VOLUME XXXV No 1 9th February, 2018
DATES TO REMEMBER
FROM THE HEAD OF COLLEGE
FEBRUARY HSC 2017 Awards’ Archdiocese 7pm
13th
Lent begins
19th
Intensive Swim Program for Yr 3-6
19th to 23rd
P & F AGM
20st
Swimming Carnival SS
23th
ACER Scholarship Exam
24th
It is with pleasure that we welcome all students, parents and teachers to the 2018 school year. The new Kindergarten children are settling in very well and we wish their parents all joy and strength in the years ahead. The Year 7 class of 2018 have impressed their teachers with their good manners and the way they have stepped up to the demands of Senior Schooling.
We congratulate the HSC Class of 2017 on their outstanding results, and extend every good wish Swimming Carnival Yr 3-6 2nd for their future studies and their life beyond school. We especially acknowledge our 26 th Twilight Tours SS 6 Distinguished Achievers whose results placed St Information Morning JS 6th Spyridon College in the top 18% of schools in th NSW according to the Sydney Morning Herald ISA Swimming 14 rankings. The Dux of 2017 George Raptis Year 7 2018 Entrance Exams 17th achieved an ATAR of 99.20. George and 25th March Celebrations 25th Constantinos Kollias were Top HSC All Rounders, having achieved 90 or above in all subjects. We congratulate Nikola Pechanats for achieving First in Place in Serbian Continuers. We also congratulate other high achievers in Modern Greek, Margarita Psaras (4th in Course), Joanna Skouteris, Rhea Tsimboukis and Georgio Svolos. MARCH
I am pleased to announce that the College Board of Governors has approved for the Principal Senior School Mrs Katsogiannis to take the addition of Deputy Head of College to her title. This means that she will now represent the Head of College in her absence on key professional and Government bodies as well as adopt a broader role in K – 12 initiatives. Mrs Synesios and I are delighted with this arrangement and wish Mrs Katsogiannis every success. We thank the P&F Committee members of 2017, for their excellent work in taking our school forward, and for raising $70,000 for our beloved College. We encourage all parents K-12, to attend the P&F AGM to be held on the 20th February and to join in the organisation and running of some of the many events and activities that help create our unique school ethos. We look forward to another year, when teachers and parents work together to prepare our students to achieve and accomplish in ways pleasing to God. In closing we share a quote from St Maximus The Confessor. “As the memory of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not bring about the illumination of knowledge in the soul”. Mrs E. Stefanou-Haag