MARIST COLLEGE Catholic School for Girls
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MARIST COLLEGE Catholic School for Girls
MARIST COLLEGE Catholic School for Girls Term 2 - Number 03 Friday 8th May, 2015 YEARS 7 TO 13 KEY DATES FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents and Guardians, We are now into our 12th week of school - nearly forty percent of the academic year for senior students. In Week 6, they will sit their external standards. The message of the Academic Committee as noted by Deborah Hady our Academic Leader is clear. Success is built over time, so don’t procrastinate. Start now. On Mondays after school the library is open and is attended by a staff member to assist students. There is a computer room open every day after school and on Thursdays the students run Co-Lab. At this session, senior students are there to assist younger students with their work and different staff attend to offer tutorials in their subject areas. Classrooms and computer rooms are open. Many students stay till five, though the session officially ends at 4:30. If your daughter would like support with her studies, please encourage her to attend. Deputy Principal ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY Wednesday started with an assembly ran by the Academic Committee. The committee introduced this year's Academic Theme - Success Under Construction. Whatever our personal definition of success is, we have to understand that the road to success has its bumps and obstacles. However, with resilience, we will bounce back from each pitfall and continue to build our success. Just like building a building, you need lots of tools to reach your goals! Hard work, patience and persistence will help you achieve your success. CUT out all your distractions, HIT the books and then you can NAIL those exams! The road to success is always under construction. The assembly finished with a spelling bee between each year level dean, and an impromptu sing along to Mary Poppins' Supercalifragilisticexpiliadocious. Keep an eye out for the upcoming spelling bee. The committee also encouraged girls to come to Co Lab, an after school homework and tutoring center. It runs on Thursdays in the Food Tech Room. Co Lab provides students with a study space to do their homework, study for internals or tests, and get extra help. Teachers and Senior students are there to help out, afternoon tea is also provided and the computer room is open. Thank you to the teachers who showed their amazing spelling and rapping skills, to the girls who helped with the video and to Angeline Tulilo -Siilata. Thank you to those who help with the running of Co-Lab so far. WEEK 4 (A) May 11th M PTFA Meeting 7pm (Staffroom) 14th Th Yr12 Work Choice Day Yr 8-10 Parent Teachers Interviews School Closes at 1:20pm 15th F Rotation 4-1 WEEK 5 (B) May 21st Th Yr 11 Retreat Fono, Mentoring Music Trip 22nd F Yr 11 Retreat MUNA Rotation 5-2 23rd S MUNA N.B. School closing at 1:20pm on Thursday 14th May for Year 8-10 Report Evening. Most HCD and Kiwi Coachline Buses will pick up students early and be at school at 1:30pm. The Papakura bus will come at the normal time. A Prayer of Thanksgiving As a mother protects her children, watching over them day by day, alert to danger, and ready if necessary to sacrifice herself for their sakes, so you Lord protect, your arms constantly encircling us, your hands delivering us from harm. For the intensity of your love, Lord Jesus we thank you. Loving God, we thank you for mothers – for all they mean or have meant, for the love they have shown and the care they have given. We thank you for the qualities of mothers – their patience, their kindness, concern and understanding. We thank you for the part they play in our lives, and we thank you for this day of saying ‘thank you’ this opportunity to say what we so often mean to say but so rarely do. For mothers and motherhood, for children and families we bring you this day our grateful praise. Amen. Marist College, can we learn it? Yes we can! Deborah Hady, Academic Leader YEAR 8, 9 AND 10 PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Please collect your daughters report prior to your first interview in the Gymnasium Foyer. Please allow extra time to pick up and read this report before your first interview. NB Your daughters report will not be posted prior to the 14th May. 31 Alberton Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 www.maristcollege.school.nz Ph: (09) 846 8311 Fax: (09) 815 1441 E-mail: [email protected] THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE Pope Francis announced that the year 2015 will be dedicated to the Consecrated Life, and he is asking all those in the Consecrated Life, that is religious sisters, brothers and priests, to "wake up the world" with their testimony of faith, holiness and hope. Our College was started in 1928 by the Marist Sisters. They ran and staffed the College with Sister Juliana Massey serving as the last religious Principal from 1968 - 1990. The Sisters continued as the Proprietors of the College until 2001, when they gifted the school to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland. We are proud of our Marist heritage and to date retain a strong relationship with the Marist Sisters. Therefore in this “Year of Consecrated Life” we would like to take the opportunity to introduce to the community one of the Marist Sisters each week so that you get to know them better, but, more importantly, to acknowledge their dedication and service to God and the community. SR. JULIANA MASSEY SM First Profession: Education: Ministries: Australia: 1953 Attended Loreto Hall and Auckland University St Joseph’s, Waitaruke [Northland]: 1953, Teacher Marist College: 1954, Teacher Loreto High School, Fiji: 1964-66, Teacher Marist College: 1967, Deputy Principal, 1968-1990, Principal Orakei: 1991, Pastoral Plan Coordinator Mt Albert: 1992-94, Pastoral Plan Coordinator and Community leader Orakei: June 1994 – 2000, Provincial Mt Albert: 2001-02, Caregiver Tawa, Wellington: 2003-2011, Pastoral Ministry, Pregnancy Help and Prisoner Aid Rehabilitation Mt Albert: 2012 till now, Community Member, Voluntary Work at LOGOS – Marist Youth Ministry & House duties. LINGUISTICS OLYMPIAD HABITS OF MIND 11. Creating, Imagining, Innovating: Think about how A group of Marist students participated in the first round of the something might be done differently from the “norm”; propose New Zealand Linguistics Olympiad during Term 1. This new ideas; Strive for originality; Consider novel suggestions involved voluntarily sitting a two hour after school exam. others might make. Students had to count in “Karelian”, write with “Elder Futhark Runes”, and solve various language puzzles. From 150 students nationwide, Gemma Nash, Ashley Ward and Julia Beer have been selected as regional representations to move forward to the finals round at Victoria University in Wellington during the July school holidays. This is a wonderful achievement and we wish them well for this event. EXAM SUPERVISION Exam Supervisors are needed on 29th May (Staff Only Day), 2nd and 3rd June to supervise senior examinations. Please contact Mrs Noeleen Taylor on 846 8311 ext 706 if you are able to help. www.entertain mentbook.co.nz/ orderbooks/10 023w1 to order your book now! SMIKES YOUTH CLUB SMIKES Youth Club for Years 7 & 8 Dates: May 3rd, May 17th, June 7th, June 21st, August 3rd, August 16, August 30 and September 13. Year 9 & 10 Youth Club Dates: May 17th and June 21st. Leaders for SMIKES Join in with over 20 older teens and young adults and become a leader at SMIKES Youth Club. Lots of Marist Old Girls and current senior students involved. Great fun as well as great professional development. Contact Damaris 021662657 for more info or Facebook message 'Smikes Youth Club' with your details. Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Ni sa bula vinaka, Kia Orana, Warm Pasifika Greetings Marist College invites you to a Meeting/Hui/Fono for all our Maori & Pasifika Parents Bring a plate to share at the conclusion of the meeting Bring your questions and ideas Please let Mrs Tagomoa know who is coming [email protected] We want to continue to build the relationship and communication between Pasifika families and our school, Marist College, to improve achievement of Pasifika students. JUNIOR PARENT/STUDENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS YEARS 8 - 10 Meet the teachers Thursday May 14th, 2015 Times 2:30pm – 6:00pm Online Bookings Open: May 1st, 2015 9:00am Online Bookings Close: May 13th, 2015 6:00pm Go to Website www.schoolinterviews.co.nz Once on website: Type WVKAE for Event Code and enter Next screen asks for: Parent’s full name Email address Book for _____students (number) Students’ name (s) Click “GO” All fields are mandatory Next screen asks for student’s subjects and teachers. If booking for more than 1 child a box for each child is on the screen. Fill in Box(es) and click “GO” Next screen gives you a list of your appointment times with each teacher per child. Also Gives you the option to: Cancel interviews Add another student Add interviews Reschedule interviews Print your interviews Note: To allow as many parents as possible to meet their daughter’s teachers please book one 5 minute slot per teacher or a maximum of 10 minutes if your daughter has the same teacher for 2 or more subjects. Remember to leave 5 minutes between appointments as you will need time to reach the next teacher. Click on Finished and the computer will email your interview confirmation to you. If one of your daughter’s teacher does not show on the screen then he/she is fully booked. * If you don’t have the use of computer please call Anne-Marie Ward on 846 8311 extension or email [email protected] she will make the required appointments for you. 719 NB: To allow as many parents as possible to meet their daughter’s teachers please book one 5 minute slot per teacher or a maximum of 10 minutes if your daughter has the same teacher for 2 or more subjects