1  

Welcome to the new school year! Welcome once again to our new school year. In particular we extend a warm welcome to: • Parents and carers who are new to the Trinity community; • To our 213 new Year 7 students, and students new to the

College in years 8-12; • To the 18 new members of the College staff.

Two hundred years ago in a beautiful chapel on a hill in the city of Lyon, a group of young men gathered, inspired by the Holy Spirit,

to create a new spiritual family. They gathered around the table of the Eucharist to receive Jesus. They gathered to dedicate themselves to God, to live as disciples of Jesus in a way that, thanks to them has become our way at Trinity. That way is the way of Mary. The Marist way. We welcome new students and staff into that Marist family in the Church. We pray that in this new school year each of us can somehow share in the vision that St Marcellin and his companions had - to live in the world as Mary did so that Jesus might be known and loved, firstly by ourselves and then through us by others. As we join with the whole Church in this Jubilee Year of Mercy we are reminded that trying to be women and men of Mercy is simply living the way of Jesus. It was the way of Mary, the first disciple and mother of Mercy, the way of St Marcellin and St. Mary McKillop. This is our Marist way of living as men and women of love, mercy, gentleness, and compassion, somewhat hidden and yet vital to the world. Today Mercy is what our world needs. This year Mercy is what we celebrate. We pray that our loving and merciful God continues to bless us with grace and love.

   

5 February 2016

College Newsletter

2015 HSC Results Congratulations to the Year 12 class of 2015 on your fantastic HSC results. 171 students sat HSC exams in 2015 across 32 courses. We celebrate the fact that 81% of HSC courses were above the State average, placing Trinity once again in the group of highest performing Catholic Systemic school in the Archdiocese of Sydney. We celebrate the work of our students and teachers across the following HSC subjects with their record of performance above the State averages:

Course % Above State Average Physics 6.12 Ancient History 6.02 Chemistry 5.9 PDHPE 5.68 Biology 5.54 Design and Technology 5.34 IPT 5.06 Drama 5.04

We also celebrate the achievement of:

• 73 students on the Distinguished Achievers List having achieved a Band 6 or E4 in a subject; and an outstanding

• 333 Band 5 results Well done year 12, 2015! Thank you to all Trinity staff – both teaching and support staff - for creating a school climate in which students really are safe happy and well taught. We celebrate these successes, look for areas of growth in the coming year and encourage our 2016 students to be inspired by these results!

 

  2  

New Staff and Teachers with Special Responsibility

 

Upcoming events

• Monday 8 February – Year 12 Retreat Week • Wednesday 10 February – Ash Wednesday Liturgy

(Auburn Campus 8.50am and Regents Park Campus 11.25am)

• Monday 15 February – Year 8 Information Evening • Wednesday 17 February – Year 12 Family Mass

       

Auburn Campus Campus Director David Sullivan Year 12 PC Coordinator Steve Turley Year 12 Assistant PC Coordinator Carolyn Criss Year 11 PC Coordinator Brendan Boidin Year 11 Assistant PC Coordinator Sarah Elia Year 10 PC Coordinator Anthony Boccanfuso Year 10 Assistant PC Coordinator Melissa Khoury Year 9 PC Coordinator Gerry Lobo Year 9 Assistant PC Coordinator Keith Chidiac

Regents Park Campus Campus Director Jennifer Lowe Year 8 PC Coordinator Ben James Year 8 Assistant PC Coordinator Michael Perry Year 7 PC Coordinator Anne Stephens Year 7 Assistant PC Coordinator Lada Elias

KLA Coordinators English Coordinator Kim Nguyen Assistant English Coordinator Katherine Gudgeon Religious Education Coordinator John Coppola Assistant Religious Education Coordinators

Sr Mary Rachel/Lada Elias

Mathematics Coordinator Peter Logiotatos Assistant Mathematics Coordinator Helen Sarlamis Science Coordinator Joe Collins Assistant Science Coordinator Maree Piljic HSIE Coordinator Terry Shore Assistant HSIE Coordinators Rhona Morath/Michael

Perry TAS Coordinator Erin Healey Assistant TAS Coordinator Ben James Creative Arts Coordinator Trinite Colette Assistant Creative Arts Coordinator

Fintan Keane

PDHPE Coordinator Cheryl Klimko Assistant PDHPE Coordinator Alex Fox VET Rhona Morath Careers Advisor Morris Hassarati

We welcome the following staff who are new to the College:

1. Pat Armao - Science at Auburn campus 2. Thomas Azzopardi - English at Auburn campus 3. Magy Adam - Support Staff Officer across both

campuses 4. Andrea Brown - Science at Auburn campus 5. Br Christian Onukwufor - Regents Park campus 6. Sr. Cecilia Rose Pham - RE & English at Regents Park

campus 7. Liam Duncan - English at Auburn campus 8. Laura Duncan - PDHPE at Auburn campus 9. Caitlin Erickson - PDHPE at Auburn campus 10. Krystiann Dingas - English & Special Needs (Mon to Wed

at RP, Thurs/Fri at Auburn) 11. Tony Flint - Art & Music at RP 12. Erin Healey -TAS Coordinator 13. Barbara Paul - Maths at Auburn campus 14. Lauren Smith - PDHPE at Auburn campus 15. Sharee-Louise Smith - English at Auburn campus 16. Liliane Salem - LOTE at RP campus 17. Alisha Sloan - Maths & RE at Auburn campus 18. David Sullivan - Campus Coordinator Auburn