Volume 40 Term 3 Issue 15 Wednesday 24th September 2014

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students, Staff and Friends of the College,

As the term draws to a conclusion it is important to note that there is no 'wind down' at SHCS. In fact, there has been

a great deal occurring as is typical of a College committed to holistic education!

The music and performing arts students and staff have been heavily committed in recent weeks by way of the

Musical - The Wedding Singer, performing at the Renmark Field Day over last weekend and a big night this week at

the Festival Theatre performing at the Catholic Schools Music Festival. The time commitment is significant and the

calibre of the performances has been exceptional.

The Senior Debating team participated in the State Final at Parliament House on Saturday afternoon. Our team

performed admirably and were pipped in a split decision (3-2) in a closely contested debate: 'That Putin is a problem'.

We were the opposition team and Georgia Hill, Bianca Tramaglino and Emma Zeitz did their best with a challenging

topic. Other team members are Callum Reid and Angus Crouch. The team was coached by Ms Veronica von Bujdoss

with special mention to Mr John Kelly for coordinating the Sacred Heart Debating Teams. We are a well-respected

opponent in the South Australian Schools Debating Competition which continues a tradition going back to early last

century!

The final representative event for the term is the Achilles Cup Athletics being held this Thursday. This provides an

opportunity for our athletes to compete at Santos Stadium against other leading Adelaide Colleges. Whilst other

sports may have a higher profile, it is an opportunity to further nurture a positive spirit and sense of admiration for

our students who are talented in this arena. We wish them well as they combine with the Middle School athletes to

form our team.

Last Sunday in the annual 'City to Bay' the students and staff involved in the 2014 Immersion programs participated

and raised funds for their overseas projects. This is yet another example of the numerous options available to our

students to enhance their development as fine young people and in this context it is for the benefit of others less

fortunate in life.

In conclusion, reports will be issued on Friday. Given the brevity of Term 4 it is imperative that a family discussion be

had in regard to goals and strategies for what will be the final learning phase of 2014 so as to maximise achievement

in the remaining weeks! For students serious about their academic results this will translate into a term break

consisting of some rest, some recreation and some solid blocks of time spent studying. I wish you well!

Regards,

Steve Byrne Principal

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Forthcoming Events: Term 3 Week 10

Wednesday 24 September

Mitchell House Mass @ 12:05 pm

Thursday 25 September

Year 10 Drama Performance

@ 7:00 pm in the Br Stephen Debourg

Performing Arts Centre

Friday 26 September

Interim Reports Issued

Friday 26 September

Term 3 Concludes @ 3:30 pm

Term 3 October Holidays

Saturday 27 September 2014 until

Sunday 12 October 2014

Term 4 Week 1

Monday 13 October

Term 4 Commences

Tuesday 14 October

College Council Meeting @7:15 pm

Wednesday 15 October

House Farewells @ 12:05 pm

Friday 17 to Sunday 19 October

Remar Red Leadership Camp

Term 4 Week 2

Wednesday 22 October

SHCS Paringa Newsletter # 16

Wednesday 22 October

Graduation Mass @ 7:00 pm

Thursday 23 October

Year 12’s Last Day

Thursday 23 October

Year 12 Graduation Assembly

@ 2:00 pm

Thursday 23 October

Year 12 Boarder’s Dinner @ 6:00 pm

Friday 24 October

Year 12 Breakfast @ 8:30 am

Friday 24 October

SHCS P&F Year 12 Parent Drinks

@ 7:00 pm

The Marist Corner Scripture Reflection

Sunday, 28 Sep 2014: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary

Time - Year A

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people,

‘What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He went and said to

the first, “My boy, you go and work in the vineyard today.” He

answered, “I will not go,” but afterwards thought better of it and

went. The man then went and said the same thing to the second

who answered, “Certainly, sir,” but did not go. Which of the two

did the father’s will?’ ‘The first’ they said. Jesus said to them, ‘I tell

you solemnly, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way

into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you, a

pattern of true righteousness, but you did not believe him, and yet

the tax collectors and prostitutes did. Even after seeing that, you

refused to think better of it and believe in him.’

* * *

In every life there is a struggle between obedience and

disobedience, and this struggle takes various twists and turns. At

times we are willing to conform to regulations set from the outside,

and at times we are not. We are invited to choose in favour of the

reign of God, or we are free to ignore the invitation. Those who are

fundamentally righteous sometimes fall from grace, and people

considered evil to the core sometimes reform their lives. What

ultimately counts are not the promises made, but the actions taken.

We are called to discipleship, and there may well be urgency in this

call, but it is an invitation that is to be accepted freely. As is the case

with life itself, options are placed before us all the way along the

road. We are invited to choose in favour of the reign of God, or we

are free to ignore the invitation. However, the invitation always

remains open to us, because God’s desire for our acceptance is

persistent and enduring.

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The real choice set before us today is the imitation of Christ. The specific characteristic of Christ today is

his humility. Since demanding one’s rights can undermine the loving quality of community, Jesus’

humility is offered for our imitation. It is very clear that whichever aspect of discipleship we examine,

some aspect of community is also present. To be a disciple of Jesus is to follow him humbly as a

member of a believing community.

With thanks to Dianne Bergant CSS © for the above reflection.

Used under licence from Creative Ministry Resources Pty Ltd

Red Cross Blood Donations On Friday 31 October the Marion Red Cross Blood Donor Centre will be shuttling a limited number of

students to donate blood. If students would like to be involved they can get a form from Mrs Margie

Weller and save three lives in the process!

Immersions City to Bay Fundraiser On Sunday 21 September the Immersion Team and their accompanying staff, Scott Smelter, Adriana

Cvorkov, Karen Bailey, Millie Sharpley, Kate Roberts and Paul Morgan, participated in the City to Bay

fun-run to raise some much needed funds. If you would like to sponsor one of the students for

completing this event, please contact Daniel Head on daniel.head@shcs.sa.edu.au. Well done to all

involved!

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Marcellin House Mass Marcellin House celebrated their Mass on Wednesday 17 September with the theme of “A helping

hand”. Fr Peter Sheedy provided a wonderful reflection on how this theme can be of practical, daily use

to each of the people we encounter. Students cut out their own hands to symbolise the helping hands

they committed to offering each other. Thanks to the Marcellin house staff, especially Mr Mick Boers,

and students for a lovely celebration.

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eLEARNING UPDATE #12 This edition of our eLearning Update contains two further updates available for Google Docs, Slides and Drawings as well as another couple of Chrome extensions which you may find useful New update for Google Docs, Slides and Drawings: Update #1 – Automated lists Bulleted or numbered list mode will now be automatically turned on. This means that if it appears that a person wants to make a list, based upon what was typed as the first visible character (eg * or -) in a paragraph, then Docs, Slides and Drawings will now automatically covert this into a bulleted list without the need to use a shortcut or the tool bar. The automated lists feature can be disabled by going to Tools -> Preferences. Update #2 – Backspace to undo auto corrections Pressing the backspace button immediately after any auto correction, including automated lists, will undo it. For example, if a person types ‘(c)’ and the autocorrect system converts it to the copyright symbol ‘©’, pressing backspace immediately after it will revert it back to ‘(c)’.

Useful Chrome Extensions:

Dualless – If you don’t have access to a dual screen but would like to work in two windows side by side or vertically .. then this extension might be what you are looking for!

Goo.gl URL Shortener – is an extension which allows you to shorten the current website URL with the Google URL Shortener service http://goo.gl/ Shortened URL Copy the URL by clicking here

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From the Vocational Education and Training

Department by Tony Finamore & Anne Marie O’Grady

Wednesday 10th September 2014 was a very important day for the College’s Vocational Education &

Training Department, as we formally acknowledged and celebrated the achievements of our Year 12

students that have participated in this year’s VET program. Some of them have continued in the program

from Year 11. Parents and relatives of our students were also present to witness our Department’s first

formal celebration.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is nationally accredited training attached to national

competencies and structured workplace learning. Students who undertake a VET course achieve national

competencies to gain either a nationally accredited certificate or parchment (part of a Certificate).

Successful achievement of VET outcomes are recognised as part of the SACE.

This will allow students to:

explore vocational options

acquire employment specific competencies

undertake traineeships and apprenticeships within an educational and industry context

VET has been operating at our College since 1997 - 17 years ago with a cohort of 37 students going through

the Training in Retail and Commerce Program. This was initiated by the College Leadership team of the

time and driven by the then VET Coordinator Mrs Prue Wilkosz.

Today our numbers are up to over 70 students studying up to 23 different courses through various

Registered Training Organisations. A lot of organisation and many hours go into making sure things run

smoothly between our College and the training organisations, so that students can achieve all the required

outcomes of the courses successfully.

Many of these students will by the end of the year, achieve a full or partial certificate in their chosen

course. Many of these students are now actively looking for apprenticeships and jobs and we wish them

every success. We are very proud of these students, as they have managed to balance both Year 12 and

a course off campus, which can be challenging.

Mrs Maria Urbano, Principal of Marcellin Technical College was our special guest and assisted our

Principal, Mr Steve Byrne in presenting students with their certificates. We also wish to thank Year 11

VET students Ashley Curtis, Mia Vizzari & William Kavanagh for helping make the ceremony a success.

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CERTIFICATE II IN EDUCATION & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (COMMUNITY SERVICES FOCUS)

@ ADELAIDE TAFE

Shannon Hinchey

PLUMBING PATHWAYS (PARTIAL CERTIFICATE III) @ PEER VEET

Jarrod Drew

Justin Whitford

CERTIFICATE II ELECTRONICS @ PEER VEET

Tyson Jones

Brandon Menadue

Angus Stevens

Callum Telford

Lachlan Thomas

CERTIFICATE III INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY @ TAFE ADELAIDE

Damian Ruiz

CERTIFICATE IV PHOTO IMAGING @ CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Shaylee Nash

CERTIFICATE II METAL ENGINEERING @ MTC TRAINING

Joel Baker

Henry Moore

CERTIFICATE II SPORT AND RECREATION @ HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL

Chris Barns

CERTIFICATE II CONSTRUCTION (PLUMBING FOCUS) @ PEER VEET

Jordan Kingston

CERTIFICATE II IN SPORTS COACHING (BASKETBALL FOCUS) @ PASDENA HIGH SCHOOL

Caitlin Ormsby

Thomas Hayman

CERTIFICATE II IN HOSPITALITY (KITCHEN OPERATIONS) @ WOODCROFT COLLEGE

Mirna Faddoul

CERTIFICATE II IN RETAIL MAKEUP & SKIN CARE @ CLIPJOINT

Sarah Hamilton

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CERTIFICATE II IN RETAIL MAKEUP & SKIN CARE @ MEDIA MAKEUP

Eliza Thomson

CERTIFICATE II IN HAIRDRESSING @ CLIPJOINT

Emma Stevenson - who has just signed up for a hairdressing apprenticeship with Kylie T Hairdressing at

Ascot Park.

CERTIFICATE III IN CARPENTRY (PARTIAL) @ MTC TRAINING

Keegan Lines

Jock Mason

Samuel O’Grady

Ricky Seal

CERTIFICATE III IN CARPENTRY @ MTC TRAINING

Travis Grindley - Left at the end of Semester 1 and has successfully gained a Carpentry apprenticeship

with T & A Quality Constructions.

We also had great pleasure in welcoming back old scholar Adam Zeuschner. Adam graduated from our

College in 2013 and during his time at the College was a very hard-working and affable member of our

VET Program.

In 2012, Adam completed a Certificate II and partial Certificate III in Hospitality (specialising in Kitchen

operations) at Hamilton Senior College. This was a high achievement for any student to achieve in one

year.

In 2013, Adam decided to change direction and studied Certificate II in Construction at Marcellin

Technical College where he gained a Statement of Attainment.

Butchery is now the trade of Adam’s choice and he is currently studying at TAFE Regency Park, where

he has completed Certificate I and Certificate II in Meat Processing. This has led him onto receive an

apprenticeship with Southern Cross Meats at Warradale.

There is no stopping Adam and his work ethic – he also works part-time with his uncle in a fencing

company.

Adam has applied for the Defences Forces (Army) where he has completed all interviews and now needs

to learn some life experiences to be accepted when he is 20 years old.

In July this year, Adam was the recipient of The Australian Vocational Student Prize, which recognises

students who have demonstrated outstanding skills while completing vocational training in senior

secondary years.

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Five hundred prizes of a certificate and $2000, are available nationally each year.

As VET Coordinator last year, Mr Luke Hildyard nominated Adam as a worthy recipient and we

congratulate Adam.

Adam’s character portrays the Marist spirit. He has generously decided to donate his $2000 back to the

school VET Department. These funds will be used to recognise an outstanding Year 12 VET student in

years to come in the way of an award - “The Adam Zeuschner Vocational Education & Training Award”.

We thank Adam for his selflessness and know he will have a successful future.

Our Department is now busy working on enrolling students in courses for 2015 and look forward to

another successful year.

Michael Telford, Jenny Telford &

VET Coordinator, Mr Tony Finamore

Principal Mr Steve Byrne & Adam

Zeuschner

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2014 Year 12 VET students

with Mrs Annemarie O’Grady, VET Administrator & Mr Tony Finamore, VET Coordinator

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Tri-Schools Uniform Shop

Located at the rear of Sacred

Heart College Senior School,

Scarborough Street,

Somerton Park.

MasterCard, Visa Card and

EFTPOS available.

Direct telephone

(08) 8350 2586.

Second-hand Uniforms

Neat, current uniforms are

accepted for re-sale during

shop hours. All submissions

must be RECENTLY

laundered.

Holiday Trading Times

From Tuesday 7th October

Weekdays 1.00 – 6.00 pm

Saturday 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

Term Four Trading Times

Tues 1.00 – 6.00 pm

Wed 8.00am – 12 noon

Thurs 1.00 – 6.00 pm

Mrs Lisa Harvey

Tri-Schools Uniform Shop

SHCS Library Hours

Monday 8 am – 4 pm

Tuesday 8 am – 5 pm

Wednesday 8 am – 5 pm

Thursday 8 am – 5 pm

Friday 8 am – 4 pm

Students are urged to take

advantage of these extended

hours for all their study

needs.

School Card 2014 Reminder to families who consider themselves eligible for

School Card in 2014 and who have not already applied, need to

do so as soon as convenient. Please contact the Finance Office

for an application form.

Any query as to eligibility can be directed to Ron Kitchen on

8294 2988.

Marist Mission Immersion - – Book Launch

Fundraiser Pages & More, in conjunction with the Sacred Heart Marist

Mission Immersion Teams and with the support of Holdfast

Bay Libraries, are hosting a celebration for the release of well-

known Australian author Phil Cummings latest book "Bridie's

Boots". This event will be held on Friday September 26 at 7pm

in the Br Stephen Debourg Performing Arts Centre.

The Mission Immersion Teams will be selling refreshments on

the night to fundraise for the communities they will be visiting

in Fiji, India and the Philippines at the end of the year.

Entry is free to this event, but bookings are recommended.

Bookings can be made by clicking the link below or by

contacting Pages & More on 8376 1112.

Link to book: www.trybooking.com/FJWZ

Please do not contact College Reception to book.

For more information about the event, Phil Cummings and his

new book, please click here.

Many thanks to Jenny Baber, Events Coordinator at Pages &

More (and College parent) for initiating this unique event at

Sacred Heart.

Mrs Karen Bailey

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YEAR 12 GRADUATION DINNER 2014

1. DATE: SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2014

2. VENUE: Adelaide Convention Centre

North Terrace, Adelaide

3. TIME: 6.30 pm arrival for a 7.00 pm start to 12.00 midnight

4. PRICE: $95 each for graduates including GST

$95 each for family and guests including GST

METHOD OF PAYMENT

Cash, Cheque or Money Order (made payable to Sacred Heart College)

Visa or MasterCard (by phone or in person)

EFTPOS

5. TICKETS: There will be a maximum of 1,500 tickets sold.

6. WHO MAY TAKE PART:

Any student who has completed their Year 12 studies at Sacred Heart College Senior in 2014.

7. REQUIRED DRESS: This is a formal function and appropriate dress is required.

The appropriate dress for the Graduation Dinner will be After 5 Wear/Cocktail Dress.

8. SPECIAL REQUESTS:

1. No payment will be accepted unless the Booking Sheet has been returned to the

College. 2. If you have returned your Booking Sheet, but have not paid, please note that payment

must be made by Friday 31st October 2014.

3. Please return your forms to Mrs Deborah Hearl at the College no later than Friday 31st

October 2014.

4. Tickets can only be collected at the Front Office from Monday 24th November 2014.

Recently there has been some concern expressed about the cost of the Year 12 Graduation Dinner.

However be assured that the price of tickets is set to cover the charges involved and that the College

makes no profit from it. The only other venue capable of staging an event of this size is the

Entertainment Centre and its charges are similar. Hopefully no one will find the cost prohibitive and

everyone will be able to participate in this significant school event.

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