VOLUME XXVIII No 3 11th March, 2011
DATES TO REMEMBER
HEAD
MARCH NSWCIS Cricket Boys Trials JS
14th
ASISSA Swimming Carnival SS Spalding Parent Course JS
th
15
ISA Swimming Carnival SS
18th
CIS Swimming Carnival JS Spalding Parent Course JS
22nd
NSWCIS Softball Trials JS
23rd
Year 5 Vision Centre UNSW ASISSA Netball Gala Day JS
24th
Annunciation – school closed
25th
ISA Cross Country SS PSSA Swimming Carnival JS
26th
25th March Celebrations
27th
NSWCIS Girls Soccer JS
28th
Spalding Parent Course JS After School Care Sports Program ends for Term 1
29th
Twilight Tours SS Year 1 to Vision Centre UNSW
31st
APRIL Year 12 Half Yearly Exams begin
4th
Spalding Parent Course JS
5th
ACER Registrations close Term ends
8th
Easter Monday Public Holiday
25th
Anzac Day Public Holiday
26th
Staff Development Day
27th
Term 2 begins for students
28th
26th March, 2011
OF
COLLEGE
Extract from the Scholarship and Student Leadership Assembly The Annual Scholarships and Student Leadership Assembly celebrates academic achievement and student leadership. This begs the question as to what constitutes leadership and its development and what in the end is its ultimate purpose. For us at St Spyridon College leadership development means giving students the opportunity to develop character and conscience; to exercise initiative; and to contribute to the good progress of the school, the community and the world at large. In an increasingly connected world, this means having an awareness not only national but also global issues; and questioning your role within that world. We want students to develop a strong sense of responsibility for their actions and choices in relation to their studies and their relationships with others. Leadership development is not an option at St Spyridon College. It is an expectation of every student, since everyone is responsible for their choices-and these choices will inevitably impact on other people. Taking responsibility for this impact on others, and actively seeking to make this impact a positive one, is an exercise in leadership. This requires us to put aside our own ego-centric desires and to act for the general good. This demands discipline and generosity of heart and soul. Essential to leadership is the capacity to think clearly and to analyze critically. The reason why the first pillar of education Learning to Know is important, is so that students may grow up to be powerful and independent people. In a technology-driven world, where there is much information, but very little wisdom, it is easy for us to become slaves to other people’s interests, prejudices and lies. As tomorrow’s global citizens, we want students to exercise judgment in whom to follow. Alexander Vatiliotis in his address to the Assembly in 2010 in his role as College Captain, warned us against bad leadership and bad followership-using Christ’s analogy of the blind leading the blind.