris and David Handley were given the Coaches Awards and Patrick Dowling was the leading goal kicker for the year with 16 goals in 5 games.
Although the final siren has sounded and we have hung up our Joey’s Jerseys for the last time, the memories of the year will remain for a lifetime.
- Jack Blood & Darby Schilder, First XVIII Co-captains
YEAR 10 ACC FOOTBALL RESULTS
ROUND 1 – St Joseph’s 12.18 (90) def St Bede’s 7.7 (49)
GOALS: Tom McCartin 3, Avery Knight 2, Max Visintin 2, Tanner Sadler 1, Louis Clifton 1, Liam Dumont 1, Doyle Madigan 1, Will Tammassy 1
BEST: Tom McCartin, Avery Knight, Tanner Sadler, Sheldon Ham, Doyle Madigan, Jack Grigsby
GOALS: Will Tammassy 2, Tom Zampatti 2, Sam Walsh 2, Max Visintin 1, Louis Clifton 1, Baxter Mensch 1, Fletcher Wilson 1, Jack Henderson 1
BEST: Sam Walsh, Jack Henderson, Sam Torpy, Louis Clifton, Sheldon Ham, Nick Pratt
ROUND 3 – St Joseph’s 12.12 (84) def De La Salle 7.6 (48)
GOALS: Baxter Mensch 2, Fletcher Wilson 2, Nathan Mifsud 2, Sam Torpy 2, Thus Sa La 1, Jackson Bye 1, Declan Fenton 1, Jack Henderson 1
BEST: Sam Torpy, Jack Henderson, Liam Dumont, Lachlan Handley, Ben Jaska, Sheldon Ham, Louis Clifton ROUND 4 – St Joseph’s 11.7 (73) def St Bernard’s 10.11 (71)
GOALS: Max Hardwick 3, Nathan Mifsud 2, Sam Torpy 2, Thu Sa La 1, Jackson Bye 1, Avery Knight 1, Baxter Mensch 1
BEST: Thu Sa La, Lachlan Clifton, Sam Torpy, Baxter Mensch, Max Hardwick, Fionn Guina-Stannard
GOALS: Sam Walsh 4, Fletcher Wilson 4, Baxter Mensch 3, Sam Torpy 2, Izaak De Agrela 2, Max Hardwick 1, Avery Knight 1, Jaxon Bruhn 1, Sheldon Ham 1, Louis Clifton 1, Colm O’Connor 1, Hayden Spiller 1.
BEST: Sam Walsh, Baxter Mensch, Fletcher Wilson, Izaak De Agrela, Sam Torpy, Colm O’Connor, Jack Henderson
GOALS: Declan Fenton 2, Fletcher Wilson 2, Baxter Mensch 2, Sam Torpy 1, Max Hardwick 1, Louis Clifton 1, Nathan Mifsud 1
BEST: Sam Torpy, Baxter Mensch, Louis Clifton, Declan Fenton
ACC GRAND FINAL – St Joseph’s 13.8 (86) def St Bernard’s 8.10 (58)
GOALS: Tom McCartin 5, Fletcher Wilson 3, Max Hardwick 3, Declan Fenton 1, Louis Clifton 1
BEST: Sam Walsh, Tom McCartin, Thu Sa La, Louis Clifton, Sam Torpy, Baxter Mensch, Liam Dumont
2016 YEAR 10 AWARD WINNERS
Best & Fairest: Sam Torpy Runner Up: Baxter Mensch & Jack Henderson Coaches Awards: Sam Walsh & Louis Clifton ACC Grand Final Best on Ground: Sam Walsh Leading Goal Kicker: Fletcher Wilson FIRST XVIII FOOTBALL
ROUND 1 – St Joseph’s 12.10 (82) def St Bede’s 10.7 (67)
GOALS: Jonathan Arcoraci 3, Darby Schilder 2, Spiro Alesios 2, Sam Simpson 1, Jack Walters 1, Jack Quinn 1, Fraser Toohey 1, David Handley 1
BEST: Darby Schilder, Sam Simpson, David Handley, Spiro Alesios, Bayley Cockerill, Charlie Francis
GOALS: Spiros Alesios 2, Aadyn Sleep-Dalton 1, Liam Higgins 1, Brayden Ham 1, Ned Harris 1
BEST:Matthew Ling, Spiros Alesios, Jack Hodgson, Will Cann, Zach Walter, Caleb Whitley
ROUND 5 – St Joseph’s 8.9 (57) def De La Salle 8.3 (51)
GOALS: Patrick Dowling 3, Jack Hodgson 2, Wade McSparron 1, Jack Rice 1, Ned Harris 1
BEST: Ned Harris, Jack Hodgson, Will Cann
ROUND 6 – St Joseph’s 7.13 (55) def St Bernard’s 4.4 (28)
GOALS:Jack Blood 2, Johnathon Arcoraci 2, David Handley 1, Jack Quinn 1, Liam Higgins 1
BEST: Jack Blood (Reconciliation Medal), Matthew Ling, Charlie Francis, Will Cann, Caleb Whitley, Jack Quinn, Johnathon Arcoraci
SEMI FINAL - St Joseph’s 10.9 (69) def Whitefriars 7.10 (52)
GOALS: Darby Schilder 4, Patrick Dowling 3, David Handley 1, Jack Quinn 1, Zach Walter 1
BEST: David Handley, Charlie Francis, Spiro Alesios, Matthew Ling, Caleb Whitley, Jack Rice
GRAND FINAL - St Joseph’s 10.13 (73) def Parade 10.4 (64)
GOALS:Jack Henry 2, Patrick Dowling 2, David Handley 1, Liam Higgins 1, Zach Walter 1, Jack Rice 1, Bayley Cockerill 1, Matthew Ling 1
BEST: Jack Rice, Jack Henry, Spiro Alesios, Jack Blood, Charlie Francis, Mitch Diamond, Johnathon Arcoraci
HERALD SUN SHIELD SEMI FINAL - St Joseph’s 9.11 (65) def Essendon Keilor 8.10 (58)
GOALS: Patrick Dowling 2, David Handley 2, Ned Harris 2, Bayley Cockerill 1, Johnathon Arcoraci 1, Ben Thomas 1
BEST: Mitch Diamond, Bayley Cockerill, Sam Walsh, David Handley, Spiro Alesios, Ned Harris
HERALD SUN SHIELD GRAND FINAL - St Joseph’s 7.17 (59) def St Patrick’s 8.10 (58)
GOALS: Jack Henry 2, Patrick Dowling 1, David Handley 1, Ned Harris 1, Jack Blood 1, Darby Schilder 1
BEST:Jack Blood (Neale Daniher Medal), Jack Henry, Ned Harris, Matthew Ling, Mitch Diamond, Spiro Alesios, Charlie Francis, David Handley
2016 FIRST XVIII AWARD WINNERS
Best & Fairest: Spiro Alesios Runner Up: Matthew Ling Coaches Awards: Ned Harris & David Handley
Most Exemplary Player: Jack Blood ACC Grand Final Best on Ground: Jack Rice
Herald Sun Shield Grand Final Best on Ground: Jack Blood
ACC Team of the Year: Jack Blood (HBF), Charlie Francis (CHB), Spiro Alesios (R), Patrick Dowling (HFF), Darby Schilder (I)
Leading Goal Kicker: Paddy Dowling (16)
Year 9 Football
Year 9 Football
Front
Ryan Birthisel, Oscar Lane,
Bradley Jepson, Jay Dahlhaus, Charlie Travers, Samuel Bourke, Charlie
Absent: Darcy Crucitti, Matthew Keast, Thomas O’Brien-Henderson, Jackson Paatsch,
St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club
Another busy year in 2016. Record participants across the grades including our inaugural year of girls’ football. A big thankyou to Sue Cormack, our Br O’Neill Junior Club person of the year, as well as coach Chris Hickey. After a slow start the girls showed incredible improvement as the year progressed. This will be an important part of our club as the years progress.
The year was a little quieter from a Premiership Trophy standpoint, but nonetheless was successful from a participation of players. Our two Colt teams had an outstanding year with A side making the Grand Final. Coaches, Matt McCartin and Todd Devine, focused on player development and did great work with their sides. There is no question that into the future senior players will continue to develop out of this 2016 Colts group.
In our Netball division our head coach, Sandi Dimasi, is retiring. Sandi’s coaching team have moulded a very young group into an A grade team that is greatly respected and most certainly will continually compete in finals for many years. The remaining senior teams were competitive and will again be knocking on the door next year. Most importantly the girls are great supporters of all things Joey’s and their presence around the club is hugely positive. A big thanks to Fiona Threlfall for all her hard work as Netball Director.
On-field we had almost 600 participates each week, which is a truly great testament of our club and the opportunities available to our young people.Off field, we wish to thank and recognise our major sponsors Signature Homes and Portelli Painting, and also our numerous other sponsors whose support is greatly appreciated. We acknowledge that, in many ways, it’s a love of the St Joseph’s community that keeps them involved. It is important that all club members and supporters look to use these businesses whenever possible.
At Drew Reserve, it was great to see the football coach’s box and electronic scoreboard completed. We also have scheduled in the construction of the nets on the Finchhaven Road end of both Walker & Drew Reserves. These will be completed early in the New Year. It was disappointing and somewhat frustrating that were unable to complete our planned Wedge Project which would have provided change rooms for our Netballers and female footballers. We have lobbied hard for funding to have this addressed and committed to funding two thirds of the project independently from COGG. Unfortunately, this was not enough. We have left in place a sub-committee that will continue to jump whatever hurdles placed in front of them in this matter.
On the social side, it was a revamped model this year with different volunteers helping to organise our social functions. Thank you to those who contributed to organisation from the season’s launch through to lady’s lunch, the Gala Ball, Major Raffle and Presentation night. Other social / fundraising gatherings for the year
started way back in March, with a Season’s Launch again organised and hosted by the incredibly generous Old Collegian, Nick Maxwell. Held at the Westpac Centre with special guest Collingwood CEO, Gary Pert and Melbourne Storm Commercial Director, Ben Dunn, this event is now a significant fund raiser for our club and our sincere thanks must go to Nick for his organisation and support.
It was also our 3rd year of the merged Gala Ball and the Carmody Foundation’s annual function. This year’s event was still a significant function both in terms of people attending and funds raised for both the Club and College Foundation. The night was a great social success, with the Casino theme being a huge hit. Thank you to St Joseph’s College and our Football & Netball Club communities for their support, we look forward to continuing to build this annual event.
The Grand Final Eve Lunch was again held at The Pier on the Thursday afternoon before the AFL Grand Final. 610 people were in attendance this year. The day was a great success and a good time was had by all who attended. Special mention goes to Brett Bentley and John McKinnon for the organisation of this event, which must be regional Australia’s biggest Grand Final function. Brett, John and their helpers are to be commended.
Thank you to all of our hard working committee, who contribute many volunteer hours to run this ever-increasing business, that is the St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club. To survive and prosper at this level, we continually have to become more professional. Having said that, I believe it is the sense of belonging and being valued that draws our volunteers who work so hard. I am always in awe of the good people at our club and know they are the foundation on which clubs like ours are built.
To our supporter’s groups, the Club 32 and the On-Ballers thank-you for most generous support. I especially want to acknowledge the players who have been exemplary in their attendance and behaviour. To all of the football and medical department who put in an enormous amount of effort behind the scenes, your work is very much appreciated. To all teams who competed this year, congratulations on your efforts and the way you have conducted yourself on and off the field.
I wish to thank all who have supported Joey’s over my 6 year tenure, especially present and past committee members. To Chris Humphrey, Jennie Marino and Brett Bentley who have been there through all this time I extend a massive thank you. I have enjoyed my time as President immensely and wish Todd and his new committee the best of luck. We look to the next year and beyond with excitement as we strive to continue to build on The Joey’s Way... Go Joey’sVince Littore, President, St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club
Back Row: Jack Mullen, Jesse Clark, Ben Miller, Darcy Chirgwin, Oliver Poole, Brayden Maurer, Connor Fopiani, Hugh Nelson
Middle Row: Finn Spence,
Jordan Muhor, Riley Berg, Samuel Hazelman, William Farrow
Row:
Harris, Thomas Courtney, Brad Edwards, Max Lindrea
Jake Powe, Charlie Walter
Staff: Patrick Prendergast, Michael Wrigley
Year 10 ACC Soccer
Back Row: Daniel Gudasic, Thomas Pinjuh, Thomas Orsolic, Jamie Noggler (C), Matthew Stosic, Ben Vanjek, Andre Prusac, Hudson Brayshaw
Front Row: Adrian Augello, Lewis Rancic, Carlin McCloskey, Danh Ngo, Mitchell Saba, Gene Majic, John Serra, James Tripodi, Jonathan Zarb
Absent: Franjo Dugandzic, Nicholas Papic
Staff: Adam Colak
Senior Soccer
Back Row: Stjepan Gudasic, Cooper McCormack, Liam Maiden, Thomas Auld, Jack Francis, Thomas Howe, Borna Bosnjak, Quentin Connolly, Anthony Knezevic Front Row: Adrian Baldasso, Josh Krasic, Jacob Franic, James Pritchard, Michael Gulle, James Pundij (C), Austin Perrot, James Demo Absent: Joseph McGivern, Jared Ross, Andrew Foti, Connor Blackwell, Keaun Anwari, Francesco Lecchino Staff: Adam Colak
Cricket
SJC 1ST XI CRICKET
ROUND 1 - SJC v ST BERNARD’S
SJC 7/141 (Ned Stephens 40no, Manu Nagra 25)
defeated ST BERNARD’S 8/139cc (Sam Ridgway 3/32, Jared Muraca 2/11, Daniel Reed-Sharry 1/28, Austin Humphrey 1/23)
ROUND 2 - SJC v MAZENOD
MAZENOD 10/136 (Austin Humphrey 3/19, Joshua Widdison 2/21, Jared Muraca 1/13, Sam Ridgway 1/19, Ned Stephens 1/27, Daniel Reed-Sharry 1/33)
defeated ST BEDE’S 10/92 (Daniel Reed-Sharry 3/15, Will Turnley 3/11, Jared Muraca 1/9, Oliver Andrews 1/20, Austin Humphrey 1/17)
ROUND 6 - SJC v WHITEFRIARS
SJC 8/165 (Manu Nagra 20, Liam Maiden 52, Daniel Reed-Sharry 23, Jared Muraca 30)
defeated WHITEFRIARS 9/155 (Ned Stephens 1/22, Will Turnley 2/31, Alex Buckwell 3/31, Joshua Widdison 1/5)
ROUND 7 - SJC v SALESIAN
SJC 9/208 (Liam Maiden 55, Jared Muraca 31, Ned Stephens 19)
defeated SALESIAN 10/66 (Daniel Reed-Sharry 4/16, Ned Stephens 3/13, Oliver Andrews 2/5, Manu Nagra 1/0)
GRAND FINAL - SJC v DE LA SALLE
DE LA SALLE 8/135cc (Daniel Reed-Sharry 2/15, Ned Stephens 1/26, Austin Humphrey 1/15, Noah Craven-Briggs 2/18) defeated SJC 10/54 (Daniel Reed-Sharry 18)
In a disappointing end to the season, SJC was soundly beaten by De La Salle. After finishing on top of the ladder, SJC failed to produce the great form it had displayed in the home and away fixture. Our congratulations go out to De La Salle College. 2016 AWARDS
Best & Fairest: Daniel Reed-Sharry Runner-up: Noah Craven-Briggs Coaches Award: Liam Maiden
YEAR 10 ACC CRICKET
ROUND 1 - SJC v EMMANUEL COLLEGE – washed out
ROUND 2 - SJC v PARADE
SJC 3/57 (Sam Welsh 25no)
defeated PARADE 10/56 (Fletcher Wilson 2/4, Gus Humphrey 3/12, Sam Purdy 2/7, Fletcher Long 1/7 and Patrick DeGrandi 1/7)
ROUND 3 - SJC v ST BERNARD’S
SJC 4/101 after 17 overs (Jackson Bye 43, Hayden Spiller 31no, Max Sutton 15no)
drew with ST BERNARD’S 8/179 cc - 30 overs (Nick Pratt 2/16, Sam Purdy 2/40, Patrick DeGrandi 2/25, Hayden Spiller 1/40, Angus Humphrey 1/19)Match abandoned due to heavy rain.
defeated PARADE 10/109 (Fletcher Long 4/21, Nick Pratt 1/5, Angus Humphrey 2/15, Patrick De Grandi 1/5, Lachlan Handley 2/1)
GRAND FINAL
SJC 6/171 (Max Sutton 42, Lachlan Handley 37, Jackson Bye 16, Angus Humphrey 18, Patrick De Grandi 13, Harrison Keane 17no)
defeated MAZENOD 10/94 (Nick Pratt 1/17, Hayden Spiller 1/8, Sam Purdy 2/14, Fletcher Wilson 2/7, Angus Humphrey 1/14, Lachlan Handley 2/9)
The St Joseph’s College Year 10 Cricket Team went“Back to Back” with a convincing win over Mazenod College in ACC Grand Final played on Zampatti Oval. The SJC opening batsmen set up the victory. For the third game in a row, Lachlan Handley and Max Sutton built a platform that ensured a sound total to defend. With support from Jackson Bye and the middle order of Angus Humphrey, Harrison Keane and Patrick De Grandi the excellent total of 6/171 was achieved after 30 overs.
Accurate bowling supported by energetic fielding then limited the visitors to 94 all out, from 28 overs, with all of the bowlers contributing.
Senior Cricket
Back Row: Jared Muraca, Liam Maiden, Samuel Ridgeway, Manvir Nagra, Austin Humphrey, Daniel Reed-Sharry Front Row: Noah Craven-Briggs, Ned Stephens, Andrew McNeel, William Turnley, Oliver Andrews, Joshua Widdison, Jack Hodgson Coach: David Breheny Manager: Mick Hinds
Year 10 Cricket
Back Row: Patrick De Grandi, Ged Gallagher, Hayden Spiller, Sam Purdy, Jackson Moore, Darcy Conlan, Angus Humphrey Middle Row: Lewis Rancic, Tanner Sadler, Jackson Bye, Samuel Walsh, Nicholas Pratt, Lachlan Handley, Fletcher Wilson
Front Row: Max Sutton, Harry Santospirito, Fletcher Long, Max Brown, Harrison Keane, Kieren Fernandes, Joel Andrews-Stacey
Manager: Mick Hinds
Coach: David Breheny
Sportsmaster: Bryson Milverton
Year 7 T20 Cricket
Back Row: Finn McCombe, Cameron Fleeton, Joel Fleeton, Declan Clark, Jordan Thompson
Front Row: Tom Scott, Charlie Lazzaro, Tanner Bruhn, Lachlan Kidd, Callum Stow
Staff: Bryson Milverton
Athletics
Back Row: Brayden Maurer, Aidan Patterson, Colm O’Connor, Spiro Alesios, Patrick O’Connor, Brayden Thompson, Joshua Jokic, Justin Patterson, Keam Chan, Thomas Dickinson
Third Row: Jacob Sesar, Jack Keating, Thomas Foley, Jamie Noggler, Tyler Bryan, Timothy Hannan, Mitch Lay, Carlin McCloskey, Jack Hazelman
Second Row: Will Gray, Henry Van Til, Will Batson, Jordan Jones, Max Visintin, Ako Warakea, Charlie Harris, Lachlan Street, Noah Gadsby, Jordan Thompson
Front Row: Tom Hockley Samon, Luke Bartolo, Finn Murphy, Oscar Courtney, Jack Henry, Austin Lofts, Oliver Loughnan, Lachlan Grist, Matthew Keast
Absent: Darby Edwards, Thu Sa La, Liam Spence Staff: Jason King
Basketball
VICTORIAN COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Victorian College Championships has now become the major tournament for our College basketball teams. The event is run by Basketball Victoria. Qualifying rounds need to be won to attend the State Finals rounds at MSAC.
JUNIOR TEAM
The Junior team played in Division 2 in 2016. The boys progressed through the first round quite comfortably even winning their regional final at Werribee. This allowed them to qualify for the State Finals. After some excellent wins in their pool games, the boys qualified for the final 8.In the semifinals they played an outstanding game and even managed to beat a school that runs its own basketball program within their curriculum. The Grand Final was epic. The boys were leading by 3 points when with seconds to go the opposition hit a 3 to send the game into overtime. With seconds left in OT and with a 1 point lead we unfortunately allowed the opposition to make a layup and went down by 1. A great effort nevertheless.
INTERMEDIATE TEAM
The SJC Intermediate team entered the VCC tournament in Division 2.The team travelled to Werribee for the preliminary rounds. They were undefeated all day and eventually won the final quite comfortably. They qualified for the State Finals and
were seeded highly. The boys started their finals campaign positively and got through their pool and qualified for the final 8. Unfortunately, the team drew a tough opponent and lost their quarter final narrowly. Their final placing was fifth. This team over the two days won 8 out 9 games overall so they had a very good tournament in 2016.
SENIOR TEAM
This year the Senior team played in Division 1, as a result of having many players who were playing representative basketball in 2016. Their preliminary rounds were held at Werribee. The boys were playing at a very high standard and despite the high quality opposition they managed to get through to the regional final undefeated. Although they lost the final narrowly, reaching the final allowed them to progress to the State Finals. The boys played some exceptional teams in their pool games but couldn’t get through to the final eight. They managed a huge win in their last match on finals day.This placed them about 9th overall in Division 1 for all Victorian schools that competed. This is an admirable finish considering the top quality opposition across Victoria.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr Bryson Milverton, Sportsmaster, for his continued support and assistance with all our SJC basketball teams.
Absent: Thomas Dickinson, Noah Gribble, Dylan Javni
Staff: Simon Jovic
Intermediate Basketball
L-R: Jack Dunstan, Jordan Bradaric, Matthew Teale, Dylan Sharp, Maxwell Uebergang, Cooper Ingles, Dakota-Kai Alcorace, Dallace-Jai Alcorace
Absent: Jack Moran
Staff: Simon Jovic
Senior Basketball
L-R: Thomas Senftleben, Chad Suphamongkol, Jared Boyce, Kyle Meyer, Kyle Milanovic, Rody Spoormakers
Absent: Cohen Blythe, William McDonald
Staff: Simon Jovic
Lunchtimes at St Joseph’s chess in 2016 was another exciting year being led by Jack Sadler and Sean Wee. The boys help lead the chess and encourage our Year 7s to get involved and at the same time put together the foundations of two solid chess teams.
We managed to field a competitive junior team with Mark Wee, Jordan Powe, Ryan Salomar, Noah Conroy, Tarkyn Sayers, Alex Con Foo.
The Intermediate team was made up of Jack Sadler-Cahoon, Sean Wee, Jonathon Zarb, Joshua Norman, Finn Drips, Max Whiting and Harrison Yates.
Our first competition was the ACC Open Chess Tournament held at Simmond’s Catholic College in North Fitzroy where we fielded one team with 11 members. All players were
competitive and we were in striking distance of the lead coming into the last round. The close competition was great for our new players, giving them a great experience as to how exciting chess can sometime be. After some close losses we ended up fourth.
The second competition was the ACC Chess Intermediate and Junior competition held at Parade College in Bundoora. Led by Jonathon Zarb with seven straight wins and solid performances by Sean Wee and Jack Sadler-Cahoon the Intermediate team won the second division pennant while the junior team finished mid field. Overall it has been a great year for the chess club and we are looking at building on our success next year
- Jack Sadler-Cahoon
Badminton
Chess
Back Row: Sean Wee, Jack Sadler-Cahoon, Finn Dripps, Mackenzi Rouse, Jonathan Zarb
Front Row: Alexander Con Foo, Jordan Powe, Noah Conroy, Mark Wee, Ryan Sulomar, Max Whiting, Ryan Harvey Staff: Chris Conroy, Michelle Cameron
Badminton Back Row: Khan Tran, Tristan Turner, Timothy Hannan, Borna Bosnjak, Keaun Anwari, Finn Murphy, Nicholas Naumovski Front Row: Thomas Caligari, Brandon Scaffidi, Jayden Trajcevski, Denzel Rabino, Samuel Erwin, Tom O’Neill, Jai Iacovella Staff: Ashley Humphries
Surfing
The 2016 SJC Gromfest had its largest ever competition, with over 50 surfers competing at Jan Juc to be named the best Junior and Senior Surfer at St Joseph’s. This was the most open competition for many years with Casey McCrohan the 3 time senior champion graduating last year and the current national champion for his age Xavier Huxtable unable to attend as he was competing in Hawaii. In the junior division, Dylan Hart took out the title and Nathan Rivalland won the Senior Division, well done to both surfers.
In this year’s Victorian Independent Schools State Championships, Seb Brown, Nathan Rivalland, Josh Cammarere, Xavier Huxtable, James Hughes, Dylan Hart, Indie White and Rikki Bell-Warren competed in average
conditions at Phillip Island and were runners up in the event narrowly losing to Christian College by only 2 points. It was an incredibly tense and close competition, the team should be very proud of their efforts. Well done!
Thank you to Mr Davies, Cameron Lamperd, Mr Wilcox, Ned Fitzgerald and Mark Hudson for helping to organising and judge the St Joseph’s College Surfing Competition and Surf Team. Finally a huge thank you to all of the students who have been involved in surfing over the last 3 years at SJC, it has been a pleasure to surf with you all over the years and I wish you the best of luck winning back the state title next year.
- Luke O’Grady, Surfing Coordinator
Surf Life Saving
Surfing L-R: Rikki Bell-Warren, Nathan Rivalland, Xavier Huxtable, James Hughes, Sebastian Brown, Joshua Cammarere, Indi White, Dylan Hart Coach: Luke O’Grady
Surf Life Saving Back Row: Edward McCoy, George Wheeldon, Timothy Hannan, Finn Dripps, Jack Atchison, Flynn Kinsey Front Row: Kieran Spanner, Ned Madigan, Seamus Spanner, Drew Green, Patrick Sweet, Tyler Walsh, Jolyon Simpson
Absent: Lewis Conquit, Rhys Devlin, Frederick Dripps, Lachlan Jenkins, Cooper Jessen, Harrison Mahoney, Oscar McDonald, Oliver Poole, Nathan Rivalland, Ashley Thompson, Patrick Tucci Staff: Jason King
SJC Gromfest - Junior Finalists
Runners Up State Championships
Xavier Huxtable - National Champion
Nathan Rivalland - Senior School Champion
Swimming
Swimming
Back Row: Thomas Dickinson, Connor Pickett, Joshua Jokic, Brayden Thompson, Ben Miller, Dougal Barrett, Ashley Thompson
Middle Row: Drew Green, Timothy Hannan, Benjamin Mullins, Jack Keating, Dominic Van Slageren, Ralph O’Donnell, Jared Tremul, George Wheeldon
Front Row: Joylon Simpson, Tyler Walsh, Flynn Kinsey, William Paatsch, Lachlan Taylor, Luke Bartolo, Jack Simsic Staff: John Mitchell
Cycling
Cycling
Back Row: Clay Page, Dominic Van Slageren, Jake McCorkell, Oliver Poole, William Arblaster, Michael Leach
Third Row: Lachlan Kelly, William Cranny, Charlie Roache, Baptiste Claudon, Cooper Jessen, Isaac Dow, Thomas Burchell
Second Row: Lachlan Grist, Macauley Haywood, Thomas Bucki-Smith, Nash Moed, Martin Wood, Lachlan Haines, Fraser Smith, Jake Stephens
Front Row: Finn Laffy, Jaxon Mohr, Isaac Stanley, Daniel Paulden, William Hardiman, Daniel Warfe, Jack Doyle Staff: Mark Rayson
Golf
Golf
Back Row: Angus McKinnon, Austin Humphrey, Thomas Soraghan, Tawana Mahlamvana, Harrison Smith
Front Row: Angus McKoy, Kallum Sheridan, Ben Henkel, Angus Evans, Callum Stow Staff: Bryson Milverton, Michael Wilding
Winter Sleepout
Winter Sleepout
Back Row: Matthew Nolan, Adam Karpinski, Isaac McMahon, Manvir Nagra, Xavier Blackley, Mackenzie Heard, Thomas McCartin, Samuel Ridgway, Joshua Frichot, Thomas Newnham
Third Row: Lachlan McKoy, Austin Lofts, Eric O’Malley, Jack Rickerby, Thomas Foley, Oliver Darcy, Nicholas Pratt, Henry Van Til, Oscar Morrison, George Wheeldon, Jack Northey
Second Row: Joel Soraghan, Jahred Glover-Taylor, Ryan Hartwell, Griffin Lee, William Ure, Flynn McIntosh, Marius Hurley-Paul, Mason Breust, Max Jones, Solomon Francis, Thomas Barnett
Front Row: Macgregor Docherty, Thomas Caligari, Dyllan Rabino, William McDine, Campbell Hoober, Connor Senftleben, William Byrne, Tom O’Neill, Jack Farrow, Lachlan Schoemaker, Darcy Hindle, Banura Jayakody
Staff: Zoe Marshall Absent Staff: Tom Arthurson, Sarah Goring, Chris Lynch, Christine Rowland, Claire Wrigley
Outreach Van & Legacy
Outreach Van
Back Row: James Dillon, Patrick Kelly, Diarmuid O’Reilly
Middle Row: Liam Jelley, Adam Karpinski, Jonathan Dulce, Michael Bongiorno
Front Row: Eamon Dooley, Andrew McNeel, Isaac Travers-Hucker, Jack Brogden, Charles Breen
L-R: Oscar Morrison, Nicholas Morton, Kai Tracey Staff: Zoe Marshall
Fire Carriers & Samaritan House
Refugee Tutors
Refugee Tutors
ATSI
Back Row: Adam Karpinski, Connor Hamilton, Patrick Boland, Dineth Karunaratne, Samuel Arnold, Michael Callahan
Front Row: Daniel Rabbat, Ryan Hamers, Joshua Spork, Isaac Travers-Hucker, Benjamin Willis, Jurrin Romanis, Sean Wee Absent: Harvey Carmody, Joshua Gulli Staff: Zoe Marshall, Rachel Roche
Fire Carriers
L-R: Michael Bongiorno, Jurrin Romanis Absent: Arop Makor, Angus McKinnon, Alviston Wunungmurra Staff: Mary Malone, Shane Dawson
Samaritan House
Back Row: Helen Connolly, Mandy Toohey, Zoe Marshall, Mark Kennedy, Rachel Roche, Chris Valmadre
Front Row: Natasha Solczaniuk, Rosemary Friend, Mary Malone, Holly McIntosh, Bernerdene Carthew
Back Row: Fraser Mackus, Connor Mackus, Jack Brogden, Waadhi Conole, Jazariah Marrkula, Lewis Clarke, Kaleb Owen, Alviston Wunungmurra
Front Row: Msafiti Corstorphan, Lachlan Haines, Joel Hutchinson, Tyson Neal, Jurrin Romanis, Sebastian McDougall, Finn Reilly-Shea, Isaiah Lindsay Absent: Hayden Clarke, Flynn Kinsey, Kaelan Morrison, Jack Parrot, Jack Tidlacka, Jordon Walker
Staff: Louisa Biviano, Susan Collins
Debating & Public Speaking
DAV Debating
Back Row: Swapneel Thakur, Thomas Newnham, Liam Jelley, William Ryan
Front Row: Nathan Harvey, Jack Keating, Ethan Beuglehall, Connor Gallagher Staff: Zoe Marshall
DAV Junior Public Speaking Thomas Newnham
VCAA Plain English Award
Daniel Rabbat
ACC Debating
L-R: Will Dawson, Nicholas Morton, William Ryan, Thomas Newnham, Ethan Beauglehall, Nathan Harvey Staff: Zoe Marshall
Unya Evatt
L-R: Daniel Rabbat, Eamon Dooley, David Motorniak, Liam Jelley, Jack O’Neill Absent: Benjamin Kenworthy Staff: Zoe Marshall
Texperts
Year 7 Captains
Back Row: Sean Wee, Aidan Wong, Rhys McKinnon, Thomas Anderson, Oliver Edwards, Michael Moore, Alexander Petkovski
Middle Row: Nicholas Naumovski, William Baum, Thomas Richmund, Khan Tran, William Bourke, Lachlan Demasi, Connor Azzopardi, Alexander Palladini
Front Row: Ainzleigh Julian, Kai Tracey, James Mallinson, Jacob Hill, William Byrne, Jack Simsic, Tarkyn Sayers Staff: Jack Jurica, Chris Valmadre
Year 7 Captains
Back Row: Xavier Muhor, Lachlan McKoy, Jack Northey, Campbell Sunderland, Oscar Morrison, Thomas Dickinson, Angus Codd, Finn Murphy, Thomas O’Brien, William Baum, Lachlan Haines
Third Row: Patrick Visintin, Max Jones, Joshua Belleggia, Luke Bartolo, Thomas Barnett, Riley Firth, Lachlan Demasi, Alex Altimari, Benjamin Flintoff, Cameron Zula
Second Row: Hayden Burns, William McDine, Thomas Corray, Alexander Con Foo, Charles Wilson, Aidan Meyer, Conor Silo, Solomon Francis, Elliot Senftleben, Archer Quick
Front Row: Mason Claridge, Lewis Brice, Noah Bartolo, Charlie Saunders, Hamish Bourke, Harry Roache, Matueny Mangar, Jack Condon, Andrew Dawson, Brandon Scaffidi, Darcy Hindle
Year 8 Captains
Year 8 Captains
Westcourt Leaders
Westcourt Leaders
Back Row: Jack Mullen, Max Fitzgerald, Oliver Poole, Darcy Chirgwin, Jackson Paatsch
Middle Row: Lachlan Taylor, Charlie Harris, Finn Dripps, Salvatore Cilmi, Daniel Gulli, Joshua Sorgiovanni
Front Row: Charlie Mahar, Brad Edwards, Charlie Roache, Patrick Viccars, Max Whiting Head of Campus: Michael Wrigley
Back Row: Eric O’Malley, Tyson Neal, Kyle Skene, Matthew Issell, Thomas Newnham, Dylan Walsh, Grady Martin, Tikei Hiku
Third Row: Samuel Raimondo, Lucas Wharmby, Tanner Bruhn, Noah Gadsby, Quinn Taylor, Hugo Clatworthy, Charlie Lazzaro, James Chappell, Jack Bentley
Second Row: William Marshall, Seamus Keogh, Blake Spiller, Hugh Menzies, Henry Stephensen, Conor Killury, Connor Sayers, Michael Music, Frederick Dripps, Ryan Hartwell
Front Row: Mark Gudasic, Brannon Goli, Seamus Connoley, Lachlan Santoro, Oliver Koerntjes, Tom Scott, Charlie Ham, Mason Kent, Jack Farrow Absent: Nicholas Baric, Benjamin Camilleri, Dani Deng, Addison Fisher, Tom Houlihan, Justin Ivelja, Lachlan Neate Staff: Simon Piasente
Senior Leadership Team
Senior Leadership Team
Third
Charles Francis
Samuel Walsh, Michael Gulle, Ashley
Gudasic, Jordan Bradaric
Second Row: Daniel Rabbat, Isaac Travers-Hucker,
Bongiorno, Jacob Loughnan, Domenico Lecchino, Jack
Charles Breen, Jack O’Neill,
Denzel Rabino
Absent: Arop Makor, Jazariah Marrkula, Sebastian McDougall
Year Level Coordinators
Back Row: Jack Quinn, William Paatsch, Jack Walters, Xavier Blackley, Mackenzie Heard, Spiro Alesios, Thomas McCartin, Liam Higgins, Caleb Whitley, Samuel Ridgway,
Row:
Thompson, Isaac McMahon, Lucas Pante, Jack Blood, Finbar Kinna, William Devine, James Dillon, Roko
Jackson Kos, Andrew McNeel, Nicholas Pratt, Adam Karpinski, Liam Jelley, Oliver Huby, Michael
Brogden
Front Row:
Joseph Caruana, Jurrin Romanis, James Mangar, Rhys Hegyesi, Benjamin Kenworthy, Jonathan Zarb, Fraser Murray, Dennis Mesoga,
Student Leadership Coordinator: Chris Lynch Absent Staff: Cassandra Gleeson
Paul Tobias Michelle Brodrick Mark Kennedy Michael Wrigley
Leanne Adams Peter Adams Amy Anderson
Mary-Ann Anderson Michelle Anderson April Andrews
Tom Arthurson Rolf Audrins
Angela Baker
Phillipa Barber
Peter Barker Lauren Barton Prue Beaton
Pierre Belluzzo
Huon Bertino
Kath Biggs
Michelle Bishop Louisa Biviano
Joanne Board
David Bourke
Andrew Branchflower Ric Brodrick
Imogen Brough
Vin Brown Amanda Browne
Simon Cahir
Michelle Cameron Peter Canaway
Lukas Capicchiano
Bernerdene Carthew
Tom Cashin Steve Catanzariti
Jane Clarke Lisa Clingan
Adam Colak
Susan Collins Helen Connolly
Chris Conroy
Cassandra Coogan
Caz Copic
Emma Cuthill
Margot Davies
Michael Davies Shane Dawson Frank De Rosso
Kylie Di Santo
Sandro Di Santo
Susan Dickinson Anne Dooley
Kerry Drever
Monika Ercoli Kim Evans Anna Fazio
Ned Fitzgerald Rosemary Friend David Gallaher
Robyn Gallaher
Kate Gibbs Mardi Gilligan
Christine Morris Adam Morrissey Damian Moynihan
Lynne Mullins
Melissa Nantsou
Joanne Nelson Will Newton Adam Noble Erin Norman
Kirsty Maselli Adel Mawson Holly McIntosh
Annalee McKew
Janine McLean
Vicki Mills
Belinda Milverton
Bryson Milverton
John Mitchell
John Monagle
Andrew Loughnan Nicole Lucas
Chris Lynch
Tricia Maas Mary Malone Peter Malone
Danny Maltese
Ingrid Marshall Zoe Marshall
Laura Martin
Simon Jovic Jack Jurica
Helen Kean
Kristen Kelynack Glenn Kemp Jason King
Roslyn King
Katerina Kirkovski
Christopher Laidlaw
Peter Leorke
Kirsten Hood Lee Hough
Anna Hudson
Ashley Humphries
David Hunt
Leah Irving
Christopher Jansen
Kathy Jenkins
Kelly Jenkins
Nick Jones
Luke Guy Dan Hale Joanne Hammond
John Harmon
Damian Harrington
Sarah Hepworth
Andrew Hobbs Nerrida Holland
Jonathan Holt
Jules Holt
Angela Gionis
Kristen Gleeson Nelson Gnaccarini
Jarrod Gore
Sarah Goring
Michael Goss
Kristen Grant Peter Grant Gemma Gray
Karen Guerra
Lisa Northey
Jason O’Connell
Peter O’Connor
Luke O’Grady
Jenny O’Keefe
Samantha O’Keefe
Sena Palmer
Anna Papke
Gerard Parry Simon Piasente
Ashwin Pillai
Lachy Porter
Patrick Prendergast
Sam Querella
Mark Rayson
Brendan Reed Jo Rigoni
Leanne Rivett
Rachel Roche
Jane Rodgers
Michael Wrigley
Amy Young Wei Zhang
Suzanne Walsh Zara Walter
Daryl Wedding
Natalie Welsh
Michael Wilding
Angela Wilson
Tracey Wong
Claire Wrigley
John Stephensen Katie Stewart
Mark Stracey
Ashlee Tanner
Simon Taylor
George Tomadin
Mandy Toohey
Tom Trupkovic
Chris Valmadre
Karen Shum Anna Simonsen
Allison Smith
Hannah Smith
Nathanael Smith
Travis Smith Natasha Solczaniuk
Rebecca Spark Heather Stapleton
Paul Stender
Amy Ross Christine Rowland
Lisa Rush
Lauren Salcombe
Daniel Salmon
Andrew Scaddan
John Schlank
David Shalders
John Shawcross
Karen Sherman
GOOD LUCK AND FAREWELL
To all members of staff who will not be returning in 2016, we extend our sincere thanks for all you have brought to our College and for sharing your expertise across so many areas throughout your time with us.
Thank you all for your dedication, passion, commitment and service to the College. It has been much appreciated. We wish you all the best for the future.
Celebrating 40 Years at SJC
Not only was staff member Mr Damian Moynihan a past St Joseph’s College student, (graduating in 1975), but he has also been a long time employee. In 2016 Damian celebrated his 40th year at St Joseph’s College Geelong. What a milestone! As a valued member of our grounds and maintenance staff Damian always takes care and dedication in his work and is a common sight walking around the College from day to day. Thank you Damian for all of your hard work!
Luke O’Grady
Ashwin Pillai Judy Evans
Evans Ned Fitzgerald
PATRONS
College Leadership
Most Reverend Denis Hart, D.D., Archbishop of Melbourne
Reverend Father Kevin Dillon, P.P., St Mary of the Angels Parish, Geelong CHAPLAINS
Reverend Father Kevin Dillon, P.P., St Mary of the Angels Parish, Geelong Reverend Father Herman Licayan, Admin. Meredith Parish GOVERNING BODY
Edmund Rice Education Australia Board (from October 1, 2007) COLLEGE BOARD
Mr Anthony Frantz BMusPerf, PGDip(Bus) Trumpet Tutor
Mr Robin Gador BA, AdvDipMus, GDip(AppLearn) Guitar Tutor
Miss Kathleen Halloran Guitar Tutor
Mrs Sally Hobbs BMus(Hons) Flute Tutor
Miss Courtney Miller BMus Woodwind Tutor
Miss Jacqueline Robins AMEBCertPerf, BMus Percussion Tutor
Mr John Seal BA(Music) Percussion Tutor
Miss Tania Spence BMus(Voice) Vocal Tutor
Ms Wendy Steele French Horn Tutor
Mr Nicholas Synot Double Bass Tutor
Mr Bradley Treloar LMusA, PCMC, AdvPerfCert Piano Tutor
Mr Michael Wilding BMus, LMusA, AMusA, DipEd Woodwind Tutor
CANTEEN STAFF
Manager
Ms Joanne Hammond (2010) GCertBusAdmin, CertIV(TAA), GDip.HumNutr, BEd
Assistant
Mrs Jane Clarke (2005)
ADMINISTRATION STAFF
Business Manager
Mr Terry Fowler (2008) BBus(Acc)
Principal’s Personal Assistants
Mrs Maureen Bryant (1993)
Mrs Adel Mawson (2001)
Human Resources Manager
Mr Rolf Audrins (2014) M(DefSt), B(ProSt)
Events Coordinator
Ms Natasha Solczaniuk (2012)
Accountant
Mr Gerard Parry (2009) CPA, DipBS Office Manager
Mrs Mandy Toohey (2014)
Registrar
Mrs Julie Cole (2014)
Payroll Officer
Mrs Helen Connolly (1994)
Fees Officer
Mrs Holly McIntosh (2000)
Publications Officer & Website Manager
Miss Lauren Salcombe (2009) DipA(GraphA)
Administrative Projects
Mrs Zara Walter (2005) DipProfEdit&Proofrdng, CertIV Traning&Assmt, CertIII GovAdmin Reception
Mrs Julie Holt (2002)
Mrs Katerina Kirkovski (2008)
Mrs Anna Simonsen (2010)
Westcourt Campus Reception
Mrs Lynne Mullins (2014) BA, GradCertMgt
Mrs Kristen Grant (2016)
VASS Administrator & Curriculum Personal Assistant
Mrs Bernerdene Carthew (2013)
College Archivist
Mrs Susan Belluzzo
JOSEPHINE’S COORDINATORS
Mrs Maureen Bryant
Mrs Kate Parke
MEN’S ASSOCIATION
President
Mr Rohan Crowe
Team Captains
Mr David Cogan
Mr Danny Sheedy
Mr Des Nolan
Mr Paul Slattery
Secretary
Mr Pierre Belluzzo
OLD COLLEGIANS’ ASSOCIATION
President
Mr Justin O’Brien
Vice President
Mr Andrew Conte
Junior Vice President
Mr Sam Hopgood
Treasurer
Mr Sam O’Dwyer
Secretary
Mr Nick Jahnecke
PARENTS AND FRIENDS’ ASSOCIATION
President
Mrs Jacqueline Richards
Mrs Terri Stawyskyj
Secretary
Mr Anthony Shelley
CARE GROUP COORDINATORS
Mrs Zoe Callahan
Mrs Veronica Van Galen
Mrs Adel Mawson
Mrs Maureen Bryant
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Mr Romuald Michael Ambrose , aged 86, passed away following a long illness. Father to Joseph (dec), father-in-law to Emine. Grandfather of Romuald Ambrose (Year 10) and ElleMarie (Year 11) Sacred Heart. We extend our deepest sympathy to the Ambrose family.
Mr Jason Barker, (46 years) has died suddenly following a heart attack while in Cambodia. Our hearts go out to Jason’s wife, Jill and children Darcy - Old Collegian (2015), Garet (Year 9) and Giarna Barker (Year 8) Sacred Heart College with this sudden and tragic loss.
Mr Ian Benson (65 years) grandfather of Angus Benson (Year 10), Georgie Brown (2010) Sacred Heart College and Jack Brown (2006) Catholic Regional College.
Mr Jack Bird (92 years) loved uncle of Lynne (staff member) & husband Gavin Mullins, great uncle to Ben Mullins (Year 12) and Old Collegian Matthew Mullins (2013). May Jack’s love be with you always.
Mr David Booth (44 years) following ongoing ill health. Father of Franjo Booth (Year 8). It’s been a long sad journey for this family and now David is at peace with no more pain or suffering. We offer our deepest sympathy and ongoing support to Franjo and all his extended family.
Mr Ron Bound (93 years old) son of Murray Bound attended St Joseph’s College in 1972, grandfather of Old Collegian Heath Parrot (1993), great grandfather of Jack Parrot (Year 12) and Lucy Parrot Old Collegian Sacred Heart College (2015). May Ron’s love be with you always.
Mr Joe Bradshaw (86 years) passed away 2 February 2016 after an illness, step father of Anne and Anthony Shelley current P&F Secretary, step grandfather of Ben Shelley (Year 11) and Matthew Shelley (Year 9).
Mrs Nancy Bradshaw (83 years) passed away 7 February 2016, mother / mother in law of Anne and Anthony Shelley current P&F Secretary, grandmother of Ben Shelley (Year 11) and Matthew Shelley (Year 9). May precious family memories be of comfort to you all as you carry Joe and Nancy’s love with you always, We extend our deepest sympathy to all the Bradshaw and Shelley family.
Mr Jack Brockway (84 years), grandfather of Thomas Brockway (Year 9), Jack Brockway (Grade 6) St Patrick’s Primary School, Amber Kessler past Catholic Regional College, great grandfather of Melody Kessler 3 years. May Jack’s love be with you always.
Mrs Angie Bucolo (64 years), mother of Old Collegian Tony Bucolo (1991) and Cathy Bucolo, aunty of Matthew Ryan (Year 12).
Mr Rocco Caferella uncle of Lucas Nesci (Year 7).
Mrs Debbie Clingeleffer-Woodford wife of Russell Woodford (past staff member), mother of Katie. Our thoughts and prayer are with Russell, Katie and all their family. May Debbie’s love be with you always
Mr Hayden Cogger (78 years) grandfather of Matthew Cogger (Year 8) and Taylor Cogger Year 12 Sacred Heart College.
Mrs Lois Cole (76 years) of Warrnambool mother / mother in law of Jeff and Julie Cole (staff member), grandmother of Emma Cole (2009) Emmanuel College Warrnambool, Josh Cole ( 2013) Old Collegian and Maddison Cole (2015) Sacred Heart College. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Jeff, Julie and all the Cole family on the sudden death of their dear Lois. May her love remain with you always.
Mrs Geraldine Cone (73 years) Old Collegian Sacred Heart College, grandmother of Jackson Cone (Year 9) and Abbey Cone (Year 9) Sacred Heart College.
Mrs Thelma Conn mother and mother in law of Helen and John Stephensen (staff member), grandmother of Finn Stephensen (Year 10), Henry Stephensen (Year8) and Baxter Stephensen Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all, may precious family memories be with you always.
Mr Paul Couch (51years), husband of Geraldine Couch, father of Old Collegians Tom Couch (2006), Joseph Couch (2012), Jessie Couch (2007), Molly Couch (2012) past Sacred Heart College. Uncle of Hannah Smith current St Joseph’s College staff member and Old Collegian Jacob Smith (2006). We extend our heartfelt sympathy to all the Couch family. Paul’s love will be with you always.
Mr Peter Craig (88 years) Old Collegian De La Salle College Malvern (1936- 1942). Father / father in law of Jenny & Brendon Old, grandfather of Sam Old (Year 12) and
Madison Old (Year 8) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Antonio Croce (76 years) grandfather of Mathew Croce (Year 7) and Alyssa Croce (Year 12) Sacred Heart College.
Mrs Joan Craven (80 years) mother and mother in law of Linda Bentley (past staff member) and Carl Bentley, grandmother of Laura Bentley past Sacred Heart College ( 2011) and Old Collegian Ryan Bentley (2014). We extend our deepest sympathy to the Bentley family.
Mrs Lorna Diamond (96 years) Mother / Mother in law of Old Collegian Sacred Heart College Leanne and Steven Robinson, Grandmother of Blake Robinson (Year 12), Old Collegians Daniel Robinson (2008), Laura Robinson, Grace Robinson and Claire Robinson Sacred Heart College.
Ms Eileen Digby (61 years) Aunt of Liam Digby (Year 10) and Joshua Digby (Year 8) Kardinia International College.
Mrs Marie Dobson (Chamberlin )(92 years) Old Collegian Sacred Heart College, sister of Old Collegians Frederick Chamberlin ( 1936) and Louis Chamberlin (1937), grandmother of current staff member and Old Collegian Christopher Laidlaw ( 2009) and Madeleine Laidlaw (2013) Sacred Heart College. May Marie’s love be with you always. Our thoughts are with all her family.
Mrs Merryl Douglas (74 years) grandmother of Tom Douglas (Year 11), Georgia Douglas (Year 7) and Sam Douglas (Grade 5) Clairvaux Primary School
Sr Elizabeth Dwyer rsc , ‘Aunty Betsy’ to the family. A lovely, happy soul always interested in the lives of her many nieces and nephews.
Mrs Margery Evans (87 years) mother / mother in law of Mary and Peter Malone (staff members), grandmother of Brianna Malone (Year 10) and Sean Malone (Year 8 ) St Ingatius College. May Margery’s love be with you always.
Fr Mick Fitzpatrick (83 years), following ongoing ill health over recent years. Fr Mick was ordained in Castlemaine in 1958, his appointments in Geelong included chaplaincy at Highton’s St Catherine’s and St Augustine’s orphanages, six years as assistant priest at St Mary’s Basilica, seven years as parish priest at St Bernard’s in Belmont, a decade as parish priest at St Peter and Paul’s in Geelong West and fourteen years as assistant priest for the parish cluster taking in Bell Park, Geelong West and Manifold Heights. His regular visits to families and the sick have lifted the spirits of many over the years. We have wonderful memories of Fr Mick celebrating mass here at the College with our students and staff. We have been blessed to have this faith-filled, kind and gentle man in our lives.
Mr Laurie Flintoff (81 years), following ongoing illness, father of Wayne Flintoff, grandfather of Joseph (Year 10), Ben (Year 7) and Joshua Flintoff, Old Collegian (2014). Precious memories will be with you always.
Mr Kenneth Ford (72 years) of Ballarat grandfather of Samuel Ford (Year 10), Jessica Ford (Year 8) Sacred Heart College and Ben Ford (Grade 6) St Patrick’s Primary School.
Mr Nicholas Gaitanis (69 years) grandfather of Nicholas Nadile (Year 7) and Tahlia Nadile (Year 9) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Herman Hagebols (91 years) husband of Mary Hagebols (nee Dempsey), uncle of Mark & Jo Hagebols, great uncle of Jack & Amelia Hagebols, Old Collegian Gareth & Sara Hagebols, Matilda and Max Hagebols , Sarah & David Marciano and Ella Marciano. May precious family memories be of comfort to you all.
Mr Roger Hardwick (79 years) Old Collegian (1954), husband of Patricia Hardwick (Josephine’s member), father of Fiona Russell (Staff member 1983-2005), Jill Humphries past Clonard College and Bruce Hardwick Old Collegian (1984).
Grandfather of Shaun Holmes Old Collegian (2006), Marcus Holmes Old Collegian ( 2009), James Russell Old Collegian( 2012 ) Kardinia International College , Emily Russell Old Collegian ( 2015 ) Kardinia International College, Sarah Hardwick ( Year 7 ) Clonard College and Matilda Hardwick ( Grade 5) Clairvaux Primary School. Roger was a long term Old Collegians Association Member and attended many St Joseph’s College social events, including our annual Golf Day and Remembrance Mass. Roger & Patricia have always been wonderful supporters of our College. We extend our deepest sympathy to Patricia and all of Roger’s family. May precious family memories stay with you always.
Mrs Brenda Harriss (74 years) passed away suddenly. Mother / mother in law of Mandy Toohey (staff member) and husband John, grandmother of Eliza Toohey (Year 12) , Georgia Toohey (Year 11) and Alex Toohey (Year 11) Sacred Heart College. May precious family memories be of comfort to you all as you carry Brenda’s love with you always. We extend our deepest sympathy to Brian and all the extended Toohey family.
Mrs Mena Hatton (87 years) Grandmother of Kelly and husband Anthony Lourey Old Collegian (1990), Great Grandmother of Connor Lourey ( Year 8), Ainsley Lourey (Grade 6) Clairvaux Primary School.
Mr William Henwood (76 years) husband of Lynette (McVilly) past Sacred Heart College, father / father in law of Louise Clatworthy and Old Collegian, Peter Clatworthy (1984), Nicole Henwood and Sharon Henwood, both past Sacred Heart College, grandfather of Hugo Clatworthy (Year 8), Lily Clatworthy Year 12 Sacred Heart College, Old Collegian Fraser Clatworthy (2013), Zachary Challoner Year 11 St Ignatius College and Oscar Challoner past St Ignatius College. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the Henwood family. May Bill’s love be with you always.
Mr Henry Hes (64 years) Henry attended SJC from 1960-1969, his mother was on staff here at St Joseph’s College in the kitchen for many years. Our thoughts are with Henry’s family.
Mr Terry Hogan (95 years), a Year 10 class member in the St Joseph’s College Foundation year of 1935, husband of Marjorie and father of Gary Hogan, Old Collegian (1971). Terry and Marjorie have been married for 73 years and Terry was the Geelong Football Club’s oldest life member having been involved at the club for 32 years. Described by his son as a generous and strong man, with strong faith, devoted to the Geelong Football Club from his earliest days. May he rest in peace.
Mr Michael (Mick) Holien (90 years), following deteriorating health. Mick attended St Augustine’s Orphanage from January to August 1934 and was a student of St Joseph’s College in 1939 at the St Augustine’s site. Mick is father to Kay (past SHC), Greg (1969), Chris (1971) current Foundation Committee member, Maree (past SHC) and Michael Holien, and grandfather of Old Collegians Scott (Alumni 2000) and Drew Holien (2005). Mick was a family and community man, who became involved where ever he could to help make a difference in the lives of those around him. Special memories of a very special man.
Mrs Mary Angela Hutchinson (66 year) grandmother of Rhys Devlin (Year 7) and Luke Devlin (Grade 4) Our Lady’s Star of the Sea.
Mr Adrian Jackson, Wathaurong elder, mentor and friend to staff member, Sue Collins. We understand Adrian had been unwell for some time and whilst it’s difficult to watch someone you care deeply about suffer, in the end it’s extremely sad to lose that person who means so much to so many. As a sign of respect the College lowered our flags to half-mast. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to all our friends at the Wathaurong Cooperative and their extended families and community.
Ms Renate Jones (47 years) Aunty of Jared Tremul (Year 10), Olivia Tremul (Year 8) Sacred Heart College, Gabby Tremul Grade 6 and Aaron Tremul Grade 2 Clairvaux Primary School.
Mrs Clare Kelly mother/mother-in-law of Maree Kelly (Board Member) and Greg Hayes, grandmother of Gabe Hayes (Year 9) and Isabella Hayes (Year 11 SHC).
Mr Michael Kennedy (88 years) grandfather of Sebastian Dew (Year 7) and Xavier Dew (Grade 3) St Margaret’s Primary School.
Mr John King (76 years) grandfather of Sam King (Year 8), Oliver King (Grade 4), Archie King (Grade 2) St Roberts Primary School. Edward King (Year 7), George King (Grade 5) and Lucy King (Grade 3) St Mary’s Primary School.
Mr Darryl Lazzaro (51 years), husband/father of Dianne and Tim. Cousin of Julie and Jonathan Holt (staff members) and their children Millie and Mackenzie; Sonia and Vin Lazzaro and their son, Charlie (Year 8).
Mr Donat Lipsinki (95 years) grandfather of William Ure (Year 8) and Georgina Ure (Grade 6 ) St Patricks Primary School.
Br Frank Lloyd (69 years), following ongoing ill health. Br Frank joined the Christian Brothers in February 1962 and has been a dedicated and hardworking member of the Christian Brothers community throughout this time, ministering in many schools in Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Br Frank worked here at St Joseph’s from
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1975 to 1977. He was also a vibrant missionary in Vavau, Tonga, as well as at Arusha and Sombetini in Tanzania. While in Africa, he contracted a significant illness that necessitated brain surgery. In typical Frank fashion he coped well with the after effects despite reduced mobility and motor skills. We last saw Br Frank here at the opening of the Paul Tobias Centre and he was in good spirits happy and cheerful. His kind and gentle smile will be with us forever in our hearts. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Br Frank’s family and friends, as well as his Christian Brother family who have been a constant support to Frank over these 50 plus years.
Mr Wayne Lowery (71 years), husband of Judy (Josephine’s), father of Old Collegians, Daniel, Ben and Patrick Lowery. Wayne was heavily involved with the St Joseph’s Cricket Club over many years. Our hearts go out to Judy and her precious family as they come to terms with their deep loss. Wayne’s love is with you always.
Mr Don Lucas (69 years), following a short illness, grandfather of Sam Kelly (Year 12), Jack Kelly (Year 9), Tim Kelly (Grade 4) St Patrick’s Primary School, Will Purdy (Year 12), Charles Purdy, Old Collegian (2014), Brydie & Meg McGuane (Clonard College) and Flynn McGuane (St Anthony’s Primary School).
Mr Eric Marshall (59 years), Old Collegian (1974), husband of Thea, brother/brother-in-law of Terence Marshall Old Collegian ( 1980) , Frank Scheelings – Old Collegian (1969) and Tina Scheelings (past SHC), uncle of Old Collegians Franciscus (1998), Magdalena (past SHC), Benjamin (2001), Nicodemus (2003) and Gabriel (2006), Olivia Marshall (Year 8) Sacred Heart College, Annie Marshall (Grade 6) and Sophie Marshall (Grade 4) Our Lady Star of the Sea. Our heartfelt sympathy is with Thea and all her family and friends as they come to terms with this sudden loss. Eric’s love is with you always.
Mr Clive Martella (62 years) Old Collegian (1972) and Foundation Member, husband of Ruth Martella, father of Old Collegians Clive Martella (2013), Catherine Martella (2005) Sacred Heart College, Treina Martella (2010), Brother / Brother in law of Sue ( past President of the Parents & Friends Association and Doug Maxwell, uncle of Nick Maxwell ( 2001) , Leigh Maxwell ( 2003) and Lucy Maxwell ( 2006 ) Sacred Heart College. Clive and his wife Ruth have been great supporters of the College. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the Martella and Maxwell Families. May Clive’s love be with you always.
Mr Ian Marshall (44 years) uncle of William Marshall (Year 8), Victoria Marshall (supported disability programs in Geelong ), Alex Marshall (Year 11) Sacred Heart College and Isabella Marshall (Grade 5) St Therese in Torquay. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the extended Marshall family.
Mr Barry Mason (73 years) grandfather of Zach Knights (Year 10), Alisha Knights (Year 9) Sacred Heart College and Samuel Knights (Grade 1) St Robert’s Primary School.
Mrs Bernice McAuliffe ( 86 years), grandmother of William Eckhardt (Year 10), Zac Fausett (Year 10), Libby Eckhardt (Year 8) Sacred Heart, Old Collegians Sam Eckhardt (2011) , Gab Eckhardt Sacred Heart College (2014), Michael McAuliffe (2015), Bradley McAuliffe (2007) , Matthew McAuliffe (2006) and James Fagan. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the extended family and friends. A very special lady now at rest.
Miss Wendy McCall (57 years), passed away suddenly but peacefully, following ongoing health issues. Dearly loved daughter of Audrey McCall and sister/sister-in-law of Rebecca and Adam Chalmers, David McCall Old Collegian, and aunty of Sam (Year 10) and Tom Chalmers (Year 7), cousin of Old Collegians Steven, Michael and Matthew Russell, Wendy was surrounded by so much love all of her life. May precious memories help you cope as you carry Wendy’s love deep in your heart.
Mrs Chris McGivern (current parent) wife of Patrick Mc Givern, loved mother of Aiden & Joseph (Year11) Maeve (Year 8), Kiera (Year 11) and Old Collegian Bridget McGivern Sacred Heart College (2014). Chris was an active member of the Geelong Catholic Community. The entire St Joseph’s College Community extends its heartfelt sympathy to Patrick, Aiden, Joseph, Maeve, Kiera and Bridget and all their family. May Chris’ love be with you always.
Mrs Christine McInnes (63 Years ) aunty of Joseph Smith ( Year 12), Thomas Smith (Year 11) , Mia Smith (Year 9) Sacred Heart College and Anna Smith Grade 6 Our Lady’s Star of the Sea Ocean Grove.
Mrs Dorthy McLean (91 Years), passed away peacefully in her sleep. Grandmother to Simone and Jason, great-grandmother to Harrison (Year 9) and Riley (Year 7). May Dorothy’s love be with you always.
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Mrs Maureen McNamara (77 years), grandmother of Old Collegian James McDonald (2014), William McDonald (Year 12) and Tayla McDonald (Year 9) Sacred Heart College.
Mrs Anna Menchise (77 years) mother of Old Collegian Ralph Menchase (1990), grandmother of Hayden Menchise (Year 8) and Ava Menchise Grade 5 Newtown Primary School.
Mrs Margaret Miller (86 years) grandmother of Belinda (staff member) and Bryson Milverton (staff member), great grandmother of Asha Milverton and Georgia Milverton.
Mrs Kathleen Millns mother of Betty Mc Glinchey mother in law to Patrick (Staff member 1985 - 2006), grandmother to Stephanie (Clonard 1988) Fiona (Clonard 1990) Mark (SJC 1993) and Andrew (SJC 1996) at the great age of 95 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the McGlinchey family. May she rest in peace.
Mrs Winifred Clara Milner (McKenzie), 93 years of Mildura, great grandmother of Riley Eggleton (Year 9) and Chelsea Eggleton (Year 11) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Paul Montpetit (86 years) of Canada, grandfather of Quentin Connolly (Year 12) and Old Collegian Michael Connolly (2014).
Mr Colin Moore (92 years) Melbourne, father of Br Denis Moore, Principal at Parade College. Our thoughts and prayers are with Br Denis and all his extended family and friends.
Mr John Mulroyan (86 years), Old Collegian (1947), following a decline in his health since the loss of his life partner, Valerie last year. Father of Paul Mulroyan (1972), Tim (1975 now deceased), Phil (1976), Simon (1983), Rosemary Friend current staff member, Pamela, Rosemary, Margret and Christine and their families. It’s been a difficult journey for John and all his extended family and their close friends. John was surrounded by so much love. We pray that John is at peace with his beloved wife Val and their son Tim. You carry their love with you always, deep in your heart.
Mrs Coral Newitt (90 years) following ongoing illness, grandmother/great grandmother of Adel Mawson (staff member) and husband Jamie, Hannah and Lucy, and Kirsty Maselli (staff member), and husband Joe, Old Collegian (1993) and children Madison and Olivia. Precious memories of their beautiful nana Coral.
Mr Bryan O’Brien, Old Collegian (1984), husband of Heather and father of Tyler (2014) and Luke (Year 12). Bryan had been unwell for some time and died peacefully on 8 December 2015. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to Heather, Tyler, Luke and all their extended family and friends. Bryan’s love is with them always, deep in their hearts
Mr Brian O’Donnell (61years) father of Old Collegian Leigh O’Donnell (2006).
Mr Daniel O’Keefe (24 years) Old Collegian (2004) son of Lorraine and Des O’Keefe, Old Collegian (1967), dear brother of Vicki, Kate and Loren, There are no words to help ease the pain of this tragic loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with Daniel’s family and friends. His love is with you deep in your heart always.
Mr Barry Owens (57 years) of Melbourne, uncle of Conor Bromley Year 11 and Jude Bromley (Grade 6) Ceres Primary School.
Mr Sime (Mile) Paleka grandfather of Thomas Pinjuh (Year 10), Old Collegians Luke Pinjuh (2012) and Michael Pinjuh (2015).
Mrs Robyn Palmer-Price sister and sister in law of Steve and Sena Palmer (staff member) aunty to Lachlan (SJC 2002) and Simone, and Adele (SHC 2004). May precious family memories be of comfort to you all, as you remember special times shared. Our thoughts are with all the Palmer-Price family.
Mr Bernard Parry (90 years) father of Gerard Parry (staff member) and wife Janine. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the extended Parry family.
Mrs Lorraine Perdrisat (82 years), wife of Old Collegian Ivor Perdrisat (deceased), mother/ mother-in-law of Drew, Old Collegian and Loretta, and Old Collegians, Kent and Guy Perdrisat; grandmother of Alex Perdrisat (Year 12).
Mr Geoffrey Peterson (79 years) grandfather of Alexander Dunn (Year 7), Old Collegians Keeley Dunn (2012) and Shannon Dunn (2014) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Fortunato Polimeni (87 years) grandfather of Nicholas Zangi (Year 8) and Bianca Zangi (Year 11) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Tom Preece (93 years), of Skipton, a member of the founding Year of St Joseph’s College 1935, father/father-in-law of Dominique and Peter King, grandfather of Adam King
(Year 9) and Laura King (Year 7 Sacred Heart College). Tom was Dux of the college in 1938 and his family advise that he loved his time at St Joseph’s and always supported of the College. We hope precious family memories will be of comfort as you carry Tom’s love with you always.
Mrs Ken Quinn (71 years) grandfather of Jack Quinn (Year 12), Mollie Quinn (Year 11) and Emma Quinn (Year 9) Sacred Heart College. May Ken’s love be with you always. Mr Desmond Rowe , passed away suddenly. Husband of Clare, father of old Collegian’s James (2007), Edwin (2008), Alphonsus (2010), Thomas (2011), William (Year 11) and Harriet (Year 12) Sacred Heart College. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to all the Rowe family. May Desmond’s love be with you always.
Mrs Laura Royce following ongoing ill health, wife of Don Royce, mother of Devon and Leigh, sister/sister-in-law of Phil and Elaine Royce. Phil is a past Board Member and Chairperson at SJC. Grandmother of Jack Royce (Year 9), Madeline Royce (Year 10) Sacred Heart College and Georgia Royce (Grade 5) St Roberts Primary School. Aunty of Stephen Royce Old Collegian and Felicity (past SHC). Laura was a beautiful, gentle lady. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Royce family and their friends.
Leo and Gladys Sait, passed away on 3 September and 11 September respectively. Father and mother to Sharon, Father-in-law/mother-in law to Greg and Grandpa and Nana to Alexandra (SHC- 2007), Lachlan (2009), Jacob (2013) and Georgia SHC (Year 7).
Mrs Jean Sanford (90years) great grandmother of Jaxon Bruhn (Year 10 ) ,Tanner Bruhn (Year 8) and Sienna Bruhn (Grade 5) St Robert Primary School.
Mr Henry Soltysiak (68 years) grandfather of Connor Fopiani Year 9 and Paige Fopiani Year 11 Sacred Heart College
Ms Joan Southall (86 years) great aunt of Simon Laffy (Year 8), Caitlin Laffy (Year 7) Clonard College and Nathaniel Laffy (Grade 4) Nelson Park Primary School.
Mr Chris Sylvester (17 years, youngest of 7 children), as a result of a car accident in Mt Gambier, brother/brother-in-law, to Pam and Travis Smith (staff member), uncle of Liam and Olivia. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all as you come to terms with this sudden and extremely sad loss. We hope and pray the love you share as family will help you cope. God bless and watch over you and all your extended family and friends.
Mrs Joy Thurgood-Dove (73 years) grandmother of Darcy Bourke (Year 11), Old Collegian Matthew Bourke (2013) and Sophie Bourke (Year 9 ) Sacred Heart College.
Mr Peter Vanderhorst passed away 14th January 2016, father of Carolynne Walsh, grandfather of Old Collegian Adam Walsh (2014) Kieren Walsh (Year 12) and Xavier Walsh (Year 9).
Mrs Viktoria Weber (89 years) great grandmother of Jordan Edwards (Year 7) , Mickayla Edwards (Grade 4 ), Conrad Edwards (Grade 3) Holy Family Primary School, Jake Weber ( Year 9 ) and Tayla Weber ( Year 12) Clonard College.
Mr James (Jim) Wedding (80 years), husband of Valma, father/father-in-law of Darryl Wedding (staff member) and Vanessa, grandfather of Claudia and Madison (Sacred Heart College). Our prayers and thoughts are with Darryl and all his extended family and friends.
Mr Alf Wharmby (84 years ) grandfather of Mitchell Wharmby (Year 11) and Lucas Wharmby (Year 8).
Mr Simon Williamson (47 years) suddenly of heart attack in Phoenix Arizona USA, Old Collegian (1986), husband of Jamy, son of Tricia (nee Pollard) and Jim Williamson, brother of Jason Williamson (1988), uncle of Joshua Williamson (Year 11). Our prayers and thoughts are with Simon, his family, which is quite extensive and their many friends as they come to terms with this sudden loss.
Mr Monte Wood passed away 13 January 2016, grandfather of Old Collegian James Wood (2014) and Jarryd Wood (Year 8).
Mrs Patricia Young mother of Old Collegians Declan Cashin (2010), Cormac Cashin (2008) and Kiernan Cashin (2006).
“Our hearts go out to you all as we pray “That God will welcome these faithfully departed into His loving arms. And that precious memories will be of comfort to those left behind, knowing that their love will live on in their hearts forever.”
Roll Call
KELLY Maxwell
KELLY Patrick
KEOGH Liam
KERGER Nathan
KINNA Finbar
KNEZEVIC Anthony
KOLOTELO Daniel
KOS Jackson
KOZINA Justin
LANG Charlie
LARKINS James
LAY Joel
LAY Mitch
LING Harrison
LING Matthew
LOUGHNAN Jacob
LOUGHNAN Nicholas
LOUGHNANE Thomas
LUCIGNANI Kristian
LYONS Charles
MAAS Jack
MACOLINO Enrico
MAHONEY Harrison
MARRKULA Jazariah
MCCORKELL Andrew
MCCORMACK Cooper
MCCULLOUGH Luke
MCDERMOTT Jack
MCDONALD Joseph
MCEWAN Jye
MCGINN Angus
MCGIVERN Aiden
MCGIVERN Joseph
MCGOUGH Callum
MCGREGOR-TRINH Korey
MCKINNON Angus
MCMAHON Harry
MCMAHON Hugh
MCNEARNEY Conor
MCNEEL Andrew
MILANOVIC Kyle
MILLIKEN Jake
MIRARCHI Thomas
MITCHELL Logan
MONGELLI Zack
MOORE Riley
MORELAND Tristan
MORRISON Connor
MORRISON Kaelan
MORRISON William
MORTAROTTI Sebastian
NICHOLLS Blake
NICHOLLS James
NORTON Campbell
O’BRIEN-HENDERSON Patrick
O’CALLAGHAN Tom
O’CONNOR Lucas
O’KEEFE Connor
OSBORNE Alexander
PANTE Lucas
PARKE Tazman
PEARCE Harley
PELLETIER Kobi
PERROTT Austin
PETRIE Jordan
PILE William
PRITCHARD James
PURCELL Jack
RABINO Denzel
RAIMONDO Ben
REED-SHARRY Daniel
RICHARDS Max
RICHARDS Thomas
RICHARDSON Cody
RIMMER Michael
RIVALLAND Nathan
ROBERTS Luke
ROBERTSON Declan
ROBINSON Lachlan
ROMANO Matthew
ROWE William
RUSHBROOK Zachary
RYAN Harvey
RYAN Thomas
SANTANA MENDES Matheus
SCHENK Callum
SEBASTIANI Jai
SEMMLER Benjamin
SENFTLEBEN Thomas
SESAR Jacob
SHARP Dalton
SHELLEY Benjamin
SIMONS Jack
SMITH Harrison
SMITH Thomas
SORAGHAN Thomas
SPOKES Liam
SPOORMAKERS Rody
STANLEY Robert
STANTON Jack
STOCKS Hugh
STOKES Brandon
STONE Aaron
STONEHOUSE Liam
SUTEJ Mitchell
SWEENEY Aiden
TALBOT Jacob
TANTANOUVONG Kingston
TATAJ Matija
THAKUR Swapneel
THOMAS Benjamin
TOMICIC Jayson
TRAVERS-HUCKER Isaac
TREGENZA Jack
TURNER Tristan
VALITUTTI Daniel
VAN SLAGEREN Dominic
VEITCH Thomas
VLASNOVIC Mark
WACKETT Dylan
WALKER Michael
WALTER Zachary
WATERS Liam
WATKINS Peter
WHARMBY Mitchell
WHELAN Mitchell
WHITEHAND Harry
WIDDISON Joshua
WILCOX Nelson
WILLIAMS Jesse
WILLIAMSON Joshua
WOOD-SCORPO Miles
WRIGHT Liam
WRIGLEY Matthew
ZEBIC Anthony
ZULA Zachary
YEAR 12
ALESIOS Spiro
ANDREWS Leyton
ARCORACI Johnathon
ARMSTRONG William
ATTARD Peter
AULD Thomas
BALDASSO Adrian
BEATTIE Nicholas
BECKWITH Thomas
BERNARDO Adam
BERTUCCI Phillip
BILOGREVIC Timothy
BLACK Joshua
BLACKLEY Xavier
BLACKWELL Connor
BLAIN Patrick
BLOOD Jack
BLYTHE Cohen
BOGIOGLOU Jordan
BOSNJAK Borna
BOURKE Lochlan
BRANIFF Thomas
BREEN Clancy
BRITT James
BRUCE Jack
BUCKWELL Alexander
BUCKWELL Trent
CALDOW Michael
CALLAHAN Michael
CANN William
CARROLL Patrick
CARUSO Rolf
CHAMBERS Rhys
CHANDLER Bailey
CHAPPELL Finn
CLARK Nathan
CLARKE Hayden
CLIFFORD Patrick
COLES Sam
COLLINS Lachlan
CONNOLLY Quentin
CONOLE Waadhi
CONWAY Donald
COPPE Nicholas
COTTER Benjamin
CRAVEN-BRIGGS Noah
CRICHTON Lewis
CSOLLE Alexander
CUOLAHAN Keegan
CURTAIN Xavier
DARCY Oliver
DEFINA Daniel
DEL GIUDICE Antony
DEMO James
DI RUBBO Gabriele
DIAMOND Mitchell
DIAMOND Thomas
DIAZ Lachlan
DOHERTY James
DONOHUE Jake
DOOLEY Eamon
DOWLING Patrick
DRAKE Hamish
DUFF Lachlan
DULCE Jonathan
EDWARDS Darby
FAMA Alexander
FARLEY Evan
FEATHERBY Riley
FITZGERALD Thomas
FOLEY Thomas
FOPIANI Joseph
FORSSMAN Zachary
FRANCIS Charles
FRANCIS Jack
FRANIC Jacob
FRASER Cooper
FRICHOT Joshua
GIACOMAZZO Joseph
GIBLIN Nicholas
GILLESPIE Nathan
GLATZ Jacob
GOLLER William
GOUGH Thomas
GRAAUWMANS Lochie
GRAHAM Matthew
GRIFFITHS Hunter
GUDASIC Stjepan
GUDE Edward
GULLE Christopher
GULLI Joshua
GUY Joshua
HAND Harry
HANLON Patrick
HARE-ZEN Dexter
HARRIS Ned
HAZELMAN Jack
HEARD Mackenzie
HEATH Lachlan
HEGYESI Rhys
HENKEL Matthew
HENRY Jack
HIGGINS Liam
HOBBS Emma
HOOBER Frazer
HOWE Thomas
HUMPHREY Austin
IVERMEE Fletcher
JASKA Joshua
JENNINGS Luke
JERVIES Jamieson
JOKIC Joshua
KAMPANS Codey
KARPINSKI Adam
KARUNARATNE Dineth
KEATING Riley
KELLY Angus
KELLY Samuel
KENWORTHY Benjamin
KIDD Samuel
KOL Peterson
KONIDARIS Thomas
KRASIC Joshua
LAMONT Patrick
LECCHINO Francesco
LUBCKE Adam
LUPPINO Spencer
LYONS Matthew
LYONS Thomas
MAIDEN Liam
MAKOR Ngor
MALONEY Riley
MANGAR James
MASCHIO Thomas
MATTHEWS Sam
MCCABE Dylan
MCDONALD William
MCDOUGALL Sebastian
MCLENNAN Logan
MCMAHON Angus
MCMAHON Isaac
MCMAHON Joseph
MCMANUS Liam
MCSPARRON Wade
MEEHAN Connor
MESOGA Dennis
MEYER Dion
MEYER Kyle
MORTER Matthew
MULLINS Benjamin
MURACA Jared
NAGRA Manvir
NICHOLSON Riley
NOGA Lukasz
NOLAN Matthew
NOVTA Antonio
O’BRIEN Harrison
O’BRIEN Luke
O’CALLAGHAN Liam
O’CONNOR Patrick
O’DONNELL Joseph
OLD Samuel
O’NEILL Jack
O’REILLY Diarmuid
OYANG Matthew
PAATSCH William
PARKE Cameron
PARRELLO William
PARROT Jack
PARTINGTON Jordan
PATTERSON Aidan
PATTERSON Justin
PAYNE Benjamin
PEACHEY Jake
PENNEFATHER Sebastian
PERDRISAT Alexander
POLLARD Daniel
PUNDIJ James
PURDY William
QUACH Sam
QUINN Jack
RABBAT Daniel
RANASINGHE Mark
RAVEN Riley
RICE Jack
RIDGWAY Samuel
ROBINSON Blake
ROSS Jared
ROSS-MCGLYNN Hamish
ROTIROTI Peter
RUPA Isaac
RUSH Patrick
RYAN Matthew
SALEH Antoine
SARACI Jake
SAUNDERS Thomas
SCHILDER Darby
SEARLE Hugh
SEARLE Samuel
SENFTLEBEN Oscar
SERTIC Anthony
SIM Lachlan
SIMPSON Samuel
SLEEP-DALTON Aadyn
SMITH Joseph
SMITH Ryen
SPENCE Liam
STAHL Jackson
STARCEVIC Sebastian
STAWYSKYJ Daniel
STEPHANIDES Nicholas
STEPHENS Mitchell
STEPHENS Ned
STEVENS Kurt
SUBASINGHE Isitha
SUPHAMONGKOL Chad
SVALJEK Jared
SWEETTEN Byron
TASSONE Antonio
TEALE Anthony
THULBORN Leyton
TIDLACKA Jack
TUCAK Ben
TURNLEY William
VAN AREND Jordan
VAN SOMEREN Jake
VARJU Dennis
WALKER Austin
WALSH Harvey
WALSH Kieren
WALTERS Jack
WATERHOUSE Jack
WEST Reginald
WHITLEY Caleb
WICKHAM Dillon
WILKENS Sheldon
WOODHOUSE Kade
ZEBIC David
ZULUMOVSKI Patrick
BARR Zachary
GANINO Ayrton
GASPARI Jack
MOTORNIAK David
MULLEN Liam
TEKIN Julian
THOMPSON Brayden
TWENTY TWO YEARS AT ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE GEELONG SAYS FAREWELL & THANK YOU TO
