Christian Brothers College Newsletter
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Term 2, Week 3
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Friday 16 May, 2014
CBC students compete in the Generations of Jazz Festival.
From The Principal Dear Parents, friends and community members, On Sunday, 18th May our student leaders and rowers will carry the statue of Blessed Mary at the annual Diocesan Marian Procession at Peace Park in the South Parklands. The eager willingness of our boys to lead the procession (a long-honoured CBC tradition) speaks loudly of our deep commitment as a Catholic College in the Edmund Rice tradition. I congratulate the students involved: Joseph De Donatis, Declan Reidy, Sam Wilson, Taylor Riley, Edward Meredith, Aiden Curyer, Scott Boin, Jonty Rutai, Thomas James, Steven Kakogianis, Adam De Pierro, Michael Petrilli, Hamish Richardson and Brian Wilson. I was also privileged last week to be a part of the Junior Campus Mother’s Day liturgy and morning tea with over 150 parents and grandparents in attendance. Mrs
Clarke, Mrs Buchanan and staff provided a stunningly beautiful prayer, musical and video tribute in honour of our mothers and grandmothers. Mr Clarke also led a very humorous tribute to mothers and was assured by the boys that their mothers were getting foot massages, shoulder rubs, breakfast in bed and a range of other surprises for Mother’s Day. I received numerous emails from those in attendance thanking the College for such a lovely yet fitting tribute.
Student News The College congratulates to Philip Reisinger (Year 6) who was selected to represent South Australia as part of the Judo SA Team in the upcoming Judo Nationals to be held in Wollongong next month. Thank you to both Hamish and Cindy Buckley for taking the nine students to Mount Gambier to compete in the Generations of Jazz festival. Speaking to Cindy on the weekend she stated that the students’ performance was outstanding. On Thursday evening it was great to see staff supporting the Autumn Concert. Thank you to Hamish Buckley, Cindy Buckley and Michael Griffin for organising the evening.
Asian Literacy I received an email from the Director of Catholic Education Dr Paul Sharkey last week congratulating our College on our national recognition as an Asian Literate College. Dr Sharkey was responding to the following
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article published by the national Leading 21st Century Schools’ program which will showcase the work of CBC in an national conference in June of this year: At Christian Brothers’ College in Adelaide, principal Noel Mifsud and deputy principal Shaun Clarke participated in the 2013–14 Leading 21st Century Schools’ program. Prior to their involvement the school had already made a moral commitment in this area, with an Asia literacy strategy adopted from Reception (Foundation) to Year 12. The school has a well-supported Advisory Group consisting of staff and students as well as representatives of external agencies and organisations. This group has played a major role in progressing the school’s vision. Noel and Shaun’s involvement in L21CS has allowed the school to build on this strong base, as members of the Advisory Group go through the program’s online modules. The program has also helped the school establish a strong network of like-minded educators.
This week the following members of the CBC Asian Literacy Advisory Group presented a draft copy of the CBC Asian Literacy Strategic Plan to members of staff for consultation. This document will be available in the next few weeks online on our website. I congratulate Mr and Mrs Clarke, Mrs Lucero, Mrs Ben, Mrs Barreira, Ms Riccio and Mrs Zwolski for their work on this document and Mr Ly for his professional assistance with publication.