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Newsletter
Continuing MerCy Values
2018
Old scholar Gaby is continuing to live out her Mercy values beyond school. St Vincent de Paul SA has almost 3,500 volunteers working in Fred’s Van, crisis accommodation centres, home visitation programs and more! “At school I was very active in social justice. When I started university I thought, OK, what do I do now? I knew about Fred’s Van and volunteering was a way to continue to be involved in my community. Now I’ve finished my degree, I’m working full time, but I keep up my Fred’s Van volunteering because I love it! I’m part of a youth team that runs the Monday night city shift. It’s not just about serving the food, it’s the everyday interactions… like remembering something someone told you the week before and asking about it. People appreciate it more than you’d think. It’s more an exchange than just giving. It’s about building genuine relationships. The team is awesome too - that’s a big part of it, spending time with people who are like-minded. It’s been a wonderful thing for me, a life giving experience. In giving, you receive.”Source:www.vinnies.org.au
SACOSA
Interested in joining the SACOSA Committee?
We meet approximately four times a year and much of our
communication between events is done via email. There is not a heavy workload associated
with SACOSA committee membership.
Join us to keep the association running! For more details
please contact:
Chris Adams: 0412 510 892
Gisela Hamel: 0412 312 769
Catherine George: 0429 836 825
Stacey Parker: 8217 3200
Mercy Works beyond school - Od scholar Gaby, Vinnies Fred’s Van volunteer and member of Young Mercy Links
To enquire about volunteering, please call (08) 8112 8711 or email
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2018 saCosa eVentssaVe the dates!
Sunday 29 July 2018 MoVie afternoon (2-5pm)
Sunday 16 September 2018MerCy day Celebrations
(from 2pm)
sarah’s story | finding My Career PathwayMy name is Sarah and I am in my third and final year of a Bachelor of Medical Science. One of the best features of this degree is the number of different post graduate courses areas offered after completion. Over the past year I have been considering my different options once I complete my degree, and I have decided to apply to study a Master of Speech Pathology in 2019.One experience that helped me make this decision was the knowledge I gained during my two-week volunteer work experience opportunity at Talking Matters; a Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy practice. The staff at this practice provide therapy, assessment, diagnosis and innovative group programs for children. This work experience opportunity not only helped cement my decision to apply for a degree in Speech Pathology, but also informed me about the many different types of work a Paediatric Speech Pathologist fulfils.I was able to participate in the running of three summer workshop programs; a School Readiness program for children aged 4-6 years old, a Social and Emotional Development program for children aged 7+, and a Food and Cooking program for children aged 4+. The most enlightening of all programs was Food and Cooking. Within this program children were exposed to and encouraged to try multiple foods, condiments and beverages they may or may not have been exposed to previously, and then prepare and cook a shared meal with those ingredients. An example of one of the shared meals prepared and cooked were burgers. It was interesting to see the approaches a speech pathologist would take to help improve a child’s difficulty in chewing and moving food around in the mouth, explore new foods, complete small meals, broaden their restricted diet, and work with their sensory preferences towards or away from certain foods. This type of work as a speech pathologist was completely new to me.The Social and Emotional Development program opened my mind to the basic social skills taught by speech pathologists that we take for granted in our everyday life. One area addressed with the children in this program was the understanding and performance of social etiquette when in conversation with someone, such as giving personal space and asking about the other person’s day. It was fascinating to watch the tactics and tools the speech pathologists used in this program to help children understand social expectations, get along with their peers, know how to manage their emotions, feelings and behaviour, and manage the challenges of the school yard.The work experience was very enlightening. The best part was being able to see myself in such a working environment helping children improve and develop in many areas. I encourage anyone to organise and participate in work experience within their breaks to help validate their decision for their chosen career path. I am now very much looking forward to commencing my studies in speech pathology and for the career ahead of me.
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dux asseMbly - insPiring wordsLast term, on Monday 12 February, we welcomed back 36 graduates from the Class of 2017, along with three current Year 12 students, to celebrate their outstanding achievements in the SACE. Thanks to old scholar Lauren Reid for her inspiring words.
Congratulations once again to this wonderful group of girls!
We share with you excerpts from the Dux of 2017, Tejaspreet’s speech:“It is with immense pleasure I address everyone here today on behalf of all the award recipients. Throughout my time at SAC, I have seen girls achieve academically but I have also witnessed inspiring young ladies make a positive contribution in the wider community. By encouraging students to participate in works of Mercy, SAC has empowered us to use our privileges and talents to provide for the disadvantaged. Our education in the mercy tradition has built a desire within us to assist others. Moreover, it has instilled in us positive values, which we endeavour to reflect in our paths in the future. SAC presented us with countless opportunities that enabled us to grow, understand the world better, discover ourselves and our dreams. We all consider ourselves extremely lucky to have been a part of the SAC community and for the education we received here. Year 12 was definitely a challenging journey and it was one that could not be completed without the people who supported and helped us to attain our goals. Today, I would like to seize the opportunity to express my gratitude and thank those special people.On behalf of all the 2017 graduates, I would like to start off by thanking all our year 12 teachers, who were extremely supportive and encouraging. Without their guidance, we could not have achieved what we have today. Their unwavering dedication is commendable; they spent hours and hours checking our drafts, they stayed back at recess, lunch and after school to help us, and just like us, they continued to work after the bell rang at 3:15. For your hard work, encouragement and support, we students will remain eternally grateful. I would especially like to thank my own Year 12 teachers; Mr. Arman, Ms. Bullock, Ms. Delfin, Ms. Eustace and Ms. Jury and also my home class teachers – Ms. Goh and Ms. Williams. You all inspired and motivated me to keep working hard and to achieve the very best I could. Thank you for believing in me. Today, we also wish to acknowledge every teacher who has been a part of our earlier schooling life as they instilled in us invaluable skills and values. In some way or another, they all played a significant role in assisting us to achieve our goals. I would also like to extend a big thank you to our families for their continuous encouragement. Your love and support have allowed all of us to thrive. I’d like to express my gratitude to my family for remaining calm through the stressful moments, for cheering me up when I thought things were falling apart and for the overwhelming amount of support they provided me with. Without you all, I would not be where I am today and I hope I continue to make you all very proud.
To everyone in the Class of 2017 – I admired your consistent determination and commitment. The positive and supportive atmosphere we all developed among ourselves kept each other driven to achieve our best, and also sane (for the most part), even when we were anxious and stressed. We ended this journey with a myriad of memories. Be it from being told off in the, not so silent, silent room, deciding our formal dresses, dressing up for events, calculating how many hours of sleep we’ll get at night, eagerly waiting for our SACE tutorials, worrying about big tests and assignments, wondering when we’ll reach the final line or just thinking about life beyond school. We have done it all together, and throughout this journey, we all built many new friendships, nurtured our existing ones, and created unforgettable moments. So, for all of this, a very big thank you to the class of 2017. To the current and future Year twelves - Year 12 goes by way too quickly and before you realise it, you’ll be wearing your uniform for the last time, doing your last assignment, your last test and your last exam. So, try to experience each aspect of schooling life and live each and every moment. Now you may be wondering how to be successful in Year 12. Well, there is no recipe because each of you will have a different journey. But one piece of advice I would like to give is to never lose sight of your goal and just believe in yourself even through all the difficult times. Never be afraid to seek help from your teachers or even your peers. Also, remember to strive for the highest, prioritise and put in full effort, but, don’t exhaust yourself, take a break and also enjoy. Lastly, remember to make the most out of every moment at SAC and seize every opportunity from the vast array that is provided here at SAC. I wish you all every success in the future. On behalf of all the graduates, thank you to each and every person who helped us reach where we are today and once again, a very big thank you to SAC.” Tejaspreet Ghataura, 2017 Dux of St Aloysius College
Tejaspreet Ghataura, 2017 Dux of St Aloysius College
Ms Lauren Reid St Aloysius College
former student
Adriana Positano with her sister Maria
Sarisha Lobo with her mother
Talia Hollamby with her mother
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links and photos. You’ll be kept up to date with student achievements, upcoming events and more!
Congratulations to old scholar, Georgia Lawrence-Doyle (Dux of 2007) who recently completed her PhD in the Department of History - School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at The University of Sydney. Her research explores the intersection between Fascist and postwar Italian history, politics and popular cinema.
“My work specifically examines the Italian comic film genre, La Commedia all’ Italiana, which was produced from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. My work proposes that filmmakers such as Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli and Lina Wertmuller, offer us an idiosyncratic and culturally-nuanced perspective of Fascist and postwar Italy.” I am interested in the comic archetypes featured in these films and how they emphasise the historical prevalence of certain social prejudices within Italian society. These filmmakers also compelled Italian audiences to confront the legacy of Fascism, and its pervasiveness in Italy’s violent and politically turbulent ‘Years of Lead’ (Gli Anni di Piombo), which endured from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. Ultimately, my work explores how La Commedia all’Italiana both encapsulated and satirised the Fascist and postwar eras, thus exposing the prejudices, cultural binaries and institutions which define Italian society.
Research/Teaching Interests: Twentieth-Century European history, Fascist and postwar Italian history, Italian cinema, film and history, historical memory, national cinemas and national identities, gender history. Source: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/history
filMing the Past in Modern italy
SAC Annual 2007Georgia Lawrence-Doyle (Dux of 2007)
weekend at the hyatt saC Class of 1969
reunion
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Class of 2017 reunion - drinks & nibbles
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SCHOOL TOURS
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Tuesday 26 June 2018, 10am
Tuesday 31 July 2018, 10am
Tuesday 11 September 2018, 10am
St Aloysius Collegeguess work has taken JeMMa to the toP!
Old SAC scholar model Jemma Baines has followed in the footsteps of Claudia Schiffer and Gigi Hadid as the newest Guess Girl.The Adelaide-born beauty has signed on with the iconic brand which has previously used big names including Schiffer, Anna Nicole Smith, Kate Upton and Hadid to front their campaigns.“It is so exciting to work for one of the most iconic brands who used women such as Anna Nicole and Kate Upton... Women who are naturally beautiful. It is very important to be part of a brand like that,” said Baines, whose big break came when she won the 2010 Girlfriend Model Search as a 16-year-old. “I never really thought that I would get a job with one of the original sexy brands. It is a brand which embraces women as they are.”She follows in the footsteps of fellow Australian Simone Holtznagel, who has worked with Guess for several years. Baines had to make the leap from high fashion to commercial modelling after she turned 20 and her body began to change.She went from modelling for Chanel, Oscar de La Renta, Zac Posen, Valentino and Louis Vuitton, to now being booked by the high-end fashion houses when she developed a more womanly body in her early 20s.“For me it has been the biggest change of my career going from high fashion to commercial modelling. From working for Chanel for seven seasons in a row... then physically changing into a woman. I was unsure where I fit in the industry,” said Baines, whose father Andrew is a renowned surrealist artist in Adelaide.“Growing up in modelling and developing is a strange occurrence. I now feel very comfortable in myself.”Represented by Chic, Baines said she has several shoots with Guess in the coming weeks.Source:The Advertiser/ News Corp Australia
Old scholar and ex-Adelaide model Jemma Baines face of new Guess campaign
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Thanks to Mary-Jean Richardson (Class of 1993) who has donated her painting, Sisters of Mercy 1899 (2017) to the College.In this group portrait, artist Mary-Jeane Richardson seeks to acknowledge the formative influence of her schooling under the care of Sisters of Mercy. St Aloysius College was established in Adelaide in 1880 to ‘educate women to realise their own potential and to contribute more fully to the wider community.’ The school still stands on the site of the first house the nuns purchased in Wakefield Street. While acknowledging mixed feelings with regard to the wider Catholic Church, Richardson celebrates the profound influence that these educators had on generations of South Australian women.
oil on CanVasThe artist says, ‘the Sisters of Mercy were great examples for many girls growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s. Second wave feminism was expressed through their commitment to educating girls and to social justice. Women were in charge. We were encouraged to look outside our own experiences and to consider our actions as instigators of change. Through research in the St Aloysius College archives, the artist discovered a small black and white photograph, taken in 1899, depicting many of the Irish and Argentinian nuns who first established the school in 1880. These women are arranged in the school garden, in front of a grotto, draped and veiled in their elaborate habits. Despite the uniformity of their dress, their individuality shows through in poses and expressions. Richardson’s portrait celebrates these individual women, while also acknowledging the very significant contribution made by some of the order’s better known sisters, such as Patricia Pak Poy, Deidre Jordan and Judith Redden.Richardson’s painting is influenced by her recent travels to Italy and Mexico. She has drawn inspiration from Piero Della Francesca’s ordered and still frescoes with their groups of robed figures, early Renaissance painting and the effective Mexican ex-voto and retable paintings of the 19th century.
Old scholar, Mary Jean Richardson, artist and lecturer at the Central School of Art with SAC students at the Year 12 Art & Design exhibition last year
The Sisters of Mercy painting (oil on canvas) by old scholar, Mary Jean Richardson
Cultural harMony in our CoMMunityOld scholar, Sahar Shahin, featured in The Messenger earlier this year. Sahar is now the Community Liaison Officer and Volunteer Coordinator at the Islamic Society of South Australia Inc and the first to admit there are common misconceptions surrounding different faiths and cultures in Australia. This 24-year old was looking to set the record straight as a part of Unley Council’s Harmony Day celebrations, an annual event of cultural and religious diversity. Along with seven other people of various cultures, she sat down with residents to have an open discussion about cultural harmony in the community. “Without having these conversations, it creates social isolation as well as hindering any form of integration for refugees or migrants,” she said. We’d like to congratulate Sahar on her journey as she shares her opinions about cultural harmony and the benefits of living in a multicultural society. We’re glad to know our SAC students are working passionately to make a difference in our community and our world.
“It is important for us to facilitate conversations as the only way you are going to get over these types of misconceptions
is by asking questions to the right people.”Source: http://messenger.smedia.com.auTop right picture: Aap/Roy Vandervegt
As part of Harmony Day celebrations, Sahar Shahin took part in an Unley Council
event at the Town Hall
Old scholar Sahar Shahin (Community Liaison Officer & Volunteer
Coordinator at the Islamic Society of South Australia Inc)
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The Biennial Conference for the Alliance of Girls’ Schools of Australasia was held in Adelaide this term. This event brings together educators from all sectors who have a passion for single-sex schooling for girls, and the list of speakers this year was very impressive. We discussed many of the challenges facing girls in the digital age and shared ideas around how schools and families can work together effectively to educate Fearless Girls, Strong Women. We came back to school excited about working together to tackle some of the challenges girls face in the online world during their secondary schooling and beyond.Interstate and overseas delegates from the Alliance Conference visited the College on Tuesday. We chose to highlight the ways in which we harness student voice and educate for empathy through our Justice and Mercy activities. Old scholar Clare Peterson, Student Social Justice Coordinator, coordinated the session and I can honestly say that any student, parent or staff member who attended would have been filled with pride by the students’ presentations. Their capacity to articulate our Mercy values and how they shape this community was inspirational and many school leaders left with new ideas about engaging and empowering their students.
Ms Paddy McEvoyPRINCIPAL
the allianCe of girls’ sChools - australasia
Class of ’65 old scholars have been having casual reunions since November 2015. Our first gathering this year was held on Saturday 24 March at Settebello Café in Norwood.
We know we’ve moved in different directions beyond school, but we’d like to maintain our SAC sense of connection through the years.
If you started at SAC in primary school and were in 1st Year in 1961 or started at SAC in 1st year in 1961 we would love to extend an invitation to join us at our next gathering!
Ms Jenni Gay (CO-CONVENORS)
Class of ’65- Casual reunions, gatherings & beyond
For more information or to join our mailing list, please contact
The Class of 65’ had a great time catching up on everyone’s news as some of the women hadn’t been able to make it before. A lovely gathering indeed!
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run, sweat, insPire...
“I am an old scholar of SAC who graduated in 2012! I participated in the Pip field trip in 2011 when I was in Year 11 at school. This changed my entire outlook on life and what I wanted from my career during my studies at uni. I knew I wanted to return to the APY and made sure all my placements were on the APY lands. I am now in my second year of teaching at Indulkana Anangu school on the APY lands and absolutely loving it. I feel so grateful and blessed because SAC gave me the opportunity to experience remote community life and I am now in my dream job in my dream place. I saw Zibs come to visit SAC and that makes me so happy! Keep up the opportunities for those young girls, it is so important and it is an experience of a life time!” Annelise Farrelly (Class of 2012)
RUN, SWEAT, INSPIRE... That’s marathon runner Zibeon Fielding’s new motto. During Term 2, Zibeon visited SAC and shared his inspiring story with some students. He told of life back home in Mimili of the APY lands and his marathon running journey to raise money for vital dialysis treatment for those living in the APY lands. From running the Boston Marathon and the NYC marathon, to an ultra-marathon between rural communities, Zibeon is a role model for kids in his own community. He hopes to inspire new generations of Indigenous children to keep active and put a dent in the cycle of chronic health issues facing indigenous populations. SAC is in awe of the amazing change he is making and will continue to support him in whatever way we can. GO ZIBEON!
Ms Clare PetersonSOCIAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR
Old Scholar Reflection
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leading in steM beyond saC
DPC appoints new Executive Director ICT and Digital Government
SAC Old scholar, Dr Eva Balan-Vnuk (Class of 1994), has been chosen as Executive Director of ICT and Digital Government after a Nationwide search. Her role will include providing strategic leadership for the government’s ICT and digital vision and driving the implementation of the strategic priorities for the SA Government for security and risk assurance, digital strategy and exploration of new technologies.Eva joins the South Australian Government from Microsoft, where she was National Skills Program Lead. While at Microsoft she established and drove initiatives to help build Australia’s future-ready workforce. Eva was also State Director for Microsoft in South Australia. Prior to this, Eva spent nine years working for Microsoft in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Eva has a PhD in innovation and entrepreneurship and is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre at the University of Adelaide. She has been an active supporter of South Australia’s innovation ecosystem through Microsoft’s Innovation Centre. She is the founder of HerTechPath, a community of women working in the technology sector in South Australia who deliver briefings to high schools to inspire girls to consider careers in this exciting and important sector.Source: https://digital.sa.gov.au
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