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THE DUCE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 41

9 MARCH 2023

The Principal's Report

At this week’s first Year 12 Seminar Day for the year we hosted Sam Clear, who several years ago spent 550+ days walking across the Americas and a significant section of Europe, all in the name of promoting unity.

Peter Houlihan
Principal

Identity and Mission

Last Thursday 2 March, the annual College Welcome and Opening Mass was celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral.

Rana Brogan
Assistant Principal — Identity and Mission

Student Wellbeing

We are now well and truly settled in to Term 1, and the College’s three campuses are a hive of activity.

Jessica Alger
Assistant Principal — Stude
nts

Learning and Teaching

When a student says that they have a bad memory, it usually means they do not actually encode the information in an effective way.

Rob Bonnici
Assistant Principal - Learning and Teaching

Tiverton Campus
Years 5 - 8

Leadership at De La Salle College is seen as service. Students are encouraged to explore the concept that good leaders are required to serve others to be effective.

Martin Gibbs
Director of Students Tiverton Campus

Holy Eucharist Campus

Year 9

On Monday 28 February the Year 9 Leaders of Holy Eucharist attended the State Youth Leadership conference..

David Alexander
Head of Campus

Kinnoull Campus

Year 10 - 12

The overarching theme of the Year 12 Seminar Program is the search for meaning.

Shane Mackintosh
Director of Students (Senior Years)

Sport Report

The last two weeks have seen many events in the sporting landscape of the College. Find out more about the wins, the losses and the High Performance Sports program.

Melo Conti
Director of Sport

Music

Save The Date:
The inaugural De La Salle Battle of the Bands and Solo Vocal Competition.
Thursday 30 March, 7pm PAC.

Luke Serrano
Music Coordinator

Year 8 - Excursion
- Runner

Last week Year 8 travelled to Richmond to walk around the setting of their class book Runner written by De La Salle old collegian Robert Newton.

Paul Roberts
Year 8 Level Coordinator

Library

Year 8 meets Robert Newton, Author of Runner.

Catherine Ryan
Library Team Leader

Social Justice News

Last week's Voice Forum in the Higgins electorate was an historic moment in the build-up to an Australian Referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Mr Paul Roberts
Social Justice Coordinator

Important Events

Please note: The College events listed below may be subject
to change. Please refer to the Daily Notices in OLLIE for updates.
* The College calendar is often fluid, please be aware that some of these dates may change.

Parent Network News

All De La Salle College parents/guardians and carers are invited to welcome in the new school year on Saturday 18 March at the 2023 Parent Social Evening.

Mrs Sonya Ryan
President
College Parent Network

School Musical

Preparations are well under way for the wonderful and entertaining School of Rock, the Musical.

Jennifer Bonnici
Drama Coordinator
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Health Clinic

Covid is still an ongoing concern. We ask that parents and students make themselves familiar with the recommendations outlined below that were published in a recent MACS Covid Safe Plan.

Kylie Upton
Health Centre

From the Archives

Archives are a way of remembering moments and events of significance in the history of the college, and this takes form in a variety of ways.

Marian Jenkinson
College Archivist

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