Blue and Gold 2011

Blue and Gold 2011

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College Principal’s Report New Beginnings for Tiverton Library College Staff De La Salle Parents’ Network Religious Education/ Faith Development Student Wellbeing Young Achievers Awards Champions 2011 VCE Results 2011 College Leaders Year 12 2011 Coolies’ Visit to India 2011 Papua New Guinea Lasallian Service St Vincent de Paul Society De La Salle/La Salle Green Hills Cultural Exchange Libraries Mission Action Day Founders Day Athletics Day Visual Arts Studio Arts Visual Communication Design VCE Media Music

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Music Camp Music in Performance Design Technology VCE Media Year 7/8 Drama “The Freedom of the City” Tiverton Primaries Primary Showcase Primary Camps Year 7 Year 7 Class Captains/Award Winners Year 7 Camp Year 8 Year 8 Lightning Premiership Year 8 Learning Experience Year 8 Class Captains/Award Winners Year 8 Bushdance Year 9 Year 9 Lightning Premiership/ACC Football Year 9 Camp Year 9 Dance Year 9 Class Captains/Award Winners Languages at De La Salle Shared Stories Humanities

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Kinnoull Year 10 Year 10 Camps Year 10 ACC Football Year 10 Dance Year 10 Class Captains/Award Winners Lasallian Speaking Challenge Year 11 Year 11 Academic Award Winners The Blue and Gold Ball Year 12 Homerooms The Year 12 Formal The “Vets” Mary MacKillop Enhancement Centre Saying Farewell — Giving Thanks The Valedictory Dinner The Final Assembly — Year 12 Pathways VCAL VET The Year 12 Farewell Breakfast Years 7–10 Swimming Sports De La Sport 2011 Rest In Peace

College Principal’s Report Members of the College Family, As the sun sets on another year and we are about to be enveloped by the wonderful Christmas event, we reflect on the year that is ending with its ups and downs, its peaks and its challenges, its moments of excitement and pride and those of disappointment and sadness. Our year parallels the journey of each human story as the community works together to build a community of love, service and development for all who belong.

The year has seen a rapid growth in the way we use information technology to inform teaching and learning. The advent of 2012 will see every student (Year 7 – Year 11) with a netbook that will assist each teacher and inform the learning of every boy. Our young men are the product of the digital age and to remove that capacity from their life serves no purpose at all. However its use must also be measured if only because our VCE exams still require a pen and paper. Teachers have put many hours into learning skills themselves and discovering how to make the Moodle platform relevant and accessible. It is all the world of 21st century education.

Inherent in this approach is an acceptance that it is good for us to pursue a course that encourages greater transparency with our programs and hence greater public accountability for what we do. As significant recipients of government and private funding we owe it to all our stakeholders to be accountable for our programs and operation. Our new website is one such mechanism for this and our use of Moodle, with appropriate parental access, will be another. Of what use is technology if we cannot use it to assist us all in that we do as parents and teachers.

Year 12 Class of 2011

It was once said that “it is good to be good; better to be better; best to be your best”. That should be the motto that drives all our efforts. The 2011 cohort raised the bar for VCE results and the increase in higher achievers was matched by a significant drop this year in bottom end scores. We congratulate the group, in particular our Dux for 2011 – Philip Taranto with 99.35 and closely followed by Calvin Wu and Simon Hearn.

The College Leaders again brought great credit to themselves and their Year group with the way they engaged in College-wide activities and led from the front. A leader is one who has the growing capacity to serve, beginning with the end in mind. Our Leaders began the year with the idea that everything would be done collegially and all Year 12s shared that mantle. I applaud the cohort as a group which has brought great leadership not only to our College wide activities e.g. Track and Field Championships, Founders Day celebrations and MAD day in the park, but also taken responsibility for their learning in an increasing way and presented themselves at all times as young men with a mission.

The year began with the great flood. Just as school was beginning to settle after the hustle for the first

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three weeks, God sent the rains and flooded a few rooms including the Administration building. It took the rest of the term to re-establish a degree of normality – but we survived well.

Then in August God called to Himself, Hannah Kennedy-Curtis, a young woman of great energy, personality and character who had completed a Gap year in De La Salle in 2010. A tragic car accident reminded us all of the fragility of life but also helped us to realize that we are not on earth alone. My mind will ever be etched with the memory of stand- Hannah Kennedy-Curtis RIP 18 August, 2011. ing in Glen Orme Ave, alongside hundreds of young men in blue and gold blazers and dotted with teaching staff and Old Collegians, who stood in quiet respect and brotherhood as the one whom they had known, respected and laughed with was being taken to her rest. We often say that community and a sense of family is at the heart of all that we believe in, and do, at De La! It is true.

Our year was also marked with the deaths of two prominent Brothers in the life of the College.

Brother Stanislaus Carmody fsc was a member of the College community for 25 years and Principal 1959 – 1964. Well known and highly respected, Old Collegians stepped forward to farewell Stan from St Joseph’s church.

And as Stanislaus left De La Salle, Bro Mark Murphy fsc was arriving to teach Physics and Maths. And that he was to do for the next 30 years. Mark endeared himself to all who had the privilege to know him. He was the teacher par excellence and what he wanted, he was given.

Students respected Mark too much to fool around in Physics...and they all did well as a result.

Father Les Troy CM was associated with De La Salle as our full time College Chaplain from 1972 until his retirement in 1995.

Entering the Vincentians as a late vocation he was a gentle and sincere man who endeared himself to every student who had the privilege to meet him. He became a legend as priest in the College and the envy of many schools. He married Old Collegians, baptized their children and even celebrated their wedding Jubilees. He was the true pastor to his sheep in De La!

2011 sees the retirement from active work in schools of Brother Matthew Herron fsc. Matthew celebrated his Golden Jubilee of his robe taking in 2010 and a bout of ill health has brought on his retirement this year, aged 70 years. He was worked tirelessly in schools for 45 years in Papua new Guinea, and Australia. He is a renowned ornithologist and a master of native fauna and flora. He pursued Library studies to Masters level to equip him for his older years. We thank Matthew for his two years of very devoted service in the library at De La Salle (Tiverton), his Alma mater! He finished where it all started in the 1950’s. Ad multos annos.

Also joining Brother Matthew in retirement this year is Di Walsh who has been part of our school since 1983. A wonderful Maths teacher with a meticulous eye for detail, Di was ever the watchful one to ensure that our boys were in the best possible position going forward to exams. We thank her and wish her well in her retirement. Mr Paul Marshall, Kinnoull Counsellor, also retired this year after 20 years with De La Salle College. Quiet and unassuming, Paul was a patient and caring man who was superbly placed with his disposition to help our young men.

He will be missed greatly and we wish him well in his retirement at Torquay.

Each year we continue to build the capacity of our staff either through in-service programs and our Lasallian network. In August four senior staff attended a one-week program at the Lasallian Centre, Narooma, conducted by Lasallian Education Services. It was a great opportunity for some key

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staff with a longer track record to re-visit their mission, hear the stories of those from many different Lasallian enterprises around Australia and PNG and generally grow in knowledge and understanding of Lasallian culture and the various missions in which it expresses itself. It proved a valuable experience for all who attended. Our staff, Brian, Jon, Sandy and Ellenor, are pictured below with other participants.

This year the College embarked on a re-development program to refurbish the College for the decades ahead. With the aid of federal government funds under the BER program, we renovated the Tiverton campus library. This program will be continued in subsequent years as we upgrade, re-surface and construct what is required to offer our boys the best we can. In our Centenary year a new sports surface will be constructed at the rear of Kinnoull campus and considerable work will begin at Tiverton for the construction of a new canteen, with accompanying refurbishment work.

And all this as the College prepares to celebrate our Centenary year. During 2011 a small representative Committee met regularly to plan activities for the College and it will be an exciting year for us.

Considerable work was also done with our stationery and website to ensure that our Centenary was suit-

ably advertised as part of our preparations. We owe much to all those Brothers and their co-workers who, over the years, educated young men for our world.

De La Salle has a huge footprint in both the local and national community. From our founding fathers until today we owe it to everyone to stop and recognize the wonderful tradition and Lasallian family that has been engendered in all who have worked or studied in the College over 100 years. We are ready.

I am personally indebted to the College Board for all the support that they have provided to the College during this past year. As a newly constituted incorporated institution (2009), the Board does have a set of responsibilities which it has the duty to fulfil. And it all takes time and commitment — both of which our Board has been prepared to offer. All Colleges owned by the Brothers are now served by individual incorporated Boards though still under the auspices of the Trustees of the De La Salle Brothers.

College Board

As De La Salle College seeks to position itself for the next lap, the Board has needed to consider and approve, discuss and deliberate and work together that the College might strengthen and grow as a more independent entity but in conjunction with other similar Lasallian schools. We appreciate their dedication and commitment to De La Salle College. Judge Andrew McKenna has been with the College on both an Advisory and now an incorporated Board for more than 10 years. He is an Old Collegian and his two sons graduated from De La. We are grateful to Andrew for all those years of service to our community and wish him well.

To our Chairman, Brother Chrisopher Gorringe fsc, and our Deputy Chairman and Chair of the Finance Committee, Mr Damian Nolan, our sincere thanks and appreciation.

De La Salle is a community of like-minded staff who work closely together to continually give the best that we can offer to our young men. To the teachers and support staff of the College I am very grateful for your dedication and commitment to all that we know as De La! Thank you for your unique contributions which, together, enable our community to work effectively and successfully for all who study here.

Peter Riordan (Dep. Principal), Br Alphonso Zoanetti fsc, Tony Morwood, Br Christopher Gorringe fsc (Chairman) Seated: Judge Andrew McKenna, Br Paul Rogers fsc (Principal), Damien Nolan (Dep. Chairman), Sean Curtin

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I value greatly the skills and commitment of our staff who have worked tirelessly to bring De La Salle to a position of confidence and efficiency that it now enjoys. There is always room for further improvement and it will continue but we must always be grateful for what we reach from one year to the next.

For the year that is rapidly coming to a close we thank God for his many blessings to us. For the Centenary that is ahead of us, we ask God’s blessing on our school family as we remember, we thank and we celebrate our Centenary.

Deo Duce!

Brother Paul fsc Principal

College Executive

Stephen Young (Ass Principal — Curriculum), Peter Riordan (Deputy Principal), John McAlroy (Head of Campus, Tiverton) Ann Corcoran (Business Manager), Br Paul Rogers fsc (Principal), Sally Buick (Head of Campus, Kinnoull)

New beginnings for Tiverton Library On Tuesday 26th July, the Hon. Jacinta Collins officially opened the newly refurbished Tiverton Library in the presence of our Local Member for the seat of Malvern, Minister for Energy & Resources, Gaming and Consumer Affairs, Mr. Michael O’Brien MLA, College Board Chairman, Brother Christopher Gorringe fsc and members of the Board. The primary boys were the focus of the opening activities as it is their presence in the College which, on this occasion, has attracted beneficial government funding. The work was completed with the aid of federal funds under the BER program for primary schools.

The Opening Ceremony therefore enabled us to focus on our primary students and those boys were able to show the Official party all the dimensions of the new Library.

We are grateful to those primary parents who attended to be part of the Opening celebrations.

Prior to the Official Opening Ceremony and unveiling of the federal plaque, Fr Greg Brett CM blessed the Library in the presence of the primary and secondary students and staff. The ceremony was prepared by our Chaplain, Mrs Joan Ferguson. The blessing ceremony was a sign to our community that God is

Georgina Hoad, Nick Marino, Br Chris Goringe, Senator Collins, Br Paul Rogers, Damien Nolan and Mr Michael Pirrie

central to our lives and that it is His presence in us and our environment of school and home that we must always learn to recognize and remember that He is with us. Our College motto reminds of us of that and so do our daily prayers: Let us remember that now and always we are in the holy presence of God. Thanks, Fr Greg. Our sincere thanks to all who worked together to ensure the smooth running of the proceedings. An official opening always takes many hours to bring it all together and we are grateful to all who worked for some weeks to ensure the effective and pleasant ceremony for our Library that will mark the beginning of our new refurbishment exercises over the coming years.

The blessing of the new Tiverton library by Fr Greg Brett CM 5

Senator Collins talking to Primary students.

Staff Principal Br Paul Rogers fsc Deputy Principal Mr Peter Riordan Assistant Dep Principal (Curriculum) Mr Steve Young Business Manager Ms Ann Corcoran Assistant Business Manager Mrs Elaine Tyrrell Principal’s PA Mrs Sandy Wreford Registrar Mrs Robyn Miller Accounts Offic er Ms Ellenor Harris Payroll Officer Ms Mary Kiernan College Chaplain Mrs Joan Ferguson Office Staff Tiverton – Mrs Tania Allars, Ms Rachelle St Ledger, Mrs Sandra Glazebrook Kinnoull – Mrs Anne Lawler, Mrs Patricia D’Arcy Head of Kinnoull Campus Ms Sally Buick Head of Tiverton Campus Mr John McAlroy Director of Student Wellbeing Mr Pascal Rohan Director of Lasallian Mission Mr Sam Magree Director of Staff Development Mrs Christine Thompson Daily Organiser Kinnoull Campus Mr Doug Esler Daily Organiser Tiverton Campus Mr Chas Thompson VCE Coordinator Mr Frank Goricanec Student Pathways and Careers Coordinator Ms Carmel Smart Director of Sport Mr Peter Harte School Officer Mr Murray Enniss Religious Education Mr Graeme Pender Lasallian Youth Ministry Mr Dan Stow Community Coordinator Mrs Trish Woodman College Nurse

Ms Ana Farrell Security Br Gabriel O’Shea fsc Maintenance Messrs Rob Oldershaw, Clinton Harris, Steven Broughill, Tom Buick Attendance Officers Tiverton — Br Gabriel O’Shea fsc Kinnoull — Mrs Patricia D’Arcy Key Learning Area Coordinators English Mr James Walton Mathematics Mr Luke Martin Science Mr Peppe Di Ciccio Technology Mr Warren Walker Studies of Society & Environment — Humanities

Mr Chris Fleming

Studies of Society & Environment — Business

Mr Norm Stewart The Arts Mr David Happ Languages Other Than English (LOTE)

Ms Kath Marino Health & Physical Education Mr Glenn Kemp College Librarian Ms Susan Jost Camps Coordinator Mr Michael Wilson MMEC Coordinator Mrs Kathie Holmes Personal Development Coordinator Ms Cate McIlroy College Timetabler Mr Kevin Hunter Director of Music Ms Cindy Frost Drama Coordinator Mr Andrew Murrell

Kinnoull Campus

Year 12 Homerooms Benilde Mr Norm Stewart Dunstan Mr James Walton Foley Mr Paul Fegan Gehrig Ms Kerry Martin Hegarty Ms Karen Harding /

Shardul Kaneria (Term 3) Jerome Ms Lucy Neil Miguel Ms Clare Kennedy Roland Mr Rob Hoich Solomon Ms Clare Bird Vincent Mr Graeme Lawler Ms Monica Costa, Mr Adrian Matarazzo, Ms Linda Samuel, Mr Neil Thomas, Ms Di Walsh

Year 10 Coordinator Mr Paul Harrup Year 11 Coordinator Mr Michael Petrie Year 12 Coordinator Mr Tim Ford VET & Vocational Learning Coordinator Ms Caroline Fitzpatrick VASS Administrator Mrs Trish Woodman VCAL Coordinator Ms Kerry Martin

Tiverton Campus

Counsellor

Benilde Dunstan Hegarty Jerome Miguel Roland Solomon Vincent

Mr Paul Marshall

Year 10 Homerooms Benilde Dunstan Hegarty Jerome Miguel Roland Solomon Vincent

Ms Laura Robinson Mr Brian Coulthard Ms Julie Emerson-Drake Mr Peter Larsen Mr Graeme Pender Ms Marisa Di Giacomo Ms Janet Holden Mr Michael Watty

Year 11 Homerooms Benilde Dunstan Hegarty Jerome Miguel Roland Solomon Vincent

Mr Warren Walker Ms Trish Burke Mr Tim Hogan Ms Marg McPhee Mr Frank Goricanec Ms Di Walsh Ms Courtney Sanders Mr Brian Hayes 6

Primary Coordinator Year 7 Coordinator Year 8 Coordinator Year 9 Coordinator

Mr Ray Leetham Mr Shaun Buckley Mr Shane Mackintosh Mr Rob Bonnici

Year 7 Homerooms Mr Jeff Locke Ms Angela Runci Mr Gerard Barns Ms Jennifer Birch-Marston Mr Chris Martin Ms Jo Dickson Ms Giulia Ferrari Mr Larry Evans

Year 8 Homerooms Benilde Dunstan Hegarty Jerome Miguel Roland Solomon Vincent

Mr Andrew Murrell Mr David Happ Ms Jacinta Ryan Mr Glenn Kemp Ms Liz Turner Ms Emma D’Angelo Mr Luke Martin Ms Rose Connolly

Staff — Tiverton Campus Mrs Patsy Amaradasa, Ms Christine Cooper, Mr Peter Crellin, Miss Carmel D’Andrea, Ms Laura Desmet, Mrs Carmel Dwyer, Mrs Georgina Dwyer, Mr Jon Edgar, Ms Mary Finn, Mr David Hale, Mr Jon Hewett, Ms Kate Johnston, Mr Thierry Moran, Mr Ian Oliver, Mrs Belinda Russell, Mrs Liliana Russo, Mr Michael Ryan, Mr Ken Stokes, Ms Abby Taylor, Ms Marta Webster, Mr Rob Withers, Mr Andrew Wozencroft, Mr Nigel Yates, Ms Laura Desmet, Mr Nat Levett, Mrs Cathy Loft Mary MacKillop Enhancement Centre Mrs Kathie Holmes (Coordinator), Ms Gemma Austin, Ms Esther Gmelig, Ms Paula Mitcham, Br Lawrence King fsc, Ms Melanie Livera, Mr Simon Lloyd, Mrs Eve McLellan, Ms Freda Siomos, Mrs Karen Tillotson, Ms Muriel West, Ms Gabrielle Windley, Mr Chris Windley Library Resource Centre Ms Susan Jost (College Librarian) Br Matthew Heron Miss Leanne Ickeringill Mrs Clare Kennedy Ms Pauline Mulholland Ms Karol Jovanoski Information Services Mr Paul Maxted (Coordinator), Mr Milhem Nassour (Manager), Mr Peter Whittenbury, Mr Raj Rathinam Sport Assistant Simon Brown Laboratory Materials Manager Mrs Jill Edwards Laboratory Technician Mrs Danka Orlowski Materials Technician Mr Dave Murray Music Tutors Ms Kelly Williams, Mr Robert Burns, Mr Paul Coyle, Mr Francesco Fabris, Mr Evan Harris, Ms Penny Karahalios, Mr Jaymee Lee, Mr Matthew Lewin, Ms Jodie Lockyer Ms Rebecca McPhail, Mr David Reichman, Ms Jane Robertson, Ms Serena Thean, Mr Adrian Violia

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Staff — Kinnoull Campus

Peter Riordan

From the Editor — As always my sincerest thanks to those who brave the weather, pack the camera, write the reports and, above all, create and participate in the educational and sporting activities that make De La such a dynamic institution.

My thanks to Br Lawrance for his superb sports shots, Peter Harte and Peter Riordan for their knowledge of boys’ names, Doug Esler for proofing, and Kerry Martin for her sage advice with layout.

Jon Hewett

Marty Rhoden

Administration Staff

Maintenance Staff

Standing: Br John Mitchell fsc, Mrs Anna Farrell, Mrs Tania Allars, Mr Peter Riordan, Ms Ellenor Harris, Mrs Patricia D’Arcy, Mrs Elaine Tyrrell, Mrs Sandy Glazebrook, Mrs Anne Lawler, Br Gabriel O’Shea fsc Seated: Mrs Ann Corcoran, Ms Rachelle St Ledger, Mrs Robyn Miller, Br Paul Rogers fsc, Mrs Sandy Wreford, Mrs Trish Woodman Mrs Mary Kiernan (inset)

Mr Clinton Harris, Mr Tom Buick, Mr Steve Broughill and Robert Oldershaw esq.

De La Salle Parents’ Network We have had an interesting year with an influx of new committee members that have brought a new dimension to the group and youthful enthusiasm.

We started the year with a pizza evening to welcome back existing families and to give a big De La welcome to the new families. The feedback from this event was extremely positive and many friendships were established on the night.

Our annual Easter Raffle was next and after a slow start we ended up with our biggest donation of chocolates in years. In fact we were all impressed with the 10 kg block of chocolate that was donated by a school family and I think we all secretly dreamed of winning this and having a supply of chocolate that would last longer than a week. Twenty three prizes were handed out and many boys went home with a smile that day.

Our big success for the year was our Trivia Night.

We raised over $23,000 and the goodwill generated on the evening was invaluable. There were many people who put their skills and valuable time into this event and I would like to express my sincere thanks.

400 parents and friends at the Trivia Night

I represented the Parents’ Network at a number of functions and meetings this year, the morning tea and welcome to the Year 7 parents at the start of the year, the formal opening of the Tiverton Library and the exciting preparations for the Centenary Celebrations next year.

The volunteers are the lifeline of the Network and without their invaluable support we would be at a loss. The events they help out at are numerous Preparing the breakfast for graduating Year 12s and include: preparing and serving at mornSubramaniam. To you both I say thank you for a ing teas and lunches, helping at the Kids’ Helpline, great job. Trish Woodman as usual quietly works providing people power at our Trivia Night for set up away in the background and is the glue that keeps and on the night itself, the 2nd hand book sale which the Network together. Br Paul is an invaluable ally takes up a number of days and the many reunions and a huge fund of information and support. that take place throughout the year. To everyone who I would encourage you to join the Network for 2012, has helped out in any capacity I say it is a great way to keep tabs on what is happening in thank you. the school and to make new friends. My thanks to all.

I would like to thank our outgoing Vice Mrs Virginia Fairchild President and Publicity Officer Marie Birkensleigh and our Treasurer Naresh

Virginia Fairchild (President), Letizia Zisimopoulos and Marie Birkensleigh (Vice-President)

Jane Dunstan and Clare Walsh

Religious Education and Faith Development Religious and Moral Education During my first year as Director of Religious and Moral Education, there have been significant liturgical celebrations in the life of the College. The major liturgies were the Founder’s Day Mass and the Year 12 Valedictory Mass, both celebrated by Fr Michael Elligate, and the Social Justice Mass, celebrated

by Monsignor Tony Ireland. Ash Wednesday, our Lenten Liturgy and the ANZAC Day memorial liturgy reminded us all of the fragility of human life and the love of a forgiving God. The end of year Masses for each year level marked the beginning of Advent; the time in the Church year when Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. My sincere thanks go to the College Chaplain, Mrs Joan Ferguson for her guidance and assistance in the planning of the major liturgies during the year.

The celebration of Mass at De La Salle is indeed very significant and goes to the core of what we, as Catholics believe and attempt to model our lives upon. We have Mass to worship and to receive God, and enter into a common union with Him and with those who venerate with us. If we do not find much importance or relevance in the Mass, it is because our whole mind, heart and soul are not there. We will only get out of this relationship with God what we put into it. Our students and staff are called to actively participate in the various celebrations throughout the year.

The academic focus of Religious Education at De La Salle is one which attempts to teach the traditions of the Church, in addition to lifting the academic levels of the students. This year, Religious Education was studied by every student at VCE level. Texts and Traditions, Unit 1 aimed at giving each student in Year 11 a solid grounding in the truth and beauty of the faith. Central topics such as the Creation

myths, the Covenants between God and mankind, the Passover and the Institution of Eucharist, all attempted to provide students access to God’s love.

Religion and Society was studied at a Unit 2 level by Year 12 students. The academic and spiritual focus of Ethics helped to provide each young man with a background to the challenges of life and the dignity of the human person.

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At De La Salle, we continue the fundamental task of supporting and sustaining the faith and religious knowledge of our students. This is not as straightforward as it may sound, particularly when there are so many factors in our world that seem to detract from the fundamental Gospel message: to love one another. In order to give priority to this ministry, we need a team of enthusiastic, capable and empathetic teachers. It is with pleasure that I acknowledge those who teach in the Religious Education faculty. It com-

prises teachers who care deeply about what they do and teach, and have a relationship with God that is able to be passed on to their students. Theirs is a ministry of great necessity and courage and warrants our admiration and gratitude.

Finally, it is necessary to acknowledge the support Br Paul offers to the Religious Education Department.

There can be no doubt that the principal of a school has one of the most important roles in the life of the faculty, since the principal sets the tone of what level of importance Religious Education is given. De La Salle is fortunate to have Religious Education at the heart of the College — not at the expense of other faculties — but at their service.

Mr Graeme Pender Director of Religious and Moral Education

Sacramental Program In the Chapel, the spiritual heart of our College, we have welcomed our new Year 7 students in the ‘Celebrating Catholic Life’ program during 2011.

Each student, as part of a small group, has had the opportunity to deepen and discuss their faith and to enquire and discover more about the Catholic

First Communicants, 2011

Church. These young men have been enthusiastic in their participation and expressed a joy in the opportunity to increase their awareness of faith and brotherhood with each other. Our Primary students also became familiar visitors, with various opportunities for prayer and Sacramental preparation.

Confirmation was celebrated on 25 May at St Anthony’s, Glen Huntly. Bishop Peter Our newly confirmed boys receive their certificate from Br Paul Elliot presided and we congratulate the Year 8 students who embraced this opportunity to comChapel to encounter the loving forgiveness of our plete their journey of initiation into the Church.

God. One parent was heard to comment: “you could feel the love in the Chapel”. It was certainly an occaDuring Term 3, a number of students received the sion of grace.

Eucharist for the first time at St. Anthony’s, Glen Huntly, whilst others received the Sacrament in their It is affirming to witness the commitment of these local parish. Similarly, other students prepared for the young people who have chosen to strengthen their Sacrament of Reconciliation and in a joyful Second relationship with the person of Jesus Christ within Rite, they gathered with their families in the College the Church. The support of families and their involvement in their sons’ preparation is impressive.

Amidst all of the joys of celebration in the Chapel, we have also gathered for prayer to support those who are suffering and mourning the loss of loved ones, offering support in the best way we know how. We continue to remember those in our community who have lost loved ones during the year.

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Bishop Elliott presides over Confirmation

Student Wellbeing I’m sometimes asked the question: “Is it hard to get boys to come to counselling?” My answer is always the same — “no, but it’s hard to fit all the boys who want to come to counselling into the available spaces”.

It is indeed a good sign that boys (and their teachers and parents) can read the signs that help is needed and that they avail of this help. In terms of numbers, this year I’ve had ongoing contact with 103 individual students and with 15 students as members of three separate therapeutic groups (mostly from Tiverton Campus), and Mr Paul Marshall tells a similar story at Kinnoull.

The more common issues boys have brought to counselling this year have included: • Mourning the death of loved ones • The ongoing and severe illness of family members • Chronic anxiety • Sadness, depression and suicidal ideation • Legal issues • Family dysfunction • Anger • Social awkwardness • School attitude and performance There has been some significant learning that has taken place in both counselling offices this year!

Counselling is invariably difficult, as it draws people to make contact with aspects of living that are most painful or explosive, or disconcerting or shameful.

But the good that most certainly comes from such contact far surpasses any initial difficulty. As I write, my mind floods with the many boys who have made

strong and positive impact on their young lives this year, and congratulations to them.

The Student Wellbeing Team The team (comprising three primary boys, two year sevens, three year 8s and three year 9s) has moved its wellbeing message online this year. It has offered via the Moodle program assistance to its peers in areas such as: • Illness and courage • Anxiety • Bereavement • Drugs • Sadness and depression • Positive attitude • Social irresponsibility: graffiti, planking • Suicide • Pressure • Selfishness • IT addiction • Anger, fighting and verbal abuse • Consumerism and happiness • Friendship • The inherent dangers in Facebook and other social networking sites I commend members of the team for their thoughtfulness and their dedication in promoting the message of wellbeing to their peers.

Parent Education Evenings Three evenings: (one for parents new to DLS, one on the topic of “Resilience” and one of the topic of “What I Have Learned This Year”) were provided. I thank the many parents who have 12

attended the evenings and set time aside in a busy schedule to better understand issues relating to their sons. As I always ensure that I have at least one student co-presenter at all evenings. I wish to thank the seven boys who have been part of the program this year. Their time, willingness and honesty have been appreciated by many (as phone conversations and emails indicate). Well done boys!

Mr Paul Marshall After 20 years of service to the community of DLS, Mr Marshall is retiring. I’ve asked Paul to reflect on his years here in the piece that follows. I have been privileged to have worked with Paul — he is one of life’s true gentle-men. He enjoys a laugh, and has a grounded and deep understanding of the human condition. I wish him and his wife Monica the very best for the future.

Mr Pascal Rohan Director of Student Wellbeing

Back Row: Oliver Edmonds, Christian Di Donato, Sam De Stefanis, Oliver Lindsay, Tom Martin Front: Christian Grant, Liam O’Callaghan, Remy Cadman, Daniel Rodriguez, Liam Bisognin, Mr Pascal Rohan

Reflections on my time at De La Salle Paul Marshall I arrived at De La Salle in January of 1992, fresh from a stint of teaching and counselling in the San Francisco Bay Area and eager to begin work in a new school and a new country! I began by being assigned to teach French and Religious Education and to be a part-time counsellor on the Kinnoull Campus. And in the blink of an eye, it is twenty years later, and it is time for me to say goodbye.

Someone asked me recently if I had seen many changes over these years.

There are many constants about human nature — some things about counselling don’t change very much from one generation to another. Many of the challenges young people face, within the family, in school life, and in the broader youth culture as they move from childhood through adolescence into young adulthood, remain the same. And yet these times are an altogether different world from 1992. Some world events during this period have altered how we may perceive what the future will hold and affect our sense of security and hopefulness. Certainly, the technological advances of recent years have dramatically affected how we communicate and learn. Most of these advances provide exciting new ways of being in the world, but they also challenge us to use them for positive and generative purposes. One of the most gratifying changes I have witnessed is the deepening understanding by young people of the nature of good mental health and the exhibiting of a more compassionate and less judgmental approach to those who may be experiencing

some form of emotional distress. Counselling is as much art as science, ever challenging. But, above all, being a counsellor at De La Salle has been a singular privilege: being able to ‘walk’ with students, to share their stories, to give support where needed, and simply to be a compassionate listener.

De La Salle College is a special place with its own unique charism, characterized most especially by its commitment to the pastoral support of the boys (and their families) under its care. As De La encourages the boys to strive for excellence and to maximize their individual potential, so too is every effort made to provide a climate of support where resilience and self-belief are fostered, and where there is a sense of community characterized by mutual care and respect. It remains only for me to express my profound sense of gratitude for the opportunity to have been part of this De La family.

I will not risk naming people — there are too many — but I must thank the De La Salle Brothers, a group of men who have served this community for 100 years as professional educators and as selfless stewards of their vocation responding to the call of their Founder, St John Baptist De La Salle. And I thank all the wonderfully dedicated men and women with whom I have worked over these years. It has been a gift to work alongside so many first-class teachers 13

and staff, educators who care deeply about the work they do with young people. Finally, I do want to thank specifically Mr Pascal Rohan, Director of Student Wellbeing at De La, who has been for me a most supportive colleague.

Thank you, De La Salle, and farewell.

Mr Paul Marshall

College Nurse

Ana Farrell, our College nurse, is now with us five days per week (10.30 – 2.30 pm) after her previous “job-share” arrangement with Jenni. In a large school, Ana has been busy tending to students who present with a variety of health issues, from headaches and blood noses through to severe injuries requiring medical treatment and hospitalization. Ana also monitors students who have asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and anaphylaxis. It is reassuring that we have Ana’s expertise on hand whenever we need it!

Young Achievers Ashton Agar (Year 12) was selected in U/19 National Cricket team to play the West Indies in Dubai. He is a promising spin bowler

Daniel King (Year 11) was awarded a high Distinction in the National Geographic channel Australian Geography Competition

Alex Di Medio (Year 10) represented Victoria at the Australian Junior Track and Field Championships in Sydney.

Alex won medals in the 400m and 400 m Hurdles at the Victorian Championships.

Phillip Stevens (Year 12) was awarded the 2011 Defence Technical Scholarship and a cheque for $1,500.00.

Jack Giles (Year 8) and Murad Mohammed (Year 7) were selected to participate in Victoria’s Baseball Kangaroo Touring Team to visit Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Dalton Di Medio (Year 5) is following in Alex’s footsteps. He was selected to participate in the State Track and Field Championships held at Olympic Park in March.

Jack Forbes (Year 12) was the Victorian winner of the Somerset Novella Writing Competition and qualified for the National finals.

Matthew Horrigan (Year 9) represented Australia in the Taekwon-do US Open.

Alexander Sly (Year 12) holds his Queen’s Scout Award, the most prestigious award anyone can achieve in scouts world-wide

Billy Gray (Year 9) was selected as a member of the Victorian Secondary Schools’ Sports Association Under 15 Boys Touch Football team.

Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League Best and Fairest Trophy Winners for 2011: Under 16 Division 2 – Jack Hanley (Year 10) – Runner Up Under 14 Division 2 – Mitch Wildoer (Year 8) – Runner Up Under 14 Division 3 – Josh Galbraith (Year 9) – Runner Up Under 13 East – Harry Bowen (Year 7) – Runner Up Under 12 West – Ulysses Urban (Year 6) – Third

Patrick Hanney (Year 12) won the Senior Division Lasallian Public Speaking Competition

Ben Doree (Year 12) won the Senior Long Jump at the ACC Carnival.

Harry Haley (Year 12), Jake Williams (Year 12) and Michael Stizza (Year 12) were selected in the ACC Senior Football Team of the Year.

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VCE Awards Special Awards College Captain 2011 Angus Cramp College Vice Captain 2011 Daniel Slavin College Vice Captain 2011 Timothy Shallue Fr Les Troy Award 2011 Joshua Williams Outstanding Student Award Joshua Attard Anthony Molan Athlete of the Year Award Simon Hearn Old Collegians Football Club Sportsman of the Year Jacob Williams Outstanding Contribution to the life of the College through his involvement in the Performing Arts Ethan Rocke John Lloyd Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to the life of the College through his involvement in Music Alexander Chaplin Australian Defence Force Award for Leadership Michael Stizza Senior Lasallian Award 2011 Patrick Hanney

Accounting Jordan Porozny (Year 11) Art Christopher Monger Biology Simon Hearn Building & Construction Certificate II Jacob Curtis Business Management Angus Cramp Chemistry Calvin Wu Design and Technology George Katheklakis Economics Dylan Morgan English Patrick Hanney English John Moneir English Unit 3 Patrick Hanney Mathematics Matthew Taylor (Year 11) History Revolutions Christopher Draffen (Year 11) History Renaissance Jackson Adams IT Software Design Matthew Taranto Interactive Digital Media Certificate III Mark Premier Legal Studies Simon Hearn Literature Philip Taranto LOTE Italian Michael Hogan Mathematics Methods Calvin Wu

Media Studies Unit 3 Ryan Hynes Media Studies Dylan Jones Music Performance Patrick Cotter National Politics Unit 3 Ashton Agar National Politics Patrick Hanney Philosophy Unit 3 Ryan Goodman Philosophy Ryan Goodman Physical Education Nicholas Curwood (Year 11) Physics Calvin Wu Psychology Simon Hearn Religion & Society – Ethics Unit 2 Jack Forbes Specialist Mathematics Calvin Wu Sport & Recreation Certificate III Patrick Gallagher Studio Arts Nicholas Holmes Visual Communication & Design Thomas Rappos Systems Engineering Roman Alberti Visual Communication & Design Rory Stedman VCAL Senior Jacob Curtis ACC Basketball Matthew Harvey ACC Cross Country Simon Hearn ACC Football Jacob Williams ACC Soccer Lazarus Chrisomalidis ACC Hockey Roman Alberti ACC Tennis Mario Papotto ACC Golf Will Pirrie ACC Volleyball Nicholas Pane ACC Athletics Ben Doree ACC Cricket Ashton Agar ACC Swimming Tim Shallue ACC Chess Ethan Rocke

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Academic Award Winners Semester 1 — Tiverton Semester 1 Top Student Award Winners Year 4 Sam Paine/Michael Ermacora Year 5 Trevor Yao/Daniel Edwards Year 6 Oliver Lindsay/Evan Chatterton Year 7 William Wright Year 8 Connor Rate Year 9 Thomas Brasher Year 10 Michael Patane Year 11 Miles Fabris Year 12 Joshua Attard

Year 8 Art Drama English LOTE French Geography History LOTE Indonesian LOTE Italian Mathematics Physical Education Religious Education Science Technology

Rupert Smith Michalewski Nigel Menezes Jude Joseph Jude Joseph Elliot Fabris Costas Batziakas Joshua Segal Jason Emery Marcus Karam Chase McManus Raphael Canty Xavier Wigg Ryan Cosgrave

Year 7 Band Matthew Talbot-Weichmann Design, Creativity & Technology

Daniel Polini Drama Harris Maglis English Karan Vasudevan Geography Edison Nguyen History Charles Joseph LOTE French Jaime Andres Marino LOTE Italian Alexander Collins Mathematics Edison Nguyen Music Jack Worcester Physical Education

Christopher Ghersi Religious Education William Wright Science William Wright 16

Year 9 Art Drama English Geography History Literature LOTE French LOTE Indonesian LOTE Italian Mathematics Media Studies Music (Songwriting) Photography Physical Education Religious Education Science

Markus Spindler Patrick Tanner Aidan Shallue Dexter Bonet Thomas Brasher Peter Pepes Dominic Symes Richard Laurens Christian Di Donato Christian Di Donato Luka Dujic Max Robinson Dexter Bonet Jonathan Pertile Thomas Brasher Thomas Brasher

Academic Award Winners Semester 1 — Kinnoull Year 10 Art Richard Buckley Economics Alexander Di Medio Religious Education Alexander Di Medio English Jerome Lugo Geography Damien Taranto History Benjamin Allars LOTE French Shane Howard LOTE Italian James Little Mathematics Daniel Wjaksono Media Adam Bell Multimedia Scott Callahan Music Performance & Industry Andre Lew Photography Michael Patane Physical Education Joshua Pulvirenti Science Aiden Atkin Systems Technology Matthew Doran Visual Communication & Design Jeffrey Xu

Year 11 Accounting Damien Taranto (Year10) Art Rosario Iannuci Business Management Rosario Iannuci Biology George Tang Chemistry Rhyard Sahely Economics Miles Fabris English Nicholas Rodway Literature Nicholas Rodway Foundation Maths Tom Melissakis Gen. Maths Methods James Rate Gen. Maths Further Michael Harris-Jaffe Gen. Maths Specialist Alexander Stott History (Power & People) Zachary Spencer Legal Studies Paul Casey LOTE Italian Christopher Draffen Maths Methods Richard Buckely (Year 10) Media Studies David Richardson Music Performance Joshua Renjen Physical Education Joshua Pulvirenti Physics Matthew Taylor International Politics Stephen Mitas Psychology Tommy Chien Systems Engineering Tommy Chen Studio Arts William Borschmann Visual Communication & Design Harry Holden

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Year 12 Accounting Jordan Porozny Art Chris Monger Biology Simon Hearn Business Management Angus Cramp Chemistry Alex Freeman Design & Technology George Katheklakis Economics Dylan Morgan English Joshua Attard English John Monier English (ESL) Christopher Ngu History Revolutions John Monier IT Software Design Alex Freeman Further Mathematics Nathan Contin History Renaissance Jackson Adams Legal Studies Simon Hearn Literature Philip Taranto Mathematical Methods Peter Vuong Media Studies Ryan Hynes Music Performance Patrick Cotter National Politics Ashton Agar Physics Philip Taranto Physical Education Michael Swinnerton Philosophy Ryan Goodman Psychology Mark Goy Specialist Mathematics Calvin Wu Studio Arts Nicholas Holmes Systems Engineering Matthew Taranto Visual Communication & Design Chris Monger

Awards

Academic Award Winners Semester 2 — Tiverton Primary Academic Awards Year 4 Academic Excellence Year 4 Academic Excellence Year 4 Literacy Enhancement Year 5 Academic Excellence Year 5 Academic Excellence Year 5 Literacy Enhancement Year 6 Academic Excellence Year 6 Academic Excellence Year 6 Literacy Enhancement

Samuel Paine Joshua Webb Benjamin Gibson Brandon Luu Zachary Cobucci Peter Kaminaris Leon Lymbouris Trent Shannon Anthony Indovino

Year 7 Drama Samuel De Stefanis English Thomas Ponissi Literacy Enhancement Michael Donnarumma LOTE Italian Jaime Andres Marino Physical Education Liam Murphy Geography Liam Ramirez Music Liam Ramirez Band Program Alexander Collins History Alexander Collins LOTE French Alexander Collins Mathematics William Wright Religious Education William Wright Science Tanis Van Laake Technology Tanis Van Laake YEAR 7 ACC SPORTS AWARDS ACC Athletics Mackenzie Beadman ACC Basketball Harry Bowen ACC Cricket Khy Horsnell ACC Cross Country Zak Hawker ACC Football Liam Murphy ACC Hockey Lachlan Yeates

ACC Soccer Jake Dziubinski ACC Swimming Robert Tallarico ACC Tennis Nicholas Gourgoulis ACC Volleyball Sam Michael Sportsman of the Year Harry Bowen Year 8 Art Patrick Boyle Drama Conor Khan English Lachlan Kafer Geography Andrew Walker History Jordan Villani Literacy Enhancement Jack Cook LOTE French Nigel Menezes LOTE Indonesian Joshua Segal LOTE Italian Julian De Thomasis Mathematics Marcus Karam Physical Education Mitchell Wildoer Religious Education Tanum Shipp Science Karl Maul Technology Karl Maul Year 8 ACC Sports Awards ACC Athletics Harrison Lagastes ACC Cross Country Harrison Lagastes ACC Basketball Mitch Wildoer ACC Cricket Max Holmes ACC Football Liam Bisognin ACC Hockey Jarrod Tymms ACC Soccer Chase McManus ACC Swimming Brodie Muller ACC Tennis Dean Constantineas ACC Volleyball William Mackie Sportsman of the Year Liam Bisognin 18

Year 9 Art Matthew Swinnerton Drama Dimitri Ganotis English Joshua Talbot History Matthew Horrigan Literacy Enhancement Nikolaus Hema LOTE French George Ktenas LOTE Indonesian Richard Laurens LOTE Italian Michael Hoareau Media Studies Jonathan Pertile Music – Songwriting Luka Dujic Photography Steven Lau Physical Education James Benton Technology Robert O’Brien Geography Thomas Brasher Literature Thomas Brasher Mathematics Thomas Brasher Religious Education Thomas Brasher Science Thomas Brasher YEAR 9 ACC SPORTS AWARDS ACC Athletics Liam O’Callaghan ACC Cross Country Liam O’Callaghan ACC Basketball James Benton ACC Cricket Wesley Agar ACC Football Jordi Sahely ACC Hockey Mitchell Eager ACC Soccer Xavier Purcell ACC Swimming Joseph Beadell ACC Tennis Tim Walsh ACC Volleyball Luke Brownhill Sportsman of the Year Liam O’Callaghan

Awards

Academic Award Winners Semester 2 — Kinnoull Year 10 Economics William Agar English Lewis De Stefanis Geography Stephen Ciavarella History Richard Buckley Literacy Support Minh Nguyen Literature Dominic Hando LOTE French Jack Heatley LOTE Italian Stephen Ciavarella Materials Technology Elliott Holden Mathematics (Further) Jack Campion Mathematics (Methods) Daniel Wijaksono Mathematics (Methods) Michael Patane Media Studies Darcy Kinna Multimedia Adam Bell Music Performance Gennaro Murray Photography James Eracleous Physical Education Christian Lymbouris Religious Education Alexander Di Medio Science Alexander Di Medio Science Nathan Kim Systems Technology Harry Beech Visual Communication & Design Thomas O’Dwyer De La Salle College Year 10 Sportsman of the Year 2011 Harrison Lagastes De La Salle College Australian Defence Force Award for Leadership 2011

Alexander Di Medio

Year 11 Accounting - Damien Taranto (Year 10) Art Angus McCulloch Biology Zachary Spencer Building & Construction Certificate II Steve Cosgrave Business Management Benjamin Jopling Chemistry Connor Wilson Economics Miles Fabris English Darcy Conlan General Mathematics (Further) Jack Gava General Mathematics (Methods) Joseph Maccora General Mathematics (Specialist) Miles Fabris History (20th Century) George Tang Interactive Digital Media Certificate II Thomas Robertson

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International Politics Fabio Haramis Legal Studies Lewis De Stefanis (Year 10) Literature Joshua Zuzek LOTE Italian Christopher Draffen Mathematical Methods Connor Wilson Media Studies Darcy Conlan Music Performance Joshua Renjen Physical Education Matthew Northage Physics Joseph Connell Psychology Tommy Chien Sport & Recreation Certificate II Michael Harris-Jaffe Studio Arts William Borschmann Systems Engineering Tommy Chien Texts & Traditions Unit 1 George Tang VCAL Intermediate Steve Cosgrave Visual Communication & Design Justin Yuan

Champions

Year 7 ACC Football Premiers

1st Cricket XI ACC Premiers

ACC Golf Senior Premiers Public Speaking Premiers

Front: Mrs Carmel Dwyer, A. Young, C. Di Donato, M. Cozzi, D. Ganotis

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D. Loton, A. Stott, W. Pirrie, C. Stewart, J. Vitacca, S. Delgorge, L. Pezet, T. Walkear

Champions

Year 10 ACC Soccer Premiers

Year 10 ACC (Div 1) Basketball Premiers

Primary Football Premiers

Year 10 ACC (Div 2) Basketball Premiers

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VCE Results, 2011 The College recorded a pleasing increase in VCE results for 2011 with an overall improvement of 2.2% for ATAR scores. With a cohort of 173 students sitting for the exams, 22 students had an ATAR above 90, and once again our top students achieved an ATAR above 99.0. They were well supported by a team of 20 others who achieved above the 90.0 and put them among the top students in the State. They are:

DUX OF THE COLLEGE, 2011

Philip Taranto (99.35)

We congratulate our top achievers for 2011. They were a group who were active in College life and disciplined with their work. The results are evident. Our top three were Philip Taranto (99.35), Calvin Wu (99.2) and Simon Hearn (98.85). Simon was also the Captain of our successful Cross Country team, with an individual 2nd place, Open Division, in the ACC championships. Angus Cramp was College Captain 2011, Timothy Shallue (College Vice Captain) and Anthony Kouch and Ashton Agar were also College Leaders. Ashton was also the Captain of our very successful ‘ACC Champions’ First XI Cricket team.

Two students achieved perfect scores of 50: Philip Taranto ( Mathematical Methods) and Simon Hearn (Legal Studies).

Calvin Wu (99.2)

Simon Hearn (98.85)

Joshua Attard (98.25)

Patrick Orlando (97.65)

Peter Vuong (96.55)

Alex Freeman (96.25)

Ryan Hynes (96.2)

Anthony Anastasio (95.05)

Peter Petros (94.85)

John Monier (93.85)

Christopher Ngu (93.4)

Nathan Contin (93.25)

Timothy Shallue (92.9)

Anthony Kouch (92.65)

Xinwen Shi (92.65)

Dylan Jones (92.1)

Kelvin Kwan (91.85)

Liam Sharp (91.65)

Ashton Agar (90.55)

David Grant (90.5)

Angus Cramp (90.15)

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In 2011 the College recorded an overall improvement in ATAR scores with 81.5% of the 173 students achieving an ATAR score of above 50. Of particular note were those students who had suffered in recent years from serious illness and whose learning was frequently disrupted but who managed to do very well for themselves. The College is proud of their determination and achievements.

ATAR scores: 14 students had an ATAR score among the top 2% in the State i.e. 45 – 50, and those scores were shared by 9 teachers. A further 57 students achieved scores of 40 – 45, shared by 27 teaches, and putting those students among the top 8% of students in their particular subject.

All results are the result of very hard work by both students and teachers. De La Salle College is pleased with the VCE results for 2011 and says ‘thank you’ to all who were part of the effort.

College Leaders 2011

Standing: Mrs Sally Buick, Mr Peter Riordan, Ashton Agar, Patrick O’Connor, Patrick Hanney, Mark Goy, Michael Stizza, Mr Tim Ford, Mr Sam Magree Seated: Jake Williams, Nicholas Pane, Daniel Slavin, Angus Cramp, Br Paul, Timothy Shallue, Anthony Kouch, Dimitri Damianos

Fo me it only seems like yesterday that we were all in Year 7, sitting through an assembly with Mr Ford calling out 150 names we had never heard before, playing with the person’s chair in front of us and waiting for it all to be over. But to my fellow students in front of me staring down at your shoes or picking at the fluff on your blazer, believe me when I say that it feels like a millisecond ago that I was doing the same thing, and suddenly you’re up here shaking the hand of your Homeroom teacher.

The realization comes that time moves very quickly — the Mad days, the Founders days and the Social Justice masses come up slowly, moving past each year, and it is not until we are given the chance to take a breath is that we realise that they won’t be repeated, and they become nothing but a memory.

We can only remember certain snapshots that define our time at De La Salle — the camps, lunchtimes and lectures. Every one of my peers feels as if it were only yesterday when we began our journey at De La. It was only yesterday we pulled on a blazer three sizes too big and posed stiffly for the camera,

made an effort to put on a brave face, look as big as we could, and tell mum “no worries, I’ll be fine”, because, after all, we were high school kids from now on. Little did we know the transformation that would take place.

I have developed into a young man who has grown alongside my friends and brothers who have been my erstwhile companions. We are ready and willing to dive into the deep end of life — we have finally grown into our blazers.

Each and every one of us has had a different experience of the College, been influenced by different teachers, and has had different friendship groups.

Whether you are a ‘lad’ or ‘jock’, an ‘indy kid’ or an ‘intellectual’ it is my theory that no matter what your experience at De La Salle, the College has had a significant impact on your teenage years, education, and the beginning of adulthood. It is with great pleasure that on behalf of our year level I can thank the College staff for their contribution to each and every one of us.

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Thank you to the College for moulding the class of 2011 into a group capable of tackling anything the future throws at us.

To the other year levels, and in particular Year 7 student new to the College, I offer you one piece of advice — cherish every day, don’t let a single moment be wasted in your time at De La. I said at the beginning of the year “make the most of it and do yourself proud”, because soon it will be you in our position, hoping for just one more lunchtime with your mates, one more MAD day, one more day to be in the Blue and Gold.

To the class of 2011, my peers, my brothers striving for excellence alongside me, thank you for a roller coaster ride of a year. I wish you all the best for the future that lies ahead. Our hardest yet most memorable year of our life has come to an end and it is up to us to take on the future in typical De La fashion, with courage, zeal and our mates by our side. I hope that I will not be remembered as College Captain, but a mate who wore the Blue and Gold with pride. Just call me a De La boy, because that’s enough for me.

Angus Cramp College Captain

Year 12 2011 Jackson Adams

Ashton Agar

Roman Alberti

Mitchell Allamby

Matthew Allars

Anthony Anastasio

Matthew Anderson

Joshua Attard

Daniel Austen

Paul Bailey

Samuel Barone

Joshua Beckman

Michael Bellmunt

Darcy Betts

John Birchall

Thomas Bishop

John Bohan

Danny Bollas

Jordan Bull

Liam Burke

Michael Burke

Thomas Callahan

Timothy Carracher

Alexander Chaplin

Lazars Chrisomalidis

Laurent Tam Chung Tsang

Christopher Brezzi

Michael Bruce

Juke CampbellBeschorner

James CampbellTennant

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Year 12 2011 Andrew Clark

Nathan Contin

Jack Cooper

Patrick Cotter

Jake Cowan

Angus Cramp

Aidan Crellin

Grant Curnow

Daniel Currie

Jacob Curtis

Andrew D’Arcy

Christopher D’Silva

Matthew Daly

Dimitri Damianos

Paul Darras

Anthony

Christopher

De Bono

De Grazia

Joshua Delgorge

Luke Dell’Orso

Peter Di Natale

Thomas Dojcinovic

Benjamin Doree

Nicholas Elliss

Ramy Farjou

John Farrugia

Ishan Fernando

Patrick Fitzgerald

Mitchell Fletcher

Cameron Foots

Lucas Forato

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Year 12 2011 Jack Forbes

Alex Freeman

Michael Galgani

Patrick Gallagher

Jonathan Garcia

Luke Gersbeck

Alexander Gibson

Timothy Gibson

Ryan Goodman

Mark Goy

David Grant

Lucas Gravas

Jayden Guerrieri

Harry Haley

Matthew Hamilton

Patrick Hanney

Thomas Hanney

Matthew Harvey

Patrick Hatch

Simon Hearn

Daniel Heath

Zachary High

Michael Hogan

Nicholas Holmes

Edward Howe

Mitchell Hurley

Ryan Hynes

Daniel Janka

Tim Jiang

Dylan Jones

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Year 12 2011 Dylan Jones

Jonathon Kartadinata

George Katheklakis

Mitchell Kaye

Alexander Kelada

Aston Khanthakaew

Anthony Kouch

Kelvin Kwan

Ryan Lack

Nik Lukic

Sebastian Mackay

Stuart Maddocks

Stephen Mallas

Cameron Mason

Matthew McBride

James McCaffrey

Robert McCarthy

Jonathan McGivern

John Moneir

Christopher Monger

Dylan Morgan

Joseph Morina

Anthony Moumar

Nicholas Mowbray

Jackson Munday

Taron Naoroji

William Nash

Ryan Neeson

Christopher Ngu

Andrew Nguyen

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Year 12 2011 John Nguyen

Patrick O’Connell

Andrew O’Connor

Jack O’Shannessy

Patrick Orlando

Alex Otten

Vinay Ounbounheuang

Nicholas Pane

Mario Papotto

Alexander Pelly

Matthew Pennacchia

Joshua Penzes

Guy Pepe

Thomas Peterson

Peter Petros

William Pirrie

Mark Premier

Oliver Purton-Smith

Janakan Ramalingam

Patrick Randall

Joseph Regan

Cameron Rizio

James Rizio

Ethan Rocke

Alexander Roney

Steven Ryan

Clancy Scanlan

Michael Selwood

Timothy Shallue

Liam Sharp

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Year 12 2011

Joshua Williams

Jackson Shaw

Evan Shi

Alexander Sidarta

Daniel Slavin

Alexander Sly

Jordan Smith

Joseph Smith

Nicholas Smith

Anthony Soriano

Cary Spanopoulos

Rory Stedman

Phillip Stevens

Michael Stizza

Nicholas Sullivan

William Sullivan

Matthew Taranto

Philip Taranto

Brenton Taylor

Joshua Taylor

Carlo Tjahjadi

Michael Tomlinson

Daniel Vass

Peter Vuong

Jacob Williams

James Wilson

Liam Wilson

Jake Wise

Darcy Wood

Liam Wood

Calvin Wu

Nicholas Young

Coolies Visit to India 2011

Directly following placing their pens down for the last time our 11 ‘2010 Coolies’ were on a plane bound for Chennai in the very south of India. Once we landed in Chennai our first mission was to somehow find our way to our overnight resting place. This may sound easy, but to do this we needed to dodge a barrage of taxi drivers, uneven footpaths and a humidity we

had only before experienced perhaps on a record heat wave in a Melbourne summer gone by. We completed this first mission and it all became absolutely worth it when we arrived at our final destination: St Joseph’s Keelimudiman, and laid eyes on the wonderful students who make up this Lasallian school. We were met by Principal Br Alfred and his group of inspiring Brothers who looked after us beautifully during our time in Keelimudiman. For the next four weeks the Coolies worked rain, hail or shine to assist building two classrooms from scratch and renovating the floor of the nearby boys hostel. The Coolies were also set the task of clearing a large amount of rubble behind the school to enable outdoor classroom space in the shade.

Tasks that seemed impossible in the beginning came to completion as we worked along side real ‘Coolies’ who, despite the language barrier, became our friends as the work progressed. Of a night time, when work had finished for the day, the Coolies visited eight tuition centers in the towns surrounding Keelimudiman. These centres were set up by the Indian Brothers to allow students to complete their homework under a communal light source, as electricity is scarce in the homes of locals. Our Coolies and staff were amazed at the amount of study undertaken by the Indian students from as young as early Primary school age. In the blink of an eye our work was 30

done and we were farewelled by the St Joseph’s community. Little did these students and Brothers know just how much they had touched our hearts, making us realize the enormity of the Lasallian family we are privileged to belong to. Two weeks of travel followed and we explored southern India. Hampi, Goa, Bangalore and Mysore were all on our list, each city unique. Singapore was our last stop and from there back home Mr Evans at work landing in Melbourne to be greeted by families we had not seen for six weeks. We were grateful for our comfortable homes with running water and electricity. But we carry an awareness of our responsibility to do what we can for, in the words of our Founder, ‘the last, the lost and the least.’ Thank you to Br Alfred and his team and the inspiring students of St Joseph’s Keelimudiman. Above all, thanks to Tom Gaylor, Jean-Rene Vauzelle, Mitch Sarpi, Daniel Stavrevski, Michael Bohan, Matt Tucker, Alex Minicz, Eugene Twomey, Tim Howard, Leo Morgan, Giacomo Fecht O’Brien, Mr Larry Evans and Mr Michael Watty.

Ms Kate McIlroy

Papua New Guinea ‘De La Salle continued its aid work in Papua New Guinea this year as 13 Year 11 students, under the assured leadership of veteran Mr Warren Walker and new inclusion, Mr Tim ‘Tractor’ Hogan, travelled to the country in the September holidays.

Joining us were plumbers Craig Stewart, a parent, and for his second year helping with the PNG project, Murray Wells.

This year, we were situated at De La Salle Bomana, an all boys 9–12 school twelve miles outside of Port Moresby. We were welcomed by Brothers Leo and Adolf, our hosts for the duration of our stay, and Mr Ume, Principal of the college.

We were also introduced to Mr Siki, Chairman of the College, who was to become our driver, head of security and friend during the course of the trip.

The school has struggled recently without the help of Government funding, so our presence was greatly appreciated by the Bomana community. Over the course of the two weeks we managed to lay a 400-­ metre water pipe, fix up multiple septic tanks, re-tile a bathroom and, most significantly, re-­establish a former World War II infirmary as a computer lab. It was a considerable project, but one we managed to complete within our time limit.

We were fortunate to be given the opportunity to immerse ourselves in Papua New Guinean culture. We were taken to the Bomana War Cemetery, swam in the local river with the Bomana boys and travelled out to Mainohana Secondary College, Bomana’s Brother school. Here we were granted the unique opportunity of experiencing village life and joined some of the local boys in having a swim at the pristine, black sand beach nearby.

On our final day, we decided to travel to the end of the Kokoda trail, and we were not disappointed, as the mountain mist lifted long enough for us to be granted a look at the track that has cemented itself firmly in Australian folklore.

Our greatest memories, however, come from the people we met along the way. Everywhere we went, people stopped us to shake our hands and smile, producing gifts and asking to take photos with us.

The Bomana community in particular was incredibly grateful for our assistance, and we were astonished to discover an entire pig had been butchered for our final dinner together, a great honour in PNG.

Volunteers Damien Tyrer, Ed Will, Damon Grant, Liam Corkhill, Liam Dimmatina, Ilias Roytberg, Mr Warren Walker, Nick Curwood, Steve Cosgrave, Nick Rodway, William Carson, Daniel King, Mr Craig Stewart, Mr Tim Hogan Kneeling: Louis Holmes and Mr Murray Wells

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Gratitude must be extended to Mr Warren Walker, who led us well and made sure we were always safe, Mr Tim Hogan, whose knowledge and insights made the site meetings at the end of the day always enjoyable and, of course, Craig Stewart and Murray Wells, who paid their own way to help with the project.

Thank you to the College and the Lasallian foundation for their assistance in initiating the project.

Finally, thank you to the boys of De La, whose contributions to Mission Action Day enabled us to see the work of the De La Brothers in action and take part in a project that we will never forget.

Nick Rodway

Lasallian Service

Luke Torrisi, Tristan Johnstone, Xavier Purcell and Richard Hart, volunteers at Mary MacKillop Aged Care

As part of our yearly curriculum, Year 9 De La Salle students are given the opportunity to see what life is really like outside the schoolyard, and witness the daily lives of the elderly or young people who are physically and/or mentally challenged. It was a time of stepping out of our comfort zone, doing things we wouldn’t normally do. It was also a time for reflection,

appreciation and a few wise words from those from the ‘old times’ who have experienced many different events over the years — wars, the Great Depression, living on the other side of the globe, immigrating to Australia.

As part of the program, Year 9s seek permission from a local Aged Care Centre to volunteer for a week’s worth of help, devotion, understanding, and making new friendships with the elderly. Here is my story.

Blake Fletcher, Marcus Henriques-Gomes, James Delaney and I volunteered at Highwood Court, a community-based nursing home, filled with inspiring and hard working volunteers. At first, we felt awkward introducing ourselves, but thanks to support and encouragement from the nurses staff we soon found our feet. We undertook daily activities — reading the newspapers, bowling, preparing meals, painting and even as simple a task as conversing with residents.

One of the highlights during my time at Highwood Court was making a new friend, Ted. Ted shared many stories and taught us many valuable lessons. He was a funny person and loved a joke. Ted had impaired vision, meaning he could only see shadows, not exactly the way we see our way around. He made me realise how lucky I was and, more importantly, made me appreciate how one can live and enjoy life regardless.

In my experience at community service, I learned many valuable lessons. The first thing is that we need to appreciate what 32

we have, because we simply don’t appreciate how lucky we are.

There are people who suffer terrible diseases — one that I experienced at Highwood Court was the common condition of dementia.

For those of you that don’t know, dementia essentially degrades the memory, leaving the sufferer helpless and in great need of help and attention. It is a cruel, yet touching disease, especially when you try to sustain a conversation with someone who has it. The second thing I learned, and something that everyone should learn, is that it is essential to give back to our community.

Even though it takes time, the sense of satisfaction you get when you volunteer to give your community a helping hand is magic.

Christian Di Donato

Hugo Macoch-Grossi, at pre-school day care

St Vincent de Paul What a busy year 2011 has been for the St Vincent de Paul Society. The group consisted of boys from Years 10–12, all willing to involve themselves in social justice which has always been an integral part of De La Salle College. Each meeting provided a friendly environment that all the boys could contribute to.

Early in the year, Matthew Taylor and James McCaffrey attended the annual St Vincent de Paul Youth Conference at St Kevin’s College. The conference focused on many aspects of Social Justice and ways individuals can continue to be involved in the St Vincent de Paul Society after De La. One of the activities was volunteering at the Collingwood Soup Van. Many of the boys stepped out of their comfort zones on chilly Sunday evenings to help those less fortunate. The boys would share their experiences at the meetings each week and it was evident they gained a great amount of satisfaction from the experience. The Malvern Emergency Food Program was once again a success. In no time, Mr Magree’s office was full of assorted food items, a credit to the College Community’s generosity.

The biggest event for the St Vincent de Paul Society this year was the Dodge Ball event. What was created as an experiment for fund-raising last year grew to be a raging success this year. For the last weeks of Term 2, the audience in the College gym roared

on their teams. It was good to see teachers and students working together.

The proceeds raised went towards our Coolies mission in India. A lot of planning and preparation went into the event and a special thanks to Mr Petrie and Mr Harrup who refereed the event.

Thanks go to all members who attended the meetings each week, all whom enthusiastically contributed to the society throughout the year.

Thanks to Anthony Kouch, our Vicepresident, Mark Goy our Treasurer, Nick Rodway, Liam Sharp, Ryan Moody, Mr Graeme Lawler and Matt Taylor and Secretary James McCaffrey (who took down some of the most entertaining minutes we have ever As the College moves into its centenary year, it read), who put themselves forward to help the sociwould be fantastic to see an even larger number of ety in whatever way possible. I’m proud to call these volunteers present at St Vincent de Paul meetings. boys “Vinnies” as they have proven themselves to be The society is a joy to be part of and the experience fine gentlemen. is both rewarding and satisfying.

Special Thanks must be given to Mr Lawler who has Make 100 years at De La Salle count, and I encourguided the society through yet another year. Our age all our students to ‘get involved’ and make the St society would not operate so effectively without his Vincent de Paul Society of 2012 the greatest ever. support and enthusiasm for the boys, reflective of his Ryan Moody warm and friendly personality.

President

Year 12 St Vincent de Paul Leaders — Josh Attard, Michael Bruce, Mark Goy, Michael Galgani, Anthony Kouch, Joe Morina, James McCaffrey, Chris Ngu, Liam Sharp and Will Sullivan.

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De La Salle – La Salle Green Hills Cultural Exchange 2011

Blood Bank

Mitch Hurley and David Richardson

Since 1996 De la Salle Malvern and La Salle Green Hills have been involved in an cultural exchange program which has changed the lives of all who participated.

In April 21 students and three staff arrived at Tullamarine airport from Manila to begin two weeks living with an Australian family and experiencing the Australian way of life.

During the hectic two-week stay our visitors experienced many aspects of Australian life and sampled many of the sights that Victoria has to offer.

I would like to thank all of the host families for accepting a guest into their homes, as I know that it can be demanding, and tests the generosity of all involved. Invariably feedback is positive and in most cases the families benefit from the experience.

One of the Filipino students wrote me a note where he said: “Life in Australia made a big difference in me. I was homesick but I get the feeling that I don’t want to go home. I am independent, in that I can cook stuff and I can take care of myself. Just for once no maid and you do almost everything for yourself. Everyone has a life here. Most have a job. Wish we could take this life back home.”

I look forward to 2012 when our students will have the opportunity to travel to the Philippines.

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Elliot Tampling

Rhyard Sahely, Patrick Orlando, Brad Monaco and Mr Peter Riordan

In December the College received a certificate and this letter of appreciation from the Australian Red Cross Blood Bank. It makes tangible the service so many of our boys have rendered over the course of 2011.

“Please find enclosed a certificate of appreciation for De La Salle College from the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, for your ongoing support throughout 2011 and your contributions to Victoria’s overall blood supply.

During the year the Blood Service visited your school on three occasions collecting a total of 148 units of blood.

Did you know: Every unit of blood we collect is fractionated into its three usable blood components (red cells, plasma & platelets) which means that every unit donated has the potentially save three lives.

This means that for 2011 your donors have potentially saved 444 lives!

A magnificent achievement for which you should all be congratulated. I hope that we can build on this number for 2012.

Kindest Regards, Doug Allen, Australian Red Cross Blood Service.”

Many thanks to Mr Kevin Hunter for coordinating the blood donations yet again in 2011.

Libraries What an exciting and unique year it has been! As a result of funding from the Australian Government, and after much effort and planning by Br Paul, the beautifully refurbished Tiverton Library was officially opened on July 26, and has been a remarkably popular venue ever since. The Library is now airy, light and spacious, with twelve computers, six large tables, and the usual fiction and non-fiction collections, as well as a number of comfy reading chairs, and a dedicated Reading Area for primary students.

It is particularly well-patronised at recess and lunchtimes, notwithstanding the increased number of classes booked in each day to take advantage of this wonderful facility. Special thanks must go to the wonderful group of dedicated parents and grandparents, who tirelessly tackled the task of applying new security tags to around 13,000 Library books in the Tiverton Library. The sharing of an enormous task like this is greatly appreciated.

The Primary Library Program ran as usual, with a number of visits to the Stonnington Library, Malvern.

We encourage all students and staff to apply for membership at this Library as it is an outstanding additional resource, supplementing the collections available at school. The Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge was successfully completed by the following students from Year 6: Evan Chatterton, Jack McGrath, Liam Farrell, Michael Dickson, Nicholas

Library staff (Tiverton), Br Matthew Heron fsc, Ms Karol Jovanoski and Ms Susan Jost

Library staff (Kinnoull), Br Matthew Heron fsc, Ms Susan Jost And Ms Clare Kennedy

Buccheri, Oliver Lindsay, and from Year 7: Tanis Van Laake, Aaron Vargiu, George Kouzoumis, Harrison Long, Jacson Lalande, James O’Dwyer, Riley Watson, Samuel Gimisis, Timothy Cafarella, William Wright and Edison Nguyen. Congratulations to you all.

The Kinnoull Library was the recipient of new chairs for students in March, with the outdated, bulky and broken “wheely” chairs being replaced. The new blue chairs are a bright and welcome addition to the Library. The Kinnoull Library’s 16 computers continue to be one of our best-used assets.

The Library’s presence on Moodle has been increased, with AIMS, the Library catalogue, now available there, as well as the Echo newspaper index, allowing each student and staff member to search these databases without necessarily having to visit the Library. Our print resources, Fiction and Non-fiction, are of good quality and relevance, and our DVD collections continue to be well used.

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At the library opening Curtis Hayashi (Year 4) and Ben Northey (Year 6) pose for a photo which was later to grace the cover of the September edition of Roll Call.

at the end of 2011, Br Matthew Heron, who is retiring after two years of dedicated library service with us, and Karol Jovanoski, a wonderful Library technician who willingly and ably stepped in to help us while Miss Ickeringill was away during Terms 2, 3 and 4.

We will miss you both.

And finally, a welcome back to Leanne Ickeringill who returned to work on November 14 after an extended recovery from illness.

Ms Susan Jost College Librarian

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Each year the College community mounts a significant effort to raise funds to assist members of the wider Lasallian community around the world, especially in the nearby poorer countries. The College community gathered for our annual walk at Smith Reserve on a day that was made in heaven. It was almost perfect — God blessed us with the best! But our day does not happen by accident. The MAD Committee put many hours during Term 1 into organizing this event and ensuring that it would run perfectly. And it did. Our thanks go to all those on the Committee with their leader, Mr Ian Oliver, whose commitment and dedication to this effort is noteworthy. We all acknowledge the size of the logistics for the day and excellent way in which everything is conducted.

Our sincere thanks. In 2011 we dispersed $43,000 to mission projects in three countries: Sudan, India and Papua New Guinea. MAD is a College community project in which we live out the Gospel message by helping those who urgently need our support.

This is our service to the wider church.

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Founders Day

Each year we celebrate Founders Day with great gusto. As is our custom, we commence the day with Mass, thanking God for all His blessings and graces which he gives to us in De La Salle. This year our celebrant was Fr Michael Elligate. He wore the special vestments which the College had specially made as a gift for the late Fr Les Troy CM on the celebration of his 40 years as a priest. They were presented back to the College by the Vincentian Fathers. Following the Mass, we adjourned to Kinnoull where the College Leaders had prepared a fiesta of games and activities that created much fun, laughter and involvement for the students. Proceeds go towards helping ‘Coolies for India’. The College Leaders are to be commended for their hard work in preparing for the day and the very successful way in which it all happened. Our thanks also to Graeme Pender (Head of RME), Joan Ferguson, Cindy Frost and Mary Finn whose creative and organisational skills helped create an evocative and prayerful liturgy for us all.

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Athletics Day The annual de La Salle Athletics Carnival was held on Friday, 4th March at Duncan McKinnon Athletics Track, Murrumbeena.

Despite a dose of ‘four seasons in one day’, the attendance, participation and enthusiasm from the students was fantastic. All students made a real effort to get involved in the track and field events and the competition between the Homeroom Teams was both lively and spirited.

The Homeroom Team results per year level were as follows:Year 7 Year 8 1st - Benilde 1st - Hegarty 2nd - Jerome 2nd - Benilde 3rd - Hegarty 3rd - Solomon Year 9 Year 10 1st - Miguel 1st - Miguel 2nd - Vincent 2nd - Solomon 3rd - Dunstan 3rd - Jerome Year 11 Year 12 1st - Hegarty 1st - Roland 2nd - Solomon 2nd - Solomon 3rd - Roland 3rd - Benilde / Hegarty There were many talented DLS Athletes on display at the Carnival and the following competitors were judged to be the “Year Level Champion Athletes” for 2011: Year 7 Year 8 Daniel Brasher Liam Bisognin 7 Roland 8 Dunstan Year 9 Year 10 Daniel Leone Alex Di Medio 9 Hegarty 10 Jerome (2010 Winner) (2010 Winner) Year 11 Year 12 Nick Curwood Michael Stizza 11 Hegarty 12 Roland Hegarty (2nd) and Roland (3rd) filled the minor placings in the overall results and SOLOMON was the 2011 DLS Athletics Champion Homeroom. Despite not winning one year level competition, Solomon was rewarded for consistency across all year levels.

Thank you to all staff for their involvement and assistance at the Carnival to ensure that it was a positive and enjoyable experience for all students.

Peter Harte Director of Sport

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Year 8 Fantastical Creatures

Visual Arts Mario Papotto

Chris Monger

Alex Lelande

Year 8 Samurai Helmets

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Daniel Edwards

Trevor Yao

Michael McCaffrey

Alex Lalande

Jackson Carroll

Richard Buckley

Nick Cooper

Year 9 Animal Masks

Grade 5 “Stepping Through History” Evan Rich

Year 8 “Aboriginal Dreaming”

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Matthew Crosby

Anthony De Bono

Studio Arts Photography William Borschman

Patrick Gallagher

Genarro Murray

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William Borschman

Andrew Nguyen

Harry Haley Angus Cramp

Darcy Wood

“E” from The Alphabet series — Michael McMahon Andrew O’Connor

Tom Peterson

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Michael McCaffrey

Jackson Shaw

Wilhelm Sisouw

Visual Communication & Design

Anthony Marsicano Daniel Currie

Dylan Morgab

Tom Callahan

Nick Formica

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Will Carson

Jackson Carrol

Matthew Mallaly Danny Bollas

Mackenzie Fairchild

Michael Swinnerton

Matthew Mallaly

Nick Holmes Jonathan Garcia

Harry Holden

Matthew Anderson

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VCE Media 2011

This year 27 students completed VCE Media at De la Salle College. The year’s films were once again showcased at the Media Awards Night in October, a highlight of the annual De La Salle Arts Week. With a diverse range of themes, this year’s films kept audiences wide-eyed and on the edge of their seats. Different aspects of teenage life inspired this year’s themes like domestic abuse, teenage peer pressure, relationships and addiction.

Students were able to tell stories about the deeper issues of life as well as the details and obscurities that motivate people’s actions.

This year, the Award for Best Film

went to a deserving Chris Monger for Comuppance, a realist portrayal of the hardships of domestic violence. Patrick Randall won best direction for his symbolic depiction of a young man overcoming his dark past in Dusk Till Dawn. Best Comedy went to Ryan Hynes for his film Dictation Primary and Best Production Design plan went to Andrew O’Connor for his film, The Amazing World of Lego. Best Animation went to Dylan Jones for Pac’d In, a tribute to the iconic Pacman video game, created through the a meticulous process of “rotoscoping”, where each frame of footage is manually drawn to create the animated images.

This year a special Award was presented to Jack Forbes for his untiring contributions to a number of the final films. His film The Gift was also a standout film with its clever portrayal of a young man who, when his girlfriend refuses to return his calls, decides to send himself in the mail to her.

Strong themes and atmospheric locations were a feature of the 2011 films. Stuart Maddock’s film, The Mill and Nick Smith’s Before Your Eyes were both strong dramatic films.

Grant Curnow’s film also drew on some strong dramatic elements. A romantic drama, Cameron Mason’s Just A Girl was a wellcrafted tale of unrequited love with an excellent script and strong direction.

With a lighter flavour, Aston Khanthakaew’s Grizzly Note impressed the audience with its brilliant cinematography. Other comedies included Ed Howe’s film, The Dangers of the Decibel, which hilariously followed the antics 48

of a young man suffering from the effects of playing his iPod too loud. Similarly, The Henry Wills Story,

by Luke Gersbeck took a light-hearted approach to binge eating with the comic wrinkle of Luke playing his mother.

Documentaries featured again including the sophisticated art-house style film, My Guitar, by Jordan Smith. Similarly, Angus Cramp’s look at Melbourne’s coffee scene was a visual masterpiece. George Katheklakis, Australian Paramedics and Liam Sharp’s carefully executed exploration of role models in sport in, Crossing the Line were both well exectued. Chris De Grazia documented the evils of smoking and Stephen Mallas investigated the dangers of violent video games.

An original soundtrack composed by his father was the strength of Jackson Shaw’s music video, The Music and Luke Dell’orso featured the life of local rap artist Pez. James Campbell Tennant’s film The Question borrowed from this popular genre made popular recently on social media. The length of the evening was a testament to the hard work and talents of the 2011 VCE Media class. Congratulations to them all.

Kerry Martin and Haylene Peipert VCE Media Teachers 2011

Music On The Road One of the most valuable experiences for any musician is to perform and collaborate. During the year the Intermediate Band (pictured right) embarked on a mini tour for the first time. The band hit the road to perform at St Anne’s Primary school and also at Salesian College in Sunbury.

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Music Camp The Grampians, a Year 12 Perspective Music camp is an annual event for all music students who participate in senior ensembles at De La Salle. Over four days, we travelled around rural areas of Victoria, performing for isolated communities whilst honing our musical skills. This year’s tour was my fifth and final opportunity to go on music tour and I was eager to accept it. Music tours provide a safe and secure environment for us to perform in front of others, fostering confidence in our abilities and resilience in front of large crowds. But the best part is sharing the gift of music with those who – because of circumstance or location – rarely get access to performance.

I am glad to have been given this opportunity and I urge future students to spread the music.

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Music in Performance Learning an instrument is one thing, putting in the hours of practice is another. Playing and preparing with fellow players gets us ready to present the music. But nothing can prepare you for the rush of excitement when the lights dim and an audience waits expectantly. This year has seen numerous live concerts, from the Primaries demonstrating their adeptness for rhythm and song through the Year 7 programme, which tracks their progress as fledgling players through to the Concert and Stage Bands, the Brass Ensemble, and String and Guitar Ensembles which continued to delight audiences in 2011. We thank Cindy Frost and her dedicated team of teaching staff for preparing (and playing alongside) the boys.

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Design Technology The term ‘manual skills’ describes an area of education which embraces technological aspects of knowledge and associated skills. Design and Technology places more emphasis on problem-solving, design, and a wide range of of general life skills in association with other subject disciplines.

More importantly for our boys, it provides the opportunity to design and manufacture their own project, gaining experience in specialized tools and techniques and experimenting with a range of materials.

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As the middle school production, 12 boys from Years 7 and 8 performed two plays, one comedy and one drama. The comedy, ‘Red Face Foolishness’, was written especially for the boys with their talents in mind. In a classroom, a Mad Professor is filling in for the usual science teacher. He sprays the room with a formula that makes the boys behave in embarrassing ways. The resulting mayhem gave full rein to the boys’ comic talents.

In the drama, ‘Rabbit’, by David Foxton, the bomb has been dropped and the adults made a special effort to preserve the young. Without adults, a tribe of boys is surviving as best they can in a ruined world. When a newcomer is brought into the group, events begin that fundamentally change their lives. The boys impressed their audience with their ability to change moods totally and tell this tragic tale with great pathos.

Mr Andrew Murrell

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The Freedom of the City

De La Salle students starred in “The Freedom of the City” performed in the PAC. Over two terms, the cast worked hard to master Irish, British and American accents, learn lines and discover the relationships between the characters. With the help of the College community, we created the world of Londonderry in the 1970s. Our task was to tell the story of the three ‘victims’ of the play; three ordinary Irish people who protested against British rule, who hid by chance in the Mayor’s parlour, fleeing from their aggressors. The cast and crew are to be congratulated for the outstanding job they did in performing this difficult piece of theatre.

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Primaries

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Sam Andrews

Year 6

Matthew Steen

Year 4

Keiren Farrell

Curtis Hayashi

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The Primary Showcase in 2011 was a curtain raiser for the centenary year.

We selected as our theme “A Band Of Brothers” and tried to explore groups that operate according to the tangible concept of Fraternity. The Year 4s became Blue and Gold knights who expressed mantras of loyalty to their College, (except for the wicked Lord Terry Atkins!)

The Year 5s took on the qualities of war in an exaggerated fable and paused to remember their fellow Lasallians who as soldiers have their names recorded on the honour plaque on the Tower Building.

The Year 6s, in this their last showcase, paid tribute to the De La Salle Brothers, from our Founder in 17th centenary Reims, to the beginning of our school in 1912 and its journey to the present.

Every boy in Primary, through their singing, acting and dancing parts, ensured “Band of Brothers” was a polished entertaining and informative production, full of rhythm and soul thanks to the amazing choreography of Nicole Muling, our beloved departing dance teacher.

Mary Finn

Primary Showcase

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This year Year 6 boys went to Jan Juc for their annual camp. The venue for the camp was the De La Salle house and this year the weather was very kind to us. Activities included beach discovery walks, canoeing, a trip to Erskine Falls, the Airey’s Inlet lighthouse, team challenges, the Lorne Pier to Pub walk, beach soccer and organized group games. The beds were warm and the food prepared by Camp Coordinator, Michael Wilson, was fresh and healthy. For the first time in a number of years the Grade 6 students won the annual night time game of ‘spotlight’, by finding great hiding spots and the well hidden ‘flags’. I have a feeling the teachers did not perform at the level they usually do. On the second night many boys asked if they could go to bed early — a sure sign of tiredness. On the last morning the boys undertook extensive cleaning tasks around the camp, making it spotless!

Mr Ray Leetham Primary Coordinator

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Year 7 Lightning Premiership As the AFL fixture reached the pointy end of the season, Footy Fever certainly hit De La. The annual Football Lightning Premierships were held at D.W. Lucas Reserve and Darling Park and this year’s Year 7 Premiers were Benilde coached by Mr Jeff Locke. All Round Robin Carnivals were played in fine Lasallian spirit and the boys displayed once again how much they enjoy representing their Homeroom class in a competitive but friendly atmosphere.

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7 Jerome

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Inter-Class Homeroom Champions 2011 — 7 Dunstan

Year 7 Class Captains

Jonathon La Grua, Matthew Mercuri Middle Row: Lachlan Bulman, Alistair Turner, Luke Te Moni Front: Mr Shaun Buckley (Year 7 Coordinator), Daniel Aiello, Liam Ramirez, Benjamin O’Hearn

Year 7 Award Winners — Semester 2

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7 Camp During Term 1, each Homeroom participates in a Camp Program. The camp runs for two nights and three days at the College’s property in Jan Juc on Victoria’s Surf Coast. The camp provides students with a great opportunity to develop friendships and participate in a range of exciting outdoor adventure activities. Parents are invited to a Family Barbecue at the completion of their son’s camp, giving them the chance to meet key staff in a relaxed atmosphere and share in their son’s camp experience.

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Year 8 Lightning Premiership Thank you to all staff who participated in the Year 8 Lightning Premiership in August, and special thanks to Ms Liz Turner, Mr Peter Larsen and the Year 11 and 12 Sport and Recreation students for their assistance at each of the days.

Year 8 Premiers – Vincent, coached by Mrs Rose Roe.

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Year 8 Learning Experience Year 8 classes went on their Learning Experience camps in Term 3. Classes travelled to Geelong and surrounds to examine its history and development, a tropical rain forest and enjoyed some time at Jan Juc. On their way back they spent a morning at the “Big Issue” in the city where some of the homeless people shared their stories with the boys. Boys finished their three days at Sacred Heart Mission where they assisted in the facility with after-lunch work and preparations for the evening. The reports from the boys and teachers accompanying them were very positive indeed.

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Inter-Class Homeroom Champions 2011 — 8 Vincent

Year 8 Class Captains

Back Row: Brodie Muller, Ryan Cosgrave, Remo Checcucci Middle Row: Jordan Cannizzaro, Will Mackie Front: Nicholas Sinclair, Enzo Hamilton, Xavier Wigg, Mr Shane Mackintosh (Year 8 Coordinator)

Year 8 Award Winners Semester 2

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Year 8 Bush Dance

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Year 9

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Year 9 Lightning Premiership

Mercifully the sun shone in late July for the Year 9 Lightning Premiership held at the D.W. Lucas Reserve and Darling Park.

The competition was intense and the pressure fierce, but one element is key: the best goal to goal line and a coach at the helm who can steady the ship.

Mr David Alexander and his 9 Roland boys had both the stamina and skills to pull off a worthy year level win.

Again, many thanks to Mr Peter Larsen and the Year 11 and 12 Sport and Recreation students for their assistance on the day.

Year 9 ACC Football

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9 Dunstan

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Year 9 Camp

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Year 9 Dance

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Year 9 Class Captains

Back Row: Ben Stafford, Brad Wildoer, Karl Bianco, Matthew Horrigan, Mr John McAlroy (Head of Campus) Front: Mr Rob Bonnici (Year 9 Coordinator), Michael Monger, Josh Galbraith, Christian Di Donato, Marcus Johns

Year 9 ACC Football Team

Inter-Class Homeroom Champions 2011 — 9 Miguel

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Year 9 Award Winners — Semester 2

Languages at De La Salle

LOTE 2011 2011 saw the reintroduction of a cultural dimension into the Year 10 Italian programme!

Year 10 students spent some lesson time, learning the age-old card games of Briscola and Scopa — something that might not sound too exciting — but take a look at the cards...

They concluded their studies of Italian with a celebration, immersing themselves in one of the aspects of the culture that Italians do best... taking part in a banquet!

One year 10 class saw the introduction of a “Master Class”. Students took part in a lesson of meal preparation, led by Miss Ferrari. The class witnessed the preparation of an appetiser; (the famous bruschetta

(pronounced “broosketta” not “brooshetta”, as often heard!!), and a main of spaghetti alla napoletana . The meal was prepared by the teacher, and then enjoyed by the students.

The second Italian class ordered an already prepared banquet of antipasto, and then a dessert of tiramisu.

What a delicious way of immersing themselves in what the Italians enjoy best — the sharing of a meal!

Merely an introduction to the immersion programme being prepared at this very moment for 2012 — Cultural and linguistic exchanges are being negotiated with a school in Italy which will hopefully see students visiting us in March and De La taking the trip in September.

The Year 9 and 10 French classes took part in the Alliance Française Poetry Competition and gained some impressive results — four of them gained the highest honour of “excellent”, winning places as finalists! This will prepare them well for the linguistic exchange being negotiated for them for 2012!

From Year 7 students: “I learned heaps this year – I got to do French and Italian! We did stuff on the language and how people live in France and Italy. I think I can hold a very basic conversation in both languages”.

“I loved doing two languages this year. It was hard choosing 1 for year 8! The best was learning how people live in other countries.”

“I found learning two languages this year really challenging. I like that!

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I learned things I didn’t know before. The best thing was that we got to sing in a different language and watch DVDs about their way of life!”

“It makes me feel smart if I can say something in a language that no one else can say” Ms Kath Marino LOTE Coordinator

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Eye-full (Eiffel) of France It is strange to think that someone who lives more than 15,000 kilometres away, in a completely different country and with a different culture and lifestyle, would be the same in so many ways.

In July/August, my family hosted Jean Callens, an exchange student from France, for eight weeks. He lives in a small town in the North of France about two hours away from Paris. On his arrival at Melbourne airport, I didn’t know what to expect — will this person be a beret-wearing, pencil-moustached, stripedshirt, baguette-wielding Frenchman, or just a normal sixteen year old from the other side of the globe?

This fellow was none of the above-mentioned stereotypes (a little disappointing to be honest.)

We tried to expose him to as much Australian culture as we could in two months by familiarising him with vocabulary such as ‘bogan’ (which took some time), ‘mate’, ‘g’day’, ‘ute’ and ‘Maccas’.

Shared Stories We ventured through Melbourne, eating crepes (not that he has ever done that before), and took in all the ‘touristy’ locations. We wanted him to see the iconic images of Australia — the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach and The Sydney Opera House — so we went to Sydney, an exciting experience for both of us.

Hosting an exchange student from a country to which I have not yet travelled, I have realised that teenagers don’t change from country to country — they’re all preoccupied, rowdy, at times blunt and spend a good majority of their time on Facebook, listening to music or becoming emotionally attached to their iPod. And the joy of it all is that I will be in France next year having an experience of a lifetime, making friendships and connections with strangers, immersing myself in a new and different culture (and eating as many croissant as one man possibly can fit).

Au revoir et à bientôt, Jack Heatley

Fourteen De La Salle students ranging from Year 7 to Year12, contributed to this year’s edition of ‘Shared Stories’, an anthology of student writing and art work, the collaborative effort of twelve Catholic schools in and around Melbourne.

This year’s theme was ‘Freedom’ and students were required to produce a piece of writing in any form, or a piece of art work, expressing their individual take on this theme. De La Salle had over fifty entrants from which we were required to select the most effective fourteen. This was not an easy task.

The launch took place at Star of the Sea College, Gardenvale in November, with guest speaker Martin Flannigan. It was a wonderful occasion for our students to celebrate their achievements in the company of their fellow contributors. All of the speakers on the day spoke of the high quality of the publication and of the works contained within.

Each year copies of the anthology are housed in the State Library of Victoria and at the National Library in Canberra. Various media outlets also peruse the anthology for good student work to publish, so having one’s piece in ‘Shared Stories’ is quite a broad recognition of the talents of the young people published within its pages. Special congratulations to Harry Morris of Year 9 who won the Ellikon publishers prize for De La Salle, for his beautifully simple and nostalgic poem on childhood entitled ‘I Miss.’

Other contributors were; Josh Talbot, Marcus Henriques-Gomez, Renato Siragusano, Thomas Hyland, Tom O’Dwyer, Harry Holden, Ned Morris, Jacob Taylor, Jeremy Palmer, Jack Forbes, Cameron Wilson, Jacob McGaw and Alec Young. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Next year’s theme is ‘What the world needs now...’

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Humanities Back in the 1970s a journalist asked Chinese leader Zhou Enlai what he considered as the significance of the French Revolution. His reply?

“Too soon to tell.”

Students at De La, even in a VCE “Revs” class, sometimes ask the purpose of a topic studied.

“How will this be useful?

Will it get me a job?”

In 2011 the most notable changes in the Humanities involved the use of new technology. In Years 7, 9 and 10 the introduction of personal netbooks has begun to transform how we teach and learn and assess. The use of ebooks, together with the increasing use of Moodle as a “platform” for curriculum delivery, has potential to involve and empower students. In Year 9 Geography, for example, we found faster and easier access to accurate research data, we accessed quizzes and received instant feedback, we viewed evidence on screen, we uploaded assignments and activity responses, and downloaded replacements for what we lost.

On reflection, the skills and values and core knowledge associated with Geography and History seem even more valuable in this environment. We need to know some basics to make sense of what we access. We need to be able to skim read and read for deeper meaning, to reflect and think, to empathise and discern, and express our responses. All this, whether in studying natural disasters or Nazi Germany, requires more interaction with other people, not just more screen time.

What’s the most useful thing your son learnt in Humanities in 2011?

“Way too soon to tell.”

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The Year 10 Camp program saw a group of Year 10 students jet out to Queenstown New Zealand for a week of heart-thumping adventure. Agenda items consisted of jet-boating up the Dart River, a wild whitewater raft down the Karawa River, exploring the underwater canyons, and a day of skiing at the Remarkables mountain rage. When not involving themselves in adrenaline-based activity, they were able to kick back and take in the pristine beauty of the surrounding alpine region. It was a trip that must be experienced to be believed.

Another group set off to explore some of the country’s most pristine reef and rainforest. Over their five-day stay they managed: a venture out to the picturesque Franklin Islands; a spectacular jaunt to the outer Great Barrier Reef with a day snorkeling in its crystal blue waters; and an exploration of the scenic surrounds of the Daintree River, marveling at its biodiversities and the spotting of saltwater crocodiles. Whether it was the feeding of these magnificent reptiles, swimming alongside turtles, or frolicking with the magical marine world below — the trip captivated all who attended.

Mr David Alexander

Year 10 Camp New Zealand

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Year 10 Dance

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Year 10 Class Captains

Gihan Boteju, Alexander Di Medio, Maxwell Le, Joshua Pulvirenti, Mackenzie Fairchild, Mr Paul Harrup (Year 10 Coordinator) Absent: Alexander Smith, Thomas Connolly and Hamish Curtis

Year 10 Award Winners Semester 2

Year 10 Academic Award Winners — Semester 1

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Debating and Public Speaking

Lasallian Speaking Challenge

Harrison Long, John Buchanan, Patrick Hanney, William Agar, Darcy Conlan, Costa Haritos

The Lasallian Speaking Competition is an annual event hosted in honour of Brother Quentin O’Halloran, a former teacher of senior English at De La Salle. The event sees the best orators from St Bede’s, St James and De La Salle compete against one another through the delivery of a prepared speech and an impromptu speech on an unseen topic. 2011 was De La Salle’s turn to host the event and the St Miguel Theatre was the venue for some hotly-contested October action.

The boys representing De La Salle did an outstanding job. Harrison Long of Year 7 began the evening as he articulated his thoughts on how his generation could save the world.

Costa Haritos of Year 8 followed shortly afterwards, explaining how it was impossible to escape advertising, and John Buchanan stepped in at the last minute to put forward his argu-

ments about how computer games could encourage social interaction at the Year 9 level. Year 10 student Will Agar gave an excellent speech about the role of asylum seekers in Australia and Darcy Conlan of Year 11 talked about how survivors of conflict were forever shaped by their experiences. De La Salle College Leader Pat Hanney finished off our representation for the evening, leaving many parents in the audience in no doubt that social networking was desensitizing society. Our students were very competitive amongst a strong field from St James and St Bede’s, however, it was ultimately St Bede’s who won the judges over. Their speakers won at all age ranges except Year 12 with Pat Hanney proving the only obstacle to the clean sweep. St Bede’s Year 11 student Timothy Zeier was named overall best speaker on the night and was a worthy winner.

The event was a tremendous success and we thank the boys who took part. We look forward to heading to St James next year to try and reclaim some of the plaudits…

Mr James Walton

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ACC is always an exciting thing to be part of. What I love about the ACC is the ability to be part of a team and work together and that is exactly what my team and I had to do on the ACC Junior Public Speaking and Debating day at St Bernard’s College. I chose public speaking and for some people this task may be quite daunting — it takes practice!

Nine Year 8 students took their seats and listened intently. After a nervous wait it was my ‘time to shine’ and get up in front of Mazenod and the judges to deliver my speech. After the speakers were done we all went into the main room where we found out our scores. I scored the highest score for the day with 80% and Daniel Byrden did very well on 72%.

Rounds two and three were against Parade and Symonds College. Robert Macasadia and Thomas Harkin did a terrific job with their speeches.

Finally it came down to Simonds College in round 4 when Daniel and I were given a choice of two topics and had a write an impromptu speech that had to last between 2 to 3 minutes. After a hard fourth round we sat in the main room, debaters and public speakers waiting for our results. In an exciting finish De La debaters came 4th and our public speakers came 3rd. Well done to all the boys who participated, we’ll be back to win next year!

Costa Haritos

Year 11

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Year 11 Academic Award Winners — Semester 1

Year 11 Academic Award Winners — Semester 2

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The Blue & Gold Ball What a night! With a record number of participants this year, 58 couples, I knew we were in for a huge Ball. From the moment training commenced this group of young adults were keen and eager for the big night to arrive. The girls looked gorgeous in their fantastic gowns and the boys looked very dapper in their black suits with the ‘De La’ blue cravats. It was priceless to witness how proud parents were of their sons and daughters; especially when it came to the time for participants to invite their mothers and fathers up to dance the Modern Waltz with them. The behaviour of all involved was excellent and families, friends and schools can be immensely proud of what this fine group of young people achieved in just 10 weeks of training. Special thanks goes to our hardworking College Leaders who acted as waiters on the night and to other boys who joined the Presentation Set midway through training to partner a few of the debutantes. Many parents made sure they saw me before leaving the Hall to let me know how much they appreciated De La Salle College providing the boys and girls the opportunity to participate in such a fun event.

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The Year12 Formal At the end of Semester 1 it is time to “let off steam” and how better than to congregate with friends and loved ones at a salubrious reception centre? Especially when you can mingle (and even dance) with your teachers, who similarly doll themselves up for the occasion. Lincoln of Toorak was the venue again and it was a night to remember — chauffered limos, elegant couture, excellent catering, followed by some wild dancing (even the Nutbush). It was a night to remember.

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The “Veterans” Top Row: Matthew Daly, Liam Sharp, Juke Campbell-Beschorner, Joseph Regan, Cameron Rizio, Nicholas Smith, Harry Haley Middle Row: Jack O’Shannessy, John Farrugia, Clancy Scanlan, Cameron Foots, Jacob Williams, Calvin Wu, Mr Terry Atkins Seated: Jackson Munday, Peter Petros, Carlo Tjahjadi, Thomas Callahan, James Campbell-Tennant

The “Veterans” in 2003 Back Row: Jack O’Shannessy, Matthew Daly, Juke Campbell-Beschorner, Joseph Regan, Nicholas Smith, Patrick Shannon, James Annett, Harry Haley, Calvin Wu Third Row: Corey RobinsonBodin, Liam Sharp, Dean Georgiou, Justin Anagnostopoulos, James Anderson, Cameron Rizio, James Palmer Second Row: Nicholas Cardamone, John Farrugia, Clancy Scanlan, Cameron Foots, Jacob Williams, Kha Tran, Mr Terry Atkins Front Row: Jackson Munday, Peter Petros, Carlo Tjahjadi, Lincoln Edwards, Scott Miller, Thomas Callahan, James Campbell-Tennant

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Mary MacKillop Enhancement Centre In 2011, the staff of the Mary MacKillop Enhancement Centre (MMEC) have dedicated themselves to working consistently with students with special learning needs to assist them in accessing the curriculum. We believe that all students can experience success when learning outcomes are based on realistic and achievable goals. The words of our patron, St Mary of the Cross, echo the attitude and reflect the commitment of the MMEC staff, “We must teach more by example than by word”. (1867) This year, the staff included specialist teachers — Mrs Gemma Austin, Mrs Eve McLellan, Mrs Jacinta Ryan, Mrs Carmel Dwyer, Mrs Christine Thompson, and Br Lawrence King; and Learning Support Officers: Mrs Karen Tillotson, Ms Carolyn Hamilton, Mrs Ester Gmelig, Mr Simon Lloyd, Ms Muriel West, Mrs Freda Siomos, Mrs Gabrielle Windley, Ms Paula Mitcham, Mrs Melanie Livera, and Mr Christopher Windley. This team of dedicated educators works with students who have intellectual, social, emotional, physical or severe language needs, across all year levels from Primary to Year 12.

Each member of the team collaborates with staff and parents to identify and facilitate the individual learning needs of the students. Regular Program Support Group (PSG) meetings occur for students who qualify for integration funding, where issues of academic planning and pastoral care are discussed with parents. Decisions from these meetings are implemented by MMEC staff, parents and teachers, to enhance student learning and maximize effective teaching. Many other PSG meetings also occur for students who are identified with special needs.

This year, the Literacy Support classes continued with four groups at Years 7, 8, and 9, and two groups at Year 10, with a total enrolment of 95 students.

These students have experienced the expertise of the MMEC teaching staff in assisting them to improve their literacy skills.

The Numeracy Support Program, which was initiated in 2008, continued throughout Years 7 and 8.

Students who were nominated by their Maths teacher as needing assistance, and those identified through the Allwell testing, were given the opportunity to withdraw from one period of Religious Education each week to work with Br Lawrence to enhance their Maths skills. This program was delivered to 34 students.

In the Primary area, Mrs Gemma Austin again worked with small groups of students in the General Language Skills classes to help improve their literacy skills. This proved extremely successful and productive.

This year, new staff were introduced to our new format for writing Individual Learning Plans (I.L.P.s) through the Moodle program. This is a mandated directive from the Catholic Education Office for students who are funded under the Literacy, Numeracy

and Special Learning Needs Program. Workshop sessions for the new teaching staff were facilitated by the MMEC staff at the beginning of the year in the area of writing I.L.P.s. The I.L.P.s are now written for each semester and emailed to the parents prior to the PSG meeting where possible.

Through the expertise of Mr Chris Windley and the knowledge of Mrs Gemma Austin, via many hours of collaboration, the MMEC Moodle site was developed and launched. This site allows all staff to access information and procedures quickly and easily, to further assist them in their teaching and pastoral care of the MMEC students.

The support and cooperation of the Principal, Br Paul Rogers, Deputy Principal, Peter Riordan, Assistant Principal/Curriculum Coordinator, Stephen Young, Head of Kinnoull Sally Buick, Head of Tiverton John McAlroy, Year Level Coordinators, all teaching staff, Library and Information Technology staff, has been invaluable in encouraging and supporting the work of the MMEC staff. I wish to thank my fantastic team for their caring dedication, perseverance and professionalism as they work to enhance the lives of our students Mrs Kathie Holmes MMEC Coordinator.

Standing: Eve McLellan, Freda Siomos, Br Lawrence King fsc, Kathie Holmes, Gemma Austin, Gabrielle Windley, Paula Mitcham, Chris Windley Seated: Carmel Dwyer, Jacinta Ryan, Karen Tillotson, Muriel West, Melanie Livera, Esther Gmelig Absent: Christine Thompson

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Saying Farewell: Giving Thanks The way boys graduate from College is very important for each of them. The formality of it all attests to the importance of what is coming to an end — 12 years of formation and learning in schools. This year it was marked by a Thanksgiving Mass with the parents, followed by a wonderful dinner at Caulfield Racecourse. Our Celebrant for the Mass was Father Michael Elligate, parish priest of St Carthage’s University parish. At the dinner Br Paul bade the graduands farewell and thanked them for all they had contributed to De La Salle over the years. He was followed by Maree Williams who spoke on behalf of the parents, and remembered fondly the years of association with the College. Finally it was the boys’ turn, and Patrick Hanney, Liam Sharp and Michael Stizza kept us entertained with their memories of a life well-lived as boys and as young men at De La Salle. Vale!

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The Valedictory Dinner

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Pathways Careers This year several reports were published which will inform the future Pathways for students at the College.

The Bradley Review on Higher Education In 2009 the Bradley Review recommended the government lift the cap on the number of students universities could enrol. The government hopes that by 2025, 40% of Australians aged 25–34 will have a bachelors degree or better, compared with about 32% now.

From 2012 the government won’t be telling universities how many undergraduate students they can enrol, except in medicine. Under the new student demand-driven funding system, universities will decide how many places they will offer and in which courses. Funding will depend on how many students the universities attract.

This leaves each university with a situation of uncertainty. How many students will they attract? What courses will students most want to undertake? What effect will this student led demand have on university staffing? Will more students want to go to Melbourne and Monash Universities? What effect will this have on ATAR scores? If a particular university loses students, will some courses go?

This next year will certainly be an unpredictable one for higher education providers.

Family School Partnerships and PACTS A strong recommendation from a report conducted

by DEEWR, is the effectiveness of the Parents as Career Transition Support Program (PACTS) which we have running at De La Salle College.

The PACTS program is seen as very effective in building the confidence of parents to assist in their teenager’s career transition choices. The program equips parents with up-to-date relevant information and skills to better support their children. This year we ran four groups of PACTS sessions with up to 100 parents participating. Many of these parents felt that the sessions were most helpful in dealing with their sons and career planning.

ACER Study ACER completed a recent study of young people in Australia and reached the following conclusions: • 15 and 16 year-olds have strong, positive attitudes about their schools: 94% said they felt happy, safe and secure at school.

• 6 out of 10 students plan to study at university after leaving school (this is significantly higher at De La Salle).

• 50% work part time while at school, with over a half of these working more than 10 hours per week.

• Student enrolments in VET is continuing to grow. Since its introduction VET studies and VCAL have contributed to improved retention rates.

• VET studies have improved the post-school outcomes for those students who are not university bound by providing a smoother transition to employment or post school VET.

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• Just over 80% of university entrants are expected to complete their qualification.

• The most common difficulties reported by first year students are ones of time pressure and achieving balance between study commitments and other aspects of life, particularly the pressure to earn money.

The focus of our work has been to keep our students up to date with current trends in higher education, preparation for tertiary study, VTAC applications, work readiness and the benefits of planning.

Ms Carmel Smart Pathways Coordinator

Pathways Team: Ms Carmel Smart, Ms Kerry Martin, and Ms Caroline Fitzpatrick

VCAL This year 17 boys completed their Intermediate and Senior VCAL Certificates at De La Salle College. In the coming months, members of the graduating Senior VCAL class will commence apprenticeships in Building, Hospitality and Electrical Engineering while others will go on to further studies at TAFE or full-time employment. We wish all the graduating class the best of luck with their future careers, in particular Joshua Williams, who went to India as part of the 2011 Coolies Visit.

This year’s Intermediate VCAL students were the first to graduate in the College’s newly structured Intermediate VCAL program. The new-look program includes two new VET subjects, the Certificate II in Small Business and the Certificate II in Live Theatre Production and Events. In Small Business students developed a small business idea and produced a number of products including coffee tables and dog kennels for a designated market. After completing a Barista Certificate, they also operated a coffee shop at the Kinnoull Campus selling coffees and hot chocolates to the staff and students. In the Certificate II in Live Theatre Production, students worked with Mr Andrew Murrell to help stage a variety

of live events both inside and outside the College. As part of the course, they worked closely with Berendale College in Hampton to help stage the end of year play at the Kingtson Centre in November.

These two new VETs provide additional applied learning opportunities for the boys which will enrich their VCAL experience. In addition to their applied learning program, VCAL students have been actively involved in a range of social justice and personal development experiences.

In particular, under the guidance of Mrs Carmel Dwyer the Senior students spent weeks visiting a group of elderly residents at a nearby Aged Care Facility, where they were a welcome addition to the residents’ weekly schedule. Throughout the year, they organized a number of fund-raisers for the College’s various social justice programs, including a sausage sizzle for Mission Action Day. Throughout the year, the boys raised more than $1,000 for social justice initiatives. The exciting aspect of the VCAL program at De La Salle is that the opportunity for learning goes far beyond the recognized certificates our students have earned. Our students develop other skills which will help benefit them in their future study, work and life – being able to communicate with a variety of people, being first-aid trained, and equipped to problem-solve in a range of areas. Like VCE, the VCAL program relies on the support of the whole College community, in particular the College Leadership Team whose ongoing support for VCAL as an applied alternative 119

to the academic VCE program has been invaluable.

On behalf of the graduating senior VCAL class, I would like to thank the dedicated and professional team of teachers and staff who have worked with the boys this year.

First of all, my special thanks to the administrative staff at Kinnoull — Mrs Trish Woodman, Mrs Ann Lawler, Mrs Sandy Glazebrook, and Mrs Patricia D’Arcy, as well as the Pathways Team, Mrs Carmel Smart and Mrs Caroline Fitzpatrick. My thanks go to the wonderful VCAL teaching team including, Mrs Carmel Dwyer, Mr Charles Thompson, Mr Warren Walker, Mr Tim Hogan, Mr Chris Martin, Mr Andrew Murrell, Mrs Esther Gmelig and Mrs Karen Tillotson. These teachers continue to challenge and inspire our VCAL students and should be proud of their achievements.

Congratulations to the graduating VCAL class of 2011.

Ms Kerry Martin VCAL Coordinator

Pathways VET De La Salle College are proud of the commitment the young men display toward their VET study. Many students leave the College campus and participate in their VET study at another venue. I admire the way the students are able to travel independently to their venue and mix with a group of peers from other schools. The boys display great versatility and independence.

Throughout 2011 students have displayed interest in an array of pathway fields including those of automotive, electro-technology, engineering, carpentry/furnishings, acting, music production and performance, information technology, hospitality, as well as participating in the VET studies run here at the College — sport and recreation, digital multi-media and building and construction.

A number of the VET studies have a compulsory SWL (Structured Work Placement) work component to them, which means the students work for 40 to 80 hours in the work placement which is related to their study. This is a good opportunity to gain valuable work skills as well as testing the field in an industry area in which they may wish to work.

The ongoing development of the Building and Construction ‘cubby houses’ does not go unnoticed — the week by week growth of these frames, that are skilfully turned into cubby houses, is monitored by all at Kinnoull Campus. The Digital Multi-Media students create some great examples of imaginative Information Technology work.

This is what makes Applied Learning exciting — the many varied skills and real-life occupations these subjects have created for all the students throughout 2011.

Ms Caroline Fitzpatrick VET Coordinator

A student from the College was nominated for his involvement in Certificate II Acting for Stage and Screen at the ‘Applied Learning Awards’ held in October at Brighton International. Andrew Rappos, a Year 11 student, was a successful recipient which was a wonderful acknowledgement of his achievements through out 2011.

The involvement of over 80 students enrolled in a schoolbased VET program does not go unobserved. The community sport and recreation students assisted our primary students with carnivals and outdoor activities. This is not only appreciated by the College, but our younger students look up to them as men and are inspired.

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The Year 12 Farewell Breakfast

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Years 7–10 Swimming Sports The annual DLS Homeroom Swimming Carnival was held in November at the Prahran Aquatic Centre. The year level champions were: Year 7 – Kyle Williams (7H), Year 8 – Brodie Muller (8M), Year 9 – Joseph Beadell (9S) and Will Rennie (9V), Year 10 – Liam Pezet (10M), Year 11 – Matt Northage (11H).

The Year Level results and Overall Results from the Carnival were as follows: Year 7 1st – Vincent 41 points, 2nd – Benilde and Hegarty 42 points, 4th – Roland 43 points, 5th – Miguel 48 points, 6th – Jerome 53 points, 7th – Solomon 89 points, 8th – Dunstan 91 points.

Year 8 1st – Benilde 10 points, 2nd – Miguel 39 points, 3rd – Vincent 51 points, 4th – Roland 64 points, 5th – Solomon 72 points, 6th – Hegarty 74 points, 7th – Dunstan 94 points, 8th – Jerome 104 points.

Year 9 1st – Roland 27 points, 2nd – Solomon 33 points, 3rd – Vincent 51 points, 4th – Miguel 68 points, 5th – Benilde 81 points, 6th – Dunstan 84 points, 7th – Jerome 120 points, 8th – Hegarty 142 points.

Year 10 1st – Miguel 30 points, 2nd – Vincent 58 points, 3rd – Benilde 59 points, 4th – Roland 61 points, 5th – Hegarty 82 points, 6th – Dunstan 91 points, 7th – Solomon 101 points, 8th – Jerome 152 points.

Year 11 1st – Hegarty 37 points, 2nd – Solomon 51 points, 3rd – Jerome 89 points, 4th – Vincent 134 points, 5th – Miguel 151 points, 6th – Dunstan 176 points, 7th – Roland 185 points, 8th – Benilde 194 points.

Overall Results For 2011 Carnival 1st – Vincent 335 points, 2nd – Miguel 336 points, 3rd – Solomon 346 points, 4th – Benilde 376 points, 5th – Hegarty 377 points, 6th – Roland 380 points, 7th – Jerome 518 points, 8th – Dunstan 536 points.

Well done to all students from Years 7–11 who attended and participated in the Carnival with great enthusiasm and passion.

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De La Sport 2011 2011 has been a very hectic time in sport at De La and we have had a mixed bag of results over the year. With two Major ACC Carnivals taking place in Term 1, as well as the summer season of ACC Sport (Cricket, Tennis and Volleyball) for our senior teams, there was plenty packed into a ten-week term.

Our ACC swimming team finished 5th for the second consecutive year and we are certainly hoping to improve upon this placing in 2012. Our ACC athletics team, despite the best efforts of those who competed on the day, finished in 7th place and we now find ourselves competing in Division 2 of ACC Athletics next year for the first time in the history of the College. We must now “swallow our medicine” and set about ensuring that 2012 is the last year that we are not competing in Division One! Fortunately, the disappointment of our athletics result was quickly overshadowed by the 1st XI cricket triumph towards the end of Term 1. Not only did this year’s victory provide “Back to Back” ACC Premierships, but our 1st XI Cricket Team is now undefeated in two seasons!

Term 2 proved to be a rather successful one for De La in the ACC Competition. We “came out swinging” early in the term with our second consecutive victory in the Open Golf Championship. Later in the term, our Year 10 Soccer Team won the Division Two ACC Premiership, registering a 3–2 victory over CBC St Kilda and claiming the first ACC Soccer title for De La in a number of years. The term finished on a real high for De La with our Year 7 football team, easily accounting for Whitefriars in the Grand Final and recording the first-ever Year 7 ACC Football Premiership for De La Salle.

Term 3 saw us represented at all Year levels in ACC hockey and basketball. Our Year 9A Basketball Team finished Runners-Up and both our Year 10A and Year 10B basketball teams won ACC Premierships. Their 2011 victory resulted in “Back to Back” Titles for our 10A basketball team. The term concluded with the ACC Cross Country Championships and we finished in 3rd place for the second consecutive year with many of our competitors finishing in the top ten placings in their events.

With the Major ACC Carnivals completed, the year rounded out with De La fielding ACC Cricket, tennis and volleyball teams in Years 7–10. Our Year 10 tennis team made their way through to the ultimate match, but was defeated in the Grand Final. The De La Junior Alex Di Medio competes at the ACC sports

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golf team also just fell short of winning consecutive ACC Premierships in late October. Our weightlifting Team, who train and enter competitions throughout the year, won the Sport and Recreation Cup during Term 4.

De La students have also represented the College proudly in ACC Chess and the Victorian Cycling Championships.

Participation rates in sport have been high this year and we hope that students will continue to strive to represent the Blue and Gold as often as possible next year and beyond.

Our involvement in ACC Sport and other sporting activities would not be possible without the willingness of the staff who coach our many sporting teams. I sincerely thank all of these teachers for their time, effort and enthusiasm for the ACC Sport program at De La which is of such benefit to our boys.

A special thank you to Simon Brown, my sports assistant, who has been a massive help and support in the coordination of sport at the College.

Although we did manage to win six ACC Premierships in 2011, we did have a number of other teams who either made grand finals or finished third or fourth. The challenge for all our sporting teams in our Centenary Year of 2012 is to strive for both individual and team improvement through hard work and determination, and success will inevitably come the way of De La Salle.

Mr Peter Harte Director of Sport

Swimming Squad

H. Tailby, J. Bull, L. Pezet, T. Connolly, M. Northage, A. Shallue Middle Row: P. Kemp, L. O'Callaghan, P. Clinch, H. Haley, J. Bohan, L. Chai, B. Muller, M. Tutty, J. Doolan Front Row: L. Kelliher, S. O'Callaghan, M. Goy, R. Smith-Michalewski, L. Ryan, T. Shallue (c.), L. Miles, J. Caton, M. Giannattilio, T. Ponissi

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The ACC Swimming team represented the College proudly and determinedly at MSAC in February.

We finished in fifth place in the overall Division 1, which was the same placing as 2010. Many of our 33 swimmers recorded personal best times and special congratulations to the following swimmers for their individual efforts in such high standard competition: Joseph Beadell – 1st in the Under 15 Breaststrroke A – 2nd in the Under 15 Butterfly A Josh Tyquin – 1st in the Under 15 Breaststroke B Matt Northage – 2nd in the Under 16 Freestyle A Lachlan Miles – 2nd in the Under 16 Freestyle B Thank you to the following staff and assistants for their time, effort and enthusiasm for preparing our ACC Swimming Squad throughout 2010 and 2011: Oscar Carlson, Liz Turner, Simon Brown, Ben Ellul and Matt Chai. Thank you to the staff who attended on the night to support the De La Swimming Team and, in particular, Caroline Fitzpatrick, who acted as our representative official.

We now look forward to improving individually and as a team for the 2012 ACC Carnival, as we have built the impetus, passion and momentum for ACC Swimming at De La! Peter Harte Director of Sport

Under/17 Athletics

Senior Athletics

Back Row: D. Betts, J. Bull Middle Row: L. Forato, P. O’Connell, M. Stizza, J. Williams (c.), M. Hogan, A. Indovino, M. Mullaly, J. Gava, C. Stewart Front Row: Z. Spencer, S. Hearn, A. Lalande, M. Aquino, J. Maccora

The ACC Athletics Carnival was held in March at Olympic Park. De La had 44 students selected to represent De La Salle on this day from a training squad of over 100 members. All team members represented the College with pride and competed with determination and spirit. Whilst our effort on the day was honourable, we could only manage to finish 7th out of 7 Division 1 schools. St Bernard’s recorded their ninth consecutive victory in ACC Athletics.

Back Row: T. Brasher, X. Purcell, J. Dennehy, L. Murray, J. Greensill Middle Row: M. Howard, L. O’Callaghan, L. Carracher, T. Fisher, J. Crough, A. Di Medio, J. Pulvirenti Front Row: D. Leone, P. Pepes, B. Gray

There were some fine individual performances from our De La Salle team members and congratulations to the following students for winning their respective events at the ACC Carnival: Zach Spencer – Under 17 Hurdles Harrison Lagastes – Under 14 800m James Dennehy – Under 16 Triple Jump Mackenzie Beadman – Under 13 100m and 200m Athan Giuliani – Under 13 Shot Put The team was superbly led by Jake Williams (captain) and Michael Stizza (vice-captain). Both of these Senior boys led the team superbly on and off the track and I thank them for their leadership.

Back Row: J Fogarty, E Vile, Z Hellyer, D Byrden, L Murray Middle Row: C Ghersi, Mr N Yates, M Beadman, E Clark, A Walker, K Maul, L Walker, B. Tokatlidis, T Fierenzi, Mr P Harte, C Northey Front Row: H Lagastes, M Canny, M Riley, J Toniolo, L Bisognin

The training squad was most fortunate to have the assistance from many staff members throughout our training period and I sincerely thank the following members of the ACC Athletics Coaching Staff for their time and effort: Liz Turner, Russell Bryant, Karen Harding, Simon Brown, Patsy Amaradasa, Tim Ford, Glenn Kemp, Peter Larsen, Luke Martin, Gerard Barns, David Alexander and Andrew Wozencroft.

Special thanks to Damien O’Shea and Chris Brown (ex DLS students) for their assistance with our sprinters and athletics knowledge and expertise. We certainly didn’t expect to finish as low as seventh place but we have been given a huge “reality check” about our current standing in ACC Athletics. We must be united in acknowledging that this 2011 result is simply “not good enough” for a College with such a long and proud history in ACC Athletics.

We must be committed and determined to “hit the track” in 2012 with real purpose and focus to ensure that we IMPROVE and surely from our 2011 team result – “the only way is up”!

Mr Peter Harte

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Senior Tennis

Standing: M. Papotto, C. Wilson, M. Burke Seated: A Russo, J Williams, B Taylor, J Rate (c.)

Senior Tennis 2011 Our 2011 campaign started off on a positive note with a win against CBC St Kilda. We then travelled to Monash University to play last year’s winner, Mazenod. All games were played in good spirit and although we went down 8 sets to 4, the games score was a lot closer, 79 to 70. Round 3 saw us play Whitefriars at home, where we were beaten pretty convincingly 10 sets 88 games to 2 sets 45 games. Whitefriars continued their winning run throughout the remainder of the season, successfully taking out the 2011 Premiership.

Year 9 Tennis The season continued with two bus trips, the first down the coast to St Bede’s Mentone. Not only did the boys need to contend with the sea air and blazing sun, but also the slope of the St Bede’s tennis courts. The boys fought hard and rallied (with support from the Volleyball team), but were unable to walk away with a win.

The next bus trip saw us venture out to Parade, where a variety of court surfaces awaited us.

Close games were played all day with the result coming down to the last singles match. Team captain, James Rate, secured us the win with a 9-7 victory in his singles match, resulting in a 6 sets 76 games to 6 sets 74 games win for De La Salle.

The final game of the home-and-away season was played at home against St Bernard’s.

Once again, games were close all afternoon, but we were unable to secure matches, and walked away without a win. Singles results: Mario Papotto (seed #1) – 32 games from 6 matches played, with 3 tie-break games played. Brenton Taylor (seed #2) – 31 games from 5 matches played, with 2 tie break games played. Michael Burke (seed #3) – 36 games from 6 matches played. James Rate, captain (seed #4) – 48 games from 6 matches played, undefeated in singles 6 wins from 6 matches. Antonio Russo (seed #5/6) – 32 games from 5 matches played. Connor Wilson (seed #6) – 40 games from 5 games played, undefeated in singles 5 wins from 5 matches.

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Standing: Mr N. Yates, M. Robinson, T. Walsh, N. Papamiltiades, C. Di Donato Seated: B. Fletcher, G. Ktenas, C. Lack, E. Hirst

Year 8 Tennis

Standing: L. Wong, D. Constantineas, N. Amon, I. Vanderwerf, L. Phillips, E. Hamilton Seated: J. Gardiner, B. Muller, J. Toniolo, R. Smith-Michalewski, M. Wildoer, Z. Hellyer Coach: Mr T. Atkins

from 5 matches. Pat O’Connell (seed #7/8) – 16 games from 4 matches.

All players are to be commended on their attitude and dedication that they displayed throughout the 2011 season and training sessions. As their coach, I was impressed with the sportsmanship demonstrated and look forward to a successful campaign in 2012.

Ms Liz Turner Coach

Year 10 Tennis

Year 7 Tennis

Standing: M. Marguglio, C. Northey, R. Watson, E. Nguyen, J. Chapple Seated: P. Hounihan, T. Davis-Farlow, J. Emery, P. Haines, N. Gourgoulis Standing: J. Thornton, M. Andrews, J. Campion, E. Holden Seated: M. McMahon, M. Stephens, S. Galgani, J. Whitehead

De La Salle’s Year 10 Tennis team finished a gallant 2nd in the ACC this season and had the potential to pull-off one of the greatest upsets in tennis history, perhaps an upset equivalent of Rafael Nadal’s shock French Open exit at the hands of a player ranked outside the Top 20 at Roland Garros... or maybe not.

The Mazenod opposition boasted being ACC Champions for the past three years and meant business from the moment they stepped off the bus. But, at the completion of the singles were only one set up, and it was fair to say the boys in Blue and Gold were up and about.

Team captain, Steve Galgani, who played with a crippling back injury, had been inspiring all year and was in a David and Goliath battle. Elliot Holden held his serve, and his nerve, to apply some scoreboard pressure. Michael McMahon fought out a gutsy win. And whilst the ever consistent Max Stephens and Marcus Andrews were beaten by better opponents, they were able to salvage all-important game points. The other boys dug deep and made their opponents play every point. By day’s end De La Salle were down by a couple of sets — but showed grit and determination in the face of a very worthy opponent.

Mr David Alexander Coach

The selection process commenced with approximately 30 aspiring tennis players participating in a knockout tournament conducted before and after school. On the Tiverton Court, the boys were enthusiastic and some were disappointed as they came to terms with the playing standard required to represent De La Salle in the ACC competition.

After several training sessions we had a squad of players who displayed commitment and desire to improve their game. The team experienced mixed results throughout the season defeating Parade College and Mazenod whilst being defeated by Whitefriars, St Bede’s and St. Bernard’s. However, regardless of the results, the team became a dedicated group who enjoyed each other’s company and took pride in their performances throughout the season.

The Most Valuable Player award was presented to Nick Gourgoulis, a very talented player and very good team mate. Other team members included Riley Watson, James Emery, Chris Northey, Pat Hounihan, Edison Nguyen, Matt Marguglio, Jack Chapple, Peter Haines.

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1st Cricket XI ACC Premiers 2011

1st XI 2011 — Mr Marty Rhoden (coach), Robert McCarthy, Miles Fabris, William Nash, Louis Holmes, Justin Hall, Lachlan Hay, Br Gabriel (assistant coach) Front: Harry Haley, Simon Hearne, Ashton Agar (c.), Charlie Haley, Thomas Keys, Jacob Curtis

On the back of a fiercely contested 2010 ACC Cricket Grand Final, which saw the First XI trophy returned to De La Salle College for the first time since 1993, this year’s side was also going to be the ‘hunted’ during the 2011 season. The challenge facing the team in 2011 was to withstand the pressure and perform to the consistently lofty standards required to retain the title. Essentially, the ACC is a ‘sudden death’ tournament, with teams finding it exceedingly difficult to reach the final if they fail to go through the season undefeated. This year was no exception, with the eventual grand finalists both recording 6 wins, 1 tie and no losses from their respective fixtures. With this in mind, it is a huge credit to the boys that they managed to retain top-spot on the ladder for the duration of the season — and withstand the pressure of a

second successive tightly fought grand final — to record back-to-back Senior Cricket premierships.

The season began with an arm-wrestle against St Bede’s in what was essentially a grand final replay. After finding ourselves on the ropes at 5-30, a season-defining half century from Rob McCarthy (60) ensured we had a total to defend. In comparison to last year’s grand final, where a catch at third man on the last ball of the match saw us clinch the flag by 2 runs, the conclusion to this fixture turned out to be rather anti-climactic. Two sensational catches, from Rob McCarthy and Louis Holmes, dealt telling blows to St Bede’s that they could not overcome.

The following two matches, against Salesian and Whitefriars, resulted in narrow victories to the De La boys, thanks primarily to astute captaincy from Ashton Agar when the games were in the balance. In the game against Whitefriars our batsmen accumulated a competitive total then defended it with tight, disciplined bowling, considered captaincy and exceptional fielding. It was a style for which the boys were duly rewarded at the end of the season.

The Grand Final between the top placed De La Salle and St Joseph’s, Geelong proved no exception to the script of the season. De La Salle won the toss and elected to bat, but were crippled by the steady loss of early wickets. At one stage, the home side found themselves floundering at 5/52 off 19 overs, following the loss of captain Agar for a swashbuckling 30. This season was destined to conclude as it had begun, however, and resolute innings from Rob McCarthy and Miles Fabris dragged the total beyond the ton to a respectable 133. In response, St Joe’s began with purpose and were soon comfort-

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2nd Cricket XI

Standing: Mr P. Harrup (Coach), D. Grant, L. Power, J. Howard, J. Dojcinovic, J. Gee, S. Harrington, N. Lowrie Seated: S. Anderson, P. O’Brien, J. McCaffrey, J. Adams, C. Brezzi (c.), M. Hogan, L. Sharp, D. Ryan

ably placed at 1/33 off ten overs. Without a trademark dour opening spell from Lachie Hay, the damage could have been much worse. The tenacious De La boys were, however, not about to let a season’s worth of hard work go to waste and the combination of some predictably tight bowling in the middle overs from Ashton Agar, Rob McCarthy and Jacob Curtis applied the squeeze on the St Joe’s batsmen. Throw

2nd Cricket XI The 2nd XI had a year of close encounters. An equal first finish with two other teams meant that the boys missed out on a grand final berth by a margin of less than one percent — a mere toss of the coin. The season was punctuated by some brilliant displays of individual skill and teamwork. Outstanding leadership by Chris Brezzi was supported by dashing innings from Tom Bishop, Jackson Adams and Sam Anderson. The bowling attack of Dojcinovic, Watts, Grant, Power and O’Brien confined opposition batsmen to meagre totals. Although the team was short of a premiership, the boys can take comfort in knowing that they beat the 2011 Premiers during the season. We wish the boys well as they progress to the 1st XI (2012). For those that remain with the 2nd XI, we can look forward to going one better in 2012. Thank you to the 2nd XI, 2011 for representing our College with great sportsmanship and commitment.

Paul Harrup Coach

in a remarkable run out, staged by the Haley brothers (Charlie dived to reel in a cracking cover drive and Harry pounced on the deflection and threw the ball into the keeper, Fabris, to find the batsman well short of his ground), and the match had swung firmly back in favour of the home side. The icing on the cake was the composure shown by Louis Holmes and Tom Keys as they ensured victory with tight bowling in the final stages.

The boys should be extremely proud of their efforts this year. To win back-to-back premierships is an achievement the boys will remember for the rest of their lives. Moreover, to display such professionalism and determination in winning 14 straight games over 2010/11 against such fierce competition augers well for the future cricket careers of each of the players in the side.

I would like to thank all the students who played in the 1st XI in 2011 for their commitment to the side.

Also, thanks must go out to the 2nd XI players, who kept the firsts on their toes with impressive team and individual performances throughout the season.

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The challenge now befalls the new senior cricket squad to continue the momentum provided by their predecessors in the search for a ‘hat-trick’ of 1st XI Premierships.

Mr Marty Rhoden Coach

Year 10 Cricket

Year 9 Cricket

Standing: Mr G. Barns, J. Tyquin, A. De Luca, K. Bianco, J. Galbraith, J. Cook, R. D’Souza Seated: J. Yosiffidis, J. McGaw, W. Agar, O. Milner, D. Krelle, T. Brasher

Year 8 Cricket Back Row: J. Lever, T. Connolly, B. Ledder, N. Green Middle Row: Mr P. Harrup, J. Higgins, M. Doran, J. Hanley, B. Simon, H. Curtis Seated: A. Tonkin, D. Hando, H. Zaia, W. Agar, M. Gee, M. Dumbleton

Standing: M. Simons, H. Lagastes, P. Cook, R. Cadman, A. Walker, J. Devine, Mr P. Larsen Seated: J. Bartholomeusz, M. Holmes, E. Fabris, W. Kelly, L. Walker, W. Mulligan

Year 7 Cricket

Year 7 Cricket Back Row: Mr S. Brown, T. Bruce, L. Cummins, J. Wagland, W. Trewella, K. Horsnell Middle Row: K. Tambimuttu, T. Fierenzi, J. Bailey, H. Campbell, D. Karunatilake, L. Manakis Seated: S. Kumar, N. Grooby, D. McCarthy, Z. Grundmann-Perera, L. Murphy, J. Ingram

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ACC Golf Senior Champions 2011 ACC Senior Golf 2011 The ACC Open Golf was held at Northern Golf Club in May. Schools with teams of eight players arrived early and readied themselves for an 8.30am shot gun start. As the current ACC title holders we were keen to defend and retain the title.

However, St Bernard’s College were confident and their players did their best in a tight contest, but the boys from De La prevailed by just two shots. De La Salle College, with a team total of 471 shots, finished ahead of St Bernard’s College who recorded 473 with other schools well behind.

Our players performed exceptionally well on the day.

Year 9 competitor Tom Walkear stood out with a 79 off a handicap of 16.

Year 10 boys did well — Doug Loton had the team low score of 75, Sean Delgorge 80 and Liam Pezet 87.

Year 11 boys Charles Stewart shot 77, Josh Vitacca 78 and Alex Stott 82. Year 12 captain Will Pirrie shot 88 and made a proud victory speech on behalf of the team.

Mr Norm Stewart Senior Golf Coordinator

D. Loton, A. Stott, W. Pirrie, C. Stewart, J. Vitacca, S. Delgorge, L. Pezet, T. Walkear

ACC Junior Golf The ACC Junior Golf Team almost went back to back titles but were beaten by a mere 10 shots by St Bede’s. On a typical Spring day of rain and sunshine, the greens were playing a little slower than other years. The team was led by Sean Delgorge and all played very well with Doug Loton having the round of the day for De La with a score of 76.

Well done to Sean, Doug and Liam who have represented the College at Junior and Senior golf for years. They have now finished with Junior Golf and I thank them for their efforts over the years.

Scores for the day were — D. Loton 76, S. Delgorge 81, L. Pezet 83, S. Balthazar 89, M. Doran 95, N. Cooney 95, N. Leontaritis 107, D. McCarthy 108 and P. Houlihan reserve.

Overall Results: 1st - St Bede’s, 2nd - De la Salle, 3rd St Bernard’s Mr Peter Crellin Junior Golf Coordinator Left to right: M. Doran, N. Chant, J. Delgorge, S. Balthazar, D. Loton, W. Pirrie, L. Pezet, S. Delgorge, T. Walkear

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Senior Volleyball

Year 10 Volleyball

Standing: M. Gleeson, M. Harvey, T. Hanney, J. Regan, O. Purton-Smith, Ms L. Robinson Front Row: N. Pane, J. Maccora, L. Wood, T. Shallue, M. Stizza, T. Carracher

Back Row: T. Siriopoulos, T. Fisher, J. Curwood Middle Row: Mr K. Stokes, A. Doulgeris, G. Vlahogiannis, A. Giannos, M. Zbiegen, C. Howarth Seated: N. Annert, L. Carracher, S. Singh, P. Arceri, M. Jackson, W. Cardwell

Senior Volleyball 2011 The 2011 Senior Volleyball Team comprised a spirited group of Year 11 and 12 athletes. The level of improvement amongst the players, both individually and as a team, was gratifying. The team developed a

Year 9 Volleyball

Back Row: A. Siriopoulos, X. Purcell, L. O’Callaghan Middle Row: Mr G. Kemp, P. Kony, J. Sharry, J. Benton, L. Brownhill, D. Leone Seated: C. Marinis, D. Incretolli, B. Maynard, M. Arapis, R. Sheehy, H. Wardlaw

good system of play and a set offense and by the end of the season played competitively against all competition. Between rambunctious training sessions, constant transport issues and energetic games, there was a lot of excitement this season. Judging by

the talent that is coming through the ranks and the resolve of the players, I can rest assured volleyball should continue to grow in leaps and bounds in 2012!

Ms Laura Robinson Coach

Year 8 Volleyball

Year 7 Volleyball

Back Row: W. Mackie, J. Giles, J. Morgan, J. MacDonald, L. Chai Middle Row: Ms L. Robinson, F. Macri, J. Bainbridge, L. Bisognin, J. Khoury, A. Sheppard, P. Forrest, Ms C. Bird Seated: J. Gardiner, B. Muller, J. Toniolo, R. Smith-Michalewski, M. Wildoer, Z Hellyer

Standing: M. Beadman, A. Nyanjok, J. Squires, M. Canny, H. Bowen, S Michael, B. Morgan, Mr S. Mackintosh Seated: N. O’Sullivan, C. Ferris-McDonald, S. Leary, A. Arceri, L. Holmstrom, J. Greaves, M. Riley

Debating

Weightlifting

Standing: M. Mohamed, J. Lever, L. Torrisi, L. Otto, N. Phillips (c.)

Seated: D. Poloni, S. Francasio (coach), J. Delaney, J. Greaves

F. McCormack, C. Northey, J. Delaney, M. Mohammed, B. Morgan

The De La Salle Weightlifting Team has completed an outstanding year, ably captained

by Nathan Phillips and coached

by Simon Francasio.

We won the Sport and Recreation Victoria Cup by a narrow 2 points against our arch-rival Mt Lilydale Mercy College (88 points to 86 points) and followed up with a hardfought victory in the Victorian School Championships (115 points to Mt Lilydale 111).

James Delaney won best lifter at the Sport and Recreation Cup with a 177.298 Sinclair Score. Other excellent efforts were Luke Torrisi with a total lift of 111 kgs and Liam Koutros with 120 kgs.

We have also introduced some young talented lifters, namely Frank McCormack, Murad Mohamed and Bryce Morgan all Year 7s.

Hopefully we can build on our 2011 in our Centennial Year of 2012.

Mr David Hale Team Manager

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Back Row: J. Buchanan, B. Stafford, L. Tikelis, J. Talbot Front: Mrs Carmel Dwyer, C. Di Donato, P. O’Grady, J. Dent Absent: Ms Cate McIlroy, A. Young.

The Year 9 Debating Team were the overall winners in the recent annual ACC Public Speaking/Debating Competition and Drama Workshops at Parade College. Mrs Carmel Dwyer, congratulated the students: “All the boys displayed good manners, good sportsmanship and skill representing the College over the day’s competition”. Each speaker had to perform two speeches of four minutes in length. “Our students showed excellent preparation in the structure of their material and in their engaging delivery,” Mrs Dwyer said.

The team included Christian Di Donato, Alec Young, Marcus Cozzi and Dimitri Ganotis, all showing great skill in their presentations.

Front: Mrs Carmel Dwyer, A. Young, C. Di Donato, M. Cozzi, D. Ganotis

1st XVIII

Back Row: L. Wood, W. Nash, D. Tyrer, M. Harvey, P. Hatch, T. Hanney, J. Bull, T. Shallue Middle Row: Mr K. Stokes, P. O'Brien (runner), N. Laurie, S. McGraw, M. Stizza, H. Haley, O. Purton-Smith, S. Harrington, Mr P. Riordan Seated: C. Haley, L. Forato, D. Grant, J. Williams, A. Indovino, A. Anastasio, M. Hamilton

First XVIII Football This year’s First XVIII Football Team performed extremely well and the boys are to be congratulated for their season. We finished equal second at the end of the home and away season along with Whitefriars and St Joseph’s Geelong, all with 4 wins and 2 losses. However, our percent was the lowest of all three, demoting us to 4th overall on the ladder.

St Joseph’s finished 2nd on percentage and therefore played off in the grand final. The season was a successful one, unfortunately without the reward of a finals berth.

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Round 2 St Bede’s 14-9-93 def DLS 8-8-56 Best Players- J. Gava, J. Williams, M. Stizza, A. Soriano, P. Hatch, S. McGraw, J. Howard Multiple goal scorers - J. Bull 2, M. Hamilton 2 Round 3 DLS 4-4-28 def St Joseph’s Geelong 2-14-26 Best Players- M. Stizza, H. Haley, S. McGraw, T. Carracher, J. Bull, T. Hanney Goal scorers- J. Bull 3, N. Lowrie Round 4 DLS 9-10-64 def Mazenod 7-8-50 Best Players- J. Williams, J. Gava, S. McGraw, A. Anastasio, N. Lowrie Multiple goal scorers- M. Hamilton 3, L. Wood 2 Round 5 St Bernard’s 15-6-96 def DLS 8-9-57 Best Players- J. Williams, A. Anastasio, J. Gava, T. Hanney, M. Stizza Multiple goal scorers- P. Hatch 2, A. Anastasio 2

2nd XVIII To borrow a line from Vince Lombardi, “Football is not a contact sport. Dancing is a contact sport. Football is a collision sport.”

This statement rings true for De La Salle’s 2nd XVIII who, throughout the year, played a brand of hard, tough football.

Often undermanned, De La were able to notch up only one win for the season. And, whilst this doesn’t read well on paper, I believe the side adequately served its purpose, with several players finding form and rewarded with elevation to the senior side.

Thanks to Nick Pane for captaining the side, and the players who played to their best.

Mr David Alexander Coach

Back: D. Alexander (Coach), S. Harrington, D. Tyrer, J. Watts, J. Zuzek, J. Bowen, N. Curwood, J. Dragonetti.

Front: B. Monaco, N. Chant, T. Shallue, N. Pane (c.), L. Holmes, D. Grant, P. O'Brien

Round 6 DLS 8-9-57 def Whitefriars 6-8-44 Best Players- J. Williams, A. Soriano, M. Stizza, J. Gava, D. Tyrer, M. Harvey, M. Hamilton, H. Haley Multiple goal scorers- D. Tyrer 2, J. Williams 2 The Best and Fairest 1st Jake Williams 40 votes 2nd Jack Gava 17 votes 3rd Harry Haley 8 votes Congratulations to Jake Williams for winning the 1st XVIII Best and Fairest Award.

I would like to thank all the boys who played in both the 1st and 2nd XVIII this year. They all contributed to the success we had as a team. A special thanks to Jake Williams (c.) and the other Year 12 boys for their excellent leadership and contribution over the

years to De La Salle Football. I wish them all the very best in their future football careers.

On behalf of the players and myself I would like to thank Mr Peter Riordan as co-coach and Mr Russell Bryant as assistant, Mr Peter Harte and Mr Simon Brown for the work they have put into DLS Football this year.

Mr Ken Stokes Coach

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Year 10 XVIII

Year 7 XVIII ACC Premiers 2011

Top Row: S. Michaels, B. Tokatlidis, J. Squires, H. Bowen, M. Canny, L. Oliver Middle Row: J. Wagland, H. Campbell, D. Fasoulis, Z. Hawker, R. Watson, C. Northey, J. Bailey, C. Ferris-McDonald, C. Ghersi Seated: M. Riley, N. Sullivan, Tim Fierenzi, Liam Murphy, L. Cummins, J. Ingram, B. Ahearn, R. Rando

Year 7 Football 2011 De la Salle’s Year 7 football team was very successful in 2011. De La represented the school amazingly well, winning almost every game over the year by a large margin. Our first, and only, loss of the year was to Parade. The boys put up a good fight, but were beaten in a close encounter by 10 points. We bounced back and were all ready to go at training the next Monday, ready to smash whomever we came up against.

We kept that attitude all the way through the year; when grand final week came along, we were ready. After a pump-up before the game from Mr Bryant and Mr Buckley we ran out and were on the ball from the start. A few quick goals started us off and we kept that lead all the way through. The win was a comfortable 40 points, but we wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without the help and support of coaches Buckley and Bryant.

All the team thank Mr Brown and Mr Harte for getting us a ground every game and organizing our new jumpers. The football season was really positive — we made new friendships, and it was just a bonus we won the flag. We hope to back up our efforts next year.

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Back Row: J. O'Sullivan, T. Siriopoulos, J. Stewart, P. Stanton, T. Connolly, D. Cowan, J. Lever, L. Carracher Middle Row: Mr P. Harte, J. Giorgini, N. Evans, D. Clarke, N. Edwards, C. Herbstreit, M. Petrone, Mr N. Yates Front Row: J. Palmer, A. Hay, H. Curtis, P. Arceri (c.) J. Hanley, H. Zaia, W. Cardwell, J. Pirovano

Year 9 XVIII

Back Row: Q. De Luca, E. Cheesman, B. Fletcher, J. McLoughlin, B Wildoer, J. Benton, L. Brownhill, J. Galbraith, H. Wardlaw, T. Brasher, J. Yosiffidis Middle Row: R. Bonnici (Coach), M. Johns, C. Blaskett, J. Cooke, N. Papamiltiades, A. De Luca, N. Contin, B. Maynard, T. Nicholls, B. Schmidt, J. McAlroy (coach) Seated: J. Trenerry, M. Brooks, P. Pepes, W. Agar, O. Milner, J. Sahely (v.c), H. Morris, N. Taylor, T. Hyland, A. Cowan, N. Bury Absent: M. Krywyn (c.), J. Tyquin, D. Krelle, J. McGaw, J. Walters, C. Clarke

Year 8 XVIII

Back Row: W. Kelly, R. Cosgrave, M. Wildoer, M. Colak, R. Cadman, N. Amon, A. Walker, J. Benton Middle Row: Mr R. Leetham, B. Andrew, L. Walker, H. Lagastes, R. Davis, E. Fabris, N. Catrice, M. Oman, H. Hooper, M. Holmes, Mr S. Mackintosh Seated: J. Giles, W. Mackie, N. Cooney, D. Byrden, L. Bisognin, J. Toniolo, E. Lincoln, J. Tymms, J. Macdonald J. Cannizzaro, A. Sheppard

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Senior Basketball

Back Row: M. Gleeson, D. Slavin, J. Bohan, P. Hanney, L. Wilson, J. Regan Middle Row: C. Walsh, W. Sisouw, J. Gava, J Cowan, T. Shallue, C. Murphy, D. Wood (Manager) Seated: M. Stizza, S. McGraw, A. Gross, M. Harvey, J. Buckley, P. Masson, M. Hogan, S. Hearn Absent: N. Smith, D. Morgan, J. Brown, J. Carroll, M. Hogan Absent: Mr T. Ford (Coach)

Year 9 Basketball

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ACC Senior Basketball The Senior Basketball team kicked off with training in Term 2 and the holidays to prepare for a tough season ahead. It was great to see thirty students wanting to be part of the squad.

With two teams selected each week to play there was fierce competition for spots. It was great to see a number of players continue to get along to training each week despite limited opportunities. The ACC Senior Basketball Competition is traditionally very strong and this year was no exception. Many of the teams we came up against had a number of representative basketballers, and in some cases state players.

Our squad was big on numbers and enthusiasm; however, in some of our games we were simply outsized.

The A team gelled very well and were very competitive in most games. They managed to have two good wins over Salesian and Emmanuel, a great game against CBC but unfortunately losing narrowly. They lost to eventual winners Whitefriars and St Bede’s, who were both far too good. We played off for 5th and 6th against St Bernard’s and went down after a tight finish.

Matthew Harvey was the MVP and had a great season. He has also been a great contributor to De La Salle Basketball during his time at De La. Patrick Hanney and Michael Stizza provided great leadership during the season. It was great that a number of Year 11 students were part of the squad and we look forward to players like Will Sisouw, Aaron Gross and Sefton McGraw to step up next season The B’s had 20 players rotating through the team during the season. It was a great opportunity for students to represent De La. With the emphasis on participation the composition of the team changed each week. The great numbers at training meant all players in the squad ran the same plays and were able to slot into a variety of positions. Joe Regan, Chris Murphy and James Buckley had excellent seasons and managed to hold their spots in a very competitive team. Despite the changes in personnel each week the team managed to make the semi finals but unfortunately went down to St Bernard’s.

It was a very enjoyable season and we look forward to next year. Special thanks to Darcy Wood for team management for the last three years — it was much appreciated.

Mr Tim Ford Coach Back Row: J. Walters; T. Brasher; B. Wildoer; B. Maynard, E. Cheesman; W. Rennie Middle Row: A. Gross (Coach), N. Papamiltiades, A. De Luca, S. Spanopoulos, Ben Harvey, T. Nicholls, J. Brown (Coach), Ms Holden Seated: J. Runatay, A. Siriopoulos, O. Milner, J. Benton, L. Torrisi, M. Brown, J. San Jose, T. Fidock

Year 10 ACC Div 1 Basketball Premiers

Year 10 ACC Div 2 Basketball Premiers

Mr P. Harte, J. Heatley, S. Singh, J Stewart, P. Stanton Front Row: S. Nolan, J. Lugo, B. Ayre (c.), C. Lymbouris Absent: A. Pentifallo

Mr P. Harte, J. O'Sullivan, M. Zbiegien, L. Toniolo, B. Ledder, D. Cowan, N. Evans, T. Siriopoulos Seated: L. Twirdy, H. Zaia, H. Curtis, S. Galgani (c.), J. Hanley, T. Fisher

Year 10 ACC Basketball Term Three was a very successful season for Year 10 ACC Basketball at De La Salle. Both teams (A and B) played throughout the season with great consistency and application to qualify for the ACC Grand Finals at MSAC on Tuesday September 6th.

Team A won the ACC Premiership in 2010 and were very determined to win consecutive titles. Despite losing to Parade early in the season, the team managed to finish the regular season in 3rd place and meet Parade in the Semi Final. In a high-standard and absorbing contest, De La progressed into the Grand Final with a thrilling 7 point victory in overtime. This set up a Grand Final vs Mazenod. The boys continued their great finals form to comfortably win the 2011 ACC Premiership by 11 points.

Much deserved “Back to Back” ACC Titles for a true CHAMPION TEAM! Congratulations to the following members of the Year 10 2011 ACC Basketball Premiership Team:

Ben Ayre (c.), Adam Pentifallo, Jerome Lugo, Jack Heatley, Christian Lymbouris, Joel Stewart, Shaun Nolan and Pat Stanton.

Team B were undefeated all season going into the Grand Final with a lowest winning margin of 9 points.

After losing the 2010 Grand Final, the team was very keen to achieve ultimate success this year. Mazenod was our Grand Final opponent and they certainly overcame any fears of being the underdog and led the match until the last two minutes.

Fortunately, the overall quality and class of the De La Team reigned supreme in the end to record a 4 point victory and a much-awaited ACC Premiership.

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Congratulations to the following members of the Year 10 2011 ACC Basketball Premiership Team: Stephen Galgani (c.), Brody Ledder, Thaao Siriopoulos, Dylan Cowan, Jack Hanley, Tom Fisher, Hamish Curtis, Luke Toniolo, Lawrence Twirdy and Nathan Evans.

Well done to the number of other Year 10 boys who represented De La Salle in ACC Basketball throughout Term 3 and contributed to the overall success of both teams in on and off court roles.

I wish all members of the Year 10 2011 ACC Basketball Squad well for the future and hope that they all continue to strive to represent De La Salle successfully in Senior ACC Basketball in 2012 and 2013.

Mr Peter Harte Year 10 ACC Basketball Coach

Year 7A Basketball

Year 7B Basketball

Standing: J. O'Dwyer, Z. Hawker, B. Morgan, Mr M. Ryan Seated: B. Spackman, H. Bowen, C. Northey, N. O'Sullivan Absent: C. Norris, D. Brasher

Standing: S. Michael, A. Nyanjok, B. Regan, J. Squires, B. Tokatlidis, B. Morgan, Mr M. Ryan Seated: B. Morris, R. Tallarico, M. Canny, C. Morris, L. Holstrom, M. Riley Absent: A. Arceri

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Standing: R. Davis, M. Wildoer, J. Benton, Ms Jo Dixon Seated: M. Oman, S. Moneir, J. MacDonald, J. Toniolo, W. Mackie

Interschools Ski Team These two runs were timed and their final result was calculated as an average of the two runs. All the boys completed the course and are named below in their divisions.

Alpine Giant Slalom Division 1: Elliot Tamplin, Phillip Stevens, Alex Chaplin Division 2: Jack Reeve, Sebastian Otten, Pierluigi Grech Division 3: Will Jones, Callum Brace, Remo Checcucci Snowboard Giant Slalom Division 1: Stuart Brennan-Smith, Joseph Maccora, Ryan Moody, Oliver Jones Division 2: Harrison Tailby, Kieran Johnson, Jake Pirovano, Ben Tamplin, Brendan Simon The competition has the largest number of competitors of any winter sports event in the world. It is fantastic that De La Salle is part of this inaugural event.

All the boys who represent the College competed to the best of their ability and were very competitive.

Particular mention must go to Harrison Back Row: P. Stevens, A. Chaplin, H. Tailby, S. Brennan-Smith, O. Jones, J. Reeve Tailby who came 18th out of 113 competiMiddle Row: Mr S. Slavin, B. Tamplin, E. Tamplin, P. Grech, R. Checcucci, R. Moody, C. Brace, tors and Jack Reeve who came 45th out of Mr K. Stokes 152 competitors. I would like to congratulate Kneeling: W. Jones, J. Pirovano, B. Simon, J. Maccora, K. Johnson, S. Otten the boys on their performance and encourage them to return next season to compete.

De La Salle College was again represented at this A great deal of preparation and planning was necessary to make the trip year’s Snow Sports Championships at Mt Buller, possible. I would like to thank the College for putting their support behind from 19th August to 23rd August with 18 students the Ski Team and a special thanks go to staff members Mr Shane Slavin, from Years 7 to 12 competing. The boys competed in Mr Peter Harte and Mr Simon Brown for their time and effort. both the Snowboard and Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Mr Ken Stokes events.

Ski Team Coordinator Each boy was entered into an event in which he completed two runs of the slalom course on Little Buller Spur.

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ACC Cross Country

Under 14 Cross Country

De La Salle finished in 3rd place in the overall Division One standings of the ACC Cross Country Carnival 2011 It was our team goal to ensure that we maintained this position from 2010 and all 60 team members who represented De La performed proudly and bravely. We finished 3rd in the Junior (Under 13 and 14), Intermediate (Under 15 and 16) and Senior Sections (Under 17 and Senior).

That’s consistent!

Both our Under 14 (2nd in 2010) and Under 16 (4th in 2010) age groups were Division One Champions. This is the first Carnival since 2007 that we have won any Age Group Championship.

The following Team members were awarded ACC Medals for their great performances: Harry Lagastes (Year 8R) Winner of the Under 14 3km race in a time of 9.52 minutes. Harry has now won “Back to Back” ACC Gold Medals!

Nathan Evans (Year 10B) Runner Up in the Under 16 5km race in a time of 16.37 minutes.

Simon Hearn (Year 12H and 2011 captain) Runner Up in the Senior 5km race in a time of 16.01 minutes.

Thank you to the following Staff Members, not only for their support of the boys, but for all of their time, effort and enthusiasm throughout our preparation for this Carnival — Tim Curran, Ken Stokes, Dave Alexander, Peter Larsen, Ray Leetham, Peter Crellin and Simon Brown.

Many of the boys from the Team are already striving to improve on our 3rd placing for our Centenary Year in 2012!

Mr Peter Harte Sports Coordinator

A. Sheppard, D. Byrden, L. Walker, W. Kelly, N. Catrice, B. Muller, D. Melissinos, H. Lagastes, A. Walker, N. Monaco, Mr T. Curran

Under 13 Cross Country

L. Halloran, J. Squires, P. Tsetinis, F. McCormack, J. Chapple, R. Tallarico, Z. Hawker, B. Tokatlidis, C. Joseph, M. Rogers.

Under 15 Cross Country

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N. Taylor, L. O'Callaghan, Q. De Luca, M. Hoareau, J. Trenerry, J. Benton, M. Robinson, P. Kony, M. Jackson, E. Hamilton.

Under 16 Cross Country

Under 17 Cross Country

Senior Cross Country

Left to Right: N. Evans, J. Pulvirenti, A. Tonkin, J. Hanley, A. Langenberg, C. Carberry, Z. Hutter, L. De Stefanis, J. Thornton, D. Cowan.

Standing: M. Taylor, M. Mullaly, A. Scammell-Panozzo , S. McGraw, N. Curwood, J. Gava Front: A. Indovino, L. Knowles, C. Haley, T. Keys

Standing: Mr K. Stokes, M. Stizza, C. Draffen, L. Wood, L. Sharp, T. Bishop, Mr P. Harte H. Haley, M. Hamilton, J. Bohan, S. Hearn (c.), J. McCaffrey

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Senior Soccer

Back Row: R. Dougherty, C. Draffen, M. Taylor, A. Buccheri, L. Miles, Ms L. Neil (coach) Seated: M. Swinnerton, D. Conlan, A. Sidarta, J. Maccora, N. Maiorana, A. Vasilopoulos

Year 7 Soccer

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Back Row: S. Kumar, J. Bardsley, J. Fissenden, J. Dziubinski, C. Grant, E. Nguyen, C. Morrison, M. Rhoden (Coach) Seated: S. Kamoutsis, J. Duszniak, N. Leontaritis, S. Hatzikourtis, G. Kazoumis (c), M. Donnarumma, P. Tsetinis

Year 10 Soccer — Div 2 Premiers

Back Row: J. Thornton, A. Langenberg, G. Vlahogiannis, A. Doulgeris, J. Higgins, Mr. P. Harrup (Coach).

Seated: W. Nguyen, J. Koulousias, A. D’Costa, J. Pulvirenti (c.), A. Ianchello, N. Ricci, J. Casula, L. Georgaklis. Absent: H. Dziubinski, A. Giannos, J. Reeve.

Year 8 Soccer

Back Row: A. Cupic, R. Macasadia, E. Vile, Z. Hellyer, J. Morgan, L. Chai, J. Ziemkiewicz Middle Row: D. Maiorana, C. McManus, S. Tsagaris, A. Buccheri, M. Rossello, N. Simcocks, J. Fogarty Seated: N. Sinclair, H. Brown, E. Hamilton, J. Bartholomeusz, J. De Thomasis, F. Macri, T. Zisimopoulos

The Year 10 Soccer team capped off a promising season with a premiership win. Throughout the season 22 boys represented our College with the final 11 securing the ACC – Division 2 Premiership. The shining lights of Joshua Pulvirenti, Will Nguyen and Anthony Ianchello provided goal-scoring opportunities, with Anthony finishing the six game season with a total of 9 goals.

Another strength of the side was the back line providing solid resistance against the opposition. Aaron Langenberg, Daniel Anastasio and Harry Dziubinski were outstanding at repelling surging mid-fields. Andrew Giannos was rock-solid as goal keeper on the last line of defence. The season culminated in a must-win final round match against CBC, St Kilda. DLS had to win to secure the premiership, as a drawn result would have handed the premiership to CBC. CBC got away to a 2-0 lead early in the game. Anthony Ianchello scored a goal late in the first half to keep the boys in the hunt. During a rainy wind-swept second half there was not a lot of opportunity. Ten minutes to full time, Anthony Ianchello weaved through the defence, only to be brought down by the opposition in the box. A cool, calm and collected captain, Josh Pulvirenti, put the ball into the back of the net to level the scores. With two minutes to go Will Nguyen made the break and passed the ball on to Anthony Ianchello to score the goal that put DLS in the lead. The boys managed to hold their nerve and did not allow CBC to break their lines of defence. It was a well-earned flag.

Mr Paul Harrup Coach

Year 9 Soccer

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Standing: D. Leone, S. Pepdjonovic, X. Purcell, D. Bonet, C. Di Donato.

Seated: J Sadek, J. Dillon, R. D’Souza, C. Marinis, M. Henriques-Gomes.

Absent: M. Arapis, D. Incretolli-Rodrigues, B. Hawkins, C. Dingas, S. Balthazaar.

Senior Hockey

Year 10 Hockey

Standing: M. Anderson, M. Mullaly, M. Taylor, J. Bohan, P. Stevens, J. Cooper.

Seated: S. Anderson, D. White, R. Alberti (c), J. Birchall, N. Ellis, S. Brennan-Smith, C. Haley Coach: Ms E. Turner

Standing : L. Carracher, A. Doulgeris, T. Connolly, G. Vlahogiannis, P. Bradley. N. Edwards, W. Agar Seated: M. Petrone, P. Arceri, Z. Hutter, Mr N. Yates. B. Adams, G. Murray, M. Moran

Senior Hockey 2011 For Year 12 students, this was the last season of ACC Hockey most of the boys in the Senior team would play. Since Year 8 the team had changed tremendously, and we had high hopes and expectations that this year would be the most successful yet.

However, the season did not begin as planned. A couple of losses in the first four games meant we had a difficult season ahead. Our games were made even

harder when numerous players were missing from week to week. Even though we weren’t able to come out with wins in these games, our defence showed true signs of fight, as well as the Year 11s, who were given very tough games playing in the Seniors.

Through constant perseverance we were able to finish the season on a high note. We won the remaining games of the season against Emmanuel and Mazenod. We bettered our results of previous years.

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These wins came from the collective efforts of our defence, and mid-fielders who were at their best. Efforts from Anderson, Haley and Ellis ensured the opposition had no chance. Dependability from Stevens and Sly in defence gave the team a springboard to launch countless attacks.

A special mention goes to John Birchall who had not played Hockey before, but became a dependable Goalkeeper during our final games. On behalf of the team I would like to thank our coach Ms Turner for supporting our team through the highs and lows of the season.

Roman Alberti Senior Hockey Co-Captain

Year 9 Hockey

Back Row: S. Beckman, M. Eager (c.), J. Mitropoulos, X. Purcell, D. Tralongo, Middle Row: S. Athaide, S. Balthazaar, M. Horrigan, B. Mancal, P. Kony, Mr A. Wozencroft Seated: S. Lau, L. O’Callaghan, D. Roberts, M. Monger, F. Sinclair, M. Henriques-Gomes

Year 8 Hockey

Standing: X. Wigg, L. Hume, E. Smith, C. Bruce, H. Lagastes, Z. Johnstone, N. Dunstone, Mr G. Barns Seated: D. Melissinos, J. Cannizzaro, C. Hutter, J. Bartholomeusz, J. Tymms, L. Bisognin, L. Goy, C. Haritos

Year 7 Hockey

Standing: J. Lalande, S. Rennick, L. Yeates, S. O’Callaghan, N. Grooby, J. Ingram, C. Whitehead, Ms L. Desmet.

Seated: F. McCormack, S. Gimisis, K. Williams, Z. Grundmann-Perera, J. Mullaly, K. Walsh, H. Campbell, C. Ghersi, S. Kamoutsis.

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ACC Chess De La Chess 2011 Chess has long been a component of the De La Salle scene, albeit, in somewhat a low key way, with lunchtime play and occasional interschool tournaments being a fixture. However, Chess beyond De La has continued to grow, and even become a specialty at some schools. Serious coaches are hired in to sharpen the edge of those interested students.

Chess continues to grow with the ACC introducing a third tournament — the Open (Years 7 to 12), Intermediate (Year 9 and 10) and Junior (Year 7 and 8) Championships — each with two divisions. This means, of course, there are more students playing across our schools. It also means that we here at De La have had to be more aggressive in our recruiting of students across all of the year levels. No doubt, in the long term, it will mean we have better players and a better standard competition.

All of this growth had caught De La on the hop, as we had crops of interested players at some year levels but few to none at others. We lost one such strong crop as our Year 12s of 2010 moved on. We have needed to locate interested players at year levels which had been quite sparse. We come to the end of 2011 with many new names on our player list, but with very little experience amongst them all.

Hence, a goal for coming years is to provide some basic coaching and many playing opportunities.

Our first tournament at Brighton Grammar in March saw us humbled by the might of Chess Victoria greats like Brighton Grammar, Melbourne High and Melbourne Grammar.

Senior Chess

Term 2 saw De La hosting our next tournament but suffered a similar fate at the boards of Brighton Grammar, Mazenod and Melbourne High, but we did salvage some respect by finishing 5th out of 8 teams. Our next tournament at home had us finishing 3rd behind Mazenod and Carey Grammar. The ACC Tournaments were next with our Open team coming 6th (Div 2), our Intermediate 4th (Div 1) and our Junior 8th (Div 1).

Many thanks to our 2011 senior captain, Ethan Rocke, for his leadership and dedication to chess over his years at De La. Many thanks to our other captains, Intermediate, James Eracleous, Year Standing: M. Borley, C. Roberts, K. Bianco, C. Dingas, J. Eracleous, Mr L. Evans 10, and Junior, Patrick McCaffrey Year Seated: A. Reuter, L. Tikellis, P. McCaffrey, E. Rocke (c.) M. Henriques-Gomes 8. Other senior stalwarts have included Year 11s Jack Duffy, Gerry Korfiatis, Jeremy Wong, Justin Yuan, and Aaron Li, Year 10.

Our strong Year 9 reps include Chris Dingas, Arion Reuter, Luke Tikellis, Morgan Borley, Josh Laver, Josh Doolan, Cameron Roberts, Marcus HenriquesGomes, Karl Bianco and Lorenzo Boccabella.

Thanks also to Mr Norman Stewart for his support over the year and his commitment to the Chess juggernaut of 2012 and beyond. Mr Stewart will be the ‘go to’ man for chess on our Kinnoull campus and I will be likewise here at Tiverton.

Check you later!

Mr Larry Evans.

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De La Salle Cycling

Go The Tan In February, De La Salle entered a team of nearly 20 students in the annual “Go The Tan” 3.8km run around The Tan Track of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

“Go The Tan” is a fundraising event and all proceeds went to FARA (Friedrich Ataxia Research Association). 2011 was the seventh consecutive running of the event. Tamara Curran, the 26 year old daughter of our Year 5 Teacher Tim Curran, has Friedrich Ataxia. With our student participation in the event and a $300 College donation, De La Salle supported Tamara and her family in their quest to find a cure for this debilitating condition.

Not only did our boys run very well around the picturesque Tan Track course, they were also fine ambassadors for the College with their enthusiasm for the event and compassion for Tamara and all sufferers of this degenerative neurological disease. Jake Williams scooted around the testing course in a slashing time of 13.15 minutes to narrowly defeat Simon Hearn in the quality field of De La runners which included Simon Brown and Tim Curran.

Our involvement in the event proved to be a really worthwhile experience for all students and staff involved and we hope that our De La donation will assist in some way to enhance the chances of a cure for this rare and currently fatal disease.

Mr Peter Harte Director of Sport

In August, students from De La Salle College competed in the North West Metro Zone Final in the 2011 VSCC (Victoria Schools Cycling Championships).

Many levels of cycling ability and age groups competed on the day of the event, from licensed to novice riders. The College was represented in a number of age groups from U/13 to U/19. The College was well represented by these students with many close finishes. After leading with only 40 metres to go, a slight miscalculation on the final corner cost Jayden Cooper a win in U/17 for licensed riders. Despite the setback his efforts were rewarded by the judges, who promoted him to the final held in Carlton on the final day of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

Participation in cycling at the school has grown significantly in past years supported by many teachers of the College. We are looking forward to even more success in 2012.

Mr Peter Harte

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Rest In Peace Term 3 commenced with very sad news that Hannah Curtis was killed in a car accident whilst driving to Leongatha to meet up with extended family members. The accident happened on the Friday before school resumed. Hannah was intricately connected with De La Salle. In 2010, she spent a year with us and assisted with the Sports and PE departments, having just completed her VCE in 2009. At De La she became well known to everyone. Her mother, Clare, has been a staff member of the College for the past 31 years and working in the Kinnoull Library, and her brothers Jacob (Year 12) and Hamish (Year 10) attend De La Salle.

Brian Gleeson (1947) — Father to Paul (Class of 1982); Uncle to Christine Thompson (current staff member) and Grandfather to Matthew Gleeson (Year 11) and Timothy Michael (Year 11).

Br. Philip O’Brien, fsc Br Philip was a devoted teacher and counselor at St. Bede’s College.

Daniel Rabel (2005).

Varun Behl — Brother of Abhishek (Year 11) Elizabeth Withers (Mother of Rob Withers Staff Member) Bert Hewett (Father of Jon — Staff Member) Maria Naterica Henriques — Grandmother of Marcus (Year 9) and Luke (Year 10).

Arjuna Nala Hewawissa — Grandfather of Ashton (Year 12), William (Year 10) and Wesley (Year 9).

Helen Mihaly — Sister of Charles Thompson (Staff Member). Helen was 72 years old.

Stephen Kennedy — Father of Claire Kennedy (Kinnoull Library), Grandfather of Hamish (Year 10), and Jacob (Year 12).

Bernie Halpin — Brother-in-law of Henry Corcoran (Staff Member).

Catherine Kitty Mulholland — Mother of Pauline Mulholland (Kinnoull Library) and Grandmother of Anthony Cormick ‘09.

Brian James Quayle (1959).

Anne-Marie Slavin — Sister-In-Law of Shane Slavin (staff member).

Brother Leo Scollen fsc Following a period as Principal of St John’s, Dandenong, he identified Balgo Hills, WA, as a suitable Aboriginal community with whom the Brothers could work and contribute to their education and development. He was a pioneer in style and approach to Aboriginal support and was frequently given accolades for his work in the Kimberley. He taught at De La Salle, Malvern, was Principal, education pioneer to the Aboriginal community of Balgo Hills, WA, and completed his life’s journey by serving the people of Papua New Guinea.

Robert McLaughlin fsc As a young Brother, Brother Bob, as he was always known, volunteered for Bolivia in the late 1980s. The indigenous people of the mountains had been identified as among the most needy in the world and he went there to serve them. He learned their language and also worked with the missionary radio station as an extended instrument to aid people in need. May he rest in peace and may our God reward Bob for a life well lived in the service of the last , the lost and the least especially in Bolivia and PNG. Brigadier Edward (Ted) Compton (President of the De La Salle Old Collegians Association (1950-51). Brother of Peter (1956), Father of Simon (1980) and Michael (1981).

Brother Stanislaus Carmody fsc — Aged 91 years. Principal 1959-1963 before his posting to Cronulla. He was elected Auxiliary Visitor in 1972.

Dr John O’Brien (1946) was buried Wednesday, 9th February. He is the younger brother of Brother Phillip (Mentone community). John is also the brother-in-law of Bernie Teague (1953), retired judge and lately the Chair of the Bushfire Commission.

John Sjodin (1949) John started at Malvern in the Scholarship class in 1944 and represented De La Salle in most sports.

John Joseph Heanue — Father of John (1980), Patrick (1986) and Michael (1988) Heanue. Grandfather of Eamon Hanney (2008), Michael Bohan (2010), John Bohan (Year 12), Patrick and Thomas Hanney (Year 12). Father-in-law of Michael Bohan (1973).

Fr Les Troy, De La’s beloved College Chaplain, came to his task at De La Salle with some experience of what makes for a successful school from his time on the staff at the Vincentian College in Bendigo, and from being school Chaplain at De la Salle, Ashfield.

Fr Troy was interested in every aspect of College life, and was present, whenever possible, at all kinds of functions.

The good he did is immeasurable.

As a token of our appreciation, the Brothers conferred on him the honour of becoming an Affiliated Member of our Institute. That means that in return for what he has done for us, he shares equally with our members in the prayers and other spiritual treasures of the Brothers throughout the world, during life and after death.