VOLUME XXXIII No 1 5th February, 2016
DATES TO REMEMBER
FROM THE COLLEGE
FEBRUARY ACER Registrations Close
8th
P & T Information Evening - Infants Year 7 Friendship Day Year 8 Outdoor Ed Day
9th
Year 7 Outdoor Ed Day P & T Information Evening - Primary
10th
Swimming Carnival JS
12th
SRC Training Day
18th
Swimming Carnival SS Year 7 Vaccinations Awards
GOBE
HSC
2015
Archdiocese
7.00pm
19th
P & F AGM
23rd
ACER Scholarship Exam
27th
MARCH ISA Finals
5th
ISA Swimming Carnival
9th
ASISSA Swimming Carnival
10th
Lent begins G.O. Swimming Carnival JS
14th
ISA Cross Country
19th
HEAD
OF
Welcome to the 2016 School year. We extend a warm welcome to the 107 new students and their parents on joining the St Spyridon College family. We have started the Term on a high note, with the Year 7 students showing a refreshing enthusiasm for Senior School. The new Kindergarten class has won our hearts, settling in with their teachers and forming new bonds with their Year 6 buddies. The HSC Class of 2015 made us proud of their achievements, with over 90% of them already having received University placements. We commend our Distinguished Achievers, whose results placed St Spyridon College 62nd in N.S.W. and placed in the top 10% in the State. We congratulate Anja Djukic who achieved First in the State for Serbian Continuers. The first Divine Liturgy and the Blessing of our College was held in our Church on the 4th February. We thank Father Steven Scoutas and Father Sotiri Drapaniotis for their prayers and blessing of our students and school community. This year’s Archdiocese Diary highlights the wisdom of St Gregory the Theologian, one of the greatest teachers of the Greek Orthodox Church. We will use some quotes from the Diary throughout the year.
Twilight Tours SS Information Morning JS CIS Swimming Carnival
22nd
Annunciation School Closed Western Good Friday
25th
Public Holiday School Closed
28th
“Let the talent be cultivated, not buried in the ground.” St Gregory the Theologian
APRIL
Mrs E. Stefanou-Haag
25th March Celebrations Church, Martin Place, Opera House
3rd
Term ends for Staff and students
8th
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