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Newsletter Term 1 Week 4 2019 285 Farrar Boulevard, Johnston NT 0832 Australia | PO Box 2608 Palmerston NT 0831 P 08 8930 5757 | F 08 8930 5700 | E [email protected] www.mackillopnt.catholic.edu.au MacKillop News TERM 1 WEEK 4 20Th February 2019 Dear Members of the MacKillop Catholic College Community, In This Issue: This has been a fortnight of mixed emotons across Australia from tragedy through fre and food; to joy as celebrated during our MacKillop Opening Mass. Please keep all those sufering as a consequence of these disasters in your prayers Page 1: From the Principal Throughout the coming weeks, the College community will engage in various fundraising events and awareness building actvites with students focusing on Page 2: Alumni News CARITAS and Lent. These actvites are in support of those less fortunate than us. Modern History News Laureta Graham Please be generous with your response. Our patron, Saint Mary MacKillop is a Principal great symbol of the search for spirituality and gospel values in our tme. Hers was a Page 3: P&F Assoc. News deep commitment to the God who calls us to justce and compassion, and to those who have been pushed to the edges of society. Canteen Corner Chaplain's Chat Congratulatons to our staf who organised our College Opening Mass, it was certainly an outstanding event; a true celebraton of our unity as a complete 7 to 12 College. We congratulate all students Upcoming Events for their partcipaton and true presence. Our grattude also extends to Catholic Educaton Ofce Page 4: Community News Representatves who atended. We extend our grattude to Fr Tom, Fr Luis and Bishop Charles who lead the celebraton. Thank you to all parents who have atended Parent Informaton Evenings over the last few weeks, it is important to remember staf at MacKillop will always have tme for parents and are only a phone call or an email away. It is best to contact the class teacher or Home form teacher in the frst instance. Teachers will be happy to arrange a visit at a tme suitable to all concerned. We are notcing that some students are coming to school without books, pens and equipment for class. Please let us know if you are having difculty in this area. Students need to be equipped and ready to learn. It is the tme of year where senior students are considering their part tme jobs and how many hours they should commit to this as opposed to study and relaxaton. Part tme positons ofer considerable benefts other than money; however, hours in excess of 12 hours per week cut signifcantly into tme needed to complete studies successfully and the rest necessary to turn up on tme ready for classroom lessons. Please have a conversaton with your son/daughters who are of work ready age. With every blessing. Yours sincerely, Lauretta Graham Principal “Never see a need without trying to do something abouti it” St. Mary MacKillop May your journey always be flled with blessings and may the life of Saint Mary MacKillop ignite in you the fames of faith and service 1 MacKillop News Alumni News Abisekh Gets 2018 Dux Afer our 2019 Opening Mass, led by Bishop Charles, was the announcement of our 2018 Year 12 Dux, which went to Abisekh Pulletkurthi. Abisekh graduated last year with an ATAR of 93.95, and took the tme to join us for the celebraton and ofer some strring motvatonal words to our current students before heading down to Melbourne, where he is studying Engineering. Congratulatons Abisekh on this well-earnt achievement, and we wish you every success in your future! Well Done Rizal Congratulatons Rizal Fenwick on getng into medicine! Rizal came over from Indonesia, learning English afer he arrived, and started at MacKillop in Year 11 in 2017, graduatng last year. An extract from a leter to the College from his wonderful mum, Erna: "With the availability to start year 11 in 2017 at MacKillop Catholic College, the great support was immediately felt. The constant guidance allowed Rizal to really focus and start making his goal a reality. Fast forward to the completon of year 12 with Rizal feeling he had done his best, it was tme to wait to see if it was enough to receive his frst preference to gain entry to CDU. Well it gives me great pleasure to tell his story - that if there is a will there is a way. So in just over 2 years, with very limited English, he has graduated with the third highest ATAR at the College and has been ofered a positon at CDU to study Medicine. With a special thanks to a few close friends, MacKillop and its support network, you have proven dreams can come true and persistence will prevail." Modern History News Year 11 Modern History students investgate edged weapons, as used by the forces of the Britsh Empire, as part of their term unit Imperialism. May your journey always be flled with blessings and may the life of Saint Mary MacKillop ignite in you the fames of faith and service 2 MacKillop News P&F Assoc. News Upcoming Events Thu 21 Feb 6pm - Yr 10, 11 & 12 Parent & Students The MacKillop NTCET/SACE Info Night P&F Associaton Fri 22 Feb Basketball Confalonieri vs Hurley MACK NIGHT AGM will be held Sun 24 Feb 11-1pm MCC Dance Company Brunch on Monday the Wed 27 Feb COLLEGE PHOTO DAY Nongkrong afer school 11th of March Thu 28 Feb Meg Ward NRL Cup 16 Girls at 7pm. All are College Photos Catch Up Day welcome. Fri 1 Mar Rugby League Training Camp (Till Sat) Basketball McGrath vs McCormack Canteen Corner Mon 4 Mar 12:13pm Student Leader’s Commissioning Ceremony Frozen Oak Now Available! Tue 5 Mar SHROVE TUESDAY Good news for the hot weather: We are the frst school in the NT to 9-12 Drama & 10 Eng Brown’s Mart ofer Frozen Oak! Same ingredients Theatre Outng as regular favoured milk. Currently available in chocolate, but Paul's Wed 6 Mar ASH WEDNESDAY LITURGY Territory Iced Cofee is coming soon. $3 from the café during lunch breaks. 6-8 Mar Year 12 Retreat Fri 8 Mar Basketball McCormack vs Hurley Online Ordering Mon 11 Mar 7pm - P&F AGM Remember that the company through which we do online canteen ordering, formerly known as "My Online Canteen", has changed its name to "QuickCliq". Search "QuickCliq" to fnd their Fri 15 Mar Yr 7 to 10 Immunisatons new site. Your login is the same. MACK NIGHT Chaplain's Chat Basketball Confalonieri vs McGrath First Mack Night of 2019! MacK night is back! A night of games, food and simply chilling out. This Friday 3:05-6:00pm. Meet in the undercover area near Art. Every person, every year level welcome! Free as always! May your journey always be flled with blessings and may the life of Saint Mary MacKillop ignite in you the fames of faith and service 3 NONGKRONG BMX Come and Try Day - 9th of March. Satellite City BMX Club. Free event. The frst 50 registratons will receive a BMX Australia show bag and they will also have bikes and safety wear including helmets available to hire free of charge. Penalties apply for the following For further information breaches of law: • Failure to have adequate lighting on bicycle regarding road safety please at night contact the Department of • Riding bicycle incorrectly cycling Planning and Infrastructure, • Carrying excess persons on bicycle • Riding within 2 metres of rear of motor vehicle Road Safety Branch. • Failing to give way to pedestrian • Riding in race or trial without permit DARWIN safety • Bicycle rider holding onto moving motor vehicle GPO Box 2520 • Riding bicycle without helmet, or without a securely Darwin NT 0801 fastened helmet Phone: 08 8924 7019 • Rider failing to ensure child or young person wears a Fax: 08 8924 7077 helmet on a bicycle designed to carry them. Email: [email protected] Requirements for safe cycling: 1 Bell or horn in good working order. AlIcE SPRINGS 2 White light at front that works. PO Box 2130 3 White refector at front. Alice Springs NT 0871 4 Brakes that work. Phone: 08 8951 5354 8 5 Seat and handlebars Fax: 08 8951 5151 adjusted to suit the rider. 6 Red refector at rear. www.roadsafety.nt.gov.au 7 Red light at rear that works. 8 ALWAYS wear a helmet! 1 For current legislation refer to the Northern 2 5 Territory Traffc Act and Traffc Regulations. 3 6 www.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislation/current.html 7 4 4 Rules to remember when riding your bicycle Commerce Pints Hockey Club Commerce Pints Hockey Club is for fun, fitness and families New players, all levels welcome Junior U8, U11, U14 & U18 teams Senior A, B or C Grade teams Training on Tuesday nights Email: [email protected] Phone Cindy: 0437 388 441 Commerce-PINTs Hockey Club Hockey Come and Try Days It’s free! It’s fun! A CHANCE TO TRY THIS GREAT GAME OUT It’s for fitness Sticks FOR FREE! provided AND …. 5.30 – 6.30pm Tuesdays for families! 26th Feb, 5th March, 12th March and 19th March All sessions to be held at the Marrara Hockey stadium Friends, All ages welcome parents, neighbours Register with VP: Cindy 0437 388 441 all welcome [email protected] to have a go! ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB Permission forms for PARRS u14 girls AFL are available on the 2019 Darwin Sports page of our Crows Cup website. MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS Darwin PARRS School Sport, the Adelaide Football Club, NTG and AFLNT have partnered to provide a fantastic opportunity for girls in Top End Middle Schools.
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