LASALLE STAR Issue # 18 22 NOVEMBER 2019 Dear members of our Lasallian community, 2019 Student leadership positions are held in high esteem by the Executive Leaders, staff, their fellow DATES TO REMEMBER students, parents, carers and the general community. Some of the most important qualities of a good school leader include personal leadership, integrity, empathy, positivity, perseverance, TERM 4 decision making capacity, the power to listen to others, the skill to be able to communicate and an 25 Camp LaSalle unwavering love of our Lasallian values. In this week’s newsletter I am proud to announce and congratulate the newly elected Senior Leaders for 2020 who have proven, to both their Year 11 SCC Cricket Gala Day peers and to the staff, that they have developed these qualities over the past 5 years. 26 Year 12 Geo Exc - Cronulla The selection of the College Senior Leadership team formally began in Week 1 of Term 4. Year 11 27 TTC Orientation 6 -7.30pm students participated in an extremely successful Senior Leaders Retreat held at the Stanwell Tops 28 Year 7 2020 Transition Day 2 Conference Centre. Over the three days LaSalle staff members lead the students through various 29 CourageUS St Therese @ faith formation modules including personality traits and leadership styles. Padstow 5.30pm to 8.30pm Following this, students who have also achieved Level 1, 2 or 3 on the Senior Leadership System DECEMBER 2019 are placed on a ballot for possible shortlisting for Leadership positions in Year 12. This ballot is 2 SCC Tennis Day then voted on by both staff and students. 4 Chess Competition @ Holy I congratulate: Cross Ryde College Captain: Joshua Hayek College Vice Captain: Ethan Mills Year 9/10 Music Excursion Saint Yon Captain: Jarrod Coupland Lasallian Captain: Jayden Lloyd LaSalle Christmas Carols 6- 8pm Benilde Captain: Alex Do Liesse Captain: Viktor Dapcevski 6 Melkite Mass 9.45am @ St Miguel Captain: Owen Hua Turon Captain: Christopher Jaajaa Felix deValois Church Sports Captain: Jonathon Och Cultural Captain: Anthony Karam 9 CAPA Showcase 5.30-7.30pm I wish all these outstanding young men all the best as they embark on their leadership roles for 2020. God bless, St John Baptist de La Salle, Leonie Dowd Pray for us Acting Principal Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever LaSalle Catholic College 544 Chapel Road Bankstown 2200 Ph: 9793 5600 1 COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS Mother & Son Dance LASALLE PARENT FORUM You are invited to attend our Parent Forum to be held on Thursday, 12th December from 6.00pm to 7.00pm. Guest Speaker: Father Ronnie Maree Topic: Faith Formation RSVP: 9793 5600 by 9th December 2019 FROM OUR YEAR 7 COORDINATOR: MRS SUSAN AYOUB BRONZE AWARDS: The following students were issued with a bronze award at our Year 7 meeting. Jasmine Morris Steadman, Katherine Woodley and Michelle Bako www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au 2 COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS FROM OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: MS JIZELLA AKKARI This week sees the conclusion of the end of Year 7 – 9 exams. It is expected that all students attend school every day as many skills that is needed for the following years at the College continue to be taught inMother each & lesson. Son Dance Students are expected to be in full summer uniform and in sports uniform on Thursdays. We have had some several events in the last few weeks at the College that have demonstrated the excellent work being done and the representation of student and staff at various community events. REMEMBRANCE DAY The College held a Remembrance Service on the 11th November 2019 on the College grounds. The service was a reverent and beautifully presented event that included many students and teachers participating. The students organised the grounds and stage as well as participated in the readings and played and sang in the band during the event. The whole event was coordinated by members of staff who put much effort to make the service a very respectful event. ARCHBISHOP’S FORUM We had four of our senior students and Mrs Montuoro represent the College at the Archbishop’s Forum. The event allowed selected students from Catholic schools to meet and discuss issues with His Grace Archbishop Anthony Fisher. Students had the opportunity to share with the Archbishop their ideas about how the Church could best accompany them. NEWMAN SYMPOSIUM This was a spectacular evening, the students who presented were so enthusiastic that they often had the audience in awe or in fits of laughter. They showcased their amazing talents in many ways. Lead by Mr Cartledge and Mr Stonefield, students, parents, special guests and staff enjoyed the night tremendously. Well done to the Newman classes. ST JOHN VIANNEY SWIMMING CARNIVAL Some of our Year 10 students studying PASS along with Mr Daher assisted in supervising, helping out and participating in the St John Vianney Swimming Carnival. It was a great day and our students as well as the primary students enjoyed themselves. YEAR 7 INFORMATION NIGHT Following the Symposium was the 2020 Year 7 Information night. The night was well organised and many staff, junior and senior students from the College gave of their time to show the 2020 Year 7 students around the College. Parents were informed of some of the God bless, challenges but exciting aspects of high school. Jizella Akkari Acting Assistant Principal 3 www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS YEAR 7 2020 TRANSITION DAYS We had one of our major Transition Days at the College this week (next Thursday is our second day) for all our 2020 Year 7 students. We also had a smaller transition Day for our Diverse Learning students during the week. Both days focussed on helping the students become familiar with our general procedures, grounds, facilities and general understanding of how high school operates. The students went to various lessons and learnt about all the subjects they will be studying and enjoyed the experience of being in science labs and specialist rooms such as the music and art rooms. Welcome to our Year 7 2020 students! www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au 4 COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS FROM OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR: MR PETER STRUDWICK LASALLIAN ENCOUNTER DAY On Monday 18th November, fourteen of our Year 11 students attended the Annual ‘Lasallian Encounter Day’ held at De La Salle College, Cronulla. The Annual Encounter Day aims to bring Young Lasallians from across our NSW schools together for a day of leadership and faith development in a spirit of fun and community. The day was a great success and involved our students getting to know other Lasallian students from across Sydney in the spirit of the Lasallian pillar of Community. Our students engaged in the day with great spirit and represented the College well. ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS APPEAL This year, the College will again be supporting the St Vincent de Paul Society Annual Christmas Appeal. It is part of the De La Salle tradition to be of service to others in our community. Christmas is a time of great joy and celebration. However, for some, it is a difficult time, especially for families in need. The generosity of our donations give these families hope and spreads the blessing and warmth of Christmas. We are asking students to donate specific items which can be put towards making Christmas hampers for families in our community who are struggling at this time. We are asking families to donate the more traditional ‘Christmas Day’ type of foods. When donating items, please remember to give only items which you would want (and not items which you would like to get rid of). St Vincent de Paul Society - Christmas Appeal Items Christmas Cake Shortbread Packets of Jelly Pasta and Sauce Chips Christmas Pudding Lollies Chocolates Canned Fruit Noodles Christmas Decorations Custard Jams Biscuits Tea & Coffee Please send these items via your son’s homeroom by Tuesday 9th December. The items will be collected by St Vincent De Paul representatives at the end of week 9. 5 www.lasalle.nsw.edu.au COMMITMENT · CONFIDENCE · SUCCESS NEWS FROM NEWMAN SELECTIVE COORDINATOR - MR PETER CARTLEDGE NEWMAN SYMPOSIUM Mother & Son Dance Last week Year 7 students from the College's inaugural class of Newman students celebrated the year's worth of learning at our first ever Newman Symposium. Students worked collaboratively to plan, rehearse and present 40 minutes of presentations and skits that shared highlights from the year with parents and guests. Segments included an informative presentation on how to read and write binary code, a delightful skit in which students interviewed important historical figures, and a touching TED Talk on the value of personal storytelling. Parents and guests were then treated to a learning walk hosted by Newman students that covered the five Newman Stream subjects: Catholic Studies, English, HSIE, Science and Mathematics. I would like to thank the many parents, friends and staff who attended the evening to support our Newman students. I would also like to thank and acknowledge our special guests Mrs Teresita Borthwick and Mrs Penina Barry from Sydney Catholic Schools, and Mrs Monica Palmer, Principal of St Mary's Catholic Primary School, George's Hall. YEAR 10 TECH SAVVY PROGRAM This year, students from Year 10 were given the opportunity to volunteer to visit Bankstown City Library to help elderly citizens with troubles they may be having using their devices and surely enough many students were quite eager to stand up and help out. On Wednesday mornings, the students would sit down to support those who attended by teaching them how to do things such as navigating their phones, downloading apps, searching the internet, making phone calls and so much more.