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1.oreto Mandeville Hall

April 2002

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Le/j.· The cover of 'Great /..\/,ectations ' Top and Below: The bulcpcndem Schook /4970

"GREAT EXPECTATIONS" IS LAUNCHED At tlie Independent Schools Expo. on 16 and 17 Februaly. Loreto Monde,ille Hall laittiched its exciting new multi-media product, 'Great Expectations'. This interactive CD-ROM has taken many months of planning. filming andediting to become a virtual tourof the School and its heritage. By clicking on toone ofthe areas of the tour. such as 'Junior.lourney', you cim watch and listen to videos fucussing on the different aspects ol life at LMH. look back over the wonderful history of the school and hear the Principal 's welcoming address.

The CD ainis to bring you into the life of Loreto Mandeville llili and give you an oveniew of the opportunities Und activities offered at the School. Lot-eto is the first school in Aust]-alia to produce Allch a comprehensive promotional C D-ROM und the feedback from the public has becti very positive and enthusiastic about the product.

A 11 Loreto fiuni lies will soon recek e their own copy of 'Great Expectations: which can also be passed on

or shown to friends and family. as we are sure that you will be equally proud ofthe CD as we are ofit. .lndrea /hilliclar

Alarketing C 'ourdinator

Cover: Dr Amie Hum and

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Editorial Committee:

M.tiideJillian

Editor. Amanda Apthorpe: Ashist.int 1:,litor. Judy Broad

Br William H'ilding

1 01·eto Mande,ilie Ilail

Junic,i· Sclitiol. Maureen Carroll

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|0 Mande,ille Crescent. 1-001-ak. 3142

Past Pupils' Association. Rebecca lilletttler

Phone 9826 0211 Fax 9824 2996

Photography. 1 >·nne Beck und Ja>·ne Wel,ster

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(got,7, de 91,400al Not farewell - but fare forward f his is my last Mandevillian! It is hard to believe that almost fourteen years have gone by. I will treasure the many memories of my time at Mandeville. i

As 1 prepare to take leave, I want to take this opportunity to thank the school family and especially the parems. 1 recall the dawning realisation very early on in my principalship that one of the great joys of the role was getting to know the school families, and working with the parents in various capacities, including the parent committees. It is truly one of the great j

privileges of being Principal. But more than the sheer enjoyment in working with you, the generosity and good will, the

commitment and concern ofthe parents was a vital source of support and encouragement for me. Prospective families ; sometimes ask me what I see as the strengths of our school, 1 answer - always, and with utter conviction - that one of the great strengths of this school is the parent community, its support for the school and its unswerving commitment to the education of its young women. It is that support and commitment that has enabled us as a school staff to strive forwards with a programme of ongoing school renewal; and it will be with your ongoing support, that the school will continue to go from strength to strength.

I especially want to thank School Council, who give so much to the school - in time, expertise and advice. I particularly wish to thank the Chairs of Council - John Arthur, Paul Hoy and our current Chairman Bryan Madden - for their generous and

unfailing support, assistance and advice. It is no secret in the independent school sector that one of the utterly crucial ingredients for success in a school - and we as a school have enjoyed tremendous success over these years - is an effective and supportive relationship between Principal and School Council, and particularly between the Principal and the Chairman ofCouncil.

Thank you also to the Loreto Sisters, who have given me encouragement and generous doses of wise counsel throughout the years. Truly, there is much to be said for 400 years of experience and expertise in girls' education and all the accumulated wisdom that comes with it. It has been a privilege to be a part of the Loreto tradition and to contribute to it. I also want to pay tribute today to the school staff. But 1 struggle to find the words that would do justice to their remarkable

commitment to our school. For me personally, the staff have been a constant source of inspiration and motivation, good humour, camaraderie and support. They too have given inc heart and courage to maintain the momentum, through thick and thin. through the good times and through the really challenging times. Truly, no words could do justice to their efforts and dedication; the staff are indeed a school's greatest resource and we are blessed indeed at Loreto. And of course a school would not be a school without students and indeed our past students - they have been our joy and delight, the very source of

pur passion for and dedication to the noble work of education. I look back on the years with enormous pride in all that we have achieved, all that is seen. all that is unseen but no less real, I will leave the school, at the end of May, with a great mixture of emotions: pride in this magnificent school; gratitude for the many opportunities given to me and for the great trust invested in me as Principal; a sadness for there is so much of Loreto in my heart; but most of all a sure knowledge that the school is in very good hands in a very strong Leadership Team of Deputies and Senior Staff- for all that has been achieved over the years has been a team effort through and through, with the

Leadership Team at the helm. 1 have no doubt that this great school will go on to do even greater things. t

So thank you, thank you to each and every one of you, and to those who've gone before you. It has been my pleasure and my privilege to be here. I wish you and the school - not fare well, but fare forward! God be with you. I(Dr) Anne Hunt

An invitation to past Pupils and past and present Parents to attend

The Blessing and Naming ofthe

Mary Gonzaga Barry Centre by His Grace, Most Reverend Denis Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne

Sunday 19 May 2002 at 2.00pm

As seati'ng k lintited it is esseiitial that those wishing to attend

the Blessing and Ntimi/ig Ceremony contact the Development Oflicc for a.furmal invitation hy Friday 19 April 2001 telephone 03) 9826 0211

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HONOURING OUR TRADITION THE MARY GONZAGA BARRY CENTRE

The School Council is delighted to announce that our new Sports

We are maintaining this tradition by expressing our thanks

and Centre, now approaching completion on the corner of

to our donors. Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal plaques,

Clendon Road and Millicent Avenue, is to be named to honour

displayed in the foyer of the new building, will permanently

Mary Gonzaga Barry. Everyone is looking forward to opening

record the special gifts we have received. All our wonderful

day - Sunday 19 May, when His Grace, Most Reverend Denis Hart. Archbishop o f Melbourne, will bless and name the building

Team Members will also be listed in the foyer and the

at the official opening.

donation, will be acknowledged in the Mmdahm.

names of all suppoilers. but not the aniount of their

"Do not stay your hand..." Over the past five years many, many families have supported this project and we have close to

$2 million pledged to date. With a concerted effort from past students and others over the -LLIT-" r,121114., -- - -11.--' '2t -1 11

1 IL -2- next months we hope to push right past the $2 million mark! So can I exhort you as Mary Gonzaga Barry did in 1902, "Do not stay your hand dear children, because your offering is

small, they give much who give with generous, loving hearts." We will be most appreciative of whatever help you can give us. Stephanie West, Director of Development

Work is going ahead rapidly on The Man, Gonzaga Barn'

... and just two weeks later, what a dityl'renee!

C entre. This is the Sports Hall as at the end 01 February .

The Sports Centre project is the biggest siiigle project ever undertaken at Loreto Mandeville Hall. The $7.5 million Centre will include a swimming hall with facilities for learners, racing, diving and

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water polo; a generously sized sports hall for the full

range of indoor sports. a separate gymnastics hall of r competition standard; ample viewing galleries plus a PE Classroom, weights room and change room

facilities. The facilities will be used by every student

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"It is a noble work to give generously... Such a building cannot be constructed without support from our whole School Community. Mary

Gonzaga Barry well understood the importance of philanthropy in the work of the IBVM, In a letter to her past pupils in 1902 she wrote "It isa noble work to give generously to a hospital... to an orphanage... or a school where youth is taught to love God and walk in the way of His Commandments". She writes of donors "giving us the pleasure of seeing their names on memorial tablets" and ofthe prayers offered for them.

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«ju>01 *a#a61 - 2001 uchool will mean different things to dilierent people. To me. Loreto has been a wily oflife since I was ti,tir years old and it'% hard to imagine life next year. But my years here. on the whole. have been very happy ones. And 1 kiiow Iliat I owe that happiness to my

year level. who l'il miss more than they can imagine, and to the Loreto sisters and stalli both past and present. who have been intluential in both my schooling and iny life. On behal f oftile student body. 1 Would also like to extend our warinest appreciation to

Dr Hunt for all that she has contributed to the school over the last thirteen years. We wish her well in her new appointment and her future Career.

This year in particular. 1 have been privileged to work with a wonderful group olcouticillors and some \cry talented year twelve leaders. But in particular. 1 would like to thank our Vice Captain. Sarah Dynon. Weh'e spent the !110%1 enormous amount oftime together this year. and it really does feel like some sort oi niarriage! Sarah has a face that iust lends itselito siniling alinost all the time. And I think that is only rellective of the sort of warm and compassionate person that she is. She is not only a leader of great integrity bill slie has become a very dear friend. 1 owe her a debt 0161'litillide fur lIli ol lier #visdom and support this year. Each year. as you know. the Year 12 Councillors haze to come up uith a Jchool theme. 1111 not sure though. that you d all be

familiar. with how our theme 'Know your beliefs. Act from within: actually came about. There was a trip to Portsea. bill the theme itselfwas actually given life in the Year 12 common roomof till places. about two da» before you iiI] clinic hae k to school. We had been giwn the general topic of 'sincerity' - and at first glance. it seemed easy. The word sincerity always reminded me oftinies in childhood when one was asked to apologive for a second time. 1 don't kno\\ if you remember tliat particularly sareastiC pllase 1110%1 0141% go through in primary school when .iii apology consists of hiell on-ee and it was cither Mum or a teacher that would insist you tt-y again. and so Callie the more meaningful, Tm sorry'. Bilt 1 remember thinking also about the word insincerity, That word reminded me ofconvers:itions \\lien people don't look you in the eye. or u|len a good friend writes a seemingly generic messaue in a birthday card and it feels as though it could have been meant for anyone but you. But more than an>.thing. the theme sincerity: reminded ine ofthat Ltd, ice that we are given so often ulien its we'Ie growing tip. just be yoursel f.

Indeed u hen we were brainstormine. we discussed that idea of being yoursell und being ho light u ith who you tire und No, came the suggestion for a school theme of be ti-llc. be yoll. But what we soon realised. is that Kincerity in a human being is more complicated

than simply 'being yoursel F. Iii sonic ways. that ach ice. which I have heard so many times in iny life so far. is infuriating. Because knowing who you are. so that you inight be yourselli is perhaps une ofthe greatest challetigei ofyi-ouing up. 1 doiibt that any of iii at any stage in our lives. could say exactly who we are.Because who we think we are, uhat we think is illiportant in our lives, is ahvays changing.

And so. came the essence of our theme. that being siticere. being true to lilybelli is not aboilt picking ()lIt a choi·acter u.ben lin eighteen years old. and living that out fur the rest ofmy life. To be truck, yourselfix about living your life according to what is

within, what you believe. I only have to look at the \\:ill 01-photos I have iii my bedroom to notice 7|1 the different phases. hairstyles, personas and variations that my friends and I have all gone through to know that we 11 all continue to update and modify who we are. But I guess, when it comes to identity, its probably our personal values that define ils 21% people. If[ look at my friends, it is their personal set ofvalues that has remained constant since Ihe known them.

The truth be known. the day we arrived in [)r 1 lunt's office and presented our theme. it was somewhal incomplete. We hadii't finalised the first verb in the sentence. which in retrospect. was really quite a vital thing to be missing. And so. upoll presenting this theme to Dr Hunt, we were forced to announce verb your beliefs, act from within . There fullowed some debate over exactly whal we should he doing with our beliefs, 'explore. form. expand. diseern. galvanize, examine, specify, forge' - and in the end the general consensus was that we should simply know our beliefs.

Ifyou knew the sadness that Ive felt these past few weeks, knowing that next year, my year level will be scattered throughout the workplace and throughout universities and courses! 1 look out now. and I honestly coilldii t tell you for sure where I think each one ofus will be in teri years time. Apparently. we should expect :1 Change in career something like seven tilnes. Whal I do know, is that I feel certain that those core values I see in our year level that have determined how weve grown up togetlier and how we've treated one another, woiit ever change. Compassion and integrity, values which I now recognise as having been modeled in every way by our school and its elhos. will be just as important as the knowledge that we've gained liere. 1 wish you all the very best ofluck. Thank you.

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«kod HEap,ta,u %00 ILate last year I heard a rather interesting story from vivacious null nitined Sr Maureen. The story evolves as follows: Si Maureen was attending a St Mary's College barbecue at which there wax a fairly mixed ci·owd of young people. She begin chatting with a young iii:11 who Alicidenly became distracted by a young women standing in one of the conversation circles that had formed thi-oughout the garden. The young man stopped mid xentence und declared. "She mlist be a Loreto girl." Sr Maureen was quite confused at this and proceeded to enquire as to how he knew, how could a Loreto girl be distinguislied ill a crowd? He replied. "Well a Loreto girl can always be picked in a crowd because a Lot-eto girl will always have something to say aboiit everything." And Sr M:lureell's eyes twinkled as she thought. "Yessxs!!!"

As I recall this story 1 think what being a Loreto girl nicans to me. It means being part ofsomething big, something that extends beyond state borders, something which conquers ocean divisions. It me:ins being part Of :i u 01-1 d,1 ide limily. But perhaps more importantly. it's always having someone to speak to. someone who litiderstands, and someone else who knows what they want in life and will go to all extremes to make a difference. Although once I may have looked around me und noticed none of these similarities. after spending a weekend with some ofthe other captains 01'Allstralian Loreto schools 111:i,e come to see that although we are all unique in our own ways, there is something that bondx us eli)Her together than any other common interest 1

know. 1 think ue begin to take the all-too-familiar practicex ofour xehool for granted. Often allit takes i s a confused look from an outsider to make you realise that it is no ordinary feal to be able to remember the nallies ofill your classinates or to be able to participate in a large scale student-run performance like the PAF. At Loreto there is a !·cal sense O 1 colilimmity. a real notion that the people you spend 1 84 days a year with really care about your welfare and welcome your part in every day of their Loreto experience. So leths recognise this special gift as it is these little things that distinguish us in the crowds. The quality of verity is particulally iniportant to all the Loreto schools in Australia this year. Verity has been chosen as one of the qualities listed in the Loi-eto Mission Statement to be the inspiration for the Loreto school themes for 2001 After reflecting on this quality during a three-day weekend with the Other Loreto school Capt:lins Lind vices. and :ilso on the Councillor weekend, we were able to consolidate a good Undel Amnding ofthe notion o < verity and the call to action that it entails. Vcrity mcans beintz

true to youiself by constantly seeking and challenging your belielk and then acting on them. It means defending your truths, even in tough and confronting situations. It also nicalls bemg willing to listen to others and admit that you are wrong, Possessing the quality verity means you are able to live and act on your truths and monlls. Your actions don't have to be enormous as iths the little things in lit'e dial often turn out to be tile most important. So that smile or hello to different girls in the corridor. or standing up Rit- sonieone who needs it. can really make a dillerence, Thilts why velity is slich an impoilant quality to possess

and we truly believe thal it lies wit|lin our grasp. And so the school theme for 2002 is., EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE TO LIVE THE TRUTI L This is a call for you as young spirited Loret o girls to seek the truth und embrace it into a 11 aspects 01 your life. In the words of Mr Leunig "111 order to be truthful, We must do mole than speak the truth, We intist also |lear truth. We must also receive ti-uth. We must also act upon truth. We imist 211%40 search for trilth." Iii 2002 we challenge you to go on a

journey of self-discovery. Find what you are passionate about and what you trilly believe iii and take action. Defend what you know to be right. be true to yoill-self and true to others. The search for truth is a formative journey bill one without a linal

destination. As a vine dies when it stops glowing. so too does a person who stops seeking the truth. learning from tlieir experiences and growing in the journey. So be inspired. "/Dub,·ace the challenge to live die u·lith". Yvette Haikcal, School Captain with .·Nexandra St/#h,/1, School l 'ice C kimain

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Above right: SRC members enjoying an icy-pole before their induction CD

SRC - PREPARING FOR SUCCESS!

The first formal gathering of Semester One SRCs was at the inaugural SRC Induction Seminar in Mandeville liall, Tuesday 26 February. Dr Stevens' decision to buy icy-poles to "whet the uirls' appetites' was a stroke of catering genius. as you can see from the happy faces pictured! Kate Stowell and Sarah Mizzi (SRC Portfolio managers) and 1 conducted the seminar, and its goals were ambitious! Our first goal was to introduce SRCs to the key personnel of the SRC: • Kate Stowell - SRC Portfolio Manager, Year 7 SRC Team Leader • Sarah Mini - SRC Portfolio Manager, Year 8 SRC Team Leader • Yvette Haikal - ex-officio member of SRC, Year 12 SRC Team Leader • Alexandra Suffren - ex-officio member of SRC, Year 11 SRC Team Leader • Katie-Rose Smith - ex-officio member of NRC, Year 9 NRC Team Leader

• Cecilia Condon - ex-officio member of SRC, Year 10 SRC Team Leader • Mrs Jill Fit,simons - Staff SRC Liaison Officer

• Dr Susan Stevens - Deputy Principal Director of Pastoral Care The seminar also afforded us with the opportunity to familiarise SRCs with their roles and responsibilities, some of which will include acting as Guides on Open Day, lunching with visiting dignitaries promoting International Women's Day and raising funds for research into Leukemia. The seminar also focussed on the types of skills one would need to develop and practise as a Councillor and we decided the key areas to hone in on would be: • Being and acting as a leader. • Public speaking. • Self-manatzement. • Teamwork.

• Meeting procedure.

Thanks to Mr Fraser Kane and Ms Jan Paull for their invaluable assistance in the technical and catering areas! (Mrs).Jill Fit=simons

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A JOYOUS OCCASION

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Mrs CoNeen Jreissati, Mr Elias Jreissati, Katherine, Samantha and Melissa. All three girls mok part in the blessing and nanling Cel*enjoily.

It was a great joy to us to be able to express our thanks to Mr Elias Jreissati for his outstanding support of the Sports and At-t Centre project by naming the "Jreissati Family Sports Courts" in recognition of his generous gift. Colleen and Elias Jreissati and Samantha (Year 9), Melissa (Year 7) and Katherine (Year 1) were our guests of honour at a

special function late last year attended by members of School Council, Dr Anne Hunt, Ms Louise Peyton, other staff and friends and associates of Mr and Mrs Jreissati.

Sister Margaret Honner IBVM led us in prayer in a beautiful ceremony to name the courts. After the liturgy, Mr Elias Jreissati formally untied the ribbon to open the gates, Sister Margaret then blessed the courts calling down God's blessing on the courts and asking that "all who pass this way find joy in lite.

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WONDERFUL RESULTS - YEAR 12 (2001)

Congratulations to our Year 12 graduates of 2001. Outstanding results were achieved by Helen Beatty, Sarah Dynon, Deniece Fon. Rosannah Healy, Mary Li, Georgina Molloy, Daniela Panto, An Pham, Sophie Price, Rita Samuel, Katherine Senior. each of whom achieved an ENTER of 98.00 or above, placing them in the top 2% of the State, Iii summary: • 10 % of our graduating Year 12 students achieved an ENTER (Equivalent National Tertiary Entry Rank) above 98.00 (compared with 2 % State-wide) • 33 % achieved scores above 95.00 (compared with 5 % State-wide) • 50% achieved a score of 90.00 or above (compared with 10% State-wide) • 73 % of our students achieved 80.00 or above (compared with 20% State-wide) • 96% achieved scores of 50.00 or above (compared with 50% State-wide)

On the basis of ENTER scores, 2001 Dux of the School is An Pham with an ENTER of 99.90. Congratulations to An for a very fine result. An joined ourschool community in Year 8, along with her sister Vi. An quickly proved herself to be a diligent and

capable student. An is about to undertake a combined Medicine/Arts degree at the University ofMelbourne. We wish her every happiness and success, knowing that she will go on, in the spirit of Mary Ward, to do great things. Deniece Fon is to be congratulated for gaining a perfect score of 55 in University Mathematics.

Congratulations too to Liu Ye (Year 12,2002) who was awarded the Monash Prize as the top achieving Year 11 student at Loreto Mandeville Hall in 2001. We were honoured and delighted that Associate Professor Michael Page, Associate Professor iii the Department of Science at Monash University, was able to attend a Senior School assembly to award the Monash Prize to Li11 Ye. (Dr) Amie Hunt

Congratulations to Edwina Scanlon (above) whose submitted drawings and paintings. which

contributed to her per#ct score in Art, gained Edwina herfirst commission fur a painting.

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SCHOOL Dux 2001 AN PHAM

1 feel extremely honoured to speak at this assembly today. In 1997,1 walked timidly through those portals to join a Year 8 Class. 1 was an odd one, because Year 8 is not a usual entrance

year at Loreto, but I survived and thrived, thanks to the €k'

supportive environment and ethos of the School. and I will

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always remember my class mates for making my years such happy ones.

I am extremely lucky and grateful for a Loreto education. The

religious dimensions of our education here have emphasised the

Al)ove: An Pham (second from let}) with mother Mrs Thi-Them Nguyen, sister Anh, Rither

things that really matter. It was a wise person who said:

Mr Phu-Tinh Pham and Dr Anne Html

She who loses money, loses much She who loses a friends, loses much more But she who loses faith loses all.

At our Year 12 Graduation Mass. when Mr Ellett, our Year 12 Co-ordinator, reiterated our school motto: 'Cruci Dum Spiro Fido - While 1 live, 1 believe in the cross.' It struck a chord with me - there was something other than just getting good grades - this becoming more and more apparent to me in the short while I have been out of school. During iny years at Mandeville, learning for me, and for most ofus, has been a source offascination. Our teachers have made it so. We have been learning for life. Novels were more than form and structure, they were about the human condition; history stirred social awareness and a sense of justice: science awakened the wonders ofthe universe, niaths demanded

precision; and the soul soated in art and music. And. in a competitive world. grades do matter. The teachers at Loreto have struck a happy medium. They have been the spotters of our talents and our weaknesses. and they have guided and encouraged us. I must admit, we must have made Year 12 a hellish year for them. We tormented them during their lunchbreaks and even holidays. On behalf of Year 12 in particular, and the entire student body, 1 thank you, our teachers for bringing out the best in us. We now leave the school with confidence in our ability to make a worthwhile contribution out there, Mary Ward, your prediction of about 400 years ago that 'women in time will do much' has not just been instilled in us. it is being fulfilled by your Mandevillians. Thank you for your vision that precedes all feminist movements.

How did I approach Year 12? 1 can honestly say that it didn't turn out to be as bad as I thought it would be. I studied hard, but still found time for the pursuits I enjoyed such as reading a novel outside the syllabus, painting during lunchtimes, and playing badminton. Consequently 1 didn't feel crowded in by the VCE. However, 1 do believe that this was possible because

I've been a consistent worker right through school. My best advice to all of you is to try your best, and then you will have no regrets.

I would like to publicly thank my parents, who are here, for their many sacrifices. for giving me priority in my Year 12: to my older sister for constantly reminding me of important VTAC dates; to my two little brothers and little sister Thu, who is here

today in Year 7, forsurrendering their study room for two months. Dr Hunt has flown the tlag for women and ensured a 21%1 century education. Thank you for your leadership.

1 wish all of you every success, especially Year 12 of 2002, I trust you will achieve your goals. For all of you, I hope that your years at Loreto will be as happy and fulfilling as mine have been. Life does not require us to be the biggest or the best. it only asks that we try our best. As Robert Browning put it so eloquently: .a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for'?

And I say

A woman 's reach should exceed her grasp Or what's a heaven for?

Loreto, you have given me wings to soar. Thank you. Ati Pham

2001 Dux of School

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DESTINATIONS

YEAR 12,2001 Distribution bv tertiarv institution

By the conclusion of VTAC Round 2 tertiary offers iii February. all of our Year 12.2001 students who applied

Offers b> course t>pe (Year 12,22)00 clata in brackets)

for tertiary places had enrolled in, and iii some cases had started. Colll-Xes of further trainine or education. Eleven

Round 2 offers were received and altogether. 82% received an ofTer from their first to third preferences: 46% their first

The pattern of offers by course type is a, fullows: (Double degrees have been counted twice). 20 (23)

Double degrees:

preference. 22% their second and 14% their third

preference. One student declined her Victorian offer preferring to enrol iii Medicine at Adelaide University. Our 2000 Dux. An Pham. has accepted an offer into Arts/

Arts & Professional Communication 38 (35)

Arts (generalist degree) 35 (29) Media & Public Relations

3 ( 6)

Medicine at Melbourne University. Three former students who were unsuccessful in their application for a tertiary Art & Design course plan to re-apply for 2003 admission after completing a "Foundation Year" in 2002. Courses at the Universities of Melbourne and Monash

Built

Environment

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Architecture

2 (2)

Engineering

6 (2)

Interior Decoration and Design

1 (0)

Urban Planning

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again dominated student preferences and offers: although a

range of alternative tertiary institutions and courses were chosen according to interests, campus size Cand ENTER/

cut-off lit). There is a growing awareness of the special appeal of TAFE Courses for sonic students. Generalist Arts and Business degrees littracted the greatest numbers of our

Business & Commerce 20 (28)

Advertising - Business

1 (5)

Business - Degree course

4 (11) 3 (5)

Business - TAFE course

Commerce

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students. This year. though, there were larger numbers Hospitality Management enrolling in Engineering and Computer SCiellee courses.

0 (1)

Information Management & Systems

Visual and Perfunning Arts courses were also popular. hi line with nation-wide trends, courses with a defined

vocational focus were in demand: for example, health science. teaching and communication Courses. As noted earlier, this increased demand fur vocational courses.

Visual & Performing Arts 17 (9) Applied Design/Visual Arts

8 (7)

Milsic

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Performance/Drama

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Junior School teachers

Senior School teachers Ms Shizllka Kandori - L.O.T.E.

Miss Johanna Aucliey - 5 Blue

Ms Lisa Mann - I)rama

Miss Chelsea Boyle - 6 Blue

Ms Diana Gaussen - Physical liducation Ms Lisa Mann - Drama P-6

Ms Sophie Morrison - Director of Rowing and Geography Mr Peter Gatsios - Information Techtiology Ms Charlotte O'Regan - Art Ms Lyn Pucills - Information Services Centre

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The recent addition to the Summer Uniform has been a great success, with all the girls from Prep to Year 12 wearing the new summer hat and looking very smart! The introduction of the summer hat is an important part of extending our sunsmart policy to the whole ofthe school. The girls have been proudly wearing the hat to and from school. for in the mornings and

alternoons. it is a compulsory part of the Summer uniform. At recess and lunchtimes too, all students are expected to wear a hat. Late last year tlie SRCs presented a sunsmart awareness assembly to students of Years 7-12. They talked about skin cancers. and the importance of protecting the delicate skin on the face. 1 he S RCs also presented a most engaging fashion parade featitring the Summer Il:it with different combinations ofthe uniform. The new hat will be worn iii Terms 1 and 4,

Yes. sunsmart at LMI-1 is definitely smart! (DI·) Susan Stevens

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THANKS FROM VANUATU Last year, Natalie Chani. now in Year 9. brought to the attention of her year group that her uncle isthe Head Masterof a village school in Valluatll. The

school has very few resources and the children would greatly appreciate ally pencils and writing paper that we could send.

During Term Four, an enthusiastic grollp in both the Senior School and Junior School filled several boxes with the gifts so generously given by stlldents and tlieir families. Natalie and her family traveled to Vanuatll during

the summer holidays und presented the writing equipment to the school, Here are excerpts from the letter of thanks from Balmasen Ilyacinth, 1 lead Teacher at the Lo-oiie Primary School. The gifts were shared with the Nai l boi'e.

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When 1 handed over the school mciterials to the Head Master ofthe Numa-

/ ciii Catholic School, he was ve/i: rco pleased. 1/1 mi· speech, / tohi them Below:

Natalie with her brothers and grandparents about your assiskmal and the um' ther shouhl look (*Ci and use the mate-

/'ials 11'kely. The handing over took place on Sundar aRer the Mass and lt.'as 11·i/nes.u'll hy Teachers, Council memhers and all /he parents. Remember, this is the

first ever help to the school.

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cm our congrandations to your ftiends/donors who contributed in do-

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A DREAM COME TRUE! 30 January of this year was an exciting and loiiy awaited day for mally people associated with the planning. designing .ind cons.ruction oiSt Peter'x Early Learning Centre. The doors were opened for the first time at 8.45 am. to many enthusiastic and effervescent children, who entered into their new world 01 discovery and exploration. All ofthe children settled into their rooms remarkably well. und their parents were able to leave. Some parents were feeling as anxious as many ofthe young chiklien, with this being the

children s first experience away from home. The first day proved to be enjoyable. memorable and most exciting for the children. their parents and their teachers. Sunday 10 February was another wonderful clay for everyone involved in the Centre. The official opening took tile form of a Mass at St Peter's Church, highlighted by the children singing Come Join Our Circle 01 Friends. We were

delighted with the way the children sang the song after only eight days at the Centre. We were thrilled to see so many people coming through :ls Motisignor Cudmore led the way. blessing each room. The children delighted in showing their family. friends and wider community. what wonderful things they had already been doing at the Centre. St Petei- s Early Learning Centre currently has 22 children attending iii the three-year-old group. and 19 children in the Pre-Prep group. There .ire two teachers for each group and the children patlicipate in a se isory motor prograinme on a

daily basis. in addition to integrated play centres and learning experiences. The Centre follows the Reggio Emilia und I loward Gardiner's philosophies on how children learn. We aim to provide the children with time. experience and guidance to explore a huge range of mediums: to attempt new and unfamiliar experiences: to take guided risks: to question and negotiate and. above all else, to develop strong self-esteem to deal with the challenges that life will put before them. We believe that the liiiie spent in the harl> Childhood years lays xii-ong and lifelong fuundations for children to develop further fornul learning skills such as

reading. writing.ind numeracy. It is through play-based learning experiences that the childien Lire exposed to a great number of opportunities to develop firm foilticlations and attitudes towards present and future learning. Many thanks to the parish priest of St Peter's Parish, Monsignor Gerard Cudinore. who responded enthusiastically and

supportively to the proposal to establish the Early Learning Centre itt St Peter's, to Mrs Kathy (-)'Connell who steered the project to comp let ion, from its very beginning through to the opening of the Centre in February 2002: to Ms Kim Anderson. then a ineinber ofthe parish of Our Lady of Lourdes. in the Partnered Parishes of Arniadale and 7 001-ak. and 1 [ead of the Preparatory School (Prahran C ampits) at Wesley College. who generously provided assistance and advice in terms of educational programmes and regulatory requirements: to architect Frank Baglieri of Norris Architects for his skill and creativity in the design of the facility: to planning cons,iltant Natalie Gray und to Chris Canavan QC who provided invaluable assistance in the planning process. (Mrs) D'Arne Finnis, Director of St Peters Eark Learning Centre, and (Dr) Anne Hunt

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Music 2002

Once again the school year has beglin with the Music Department

swinging into action from the start. All ensembles are rehearsing well and have ali-eady begun performing at weddings, itt Sounds of Stonnington. Central Park, Malvern. and at events such as Open

Day. The year ahead promises to be very exciting and jam-packed Wit]1 many tillisical delights. The annual Music Festival at Robert Blackwood llall will take place on the 19 June. and is.in event not to be inissed! The Sonata Concerto Concert, which All()weases the

schools inost talented musicions, is to take place iii the evening of

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//igh Socien· are the 28.29 and 30 August. Preparations are well Linder way. with many eager students becoming involved as cast

members. orchestra or backstage crew. A new addition to the music programme this year will be a Choir Mass tor

Mondeville and Xavier College choirs. at St Fraticis Church. as well as combined concert with St Kevin's for our Concert Band. Otchestras and Senior Choir. Out- VI'l·: performance students have already started working on their

end of year programmes and there will be VCE recitals. as well as Oak Parlour recitals. held at regular intenals throughout the yeai.

Ihis year we welcome Ms Grania Illtrke (Head oiWoodwind) and Ms Min-ia Pisani (French Ilorn) to the Music Department We are very lucky to have such talented musicians joining our school music community. and look R,rward to learning from all the valiiable skills they have to offer.

It is great to be working with the school s Music Leaders - Leah Lim (Senior Chorister). Caitlin Sheahan (I.eader of Stage Band). Sainantha Lau (Leader of Loreto Symphony Orchestra). Elisabeth Hunter (1_eader of Symplionic Band), and out School Pianist. Penny Wang.

I encourage al| girls to iiivo|ve themselves in the niusical aspects of school life, whether they partake iii many of the ensembles tile school has to offer, begin to learn an instrument, 01- support their peers by attending the many concerts planned.

I wish all the musicians and music staff the best ofluck for the coming year ahead. and hope to see everyone at the musical events throughout the year: ready to be captivated by all the wonderful music in store!! Saniara Madden, A,ltisic· Captain (Year 12)

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(1/k /4//·low· Recitak, 7.3()pin Wednesday 13 March Monday 6 May 1-hilrsday 8 August Monday 12 Aligust. 11)1'junior school musicians, 6pm & 7.30pin Fiesday 8 October. for VCE soloists Tuesday 29 October 1 'CE Recital Series. 6.30pm

rhursday 6 June. at St Catherine's Scliool 1-uesday 23 July, at [.oreto Mandeville llail Tuesday 13 August. at Korowa AGS I hursday 5 Septeniber, at Loreto Mandeville Hall TONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES

Wednesday 22 May Conibined Concert with St Kevin's College at St Ke,iii's College Lit 7.45pin

Sunday 2 June Combined LMH-Xavier Choir singing at Mass at St Francis' Church m H .C)<).3111

Thursday 20 June Miixic Festival for Junior and Senior School ensembles at Robert Blackwood 11011. Monash University. at 7.3()pin

Wednesday 28 - Friday 30 August Lot-elo Mandeville Hall and St Kevin's C ollege Musical. at 7.3 Opin

Friday 6 September Twilight Soloists' and Chamber Music Concert iii the Chapel. featuring past und present pupils, at 6.00pm Saturday 14 September Sonata Concerto Concert in Melba 11:111, Melbourne University, at 8.00pin Sunday 27 October Junior School Ensemble Concert. at 2.00pin

l or furtlier details regarding any performances contact ilie school s Music Office Tel: 9826 0211 FRIENDS OF MUSIC Friends of Music is a voluntary group of parents and supporters which was humelied in 2000 und began its activities by helping out with some of the year's illajor music events. LMH's expanding music life means that in 20021·-riends 01-Music will be busierthere will be that many inore events and activities to suppot-1. And we are going to add a few ofour own to the calendar. One of the important functions of FOM is to help make Allre that music events have the sort of audience support and backstage

assistalice available that will mal€ the event an even greater Allecess. Whether it is setting up the stage area or providing supper or encouraging attendance, FOM can help enhance the music experience of the students at these erents. never mind the :ludience experience. This year, FOM has decided to make a special effort to encourage a greater attendance at 1-Mli music e,ents: those who don't go to the Music Festival or the Sonata Concerto Concert clon't know what they me missing! Ifyou would like to help in this endeavour, do get iii touch with us. Interested and supportive audiences make a huge difference. Coming up on the F()M calendar is the Cocktail Party to be lield early in Term 2, a fihil night on 9 June and a Term 4 special event. All events will be publicixed in the weekly bulletin. In between. we will advertise group bookings fur concerts etc. Keep an eye out • Ru' a special opportunity to see the Australian Ballet perform. And ifyou uould like a copy of the FOM inaugural news|etter. please contact the M lisic Office. The newsletter is one way FOM hope to publicise the ric|-1 music life olloreto and the way it enhances the life of all the school.

[fyou would like to become involved in l'OM activities please leave your name and contact details with any ofthe committee listed below. You might like to indicate whether you are able to help out with any ofthe music events listed on tile school calendar or whetheryou have suggestions for FOM activities. You don't liave t be a parent oful music/singing student to be part 01'FOM. Eva Anderson 9596 7429 (ah)

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HOUSE MUSIC 2002 1 his year. House Music comprises many performance opportunities for musicians. House Music leaders co-ordinate lunchtime concerts which are held fortnightly. These concerts allow girls to enhance their performance level as well as enabling them to earn points for their houses. It also encourages girls who don't like performing to play in a relaxed concert atmosphere and the option to perform iii a group with friends from their house or from other houses. Girls who are not uslially involved in music it Loreto. who want to contribute to their house, can participate in the lunchtime concerts and also iii house ensenibles. Each house will have a choral and an instrumental ensemble and there will be two House Concerts. one in each

semester, where the houses will perfunn coinpetitively

House Music is a great way to meet new frieiids across year levels. It is also a great opportunity for I louse Music Captains to learn about leadership. arranging music and teaching it to the girls. hilien Gibson, }'ear / 1 //Ouse Wilsic Captain, Mornane

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Captain), Alice McNciniara (Barry Captain), Stella Grav 61/0/·nane Fice Captain), Jane Alatheson (Ward Captilin). Julien

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BUDDING MUSICIANS

Friday 15 February brought great excitement to our Year 2 girls as tliey received their string

instrument for the Year 2 String Programme. Tile girls have weekly tuition on the Violin. Viola and Violoncello. At the end of semester the girls will present an in formal concert for parents and friends and then have the opportunity to join the cocurricular program in the school playing in groups such as the String Spinners and Junior String Orchestra.

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programme this year - Ms Kittie Eury, Mrs Alice Levan and Mr Joel Migdal. These Illusicians have much experience, great knowledge and the liighest level of musical skills to guide and nuture out- future LMH string players.

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YEAR 6 INVADES THE CAPITAL Between the 5 and 7 March. Yeni- 6 students visited Canberra. At precisely 3.1 Opm we boarded Quntas flight 818 from Titl|amarine. Within an hour we arrived at Canberi-a Airport collected our luggage and boarded our coaches to Hotel Heritage. After our rooms were allocated. we ate dinner and 111:ide our way to the Allst!·alian Ilistittlte of Sport. We were given a tour ofthe buildings and spent sonic time iii the interactive room where we tried a variety ofactivities such as skiing, rock climbing, goal throwing and gy iii nastics.

Our first activity on Day 2 was a visit to the Australian War Memorial. We had a look at the different unifornix uorn by the milly. air force and navy during different uars. Some ofthe girls look part iii a role play. We al i Ic,und it very interesting. When out- tour of the War Memorial had finished we walked dowii ANZAC Parade. which gave ils a treat view of Parlianient 1 IOUNC.

Our next Stop was the National Art Gallery of Austraha. We learnt a lot

abc„it different types of art and creat Re ways of presentiii g it. The tiext \isit

was to the National Musellill Of Australia and were taken to a variety of galleries around the niliscum. There were two galleries called Circa and K Space, which most girls agreed were their favourites. Ten Pin Bowling was another elljoyable activity on Day 2. We were lucky because we had a glow in the dark disco theme. u hich was really fun! At Questacon everyone was excited about going on the free fall slide. which

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gitillotine, the earthlwake house. the cyclone shelter and the roller coaster shnuhnon

011 [).ty 3 we toured old Parliament 1 louse. We watched a sound and light

iliou in the House of Representati,e, and had a tole play in tile Senate. While one group 1 isited the Electoral Education C entre, Group 2 went on a tour of the Embassies and then the groups swapped. Alter a picnic hmch outside new Parliument 1 louse, we were given a tour inside Parliament House and took part in a mock parliamentary debate.

On the way to the airport we visited Mount Aindie and took some photos ot the littitastic view. We boarded Quiltas Ilight 72 I to Melbourne and arrived back at school at 9.45pm. It was u Ifuntastic camp!

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participating in yoga on tlie beach, or tlirtwing the ball of wool where fond illenlorics were ti iggered, In addition to all the fun and happy gulnes. there were retlective nloments when we prepared the liturgy. and

Sang . lin 't Nt) .1/(,immin /ligh /Dumgh. a song that has served 8% an inspintion to this year level. When

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now hang on t|ie Common Room wall. The camp eiided uith the writing ofailirniations messages to

each other. which we will Husili'e furever.

As a great start to Year 12. this camp will always remain in Our |learts.

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CAMP! The day that all of Year 8 anticipated finally arrived. We were

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with excitement. We were greeted, on arrival, by a friendly OEG instructor who introduced us to the different facilities of the

camp. He explained it would be 'challenge by choice' so we all felt a bit more comfortable about the planned very, very high ropes course. canoeing and the dreaded bush walking.

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Canoeing was very unstable at first for each of the groups; many fell into the water before they had even gotten into the boat! The OEG instructors were very patient and taught us how to steer the

boat and how to play different gaines in the canoes. The high ropes course was scary for everyone; each group did three of the ten activities. We had to wear special harnesses to use the ropes course and hard hats. All groups had to do, the Trapeze or 'Leap of Faith'. A lot of people di(in't want to do it:

some did it as if it was a stroll in the park. Many of us faced our fears that day. 4

The organised initiation gaines were fun and helped us to trust and help each other. The dreaded bushwalking for most people was actually quite beatable, done in 3 easy parts on each day, and stopping for rests frequently. The food we ate was absolutely scrumptious and the daily chore of washing up was never really that hard. Apart from making sure that the tent zip was closed completely so you wouldn't be eaten alive by mosquitoes, and not to leave your clothes to dry over night on the top of your tent, just to find

out the next morning that they are absolutely soaking with dew Top: Setting offfor a bit.shwalk

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SURF LIFE SAVING Another successful season for oill surflife savers with LM[-1 entering 3 teams iii the South East Water Schools Surf Leauue. We trained at Brighton Beach across all disciplines o flife sin ing including board paddling. bea·" tlags. sprints and surf swimming. The 30 girls who participated had a fantastic time. Our competition at Williainstown was a new experience for most of the girls as tile usually flat. calm water of tlie bay developed one metre waves due to the windy conditions. All the girls did extremely well with oill'

'A' team finishing first to move through to the State Final. Congratulations to: Jessica Curt:lin CY r 12). Domini k White (Y r 12), Alice MeN:iniara C Y i- 1 1), Amy Hayes (Yr 10). Sara Macieod Cyr 10), Kesiali Madden (Yr 10). Claire White (Yr 1 0) and Charlotte Chalmers (Yr 8). The had a really tough competition in the State Final placing 6th overall. (Mrs) Cathy Hum, Director ofSport

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very close game, wit]I Loreto beiiig illicitd in the last four overs, but unfortunately 9

Buckley pulled through and uon By 15 runs. Loreto played very well throughout the season. with numerous wins and few losses. Great skills were shown during tile Under 17 South Eastern Zone Competition. with plenty ofattion both on field and

baning 6796 hs* This seasons success was due to hard work and dedication put in at both weekly 7 matches and at training. We would like to give our thanks to our coach Mr Best, without whom the team would not have done so well. lie enthusiastically gave lip

his tiine for its. and demonstrated new skills and techniques. improving our game every week. The team's thanks also go to the parents who supported the team each week.

Finally, a very special thanks go to the team of 2001- 2002. Congratulations on a fantastic season, girls. Your support and effort made the season so enjoyable, und we appreciate all your help. Mel Dallieimer, Captain jacquelilie Reid, Vice-Captain <:.

CURRICULUM COMMUNITIES Under the auspices of LSAC ( Loreto Schools Advisory Committee), a conference of the Curriculum Co-ordinators of Australian Loreto Schools was held in Victoria on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March. One of the goals of LSAC is to maintain the networks between our schools, furthering the Loreto charism in our teachers providing the basis for common values in our curriculum. Meetings such as these provide an important forum for sharing. policy discussion and a general renewal. The group met at LMH on Thursday and journeyed to Loreto College Ballarat for the Friday session. Present were Patrick Connolly (Loreto Kit*ribilli), Pat Elsworthy (Loreto Cooparoo), Leanne Stephan and Megan Pursche ( Loreto Not-inanhurst). Rosalie Gleeson (Loreto Marryatville), Stephan Hill (Loreto Ballarat) and mysel f from Toorak. Our guest speaker Sr Maureen Burke IBVM shared with us her reading and understanding of Mary Ward's World View

and how to interpret her vision iii our Loreto Schools in the 21 St century, a vision which is as pertinent today as it was four hundred years. This is embodied in the Lot·eto Schools of Aitsti·alia Mission Statement and shared by all the schools. We refocused on this vision-. that Loretoschools 0021· a Catholic ecitication which liberates, empowers and motivates students to use their individual gifts with confidence, c/rativin, and generosity iii loving and responsible service.

The two days passed quickly with discussion on common issues including Assessment and Reporting and the integration

and provision ofinforination Communication Technologies in our schools. The shared knowledge and experiences were and shall be extremely valuable and the fact that we are in four states allows for insight into State specific curriculum requirements.

One of the points of discussion among us was the Middle School and its curriculum. All states have this on their agenda at the moment with eyes on the provision of appropriate material in an interesting environment, as well as concentrating on improving the literacy and numeracy standards. Here at Loreto Mandeville Hall, we are embarking on a pilot programme

with St Kevin's College. They have purchased Vaucluse Convent in Richmond, renamed it Waterford, a Year 9 campus. In Term 2 this year, our Year 9 will travel to Waterford on selected afternoons to attend classes with the boys. These classes shall be targeted at all Key Learning Areas of the curriculum and taught in such a way that fosters cooperative. student-centred learning.

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fourteen crews made the A final and three of these crews won. .

Congratulations to the Year 10 coxed four division 5A crew( Anna Huggillb, JU>,bica LailcI, Julla Cultain, Sophie Pownall + and Simone Tyson), Year 10 coxed four division 5B crew (Georgina Balmer, Caitlin D'Apamo, Emma Mulkeams,

Rebecca Green and Kblly O'Bryan)-and tile Senior fourth coxed four division 3 crew ( Lucy Virtue, Kathryn Lachal, Mia 1

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SPORTS CAMPS 2002 I Once again we started the school year with lots of girls enjoying getting back into school sport after the long summer break. We had 135 girls i-owing at Nagambie and on the Yarra River, over 20 girls learning new dives at Harold Holt Pool, 80 young netballers having a great time at LMH and approximately 90 girls making a splash at St. Leoiiard's Pool on the swimming camp.

Everywhere you looked at these venues there were lots of smiling happy faces and a sea of LMH blue uniforms. Everyone was invited to be involved from Year 4 through to Year 12. new students, and those who have been at LMH for years. It was a particularly nervous experience at first for those girls new to LMI I but they quickly got over their nerves as they began playing and made new friends which is always so much easier in a sporting situation. Each of the sports camps involved drill sessions, activities and games.

This year, for the first time. we also took a group of 42 girls down to Son-ento for the day to swim with the dolphins and seals and to try some surf life saving. We were extremely lucky with the weather, being treated with a 32 degree clear sunny day. The girls had an amazing experience swimming at arm's length from the seals with many of the seals mimicking the girls as they dived down under the water. We also saw quite a few dolphins with a number surfing the bow of the boat. Back at Sorrento Front Beach, time was spent completing surf life saving races and activities as well as countless jumps from the pier!

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ANGLESEA TRAINING CAMP

After tuo terms ofsteady land and water training. the top 3 racing crews began their slillimer holidays with a new intensive training Camp at Anglesea. The camp provided the opportunity for the girls to kick-start their holiday training

programme. as well as set goals for thelliselves. and to bond within the group. The caiiip involved beach sessions: swim run - swims. wading mees and beach flag competitions.

NAGAMBIE CAMP

[he Senior Racing Squad sacrificed the second last week oftheir summer holidays to attend a gruelling selection week at Nagambie. The week began with a 2 km selection ergo. which proved that many girls had trained very hard oer the break. What followed was three days ofseat racing until the first 4 crews were set. The week. although physically draining, also involved long scenic rows along the Nagambie river, pool and stretching sessions as well as many games.

YARRA CAMP

The rowing squad came together in the last week oftheir summer holidays for:he anniial training camp on the Yaii:i. The camp gave girls the opportunity to show how they had maintained their fitness throughout the break and made crew seleclion very tight. I'lie week involved I km selection eigos, circuits. running the tin, as well as video sessions.and the year 9x enjoyed a friendly game of Loreto version soccer.

'%+AE 8*· i--3 b 7 9 7*%{tt-1 >f X b The Embassy of.lapan and the Consulates-General of Japan in Australia conduct an essay contest. open to secondary schools throughout Australia. and ain™ to promote crosscuhural understatiding and improve ties betweeii Atistralia and Japan. We are very proud to alinotince that in 2001. four LM 11 students received Highly Commended Awardh for their essays. Those students are: JUNIOR A Division

Sunday Barca-Irving

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of.litpan's private residence. and a special thank you to the girls' pat-enb for also coming along.

Congratulations to all the stlidents who participated and special congratulations to lili»se who have achieved to such U Iligh standard.

1 encourage all students to participate in this contest, even ifnot studying the language. (Als) /.isa Rin·hic, ./apanese Teacher

UN GOOT DE LA VIE FRANCAISE 6 11 was a warm Spring afternoon on the last Thursday in November, 2001 when seven

Year 10 and Year 1 I girls. Frances Anderson..Jacqueline Reid, Felicity Conlan. Edwina Olver, Elli ilughen, I lolly Dwyer 'et moi boarded the packed tliglit from Tullamarine 0 to Paris. It seemed ironic that, after a hectic week oferaniw. the only one I witH forced to

, i miss was the French! With high expectations. great ercitenient and a measure of ' 1 uncertainty we were embarking on an adventure that would stay with us for tile rest ot f j our lives.

@ Froiii Parix we took a tiain to Remies. the capital city of Brittany anci there we were met 6 by our host families. We farewelled one another and set off to enjoy a taste of life iii a 1·'rench home. My own host family was warm. affectionate and caring and my stay with them was unforuettable.

The school day started at 7.30 am with a walk to the bus stop in pitch black and It'eezing

cold and ended at 6pm in similai- circumstances. French school lite was a highlight ol the trip and the students were genuinely interested in us and in Alistralia. 1 know no\i that there is nothing better for latimiage skills than being forced to communicate. &

I lowever two hours ofGreek or Spanish talight iii French was pretty hard to take!

We spent our first Christmas away from our families and friends but we were made very nelcome by our hosts and enjoyed plenty of parties and festive meals (perhaps a lew too iiiany!). The French cuisine was extiliz'agant and plentiful ani of course. we had u duty to eat as a compliment to our hosts. Aftersix weeks it was time to say goodbye to all our new friends and we exchanged phone mmibers. addresses and promises to meet again. We caught the train back to Paris where \Le had the good luck to meet up with Monsieur Beraud who u':15

enjoying his own Christmas holiday iii his hometown. He generously offered to share out last days and gave us a wonderful tour of bealltiful Paris. We were extieniely grateful for his kindness:ind expert guidance. Our return to Melbourne saw us all in new winter coats. with heads full of French and very white skin. feelitig more independent, more mature und so glad to meet lIp with our families and friends. We are all incredibly grateful for this wonderful oppl)Itunity ./mic, Mcitheson, >'cm· 1 1

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CHECKMATE! Girls from all year levels enjoy the Chess Club here in the Junior

School. Api)roximately fifty girls come along each Monday lunch hour. break into two groups and enjoy an hour of Chess u ith their skilled teachers from "Chess Ideas".

Chess requires a number of different skills such its memory, visualisation. organization. logic and systematic thinking. Concentration is

paramount iii a chess game. While many children are impulsive. chess teaches them to unalyse the consequences of their actions. If they dotit think about each move carefully they will lose. The benefits that children derive from chess can't be overestimated. Studies have shown that children who start learning chess show great improvement in other disciplines such as mathematics. and increase their

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I.T. MAKES A DIFFERENCE In .January 2002.1.liey Dole. Laura ] lertaeg and [ attended the Monash IT

(Information Technology) Summer School, a five day live-in experience lor sixty Year I I students from across the state. We all happily accepted our places iii the Sunimer School. even though we were sure we would be spending the week with

fifty-seven 'computer nerds' who would know ten tiines more aboil colliputers t|lan

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online databases. '()11[ine Jukebox: which imohed using web design programmex We were offered a choice of three projects: 'Playing the Stockmarket' to accessimt

and languages to create an online imisic database, and Beyond the Webl which

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applied web design tools and languages to create a variety of web pages and ganies, s,litch,//ls c///£'/iding the Monash IT Summer St·lic)(,1

Eacli morning we would spend approximately two hours iii groups oftwenty,

working on a chosen project. each group with its own lecturer and lutor. In addition. we went on field trips where we were shown the computer xystems behind companies and organizations. We also heard from IT professionals and came to realize tliat [T rea] ly i s a growing industry, and that there are many different career paths to Rillow within the industry. The Monash IT Summer School gave us the rare opportimity to experience university life. thejoy ofindependence. and the novelty of communal bathrooms and Ineals. It also allowed us to illeet and develop friendships with people from all over the state. The Mom™li IT Summer School truly was an enlightening and enjoyable experience that we are sure to remember for mmly years to come.

Margaret Walsh, Year 11

PRINCIPAL'S ADDRESS 2001 FINAL ASSEMBLY

This is my last final assembly and 1 want to ilse this precious time to talk u ith you about issues that I believe are very important for us as Australians.

It has been a remarkable year for us: 1 January marked the centenary of Federation. that decisive nionient 1 00 years ago, wheii

the six separate colonies of(ireat Britain combined to form a new independent nation - the Commonwealtli of Australia. Iii 1901. the occasion was celebrated with grandeur and great ceremony. See the pride in the faces in the photograph ofthe founding fathers of our Commonwealth.

Iii 2001. we look at these photographs with new eyes and new sensitivities. I look for the founding motliers. 1 look for tile indigenous pei)ple. I also look for members the various et|lilic groups that were already part of our nation at tbat time. They are not to be fuund among the founding fathers. I low easily u'e see the blind spots in their eyes. What we don't see so easily are the logs in our own eyes. the logs thal are the prejudices that oper:itc iii our altitildes and thinking. I am so proud to be Australian, and one of the things that I love about Allstralia is that it is so very multicilltural, with abolit 200 nations represented in our community. Ilove the fact that people from all over the world are permitted tojoin tiA. and to become citizens of'A,istralia. Some other countries in the world. for example. do not allow this. They might allow foreigners to reside iii their colilitry, to live and work there, bLit not to become citizens,

Bilt there are some things two in particular that I want to talk about today - that I am not proud of. and it is here that I hope that we - each one o I us - can work to change the situation. Firstly - Our treatment o f our indigenous people: The story ofthe Stolen Generations is.just one of the sagas of abuse and injustice that the indigellous people have suffered. since the white settlers arrived and invaded their land. This picture shows some little girls who had been taken from their parents .ind who were soon to be sent out as domestic sen'ants in homes and on farms alound Australia. See the cross that ix marked on the little girl in the

middle, and the handwritten note at the bottom It says -1 like the little one in the centre ofthe group. but if taken by anyone else, any olthe others will do. as long as they are strong." Sti-ong enough to work really hard as servants, that is what it means! I lereis a picture of a girlin domestic service they were often not paid and often terribly ablised. These children were in one of the many missions: they too had been removed from their parents. linagine what that mlist Ii.ne been like - to be forcibly removed from 0116 family and olle's community.

Remember the story of -1:1111bo and his friends. They were taken as captives. to be circus exhibits in North America. Aftet- -1 iiinbo died, his body was exhibited as a museum piece. so little was the respect with which he was treated. 1-lie story ofthe indigenous people of Australia is flill of stories like this. xtories oldegradation. abuse. and a denial oftheir most basic rights and their dignity as human beings. But there are still some Australians who refuse to believe these stories. still many Australians who refuse to acknowledge tile dreadful wrongs tliat have been done to tile indigenous people in the course olour history. We have to keep working to change this situation helping Auhtralians to understand that the stories are true and that there M in fact so much for which to be sorry. My second concern relate to our treatment ol i-efugees and asyll,111 seekers. This year. just be'li)ie the feilet·,11 election. we had the case ofthe Norwegian vessel. the Tampa. when its Captain and its load of:isyllim seekers were denied permission to set foot on

Australian soil. despite the international conventions in regard to the human rights of asyllilli seekers - their right to refuge. their right to have their cases assessed fairly and ilistly. their right to be treated Ii,imanely. The incident was a national disgrace. In our national anthem we sinu - For those whoke come Across the seas. We've boundless plains to shme: but there was no

suggestion o i sharing anything with these unfortunate people. Instead. they uere variously labeled as que Lie jumpers. iiciinquentx, lawbreakers, or cashed lip opportlmists. 1 wonder what .lexis would have tholight o f Alistralia'% response. 1 wonder what Mother Gonzaga Barry, who brought the first group of Loreto sisters to Australia, would have thought. She always exhorted Loreto pupils and past pupils to cultivate |arge mindedness and open-heartedness.

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rhis was not the first time that Australians have been so unwelcoming. When boatioads of refugees arrived lit our

wharves at the end of World War 11, in the late 1940%, there was a Iso great fear and suspicion. 1111:lgine what would have happened il'the government then had listened only to those fears. and chosen to isolate Australia. Firstly a good number of us, and our friends, would not be here. because members ofour families came at that time. Secondly. we

would live in markedly impoverished country and conimimity. But the government of that time didnk yield to the fears and prejudices iii the Australian community. Instead it wrote a little booklet. which was distributed to the new :irrivaix: it began with tliese words: "the /i·£,c'£/r,ni-loving people oj .tlistralia welcome vou." And little by little. they did: and Australia was much enriched in every way as a result!

But our feats and prejudices often operate in more subtle ways, ways that we don't necessarily notice or even think about I was recently invoked in a meeting and we were reviewing a community service programme. which was designed to assist young refugee women. as they struggled to settle into Australian life. and to find employmenL One ofthe women told her story. She explained: -1 just want to get a job. When I go into Myer [ see those women selling

the lipsticks. 1 say to niyself why can't I have that job? 1 know why ... they won t employ me because I wear a veil." The story made inc stop and think! 1 cannot recall a single occasion when 1 have been served in a shop or department store or a bank or a post office by a woman in a veil. like this, Have you? Yet we see wonien like this in the street:

see them in our city. Why don't we see them as shop assistants? Is this is a sign ofprejudice iii our community? Is this one of the logs in our eyes? 1 luid never thought about thix before 1 heard thix wonian s story - and 1 8111 now looking

furward to the thne 1 am going to see soineone like this. working in a shop or a bank. serving the general public. as a fully accepted and respected meniber ofour Australlan community!

This is the dream fur Australia that I hope each and every one of you will help come true. It is a dream for a nation tliat extends a hand of welcome. and isjust and humane, conipassionate and tritly Christi an in all ofits dealings with everyone - from its indigenous people the original inhabitants of this beautiful and lucky country, through to its most recent an-irals, its refugees and its asylum seekers. That is the kind of commitment that niakes lis Loreto!

(1)1·) Anne Hum

SCHOOL COUNCIL 2002 Follou ing ten years of loyal and dedicated sentee to our school. St- Margaret Honner IBVM und Miss lilizabetli Illitt OAM conchided their terms on School

Council at the end of 2001. Iii 2002, we have welcomed Mr Christopher Pidcock. Mrs Catherine Kovesi Killerby and [)1- Jacqueline Me(illp [BVM to our School Council. Catherine is a Senior Lecturer in thi History Departinent ofthe liniversity of Melbourne and her area ofspecialisation ix Renaissance Italian liistory and Australian religious history. Catherine is mother of Lydia iii Year 9 and is Iici-elf a past pupil o<St Mary'K School in Ascot (1.1161:ind). Chris is currently a Senior Analyst in the Research Department at J H Were. foclihing on mai-ket strategy. He has been a member of the Finance Committee of the Boat-d. is the father of Stephanie ( 1 /2002) and Joanna (3/2002). with Isabella yet to tonie into Prep. Dr Jacqueline MeGilp ]BVM is a Loreto sister and is a New School Council members L-R.-

senior academic in the Facility of Education al Australian C atholic University.

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She is Coordinator ofthe Centre for Lifelong Learning mid in 2002 is working

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fulltime on state. national and international research pro.jects. Jacqueline has had extensive erperience in Loreto. Catholic and state education systems. We

thank Catherine, Chris and Jackie fur gene ously Committing themselvcs to the work of School Council. 1 he membership of our School Council Committees this year is currently as follows: ,School Council: Bi-yan Madden (Chairman). Maureen Burke 113VM. 1-lizabeth Curtain, Catherine Kovesi Killerby, .Jacqueline Me(}ilp IIJVM. Chris Pidcock, Aiitiabelle Scatilon. John Sheklon. Peter Suffren. Michael 1.chan, 1 lenry Turnbull (until June 2002). plus school personnel Anne llunt and lan James. Development: Annabelle Scanlon (Chairk Michael Tch:in. Toni Matlia 113VM. Aldo Gandollb. Ruth I liggins. Lucy Chi·iMie, plus school personnel Stephanie West, Lymie Rosenthal, Anne I lunt. lan .James. and Louise Peyton. Finance: John Sheldon (Chair). Patrick Sweeney. (iriteme Bowker. John Phillips. Geoff Sharpe. Chris Pidcock. Christine Allanadale. Ellie Taffe [BVM. plus school personnel Anne Hunt lan Jaines. Louise Pe>ton. Geraidine Hott. and Susan Stevens.

Property: 1 lenry Turnbull (Chair). Peter Sitil'ren. Maureen Bilrke IBVM. Stuart Fowler..lohn MeNainara. Peter Walsh,.little

Nath.111. Janine Ralev. plith school personnel Anne Hunt. lan James. Tom Parrott Geraldine Ilott. and Louise Peyton. C ouncil Revic„: Bi-yan Madden (C hair), Amiabelle Scanlon (Deputy Chair of School Council 2002). Maureen Burke 111VM pfus Anne Iliint.

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Since the opening ofthe school in 1924, the Library has moved on numerous occasions and. at one stage .was located under the Chapel. and even iii the historic Indian Room. The Library has always been seen as a very important part of the learning environment for the girls and. as such. it wax given a prominent location. that being the Indian Room. The room, originally used as die dining room of St Geoi·ge's was redecorated in 1878 by the London firm of Gillaw & Co. who transformed the interior into a unique and exotic smoking 100111.

rhe lower portion of the walls in the smoking room was decorated with rose-colored designs of draped curtains and carpets whilst the top portion was covered with a frieze of greens and blue. palms. foliage and Moorish arches. The dado featured a green with a yellow border design and an overlying IloriiI border imitating silk. The small bay window opened onto a verandah. which overlooked the small lake.

The collection of reading material was always extensive and kept up-to-date by tile Sisters. New novels and non-fiction were purchased but it was religious instruction that dominated the collection, some of which is held in the Heritage Centre and some of which is still on display in the Indian Room.

During the 1940% an opening was made into the adjacent room. now the Iici itage Centre. to provide additional space for the students tostudy. The reading room. asitwas knownin 1944. waslined with bookshelves andin tliecentre ofthe room was a large table for the students to sit at and read from the extensive collection of books. The room was also furnished with a

number of lounge chairs and two wicker chairs adjacent to the fireplace. In 1958, the Library was refurbished and thedecoration applied to thewalls in 1878 was painted overto provide a fresh and lighter room for the girls to study in. The 1958 School Report stated "the new Library is an ideal meeting place for the Y.C,S. Leaders' Group.

Whilst the school is currently undergoing a major physical restructure, it is not the first by far and certainly not the largest either. Twenty-live years ago, work commenced on the new Library Resource Centre now the Information Services Centre.

The first trenches were dug in May 1977, which was followed by months of building noise and discomfort endured by the staffand students. However. all were rewarded on 9 April 1978 when the new building wass opened by His Grace. Archbishop Frank Little

Although the red carpel in the Information Services Centre has long since gone. the whole centre will undergo a fulther transformation in the coming years as part of the Master Plan, -Al,

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2002 CULuud 838&19 (9*4 The new Sports and Art Centre ix the fucus for this yeal'< Allilial Giving Appeal. This ix one ofthe most exciting projects undertaken at Loreto Millideville 11.11] for many years. We are absolutely delighted to think that. at last. suiminers and dhers ofallabilitie uillbe able to enjoy their own pol)1! Olli gymnasts

will enjoy a well-equipped gymnasium and a host ofother sports will be pursued by students ofall ages, For those more interested in the arts. the Art Centre will provide opportlmities for girls to extend their horizoils in a stimulating new elifiroliment.

The giving and sharing nature of Loreto students is still very evident in the school today. as it was ill years past. When you receive yout Annual (iiving Appeal brochure in the mail, will you join the hundreds of citri-ent school parents who have already made a contribution? A team effurt makes all the difference. WAC Counting oIl >oil (A·/rs) Arnne Rosenthal

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PPant 9ufil 94& - (1Xi/nn, 9/Lln«i. ( ' 95 ) Things don't always work out the way you plan. H'hen j was in prinmrv school / 11(//ited /0 be a /)1·ama Teacher. /n secondan school 1 wanted to be a Px\'c hologist. Br rear 121 decided m enrol in an Arts degree, but / real/1 ilidn't know where it wouM leave me. l ended tip niajoring in /tvt'c·hologi and Cultin·al Xmdie.% and Apem the }}ujurity oful.v time at

L mi ('i-sity invoh·ing mi'sc// iii .rtudent theatre. Ill·icd acting, 11'/'i///19' directing, producing, lighting operation, stage

nmnagement, production numagenicm und publicitr. Through mitch C.\-pcri/;1('/lting / realised /hat / en/Or Public it·, und decided to learn more abom the area. Armed with a CPI'eny pathetic).folin

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clients including Big Dar ()111, Arena Theatre Company, Chi//ik.i'.Wore /)ance Compmn·, Atic/.unuma Festival (111(i Circus Oz.

whilst meanwhili' comple/ing mr arts degree par/-time. 1 ret///f· enjoyed the work particultiriv as it enabled me to comnumicme with hi·illic//lt i//·tists,

and cillowed me to develop an imderskinding ofthe Atistralian arts indus//·r.

/laving Unished /1/1' (f/li,·C'/'si/v colt/'.,c, / travelk'£/ 01'('/·seas /(,r a rear. / was /0/'ll//l£//c ellough to return houle to eniph,vment as Coordinator fur Melbourne Universin·4 Studen/ Union At·tx Festival, Mudlest. This position involved helping over

1000 students produce 84 dific,·ent events, b.om an on-line arl exhibit ion, m an original n luxical reproducNon of .,11,5/1 u lia's historv. ithic//£,s/ enabled me to cool·dinate a large-scale event invohing a valiet.v 0/ al tists, und wave mc c.\7)criE'/ic (' p'(,twaillilling a /A /il'al. arranging spouse/·ship, nuu/aging a /)iti/get, dercloping a nuu·keting canumign, and advising xmdent £//7/40/x.

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small prothsional theat re companv operates, and 1 am jind ing working Au· such an innovatire m tiltimedia theatre companr reallr inxpiriNg.

/t is c£/0.1 to <44 /he i/14)/r.3,ion at school /hat ci//rcipaths are de/initive and concre/c. Pre nere,· beliered /his, and.w, have

never ft'lt trapped. 1 believe that 1 have gained much from being open to unexpected opportifilifies, alid harc conseqticmlr been able to pick up u broad range of skills along the M al'. / am proud to challenge pol),ilcij· notions about .trix degrees being.linnie,

and am happy to advocaw the// .1/*1.4 .\'/ifth'/its can be eniplot·Lible (/ di·mt· on .ikills li'milt 11·hil.v .51„(/t·ing P.n·chology (111(1 Cullural

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Ambel Mack-m·. who started in the ./l//lic,r School hist rem· cifier liiing in .·Im.mi·dam am/ a hal/i·ears, is .5/h Generation Loreto.

0/*cat. Great. G/'cat . h//it. .1/other .4gnes, 11·as a noted .1/athemi//ic·x /c'£,c·her at Alarv's Mount,· Great. Great Aunt, Geraldine Spring aftended Loreta Mandeville

Hall: Grandmother. Stie Spring, also anended Alandeville Neill as did Isobel's mother, Sarah Mott. 1

The subject? Year 12 Politics with Mr, Bruce.

The 3"t term report? "1 am concerned thut Michaela tends to 1,/ it(' too emotioiwily and ,stiggest that she concentrate on less comentious topic.s... We doll 't want to see good 11'0/·A come imsttick."

The result? Oh i coulciti 't help myselj ... Thirteen years down the truck there 1 was. The Democrat Candidale for the seat of

Goh/.m,in. No mattc'/' //c,it· mitch "good work " /pm in, / was des/ined m "come unstuck. " 11 Goldstein is atter all, about as sa® a Liberal xeat as you're ever going to find! But Lis james Bond once suid. "Never say Never." Well, lic never did make a good political £,ch'i.ver.

I pm iii the hard yarils, pricing my.self out ofbed at 1.Elli unsociable hours, so I Could be there, ready, Democrm pamph lets in hand, 12)1· the carh· morning commilter onsimight at Goldstein 's #/h'en train stations, / met with local resh/ems mid interest

groum, was interriewed 41' the media, rexponded to emails mui letters fjom those rmers wanting to know uhat the Democrats and 1 sic,od fur on isques close to their hearts. Amongst other things!

OK, niarbe it does/7 '/ look so hai·d on paper. bul cillempling to convert sonic 85,000 roten' to the Denjocral '*s Hut ofthinkincy . h

wasn '/ exact/v a walk in the park. ExpeciaNT in Goldstein, Luckitz thotigh, it wasn 't a one woman show. I had a grem team of

supporters willing to help oitt. , So how did 1 go? 1 came third, managing to hold the Democrat vote from our previous Federal Election. I gained some solace,

with die knowledge that 52% of the Goldstein electorate thought the Democrats and l were worthi· oftheir second

prekience. But no silver medal was./brthcoming. I was stlick with the bronze. 1 had m be philosophical. Given the

circwnstances, fic,kling the Democrat vote wais no mean.Rat. This was, aAer all, a -Khaki Campaign", and we till know how

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The proverbial "Fire in tile Belly" hasiA wailed since 10 November, My experience certainly liasii't derailed uny of my previously held political aspirations. Eniotionallr contelitious i.r.Vlt('.4' arc still mr fli\'ourites! In fact, I hope m gain Democrat

presclection /br ne.,1 .rear 's State Elect ion. .Just unother sucker fur punishment, trving m change the workl! My election re. itlt reminded me of the words of Mrs. H'o/·/len my Year 1 1 Politics teacher, on yet another report. She

mentioned that 1 was a "lively and intelligent student, with a great Hair fur the subject. " She then gave me a "C." Bit like 3id

ylace really. A Michaela NeweN ('87)

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Dear Past Pupils, There is not mitch to report so early in the year. We are just .St(irting to settle Clown to /rr (111(1 organise some events that will encourage voll ull

to participate in and theretorc recomiect irith 11(//1(lei'ille und all that is happening in and around the school Our main concern is the lac·k ofnumbers on the Past Pupils Conunittee.

U e are still Ir,oking tb/· a l/·easure/·, rice-presidem und general conimittee members. For withom a good cross section of Maiulerillians

we And it dillic·wit m reach people and to provide those activities that paxt pupils wish /br. ()11 a more positive note we had a wonderfid response to our Ammal

Remembrance Mass, which was held in November last rear. Many thanks to all those who came and those who helped with the

organization of the Mass. It i,s proving to be our most successful event, and we look./brward to another wonderful Mass and morning lea late in 1/le vear.

I would like to congratulate all those Past Pupils who are out there having a go in many varied fields. One partic'lt/(i/' success ston'is that of /Wandevillian sis/ers Elissa Bowen (lilti Kirstr Ralph Cnet, Davidson) The

girls recently started up there own brand ofchildren's clothing and in a short time harc gone from selling their 11·arex m markets and in private homes to ft'aliti'big in "Vogue Kills " and retailing in selected specialty x to/·es.

Their brand is "And Me Too", so look out ibr it nowN!

Please remember that the Pas, Pupils Conunittee is ahrays looking fur new ideas and general inpm from its members, so doli't hesitate to contact a conunntee member with

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ideas or any question.s etc you

mar hare. And do#Vt /brget to check our Past Pupils it·ebsite /0 access aH our dates alid ijiformation at

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01 pi-notice arc insurance, Products Liabilin·, Coroners' //iqi/c'sts and Regulatorr

Comphance. /'ve trave#ed e.rici/siveli' since

tii;ix/ii, ig school, the most nwmoi·able trips being karating in .1/aska, house sit/ing in \1(11111(111(111 (111£1 drij·ing through England,

framm und Ital) ic) jiiuke u jili}i ulic>tii my

Rebecca Buettner (President).

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Olivia Bryan ('95) to Stephen Strubel. Julia Calman ('91) to Anthony Jarvis

lan Kift 4/9/01 father of Georgina ('91 ) and Emily ('93).

Georgina Davies ('87) to Adrian Anders

Brian Sweenev 7/1 1/01, husband of Mairi Mackinnon ('55)

Natalie De Morton ('94) to Simon Muller

Brian was President of the Fathers' Association in 1984

Danielle Edwards ('92) to Benjamin Blickhurst (Somerset UK) Bilamia Houlihan ('93) to Damian Sandercock.

Priscilla Ru#blo ('97) to Gino Andrieri

046« Sonia Tammaro ('87) and Steve Trewavas, 19/1/02,

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Natalie Blake ('87) and Scott Folwell, 10/11/01.

Siobhan O'Callaghan ('90) and Anthony Smith, 1/12/0 1. Kate Wortley ('93) and Mark Nicolas Welt@, 2/3/02

Melissa Chipp ('8 1) and Michael Gitsham 8/3/02 Congratulations to Fiona Nazzari ('97) who completed her Bachelor of Arts (niajoring in Police Studies) at Monash University, 200 J . Congratulations to Bryanna Houlihan ('93) who completed her Arts/Law Degree with first class honours in French at Latrobe University.

Perri Bayles ('86) and Jed McCarthy, a son Luke Patrick

Phoebe Knowles (School Captain, '98) has been

18/4/01.

accepted for the Trinity term at Oxford University to

Catherine Bradley ('83) and Peter Kudelka, a daughter Hope

study Philosophy.

Olivia, 4/11/01.

Elizabeth Breen ('91) and Brett Woods, triplet daughters, Annabelle, Sophie and Matilda, 1(}/7/01. Natalie Can·a ('91) and Brett Barty, a son Sam Alexander, 2/1/02.

Caroline Cristina ('79) and Edwin Franks, a son Austin Emory Steven 10/5/0 1.

Emma De Mornement ('89) and John Mangcin, a son Jack William 29/12/01,

Rebecca Fagan ('82) and Rad Domlija, a son Jackson Joseph, 3/6/01.

Fiona Hill ('77) and Evan Lindesay, a son William Harold 22/1/02.

Reminder:

Alexandra Kimberly and Maxine Katrina, 27/7/01.

The Annual Loreto Past Pupils' Ji

Alix Lowe ('90) and Peter Sutton, a son Edward William

Golf Day will be held at the

29/1/02.

Peninsula C.G.C. on Monday 13 May 2002

Petra Liddell ('86) and Zoran Manev, twin daughters

Cathy Newman ('86) and Michael O'Connor, a son Nicholas James, 21/9/01.

Daniela Tammaro ('85) and Rob Anderson, a daughter Jessica Kate 2 1/12/01.

Kate Wrigley ('82) and Jeremy St John, a daughter Madeleine 9/1 1/(11 in Survey UK.

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2002/2003 Reunions Whatever happened to Mary Jane?

Some lovely ladies will have the chance to find out what happened to Mary Jane, or Elizabeth, or Margaret or Bernadette ... when they attend their Reunion this year. Yes, some wonderful past Mandeville girls are busy tracking down class members so that they can be invited to their Reunion this year - some are even working towards the 2003 Reunions, Sonic groups have decided on a date and others are finalising plans, as outlined below.

Dates for your Diary Class of'42 - November 2002

Class of'52 - Saturday 20 July 2002 Class of'62 - it's happening! Class of'72 we're working on it! Class of '82 - Friday 25 October 2002 Class of'92 - it will happen!

Class of'83 - January/February 2003

Reunion invitations will be mailed well ahead of each Reunion and if you have any information which might help its to contact past students, or if we can help you with your enquiries, please give us a call on 03 98260211. Lynne Rosenthal

Development Officer Ph: 03 9826 0211

Email: rosenl@lmh.vic.edu.ati

ENROLMENT NEWS

If you plan to apply for a place 2004 or beyond for your daughter and you have not already lodged an application form, now is the time to attend to it. Please be advised that our lists for future enrolments are filling quickly. There are now Waiting Lists for vacancies in Preparatory 2003, Year 5 and Year 7 as well as a Waiting List for Preparatory in 2004.

If your daughter will not be returning to Loreto Mandeville Hall next year at any year level and especially Year 7, please let us know, Remember that a Term's notice is required prior to departure. Interviews for the 2003 Preparatory Class are underway and interviews for 2004 Years

4.5 and 7 enrolments will commence in Term 2. this year. Those who have made an application for commencement in one of the 2004 intake years (4,5 or 7) should

receive an invitation early in the second term to arrange an interview. If this is not the case. please contact the Registrar, Ms Zena Roslan.

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