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Mercedes College Mercedes College From the Principal ••••Issue No 13 – 29 August, 2008 •• Dear Parents, Staff, Students and Friends of the Mercedes College Community A Special Football Club who kindly allowed us to use the Kingswood Oval Intercollegiate for the football matches on Saturday afternoon. It was a great four Competition days of competition! The complete list of results follows: Last week we hosted the •• annual Intercollegiate Event Winner Competition with St Girls Cross Country Mercedes College Ignatius College. The Boys Cross Country Mercedes College competition was full of Open A Chess St Ignatius College excitement and our Open B Chess St Ignatius College Mercedes competitors Open A Debating St Ignatius College showed wonderful spirit Open B Debating Mercedes College by winning the Open A Basketball Mercedes College Ignatius/Mercedes Shield Open B Basketball Mercedes College 11 victories to 8. This is Open C Basketball Mercedes College the fourth year of this Open A Netball St Ignatius College competition and the third Open B Netball Mercedes College time we have won the Open A Boys Soccer Mercedes College day. Open B Boys Soccer St Ignatius College Open C Boys Soccer St Ignatius College Every event was keenly contested with students from both Colleges Open A Girls Soccer Mercedes College demonstrating a high level of commitment and wonderful spirit. Open B Girls Soccer Mercedes College Our students distinguished themselves with their steely resolve to Open Hockey St Ignatius College bring success to the College. I was proud of each and every one of 2nd XVIII Football St Ignatius College them. The concept of the Intercol has really caught on as was 1st XVIII Football Mercedes College evidenced by over 1000 spectators being present for the 1st XVIII Football game which completed the competition on Saturday Congratulations Hannah afternoon. This competition is rapidly becoming one of the It has certainly been a week of sporting success for the College. highlights of our year and in years to come I am confident it will We were delighted that Hannah Davis (2002), who you will recall continue to grow in popularity. With all this intense competition was competing at the Olympics, reached the finals of her two the highlight was the spirit of fair play existing among all the chosen Kayaking events, the K4 500 and the K2 500. This alone is competitors, a spirit which is a credit to both our fine Colleges. a magnificent achievement and to win a Bronze Medal in the K4 event was truly memorable. I am so pleased all Hannah’s hard In the end, Mercedes was successful and the value of our victory work was worthwhile and am sure the old Mercy Spirit was with her was made even greater when one considers the quality of the and assisted her to get over the line. Well done Hannah! opposition. I congratulate and thank the players and coaches of all teams who worked so hard for our success. To the staff of Mercedes College I give a vote of thanks, particularly to Mr Bill Gaynor, Ms Carol Guirguis and Mr Matt Smith who, assisted by the St Ignatius Sport Staff, worked so hard to ensure every detail on the day was considered resulting in an efficient and successful Peter Daw programme. Thank you also to Suzanne Moorhead, the MP&FA Principal and volunteers, along with all the parents of the College who prepared •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• food and gave time on Saturday to 1-5 September Year 8 Camp ensure the needs of all competitors 2-4 September Yr 11/12 SACE Drama Production and spectators were well looked after. 6-14 September STEP Trek Well done to the College’s Grounds 9 September Mercy Oration 7:30pm Staff for their preparation of our 11 September Photo Day: Family + Reception Classes facilities, our Main Oval was in 12 September Staff PD – Student Free Day excellent condition and Waite Oval 16 September Year 8 Immunisations was well prepared. Finally thank you Year 11 Learning Review 4:00-6:00pm to the administrators of the Unley Jets 17 September Orientation Walk 15 September Open Council Meeting Mercedes College Newsletter Page 2 A Friday thought… The words of the Olympic motto, Citius, altius, fortius – faster, higher, stronger – have been to the forefront during the two weeks of the Olympics in Beijing. We have, in varying degrees, been attached to the TV as we have watched sportspeople strive for the fulfilment of years of preparation. We have become aware again that sport plays a significant part in the lives of Australians – with its benefits and its challenges. We see ourselves as a very sporting people. Millions are poured into national and state sports institutes in pursuit of winning, especially ultimate gold at Olympics. We are known internationally for sporting achievement and this has again been demonstrated by the disproportionately large medal tally at Beijing. The media hype comparing our achievements with those of Great Britain, far from denigrating ours only highlights what Australian athletes have achieved, coming from a country with a much smaller population. In the midst of this Olympic focus, there have been instinctive reactions to what we have perceived as events which have either been at the essence of real sport or its antithesis. Lauding people who have participated but not gained a medal has reminded us of the importance of commitment and not just winning. Admiring those who have endured great personal battles even to get to the starting point in Beijing has been another. In contrast, our instinctive dismay at knowing of the rejection of seven year-old Yang Peiyi and having Lin Miaoke lip-synch the other child’s voice in the opening ceremony “struck at the heart of the Olympic spirit”, observed ethicist and former Mercedes student Professor Margaret Somerville. In addition, there is the gnawing question of whether our huge government funding for sport is appropriate, given other needs. In a nation which has major problems in funding health, housing and education, not to mention the enormous challenge of providing water both now and for generations to come, the fact highlighted by Adelaide journalist Rex Jory in a piece in “The Advertiser” that every medal won by Australians in Beijing cost the Australian taxpayer five million dollars was both confronting and a reason to ponder our priorities. In reflecting on our own reactions, in stepping back and connecting the Olympics with core human concerns, can we identify real human values, as distinct from the preoccupation with simply crossing the finish line first? Pope Benedict has observed that sport is a discipline that “when practiced with respect for the rules, can become an educational instrument and a means of transmitting important human and spiritual values”. John Paul II directed the sports section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity to work to “promote a vision of sports activity as a means of integral personal growth and as 2008 Mercy Oration an instrument in the service of peace and brotherhood among peoples”. This sense of personal challenge, linked with Bishop Greg O'Kelly SJ AM DD VG building interpersonal bonds, is surely at the heart of all that is good about sport. For those of us who have been participants in any sport, be it A Change of Outlook on the big stage or in the eighth division, the awareness of Catholic Schools and Generation Y personal challenge and enriching our own lives through teamwork and mutual support has been a self-evident feature. Carmel Bourke Library Educating our young people both about the values and the Mercedes College potential human challenges and pitfalls is our common task. 7:30pm Peter Williams Director of Mission Tuesday 9 September 2008 Mercedes College Newsletter Page 3 From the Junior School they have collected over the year. In partnership with parents, we work towards providing the best educational outcomes for French Day all our students. I have to say that I was absolutely ‘gob-smacked’ with Please notify me in writing, including email, should you have a the recent French Day specific request for your child/children. Assembly. Mademoiselle Reed ([email protected]) I ask you to include the is truly magnifique! The array of educational reasons for your request in order for it to be presentations from each year considered. As staff placements for 2009 are not finalised, level incorporated a wide and may not be until late in the year, I would ask that you do range of representations not request specific teachers. Please note requests for including a fashion parade, a placements should not be made to class teachers. Where ‘Sunrise’ edition featuring Mel possible we will endeavour to meet requests, and may contact and Kochie, a power point you for further discussion. Once classes are finalised for presentation, songs, French Induction Day, no changes will be possible. poems and dramatisations. I felt suitably out of my league as Congratulations our students delivered fluent French and enriched our Congratulations to all students who participated in the ICAS knowledge of France’s cultural aspects. Writing Competition. I include special mention of the Students continued to enjoy the day communicating and following students for their achievements: learning in French, playing petanque and eating French Credits pastries. Mademoiselle Reed is to be commended for the Tia Callisto Mia Maric activities, experiences and the rich French programme Elsa Conlon Chloe McGough provided to our students. Brenton Duong Grace Berwald Lucy Garland Nicole Chan Book Week Jacqueline Harris Tommy Cronin The Book Week Assembly provided a Hannah Lyons Ned Hannam riot of colour and many ‘ohs and ah’s’ Labrina Nikoloutsopoulos Isabella Hunter as children recognised particular book Mitchell Thomson Matthew Lovell characters in each other.
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