Vol. 34 No. 24 11 August, 2005 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Members of the Marcellin family, HOCKEY BASKETBALL Ryan Dunn Ben McNamara Sam Allen AGS FINALS Brady Hogan Marcellin teams did very well in the premierships of the Associated Grammar Schools this year with representation in CROSS COUNTRY the Rugby, Soccer and Cross Country finals. It is my Matthew Coloe pleasure to announce that the 1 st XI Soccer won the AGSV Steve Kelly trophy, the College Cross Country team won its sixth Claudio Abreu consecutive premiership, whilst our 1 st XV Rugby were Navin Arunasalam defeated by Ivanhoe Grammar School in a state final Ruben Arunasalam characterised by great determination, discipline and Duayne Christou sportsmanship. I congratulate all the students and their Damian Nugent Coaches who were involved in the A.G.S. this season for their Domenic Aloisio preparedness to contribute to our great sporting tradition. Mark Poli ‘A’Grade Debating Our undefeated ‘A’Grade Debating team are in the Grand Champagnat Day Mass Final and will be competing against Mullauna College at Caulfield Grammar School next Wednesday evening. I congratulate the following students and their coach for an outstanding season of Debating and wish them well in the finals: Tim Blundy (Captain) Kyle Douglas Lachlan Mason Luke Heagerty Simon D’Aquino Nicholas D’Souza Willem Millar Ms Carmel Philpott (Coach) Last Wednesday we celebrated Founder’s Day with a Mass at St. Clement of Rome Church, Bulleen, our fund-raising AGS Representative Teams efforts and our House activities in the afternoon. I Marcellin College is well represented in the Associated congratulate all students upon a very positive day which can Grammar School teams which will be competing against the be best summed up by a letter I received from a member of APS (Associated Public Schools) in the annual AGS/APS the public yesterday who wrote: competition. This reflects upon the level of skill and sportsmanship here at the College. The following students “I wish to commend the behaviour of all Marcellin students will be playing: with whom I had a chance meeting earlier this week. They were returning on foot from the direction of St. Clement’s FOOTBALL SOCCER Church. Tim Coghlan Nick Kalafitidas James Winstanley Daniel Ciric It was impressive to see vast numbers of boys and teachers Ryan Anderson Daniel Rischitelli moving in such an orderly manner on the footpath, happy in Brent Carlyle Silvio Colaluca spirit, yet without sign of noisy or boisterous behaviour. Mark McCasker Tim Montagna I was offered a polite “good morning” when it was necessary to cross their line. In uniform they were an impressive sight” It is always gratifying when our students represent both themselves and the College in such a way in the public FROM THE VICE PRINCIPAL – LEARNING domain and I appreciate the way our students conducted Mr Peter Houlahan themselves and the care they took with their presentation. Coming Events: Unit 4 Parent Teacher Evening – 11 August I remind you that next Tuesday, 16 August at 7.30 p.m. in the College Functions Room we will be holding the third and The evening of 11 August has been set aside for students of final Parent Forum for this year. This is an opportunity for Unit 4 subjects and their parents to meet with their teachers. parents to meet with senior staff of the College and discuss This is a valuable opportunity for both parents and sons to issues relating to life here at Marcellin. All parents are very glean valuable advice as the final run towards November welcome to attend. examinations gathers pace. The evening will take place in the Functions Room complex and will run from 4.00 – 9.00 p.m. On the following evening, 17 August at 7.30 p.m. at Our Students are to make appointments with teachers in class. Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg Michael Carr-Gregg will be speaking on Adolescents to parents and friends of Marcellin and Our Lady’s. This is a joint initiative organised by our Counselling staff, Ms. Leonie Lisiecki, Mr Chris FROM THE SENIOR SCHOOL CO-ORDINATOR Pattison and Our Lady of Mercy College. Mrs Dora Karas Yours sincerely, Valedictory Mass of Thanksgiving & Dinner 2005 The final event on the calendar for the Year 12 students is the traditional Mass of Thanksgiving and the Valedictory Dinner which will be held on Friday, 21 October, 2005. The Mass Mark Merry will be held at St Patrick’s Cathedral in East Melbourne Principal commencing at 6.00 p.m. All members of the family are welcome to attend the Valedictory Mass. This will be followed by dinner at the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, commencing at 7.15 p.m. Tickets for the evening cost $75.00 per head. All Year 12 Reflection students are expected to attend both the Mass and dinner with their parents. Students are expected to wear a jacket and tie to this function. The Year 12 students sit with their parents on the evening. Tables are to be organised in parties of ten. The tables usually consist of three students, their parents and a staff member, who has been invited to join them for the evening. God, You are full of power and might An order form was sent out to all Year 12 families. Please and we are small and not very strong. complete the form and return it to Mrs Karas by Friday, 12 Give us a share in your power, August, 2005. so that like a small seed, your family may grow all over the world and more and more people come to know about you Get your table organised now! and Jesus, your Son, A floor plan is posted in the Year 12 Study Room who lives with you forever and ever. Tables of 10 can be booked (consisting of three families and a teacher) Amen The money for the whole table must be paid at the one time with the ticket order forms completed and returned. ____________________________________________________ - 2 - ____________________________________________ 11/08/05 I would like to congratulate our students as I was very proud FROM THE LIBRARY Mrs Anita Coonan to be associated with them given their impressive behaviour as Marcellin representatives. We are currently preparing for our first debate “That We Blokes & Book Breakfast … Tuesday, 23 August Should Ban Violent Video Games” which will take place on Tuesday 9 th August at Ridgeway at 6.30pm. The boys are It’s Not Just For Blokes! using their lunch times to prepare their arguments and speeches. Fathers, mothers, grandparents, aunties, uncles and friends are all invited. We called our breakfast Blokes and Books The first experience of debating is always challenging, so we because we are really passionate about connecting our boys wish our three teams all the best for Tuesday evening. with books and the joys of reading. The guest speaker, Marcus Robertson, has won many awards KENNY HOUSE NEWS swimming with the Victorian Institute of Sport. He is now Mr Renato Malisani the second fastest Victorian swimmer of all time in both the 400m individual medley and the 800m freestyle. He won the Portsea Swim Classic in 2004 and 4 gold and 1 silver medal at the 2003 Australian University Games. He is currently completing his studies in medicine at Monash University after completing a science degree in Biotechnology. Marcus is a renowned public speaker and will give an inspirational and motivational address. th On Thursday 28 July, the group “Glory Tuesday” performed Breakfast will commence at 7.00am (plenty of time to eat, for the students of Marcellin in a lunchtime concert. The listen and get to work on time!), with a choice of cereals and band is renowned as one of the finest upcoming groups in orange juice followed by a hot meal. Coffee and tea will town with a very busy ‘gig’ schedule. We appreciate that complete the menu. The price is $12.50 per head. Please they made time to perform for us. We can boast three of its read the attached flyer and return your booking slip and members as former or current Marcellin College students. money to the Library asap. We need confirmed figures by Tuesday 16 August for catering purposes so please get those It was wonderful to again hear the extraordinary talents of replies in. cheques need to be made payable to Marcellin James Hodson, John Flannagan and Lachlan Mason playing College. You are assured of a great morning! at a Marcellin venue. As our audience left the venue, I could hear several comments of the most positive nature celebrating The relationship between reluctance to read and poor literacy the level of enjoyment experienced by our students and skills is like that of the chicken and the egg. Improve one and acknowledging the abilities of these superb musicians. you will improve the other. Poor literacy skills can be disastrous for a boy’s schooling and subsequent employment Kenny Vice Captain, Ben Mitchell, was responsible for prospects and perhaps more importantly, his chances of putting the show together. This required a huge amount of leading a rich and fulfilling life. (Moloney, J Boys and Books, preparation and resourcefulness. I would like to express the 2002). admiration and appreciation of all Kenny House members for his incredible efforts and his history of achievement in his leadership. This concert is just another of his many accomplishments. DEBATING NEWS Similarly, Ben organised the Battle of the Bands on Ms Lynne Evans Champagnat Day with equal diligence and success. This required many hours of preparation and hard work, yet Ben Junior Secondary Debating was able to run this activity with typical efficiency and quality.