Bulletin 25 February 2015 - St Dominic`s Priory College

ST DOMINIC’S PRIORY COLLEGE
139 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide.
5006.
BULLETIN
Diary Dates
TONIGHT
P & F Meeting - 7:30pm
Thursday 26 February
Year 8 Vaccinations
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2015
Telephone: 8267 3818 E-Mail: [email protected] WEEK 5 – TERM 1
Facsimile: 8267 4877
Web Site: www.stdominics.sa.edu.au
Thurs 26 - Fri 27 Feb
Year 10 Geography
Kangaroo Island Trip
Friday 27 February
Primary Field Day
Sunday 1 March
Old Scholars’ Mass
Monday 9 March
Adelaide Cup Day Holiday
Wednesday 18 March
SACSGSSA
Swimming Carnival
Sunday 22 March
Sports Day
Thursday 2 April
SACSGSA Athletics Carnival
Friday 3 April
Good Friday
Monday 6 April
Easter Monday
Wednesday 8 April
SASSSA Athletics Carnival
Friday 10 April
Last Day of Term 1
2015 Term Dates
Term 1: 27 Jan - 10 April
Term 2: 28 April - 3 July
Term 3: 20 July - 25 Sep
Term 4: 12 Oct - 4 Dec
UNIFORM SHOP
Opening Hours During Term
Mondays 10:30am - 1:30pm
Thursday 26 February
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 5 March
10:30am - 1:30pm
Dear Parents,
We hear a lot today about what is described as
Emotional Intelligence and its power to predict,
more certainly than an IQ, who will be successful
in life. This is not surprising really and in our lives
we would probably say that experience has taught
us the truth that a person who has a capacity for
empathy will be admired and respected in most
settings. A Christian education is built on the
assumption that the following of Jesus requires
the education of the heart as well as of the mind
and body and it is very much in tune with a
contemporary understanding of empathy.
Yesterday at the Investiture Mass we commissioned
our elected student leaders with a badge which
entitles them to extend their support and empathy
to the whole student community. There is no one
way of doing this and within the St. Dominic’s
Priory College setting students have been elected
to a variety of service roles, as Prefects, as Class
representatives, as House Captains and as Year
12 Seniors. Beyond that numerous co-curricular
activities will provide a way of understanding others
beyond one’s own home class.
Old Scholars Mass
Yesterday’s Investiture Mass
Two Prefects, Head, Kalyna Becker and Year 11
Prefect Elena Muscat reflected for us on the gospel
reading from Matthew 5: 13 – 16, in which Jesus
uses the metaphors of salt and light to teach us how
the person true to their Christian calling might
respond to their call. Next week do yourself a
favour and read what they had to say.
You are invited – OSA MASS
Old Scholar St. Dom’s Parents and other family
members are warmly invited to the Annual Old
Scholars Mass in the Chapel on this Sunday
1st March. This is a great opportunity to get to
know those who in other generations shared your
Dominican education and to pray with and for
each other. The Mass begins at 9.30am. Afterwards
there is an informal morning tea in the Hall and the
members of the Committee will say a few words.
Tonight’s Parents and Friends Meeting is our first
on for the year and we would love to have new and
familiar faces to share what is a significant way of
contributing to your daughter’s education. Most
of you have heard our President Maria Lappas and
Vice President Michelle Hogan assure you that it is
a friendly, informative and non-pressured evening
commencing at 7.30pm in the Reception area.
9:30am Sunday 1st March, 2015
Friday morning mass in
the Chapel 8.15am
College Chapel • to be followed
by shared Morning Tea in the Hall
ALL WELCOME!
Sr Jillian Havey, Principal
St Dominic’s Priory College
Friends of the Library Club
The “Friends of the Library” is a new initiative in 2015 and
aimed at Year 5 students, to give them extra interest and
involvement in their school Library. The aims of the Club
are to:
Primary News
Mrs. Chris Purgacz, Primary School Coordinator
hat a very hot week and there is even more hot weather
on the way! The girls, and the teachers, seem to be coping
with the heat and we are very grateful for the wonders of airconditioning! Happy New Year to our many families who have
had lots of celebrations for Chinese New Year over the last week.
from
W
Hope to see lots of Parents at our first 2015 meeting of the
Parents and Friends tonight in the front Office. 7.30pm.
Our Ash Wednesday liturgy was beautiful last week and we were
so proud of the reverent and engaged attitude of our students.
Our Year Five class read with great expression and were fantastic
leaders and role models for the other students. More information
coming home for our Project Compassion efforts during Lent.
I have included some photos
of our SRCs and our Sports
Captains.
Thank you to all those parents who were so generous with their
time on Thursday for our Swimming Trials. Well done to the
girls who swam so hard, often back to back. We wish we could
pick you all! Teams will be out soon.
We had lots of eager parents attend our Helping with Reading
Workshop on Friday. Thanks to Tes Rodrigues and Cate O’Leary
who facilitated. The next opportunity for parents to come and
discuss some educational ideas is our Parent Discussion Group.
This is a new initiative and we are hoping that lots of people come
along. This will be on Wednesday, March 11th. The topic this
time is Play. We have a short video and then time for discussion
and generating ideas. Come along and join in! 7.30-8.45!
Bring a friend or invite someone else from your class group.
It is not looking good for our Field Day on Friday as the weather
is going to be very warm. We will try to run events during sport
times and early on Friday before it becomes too hot.
MEETING TONIGHT
Parents & Friends Meeting from 7:30pm
Front office Reception area - Access from Molesworth Street
ALL WELCOME!
• Provide students with an understanding of how the
Library works
• Provide a training program in Library skills
• Provide leadership opportunities for students to be Library
Assistants during lunchtime
The Year 5 students were introduced to this concept as an
important job opportunity, and were required to submit
an application outlining their interest in the position and
the qualities they would bring to the Library. There were 10
positions available.
The successful applicants were: Lisa Huynh, Alexia Kafantaris,
Abby Lapsley, Maddy Lapsley, Alessia Mazzeo, Amelia McAvaney,
Lorelie Owens, Helem Pham, Ava Scroop, and Ella Wood.
Their enthusiasm and excitement has been impressive, and
they are pictured here at their first training session. To be
continued…
Just Leadership Day
On Thursday February 12, a group of girls from the Social
Justice Group set out to attend Caritas’ Just Leadership Day,
aimed to engage with students from various schools by teaching
them the ways of a just leader. Upon arriving at the St Francis
Xavier Cathedral, we were welcomed by Megan Bourke, Caritas
Australia’s Global Education Coordinator. She engrossed us in
considering, what is justice? What is leadership? as we were
involved in several activities, requiring us to consider the
different ways by which we could make a difference in our
local school communities up to a global level. We also listened
to Lulu Mitshabu and her story of injustice based on gender
inequality. Having taken advantage of such a privilege such as
this, our Social Justice Group is revitalised as ever to increase
awareness, especially during this Lent season.
Paris Caldwell
Sports Day Raffle
Donations Please!
The Sports Day Raffle is conducted to raise funds
for the College. We are presently in the process
of sourcing prizes and would be very grateful
for any donation of items for the raffle. If you
can help with prizes please contact the office.
St Dominic’s Priory College
Student Leaders 2015
Head Prefect Kalyna Becker
Prefects:
Deputy Head Prefect Tran Ngo
• Gabrielle Bentley • Tessa Coleman • Madeline Dal Corobbo • Thao Nhi (Mary) Do •
• Sophie Easton • Jessica Gibbs • Sophia Minos • Linda Nguyen • Diem-Anh Tran • • Emily Tran • Sports Prefect
• Tessa Coleman • Gabrielle Bentley •
Year 11 Prefects
• Daniela Brkic • Chiara Dias • Shanna Lee • Elena Muscat •
Student Representative Council
Year 12B Erin-Rose Firipis, Michelle Stoddart
Year 12G Celine Ritchie, Vittoria D’Ortenzio
Year 12W Olivia Huynh, Chloe Mertzanidis
Year 11BSabrina Marin, Paris Caldwell
Year 11GJade Meneses, Edwina O’Leary
Year 11W Emma Holmes, Francesca Ottaviano
Year 10B Leanne Le, Naomi Gamage
Year 8B Taylor Huynh, Zara Zak
Year 10G Mi Kieu, Rumer Moriarty
Year 8G Zoe Natsias, Emily Edmonds
Year 10W Adriana Caruso, Lucy Wright
Year 8W Tessa Tranthim-Fryer, Tatiana Pavlic
Year 7
Annabelle Boyd-Turner, Ariella Napoli
Year 9 Middle School Leaders
Year 9B Ivy Hoang, Lily Zurcher
Year 9G Rebecca Czopek, Jennifer Pham
Year 9W Phuong Nguyen, Izabella Rosenzweig
Student Representative Council (Primary)
Year 6
Year 5
Year 4
Lily Coombe
Deputy: Eilish Doyle
Alessia Mazzeo
Deputy: Abby Lapsley
Caprice De Sanctis
Deputy: Alessandra Romeo
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1
REC
Katrina Luong
Deputy: Emily Bondza
Ella Copeland
Deputy: Charlotte Kretschmer
Lily Donnellan
Deputy: Magdalene Dinos
Caydence Erbsland
Deputy: Jospehine Pileggi
Sports Captains (Senior)
Aquinas Captain
Thien Nhi Do
Columba Athletics Vice Tessa Coleman Ball Games Vice Jessica Gibbs
Junior Vice Anna Nguyen
Edwina O’Leary
Captain
Sophie Easton
Athletics Vice Laura Den Dekker
Ball Games ViceKalyna Becker
Junior Vice Emma Holmes
Guzman Captain
Ermina Stankovic
Athletics Vice Erin-Rose Firipis
Ball Games Vice Carolyn Tran
Junior Vice Katherine Flanagan
Captain
Gabrielle Bentley
Siena Athletics Vice Thuy Linh Giang
Ball Games Vice Victoria Greco
Junior Vice
Isabella Romaldi
St Dominic’s Priory College
SPORTS NEWS
÷ = Maths Club % +
Year 12 Centre on WEDNESDAYS
Round 2 Results - Saturday 21 February
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Water Polo
Students must remain for the full hour
unless they have a note to leave early
Open def Mercedes 1 (10-8)
All other Round 2 Sport was CANCELLED
due to Extreme Hot Weather.
The full SACSSGSA Weather Policy and all Draw
information can be accessed directly at:
http://stdo.ms/1A75uOn
All students years 7-12 welcome.
It is a popular club providing the opportunity of a
positive, supportive atmosphere for students to work
on mathematics under supervision of Maths teachers.
Round 3 Draw ~ Saturday 28 February
TEAM
LOCATION
TIME
OPPONENT
Junior 1
St Aloysius
9:20am
Cabra
Junior 2
St Aloysius
8:30am
St Ignatius
Senior 1
Loreto
10:10am
Marryatville 2
Senior 2
Mercedes
11:00am
Gleeson 2
Homework
Club
Basketball
3:30 - 4:30
Thursdays
Conway
Library
Tennis
Junior
BYE
BYE
BYE
Senior
Cabra
8:30am
Cabra
Touch Football
Junior 1
Greenhill Rd
9:20am
Marryatville
Junior 2
Greenhill Rd
8:30am
Loreto
Senior
Greenhill Rd
9:20am
Wilderness
Volleyball
Junior 1
St Dominic’s
9:20am
Nazareth
Junior 2
St Dominic’s
8:30am
Gleeson
Junior 3
St Dominic’s
10:10am
Gleeson
Senior 1
Marryatville
8:30am
Marryatville
Senior 2
Mary Mackillop
9:20am
St Aloysius
Senior 3
Mary Mackillop
8:30am
Marryatville
Water Polo
(Thursdays)
Open
Adel. Aquatic
5:00pm
Sacred Heart 3
Sports Day Helpers Needed
We are always very grateful for the assistance given by parents
on Sports Day. Once again we are asking for helpers to set up
shelters, hurdles, etc or assist with judging or timekeeping. If
you are able to help, please return the reply slip and you will be
contacted closer to the time with more information about the event.
Sports Day Officials, Sunday 22 March
Name................................................................................
Student’s Name.................................. Class: .......................
E-Mail...............................................................................
E-mail will be the primary point of contact
Telephone No....................................................................
Second Week of Lent: Mariama from Niger
This week Project Compassion focuses
on Niger, where life is very tough.
Many live in extreme poverty, often
unable to afford or access food and
water.
This week we meet Mariama who
is raising her daughter in Niger,
a country that suffers widespread
poverty. When her little girl became malnourished, she
received life-saving food and care at a Nutrition Centre,
supported by Caritas Australia.
Your donation to Project Compassion 2015 helps save the
lives of people living on the brink of
survival in Niger, giving them access
to nutritional support and essential
food for life. www.caritas.org.au
I can assist by (please tick preferred option)
Setting up shelters 8.00am-9.00am o
Packing up ball games 12-1.00pm o
Packing up shelters 2.00-3.00pm
o
For Secondary Activities Only
Judges 9.15-11
o
10.30-12
o Timekeepers o
o
Ball games o
o
o
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