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Abbreviations and Acronyms ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACCO Academic Publishing Company ACER Australian Council for Educational Research ACSA Australian Curriculum Studies Association ACT Australian Capital Territory AD Anno Domini (in the year of Our Lord) AEC Australian Episcopal Conference AGM Annual General Meeting AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ALP Australian Labor Party Amer American AMHS Archbishop Molloy High School APT A Pilgrim's Testament AR Annual Report Arc Archives ARCIC Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission ASAP As Soon As Possible ASSOC Association Aust Australia AV Average BAC Baccalaureate BAY Bayonne BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BC Before Christ BRDG Boarding BROS Brothers c circa (about) C'WELL Camberwell CAFOD Catholic Fund for Overseas Development CAP Church Action on Poverty CASS Creative Aesthetic or Social Service CCEE Council of European Bishops' Conferences CCJP Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace CCL The Code of Canon Law 360 CE Catholic Ethos CEOV Catholic Education Office of Victoria CERI Centre for Educational Research and Innovation cf. confer (compare) Ch. Chapter Chm. Chairman CHAR Characteristics CIC The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Church Document) Comp. Compiler Con. Concert CONG Congregation Corr. Correspondence CRE Commission for Racial Equality CS The Catholic School (Church Document) CSSR Redemptorist CTS Catholic Truth Society CTTE Committee CURR Curriculum D Diary DAI Dissertation Abstracts International DC District of Columbia Ded Dedication DES Department of Education and Science DG Development Group Doc. Document DV Dei Verbum (Church Document) EB Encyclopedia Britannica Ed. Editor ERA Education Reform Act et al. et alii (and others) ET Evangelica Testificatio (Church Document) Euch. Eucharist EV Evolution FAC Faculty FCJ Faithful Companions of Jesus FMS Fratres Maristae a Scholis 361 FMSEC FMS Echo (Marist Document) FMSM FMS Message (Marist Document) FP Former pupil FPAB Former Pupils' Association Bulletin Frs. Francs GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GFT Go Forth and Teach GM Grant Maintained GPS Georgetown Preparatory School GS Gaudium et Spes (Church Document) ha. hectare HC Homeroom Chart HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HMI Her Majesty's Inspectorate HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office Hom Homily HS High School HSC Higher School Certificate IB International Baccalaureate ibid. ibidem (in the same place as quoted above) IBO International Baccalaureate Office ICAJE International Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education IMF International Monetary Fund INES International Educational Indicators Project INS Interscol Int. Interview ISIP International School Improvement Project JSEA Jesuit Secondary Education Association LEA Local Education Authority Lect. Lecture LG Lumen Gentium (Church Document) LON London LVP Local Vocation Promoter MB Marist Brothers MBA Marist Brothers' Archives 362 MBUS Marist Brothers of the Provinces of the United States MBS Marist Brothers of the Schools MC Marcellin College MCD Melbourne College of Divinity MHS Marist High School MN Marist Newsletter MPBRC Marist Prayer Book and Religious Calendar MR Mutuae Relationes (Church Document) MSHS Maris Stella High School (Primary) Mtg Meeting NA Nostra Aetate (Church Document) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NCC National Curriculum Council NCEA National Catholic Education Association NO Number OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OM Office Memorandum OSB Order of St. Benedict OT Old Testament OXFAM Oxford Committee for Famine Relief para. paragraph PC Perfectae Caritatis (Church Document) PGH Poughkeepsie Pref. Preface Prep. Preparatory PROF Profile PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test PSH Parent/Student Handbook PSLE Primary School Leaving Examination RC Roman Catholic RD The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School (Church Document) RE Religious Education RFR Review for Religious RMSVC Report on the Middle States Visiting Committee 363 RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institution Rs. Rupees RSV Revised Standard Version S South SA Sturm Abteilung (Storm Troop) SAP Special Assistance Plan SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test SC School and Community SCOTVEC Scottish Vocational Education Council SCSP The Sargodha Catholic School Project Pakistan SEB Scottish Examination Board SEC Secondary SH School Handbook SJ The Society of Jesus SM Staff Manual SMA Saint Mungo's Academy SPSG School Philosophy Sub-Group SRC Strathclyde Regional Council SS Schutz Staffel (Body Guard) SSH Society of the Sacred Heart SSRC Secondary School Recognition Program STUD Students TAB The Tablet TCHRS Teachers TM Transcendental Meditation TES Times Educational Supplement TIB The International Baccalaureate tlc tender loving care TOM Third Order of Mary Trans Translator UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation US United States of America USA United States of America UWC United World Colleges 364 VCAB Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board VISE Victorian Institute of Secondary Education Vs. Verse VUSEB Victorian Universities and Schools Examinations Board WASH Washington YR Year 365 .
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