Year 12 Boarding News. Week 3, Term 2, 2011
Dear Year 12 parents/ carers,
Today at Assembly we had a large number of Year 12 students on stage for study effort and Academic Achievement and Excellence awards. These were from the term one exams and recognised the very good performances of boys at that time. This is one encouraging aspect among quite a few at the moment. It has been pleasing to see the overall effort being made with assessments, sport, the musical and aiding younger boys in Maths just to name a few. There is a willingness by many to contribute and to make the most of their opportunities here. I think a lot of the year group have realised how little time there is left if they wish to succeed. There are many careers appointments with Lorna Charters being made and just yesterday 15 Year 12s attended a cadetship presentation from several top accounting firms at Darling Harbour.
The following is from Sharon Taylor who heads up the Friends of Joeys Music:
Dear parents,
Joeys’ amazing production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” begins on Tuesday with a matinee performance, and evening performances all week at 7.30pm. If you have not already purchased tickets there is still time to do so via the College website or by contacting the Music Centre directly(98160875). Our talented musicians and actors(and girls from sister Schools as well as a wonderful young chorus from Villa Maria) have been rehearsing for many months now and would love to see a full-house every night enjoying this fabulous Show!!
Hope to see you there,
Friends of Joeys Music.
The school photos day is next Friday 27th May. All Year 12s will have an individual photo taken. Order forms for this were sent with the reports. They can be sent straight to Advanced Life Photography or sent to me at school. There will also be an aerial photo of the whole year group. Order forms for this were sent out in the mail to all full boarders and handed to all other students to bring home. Again these can be sent back to Advanced Life or me. There will also be a photo of “the originals”, that is the boys who started from the first day in Year 7 2006. This will be published in the College magazine. All boys must have a clean set of blues and well groomed hair for this. Your help with this would be greatly appreciated.
We have the Year 12 Parent Information Evening from 6.30-7.30pm on Saturday 28th May. This will be in the Br Michael Theatre. Boys do not attend this. This is followed by the social function at the Hunters Hill Club which is proving popular. Lisa Sweeney will be asking those who have replied if they intend to have a meal there as the Club needs to know numbers. Please help by RSVPing to her and providing this information. The next day is the parent teacher interview Sunday and your schedule for that should be communicated very soon.
Finally a reminder that boys returning from leave on Sunday must be back by 8pm so that they are ready for Mass at 8.15pm.
Until next week
Pat
Year 12 Academic News. Week 3, Term 2, 2011
Dear Parents, Carers and Students,
While this was ‘another normal week of the HSC grind’ for our Year 12 men, there are a few matters that I can bring to your attention:
Academic Ecellence Awards:
The students listed below received these important certificates at Assembly today to acknowledge their consistently outstanding academic performances in the Year 12 Half Yearly Exams. The criteria for Academic Excellence Awards reads as follows –
To qualify for a HSC Academic Excellence Certificate in Year 12, a student must achieve a course ranking of 5 or less in four or more Board-Developed courses in their Mid-Course HSC Course Academic Report or their Trial HSC Course Academic Report.
Luke Amasi
George Atkin
Callum Barry
Joseph Carey
Peter Distapan
Dominic Egan
Angus Le Lievre
Scott Leung
Yingdong Liang
Bradley McIntyre
John O’Connell
Christopher White
Teaching Staff in Year 12
Many parents would already be aware that our Director of Mission, Mrs Helen Smith, has been on leave following a bad fall after Easter. Mrs Smith is making a good and steady recovery and has been in constant contact with her students and with myself via email to ensure that her classes continue to work through their HSC course content. Mrs Sue Tracey has taken over Mrs Smith’s Studies of Religion 2U class in Year 12 during the absence of Mrs Smith. We are very fortunate to have an experienced teacher of this course in Mrs Tracey to take over the reigns and I sincerely thank her for picking up this extra work. In addition, Mrs Anna Nasr has been on leave and is recovering at home after a planned stay in hospital. Her Year 12 classes have very ably been managed by Mrs Irma Bortolotti who taught in our Religious Education Department in 2010. Again, we are very fortunate to have an experienced teacher to keep Year 12 on track, and we thank her also. Both Mrs Smith and Mrs Nasr have indicated to me that they intend to be present at Parent/Teacher Interviews on Sunday 29th of May. I’m sure that everyone will agree that this is an impressive gesture on the part of these two very dedicated teachers.
That’s all from the classroom trenches this week. I look forward to seeing many of you at our Parent Information Night and Parent/Teacher Interviews next weekend.
Best wishes,
Mark Fenech