Ongoing connections with the Old Michaelian community

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Our vibrant community of Old Michaelians provides support to students in their endeavours, participates in events, and nurtures a sense of belonging across the entire school. We thank Lucy Grant (OM 2020) Co-Captain of the School and a high-scoring Theatre Studies student in Year 12, for returning to the school to run a performance analysis workshop for our VCE Theatre Studies students as part of the written examination preparation period. Along with the several Old Michaelians who returned to assist with the Performing Arts in 2021 in Semester 2, we thank both Tristan Buesst and Harry Nguyen who performed in the Orchestra accompanying the Virtuoso Concert at Deakin Edge. Both Harry and Tristan also participated in the Shrek Orchestra and despite the performances never quite coming to fruition, a significant live performance of a speciallyscripted Shrek medley is planned to conclude the Speech Night broadcast on Thursday 9 December. Several Old Michaelians have worked as coaches for our St Michael’s sporting teams and we thank them for keeping our teams motivated in such a challenging time: Mima Golias (OM 2019) Charlotte Ritman (OM 2019) Evie Craig (OM 2019) Cleo Tuckfield-Smith (OM 2020) Georgia Byrne (OM 2020) Juliette Bruni (OM 2020) Tara Flynn (OM 2020) Luke Bennett (OM 2016) Tom Hill (OM 2020) Winnie Laing (OM 2020) James Pearce (OM 2020) Joshua Young (OM 2019) Monty Kristovskis (OM 2018) Ben Djiba (OM 2018) Nicholas Hoare (OM 2019) Flynn Whitebrook (OM 2020) Every year, the Old Michaelian Association Committee offers support to the entire Year 12 cohort. The OMAC provides treats for Year 12 students to give them a boost them as they progress through their studies and head into exams. In what has been a particularly challenging year, the Old Michaelian Association Committee contributed House themed iced cookies for inclusion in the Year 12 care packages with the message “Good Luck Year 12” stamped into the icing and packaged with a sticker with the message “All the best from the Old Michaelian Association”. In lieu of placing study sweets in the Year 12 room at the beginning of their SWOTVAC period, the OMAC also contributed individual bags of lollies which were handed out to all Year 12 students at the conclusion of each of the English exams. It is fantastic to see our Old Michaelian community having such a strong presence at the School and we are looking forward to welcoming many more Old Michaelians back to the St Michael’s campus after the postponement and cancellation of so many events in 2021. If you are interested in learning more about the OMAC please contact oldmichaeliancommittee@stmichaels.vic.edu.au

1. Winnie Laing (OM 2020) and Mima Golias (OM 2019) with the 1st XVI Girls Football team