Marian Catholic College 185 WAKADEN STREET, GRIFFITH NSW 2680

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WEBSITE: www.mccww.catholic.edu.au Timetable Week 3 - 5 December 2014

No 39

Advent Prayer

Father, all-powerful God,

your eternal Word took flesh on our earth when the Virgin Mary placed her life at the service of your plan.

Lift our minds in watchful hope to hear the voice which announces his glory and open our minds to receive the

Spirit who prepares us for his coming.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Dear Parents, Students and Friends

I have included a photo of the 2015 Student Leadership Team. This group are very focussed on providing quality leadership values,

the students are as follows:

LEADERSHIP TEAM 2015

COLLEGE CAPTAINS 2015 -Alanah Jeffrey and Michael Monteleone

COLLEGE VICE CAPTAINS 2015—Francine Barbaro and Antonio Fattore

HOUSE CAPTAINS AND VICE CAPTAINS 2015

BRENDAN—Captain—Elise Cadorin; Vice Captain—Danni Chambers

MARCELLIN—Captain—Blake Testoni; Vice Captain—Katie Alpen

McCAULEY—Captain—Steven Zalunardo; Vice Captain– Tara Searl

PATRICK—Captain Mianno Mendoza; Vice Captain—Jacinta Pastro

YEAR 12 PREFECTS 2015

Lua Ikenasio, Sarah Marcon, Kirandeep Kaur Khojki, Kaylee Sessini, Emma Seton, Annina Bianchini Claudia Marin,

Ravleen Dhillon, Brooke Amaro, Elise Ceccato, Laura Zanotto, Brady French, Mason Graham, Keiran Turnell,

Ryan Quarisa

Marian Catholic College Chaplain: On behalf of the College community I wish to welcome the new Chaplain - Fr Brad Rafter.

Fr Rafter is the assistant Priest of Sacred Heart Parish and will be our celebrant at our closing Mass next Wednesday.

Academic Awards

Semester II 2014 Years 7 & 8 —Lesson 3 (11.50am) Tuesday 9 December in the Marcellin Hall

Years 9/10/11 Lesson 4 (1.00pm) in the Marcellin Hall. Tuesday 9 December

College End of Year Major Award Ceremony - Lesson 4 (1.00pm) Thursday 11 2014 , in the Marcellin Hall. This winds up our

academic year and is our prize-giving and speech Ceremony. I hope to see you there.

As is fitting for our College, we will close the school year with a College Mass on Wednesday 10th December. This will be

celebrated at 10am in the Marcellin Hall. The hampers for St Vincent de Paul will be presented at this Mass.

Peace and Best Wishes

Principal

CALENDAR 2014

MCC Sunday Mass 9.00 am Sunday 7 December

Year 10 Lemon Car @ 9am Monday 8 December

Year 11 Hospitality - First Aid Tuesday 9 December

Years 7 & 8 Awards Ceremony - Lesson 3 , 11.50 am Tuesday 9 December

Years 9/10/11 Awards Ceremony Lesson 4, 1.00 pm Tuesday 9 December

Closing Mass and Assembly Lesson 2, 10am Wednesday 10 December

College End of Year Major Award Ceremony, 1pm Thursday 11 December

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 8 December T Savage, K De Martin, L Quinn, M Patane Tuesday 9 December A Mazzarolo, D Marcon, D Fattore Wednesday 10 December J Murray, R Keenan, L Gullota

Thursday 11 December M Portolesi, S Royal, P Clarke

Friday 12 December J Sergi, M Zuccato,

K Zalunardo, C Cerato

Please pray for:

Please keep in your prayers the family of Nina Malijan, whose grandmother passed away this week.

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

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

Opening hours for Uniform Shop:

Last opening day for 2014 is 10th December

School Holidays: 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th & 21st January 2015 from 8am-12 Noon.

Tues 27th - Fri 30th January 2015 8am - 12 Noon

Normal opening hours are Mon - Wed 8am - 12 Noon

Raeleen Ceccato

Uniform Shop

Ph: 69692432

Pink High Tea As part of a their Hospitality Unit Assessment, Year 11.6 students hosted a “Pink High Tea” for staff this Thursday. They showcased their skills in their “Working effectively with Others” and “Preparing Sandwiches” units of competency as well as some amazing cake creating abilities and their general organisation and teamwork skills.

This class is an all-female cohort and in their planning decided to dedicated this event to

raising some funds to donate towards breast cancer research. A special thank you to the staff

for your generous support.

Great work Year 11.

Notice to all Year 7 Parents - UPDATED!

A reminder to all year 7 parents, end of year Awards Ceremony will be held on

Tuesday 9 December at 11.50 am (Lesson 3) 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

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 –11:50am

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.

Our wonderful Carevan Team cooked again this week and decided that they would like to make some extra Christmas cookies for the children as a treat. Two students came on the night to give the gifts out and did some reading with the children and met some families. Congratulations to all the students and their generosity of spirit and sense of community.

Mrs Trembath

POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

Full time retail traineeship, involves lifting and deliveries. Licence essential.

Year 11 or 12 leaver interested in business for an administration traineeship.

2 painting apprenticeships.

Interested students please see Mrs Farrugia in the Careers Office as soon as

possible.

WINNERS

Some excellent entries and participation from the MCC

Students were submitted and displayed at the Creative

Showcase Night on 2nd December. Congratulations to the

following people and Thank you for all of your entries

Briana Adams- Yr 7

Danielle Terblanche- Yr 7

Sophia Serafin- Yr 8

Kira Zalunardo- Yr 9

Nic McMahon- Yr 10

Brooke Harvie & Shannon Ferguson- Yr 12

Wendy Olsen- Staff

Thanks also to Harvey Norman, Maries Photographics, Camera

House and Dicksmith electronics for their generosity in supplying

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

TERM 4 COLLEGE FEES

Term 4 College fee account payments are due by 15th December 2013 at the latest.

Families who have 2 or more students at the College and have their account in order are eligible

for a family discount which will be credited to their account. If the account is not brought to a nil

balance by the due date, the discount will not apply.

It is College policy that your account be well maintained, which in turn allows us to operate on a

sound financial basis by providing the resources necessary to provide quality education for all

students.

We are under directive from the Catholic Schools Office, Wagga Wagga to manage College fee

accounts and onforward any arrears accounts for debt recovery procedures. Should the fee

account fall into arrears by more than 90 days & no payment arrangement has been put into

place we may, at our discretion, forward the account to a Debt Collection Agency for recovery

proceedings which will result in additional fees & charges being borne by you & marring your

credit rating.

We will be contacting some families for account arrears/review appointments.

Feel free to contact me should you wish to discuss your account.

Joanne Smith Business Manager

Griffith Skateboard Day Olympic Street, Griffith NSW

Saturday 13 December 2014

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