Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680

TELEPHONE: (02) 69692400

WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au Timetable Week 1 - 21 November 2014

No 37

Bless the Road

And heaven hold and watch your dream forever

May your every dream come true

Forgive all wrong, always be strong

And do what you must do

You stand before this open door

And you must now go through

My precious friend, my own sweet companion

Bless the road that carries you

My precious friend, my own my sweet companion

Bless the road that carries you. The final verse from a song, “Bless the Road’, from Irish singer Mary Black’s beautiful CD.

Dear Parents, Students and Friends

Last Friday night the Marian community said goodbye to the graduates of Year 12, 2014. It was a beautiful evening that left each of us

with lasting memories. My thanks to all staff who were involved in organising the choir and music and to Fathers Neru and Grace for

saying Mass.

A special thanks to Barbara Dickson who organised a very talented team who created a spectacular flower display throughout the

Marcellin Hall. Similarly I thank the parents from Year 11, Deana Marcon, Franca Sartor, Raeleen Ceccato, Josephine Quarisa and

Maria Searl who did an amazing job at Yoogali Club to create the atmosphere for such a special night-the balloons hanging above the

tables were amazing! Lastly my thanks to the incoming Student Leadership Team, greeting and seating parents for the Mass, helping

at the Yoogali Club and setting up the Mary McKillop Language Centre and packing it up afterwards ready for the next school day.

Peace and Best Wishes

Principal

CALENDAR 2014

College Council 6.30pm Monday 24 November

Child Studies Excursion to Griffith Base Hospital Tuesday 25 November

Year 11 P/T/S Conferences Tuesday 25 November

Year 10 Community Service Program Wednesday & Thursday 26

& 27 November

Oh Day! Friday 28 November

Please Note

Please be sure to check important dates on the Term Calendar on the College website at www.mccww.catholic.edu.au

CANTEEN NEWS

Monday 24November S Knox, M Corner, J McMahon Tuesday 25 November L Quarisa, B Dal Broi, L Harvie, J Guglielmini Wednesday 26 November A Arcifa, D Rizzeri

Thursday 27 November L Gatto, K Panarello,

N Scremin

Friday 28 November N Ippoliti, S De Lucchi,

J DePaoli

Please pray for:

We keep in our prayers the family of Mr Bruno De Lucchi, grandfather of Bruno Year 7, who passed away this week.

We also pray for any families in our community who have lost loved ones or are suffering illnesses.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

We are currently taking orders for the 2014 Marian Catholic College Magazine (available early 2015).

Magazines are available to families for $27.50 each & must be pre-ordered & paid for by 28/11/2014. Magazines will not be available unless pre-ordered. Please complete your order below & promptly return to the College office.

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Notice to all Year 7 Parents

A reminder to all year 7 parents, end of year Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday 9 December at 10.00 am(Lesson 2). Also………. As we approach the hotter time of year, myself and Mr Seers, the College Sport Coordinator, have met with Year 7 boys to discuss appropriate sport uniform. The College has high standards for uniform, with excellent options available for both winter and summer months. As summer is upon us, we encourage all boys to wear shorts on sport days as wearing tracksuit pants poses a health and hygiene issue. Could we also remind parents that the College is an asthma friendly school and, as such, spray deodorant is not permitted at school. While we encourage all students to look after their personal hygiene by wearing deodorant, non-spray types are preferable. Thank you for your support with these matters. Bernie Maginnity

Year 7 Co-ordinator

CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen & volunteers end of year lunch

Date: Friday 12th December Where: Griffith Southside leagues club Time: 12.00 noon to 2.30pm RSVP: 10th December 2014 to the canteen

All welcome to attend

When: Friday, 12th December 2014 (Friday Week 10) Where: Lake Talbot - Narrandera Cost: $10 paid on entry to the pool

What to Bring: Casual sun smart clothes, BBQ items,

lunch or money for canteen, towel, sunscreen and

swimmers. Buses paid for by College leave after

Homeroom and return before end-of-school.

END OF YEAR AWARD CEREMONIES UPDATE!!

YEAR 7 & 8 Semester II Awards

Tuesday 9 December - Lesson 3 –11:50 am

YEAR 9/10/11 Semester II Awards

Tuesday 9 December - Lesson 4 –1:00pm

2014 COLLEGE CLOSING MASS

Wednesday 10 December - Lesson 2 - 10am

2014 End Of Year Major Awards Ceremony Thursday 11 December—Lesson4 -1:00pm

All staff and students will be in attendance for this ceremony.

RELIGION

Year 8 students sat the Religious Education Test conducted by the Catholic Schools Office Wagga Wagga.

High Distinction (Top 3% in Wagga Diocese) William Chant Angus Kennedy Kayla Macedone

Distinction (Top 27% of Wagga Diocese)

Carmelina Ferraro Jessica Agresta Abby Anderson Isabella Bertoldo Nicole Bruss CJ Cumpay Matilda Simpson Branavan Thevashangar Dallas Torresan Morgan Twigg Wikus Van Tonder Kate Vardanega Thomas Zambon Jaeden Andreazza Andrew Bastianon Larah Beltrame Srishti Chatterji Jeremiah Dixon Betriece Gesuale Joel Giovinazzo Douglas Harvie Samuel Keenan Nina (Cuchi) Malijan Claire Murray Corey Myott Cristina Pippia Samuel Raciti

Religion High Distinctions: Kayla Macedone,

Angus Kennedy and William Chant

Daniel Rossetto Jacob Sargent Kiara Tessari Elisabeth Trimboli Georgia Volk Mitchell Wood Isabella Zuccato Religion Coordinator

Laura Vardanega

BUSINESS STUDIES

Year 11 Business Studies students sat the Business

Studies

Competition conducted by the University of NSW.

DISTINCTION PARTICIPATION

Felix Amados Katie Alpen Mianno Mendoza Francine Barbaro Kieran Turnell Elise Cadorin Ravleen Dhillon CREDIT Justin Fedele Mikaela Coates Kirandeep Kaur Khojki Titilua Ikenasio Claudia Marin Jacob Zanatta Michael Monteleone Salvatore Panarello Miky Patel Geremy Sartor Ayla Zalunardo Laura Zanotto

ITALIAN CERTIFICATE 1 AWARDS

Name Acheivement

Elizabeth Barbaro Distinction

Isabella Bertoldo High Distinction

Bethany Carver Distinction

William Chant Distinction

CJ Cumpay High Distinction

Carmelina Ferraro Distinction

Jessie James High Distinction

Angus Kennedy Distinction

Corey Myott Distinction

Cesare Piccinin Distinction

Mickaela Quinn Distinction

Eloise Star Distinction

Zara Sully Distinction

Branavan Thevashanger Distinction

Elizabeth Trimboli High Distinction

Morgan Twigg Distinction

William Valeri Distinction

Sienna Vecchio Distinction

Guilia Virgara Distinction

Mitchell Wood Distinction

ITALIAN CERTIFICATE 3 AWARDS

Name Reading Listening

Connor Heffernan High Distinction Distinction

Dominic Musolino Distinction

Nicholas Samuel Distinction Distinction

Lachlan Webb High Distinction High Distinction

ITALIAN CERTIFICATE 2 AWARDS Name Reading Listening

Alexandra Atip Distinction Distinction

Jamie Bertolin Distinction

Christina Franco Distinction

Theodore Mazzarolo Distinction

Mark Parisotto Distinction Distinction

Jamie Peruzzi Distinction

Andrew Raccanello Distinction High Distinction

Daniella Reginato Distinction

Tara Searl Distinction

Daniela Vico Distinction High Distinction

Sophie Woodbridge High Distinction

Petra Born

LOTE /Italian

Students have taken part in listening and reading comprehension tasks in Italian and achieved these results.

On Thursday evening 20th November, Year 11 Extension English and their teacher

ventured to the Griffith City Cinema to view the modern Science Fiction epic

Interstellar.

In the HSC year Extension English students choose one of eight Modules to

complete. Within each Module are three electives to choose from. At Marian

Catholic College students study Module A: Genre with a focus on Elective 3: Science

Fiction.

Interstellar not only embodies the key conventions and values of Science Fiction, but

it also subverts and challenges some traditional aspects of the Genre making it an excellent example

of how the Genre has evolved.

The students were astonished at the combination of outstanding cinematography and Hans

Zimmer’s powerful score. The film also confronts issues such as Time, Space, Love, Corruption,

Betrayal, Humanity, Faith and Discovery. This film also doubles as a good related text for students

studying the Advanced and Standard Courses for the Discovery Area of Study

Year 11 Students are reminded that their Discovery Tutorial Presentation is due on Monday 8th

December. If students will be absent on this day or week they must see Mr Herb ASAP.

For this assignment students must find a related text that represents the concept of Discovery in a

similar or different way to their set text. It would be recommended that students have chosen their

related texts by Monday of Week 8.

Below is a link to the Griffith City Library Resource which enables students to search for related texts

for Discovery. If students are still looking for a related text they can go to:

http://www.wrl.nsw.gov.au/

Click 'Search Catalogue'

Type 'HSC Discovery'

Year 10 students have been given the opportunity to choose elective classes for English for the last

four weeks. Students were asked to pick a course based on their interest, ability and future path

through School, University or into the Workplace. During the last four weeks students will be

required to complete one major project to satisfy the components of the course. Electives include:

Around the World – A look at how English and Communication influences the global society and

tourism

Bear Grylls English – For those who need to refine their English skills for the real world

Now For Something Completely Different – A study of comedy, humour and satire through

performance and appreciation

Play It Again Mam – An academic study of the Film Noir movement of the 40’s and 50’s

Mr Herb English Coordinator

YEAR 11 NEWS

MOvember

Year 11 have busily been raising funds for many charities, in particular MOvember.

At this week’s assembly, students unveiled their teams of teachers.

Each group of students have been given the role of promoting their groups of teachers. The Teachers groups

are as follows:

Team 1 - Mr James Buckland, Mr Chris Doyle, Mr Aaron Lawler

Team 2 - Mr Alan Le Brocque, Mr Warren Bock, Mr Andre Boon

Team 3 – Mr Andrew Holloway, Mr John Seers, Mr Johnathon Morris

Team 4 – Mr Damien Herb, Mr Heath Neville, Mr James Moore

Students are encouraged to donate to their favourite teacher or the group who they think have grown the best

MO!

Damien Herb

Year 11 Co-ordinator

College Social

The next college social will be held on Thursday 4 December Week 9 from 7 pm to 9.30pm. The theme for this social will be “Around the world” Students are en-couraged to dress up! Students will not be permitted to enter the social after 7.30 pm. Get your dancing shoes on!!!!!

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Collier and Miller

Collier and Miller are looking for students in Years 10 to 12 for apprenticeships (full time) for the following

Fitting and machining Welding and Fabrication

Interested students please email your resume to: paulg@colliermiller.com.au or see Mrs Farrugia

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Junior Travel Position

To work Saturday mornings from 9 to 12 noon, and be available causally in School holidays when required. Successfully applicant should be enthusiastic, outgoing, and confident. Good customer relation skills are essential. Computer and phone skills are an advantage. Please send application to Itravel Griffith email: chontell@itravelgriffith.com.au. Applications close Friday 28 November.

Any students interested in this position please see Mrs Farrugia before sending in an application

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Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship

Griffith Truck Sales & Repairs Pty Ltd are seeking anyone interested in a Diesel Mechanic (Heavy Vehicle)

Apprenticeship for 2015. Students in Years 10, 11 or 12 can apply. Should you be interested please contact Bruno

Marcon on Ph 69 625955 or pop in for a chat with Bruno at 48 Bridge Road Griffith or fax an application/resume to

69625956. You can email griffithtrucksales@bigpond.com. Applications close 25 November 2014.

The School Based Apprenticeship—Beauty Therapy.

The salon is seeking a motivated student with a general interest in beauty therapy industry and is wanting to gain full time employment post school.

All resumes and enquiries should be directed to Stevie Tropea Training Advisor, State Training Services

Riverina Stevie.Tropea1@det.nsw.edu.au or Mrs Farrugia.

If there is a successful applicant the School Based Apprenticeship will commence in 2015.

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