Stylus Volume No.9

The voice of St. Spyridon College

SNAPSHOTS

PAST STUDENTS

| November 2009 | NUMBER 9 |

BOOK WEEK

FOUNDATION

Cover Photo by Mr Anthony Condous. Photography by Mike Flokis and createv

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Events The term Stylus is used to describe a myriad of different devices used in computing, science, medicine, art and technology. In ancient times, a stylus was the bone or ivory pen used to write on wax or clay tablets. Stylus is also the Greek word for pillar, denoting strength and grace.

Term 4 – 2009 Parent Teacher Yearly Interviews Junior School

Tu – 1st to We – 2nd Dec

K – 6 Awards Presentation Morning + Year 6 Graduation

Tu – 8th Dec

Speech & Prize Giving Afternoon 12.30pm

Th – 10th Dec

Term ends for students

Th – 10th Dec

Staff Development Day

Fr – 11th Dec

St Spyridon Vespers

Fr – 11th Dec

St Spyridon Day

Sat – 12th Dec

term 1 – 2010 Staff Development Days

We – 27th to Th 28th Jan

Years 1 – 6, 7, 8 , 11 and 12 commence

Fri – 29th Jan

Kindy, Years 9 & 10 commence

Mon – 1st Feb

Years 7 & 8 Camps

Mon – 1st to Wed 3rd Feb

P & F Taverna Night TBC

Sat – 6th Feb

School Blessing

Tu – 9th Feb

Lent Begins

Mon – 16th Feb

Senior School Swimming Carnival

Tu – 23rd Feb

Years 7 & 10 Vaccinations

Th – 25th Feb

25th March Celebrations – Opera House

Su – 21st Mar

Senior School Twilight Tours

Tu – 23rd Mar

Annunciation – School Closed

Th - 25th Mar

Palm Sunday

Su – 28th Mar

P & F Palm Sunday lunch Holy Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

Su – 28th Mar Mo – 29th to Wed 31st Mar

Easter Focus Assembly Senior and Junior Schools

We – 31st Mar

Term ends for Staff and Students

We – 31st Mar

Holy Thursday

Th – 1st April

Good Friday – Public Holiday

Fr – 2nd April

Easter Monday – Public Holiday

Mo – 5th April

ACER Scholarships registrations close

Fr – 9th April

Term 2 – 2010 Staff Development Day

Mo – 19th April

Students return + Year 12 Half yearly exams begin

Tu – 20th April

Year 7 Vaccinations

Th – 22nd April

ANZAC Day public holiday

Mo – 26th April

P & F Mother’s Day brunch

Th – 29th April

Uniform Change Whole School National Schools Event ACER Scholarship Exam Mothers Day NAPLAN Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 Parent Teacher Conferences Yrs 7 & 12 School Photographs Whole School

Mo – 3rd May We – 5th to Fri – 7th May Sat – 8th May Su – 9th May Tu – 11th to Th – 13th May Mo – 17th May Tu – 18th May

Open Day Tours Junior School

We – 26th May

P & F Trivia Night

Sat – 29th May

Parent Forum Year 10 2010

We – 2nd June

Parish Trip to Greece departs Queens Birthday Public holiday Terms end for Staff and Students

n Internal Event

Sa – 12th June Mo – 14th June Fri – 25th June

n Public Event

Address From Head Of College

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n this Stylus we celebrate memorable moments and everyday progress in our students’ development. The Foundation Blessing Ceremony of the New Sports and Performing Arts Centre by His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia, in the presence of

distinguished guests including the Attorney General of New South Wales, Mr John Hatzistergos, the Consul-General of Greece, Mr Vasilios Tolios & Mrs Tolios and others was made even brighter with the attendance of present, past and future students.

We are at that happy stage in our history when we can bask in the reflected glory of the outstanding academic achievement of past students like Dr Dean Karantonis PhD. At the same time, we joyfully welcome into our College, the children of past students.

St Spyridon College is a dynamic place of learning that fosters a winning attitude in our students. This is evident in the sheer diversity of student engagement in academics, sports, performing arts and community action that feature in this edition of the Stylus.

A learning culture such as ours is founded on a strong partnership with parents, exemplified here by the work of our highly successful P & F Committee.

In Mrs Mary Faletas’ person we highlight that as places of learning, schools can only thrive with the sustained professional and personal dedication of our educators.

Together with the Reverend Father Steven Scoutas and the Board of Governors and Parish

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Committee, I thank everyone who has contributed to the good progress of our College, during this Semester.

Mrs E. Stefanou-Haag Head of College

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Where are they now?

Past Students and Present Role Models Dr Dean M Karantonis graduated from St Spyridon College in 1999 as School Captain, School Dux and Winner of the Professor Manuel Aroney Award after commencing at the primary school 13 years prior in Kindergarten. In 2002, he was awarded the ResMed Biomedical Engineering Scholarship as well as the Goldman Sachs Global leaders Award for Leadership Potential. He graduated with the BE (Hons) degree in computer engineering and the MBiomedE degree in biomedical engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, in 2005, receiving the University Medal.

He completed his PhD degree in 2009 with the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at UNSW in collaboration with industry partner Ventracor, with the research focussed on simulation and control of an implantable rotary blood pump - a device used to assist the circulation of blood around the body, aimed to treat sufferers of heart failure.

Dean is currently working at NICTA (National Information and Communications Technology Australia) in the Implant Systems project group. This group is in the process of developing novel neurostimulation devices, for the treatment of neurological conditions such as chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy and migraine.

Dean has authored numerous journal papers and conference proceedings, co-authored a book chapter on physiological measurement, is a co-inventor of several patents, and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

“I always look back on my time at St Spyridon with great satisfaction. It was exciting to be at a young and growing school, and being able to develop many friendships lasting until today. The progress being made at the school in recent years, particularly the new buildings with enhanced facilities, is encouraging, and it appears the standard of education is going from strength to strength.”

Dr Dean M Karantonis St Spyridon College Graduate 1999

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SNAPSHOTS 2009

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ongratulations to all our high powered performers and behind the scenes personnel at the Musical Snapshots 2009 (NIDA Parade Theatre). We commend Ms Christina Savva, Musical Director.

People involved both on stage and behind the scenes:

Cast Stefan Cvetkovic – Piano Melanie Flaskas – Vocals Amanda Horafios – Vocals Sotiri Abouyanni – Percussion, piano & synthesiser Angelina Flokis – Piano, synthesiser & vocals Felicia Kilias – Piano,synthesiser & vocals Taki Panoutsopoulos – Dancer Anastasia Papazoglou – Vocals Natalie Pizanis – Vocals George Sialepis – Bouzouki Elpiniki Andrew – Dancer Leah Balayannis – Vocals Stamati Margelis – Acoustic, electric & rhythm guitar Ilijana Radan – Synthesizer Chloe Spain – Vocals Sofija Belajcic – Piano Demi Flokis – Piano & synthesiser Kate Kalergis – Vocals Arky Kalithrakas – Percussion Joanna Karageorgis – Rhythm guitar Alex Moraitis – Bass guitar & bouzouki

Crew Tina Andrew – Master of Ceremonies Mike Tsangaris – Master of Ceremonies Ilijana Radan – Stage & props Demi Flokis – Stage and props Peter Kolistasis – Sound technician Giorgio Lambos – Graphic design Ben Sealy – Stage & props Rena Lambos – Lighting

Staff Ms Marina Kalithrakas – Backstage Supervisor Ms Christina Savva – Musical Producer Mr Leo Sobolevski – Sound Technician Ms Elizabeth Williams – Assistant Congratulations to all staff and students involved

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Appreciating the beautiful things Ken Done Inspires Creativity On Tuesday 15th September Kindergarten went on their first ever excursion to the city as part of their AUSTRALIA unit Out and About. During term 3, Kindergarten has been learning about Ken Done, Australian landmarks and transport. All this came to life when Kindergarten spent the day visiting the Ken Done Art Gallery, walking around the harbour, observing landmarks such as The Harbour Bridge and Opera House, going on a train ride through The Botanical Gardens and on a river cat to Rose Bay. Kindergarten was very fortunate to see Ken Done’s art studio.

Michelle from the Ken Done Art Gallery took Kindergarten into Ken’s studio and they got to see where he paints.

Visiting Ken Done’s Art Gallery.

Behind the scenes….in Ken’s studio.

Greg’s recount of his first ever excursion!!

Miss Kollias Kindergarten Jade

Kindergarten went on an excursion to the city. First we went on a bus. I sat next to Antonio. Next we went to Ken Done.

I liked the back room. Next we had recess under the Harbour Bridge. Then we went on a red train and I saw the wishing tree at the Botanical gardens. Next we had a picnic. Then we went on the ferry. Finally we went on a bus.

I sat next to Michael. It was the best day!!

Gregory Tsoukalas Kindergarten Jade

HP Toon Creator Awards Students of the Primary School were recently visited by Cartoon Network and HP Toon Creator Awards Animation Workshop. They used free software that is available online at www.ToonCreatorAwards.com

and a parent’s email address to ensure their privacy is protected.

Cartoon Network is a responsible broadcaster and undertakes never to share your child’s data with third parties or supply unsolicited

to learn how animation is produced, encouraging them to explore their creativity, whilst using the very latest in touch screen technology. Thanks to HP.

e-communications to your child’s account.

The school now has the chance to win three fantastic HP TouchSmart PCs, and individual students could win a HP TouchSmart for themselves, just by submitting their own 25 second animations online.

The school with the most entries will win. Students aged 6 -16 are allowed to enter as many times as they like.

To do this they must be a registered user of CartoonNetwork. com.au. This registration process will require parental approval,

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For full information on their privacy policy, please visit http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/parents/privacy.php

The competition closes on the 30th of September.

We thank Mr Nicholas Lynch for including our students in this wonderful opportunity.

Book Week “Mask Parade” I would like to thank all those children, mums and dads who made their animal masks to wear in our “Mask Parade” on Friday 28th August. What a lovely way to celebrate the end of Children’s Book Week. I would also like to thank all the children who played their part in helping to decorate the Library- judging by the enthusiastic response and compliments received, you have all excelled. Well done.

Mrs. C. Bartlett Librarian

Book Week Awards Our children were given many opportunities during Book Week to experience the joy that books can bring to our lives.

On Monday the 24th of August, we were privileged to have the Senior Children’s Librarian from Bowen Library with us. Ms Jane Moffat was invited by Mrs Dimitrelis our English Curriculum Coordinator to share the books chosen for awards. We thank both of them for their commitment to promoting literature with our children.

As part of “Book Week – Book Safari” Year 6 and Kindergarten participated in a Book Sharing session on Friday 28th of August. Year 6 read their favourite picture book to their buddies. In return, Kindergarten read books they enjoy reading at school to their Year 6 buddies. It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm while reading quality literature!

Congratulations to Maria Bletsas (6P) and Ann-Marie Xenos (6P) who won their age group poetry section in the Bowen Library Book Week Competition.

Congratulations also to Kerryanne Syros (4T), George Raptis (4T) and Demetrios Avdalis (4C) who received honourable mentions for their poetry entries in the Bowen Library Book Week Competition. The students were invited to attend a ceremony on Friday 28th of August.

Students received certificates and prizes from Mayor Bruce Notely Smith. We are very proud of the high standard of work that our students submitted.

Dorothy McKellar Awards Dorothy McKellar Poetry award winners will be announced on National Reading Day, Wednesday 2nd September, 2009.

Our students have demonstrated their writing talents already by their results in the Bowen Library Book week competition. Results will be published in the next newsletter.

Mrs Dimitrelis English Curriculum Coordinator

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Focus on our Curriculum Leaders Profile of Mrs Mary Faletas – Curriculum Leader Languages

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (French, Classical Greek, Modern Greek),

• University of New England (UNE)

• Completion of one year D. E. with modern languages

Subjects: • Modern Greek

• Serbian

Mrs. Faletas has taught for 31 years in public, private and community schools. Mrs Faletas has taught School Certificate, Preliminary and HSC courses (Continuers and Extensions) at St. Spyridon College for the past 19 years.

Her HSC results have been consistently outstanding, (with her students in the top 10 in the State almost every year) since the first HSC course at St. Spyridon in 1993. Her students have come first in the State five times for both Continuers & Extension Modern Greek.

Mrs Faletas has also staged two HSC drama productions: The Isle of Aphrodite (1992) and The Courtyard of Miracles (1997), Ancient Greek Tragedies: Antigone (1994) and Iphigenia at Aulis (2002), and two theatrical plays in 2005: An Idiot and a Half (with ex St Spyridon Students) and The Shepherdess Lover (with current St Spyridon Students). The year of the Olympic games in Greece, (2004) she put together the scripts of the production “The Olympic Games then and now” which she also directed.

In 2008, Mrs Faletas wrote the script of the Greek production titled “In this Strange Land Exile and Refuge” which she also directed with the participation of more than 200 students from both the Junior and Senior school to honour the 50 years of the St. Spyridon Parish and the 25 years of St. Spyridon College.

She is working on the comedy “Miss

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39 years old” for 2010.

Mrs. Faletas is a member of the HSC team for developing resources for HSC, Continuers and Extension courses, eg- The Songs of the Street, In the Land of Sea – Cyprus, Do You Remember Father? - Resources for the new HSC course (EXT): 6 songs and for the film ‘Touch of Spice’.

She has also written resources for the K-10 Modern Greek Syllabus for Years 7-10 which have been on the AIS web site.

She introduced the Modern Greek Public Speaking competition – Spoken Arts Festival now - for preliminary and HSC students which became a national competition with the participation of students from all Greek Orthodox Colleges around Australia as well as establishing the annual Greek Drama Productions, which she has directed to great applause.

In addition, she is accelerating the following students in 2009: • Eight Year 11 students who completed their HSC in Modern Greek.

• Twelve Year 10 students who completed their Preliminary course in Modern Greek.

• Twenty Year 9 students who complete their School Certificate in Modern Greek.

Mrs Faletas has been involved in HSC marking since 1993 and in HSC judging for a number of years. Mrs Faletas prepared HSC resources for Writing and Listening tasks.

Mrs. Faletas has written a number of programs for Years 7 – 12 which have been inspected and accredited by the BOS several times.

For three consecutive years, a senior student under Mrs. Faletas’ supervision, has been selected to represent Australia at the International Youth Parliament held in Athens - Greece.

Mrs. Faletas has escorted our students on their pilgrimage to Greece five times, has been responsible for all our poetic recitals on our Greek National Days and has been actively involved in our Easter focus week.

Parallel to all these she works in the public system, teaching Years 10 – 12 in The Hills Sports High School every Saturday.

She is a mother of two wonderful boys and grandmother to the beautiful Zoe-Maria.

The Attorney General receives the Student Leaders Team Recently we had the privilege to be invited to the office of the Honourable John Hatzistergos, Attorney General of NSW. Mr Hatzistergos was kind enough to sit down alongside his policy advisor Andrew Melas, and talk openly about his journey into the political world, and his hectic lifestyle. The mood of the conversation was extremely relaxed and free, with him offering us some valuable advice about entering the workforce and the importance of keeping an open mind – not to stop ourselves from exploring different opportunities which may arise.

We were particularly fascinated by the amazing artworks hanging off the walls of his office,

which, he explained were all created by rehabilitated prisoners.

This was particularly significant for us as Legal Studies students, having spent a great deal this year recognizing the importance of rehabilitating criminals in our criminal justice system and then providing them with the necessary skills to allow them to be reintegrated into society.

Overall, it was a very humbling and special experience. Thank you to Mrs Stefanou for giving us this memorable opportunity and accompanying us on the day.

Christopher Stasos, Kosta Pappas and Tina Piperides Year 12

Year 10 Experience World of Work.

The College would like to thank all businesses that acted as host organizations for the Year 10 work experience period.

Below, I have included some of the comments that were made by their supervisors. I think that they exceeded even our high expectations of them.

‘Seems to like engineering- going like a rocket’, ‘A genuine, bright and articulate student who showed initiative and responded well with all she interacted with.

A pleasure to have with us.’

‘All staff members found her a responsible cooperative young woman. She was delight to have in the office.’

‘She did an outstanding job whilst doing work experience in the media department at the Rabbitohs. She had the opportunity to write numerous articles for our game day newspaper and website as well as conduct research for an event taking place in 2010. She interviewed a high profile player and other identities at the club. She was punctual, polite, hard-working, diligent and a pleasure to work with. Well done!’

‘His attitude to his work experience has been outstanding. He has been a valuable asset to our whole staff at the school. He has approached the students with a responsible, positive attitude.’

‘She has demonstrated a high degree of professionalism and commitment in the varying roles she takes on.’

‘He was an exceptional work experience candidate. He undertook all tasks with maturity and responsibility.’

Well done to all our students!

‘He was a great asset to our accounting company.’

Rabbitohs Articles by Renee Hatzistergos STYLUS Page 7

Foundation Blessing for Sports & Performing Arts Centre Extract from Vote of Thanks.

We express our deep gratitude to you, Your Eminence for your blessings and prayers. Thank you for the strength, direction and protection you give us in carrying out our responsibilities. Your unflinching commitment to the good and the just, inspires us to give our best selves for the future of our children.

We thank the Parish President, Dr Thomas Savoulis who in his address today, has announced that with this building the students of St Spyridon will now have facilities to match their gifts and talents.

The Hon. John Hatzistergos, Attorney General of NSW is warmly thanked for reminding us of the unique contribution made by Greek Orthodox schools in Australia. We ask Mr Hatzistergos, to please convey to the Premier of NSW, Mr Nathan Rees, our sincere appreciation for the State Government’s ongoing support of our College and community.

We thank the Consul General Mr Tolios and Mrs Tolios for their presence this morning.

As we have said in the past, it takes a whole community to build a school. In our case, the Church first and all its members; the families of our students, 50% of whom travel more than 10 kilometres to attend our College.

Together with Mrs Hamer and Mrs Katsogiannis we honour the journey that students and their parents make from

Brighton, Bexley and Blakehurst, from Hurstville, Earlwood, Sans Souci, Sutherland and Sylvania to name a few. The past students of our College who are or will become St Spyridon College parents in the coming years are especially acknowledged.

I thank the women who organised the hospitality for today, namely Mrs Olga Lambi and Mrs Patricia Economou as well as our two groundsmen, the father and son team, John and Steve.

I reiterate the thanks of His Eminence and the Parish President to the Commonwealth Government for rightly seeing that the future wellbeing of our nation depends on the quality of its schools. For the many hours in preparing the application for funding to the Commonwealth I acknowledge the work of our Bursar and Parish Executive Officer, Mrs Christina Tsaconas and that Geoff Newcombe and Ray Whitfield in his absence for their support.

We acknowledge the MC of today’s proceedings Mr Elia Economou.

We invite everyone who is here this morning to honour us with your presence next year at the Opening of this much awaited facility, so that you may share with us both the beginning and the end of the journey of our Sports & Performing Arts Centre. Thank you.

Mrs E Stefanou – Haag

Past students…present parents STYLUS Page 8

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It’s all about building young lives.

stylus Foundation Blessing for Sports & Performing Arts Centre Extract from Vote of Thanks.

We express our deep gratitude to you, Your Eminence for your blessings and prayers. Thank you for the strength, direction and protection you give us in carrying out our responsibilities. Your unflinching commitment to the good and the just, inspires us to give our best selves for the future of our children.

We thank the Parish President, Dr Thomas Savoulis who in his address today, has announced that with this building the students of St Spyridon will now have facilities to match their gifts and talents.

The Hon. John Hatzistergos, Attorney General of NSW is warmly thanked for reminding us of the unique contribution made by Greek Orthodox schools in Australia. We ask Mr Hatzistergos, to please convey to the Premier of NSW, Mr Nathan Rees, our sincere appreciation for the State Government’s ongoing support of our College and community.

We thank the Consul General Mr Tolios and Mrs Tolios for their presence this morning.

As we have said in the past, it takes a whole community to build a school. In our case, the Church first and all its members; the families of our students, 50% of whom travel more than 10 kilometres to attend our College.

Together with Mrs Hamer and Mrs Katsogiannis we honour the journey that students and their parents make from

Brighton, Bexley and Blakehurst, from Hurstville, Earlwood, Sans Souci, Sutherland and Sylvania to name a few. The past students of our College who are or will become St Spyridon College parents in the coming years are especially acknowledged.

I thank the women who organised the hospitality for today, namely Mrs Olga Lambi and Mrs Patricia Economou as well as our two groundsmen, the father and son team, John and Steve.

I reiterate the thanks of His Eminence and the Parish President to the Commonwealth Government for rightly seeing that the future wellbeing of our nation depends on the quality of its schools. For the many hours in preparing the application for funding to the Commonwealth I acknowledge the work of our Bursar and Parish Executive Officer, Mrs Christina Tsaconas and that Geoff Newcombe and Ray Whitfield in his absence for their support.

We acknowledge the MC of today’s proceedings Mr Elia Economou.

We invite everyone who is here this morning to honour us with your presence next year at the Opening of this much awaited facility, so that you may share with us both the beginning and the end of the journey of our Sports & Performing Arts Centre. Thank you.

The Past, present and future of our College George Savoulis (Class of 1993), Lydia Kamaris (nee Savoulis) (Class of 1995), Alex Coucouvinis – Past (Class of 2008), Christopher Stasos, Kosta Pappas, Tina Piperides – Present, Julia Kamaris – Future (Kindy 2012).

Mrs E Stefanou – Haag

Photography by Mike Flokis

Past students…present parents Dr Thomas Savoulis, Parish President & Mrs Julie Savoulis – proud parents and grandparents of past and future students STYLUS Page 8

Kathy Pateras (nee Tsakirios) (Class of 1999) & Antonio (Kindy - 2009) STYLUS Page 9

Magdalene Demetriou (nee Rallis) (Class of 1996) & Athena (Kindy - 2009)

Mersini Tsakirios (nee Stamoulis) (Class of 1998) & Neofytos (Kindy - 2009) STYLUS Page 10

stylus Foundation Blessing for Sports & Performing Arts Centre Extract from Vote of Thanks.

We express our deep gratitude to you, Your Eminence for your blessings and prayers. Thank you for the strength, direction and protection you give us in carrying out our responsibilities. Your unflinching commitment to the good and the just, inspires us to give our best selves for the future of our children.

We thank the Parish President, Dr Thomas Savoulis who in his address today, has announced that with this building the students of St Spyridon will now have facilities to match their gifts and talents.

The Hon. John Hatzistergos, Attorney General of NSW is warmly thanked for reminding us of the unique contribution made by Greek Orthodox schools in Australia. We ask Mr Hatzistergos, to please convey to the Premier of NSW, Mr Nathan Rees, our sincere appreciation for the State Government’s ongoing support of our College and community.

We thank the Consul General Mr Tolios and Mrs Tolios for their presence this morning.

As we have said in the past, it takes a whole community to build a school. In our case, the Church first and all its members; the families of our students, 50% of whom travel more than 10 kilometres to attend our College.

Together with Mrs Hamer and Mrs Katsogiannis we honour the journey that students and their parents make from

Brighton, Bexley and Blakehurst, from Hurstville, Earlwood, Sans Souci, Sutherland and Sylvania to name a few. The past students of our College who are or will become St Spyridon College parents in the coming years are especially acknowledged.

I thank the women who organised the hospitality for today, namely Mrs Olga Lambi and Mrs Patricia Economou as well as our two groundsmen, the father and son team, John and Steve.

I reiterate the thanks of His Eminence and the Parish President to the Commonwealth Government for rightly seeing that the future wellbeing of our nation depends on the quality of its schools. For the many hours in preparing the application for funding to the Commonwealth I acknowledge the work of our Bursar and Parish Executive Officer, Mrs Christina Tsaconas and that Geoff Newcombe and Ray Whitfield in his absence for their support.

We acknowledge the MC of today’s proceedings Mr Elia Economou.

We invite everyone who is here this morning to honour us with your presence next year at the Opening of this much awaited facility, so that you may share with us both the beginning and the end of the journey of our Sports & Performing Arts Centre. Thank you.

The Past, present and future of our College George Savoulis (Class of 1993), Lydia Kamaris (nee Savoulis) (Class of 1995), Alex Coucouvinis – Past (Class of 2008), Christopher Stasos, Kosta Pappas, Tina Piperides – Present, Julia Kamaris – Future (Kindy 2012).

Mrs E Stefanou – Haag

Photography by Mike Flokis

Past students…present parents Dr Thomas Savoulis, Parish President & Mrs Julie Savoulis – proud parents and grandparents of past and future students STYLUS Page 8

Kathy Pateras (nee Tsakirios) (Class of 1999) & Antonio (Kindy - 2009) STYLUS Page 9

Magdalene Demetriou (nee Rallis) (Class of 1996) & Athena (Kindy - 2009)

Mersini Tsakirios (nee Stamoulis) (Class of 1998) & Neofytos (Kindy - 2009) STYLUS Page 10

St Spyridon Academics ICAS Mathematics Competition

Australian Mathematics Competition

27 students of Year 3 and all 40 students of Year 4 sat for the International Competitions and Assessment for Schools in Mathematics. 17 Distinctions and 20 Credits were awarded.

On the 6th August 2009 all students in Years Five and Six sat for the Australian Mathematics Competition.

The questions in this competition use mathematics from within the school syllabus, and the questions within each set, range from broadly accessible to challenging, requiring problem solving skills. The problems get progressively more difficult until the end, when they are challenging to the most gifted student. We are proud to announce very pleasing results from our students. Below are some of the students who need especial mention.

Congratulations to all the students who participated.

Distinction (top 20%) Dean Albanakis Yr3 Florence Georgas Yr3 Joanna Skouteris Yr3 Mariana Ioannou Yr3 Patricia Frazis Yr3 Christiana Killias Yr4 Constantine Tsingos Yr4 Constantinos Kollias Yr4 George Raptis Yr4 James Panayiotakis Yr4 Johnny Mouratidis Yr4 Jordan Stojkovic Yr4 Larissa Andrianakos Yr4 Markella Roditis Yr4 Steve Hatzipavlis Yr4 Credit (top 47%) Georgina Mandadakis Yr3 Harris Papas Yr3 Jennifer – Eve Contominas Yr3 John Margelis Yr3 Sophia Micos Yr3 Stephen Bletsas Yr3 Victoria Zois Yr3 Andreas Veryinis Yr4 Antonia Katerinis Yr4 Demetrios Avdalis Yr4 Elana Dionys Yr4 George Contominas Yr4 Jacqueline Burleigh Yr4 Jessica Mazis Yr4 Jordan Makridopolus Yr4 Kerryanne Syros Yr4 Mitchell Knight Yr4 Peter Giokas Yr4 Peter Milios Yr4 Phoebe Dalakiaris Yr4

Distinction Christos Kollias Yr 6 Sebastian Zois Yr 5 Credit Zac Prineas Yr 5 Mariah Stavrou Yr 5 Panos Armenakas Yr 5 Nicole Adam Yr 5 Alexander Cardamis Yr5 Yiani Baratsas Yr 5 Tim Chae Yr 5 Christy Kyriakides Yr 5 Erin Hennessey Yr 5 Natasha Karagiannis Yr 5 Liana Panselinos Yr 5 Christina Balayannis Yr 5 Penelope Aleyiannis Yr 5 Kelly Lee Yr 6 Alexander Georges Yr 6 Peter Contominas Yr 6 Victoria Tsingos Yr 6 Maria Bletsas Yr 6 Joshua Bang Yr 6 Diana Burleigh Yr 6 Emanuel Kapodistrias Yr 6 Ann-Marie Xenos Yr 6 Yvette Stemitsiotis Yr 6

Mr Dookie Primary Maths Coordinator

The Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards 2009 Sponsored by the Westpac Banking Corporation, the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), is the original and largest of its kind in the world and is in now in its 32nd year. Held this year on 6 August, the AMC is renowned for its high standard and integrity and has three aims: STYLUS Page 12

• To highlight the importance of mathematics as a curriculum subject • To give students an opportunity to discover talent in mathematics • To provide resources for the classroom & general discussion

The AMC is in some ways a complement to the national numeracy assessment (NAPLAN) held in May. St Spyridon College-Senior School entered all of Year 7 and selected students from Years 8-11 in this year’s AMC. We received 1 Distinction, 32 Credits and 36 awards of Proficiency. The introduction of a Proficiency certificate awarded to all students who have achieved a pre-set score but have not been awarded a Credit (or higher) certificate, was an innovation for students entering the 2008 AMC. All students were asked to solve thirty problems, twenty five of which were multiple-choice, in 75 minutes. Alexander In Year 7 Nikolas Baratsas Angelique Dionys Timothy Dokos Dane Ivanovic Panayioti Kapodistrias George Karapanayiotidis Mark Mina Jovana Radic Lena Sialepis Martha Spilioti Alexandra Tsesmelis Aiden Xydis

Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit

Vatiliotis (Year 11), who received a Distinction had this to say: “The maths competition was a healthy challenge and I recommend it to all students that enjoy testing their abilities.”

It is with pleasure that I list below the students at St Spyridon College-Senior School that received a certificate of Distinction or Credit in this year’s competition. Please note that individual performance reports will be given to every student that took part. Congratulations to all the students who took on the challenge and who enjoy ‘testing their abilities’.

In Year 8 Leonidas Andrew Filix Filix Mathew Kambos Estelle Krassas

Credit Credit Credit Credit

In Year 9 Christopher Avgoustou Brannon Bergmann Despina Carpis Nicolette Kontakos Matthew Mina Julia Renouf Stephanie Satouris Ben Sealy

Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit

Kathy Thimakis Phusit Vongchaiyasit

Credit Credit

In Year 10 Stamati Margelis

Credit

In Year 11 Alexander Vatiliotis Distinction Sarut Chomsuwan Credit Aleksandra Djordjevic Credit Muyuan (Stella) Li Credit Christine Tsesmelis Credit Jing (Anna) Xu Credit Mr A. Kollias Curriculum Leader - Mathematics

ICAS English Students from Year Three to Six recently participated in the International Competitions and Assessment for Schools in High Distinction (top 1%) Andreas Veryinis Yr4 Constantinos Kollias Yr4 Distinction (top 9%) Athanasios Athanasiou Yr5 Sebastian Zois Yr5 Demetrios Avdalis Yr4 Jessica Mazis Yr4 Johnny Mouratidis Yr4 Jordan Makridopolus Yr4 Kerry-Anne Syros Yr4 Markella Roditis Yr4 Mersina Hristeff Yr4 Peter Giokas Yr4 Credit (top 35%) Christos Kollias Yr6 Diana Burleigh Yr6

English. We congratulate all students who participated. We were awarded 2 High Distinctions,10 Distinctions and 38 Credits.

Victoria Tsingos Yr6 Ariadne Harbilas Yr5 Demi Nikas Yr5 Elisa Tsounis Yr5 Paul Mandadakis Yr5 Yiani Baratsas Yr5 Antonia Katerinis Yr4 Christiana Kilias Yr4 Constantine Tsingos Yr4 Deyarna Xenos Yr4 Elana Dionys Yr4 Electra Athanasatos Yr4 George Contominas Yr4 George Raptis Yr4 Giorge Gemisis Yr4 Giorgen Rokos Yr4 Jacqueline Burleigh Yr4 Jordan Stojkovic Yr4 Larissa Andrianakos Yr4

Lewis Athanasopoulos Yr4 Merissa Papadakis Yr4 Mitchell Knight Yr4 Steffie Papadopoulos Yr4 Steve Hatzipavlis Yr4 Tina Ventoura Yr4 Deanna Tzivakis Yr3 Erin Giaras Yr3 Florence Georges Yr3 Jennifer-Eve Contominas Yr3 Joanna Skouteris Yr3 Maree Nikitopoulos Yr3 Patricia Frazis Yr3 Rhea Tsimboukis Yr3 Sophia Micos Yr3 Stephen Blestas Yr3 Victoria Zois Yr3

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St Spyridon Sports Stars Football

Congratulations to Amanda Horafios of Year 12 who was selected to represent the Australian Women’s Futsal Team. This is an outstanding achievement as Amanda is the youngest player selected in the team.

integral member of various teams within our school, ISA, CIS and in particular Opens Girls Futsal Team.

Her success will be often remembered and she will be greatly missed.

Amanda will be the Goal Keeper and compete in China against countries such as; China, Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand in order to qualify for the World Cup. I would like to thank Amanda for her contribution to Soccer during her time at St Spyridon College, she has been an

On behalf of the College we wish her the best of luck with her future success in Soccer.

Congratulations… …to George Georgamlis of Year 12 who made the ISA Seconds Boys Football Team. This is an excellent achievement.

Sports Presentation Evening

ASISSA Representatives Swimming Championships

Cross Country & Football Championships

Thanasis Athanasiou, George Contominas, Michael Constantopedos and Alexander Galatidis.

Alexander Galatidis, Nicholas Makridopolus, Michael Hatzon and Panos Armenakas.

Athletics Championships

Simeon Kerameas

John Tsakiris

Dion Alexander

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia 2009 National Schools Event Girls Netball Champions Coach: Mr P. Meintanis

Connie Bouhoutsos (Captain), Cassandra Georgiou, Patrice Calopedos, Sandra Janjetovic, Deanne Constantinou, Stephanie Satouris, Erin Criticos, Anne Skolarikis, Angelina Flokis, Maria Tsalikis, Phoebe Ganis, Stephanie Vardas.

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Girls Indoor Soccer Champions Girls Basketball Champions State Futsal Girls Champions Coach: Mr P. Meintanis Coach: Mr Kaldis

Lia Alexandrou Ivana Bojanovic Amanda Horafios (Captain) Mariah Ishak Sandra Janjetovic Tiffany Koutrouzas

Bianca Anastasas, Renee Hatzistergos, Connie Bouhoutsos, Amanda Horafios, Erin Criticos, Sandra Janjetovic, Deanne Constantinou, Nicole Kalofonos, Kimberly Flaskas (Captain), Stephanie Satouris, Cassandra Georgiou

ISA Girls Swimming Senior Division 2 Champions Coach: Ms O’Shea

Angelina Flokis, Amanda Horafios, Sandra Janjetovic, Christina Lazaridis, Makrina Spilioti, Mariam Spilioti.

ISA Netball Junior C Champions Coach: Miss Evans

Yianna Criticos (Captain), Nicola Demetri, Sophia Georgas, Nansia Koukounaris, Natalie Michos, Stephanie Mio, Lena Nesterenko, Lena Sialepis, Martha Spilioti.

Futsal NSW Boys Futsal Regional Champions ISA Representatives at the Coach: Mr Kaldis NSWCIS Championships.

Leonidas Andrew, Chris Kolistasis, James Andrew, John Marantos, Alex Coplin, Nicholas Stasos, Niko Fotopoulos, Petros Stefadouros

ISA Boys Football U16’s Division 2 Champions Coach: Mr Condous

Sotiri Abouyanni, Benjamin Papadopoulos, Michael Anastasas, Dion Panigiris, George Bounatsos, Taki Panoutsopoulos, George Dokos, Samuel Roditis, David Ivanovic, Greg Rotis (Captain), Gregory Lazaridis, Steve Sfinas, Nathan Lazos, Milton Spiropoulos, Nicholas Lissikatos, John Zavlikaris, Stamati Margelis, Peter Zinopoulos

Phillip Fotiou, Nikolas Baratsas, Martha Spilioti and Kayla Want

Excellence in Football, Athletics and Swimming

Amanda Horafios, George Georgamlis, Tiffany Koutrouzas, Ivana Bojanovic, Angelina Flokis, Makrina Spilioti and Martha Spilioti.

ISA Boys Football U14’s Division 1 Champions Coach: Mr Vesalas

James Andrew, John Marantos, Leonidas Andrew, Dean Michos, Alexander Coplin, Alex Moraitis, Niko Fotopoulos, Dean Roussis, Mathew Kambos, Alex Spiropoulos, John Kirkis, Nicholas Stasos, Chris Kolistasis, Petros Stefadouros (Captain).

Sportsmen & Women of the Year

Martha Spilioti, Niko Fotopoulos, Erin Criticos, Alex Georgiou, Amanda Horafios and George Georgamlis.

2009 Pierre de Coubertin Award Proudly Sponsored by Bank of Cyprus

Sandra Janjetovic with Mr Con Pavlou Keynote Speaker: Ms Lyndall Jesse, CIS Executive Officer

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Community Action Biggest Morning Tea/Breakfast

Wednesday 27th May 2009 Special thanks to Ms Tsokas and Mrs Marinos for organising a wonderful fund raising day for the Cancer Council. Our students as always came forward and gave for others. Thank you students, staff and parents for again showing your care for those less fortunate. Thank you also to Ms Tsokas for putting on a lovely morning tea for the staff.

Thank you to the following people for kindly donating items towards our Morning Breakfast. Your generosity is greatly appreciated: Eastgardens Fruit Centre Mr Sal Saleh for donating the apples. K & C Graham Enterprises Pty Ltd / National Foods Australia Pty Ltd and David Gierke for donating the milk.

Jeans For Genes Day On Friday 7th August, St Spyridon College participated in Genes for Jeans Day. The students who brought in a gold coin for donation were allowed to wear their jeans on that day. All the money we raised went to scientists and doctors to research the genes inside our bodies and to find a cure for illness and diseases in children.

On Genes for Jeans Day, Year 6 sold beautiful pens, badges and baby pins. Thanks to the generosity of the entire school, we raised $1,630.

Everyone from Kindergarten through to Year 6 had an absolutely fantastic and enjoyable day. We believe that even a few of the teachers had a fantastic and fun day wearing their jeans.

Finally we would like to congratulate the entire school for joining in and all playing a major role in this fund raiser.

We are pleased to announce that $1,925 was raised for the Children’s Medical Research Institute!!!

Year 6 Students

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Soup Kitchen Duty

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n the day of ‘The Exaltation of the Life Giving Cross’, a strict fast was observed not only at school where the canteen did not serve any meat and milk products, but also at the Soup Kitchen. Instead of the usual meat/fish dish accompanied with rice, pasta, or potatoes, black eyed beans were served. While this type of food was not what many were used to, they still gratefully accepted, and some even asked for seconds, which surprised our Year 9 helpers! Well done to George Janjetovic and Michael Horafios as well as Targreed Asaad and Sarah Hatzon for doing their best for this important service.

Soup Kitchen Yianni Vlahopoulos and Ben Sealy completed their Community Service duty at the Soup Kitchen at Newtown.

Once again Father Nectarios expressed his joy to see the boys’ enthusiasm in carrying out their duties.

Ms Gina Kokinelis Dean of Middle School

Market Day With Heart a great success. Students decided that instead of distributing the profits to members of each ‘business’, they would donate the funds to various charities.

selling, and well done to the consumers across the school who supported the event by buying!!

Congratulations to all involved in the business of

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eams of Commerce students eagerly showed off their entrepreneurial skills by marketing and selling various delectable food items as part of their hands on learning experience in running a business… hopefully for profit. Judging from the empty stalls and overflowing accumulation of money, the day was

Schools For Sight Update It was very pleasing to have students show their support of the ‘Schools for Sight Program’ through their generous donations of old prescription glasses and sunglasses. The entire collection box sent to us was filled and we now await a replacement. Well done everyone!!! Keep up the good work.

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P & F Trivia Night

Past Students Help Build The Future

Past Students, Andrew Focas, Thomas Focas, Anthony Hamer and Chris Hamer assisted in the removal of old demountables in preparation of the ground for the new Sports and Performing STYLUS Page 18

Arts Centre. Andrew Focas said “I want everything to be perfect for when my kids come to this school�!

stylus Saluting The Heroes Επίσκεψη Αξιωματικών των Ενόπλων Ελληνικών Δυνάμεων Στις 19 Μαΐου 2009 επισκέφτηκαν το σχολείο μας οι στρατιωτικοί Κωνσταντίνος Καλαμάτας (αντιπτέραρχος) και ο Λεωνίδας Τσιαντούλας (αντιπλοίαρχος) που ήρθαν στην Αυστραλία για την 68η επέτειο της Μάχης της Κρήτης. Κατά την επίσκεψή τους οι μαθητές και μαθήτριες της έκτης τάξης, Χατζηστέργος Θεόφιλος, Κεραμέας Συμεών, Σπανουδάκη Μαρία, Θυμάκη Θεώνη, Μαλούκη Αναστασία, Καποδίστριας Εμμανουήλ, Μπλέτσα Μαρία, Κόλλιας Χρήστος, Κεφαλά Καλλιόπη, Ξένου ΆνναΜαρία, και Κοντάκος Κυριάκος καλωσόρισαν τους υψηλούς επισκέπτες μας και τους είπαν για αυτά που έμαθαν για την Κρήτη και τους Κρητικούς μαχητές που πολέμησαν μαζί με Αυστραλούς και Νεοζηλανδούς στο δεύτερο παγκόσμιο πόλεμο.

Μαθητές και μαθήτριες της έκτης τάξης τραγούδησαν δύο τραγούδια το ‘Δεύτε Παίδες’και ‘Ένα το Χελιδόνι’. Τα παιδιά μίλησαν ακόμα και για τον ηρωικό κρητικό αγωνιστή Ευάγγελο Πιπεράκη ο οποίος είχε πάρει μέρος σε πολλές μάχες και που με το καΐκι του έσωσε πάνω από χίλιους Αυστραλούς και Νεοζηλανδούς φυγαδεύοντάς τους στη Μέση Ανατολή. Ο Ευάγγελος Πιπεράκης είναι προπάππος των μαθητών του του Κολλεγίου μας Μιχάλη και ΣτυλιανήςΚοτσοχείλη. Οι επισκέπτες μας ενθουσιάστηκαν ακούγοντας τα παιδιά, τα ευχαρίστησαν.και εκφράστηκαν με κολακευτικά λόγια για την ευχέρειά τους στη χρήση της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας. Κυρ. Αρτεμισία Ιεροκλή, Δασκάλα Ελληνικής Γλώσσας

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It’s all about building young lives

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