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7 September 2010 No. 14 F R O M T H E P R I N C I P A L : Dear Parents and Friends of Holy Cross, Boys need men in their lives. Our Western culture is starved of good men in the lives of boys. This is the result of many things. The disap-pearance of men into the factories and other workplaces at the dawn of the Industrial Age may have been the beginning of it. An ensuing vicious circle of diffidence and shyness of men around children due to their own lack of experiencing fathering may have entrenched it. Heightened concerns around Child Protection make men cautious about it. Yet despite all these negatives, we are on a better pathway in the twenty-first century to
understanding the importance of men to boys. Occasions such as the Fathers Day mass and breakfast held last Friday at the College serve as powerful signals to our boys that we care about them, that we are interested in their lives, and that we value the sacred, understanding that the sacred can more richly embroider our lives. On Friday, our boys cannot have but received the message that we want them to grow into good men who care about others. To the many fathers, grandfathers and other mentors of boys who attended the mass last Friday, my heartfelt thanks for your support and commitment to boys. To other dads who could not be with their own sons that morning, we appreciate the re-alities of family and work and hope that you are able to join us on a future occasion. Leader of Pedagogy appointed to Holy Cross College. Leaders of Pedagogy have been appointed in all NPA (National Partnership Agreement) Sydney systemic schools. NPAs are a range of Agreements across a number of sectors (eg, Health, Education) forged by COAG, the Council of Australian Federal and State Governments. NPAs have released significant amounts of money to assist in the improvement of outcomes in se-lected sectors. The appointment of Leaders of Pedagogy is the lead strategy in the NPA between COAG and the Sydney Catholic Education Office. The intention of the Leaders of Pedagogy position is specifically to improve the quality of teaching and maximise student learning outcomes. This is in very strong alignment with our own College Strategic Priorities 2009-2011. While Leader of Pedagogy positions do not include a separate teaching load, the expectation is that Leaders of Pedagogy will be in class-rooms working with other teachers as their chief modus operandi; to model best classroom practice, to mentor and to coach. It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Mrs Miriam Meaney as the new Leader of Pedagogy for Holy Cross College to commence at the beginning of the 2011 school year. A Kilkenny woman by birth, Miriam is currently Head of ICT P-12 at Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart. A committed Catholic woman, she is an active member of the St Anthony's Clovelly parish. Miriam has a BEd and DipRE from the National University of Ireland and a GradDip Educational Studies from the University of Sydney. She also holds Masters degrees of MEd (Info Technology) and MA (eLearning) from Charles Sturt and UTS universities respectively. Her recent publication in the educational leadership journal Leadership in Focus entitled "The One to One Laptop Journey: Evolution not Revolution" gives some feel for Miriam's recent journey in education at Kincoppal. Miriam will also present two workshops at the forthcoming ULearn Education Conference in Christchurch which is highly regarded by our system of schools. The con-ference is going ahead despite the earthquake! Miriam will bring great enthusiasm and insight as she fulfils her role alongside teachers within classrooms and will be a most valuable and experienced addition to the School Lead-ership Team. In cruce salus Adam Taylor Principal
Feast of the Holy Cross 9.30am Friday 17 September 2010
An invitation is extended to all parents and friends to join us for the Mass and presentation of awards at 9.30am. The
theme of the Mass is “Behold the Cross” and in this spirit, it would be wonderful if you could join us.
After this the students will have a shared lunch in their home-room followed by “Holy Cross Idol”. Students are to wear
sports uniform. Students will be dismissed at 2.30pm on the day and are re-quired to bring a $2.00 donation for the Delany Foundation which will be collected in their morning homeroom. Please contact your son’s Year coordinator if supervision is required from 2.30pm to 3.15pm. Please also note that no school spe-
cial buses will be provided for students at 2.30pm
HCC Coming Events - 2010 9 Sept Rd 5 AFL/Touch/Rugby MCS NSW All Schools Football Knockout
10 Sept Yr 7 Zoo Excursion
13 Sept Yr11 Examinations till 15th
15 Sept Wednesday Morning Mass (8RE3)
16 Sept NSW All Schools Football Knockout Challenge Cup Final NSW All Schools Softball Boys Tournament Rd6 AFL/Touch/Rugby MCS
17 Sept FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS CELEBRATIONS Feast of the Holy Cross Mass 9.30am CCC Athletics Championships @ Homebush
22 Sept Wednesday Morning Mass Year 12 Graduation Mass & Award Ceremony 6.30pm
23 Sept Yr11 Leadership Day MCS AFL/Touch/Rugby Finals
24 Sept Term 3 Concludes
11 Oct Term 4 Commences—Summer Uniform
12 Oct Trial School Certificate Examinations to 13th
14 Oct HSC Examinations to 5th Nov
C R O S S R O A D S
SCHOOL FEES
Term 3 school fees were due by Friday 27th August 2010. Prompt pay-ment of accounts is appreciated. For your convenience the College makes use of electronic banking through BPay and EFTPOS. This makes it very simple to make part payments so that budgeting of large expenses is easier to deal with. A reminder for all Year 12 parents that school fees must be finalised before the student reference can be distributed and/or deposits for the formal can be taken. Please make arrangements with Mr McCor-mack if there are any concerns. Michael McCormack Assistant Principal Administration
St Charles Borromeo Ryde The parish of St Charles Borromeo
Ryde, would like to extend an invita-tion to students, parents, families and
friends to attend the annual HSC Mass on Sunday 10 October at 6pm,
followed by a bbq.
For further information or to RSVP please contact Judith Morrissey 02
9807 2966 or [email protected].
St Charles Borromeo, 582 Victoria Road Ryde.
Stephen Aitken Retirement
Former Principal of John Paul II (St Andrew’s College), McCarthy College and Holy Cross, Ryde – Mr Stephen Aitken will be retiring
from MacKillop Catholic College, Warnervale.
Friends and Acquaintances of Stephen Aitken
We would like to notify of his pending Retire-ment at the end of 2010.
There will be a Farewell function for him on
Sunday 12th December 2010 at 1.30 at MacKillop Catholic College,
Sparks Rd, Warnervale.
Anyone wishing to attend, please contact Janine Silver at the College on (02) 4392 9399
or by email - [email protected].
This is to assist with planning and catering purposes.
RSVP by 5th November 2010
Back to Holy Cross Day
On Sunday November 21st, the College will celebrate with a “Back to Holy Cross Day”. All ex-students and their families are invited back to the College on this
day for a trip down memory lane and an opportunity to have a look through the
College, in its modern and upgraded state. There will be plenty of memorabilia on display, as well as Holy Cross hospital-ity and good company. During the day, there will be an official opening of the
O’Neill Heritage Building and so an invi-tation is extended to all members of our past and present community to attend.
The day will begin at 11am and conclude by 3pm. Hope to see you there.
Peter Buxton Assistant Principal
Sports Report MCS Golf This year Holy Cross College Ryde went to the MCS Golf Tournament with 6 Players. Ryan Bown (17s) Arran Mellino and Michael Kokkaris (16s) Kale Barton-Bissaker and Joshua Cameroux (15s) Nathan Skrivanic (14s). The boys repre-sented the school with great pride and produced some outstanding results. Ryan Bown finished iequal first for his age group and equal 2nd overall. Arran Mellino also finished 2nd for his age group. This week we have our 12s & 13s teams representing the school with 4 boys from year 7. Tayla McCabe, James Har-wood, Geoffrey Merchant and Robbie Campbell. Good luck to those students. AFL Our AFL teams continued on their winning way with solid wins over Dundas and Eastwood. Both teams were miss-ing a few players but their skill and determination maintained their dominance in the competition. We meet our arch rivals St.Gregory’s Campbelltown this week in the final round game. This should determine our Semi Final placings. Touch Football Our Touch Football teams also continued on their winning ways with wins in all age groups over Fairfield and Par-ramatta. All our teams especially our 13s team have really improved as the season moves towards the finals. All com-petitions are extremely close so every game is vital in the next few rounds. The boys come up against Dundas and Schofields this week so hopefully we will go for another clean sweep in all our age groups. Internal Sport Year 9 House sport has been going well this term. With the house competition coming to an end this week, vital points are up for the taking this Thursday. From other sports I hear that the boys are improving their fitness in the Circuit Training. We have a few new sports possibly available next term. Students should have selected their sport choices for Term 4. Once the boys are notified of their sport they will need to stay with this sport for the whole of the term. Some sports require payment for venues and equipment. If a student is in one of these sports he will be required to pay for the whole of the term so that we can guarantee that venue and his position. Lastly can I remind students that Thursday sport should not be used for Doctors appointments. Students are required to be at school for sport on Thursdays. Good luck to all in the coming weeks Mr.Whitty PDHPE Coordinator
Letter Box Letter Date Contents 1/9/10 Yr11 Preliminary Examinations 30/8/10 MCS Golf 2010
www.holycrosscollege.org/newsandevents/letterbox.php Holy Cross College UNIFORM SHOP Located next to the Chapel, in the Bishop Carroll Building
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C R O S S R O A D S
HCC SECOND HAND
UNIFORM SHOP NEXT OPEN Wednesday 13th October 2010
8.30am—9.30am
CANTEEN ROSTER 2010 Group 2
13 Sept—17 Sept
2010
TERM 3
Group 3
20 Sept—24 Sept
2010
TERM 3 M O N
Lesley Saunders Terry Hulme
Simone Wilson Narelle Camroux
T U E S
Dee Flanagan Megan Dessent
Rita Sciancalepore Angela Blasonato
W E D
Roseanna Nolan HELP NEEDED
Wafaa Abi-Saab HELP NEEDED
T H U
Janine Jasson Irene Bayer
Anne Golding Michelle Skrivnic
F R I
FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS
CANTEEN CLOSED
Rose Le Febvre Chris Heyes
Canteen News This weeks special
Chicken Salad Wrap
$3.00 Must be ordered.
A more detailed CrossRoads is available on our Website:
Year 12 DT Major Design Projects (more photos)
Silver & Bronze Awards—List
Communicating with Teens Course
World Suicide Prevention Day 2010
Learning Difficulties Coalition—ADHD
http://www.holycrosscollege.org/newsandevents/crossroads.php
Thank you to the parents who have
volunteered. If you are unable to come
on the day you are rostered please call
Lorraine on 9808-1033 ext 120
HCC BRONZE AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Bronze Awards .
HCC SILVER AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Silver Awards .
C R O S S R O A D S
HCC BRONZE AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Bronze Awards .
Student Year
Alex Abdallah 7
Daniel Armitage-Masi 7
Antonio Bagnato 7
Luke Biady 7
Raffaele Caccamo 7
Bryson Carew 7
Malcolm Chaney 7
Benjamin De Caria 7
Nathan De Palma 7
Peter Gittany 7
Cooper Henwood 7
Kieran Marquillero x 3 7
Geoffrey Merchant 7
Alexander Michas x 3 7
Alexander Mrsnik 7
Harrison Musumeci x 2 7
Ali Nejati x 2 7
Austyn Petroccitto x 2 7
Alexander Poniris 7
Dany Poropat x 2 7
Roderick (Ricky) Raj 7
Luca Rizzotto x 7
Brendan Robertson 7
Jacob Saleh 7
Cameron Salvatore 7
Vince Simeti 7
Jack Slater-Phillips 7
Jordan Spiteri 7
Johnson Su 7
Andrew Theodorou 7
Michael Thomakos 7
James Tsingolis 7
Matthew Wilson 7 James Zalloua 7
Student Year Alexander Michas x 2 7 Michael Thomakos x 2 7 Sebastian Isaac 8 Jason Ryan 8 Mitchell Baldwin 9 Kale Barton-Bissaker 9 Daniel Campanella 9 Joshua Camroux 9 Jack Cullen 9 Nicholas Meredith 9 Liam Story 9
Nishan Aratoon 8 David Buffin 8 Daniel Cecere 8 Damon Deans 8 Sam Hatch-Caccamo x 3 8 Sebastian Isaac 8 Jye Jarvis 8 Bernard Kairouz 8 Jack Martin 8 Joshua Mustillo 8 Don Pike 8 Jacob Ranieri x 2 8 Bayley Sironen 8 Harry Trifonas 8 Jack Wheelhouse 8 Aaron Wilkinson x 2 8 Patrick Zarour 8 Patrick Zarour 8 Anton Abi-Saab 9 Mitchell Baldwin 9 Alessandro Blasonato 9 Daniel Campanella x 2 9 James Clark 9 Liam Cormican 9 Jack Cullen 9 Dylan Firth 9 Shane Flanagan 9 Nicholas Green 9 Andrew Jamons 9 Nicholas Khzouz 9 Nicholas Meredith x 2 9 Daragh Queally 9 Feroz Shad 9 Joshua Spina 9 Michael Stenta 9 Charles Towers 9
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