VOLUME XXIX No 9 8th June, 2012
DATES TO REMEMBER
FROM THE COLLEGE
JUNE Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday – School closed Peer Support Training JS at SPACe SS
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Junior School Athletics Carnival CIS Cross Country
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Vaccinations Year 7
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VET Work Placement ICAS Writing Competition JS Parent Teacher Interviews K-5 JS
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Year 6 visit to Senior School Parent Teacher Interviews K-4 & Yr 6 JS
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Divine Liturgy Middle School Assembly SS
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Term ends for staff and students
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JULY Staff Development Day Parish Trip to Greece returns
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Students return
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Parent Teacher Conferences Years 7-9
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Parent Teacher Conferences Years 10 & 11
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K2013 Interviews
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K2013 Interviews UMAT Exam
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HSC Trials begin K2013 Interviews
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AUGUST K2013 Interviews
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K2013 Interviews
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State FUTSAL U14’s boys K2013 Interviews
“A Time to Shine” written and directed by Ms Laura Davis, did indeed give the opportunity for fifty young people to shine on stage. Together with Ms Christina Savva and a strong team of co-workers, Ms Davis’ first major production at our school, was an unqualified success. The students astonished the audience with their many talents in acting, song, dance and instrumental music. If the true purpose of education is to provide young people with the drive to discover the “treasure within”, we can say that we are blessed at St Spyridon College to have teachers that actively seek to do this. On Thursday 7th June, we said farewell to our students leaving for the 2012 Parish Trip to Greece. Forty students in all, will share a lifetime experience and we wish them a happy and safe journey. As a special treat this year the Australian Ambassador to Greece Ms Jenny Bloomfield, has invited our students to her home for Afternoon Tea. We wish their guides Mr Elia Economou (Group Leader), Mr George Georgoulopoulos, Mrs Mary Faletas and Mrs Christina Tsaconas, all strength and every success.
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ICAS Mathematics Competition JS
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The Dormition of the Theotokos School closed
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Within the space of two weeks, St Spyridon College has held two outstanding theatrical productions in the new SPACe. The Greek theatre production of “The Greedy One” directed by Mrs Mary Faletas, with a cast of alumni and present students, brought tears of laughter to our faces with its caustic and timely humour. His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos commended the actors for their superb interpretation of their roles, who as “amateurs”, who work only for the love of the art-form, are praiseworthy for their high level of professionalism. His Grace Bishop Seraphim, commended the students, their teacher and the school, on the cultivation of the Greek language at such a high level. We congratulate and thank the actors and Mrs Mary Faletas.
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