Virtus 2009

Virtus 2009 The Annual Magazine of St Joseph’s College Geelong

ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE GEELONG

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Virtus 2009 The Annual Magazine of St Joseph’s College Geelong

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VIRTUS 2009 Design & production: Proofing: Printing: Photography:

Ms Lauren Salcombe Ms Claire Brown, Mrs Debbie Pisarskis Hamilton Printing Mr Colin McKechnie, Mr John Schlank, Mrs Helen Kean, Mr Larry Davis, Mrs Karen Brodie, Mr David Formosa, Ms Lauren Salcombe, Southern Cross Photography. To all other staff and students. Thank you.

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Table of Contents Principal’s Report ___________________________ Pages 2-3 Board of Management Report ____________________ Page 4 College Leadership _________________________ Pages 5-7 Staff 2009 ________________________________ Pages 8-9 SJC Births & Marriages ________________________ Page 10 Staff Farewells ______________________________ Page 10 St Joseph’s College Foundation __________________ Page 11 Parents & Friends Association __________________ Page 12 Old Collegians Association ____________________ Page 13 Josephines ________________________________ Page 14 The Men’s Association ________________________ Page 15 Archives & Heritage Centre ____________________ Page 16 Building Works _____________________________ Page 17 College Captain Report _______________________ Page 18 Student Leaders _________________________ Pages 19-23 Year 7 Articles & Class Photos _______________ Pages 24-30 Year 8 Articles & Class Photos _______________ Pages 31-37 Year 9 Articles & Class Photos _______________ Pages 38-44 Year 10 Articles & Class Photos ______________ Pages 45-50 Year 11 Articles & Class Photos ______________ Pages 51-57 Year 12 Articles & Class Photos ______________ Pages 58-63 St Joseph’s College Year 12 Class of 2009 __________ Page 64 Community Service __________________________ Page 65 Blood Bank Challenge ________________________ Page 66 Black Saturday _____________________________ Page 66 Indigenous Partnerships _______________________ Page 67 College Houses & Sport ______________________ Page 68 School Sports Results ________________________ Page 69 Athletics & Badminton ________________________ Page 70 Basketball ______________________________ Pages 71-72 Cricket ________________________________ Pages 73-74 St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club ______________ Page 74 Senior Football __________________________ Pages 75-76 Football _______________________________ Pages 77-78

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Soccer ________________________________ Pages 79-80 Edmund Rice Day ___________________________ Page 81 Swimming & Surfing _________________________ Page 82 Table Tennis & Golf __________________________ Page 83 Chess & Ultimate Frisbee _____________________ Page 84 Debating & Public Speaking _________________ Pages 85-86 Deakin Mathematics _________________________ Page 86 VCE Awards ____________________________ Pages 87-88 Year 7-10 Awards ________________________ Pages 88-90 Curriculum _____________________________ Pages 91-92 Arts Faculty ____________________________ Pages 93-97 Photography & Media ________________________ Page 98 Visual Communication ________________________ Page 99 Music _______________________________ Pages 100-102 Drama __________________________________ Page 103 English ______________________________ Pages 104-105 Health & Physical Education _______________ Pages 106-107 Legal Studies ______________________________ Page 108 Humanities _______________________________ Page 108 Chaplaincy & Liturgy ________________________ Page 109 LOTE _______________________________ Pages 110-111 Science ______________________________ Pages 112-113 Taking Care of our Environment _______________ Page 114 The Patch, A year on... _______________________ Page 115 Design Technology _________________________ Page 116 Food Technology ___________________________ Page 117 Information Technology ______________________ Page 118 Systems Engineering Technology ________________ Page 119 Systems Engineering - Automotive Studies ________ Page 119 Student Support Services ____________________ Page 120 VCAL __________________________________ Page 121 Careers/VET ______________________________ Page 122 Roll Call _____________________________ Pages 123-125 Valette ______________________________ Pages 126-128

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A Message from Edmund Rice Education Australia Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure that I contribute this piece to your College annual on behalf of the whole Edmund Rice Education family throughout Australia.

As a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition, your College stresses the importance of full, creative and lived humanity as an important life goal for our young people. Jesus says of his mission: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” This theme is surely central to our tradition.

Christian faith is much more than affirmation of a particular creed or set of truths. It is a commitment to, a stance or posture towards life. From his first appearance in public, Jesus made clear that he intended to teach people how to live for the Reign of God – with love and compassion, peace and justice, holiness and freedom. His ultimate intent was that all might come to fullness of life – here and for eternity.

We believe that in our attempts to help our young people grow into a full sense of who they are as human beings, key questions should guide us. Should we assume that the education we prescribe for our young people prepares them not only for a complex and changing world, but also how to relate to other human beings? What about happiness and

enjoyment of living? What about courage and the conquest of fear? What about peace of mind, the ability to give and receive love? What of confidence, self-respect and self discipline? What about hope for the future and contentment in later years?

Becoming a truly educated person is certainly not solely dependent upon years of formal schooling or university study.

American educator Leo Buscaglia suggests that we will have been only half educated unless we have acquired a sense of human dignity and worth, an appreciation of life, the ability to give and receive love, the knowledge of how to use our limited time wisely and the determination to leave the world a better place for our having been in it.

I ask God to bless this College in its attempts to live the Charter for Edmund Rice education and in doing so, nurture the full humanity of our young people. Congratulations on a terrific year and thank you for your support of Edmund Rice education.

With best wishes Dr Wayne Tinsey Executive Director, Edmund Rice Education Australia 1

Principal Report was further modified and provided students looking for alternative pathways with excellent outcomes.

As suggested in last year’s report, work on stage two of our building project has commenced and is due for completion in May of 2010. The Br OS Adams Centre will effectively be doubled in size and provide enhanced Physical Education and assembly space.

Our College commenced the school year with a record enrolment of 1340 students. Edmund Rice Education Australia has continued to develop throughout the 2009 school year, providing a new governance structure for Christian Brothers Schools Australia wide.

Our VCE results for the year were as follows: In 2009 14% of VCE students achieved an ENTER score in excess of 90 and the Dux of the College was James Bisinella with and ENTER score of 99.5.

The number of St Joseph’s College students involved in the Victorian Certificate of Education has continued to increase. This year the Ad Alta 10 Program at Year 10

Chinese Government Scholarship students, Brock Hartigan and Tim Shanahan 2 Page 2

Much planning went into creating an activities week this year where all year levels were involved in a variety of events. Unfortunately the Victorian bushfires impacted on this week and we were forced to postpone many activities until later in the year. It is our intent in the future to conduct these activities during the first full week of May. Our Parents & Friends were once again supportive of a variety of causes including their revamped Fashion Parade, the proceeds of which were donated to the Christian Brothers Foundation for Charitable Works. The parents set a fine example of fundraising which the students followed withthe Walkathon on Edmund Rice Day. The College Student Leaders continued on from the impetus evoked by the Triumph Fest of last year, by involving themselves in a number of social justice initiatives.

CLOGS Students supporting the March Against Violence

The establishment of the Catholic Leaders of Geelong Schools, CLOGS, was an excellent initiative. The students organised a combined ‘March Against Violence’ through the streets of Geelong which attracted both local and national media attention.

The College received notification from Air Chief Marshall Houston - Chief of ADF during the year that three of our students had been awarded Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork awards. The three successful students were Year 10 David Cann,Year 11 Tom Cooper and Year 12 Tom Bennett.Year 10 student Glenn Bird was one of four winners of the Father James Wall Bursary Leadership Achievement Award. Two Year 12 LOTE Chinese students, Brock Hartigan and Tim Shanahan were successful in winning Chinese Government Scholarships which include an all expenses paid four year Bachelor Degree at a Chinese University.Year 12 Aidan Kelly was presented with the Australian Defence Force Academy education award. Congratulations to these students and to the many others who have worked diligently throughout the year.

This year St Joseph’s hosted the Annual Associated Heads of Edmund Rice Schools of Australia Annual Conference. Part of the conference

Paul Tobias and Aidan Kelly - Winner of the ADFA Education Award

Principal Report was the opportunity for students to take delegates on a tour of the College. In doing so, the pride they had in their College was obvious.

After an extensive series of negotiations with local and State Governments, the eastern portion of Noble Street oval has been rezoned as residential, correcting a planning error made some years ago and the western portion has been purchased from the State Government as a restricted Crown Grant. This is an excellent outcome for the future of our College.

Earlier in the year three musical tutorial rooms were named after two existing staff and one former staff member. Congratulations to Mr Rob Stirling, Mrs Maureen Zampatti and Mr Frank De Rosso on having a music room named in their honour. The College music program continues to flourish. This year the Senior Band and the Jazz Band won first prize at the Geelong Show.

One of our most significant curriculum developments for the year has been the establishment of what has become known as, “The Patch”. This was established at the rear of the former Newtown Library and is an applied science project involving the establishment of a no dig garden. The project aims

Mr Rob Stirling, Mr Frank De Rosso and Mrs Maureen Zampatti music room dedication

to develop skills in planning and implementing sound environmental and sustainable practices. The College has established an Environmental Action Team, consisting of senior student leaders and staff, which will ensure that the environment remains a focus.

I would like to acknowledge the departure of Monique Connell after two years in a replacement role and wish Mrs Kirsten Hood and Mrs Kate Erlenbusch well as they take maternity leave.

We wish to thank all who have worked on committees and groups throughout the College in 2009; Members of our Board, Foundation, Planning and Finance, Old Collegians, Parents & Friends and their various sub-committees, Josephines, Men’s Association, Care Group, Canteen Helpers, Library and Administration helpers. We are deeply indebted to you all for giving your time, expertise and energy to help us in so many ways. To our Board Members who are completing their terms, Ms Lisa Dalla-Zuanna, Mrs Sheryl Allen, and Mr Nino Ficca, we thank you sincerely for all that you have given in your role on both Board and other associated committees at the College.

Thank you to our hardworking staff members across all areas of the College for your dedication and support of myself, students and families once again in 2009. We are so blessed to work in such a professional, committed and caring environment. Here I must also mention our College Management Team - Ms Claire Brown, Mr Paul Clohesy, Mr Anthony Chapman, Mr Rob Blackley and Mr Terry Fowler and thank them for their significant input, expertise, guidance and support throughout the year.

It is with great confidence that our College moves forward to 2010.

I wish the St Joseph’s College Community, peace, love and happiness for this special Christmas and New Year Season and I look forward to our return in 2010 when we all once again strive to be the very best we can be.

Paul Tobias Principal

Mr Nicholls and Students with ‘The Patch’

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Board of Management Report It is with great pleasure that I can present the Annual Board report for 2009. This year has been one of significant achievement as a couple of major projects have either commenced or almost concluded.

After almost 10 years of hard work by previous Boards and in particular our Principal, Paul Tobias, we have successfully negotiated and have contracted to acquire the remaining section of the Noble Street oval, which has been purchased as a restricted Crown Grant. This is due to settle on 10 January, 2010. We see this as an important part of our footprint as it also has historical significance to our College.

The second project that has commenced this year is the construction of our new Br OS Adams Centre (gymnasium and wellness centre). This has been planned and promoted for some time now, but to see construction works underway is such an exciting event for the College. As has been promoted constantly in our College newsletters, our Foundation Committee has successfully raised just over $300,000 towards this major project. The aim for the Foundation is to raise $500,000 in total and whilst it has been difficult to achieve in such an economic climate, we as a whole, are determined to meet this goal. If anyone hasn’t already and would like to make a contribution, please contact our Development Manager, David Formosa. The gymnasium project is running to budget and on time and we expect it to be ready by mid next year. The official opening will be an integral part of celebration of our College’s 75th Anniversary in 2010.

At the end of 2008, we sadly said goodbye to Tony Paatch (Deputy Principal) and John Fitzgerald (Development Manager). However, the College has been very fortunate to have appointed Paul Clohesy (Deputy Principal) and David Formosa (Development Manager). Paul and David have fitted well into the College and their roles very quickly and are doing a wonderful job for us. The smooth and rapid transition is also testament to the friendly and inclusive nature of the College community.

Throughout the year there have been many discussions held with EREA (Edmund Rice Education Australia) to develop the transition of our current corporate governance into the national EREA design concept. This design has now been completed and we are looking forward to working with EREA to further develop and strengthen the relationship.

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Our Board seminar was held in Queenscliff again this year and was extremely successful. This year the content of our seminar was far more focused on financial performance, strategic planning and also considering financial impacts on our College through to 2014.

As always, this is a very useful time which gives us an opportunity to reassess our goals and direction. We were also fortunate to have Paul Herrick (EREA Regional Administrator) join us for this seminar.

This year our Board and Management Team went to Saint Ignatius College for the joint Board/Council dinner with Saint Ignatius, Sacred Heart, Clonard and ourselves.

This is always a great time to share with other Catholic Colleges in our town and region and also to hear of issues and achievements. This event was well attended and we thank Mr Michael Exton, Principal and all at Saint Ignatius for hosting. It was great to see their hospitality students catering for us on the evening.

At one of our board meetings during the year, we received a presentation from the College Captain, Robert McKelvie and two Deputy Captains, Sam Hopgood and Michael Sweerts. Their presentation was inspiring and challenging for us as a Board and it gives us great confidence that the appointment of student leadership in our school works very well and is coordinated and mentored by College staff professionally.

It is with mixed emotions that we farewell three hard working Board Members at the end of 2009 in Ms Lisa Dalla-Zuanna (5 years), Mrs Sheryl Allen (5 years) and Mr Nino Ficca (3 years). Over their time on the Board, their contribution has been greatly appreciated and well respected by their peers. I personally thank them for their efforts and wish them all the very best as they move on. We are very fortunate to have received strong applications to replace our outgoing Board members. Ms Libby Mears, Mr Chris Caldow and Dr Peter Woodruff will be commencing with us from 2010 and I formally welcome them.

Finally, I would like to offer a big thank you to Mr Paul Tobias, Ms Claire Brown, Mrs Maureen Bryant and the Management Team at St Joseph’s for a hugely successful year for our College and their ongoing support of myself and our Board.

Wayne Tattersall Chairperson

College Leadership PATRONS Most Reverend Denis Hart, D.D., Archbishop of Melbourne Reverend Father Kevin Dillon, P.P., St Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong CHAPLAIN Reverend Father Kevin Dillon GOVERNING BODY Province Leadership Team Edmund Rice Education Australia Board (from October 1, 2007) BOARD OF MANAGEMENT Chair Mr Wayne Tattersall Mrs Jane Littore Deputy Chair Minute Secretary Mrs Maureen Bryant Members: Mrs Sheryl Allen, Ms Claire Brown, Br Roger Cripps, Ms Lisa Dalla-Zuanna, Mr Nino Ficca, Mrs Sharon Gleeson, Mr Peter Madden, Mr Steven Riccardi, Mr Dennis Teale, Mr Paul Tobias FOUNDATION Chair Deputy Chair Secretary / Development Manager Treasurer Members

Mr Kevin Costa Mr Peter Rudd Mr David Formosa Mr Robert Threlfall Mr Eugene Carroll, Mr Todd Devine, Mr Chris Holien, Mrs Loretta O’Regan, Mr Jerry Raveanne, Dr Joe Virgona

PRINCIPAL Mr Paul Tobias (1995) BA. Dip Ed. B Ed. Dip Religious Education. Dip Ed Admin. M. Ed Admin.

DEPUTY PRINCIPALS Ms Claire Brown (2000) B.A., Dip.Ed Mr Paul Clohsey (2009) B.A., Grad.Dip.Secondary Edu. Grad.Cert.RE, Grad.Dip.(Student Welfare), M.Student Welfare.

DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM Mr Robert Blackley (1987) B. A. Grad Dip Ed. M. Ed DIRECTOR OF MISSION Mr Anthony Chapman (2005) B.App Sci (Human Movement), Dip Ed, Grad Dip R.E., Masters R.E. VCE COORDINATOR Mr Andrew Hobbs (2000) B.Sc.Ed LEVEL COORDINATORS Year 12 Mr Michael Wrigley (1997) B. Ed (Honours) Year 11 Mr Michael Timms (2007) B.Ed (PE) Year 10 Mr Simon Taylor (1984) B.Arts (Education), Grad Dip R.E., Grad Dip Student Welfare Year 9 Mr Brendan Nicholls (2008) B.Teach (Sec), B.App.Sci. Year 8 Mrs Linda Bentley (1999) Dip.T., Grad.Dip.R.E. Year 7 Mr Paul Hood (2000) B.Ed.

KEY LEARNING AREAS Religious Education Years 7 – 9 Mr Philip Bates (2004)Ass.Dip.Theol., Dip.T., Grad.Dip.Ed., M.Ed.(Math) Year 10 – 12 Ms Jo Hart (2007) B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed Arts Mrs Helen Kean (1983) Dip.Teach, Grad. Dip.Vis. Comm. & Design.

English Mr Peter Malone (2005) B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Ind.Rel./Hr.Mgt. Health & Physical Education Mrs Anna Hudson (2006) B. App. Sci (Human Movement), Grad. Dip. Ed (Sec), Grad. Cert. (RE) Humanities Ms Renee Meadows (2005) B.Comm., Ass.Dip.FinArt&Design, Grad.Dip.Ed (Term 2-4) LOTE Mrs Louise Madden (2006) B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A.(Theol.Studies) Mathematics Mr David Shalders (2005) B.Eng., Grad.Dip.Ed. Science Mr Ashwin Pillai (2004) B.Sc.(Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed. Technology (Information Systems) Mr George Tomadin (2007) Dip.Teach. (Technology) Technology (Materials) Mrs Cassandra Coogan (2001) Dip. App.Sc., Grad.Dip. Ed. DAILY ORGANISERS Mr Daniel Maltese (1992) B Sc. Ed Assistant Daily Organiser Mrs Sena Palmer (1990) Dip.T., Cert. RE. PATHWAYS COORDINATOR Mr Michael Anderson (1998) B.Sc.(Hons), Grad.Dip.Ed TIMETABLE COORDINATOR Mr Shane Dawson (1995) B. Sc Dip. Ed. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Educational Support Coordinator Mr Mark Turner (2004) Dip.T.(Prim), B.Ed.(Prim), Grad.Dip.Spec.Ed., M.Ed. (Spc.Ed.), Adv Cert.Admin&Leadership College Counsellors/Psychologists Ms Terri Moyle (2000), B.A.(Hons), MAPS Ms Joanne Chappell (2005) B.A., Dip.Ed., BB.Sc.(Hons), AMAPS Careers Counsellors Ms Catherine Farrell (2004) BA, Dip Ed, Grad Cert, Cert IV Workplace Trainer & Assessor Careers Support Mrs Anna Hudson (2006) B.App.Sci (Human Movement), Grad.Dip.Ed (Sec), Grad.Cert. (RE), Grad.Cert.(Careers Education) LEARNING ENHANCEMENT COORDINATOR Mr Vincent Brown (1999) B.Sc., B.Sc.(Hons), Post Grad. Dip. Aud., Post Grad. Dip. Ed. LITERACY COORDINATOR Ms Michelle Sweeney (2005) B. Ed (Pri/Sec), B. Arts (Lit) CHAPLAINCY AND LITURGY COORDINATOR Mr John Harmon (2008) BSc. BTheol, MstrTheol.Stds, Grad.Dip.Counselling

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College Leadership PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Mrs Margot Davies (2002) B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Curr, M.Ed.(Literacy) SPORT COORDINATOR Mr Bryson Milverton (1992) B.Bus., Grad.Dip.Ed STUDENT LEADERSHIP COORDINATOR - SENIOR Mr Simon Cahir (2002) Dip.T., Grad.Dip.Graph.Comm., Grad.Dip.Stud.Welfare STUDENT LEADERSHIP COORDINATOR - MIDDLE YEARS Mrs Monika Ercoli (2002) B.A (Arts).,B.A (Ed)., Grad Dip (R.E)., M.A (Ed).,Dipl Bus(HR. Practice).,Cert IV Training and Assessment.

VCAL COORDINATOR, AD ALTA COORDINATOR Mr Tom Trupkovic (2004) BA (Architecture) GradDipEd GradCert RE VET COORDINATOR Ms Catherine Farrell (2004) B.A, Dip Ed, Grad Cert, Cert IV Workplace Trainer & Assessor TEACHING STAFF Mrs Leanne Adams (2007) B.Arts. (Applied Art), B.Teach.Prim/Sec Ms Michelle Anderson (2009) B.Biol.Sci., Grad.Dip.Env.Sci, Grad.Dip.Ed(Applied Learning), Cert.IV Training and Assessment Mrs Prue Beaton (2004) B.Ed. Mrs Josie Bertuna (1982) B.Comm.Dip.Ed. Miss Michelle Bishop (2007) B.A., Grad. Dip. Sec.Teach.

Ms Joanne Board (2004) B.Sc., B.Ed.(Pri/Sec) Mr David Breheny (1985) Dip.T. Mr Richard Brodrick (1999), B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., M.Ed.(Mathematics) Mr Craig Browne (2008) Mr Peter Canaway Mr Ross Cameron (2007) B.Sc. (Hons), Dip. Ed. Mr Lukas Capicchiano (2001) B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Ed. Mr Steve Catanzariti (1998) B.Ed Visual Arts Ms Felicity Clarke (2009) Mrs Anne Condon (1998) B.Ed.Vis.Arts, Grad.Dip.RE. Ms Claire Connell (2009) B.Sci.Dip.Ed(Secondary), Cert.RE Mrs Monique Connell (2008) Grad.Dip.Ed. Miss Coby Cunningham (2009) B.Ed.(Physical Education) Mr Christopher Conroy (2002) B.Eco., Dip.Ed. Mrs Emma Cuthill (2007) B.App Sci (Health Sciences), Dip Ed Mr Michael Davies (2002) Dip.Tech.Teach Mr Frank De Rosso (1985) Dip.Arts(Music) Grad.Dip.RE., Grad.Dip.Ed Ms Kylie Di Santo Mr Sandro Di Santo (2001) B.A. Dip.Ed. Grad Cert. in RE Ms Cheryl Dober Mrs Kerry Drever (2005) B.Mus., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Hum.Studies Mrs Kate Erlenbursch (2008) Mrs Anna Fazio (2004) B.A., Dip. Ed. Ms Caterina Giacomazzo (2009) B.A, Post.Grad.Dip.Ed Mr Kamil Gomularz (1997) B.App.Sc., Dip.Ed. Mrs Laura Gordon (2004) B Arts, B Teaching.

Mrs Rebecca Grant (1999) B.A., Dip.Ed., Cert.R.E. Mrs Gemma Gray (2002) Dip.T., B.Ed. Mr Damian Harrington (2009) B.Tech.(Enviro), Grad.Dip.Ed(Sec), Grad.Cert.RE Mr Kenny Ho (2006) B.A., Post Grad. Dip Ed. Mr Cameron Hocking (2005) B. Arts, B.Teaching Mr Jonathan Holt (2002) B. Ed Mrs Kirstin Hood (2001) B.Ed. Mr Ashley Humphries (1999) B.Ed. Ms Leah Irving (2007) BA, Grad Dip Ed (Applied Learning) Ms Katherine Jenkins (2001) B.A. (Hons), Dip.Ed. Mr Nicholas Jones (2004) B.App.Sci (Human Movement) Grad.Dip.Ed(Sec) 6

Mr Simon Jovic (1990) B. Sci. Ed Mr John Jurica (2007) B Sc., Grad Dip (Education)., Grad Dip (Computing).

Ms Rosemary Lowes (2000) DipT(Science), Grad.Dip.Ed. (Maths), CertCounselling, Grad.Dip.Soc.Science (Psychotherapy/Family Therapy), Registered VAFT. Ms Rowena McRae (2007) B.Ed (Physical Education) Ms Annalea McCurry (2001) B.A., Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Cert.R.E., M.Edu Mrs Julie McDonald, (2008), B.A.Ed.(Home Eco/Textiles) Mrs Sally McInnes (1986) B.Sc. Mr Colin McKechnie (2001) B.Eng., Grad.Dip.Comp., Grad.Dip.Env.Mgt., Dip.Ed. Ms Janine McLean (1999) Dip.T.(Prim), Dip.Dram.Arts Mr Paul Melis (1999) B.A., Dip.Ed. Ms Trish Merrett (1999) B.Ed., Post Grad Dip T.E.S.O.L. Mrs Vicki Mills (2006) Dip.T., Grad.Dip.(Ed.Studies) Mr John Mitchell (2007) B. Management, B. App. Sc, G.D Teaching Mr James Moloney (1989) B. App. Sc., Dip. Ed. Mr John Monagle (1990) Dip.T., B.Ed. Mr Adam Noble (2003) B.App.Sc., Grad.Dip.Bus., Grad.Dip.Ed. Ms Erin Norman (2009) B.A, H.Hist., Post Grad.Dip.Ed Mr Jason O’Connell (1996) B. App. Sci., Grad. DipEd (Sec), GradCert RE Mr Peter O’Connor (2002) B.A. Grad.Dip.Ed. Mrs Kylie Pretty (1999) Grad.Dip.Ed., Grad.Dip.Stud.Welfare, M.Ed.(Spec.Ed) Ms Natalie Rodgers (2009) BA, GradDipEd Mr John Schlank (2006) BA, GradDipEd Ms Rebecca Spark (2002) B.A., B.A.Teaching.

Mrs Teresa Taranto (1982) B.A. Dip Ed. Ms Susanne Walsh (2007) B.Ed. Mr Darryl Wedding (1995) B.Ed Mr John Wilcox (1996) B.Ed Mrs Tania Willard (2000) B. Sci. Ed., Cert of RE Mrs Claire Wrigley (2000) B.Ed (PE) Grad.Dip (RE) Ms Katie Xiaofang Luo Stewart (2009) Dip.IT (software), B.Ed. Mr Wei Zhang (1997) B.A., Dip.Ed. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF Laboratory Technicians Ms Rebecca Leibhardt (2000) Ass.Dip.App.Biol Mrs Mary-anne Anderson (2007) Assc.Dip.App.Sci Food Technology Assistant Mrs Maree Blomeley (2000) Educational Support Teachers Mrs Kylie Pretty (1999) Integration Aides Ms Carolyn Dodds (2006) Mrs Josie Grasso (1999) Cert. Integration, Cert.IV Disabilities Mrs Leonie Hart (1999) Ms Donna Holman (2009) Mrs Ag McKenna (2009) Mrs Lisa Maher (2009) Cert.III in Integration Mrs Angie Wilson (2008) Wood Work Tutor Mr Chris Gleeson (2001) Wood Work Assistant Mr Mark Hagebols (2008) BR P A RAHILL RESOURCE CENTRE Library Manager Mr Paul Devine (2004) B.A., Grad.Dip.Lib, Dip.Ed A/V Technician Mr Fraser Baker (2007) Dip. of AV Technology Library Technicians Mrs Helen Brislane (1992) B.Soc.Sci., ALIA, Cert.Past.Min(Lib) Mrs Helen Perry (2005) Ass. Dip. Of Social Science (Library and information studies). Cert. of App. Social Science (Library Technician) Mrs Heather Stapleton (2003), Dip.Lib&Info

College Leadership INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of ICT/Website Manager Mr Chris Valmadre (1991) B.Sc., Dip.Ed., M.Ed., Grad.Cert.L.T. Database Manager Mr Shane Dawson (1995) B. Sc Dip. Ed. Computer Service Manager Mr Andrew Loughnan (2000) MCP Computer Technicians Mr Andrew Taylor (2006) Mr Timothy Wasylewski (2007) PETER CHANEL CENTRE FOR MUSIC Music Performance Coordinator Mrs Maureen Zampatti (1996) Grad Dip Ed Director of Music Ms Amy Wert (1996) M.M.(Performance), B.Ed Music (Sec), A. Mus. A. (clarinet) Music Support:/Accompanist Mr John Shawcross (2003) B.Mus (Hons), Adv. Dip Mus Band Assistants Mr John Adams (2005) Mr Daniel Ballinger (2009) Music Staff Mr Frank De Rosso (1985) Dip Arts (Music), Grad Dip Ed Mr Michael Wilding (2007) BMus, LMusA, AMusA, Dip Ed Mrs Angela Gionis (2008) B.Ed(Music) Grad Cert RE Instrumental Music Teachers Mr John Adams Low Brass Trumpet/Low Brass Mr Stewart Armitage Mr Zoran Bilogrevic Guitar Mr David Cottingham Guitar Ms Jane Coghill Flute Ms Hayley Jones-Buckley Bass Guitar Mr Tim McCallum Vocal Ms Lyndal Rowlands Cello Ms Fay Silva Oboe/Bassoon Mr Gareth Thomson Percussion Mr Michael Wilding Saxophone/Clarinet Mr James Hunt Piano Mr John Shawcross Piano Mrs Kae Sullivan Piano Mr Chris Wheelwright Piano ADMINISTRATION STAFF Business Manager Mr Terry Fowler (2008) B.Bus.(Accounting) Principal’s Personal Assistant Mrs Maureen Bryant (1993) Deputies’ Assistant Mrs Rhonda Forbes (1998) Office Manager Mrs Debbie Pisarskis (2000) Accountant Mr Gerrard Parry (2009) CPA, Dip BS, Registrar Mrs Janet Sgambaro (2001) Payroll Officer Mrs Helen Connolly (1994) Publications Officer & Development Assistant Ms Lauren Salcombe (2009) Dip. Arts (Graphic Arts) Fees Officer/Bus Coord Mrs Zara Walter (2005)

Reception Mrs Holly McIntosh (2000) Miss Katerina Kirkovski (2008) Miss Railee Wells (2008) VCE Assistant/VASS Administrator Mrs Libby Moorfoot (1998) Careers Assistant Mrs Kirsty Maselli (2004) Mrs Adel Mawson (2001) PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE STAFF Property Manager Mr Russell Zampatti (1970) Assistant Property Manager Mr Mark Flanders (1998) Grounds and Maintenance Mr Peter Leorke (2004) Mr Damian Moynihan (1976) Mr Trevor Pearce (2001) CANTEEN STAFF Manager Mrs Jenny Parrot (2008) Assistant Mrs Jane Clarke (2005) JOSEPHINES President Mrs Kate Parke Secretary Mrs Maureen Bryant THE HERITAGE CENTRE Chair Mr Peter Cannon Archivist Mr Glen Turnbull Dip.Bus (Record Keeping), Dip.App.Sci(Technology) MEN’S ASSOCIATION Team Captains Mr Vic Kent, Mr Pierre Belluzzo, Mr Danny Sheedy, Mr Phillip Biscombe Secretary/Treasurer Mr Russell Zampatti OLD COLLEGIANS ASSOCIATION President Mr Peter Madden Vice Presidents Dr Joe Virgona and Mr Chris Nicholls Treasurer Mr David McCusker PARENTS & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION Co Presidents Mrs Louise King and Mrs Lilly Colak Secretary Ms Elizabeth Mitchell Treasurer Mr Paul Fagan

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Staff 2009

Leanne Adams

Mary-Ann Anderson

Michael Anderson

Paul Tobias

Claire Brown

Paul Clohesy

Michelle Anderson

Fraser Baker

Phillip Bates

Michelle Bishop

Rob Blackley

Maree Blomely

Simon Cahir

Ross Cameron

Peter Canaway

Claire Connell

Monique Connell

Helen Connolly

Chris Conroy

Frank De Rosso

Paul Devine

Kylie Di Santo

Sandro Di Santo

Cheryl Dober

Anna Fazio

Mark Flanders

Rhonda Forbes

David Formosa

Rebecca Grant

Josie Grasso

Gemma Gray

Cameron Hocking

Donna Holman

Jonathan Holt

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Joanne Board

David Breheny

Prue Beaton

Linda Bentley

Josie Bertuna

Helen Brislane

Ric Brodrick

Vin Brown

Craig Browne

Maureen Bryant

Anthony Chapman

Joanne Chappell

Felicity Clarke

Jane Clarke

Anne Condon

Emma Cuthill

Margot Davies

Michael Davies

Shane Dawson

Carolyn Dodds

Kerry Drever

Monika Ercoli

Kate Erlenbusch

Catherine Farrell

Terry Fowler

Caterina Giacomazzo

Angela Gionis

Chris Gleeson

Kamil Gomularz

Laura Gordon

Mark Hagebols

John Harmon

Damian Harrington

Jo Hart

Leonie Hart

Kenny Ho

Andrew Hobbs

Kirsten Hood

Paul Hood

Anna Hudson

Ashley Humphries

Leah Irving

Katherine Jenkins

Lukas Steve Capicchiano Catanzariti

Cassandra Coby Coogan Cunningham

Nicholas Jones

Staff 2009

Simon Jovic

Jack Jurica

Helen Kean

Katerina Kirkovski

Rebecca Leibhardt

Peter Leorke

Andrew Loughnan

Rosemary Lowes

Louise Madden

Lisa Maher

Peter Malone

Adel Mawson

Danny Maltese

Kirsty Maselli

Annalea McCurry

Julie McDonald

Sally McInnes

Holly McIntosh

Colin McKechnie

Ag McKenna

Janine McLean

Rowena McRae

Renee Meadows

Paul Melis

Trish Merrett

Vicki Mills

Bryson Milverton

John Mitchell

James Moloney

John Monagle

Libby Moorfoot

Terri Moyle

Damian Moynihan

Brendan Nicholls

Adam Noble

Erin Norman

Jason O’Connell

Peter O’Connor

Sena Palmer

Jennifer Parrot

Gerard Parry

Trevor Pearce

Helen Perry

Ashwin Pillai

Debbie Pisarskis

Kylie Pretty

Natalie Rodgers

Lauren Salcombe

John Schlank

Janet Sgambaro

David Shalders

John Shawcross

Rebecca Spark

Heather Stapleton

Katie Stewart

Michelle Sweeney

Teresa Taranto

Andy Taylor

Simon Taylor

Michael Timms

George Tomadin

Tom Trupkovic

Mark Turner

Chris Valmadre

Suzanne Walsh

Zara Walter

Tim Wasylewski

Darryl Wedding

Railee Wells

Amy Wert

John Wilcox

Michael Wilding

Tania Willard

Angela Wilson

Claire Wrigley

Michael Wrigley

Maureen Zampatti

Russell Zampatti

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SJC Births and Marriages Congratulations....

Lukas Capicchiano (staff member) and Bianca on the arrival of baby Max, precious little brother for Noah.

John Schlank (staff member) and Denice on the birth of their beautiful baby boy, William.

Kelly Jenkins (staff member) and her husband Jon Salmon on the arrival of their twin boys, Kingston Henry Keith Salmon and Hunter Armstrong Blake Salmon, little brothers for Harrison and Jediah.

Laura Gordon (staff member) and husband Andrew on the birth of their first child, beautiful baby boy Darby Jack Gordon.

Kirsty Maselli (staff member) and her husband, Joe on the birth of their beautiful baby girl, Olivia Grace, little sister for Madison.

Robbie Moloney (staff member) and her husband Andrew

Cox on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Elizabeth (Beth), precious little sister for Sam. Leesa Stringer (staff member) on the birth of her beautiful baby girl.

Steve Catanzariti (staff member) and his wife Linda on the birth of their precious baby Archie.

Kate Erlenbusch (staff member) and her partner Troy on the birth of their first child, beautiful baby Archie.

Michael Timms (staff member) and Tanja Dunat on the celebration of their marriage on Saturday 7 March.

Ashwin Pillai (staff member) and Lucinda Crossley on their marriage on 19 September at St Joseph’s Chapel.

Claire Connell (staff member) and Jeremy O’Brien on their marriage in September at the St Joseph’s Chapel.

Staff Farewells Karen Brodie

Karen commenced at SJC in 2006 as the Foundation Assistant. Karen’s skills and talent with desktop publishing were an asset and were further utilized when she moved into the Publication Coordinator’s role. Karen had a flair for design and her personality and great nature helped to develop this important role at SJC. We wish Karen success with her window furnishing and design business.

Jane Toohey Jane worked as assistant in the Development Office.

Her easy going nature and sense of humour gave her a wonderful rapport with staff. Efficient, helpful and well organised, her attention to detail meant that work often took her beyond the call of duty. Jane established excellent links with associated College groups and gave her time to help them. Jane will be missed and we wish her the very best with her future.

Janine Robertson Janine joined the College in 2009 and was responsible for managing the library’s subscription services and video collection. Janine provided curriculum support to teaching staff. She was keen to expand and promote library services and disseminate information about new resources. Janine developed the periodical collection and extended coverage of online databases for the benefit of students and staff. We wish her well in her new position.

Tomas Harriott

Commencing at SJC in the new position of Accountant in 2007, Tom had just finished his Commerce degree and was part owner of a small business. This experience was invaluable to the College and Tom soon settled in as a valued member of the Administration team. Tom left the College in 2009 to take up the position of Business Manager at Clonard College. We wish him well with this advancement in his career.

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At the conclusion of this year we will also say farewell to:

Donna Holman

Donna Joined the Student Support Services team this year, bringing with her a range of knowledge to aid students with disabilities and learning difficulties.

Donna worked with Year 7 boys thouroughly enjoying spending time on the Year 7 camp. We wish Donna well for the future as she embarks on another path of her career.

Ag McKenna

Ag joined the Education Support Team this year, assisting students from Year 7 to become independant learners in English, Math, Science and SOSE along with Year 8 students in Maths and Science. Ag’s diligent apporach to her duties was evident.

Ag has enjoyed working with such a dedicated supportive team of Integration Aides at SJC, she will be returning to the department of Education in 2010.

Monique Connell

Monique joined the PE and RE teams in 2008. She has introduced a number of sports to the boys at SJC, namely, ultimate Frisbee and water polo.

Monique shared her passion for faith development through her contribution to our renewal program and World Youth Day. We wish her all the best for the future.

Thank you also to those who have filled temporary positions within the College throughout the year, your hard work was much appreciated and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

St Joseph’s College Foundation Inc (est 1995) St Joseph’s College has grown to become an outstanding Catholic Institution for boys in the Geelong region.

Its growth highlights the school’s ability to deliver exceptional affordable Catholic education. The astute leadership of the principal, Paul Tobias, and the professionalism of the staff all contribute to the school’s success.

I am continually amazed at the wonderful facilities St Joseph’s offers its students. The Foundation which provides support for the College in a number of ways has been able to raise over $2million in support for the school, contributing to the growth and acquisition of better facilities.

The Foundation began a Capital Appeal in 2008, looking to raise $500,000 for the redevelopment of the Br OS Adams Centre, a much needed multipurpose facility. To date we have raised over $300,000 with the hope that we can reach our target before the end of 2010. We are encouraging all families who are yet to contribute to this appeal, to consider purchasing a seat in the new facility.

As President of the Foundation I am fortunate not only to be a part of a worthwhile group, but to have worked alongside some wonderful people for a common cause.

I was delighted to welcome David Formosa to the

position of Development Manager. He has a superb understanding of this job and he demonstrates a positive attitude toward its high achievements and expectations.

To Vice-chair Peter Rudd and other committee members Chris Holien, Rob Threlfall, Jerry Raveane and Joe Virgona, for their continued support and donation of time thank you. It is a pleasure to work with such enthusiasm for a worthy cause.

I offer my thanks and appreciation to Todd Devine who has stepped down from his position on the Foundation Committee. Todd has provided the Foundation with a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm towards our cause, in particular his work on the Myers Street property and the First Stage of the Capital Appeal. We wish Todd all the best with Kids Plus who no doubt recognise what a talented individual he is.

Finally the Foundation, not unlike the school, wishes to grow and develop so as to continue to provide support for the education of Catholic boys both now and well into the future.

Kevin Costa Chairman of the Foundation

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Parents and Friends Association The title Parents and Friends truly sums up our involvement with this wonderful group of people in 2009.

Not only are they parents of students at St Joseph’s College, they are now friends. As Parents and Friends we have been able to organise wonderful events on behalf of the College, which in turn have raised valuable funds that are used to improve facilities and programs for our sons.

There were many highlights throughout the year, however the most significant highlight was having the opportunity to regularly meet with the group, and work together with a dynamic team of volunteers.

It was a busy year for the Parents and Friends planning and organising events for the 2009 calendar. These included The Season Kick Off Auction Night (March), The Fashion Event (June), Mini Fair (September) and the Art Expo (October). Each event requiring a fresh set of ideas and skills from a very committed group.

The success of these events in our mind is the enjoyment factor of each. From our perspective each of these events were thoroughly enjoyable. This was also reflected in our attendance figures and fundraising efforts.

In 2009 the Parents and Friends were able to provide the College with $15,000 towards the redevelopment of the

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Br OS Adams Centre. $12,000 in funds for the Edmund Rice Foundation which will assist our schools at Ruben, Nairobi and Edmund Rice Sinon, Arusha. Finally $10,000 towards the development of half basketball courts and beach volleyball courts as well as further landscaping and seating.

The Parents and Friends would to thank all of the families and local businesses who supported these events throughout the year. Their contributions are much appreciated.

None of the above could be possible without a wonderful group of dedicated parents, both present and past. We wish to thank all of the people who volunteered their expertise and time in making all of these events highly successful.

Finally the Parents and Friends wish to thank the students, staff and the College administration for their support of our group. We look forward to working closely with them once again in 2010.

Louise King & Lilly Colak Parents & Friends Co-Presidents

Old Collegians Association Success can be measured in so many ways, yet for the Old Collegians success is based on participation and enthusiasm.With this mind, 2009 was a highly successful year for the SJOCA. The past year has seen some very successful events, raising a significant amount of funds, which are added to the Bursary Fund and also raising the profile of the Association in the community. This is due to the hard work of the elected committee who have been so diligent in working for SJOCA. The committee which was elected at the 2008 AGM was:Vice Presidents - Joe Virgona & Chris Nicholls, Treasurer - David McCusker, Secretary – David Formosa and Committee – Dean Bushell, Roger Hardwick, Justin O’Brien, Sam O’Dwyer, Andrew Scaddan, John Shawcross and Greg Thompson.

The Annual Golf Day at 13th Beach Golf Course was once again an outstanding success thanks to the work carried out by the organising committee. This committee, made up of David Bowles, Tony Harris, John Fitzgerald, Justin O’Brien and Joe Virgona, do a great job encouraging sponsors for the day. The result of this is that the funds raised provide bursaries for needy families of boys wishing to attend SJC. The whole committee get involved in the day, arriving well before daylight to help set up, organize show bags and ensure everything is in place for a successful day. The 2009 Golf Day raised in excess of $15,000 a fantastic effort!

The reunion of the 2008 VCE class was once again held at the Barry McFarlane pavilion. Approximately 80 new “Old Collegians” helped to consume 30 large pizzas while mingling with several of the staff. This event is a great opportunity for staff and ex students to get together and talk about how they fared with their VCE results and what plans were in place for the year ahead.

The Annual Reunion was held at Lamby’s on the last Saturday in May. This event targets the various years in five-year groups from the mid sixties up to the present.

The 2009 reunion was our most successful yet, with over 300 Old Collegians getting together to reminisce about old school days.

The annual Mass for deceased Old Collegians, staff and benefactors of SJC is an occasion to remember those associated with the College who have died. This year’s mass was attended by approximately 40 people, all of whom see it as wonderful opportunity to remember those that have passed away and to catch up with old friends. Thanks to Damian Moynihan for organising this event each year and the staff in the Development Office for their support.

I extend my congratulations to Paul Tobias for his leadership of the College. Under his direction the Management Team continues to move SJC in a positive direction. The school’s growth and development is a testament to the hard work of all involved.

David Formosa has taken over the reins of Development Manager at SJC and he, together with Lauren Salcombe, are doing a fantastic job of managing the College end of SJOCA activities. I wish to extend my thanks to Jane Toohey who finished up in August this year. Her support to the Old Collegians Association was invaluable.

I feel confident that with the continued support of St Joseph’s College and the dedication of individual committee members, that the SJOCA will continue to grow and be of assistance to St Joseph’s well into the future. Thank you, Peter Madden President History Now Recorded...

1969 Open Swimming Champion – Greg McHenry with current staff member David Breheny finishing a close second. Not recorded at the time of publication of the 1969 edition of Virtus.

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Josephines Our Josephines’ Group has grown throughout this year.

Mum’s of past students, staff members, along with friends throughout the wider Geelong community, have gathered on two occasions to keep in touch with one another, share memories of their son’s time at St Joseph’s and support the Educational Support Program at the College.

At our first gathering in March, held in the College Pavilion, with approximately 54 attended and the evening was buzzing with chatter. Ladies had an opportunity to share their news since we last met. There were a number of proud grandparents reporting on babies born, news of sons travelling or getting married and sharing of special events in our lives. A delicious meal was prepared and served by Capri Catering. All present enjoyed themselves and many were still chatting late into the night.

Our second gathering was in September when 55 ladies went a bus trip to Kilgour Winery and Restaurant on the Bellarine Peninsula. We met at the College Pavilion and after a glass of champagne and nibbles, the group set off. The restaurant among the vines, is a beautiful setting overlooking the bay and the You Yangs. Whilst awaiting our meals friends caught up and enjoyed tasting the Kilgour wines. The group settled in and found it hard to leave in time to return to the College by 3.30 pm.

Through running these functions and with the generous donations of members unable to attend, but sent in donations, we raised $1470 for the St Joseph’s College Educational Support Program. Mark Turner, Educational Support Coordinator, advised that the money has helped support the ‘Riding for the Disabled Program’ which enables three of our most vulnerable students to attend horse riding on a fortnightly basis throughout the year.

We were also able to purchase support material for

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Student Services including DS consoles and educational games. The remaining amount will help set up the new relocated Student Educational Support Centre ready for 2010.

Mark expressed his deep appreciation of this tangible assistance given to our College students who most need help and specialised equipment. Paul Tobias, Principal and Claire Brown, Deputy Principal also commended the Josephines on keeping the spirit of Edmund Rice alive in our community through reaching out to others.

We were thrilled to introduce and welcome College Development Manager, David Formosa, to our Josephines group. David was able to join us for both the dinner and luncheon. He has a new assistant, Lauren Salcombe, who commenced during the year. We work closely with David and Lauren and thank them for helping organise our gatherings and preparing letters and flyers for our mail outs.

In closing, we thank all who have been a part of our Josephines’ in 2009 and we look forward to many more of you joining our group in 2010. To those who are unwell in our community, our hearts go out to you and we hope and pray that you will improve a little with each day and have the strength to cope at difficult times. We wish you all a very joyous and peaceful Christmas and New Year Season. May the true spirit of Christmas fill your hearts with love.

Maureen Bryant, Kate Parke and Jane Rodgers, Coordinators

The Men’s Association The year started well with 31 new members joining one of our four working bee teams. With the drought and dry weather continuing our top priority was to continue watering the trees around the grounds, ovals and quadrangles.

Mowing lawns, surrounds of the Ovals, cleaning of quadrangles, pathways, lockers and stairwells was a regular Sunday activity. A special working bee was orgainsed to remove furniture from the staffroom as a pipe had burst under the sink and flooded the room and two adjoining office areas.

A major project undertaken by the men was the construction of a new set of steps down to Carey Oval on the north side leading down from Aphrasia Street Oval. Each team was involved over a period of about 12 weeks.

The Art Show was a major event for the College and Team Three was involved in the set up and pack up of the art show stalls throughout the Performing Arts Centre,

and F block classrooms. Throughout the year the men also assisted with a range of activities associated with numerous College events.

I would like to thank all the Team Captains, Phil Biscombe Team Number 1, Pierre Bulluzzo Team Number 2, Danny Sheedy Team Number 3 and Vic Kent Team Number 4, for their fine leadership this year.

Thank you to the members of each team for their contribution throughout the year. Their efforts save the College a considerable amount of money each year.

One of the great things about the Men’s Association is that about a third of the members have not had children at the College for many years and yet they still come regularly. You can still be an active member of the team when your boy or boys finish at the College.

Russ Zampatti Property Manager

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Archives & Heritage Centre The Heritage Centre has been operating from the former Newtown municipality library building on Shannon Avenue for about two years now.

Volunteer input this year has been down but the SJC newspaper article collection as well as all the College publications (Virtus, Ad Alta, etc) and much of the photograph collection have all been rehoused in acid free environments to ensure a longer life span. All photographs up until the 1970s have been catalogued and scanned. Details of these photographs have been catalogued on to industry-standard software called Inmagic DBTextWorks and are searchable by year, name or event. Much more archive material needs rehousing to avoid the damage that old plastic and metal can so easily cause.

The 1930s and 1940s formal group photographs that were framed and under glass in the main administration corridor have been removed from their frames as moisture was starting to build up under the glass, potentially causing permanent damage. These original photographs, the only copies the College had, have also been catalogued, scanned and placed into acid free albums. Digital copies of these photographs are available to anyone interested.

The Heritage Centre was an important stopping point during the Edmund Rice School Principals’ Conference, hosted by St Joseph’s College this year.Visiting Principals were impressed with the work undertaken at the Heritage Centre and all left wondering how to improve their own College archives. A SJC Heritage Centre

promotional brochure was especially prepared for the occasion.

I have represented SJC archives at regular Australian Society of Archivists meetings throughout the year. That group meets once a term at different schools around the state. Next year, I will be hosting one of these meetings at Sacred Heart College. I have also enjoyed a second term on the Council of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, who are celebrating their centenary this year.

This year, I have also been researching and co-authoring the history of Sacred Heart College, long standing SJC partner school. That resulting publication, “Mercy Girls”, will be released in time for Sacred Heart’s 150th anniversary celebrations on 18 April 2010. I know I am biased, but the publication will be a valuable addition to anyone’s bookshelf!

The SJC Heritage Centre is a worthwhile visit for any former and current student or staff member. Please contact me via the College reception to arrange your visit. Donations of SJC memorabilia, particularly photographs, are greatly encouraged.

Glen Turnbull College Archivist Interested in discovering the history of St Joseph’s College Geelong? The book ‘The Boys on Newtown Hill’ is available to purchase from the College.

View of College buildings from Zampatti Oval 1950s

Tennis group 1957 including Peter Cannon (third from right) Boarders’ formal dinner 1957

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Group of SJC boys at the original front gates 1953

Archivist Glenn Turnbull in the Heritage Centre Br Malony supervising the gardening (now Zampatti oval) 1950s

Building Works June 2009 - From This.....

The St Joseph’s College Foundation Committee would like to take this opportunity to update you on the progress of construction on the Br OS Adams Centre currently taking place.

The redevelopment is well under way.

Construction of the new facility began in June and has been progressing steadily since that time. Builders are currently finishing off steel framing, installing windows and beginning the internal walls and ceilings of the Wellness Centre.

Upon completion, the Br OS Adams Centre, elevated above Carey Oval, will be

..To This - December 2009

transformed into a multi-level, multi-purpose facility.

The Building will provide an extensive Health and Physical Education area incorporating two full sized basketball courts and stadium seating for 680 people.

The re-development will provide the College with a multi-purpose area which will not only be used for Health and Physical Education, but for full College assemblies, College masses, ceremonies and other formal gatherings for the entire College.

The facility is much needed as we currently do not have the capacity to gather as one,

indoors. The Foundation is seeking the support of every member of the College community to help raise $500,000 towards the total cost, budgeted at $4 million.

Many thanks to those who have contributed to the Capital Appeal. Every act of support cultivates a culture of giving that endorses future plans for the College in very tangible ways.

Kevin Costa - Chairman of the Foundation

A crane has now arrived on site to help with the heavy lifting required to move the new concrete support pylons in place.

Support girders line the floor, ready to be put in place

The frame has begun construction - giving a good indication of the finished size of the centre

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The Wellness Centre begins to take shape

Framework within the Wellness Centre

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College Captain Report Like most outgoing Captains, I’m amazed at how quickly this year has gone. It feels like just last week that I was writing my speech as the incoming Captain. In that speech, I made the point that the 2008 leadership team had left very large shoes to fill. We certainly had a challenge, however, I had great confidence that the 2009 team would come through with amazing results. The extent of their success, I could never have foreseen. The 2009 leadership team has had some very significant achievements.

To begin with there were the Swimming and Athletics days.

Edmund Rice Day was a huge success with record funds raised. This year the Social Justice Team has really picked up and we saw plenty of social justice in action. Greater than ever numbers worked in the Soup Kitchen, on Edmund Rice camps and in refugee tutoring, which this year was taken to a whole new level. Other successful fundraisers included Daffodil Day and the 40 Hour Famine. A new College record was set for the World’s Greatest Shave and for donating blood this year.

The environment is a hot topic in the broader Australian community and here at St Joseph’s the Environmental Action Team has organised a number of events. Last, but by no means least, has been the formation of CLOGS. CLOGS stands for Catholic Leaders Of Geelong Schools. In the past, we have had what was known as the ‘Trischools’ which included St Joseph’s, Sacred Heart and Clonard. This year, at St Joseph’s initiative, the group grew from three to four schools with

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the inclusion of St Ignatius College.

As a group, CLOGS had some setbacks but we also achieved much in a short time. We held a Year 7 and 8 Bush dance raising over $1000 for ‘Opening the Doors’, we’ve taken responsibility for the Christ Church Soup Kitchen in town and organised a March Against Violence through the CBD of Geelong. This saw 1500 students break the silence in an effort to stop the growing violence in Geelong. The march was a huge success and drew positive attention to our schools in the broader community. I take this opportunity to thank Kerry Ryan and Kristen Rowan from St Mary’s Deanery for their help with this event.

So congratulations to the 2009 leadership team on having such a productive and successful year!

Thank you to my family, also to my teachers, especially Mr Jurica, for your down to earth, insightful understanding and also to Mr Wrigley who, as Year 12 Coordinator, has given us amazing support. Of course, I must thank Mr Simon Cahir, our Student Leadership Coordinator, for the many chats, many of them very long chats, throughout the year!

On behalf of the leaders I thank you for the hundreds of hours you’ve put into supporting and developing student leadership with us and for the College. My last thank you is to the two Deputy Captains, Hoppy and Michael. Who could have asked for two better deputies? We started this journey a year ago today and here we end it still together. We’ve crossed every bridge as a team. Thank you both very much for making me look better than I really am!

But that’s 2009. Looking ahead to the 2010 leadership team, I am confident that student leadership is in excellent hands. Congratulations to the newly elected leaders, particularly Darcy and Tom, a fantastic duo as CoCollege Captains and to Deputy Captain, Peter Mileto. I see big and exciting things to come.

It’s a tradition for the outgoing Captain to give some advice to the incoming Captain. Mine is from the great Mahatma Gandhi and it is simply this: “Be the change you would like to see in the world”. I love this quote because it stresses the need for leaders to be themselves and strive for positive change in their community. As I hand over the mantle of leadership, I wish to say that it has been an honour to be the Captain of St Joseph’s College. I take with me many precious memories of wonderful times and wonderful people. Thank you.

Robert McKelvie College Captain 2009

Archbishop Hart Visit Archbishop Denis Hart from St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne was our guest of honour for the investiture of student leaders on 21 October. It has been some 25 years since the College last had a visit from the Archbishop of Melbourne which occurred when Archbishop Frank Little came to open the Brother OS Adams Centre. His Grace spoke with the students about the importance of leadership within the world of the 21st Century.

Student Leaders Student Leadership 2009

“Always do what you are afraid to do” - Ralph Waldo Emmerson The ‘March to Stop the Violence’ was to help highlight what the students believed was an escalation of violence in our streets.

For a group of young 17/18 year olds to decide to bring the City of Greater Geelong to a stand still represents attempting to do the impossible. They completed the task with dignity and composure.

The students combined with Catholic Schools of Geelong under the acronym CLOGS (Catholic Leaders Of Geelong Schools). We met every week to plan this event, amongst other activities. This was part of the students’ leadership responsibilities both at school and in the larger community, a huge commitment when one also considers their academic demands.

The march was conducted on a sunny day in September with approximately 2000 students and community members. Starting at St Mary’s Basilica after a stirring talk from Fr Kevin Dillon, they then marched respectfully, wearing orange bandanas, through the streets of Geelong with a police escort to Johnstone Park. Community representatives and police talked about what our march represented. The event was conducted professionally, showing what an inspiration our leaders are. The Premier of Victoria personally invited the students to his offices for an interview. The local media including radio, television and newspaper all reported the event in a positive light.

Our leadership camp was unfortunately cancelled this year due to the shocking Victorian bushfires, we had a leadership day instead, which proved equally successful. In response to the bushfire appeal, students and staff were able to raise a substantial amount of money to send to the victims’ aid.

These activities illustrate what a dedicated team of young men our College has fostered. They are a credit to themselves and are encouraged by their families, friends and school to become great leaders. Their commitment in all areas was second to none.

This year’s new and exciting CLOGS has shown what the Catholic students can do! Leaders also organised a Bush Dance for Year 7 students, raising money for the Open Door Foundation. The annual ‘Show Off’ was bigger and better than ever, raising funds for charity. After a visit to East Timor, where I met many wonderful people and organizations, we have since allocated the TRI UMPH monies to Caritas in Dili, the Christian Brothers in Railaco and the Geelong Friendship Schools in Viqueque.

A special mention must be made of the College Leaders, Robert McKelvie, the College Captain and the Vice Captains, Sam Hopgood and Michael Sweerts. Through their leadership, exemplary actions and commitment, they have managed to inspire their peers to scale new heights.

The Student Leaders built on previous successes, being active in College life and in the community; Edmund Rice Day, Blood Bank, (winning again!). Then of course, there was The Cage (24 hours cold, and hungry to remind everyone of the refugees’ situation). We again held the Shave for a Cure and the 40 Hour Famine along with many other activities.

Achievements of 2009 Edmund Rice Day is probably the biggest social day at St Joseph’s. We raised in excess of $20,000 for those in need in Kenya and Tanzania and for Edmund Rice Camps for disadvantaged children.

Under the guidance and encouragement of Mr Michael Anderson, the annual Blood Bank challenge was once again hotly contested. This year we had the mobile blood bank booked out at every minute. Thank you to staff, students and parents who helped this great cause.

Athletic carnivals at the College have to be seen to be believed.

The students turn out in house colors with enthusiasm and energy. This is due to the House Captains and their helpers who spend so much effort preparing for the day.

School assemblies are conducted by the senior Student Leaders. The students are attentive throughout; they listen to the leaders and admire them. The school community is entertained with student bands and reports which reflects well on the College. The standard this year was exceptional with professional and entertaining presentations.

There have been a plethora of activities that the leaders have been involved in such as: Anti Cancer Day, Movember, BBQs to help our fellow students in need, visits to past students, EAT Rubbish Free Day, organizing the Year 12 hoodies (using Fair Trade brands), attending Edmund Rice Camps, supporting Rainbow Riders Swim Club, running tennis competitions, helping the Geelong Soup Kitchens, assisting with the ANZAC ceremonies, attending over 30 meetings and many visits to classrooms, attending the middle school leaders’ meetings, Fathers Day breakfast, conducting assemblies and just being positive role models and ready to help at every chance.

Of course, there are many other events that often go unsung.

The leaders of St Joseph’s College all have huge commitments both inside and outside the College, not withstanding the pressure of academic success at VCE. I thank each and every one of them for all their efforts, seen and unseen.

“I can accept failure, but cannot accept not trying” - Michael Jordan I believe this reflects how our Captain and his 2 Vice Captains addressed themselves this year. Nothing was impossible or too great, in fact the only thing that beat them was that the year was too short! Thank you to everyone who supported us in any way.

Simon Cahir Leadership Coordinator

CLOGS students take to the streets of Geelong for the March Against Violence

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Student Leaders Year 10 Leaders The Year 10 Leaders have worked hard this year, meeting weekly to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves. In our first meeting we decided to help support some of the charities within the community. Our first mission was to help Caritas. We raised a substantial amount of money for Project Compassion, well in excess of last year’s total.

On Edmund Rice Day we were involved in providing food stalls such as BBQs, cake stalls and activities throughout the day. The Leaders rallied to sell pins, pens, and wristbands to help support Daffodil Day. We had a hot dog and donut stall, together with an exhibition Chookball competition in the gym. A great day was had by all in support of this worthy cause.

Shave for a Cure was a big success at the school with an amazing number of boys shaving their heads.

Held under the PAC on a cold and windy winter’s day, we admired their courage for participating in this cause.

It certainly reflects the motto of the event, “Be Brave and Shave.”

The Film Festival and Busker’s Day were our two main projects for the year. Both events were held on Mini Fair Day. It took weeks of planning, organising and meetings to finalise the arrangements for the day. Many leaders and boys from year levels took on various responsibilities. The day was a huge accomplishment for all involved. We thank the boys who attended our meetings as unbadged leaders and who contributed significantly to our initiatives.

Many leaders have had the opportunity of attending EREA seminars and workshops and the Kidsview Conference. Jack Mitchell attended Trinity College for two weeks, giving him a great insight into University life, Blake Morrissy and David Cann attending the EREA exchange program. Some leaders represented the College at the East Timor flag raising ceremony and other students were involved in World Challenge preparation for 2010.

2009 was a year full of success. The Year 10 leaders were dedicated and committed to each of the projects they had set out to achieve. 2010 awaits, with many more successful and significant events.

Jacob Carew - Year 10

Buskers’ Day Months of planning and organising for an afternoon of music to raise money turned into Buskers’ Day. The original plan was very uncertain but with the help of Mrs Ercoli we got it off the ground. We set our date and set to work on spreading the word and getting as many people involved as we could. Seven bands were listed in the final line up, on Mini Fair Day. To kick off the afternoon we had Jazz Cazzual, the two sets of musical brothers who certainly got the ball rolling. As the group spat out the most casual grooves of the genre, money boxes circled the school raising funds for our sister school in Africa to supply the students with musical instruments, an asset we take for granted in our society.

As the day progressed, plenty of Daffodil Day great music was shared and generous Daffodil Day was run in conjunction dollars were donated, all of which with a fundraising event for the were greatly appreciated. All of the Andrew Love Cancer Centre and a performers showed a fantastic display Year 8 initiative for the Children’s of the talent our school has to offer, Hospital. The leaders worked hard and Max and I would like to thank the making this day a success. A yellow work of Mrs Ercoli, Mrs Zampatti and theme casual clothes day took place Ms Wert, as the day would have been where a gold coin was donated by a lot more difficult without their help. students. At lunch, yellow donuts and Glen Bird - Year10 hot dogs were sold as leaders walked around the school with trays of donuts encouraging students and staff to buy a few. All Daffodil products were sold and the leadership team did a great job. Sacred Heart, St Ignatius, Clonard College and St Patrick’s Primary School joined in to support cancer research as they also had a yellow themed casual clothes day.

Thumbs up for Edmund Rice Day

Buskers Day on the balconies at Mini Fair

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Student Leaders An Opportunity With Mr John Brumby Premier Of Victoria Prior to the four schools’ March against Violence, representatives from St Joseph’s, Sacred Heart, Clonard and St Ignatius Colleges were invited to meet with Premier John Brumby and local cabinet member, Lisa Neville, at Parliament House, Melbourne on 2 September to discuss the event.

Michael Sweerts and I had the honour of representing St Joseph’s at the meeting. We were joined by Alice Eastman from Clonard, Claire O’Reilly from Sacred Heart and Georgia Cowdry from St Ignatius.

BBQ Fund Raiser for Josh Edwards and Harley Doodae Boys from the senior leaders team held a BBQ to raise some money for current Year 9 student Josh Edwards, and also for Harley Doodae, who left Joeys last year to take up a panel beating apprenticeship.

Josh has been diagnosed with cancer of the pituitary gland and has had to undergo many treatments here and in Melbourne. These procedures are often very expensive and cause a financial burden at an already stressful time. The boys’ aim, with help from the Year 9 leaders, was to remove some of the stress and help Josh on his road to recovery.

2009 SJC Tennis Tournament For the second year running tennis students showed off their skills on the courts in the St Joseph’s College Tennis Tournament. Participants were separated into 3 groups; Junior, Intermediate and Senior, the first being Year 7 and 8 students, the second 9 and 10 and the last VCE. Doubles and singles matches were played within each group. As per last year, the tournament occurred on three consecutive Wednesday afternoons at Sacred Heart College.

The Year 7 & 8s played exceptionally well with Year 7 student Patrick Clifton achieving the overall honours.

Next up were the intermediates, a During the meeting we were asked very competitive group, making for about how the idea for the march Harley was involved in a tragic car an entertaining evening of tennis. came about and told of how the accident at the beginning of this year.

2008 Junior winner, Hugo le Clerc, Government were also initiating plans He was severely injured in the crash showed everyone that he has lost to lower the level of violent attacks and spent some time in an induced none of his talent with the racquet, on the street. coma. The accident also caused both going back-to-back to win his second of his legs to be amputated. Like Josh, title by defeating a determined Chris Mr Brumby also asked us for any Harley’s road to recovery will be long Horbath. Lastly the VCE students had suggestions on ways the government and the boys also want to help him their turn on the courts, producing could prevent violence on the street out. some good rallies and fantastic from a youth perspective.

Tom Bennett Overall the BBQ was very successful. points. The standard of participation on behalf of the College We hope this money raised can help from students at all levels was great Leadership team. these much loved Joey’s boys through to see. tough times.

Overall the skills displayed by the participating students were of a high standard and all enjoyed themselves.

I hope that this event will continue and may lead to bigger tennis events on the St Joseph’s sporting calendar.

Michael Sweerts 2009 Deputy College Captain Students Visiting Harley Doodae

SJC Tennis Tournament

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Student Leaders Refugee Tutoring St Joseph’s College has been an active member of the Refugee Tutoring Program at Holy Family Primary School. Students from all year levels have volunteered their own time after school on Wednesdays to help the young students with their school work, play games and have a bit of fun. The Program is really rewarding and a great way to get involved with the community. Joey’s students have a good time, Sacred Heart and Clonard girls also go and the young kids have an even better time.

Congratulations to all the students who participated this year and a big thank you to the teachers who have been involved, especially Mr Chapman who organises the afternoon each week.

Tom Cooper - Year 11 Christ Church Soup Kitchen Throughout the year, boys from the Senior Leadership team have participated in weekly serving of breakfast for underprivileged individuals at Christ Church in Geelong.

The food served is of a high quality and variety, with cereals, toast, spaghetti, baked beans, bacon and eggs available. The attendees of the soup kitchen were very diverse in age, occupation and background including those with steady jobs, retired, unemployed and current students. The boys were moved by the experience and this was evident in the way they went about the simple tasks of setting the tables, preparing and serving meals, washing dishes and communicating with the members of the public.

This opportunity allowed students to gain a wider community perspective and an insight into the significant disadvantages that many individuals face. At first, many students found the experience somewhat confronting due to the widespread inequality, but worthwhile in helping their local community and the individuals who evoked such emotion. I strongly encourage any students interested to become involved with this valuable experience to advance their extra curricular involvement and community awareness.

James Bisinella - Year 12

Helping out at the soup kitchen

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2009 Show-Off This evening, organised by Year 12 leaders, aims to raise money for a local charity by students either performing a fashion parade, skit, or dance. The Show-Off is run in conjunction with Clonard College and Sacred Heart College. Not all students are expected to participate, however, attendance is encouraged.

In 2009 we renamed the Year 12 Walk-Off to the ShowOff and introduced the CLOGS (Catholic Leaders of Geelong Schools) Show-Off Trophy, awarded to the winning school. Set apart from previous years, the ShowOff did not adopt a unanimous theme, opting instead for each school to come up with their own miscellaneous themes.

Clonard were up first led by College Captain, Alice Eastman. They decided to go with acts that included the army, navy and criminals and provided a great start. St Joseph’s followed with big men Chopper and Marchbank walking off in true Zoolander style to much applause and laughter from the audience and a bemused Mrs Shaffner.

Deputy College Captain and VCAL buff, Sam Hopgood, lead a daring group of boys Bob Seger fashion to screams from the Clonard and Sacred Heart camps. And finally, a well-prepared SJC version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ lead by Deputy College Captain, Michael Sweerts.

Sacred Heart hit the floor next with a dance routine that included most of their year level. Dressed as gangsters and sport girls, they were fantastically co-ordinated and well rehearsed as in previous years. All schools performed exceptionally well.

St Joseph’s use of video, comical inclusions and rehearsed choreography provided a well-executed entertainment package that was undeniably a stand out performance.

Unfortunately due to technological difficulties and biased judging, St Joey’s just fell short of securing the trophy.

While Sacred Heart won the day, St Joseph’s 2010 prospects appear positive with a healthy attendance of Year 11 scouts. Good luck to the boys next year!

Students raised a total of $300 that will be donated to the Open Door Foundation.

Michael Sweerts 2009 Deputy College Captain

Students participating in the ‘Show Off ’

Student Leaders 40 Hour Famine A record number of boys participated and this year was a big success. With assistance from the almighty ‘Cahirdogg’, Aaron Lucas under the watchful eye of Michael Sweerts, conducted the proceedings. Everyone who participated in the famine came out with pride and a sense of doing something for a good cause. Boys gave up different things for their famine. Some gave up technology, facebook, phones, iPods, furniture and a whole range of other things. It was great to see passion for the cause.

It was excellent to see the money raised come in and go to the World Vision group who were very happy with our work.

Good stuff boys!

Mini Fair On 11 September 2009, we celebrated our Mini Fair. An extended recess and lunch time provided an enjoyable break at the end of the week. Stalls were placed around the quadrangle, selling food such as cakes, hot dogs, icecream, pizza, potato cakes, dim sims, nachos, lollies, and to many students surprise and delight, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, all of this fare was provided by our wonderful Parents and Friends Association. On the F Block balcony musicians played during lunch, providing entertainment for the snacking students.

Students wore casual clothes and a gold coin donation went to support the College Parents and Friends fundraising efforts, a worthy cause. Overall the day was a success, thanks to the planning of the leadership team with the co-operation of the staff, and the invaluable parent volunteers who ensured the day went smoothly.

Jack Rayner - Year 10 & Andrew Casey - Year 11

Environmental Action Team (EAT) This year the EAT has really taken off, moving towards making St Joseph’s more ecologically and environmentally friendly. Our goals have been to reduce our over all carbon emissions and energy use, to reduce litter and waste products and to increase awareness of these issues. This year, we as a team of staff and students have removed sauce sachets from the canteen, organised a photocopy free day, organised a day where students brought their lunch to school without wrappings, affectionately referred to as a ‘Nude Lunch’ and finally with the launch of our very own EAT website where students and staff can access all information pertaining to the environmental impact of SJC. This year has seen an expansion in the team giving us high hopes for next year.

Daniel Kosmetschke, Glendon Patino and Jacob Bemelmans - Year 11 Edmund Rice Camps Edmund Rice Camps have been run globally for years and St Joseph’s College students have been involved for a long time. This year a large number of Joey’s leaders participated in numerous camps. Edmund Rice Camps involve disadvantaged children and their parents in a week long camp where they participate in team building activities and numerous relaxing and adventurous games.

From a personal point of view, I found the week both fun and exciting, but also contemplation and empathy as I discovered how these people lived away from the joy of the camp. Edmund Rice Camps are a heap of fun and will continue to be supported by Joey’s students for many years to come.

Sam Beard - Year 11

Enjoying Mini Fair

Edmund Rice Camps

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YEAR 7 Rocket Men Early in the year, we were given the task to build a water rocket.

We believed we could go one step further and that by the end of the month we would be able to put a rocket into space. Our dreams were crushed when Mrs Wrigley told us our rockets would only go 20 meters.

So we had an idea. What if we used explosive gun-powder filled rocket engines instead of water pressure?

Mrs Wrigley nearly had a stroke.

Instead, science assistant, Mary Anne, gave us some of the school’s rocket engines plus the kit needed. It took a lot of determination and balsa wood to make the rocket, but after 2 weeks we had made our rocket, ‘Mission Impossible One’. By now the hype had built up and everybody was waiting to see our rocket fly. Cameras ready, the shouts of encouragement were deafening. 5,4,3,2,1 Blast Off! Mission Impossible One flew into the wall of the chapel about 55 meters away.

We were so excited that we formed our own model rocket club, LACSA Lloyd And Callahan Space Aeronautics.

We now have a website www.lacsa. piczo.com all because we were given the opportunity to fly a rocket.

Jack Callahan & Adam Lloyd - Year 7 Swimming Sports The Inter House Swimming Sports is the best fun you can have when you first come to St Joseph’s College.You get to do great stuff like going down the water slide, going on the diving board and watching others do some dare devil jumps and flips. Near the end of the competition you get to watch your House Captains swim in relays and against the teachers and most of the time the students win.

So it is great fun to be part of this major SJC event.

Ryan Somerville - Year 7 Jack Callahan & Adam Lloyd with their rocket ‘Mission Impossible One’

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Athletics Day Athletics Day was held on the College ovals. All sorts of sports were held like discus, 100m sprints, 800m run, high jump and lots more.

The most exciting race of the day was definitely the College Classic.

The College Classic is a race of Years 7-11 and if a year 12 gets in front of you, you are eliminated. The race was won by Aaron Christensen from Jordan House. The day started with everyone watching the cheer squads.

Jordan won the event and started the day with some extra points. All year levels then went to do different events. The day was organised very well and everywhere you went you saw someone you knew. The whole school crowded on Zampatti Oval at the end of the day. Everyone awaited the results from each year level. Brophy came last and was very disappointed, Butler came second.

Tension was high and everyone was hoping their house would win.

Foley came first and Jordan were devastated. Foley’s House Captain, Tom Cooper, was ecstatic and the cheer squad paraded around Zampatti Oval.

Benjamin Stepnell - Year 7 Mother’s Day Mass Year 7 students hosted the special ladies in their lives for our annual Mother’s Day Mass. Many thanks go to Mr Harmon for organising the Mass and to Father Peter Foley for celebrating with us. A great job was done by teachers and students.

Big congratulations to Ms Wert, Mr Bates, Mrs Zampatti and all the boys involved in the music on day.

P.S. Boys let’s try and be good to the special ladies in your life a little more often.

Paul Hood Year 7 Coordinator Mother’s Day Mass

Junior Band Academy The Junior Band Academy brings joy to every musician and composer.

With Ms Wert as a great conductor, it’s a breeze to learn a new instrument or continue instruments that you play. But that’s not it; you also travel around Geelong and Melbourne and play in front of live audiences. Practicing once a week at school and at home, your skill will not only improve but you will become a great composer and join the Senior Band. The Jazz Band is the best experience you will ever have so if you are not into music you are missing out a lot!

Matthew Alizzi - Year 7 Year 7 Boys Put Money On The Line For Charity!

Congratulations to all of our Year 7 students on their fundraising for CARITAS Australia during lent. It was a terrific sight to see all of your coins laid out during the Silver Trail. As a year level we were able to raise the grand total of $764 and five cents!!!!!

Check out the final figures for each homeroom: CLASS 7F-DHA 7E-MSA 7C-VMA 7G-KEA 7A-CGB 7H-MBD 7D-JBB 7I-CCD

$ RAISED 125.00 114.20 92.55 91.25 82.55 78.40 74.75 54.50

TRAIL LENGTH 2.9 metres 21.00 metres 15.2 metres 17.6 metres 6.4 metres 8.08 metres 16.5 metres 5.37 metres

7B-JHE

50.85

16.5 metres

Well done to Mr Harrington’s class on winning the Silver Trail.

A great job was also done by Ms Sweeney’s class to create the longest silver trails.

Paul Hood Year 7 Coordinator

YEAR 7 Year 7 Camp The Year Seven camp of 2009 was one of the greatest experiences I could have ever imagined participating in.

We stayed at the Lake Dewar Lodge in Bacchus Marsh.

They provided us with great hospitality and their service was incredible.

At the camp we participated in many activities such as canoeing, kayaking, laser tag, survivor challenge, bike riding, archery and orienteering. In all the activities, the boys had to work as a team to be successful. They had to communicate, plan and cooperate to succeed.

The boys had a leader of the team, who was a teacher and had to listen to their instructions to be successful.

Here is a brief summary of the activities the boys were involved in.

Archery - all the boys were taught how to use a bow and arrow, just like Robin Hood and we had competitions to see who scored the most bulls-eyes.

Canoeing - the boys had to work as a team to get the canoe flowing in the direction they wanted and they had competitions to see who would fall out first.

Kayaking - the boys competed against each other to see who could stand in their kayaks and they competed in races.

Laser tag - the boys had to work as a team to win.

Their aim was to get the flag from the other team’s base.

Year 7 Camp Lake Dewar Lodge What a job it was to survive the Year 7 Camp! Most boys had a few thrills and spills during the water activities and on the mountain bikes. Once again Laser tag was a highlight for all of those on the camp especially Ms Sweeney. Thanks to Greg, Janet and all the staff from the camp for the great food and hospitality.

Paul Hood Year 7 Coordinator Laser Tag at Camp Laser tag at camp was the best ever! When I played, it was getting dark and stormy. The first round was a team death match and it was a very fun round, my friends, Jack Callahan, Nathan Gulli and I worked together to take down as any people as we could and we did. The good thing was I was in full camouflage and I lay down in the grass and I was pretty much invisible. We played in the bush and there were lots of stuff to camouflage into.

The second game was Capture the Flag. By then it was dark and raining so I blended in really well. I flanked them round the right, sneaked up through the puddles and took their flag and ran back to my base. I was shot, then Jack took the flag, got shot and gave it to Aiden Sanchez and ran to our base and we won!

Over all it was a very good game, I had lots of fun.

Jared Verecondi - Year 7

Survivor challenge - the boys had an experience to see how it is to live in the wild.

Bike riding - the boys tested how fit they were and went on a bike trail communicating with each other so they didn’t clash.

Orienteering - the boys were split into teams and had to find clues all over the camp.

Over all the camp was successful and the boys had the time of their lives.

Michael Visnjovski - Year 7

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Year 7

YEAR 7A Back Row: Dylan Rayner, Nathan Gulli, Matthew Milanovic, Matthew Klinger, Dylan Ellis, Ryan Somerville, Cameron Kos Middle Row: Nicholas Dixon, Michael Visnjovski, Caleb Finn, Michael Kakouros, Timothy Johnson, Nicholas Livermore, Nathan Munoz, Nicholas Toohey Front Row: Marcin Noga, Benjamin Stepnell, Jack Callahan, Matthew Alizzi, Adam Lloyd, Robert Brown, Benjamin Webb, Mark Buaya, Aidan Sanchez Absent: Mark Dela Paz, Jared Verecondi Teacher: Miss Caterina Giacomazzo

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YEAR 7B Back Row: Darcy Bowles-Casemore, Tuan Tran, Nicholas Brandimarti, Hugh Attard, Eric Batson, Declan McKinnon, Edward Lunardelli, Tyson Brasier, Nicholas Bowles Middle Row: Liam Drake, Matthew Rock, Nicholas Balic, Callan Shalders, James McDonald, Parry Kelly, Jordan Altimari, Christopher Javni, Joshua Davies, Ben Newman Front Row: Kevin Tantanouvong, Thomas Hoogstra, Maxwell Augerinos, Jack Haywood, Joseph Kolotelo, Darcy Berry, Nicholas Rushbrook, Thomas Wackett, Eric Huynh Teacher: Ms Jo Hart

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YEAR 7C Back Row: Harrison Veale, Casey Meehan, Samuel Handley, Logan Hardiman, Darcy Caddy, Patrick Darcy, Mitchell Helmore, Benjamin Tekin Middle Row: Benjamin Walker, Thomas Keogh, Jacob Nicholson, Lon Nguyen, Jack Driver, Bradley Mogic, Thomas Crowe, Nathan Stones, Tyson Woodhouse Front Row: Jake Willigen, Jack Lubcke, Christian West, Adrian Albanese, Tom McFarlane, Harry Purcell, Steven Wilson, Jack Finnigan Absent: Alexander Callan, Joshua Conway Teacher: Mrs Vicki Mills

YEAR 7D Back Row: Nicholas Swain, Lewis Doak, Jeremy Pryslak, Ryan Baverstock, Hamish Flavell, Samuel Capra, Samuel Dempster, James Tuddenham, Joshua Rice Middle Row: Adam Walsh, Jack Brugman, Michael Khougaz, Darcy Brice, Jake Grigsby, Jake Smith, Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Hovey Front Row: James Cooper, Benjamin Cazaly, Harrison Kol, Jack Henderson, Daniel Milanovic, Liam Sharry, Connor Williams, Jarrod Dowd, Angus Darke Absent: Jason Di Cristoforo, Samuel Moore 27 Teacher: Ms Joanne Board

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YEAR 7E Back Row: Thomas Scott, David Van Etten, Kim Barini, Michael Connolly, Jalen Cleary, Billy Argyros, Tom Caudullo, Dario Sestak, Luke van Galen Middle Row: Patrick Bright, Kingston Wade, Mitchell Casperson, Tyler Heath, Sebastian Rawson, Jacob Filiti, Paul Rabahi, Jack Gregory Front Row: Cody Huntley-Mitchell, Matthew Reivers, Joel Schembri, Billy Hyde, James Hickey, Charles Purdy, Marcus Bumbers, Aaron Beasley, Alexander Dearnaley Absent: Jake Ryan, Adam Sgro Teachers: Ms Michelle Sweeney, Mrs Donna Holman

YEAR 7F Back Row: Zaine Cordy, Daniel Gregorio, Liam Monagle, Dominic Alvaro, James Edwards, Matthew Di Santo, Xavier Carew, Damien McMahon Middle Row: Lachlan Putland, Anthony Britt, Alexander Lukacz, Shehan Perera, Jake Foord-Engelsman, Jack Brodrick, Jarryd Lubcke, Tyler O’Brien Front Row: Kyle Brown, Corey O’Farrell, James Flanders, Jack Cuddy, Harrison Cook, Jack Hayes, Matthew Defina, Jordan McDonald, Kyle Lecchino Absent: Jayden Gage, Nicholas Miljevic 28 Teacher: Mr Damian Harrington

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YEAR 7G Back Row: Harrison Parke, Tyler Watkins, Michael Rezelj, Ryan Bentley, Luke Rush, Dean McNay, Jack Visintin, Nicholas Jaworski, Sammy Rotiroti Middle Row: Samuel Hand, Brandon Verfurth, Luke Hovey, Christopher Napper, Alessandro Stefano, Patrick Clifton, Nicholas Radoslav Front Row: Curtis Dowd, Phillip Pundij, Jacob Hams, Jake Butcher, Federico Crestale, James McCorkell, Liam Brennan, Scott Craven, Connor Pamplin Absent: Patrick McCartin, Harrison Rosson, Noah Sewell Teacher: Mrs Kate Erlenbusch

YEAR 7H Back Row: Toby Featherby, Jayke Kennedy, Lucas Bonifacio, Brodie Kiss, Jordan Smith, Patrick Sanders, Samuel Leahy, Vincent Ballesteros, Broderick Conolan Middle Row: Marko Krndija, Jordan McKinnis, Connor North, Nickolas Jensen, Joshua Flintoff, Jacob Connoley, Shane Collard, Daniel Carew Front Row: Riley Harman, Jack Paterson, Darcy Rapa, Curtly Balshaw, Anthony Frandina, Nicholas Murphy, Jordan Napoli, Aaron Chisholm, Timothy Neville Absent: Michael-Patrick Hehir, Joel Milinkovic 29 Teacher: Miss Michelle Bishop

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YEAR 7I Back Row: Nicholas Tasevski, Nicholas Kozdra, Daniel Sheahan, Tom Hobbs, Nicholas Alesios, Liam Ryan, Jesse Melnik, Ethan Harvey, Cameron Keenan Middle Row: Matthew Moore, Ciaran Ross, Nicholas Trounson, Tommy Majstorovic, Kile Howling, William Cleary, Joshua Lamont, Aiden Garipoli Front Row: Callum Robertson, Jordan Stone, Connor Jervies, James Wood, Matthew Gordon, Jordan Vecoli, Tom Whitehand, Liam Dwyer, Thomas Howell Absent: Matthew Caldow, Riley Sherman Teacher: Miss Claire Connell

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Year 8 It is has been a most humbling, yet an enriching experience to coordinate the 2009 Year 8 boys as they consolidated their place here at St Joseph’s.

My year started with a daily trek to the St Patrick Centre, just to see how the boys were travelling of course! And mostly they were in fine spirits. One of the most endearing aspects of the trek was the smiles and greetings from the boys. They just never stop viewing life from such a positive and happy perspective. For Year 8 boys, the transition to Pathways opens up further personal challenges and opportunities. Individual timetables, fewer subjects and examinations are just some of the changes for boys moving from Year 7 to Year 8. I wish to thank in particular the nine homeroom teachers who have supported the boys in their everyday organisation and made themselves available to parents at all times. Many thanks to Phil Bates, Leah Irving, Michelle Anderson, James Moloney, Ross Cameron, Louise Madden, Frank De Rosso, Ashwin Pillai, Leanne Adams and Coby Cunningham for their dedication and professionalism.

Year 8 is the first time that the boys experience examinations in each of their subject areas. This experience is crucial to the boys’ development of academic success. Through this experience, the boys learn so much about themselves, their commitment and preparation for the serious end of school life.

much anticipated event and whilst it was disrupted in the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires in February, we were all very pleased to see the full program completed in June. Daily trips to Melbourne were experienced with visits to many cultural, sporting and historical venues in the CBD. The boys represented St Joseph’s at the highest level and soaked up the atmosphere of the big city.

It was even more pleasing to see many of the boys involve themselves in many of the extra curricular activities that the College offers.

Year 8 teams were fielded in many sports including football, basketball and soccer. Congratulations to the Matthew Bucki-Smith who was involved in Geelong’s ‘Just Think’, initiative. Nicholas Powers and Anthony Holshier joined the Tournament of Minds Team who competed at Deakin University. In November, a Blue Light Disco was held with the Year 8 girls from Sacred Heart College. We thank Sacred Heart for hosting this year’s social and the appreciate the ongoing cooperation between students and staff.

The entire year level celebrated when Brennan Houghton completed his treatment for cancer and the news that he is now on the road to full recovery. He is clearly a source of inspiration and courage for all of us.

The Year 8 Leaders were fantastic and through their work with Mrs

Monika Ercoli, helped facilitate many of the fundraising initiatives of the College. The leaders have attended regular lunchtime meetings, acted as hosts and tour leaders on Open Day, conducted year level assemblies and more importantly represented their year level to the highest standard. I wish to personally commend both the boys’ commitment and personal integrity.

One of our world’s greatest contemporary leaders, Nelson Mandella once said in reflecting on his life: “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.

But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”

It is my hope and prayer, that all the boys in this group see their life from such a beautiful vista. St Joseph’s offers so many personal challenges and opportunities. Climb every hill and face the new ones with hope and promise. Give a little of yourself to others and remember to smile along the way!

Linda Bentley Year 8 Coordinator

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Year 8 This year the Year 8 highlight has been going to Melbourne on our ‘City Experience’. As this was held during the Black Saturday period, we were only able to go up for a day until it was postponed to later in the year. Overall we spent 3 days in Melbourne going to places such as the Eureka Tower, Chinese Museum, MCG, Shrine of Remembrance, National Gallery and Melbourne Aquarium.

This year the Year 8s were somewhat nervous about experiencing their first of many exams.

Getting more involved in sports days and extra curricular activities has only had a positive effect, as many boys got involved with football, basketball, soccer, debating, swimming, music, drama, arts and many more.

The Year 8 leaders were heavily involved with Project Compassion, working alongside the Year 11s and 12s for Daffodil Day and Cancer Research, recycling initiatives, 40 Hour Famine, World’s Greatest Shave and Downball comps. They were also involved in presenting at Year Level Assemblies and in extra curricular seminars sponsored by EREA. This year has been a fun and constructive year and hopefully this can continue in Year 9.

Charlie Callan Year 8 Level Leader

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Camp for Year 8 this year was a little different to most as it wasn’t an over night stay but 3 days to the biggest city in Victoria, Melbourne. We went to seven places; the Melbourne Aquarium, the Old Melbourne Gaol, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Shrine, The MCG (National Sports Museum), the Chinese Museum and the very high Eureka Skydeck.

As well as large slurpees at Seven Eleven during intervals, it was pretty exciting, especially going on ‘the Edge’ at the Eureka Skydeck. The 88 storey high platform got some of the boys scared and it felt weird to be looking down so far.

At the MCG Sports Museum it was great fun to see all the memorabilia, even to see the “Marvelous” Richie Benaud baggy green or the first Brownlow medal won by Carji Greeves or the interactive area with games of all sports.

The new penguins at the Aquarium were pretty cool, fighting each other for no reason. It was a well set up home for them.

The Gallery of Victoria was full of paintings and other forms of art.

Even though this was one of the

most boring parts of the trip the tour guides were pretty cool.

The darkest place was definitely the Old Melbourne Gaol with little lighting, little cells a terrible place to be. It is most famous for Ned Kelly’s hanging and many posters are around about his life.

The Chinese Museum was particularly memorable because of the heat and the 300 stairs we circled for the 5 minutes it took to get to the top. It gave us an insight to what the Chinese were all about when they migrated to Australia.

The Shrine of Remembrance was a quick visit but while I was there we managed to see John Brumby do a talk in the background which was interesting. Once the tour started it was all about the wars of the world, the medals and history of Australia.

Even though the week was postponed because of the fires in February, it was definitely worth it in June and now we can’t wait for camp in Year 9 Nathan Cavallo - Year 8

Year 8

YEAR 8A Back Row: Trent Archer, Billy Cunningham, Jake Cobb, Matthew Scharf, Ayden Green, Campbell Grant, Zach Pitman, Will Hardiman, Brad Verfurth Middle Row: Cory Jones, Thomas Donoghue, Joel McMahon, Nicholas Egan, Oliver Gruszak, Ned Mahony, Lachlan Todman, Anthony Nguyen, James Chapman Front Row: Cody Roberts, Jack Jenkins, Christian O’Halloran, Liam Harnett, Mark Hyd, Riley Henry, Bill Le, Darcy Huntley-Mitchell Absent: Jacob Murphy Teacher: Mrs Leanne Adams

YEAR 8B Back Row: Sam Hunt, Nick Daymond, Zac Herman, Andre Losi, Michael Kennedy-James, Mitchell Dowling, Hayden Kerger, Tom McCormack, Nicholas Conway Middle Row: Jacob Toseland, Sam Beamon, Jake Monkivitch, Nicholas Powers, Goran Grujovski, Jackson Livermore, Nick Myers, Jarrod Arnold, Mason Woods Front Row: Joel Hartigan, Ryan Buenaventura, Austin Daly, Luke Guest, Alexander Hill, Brendan Lugg, Jackson Maddison, Michael Podbury, Anthony Holschier Absent: Samuel Dean 33 Teacher: Mrs Leah Irving

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YEAR 8C Back Row: Mark Walker, Darcy O’Rielly, Patrick Slack, Nic Townson, Levi West, Bevan Shelley, Andrew Blake Middle Row: Ignatius Rudd, Lachlan Platt, Hudson Smith, Billy Maguire, Luke McCoy, Indi Ryan, Josh McManus Front Row: Nikita Petrov, Liam Powell, Emmett Maloney, Jake Nailon, James Vandenberg, James Raimondo, Shane Van Den Nouwland, Alex Searle Absent: Darcy Gaynor, William Nichols, Elliott Taylor, Ben Threlfall, Darcy Troop Teacher: Mr Philip Bates

YEAR 8D Back Row: Jacob Lane, Scott Dixon, Aaron Elea, Oscar Doyle, Liam Rayner, Marko Stevanja, Aztec Major Middle Row: Luke Nolan, Dylan Whitley, Jakeb Fair, Michael Evans, Christy McElligott, Matthew Bourke, Liam Bradford Front Row: Tory Garwood, Anton Chan, Andre Sharp, Spencer Davies, Russell Waters, Alex Moreland, Raffaele Di Rubbo, Ruai Reech Absent: Harrison Bennett, Conor Guina, James Rodgers 34 Teacher: Mrs Louise Madden

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YEAR 8E Back Row: Thomas Wesols, Dehgi Lueth, Tom Lowe, Tyson West, Campbell Evans, Jayden Brach Middle Row: Kyle Carnell, Christopher Gulli, Damon O’Loughlin, Mark Ridgway, Mitchell Everett Front Row: Lachlan Dillon, Jesse Graauwmans, Jesse Simpson, Jack Doedee, Liam Headland, James Costa Absent: Charles Breen, Anthony Brooker, Luke Davis, Paul Dreher, Paul Feola, Tom McGovan, Dylan Selvidge Teacher: Mr Ross Cameron (Absent)

YEAR 8F Back Row: Harrison Sullivan, Nicholas Powell, Nathan Cavallo, Marko Sucic, Roy Caruso, Lachie Ansell, Lachlan Devine Middle Row: Mitchell Monea, Christopher Rath, Matthew Motorniak, Tim Sullivan, Luke Maddock, Daniel Smith, Charlie Callan, Mike Menchise Front Row: Brennan Houghton, Jesse Travaglini, Josh Alessi, Oliver Ramia, Bradie Thomas, Wade Archer, Joe Luppino Absent: Dominic Anderson, Matt Boag, Max Garratt, Rick Resciniti Teacher: Mr Ashwin Pillai

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YEAR 8G Back Row: Matthew Bucki-Smith, Thomas McGuinness, Rainer Spoljaric, Jeanpaul Dumont, Darcy Gardiner, Callum Kirsopp, Nick Hutchison, James Colak Middle Row: Sam Darley, Julian Barbagallo, Jesse Gray, Lachlan Andrews, Marcus Lindeberg, Aaron Christensen, Austin Brayshaw, Nick Hill Front Row: Cameron Toomey, Wade Bergin-Leighton, Clancy Faulkner, Matthew Hagebols, Sam Fitzgerald, Steven Scolaro, Nick Gibbons, Mason Kelly Absent: Sam Abley, Immanuel Dreessens, Robert Herbath Teacher: Mr Frank De Rosso

YEAR 8H Back Row: Marcus Anderson, Josh Looker, Daniel Rezelj, Christian Hayes, Fraser Clatworthy, Marcus Verdichizzi, John Argyros Middle Row: Jeremy King, Mitchell Hoare, Matthew Gulli, Cameron Fowler, Shane Gardiner, Nathan Fenby, Bradley Canny Front Row: Samuel Everett, Austin Haire, Robbie Drever, James Jimenez, Dylan Tattersall, Jesse Spehar, Charlie Bowers, Jake Langenegger, Daniel McManus Absent: Nikolass Barke, Tote Buasuwan, Joshua Coppe, Harrison Dolley, Daniel Glen 36 Teacher: Mrs Michelle Anderson

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YEAR 8I Back Row: Ben Williams, Ryan Wilson, Ashley Wray, Kur Angok, Nick Pecchiari, Cooper Hyde, Liam Traynor Middle Row: Harry Rawlings, Zac Sheahan, Daniel Kozina, Luke Howard, Shaun Niblock, Jacob Stevenson, Jeremy Santuccione Front Row: Billy Keogh, Jackson Thomas, Alex Lindkvist, Kieran McNally, Harrison Reader, Marc Ballester, Dylan Wong, Angus Morrison Absent: Ben Jurica, Jake Kontogeorgis, Tim Lancaster, Clive Martella, Hayden Ryan Teacher: Mr James Moloney

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Year 9 In Year 9 I really enjoyed the Swimming Sports Carnival because you get to have a free day playing in the pool with your mates. What I also enjoyed about the swimming sports is that you are allowed to dress up in your team colours and have a laugh and good time at Kardinia Pool with the other students.Year 9 was the most fun I have ever had at school because we went to the Grampians on a bus with all our friends, we all had fun and enjoyed the atmosphere because no one was fighting and everyone got along and had a good time. The biggest highlight of the year for me was the Year 9 social with Sacred Heart because I got a chance to catch up with all of my friends that go to Sacred Heart. I had fun with all my mates because it was a reward for all of Year 9 for the year and an after party from exams which was my favorite time so far all semester.

Brandon Kelly - Year 9

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The year that is coming to an end has been terrific with the opportunities that have come up, like the Grampians camp and year level social. We have also had such events as the Swimming Carnival and Athletics Carnival which students enjoy because if they are not the most academic they could be the most athletic. This year has brought fun throughout, the subjects are becoming much harder and it really shows who will go far with their preferred career. During careers week we had the opportunity to choose the career that we think will best suit us in the future and prepares us for the careers week that follows in Year 10. It should be exciting and I can’t wait to see what happens.

Mitch Thomas - Year 9

Year 9 has been a great and the most successful year so far.Year 9 boys have been challenged with a series of events.Year 9 camp has been some of the best times of my life. At camp, one of the main things was meeting different people and striving for the highest. In our groups at camp we were made to work as a team and all were challenged.

Year 9 had been one of my favorite years through being involved in every opportunity there has been. There has been a range of activities that I’ve done; going to Yeppoon with my mates was such a great week away from school learning about the aboriginal culture and how they live and act in a different climate.

As a whole,Year 9 has been a challenging and rewarding year.

New friendships have been formed and boys have enjoyed their time together and many great experiences have equipped boys with more confidence and belief in themselves.

Harry Gee - Year 9

Year 9 Year 9 has been the best year at St Joseph’s College for me. In Year 9 we get to do many fun activities like the Grampians Camp and the Sacred Heart social. Also the many different Pathways opportunities open up a more enjoyable form of learning where we can do the subjects we want to do and enjoy. With the many activities that we do as a year level we all know each other and obtain support and friendship from most people.

As a part of our integrated learning we participated in a compulsory camp to the Grampians, pairing up with someone and planning all our equipment as a team, sharing the responsibility. Some of the activities we participated in were numerous hikes up and down parts of the different mountains, canoeing – (which was easy seeing how I have a canoeing license), high ropes, which was incredibly scary but enjoyable (I was the test volunteer) and a few

tours of different Aboriginal sacred sites including a place called Bungle Shelter. When we were travelling down the mountain we came to a stop sign that quoted the words of MC Hammer ‘STOP, Hammer Time’.

The Sacred Heart social was another enjoyable experience, with pimped out music that everyone liked. I also saw many people I knew from my primary days. The theme for the social was ‘Op shop formal’. Even though a lot of the guys just came in normal casuals, the girls got into the spirit and dressed up for the occasion.

Although there is a united feeling in the students at St Joseph’s, all friendships are put aside for the three Athletic days throughout the year where we all compete for the Adam Bryant Shield.

Peter Bemelmans - Year 9

Year 9 2009 has been an excellent and successful year. We have been challenged in many ways, such as Year 9 camp, a 3 day camp in the Grampians. We were asked to bring all our equipment. When we got there we had to set up our tent then we went off to do our activities. Some of the things we participated in were canoeing, abseiling, rock climbing, high and low ropes courses etc. Camp was fun and will be something we all look back on. We have been given some great opportunities. Travelling to the Grampians Camp was the place most students got to go, except for the fifteen or so boys who travelled to Yeppoon, Queensland to gain an insight into our country’s indigenous culture and near the end of Term 3 the aboriginal boys came and visited Geelong. In my time at St Joseph’s Year 9 would easily be my most enjoyed year.

Mitchell Bone - Year 9

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Year 9

YEAR 9A Back Row: Jack Sandford, Hayden Forbes, Louis Godsell, Will Flanders, Lachie Fearnsides, Matt Welsh, Alex Hickey, Lewis Berry Middle Row: James Strain, Mitchell Pendergast, Adam McBride, Simon Andrus, Tom Simic, Julian Cole, Joshua Dillon, Daniel Brugman Front Row: Chris Ricciardi, Shan Smith, Cameron Jerabek, Jackson Kol, Kallum McVilly, Joel Wooden, Tom Raimondo, Jackson Hand, James Darke, Tim Welsh Absent: Kal Bogan, Alex Tigani Teacher: Mr Ashley Humphries

YEAR 9B Back Row: Charlie McIntyre, Lachlan Crowe, Jon Carty, Luke Pinjuh, Michael Fleming, Nick Vecoli Middle Row: Jack Davies, Michael Del Gallo, Max Grant, Trent Inturrisi, Alex Hedger, Keegan Doherty Front Row: Josh deBono, Jack Connelly, Alexander Guy, Sam Licastro, Jess Crucitti, Nicky Smith, Taylor Smith Absent: Liam Brennan, Rory Kelly, Michael Patti, Sam Scott, Luke Swain 40 Teacher: Mr John Mitchell

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YEAR 9C Back Row: Alexander Gulli, Nikola Zdelar, Alex Cations, Todd Clancy, Darcy Carroll, Tanner Redden, Luke Sesar, William Russell, Aidan Vigor-Smith Middle Row: Ciaran O’Sullivan, Sam Nichols, Liam Blackwell, Brady Fanning, Thomas Woodruff, Jayden-Lee Appelgren, Nathan Spence, Cameron Lewis Front Row: Nicholas Ng, Joshua Hudson, John Buaya, Kyle Oates, Walker Burns, Matthew Potter, Billy Boothroyd, Tom Gribble, Zach Deller Absent: Jack Cecic, Joshua Matulich, Andrew Mogic Teacher: Mr Jack Jurica

YEAR 9D Back Row: Liam Sims, Matt Marshall, Matt Veitch, Thomas Kelly, James Hill, Alexander Crosbie, Noah Taylor Middle Row: Dean Zahra, Taylor Meesen, Daniel Tyrrell, Luke Reeves, Benjamin Conway, Jackson Seeley, Nick Perin, Joshua Stocks Front Row: Marko Frkovic, Elvis Sundara, Brandon Quagliaro, Matthew Karpinski, Daniel Hoogstra, William Palmer, Jackson Donnan, Jordan Cicala, Matthew Lawrance Absent: Patrick Cleary, Cam Guy 41 Teacher: Mr Lukas Capicchiano

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YEAR 9E Back Row: Tom Garrard, Clem Taylor, Tom Henry, James Whelan, Sam McKinnis, Luke Kosmetschke, Jack Harman Middle Row: Leille Perrott, Matthew Sheringham, Brandon Kelly, Jack Hyde, Brayden Cockerell, Reed van Galen, Connor Rawson, Michael Smith Front Row: Christian Demetriou, Ha Hoang, Mitchell Bone, Andrew Romagnoli, Riley Ferguson, Patrick Mitchell, Cameron Riccardi Absent: Paul Lunardelli, Ryan Oppermann, Jesse Penning, Taylor Read, Robert Stokes Teacher: Mr Adam Noble

YEAR 9F Back Row: Will Foott, Luke Bryant, Jack Trimble, Jordan O’Brien, Julian Grant, Tom Attard, Ben Farnsworth, Trevor Canny Middle Row: Peter Bemelmans, Harry Gee, James English, Brad Wood, Darcy Nolan, Jarrod Chidgey, Jack De Grandi, Blayne Haygarth Front Row: Matt Richards, Jack Smeelie, Harrison Taylor, Bryan Hollibone-Goode, Jordan Siwicki, Alexander Trinchera, Michael Blain, Michael Awramenko, Sam Beckett Absent: Thomas Graham, Anthony Lopez, Mitch Thomas 42 Teacher: Mr John Monagle

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YEAR 9G Back Row: Brenden Miller, Jake Maddock, Harrison Gist, Joshua Hovey, Thomas Driver, Tom Connoley, Zak Durand Middle Row: Christian Verecondi, Tom Bean, Brenden Lappin, Ben Ryan, Jackson Hickman, Zak Sherman, Abhiraj Kanwar Front Row: Luke Sciberras, Nick Cooper, Mick Wakeford, Christopher Tran, Tom Spence, Jackson McKendrick, Stefan Psimaris Absent: Ivan Balta, Lachlan Brown, Josh Edwards, Nicholas Everett, Todd Stephenson Teacher: Mr Jonathan Holt

YEAR 9H Back Row: Jacob Bunn, James Hohmann, Mitchell Patten,Yani Bourdamis, Adrian Van Etten, Brad Dunn, Harry Morgan Middle Row: Mitchell Humm, Jono Conway-Stewart, Justin Ryan, Riley Kershaw, Jacob Stirton, Zach Fitzgerald, Justin Estcourt Front Row: Brant Haintz, Hugo Le Clerc, Liam Stafford, Michael Echter, Joseph Couch, Jake Weeks, Paul Martini, Nathan Sheridan Absent: Anthony Banovac, Luke Day, Michael McKeown, Felix Price, Nathan Radzi-Stewart, Rhys Sikora Teacher: Miss Natalie Rodgers

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YEAR 9I Back Row: Bryce Conway, Isaac Holroyd, Rob Squires, Ryan Flanagan, Thomas Caldow Middle Row: Nick Di Santo, Jeremy Sismaet, Jarryd Proctor, Liam Robinson, Gerard Kammermann, William Cleary Front Row: Thomas Buttignon, Joel Morrissy, Stefan Albanese, Jackson Stefanovski, Alex Payne, Matthew Hunt, Anthony Ferrante, James Irwin Absent: Jack Armour, Shane Coignet, Erick Dela Paz, James Dooley, Xavier Katos, Chris Spiranovic Teacher: Mr Sandro Di Santo

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Year 10 Year 10 Renewals The Year 10 renewals for 2009 included three days of different activities and guest speakers.

The first day was held at St Joseph’s Football Club; we had guest speakers who spoke about their experiences of God and how we can bring God into our lives. They also ran small activities to get us more involved.

At the end we had time to reflect on the day and wrote a personal message to God. The day was exciting and we learned a lot about other people’s life experiences and how we can improve our relationship with God. On the second day, Scott Darlow was a guest speaker; he was entertaining and fun. In the first session he told us about himself and played us some of his own songs. In the next session he spoke of how he felt about aboriginal rights and human ethics. Being of aboriginal heritage himself, he knew a lot about aboriginal culture and taught us a bit about the history of aboriginal people. He felt very strongly about human rights and the way all people should be treated. The main thing that he wanted everyone to take away from the day, and I think we all did, was empathy, to just take a second to think what it would be like to be in the position of someone less fortunate then ourselves.

The last day of renewals was based on the environment. In the morning, we did a questionnaire that estimated how much our school is effecting the environment. We spent the rest of the day at a national park, where we helped pull out the boneseed from an area of the land.

This is important to do so that the boneseed does not take over the land. This was simple volunteer work that did a world of good to the environment. The day was fun and we were privileged enough to see the rest of the nature around the area.

Chris Arnold - Year 10

2009 LOTE Camp For those brave enough to continue Italian in Year 10, the year promised much hard work, toil and the excitement of LOTE camp, two and a half days at Camp Wilkin in Anglesea with the Italian and French classes from Sacred Heart. Boys boarded the bus, anticipating three days rich in language, culture and hopefully, fun.

Mrs Madden had promised the boys a camp of labour, but they were not going to let that get in their way. Mrs Taranto believed she had struck the first blow with the long and tedious film, “Johnny Stecchinno”.

The work improved over the next two days though, with highlights including the ridiculous Italian songs, “Stop, Dimentica” and “Mi Scappa La Pipi.” The beach volleyball court was transformed into a bocce arena for a fierce competition, and Mrs Fazio showed her poker face while teaching the students to play Scopa.

Thursday night saw “Buonasera,” a breakfast-style show where groups presented their own segment. There were some language barriers when the French girls presented their half, but we managed to ‘get the gist.’

There was no shortage of free time, with the table tennis and pool room always overflowing. The piano was also popular; the girls generally overshadowed the boys, even with Max Rudd’s constant remarks and outbursts over his love for jazz.

Congratulations Glen Bird Glen received a ‘trifecta’ of prestigious awards at year’s end: The Principal’s Award (presented

by SJC), The Fr James Wall Bursary (presented by the Catholic Education Office), and The Kwong Lee Dow Fellowship (presented by Melbourne University). Glen won the CEO and Melbourne University Awards ahead of many hundreds of applicants. The selection criteria used for selection to the Fr James Wall Bursary provides some insight into the outstanding characteristics of Glen: 1. Demonstration of a high degree of leadership in school and the community.

2. Being self-directed and demonstrating initiative.

3. Demonstrating leadership potential and willingness to co-ordinate and organise events.

4. Demonstrating an emphasis on helping and providing service to others.

5. Being seen by his school community to be inclusive, co-operative and committed to making a difference.

In November next year, at his own expense, Glen is travelling to Vietnam and Cambodia as part of a World Challenge experience where he will voluntarily spend a month working to make a difference in the lives of people less fortunate. On graduating from St Joseph’s in two years time, Glen plans to study medicine and ultimately work as a doctor in the third world.

Simon Taylor Year 10 Level Coordinator

LOTE camp was a huge success.

Many new things were learnt and many new friends were made, and the experience truly was bellissima.

David Cann - Year 10

Glen Bird with Archbishop Denis Hart, his family and Simon Taylor at the awards presentation.

Simon Taylor congratulates Glen Bird on his outstanding year

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YEAR 10A Back Row: Andre Bisinella, Hugh Todman, Grady Huntley-Mitchell, Alex Starcevic, Andrew Van Bergen, Matt Callan, Nicholas Alizzi, Jordan Clancy Middle Row: Matt Podbury, Mackenzie Bourke, Xavier Christensen, Billy Henderson, Thomas Breed, Mitch Marino, Hayden Clifford, Benjamin Clarke Front Row: Kes Tataj, Ross Fagan, Alex Denton, Daniel Gray, Xavier Wells, Michael Fawkes, Jeff Malapit Absent: Mitchell Frewin, Sean Harper, Brandon Hudich, Alberto Lopez Teacher: Mr Nicholas Jones

YEAR 10B Back Row: James Kriedemann, James Bennett, Robert Jimenez, Jake Carnell, Jay Lever, Ryan Tay, Andrew Teale, Matthew Bean, Zacchari Fuller-Brugman Middle Row: Jack Rawlings, Mitchell Cleary, Mark Hoare, Jackson Kelly, Kristian Edwards, Lachie Flavell, Mac Kirsopp Front Row: Emil Kozina, Erik Lindeberg, Blake Morrissy, Paddy Kluver, Jordan Hagebols, Nick Gallichan, Jonny Fazio, Glen Bird, David Bochenski Absent: Luke Christensen, Adam Gross, Blake Keating 46 Teacher: Mr Simon Jovic

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YEAR 10C Back Row: Justin Savron, Seth Harvey, Guy Kelly, Mason Gorniakowski, Jess Rapa, Ryan Mays, Billy Foord-Engelsman, Ashley Sheedy, Adrian D’Alessandro Middle Row: Henry Pollock, Jacob Ramia, Alex Baldasso, Sam Chidgey, Jack Mitchell, Tommy Henderson, Blair Vredenbregt, Chris Knight, Darcy Phelan, Nick Van Dyke Front Row: Thomas Doolan, Josh McKinnis, Matthew Spence, Joseph Wackett, Andrew Wilson, Jess Barjasic, Michael Wakefield, Damian Caruso, Kyal Erwin Absent: Lonnie Carland Teacher: Mr Wei Zhang

YEAR 10D Back Row: Jem Moore, Roger Chen, David Cann, David Tancredi, Xavier Fennell, Michael Phelan, Ned Clonan, Rye Grossman Middle Row: Alexander Taylor, Jake Bond, Ben Murphy, Connor Blythe, Dillon Haire, Jake McMahon Front Row: Bryce Coleman, Pat Richards, Tyler Stack, Peter Walsh, Sam Meehan-Chaston, Anthony Nguyen, Corey Pearce, Eric Ly Absent: Alex Bell, Will Carty, Brad Finn, Nick Grabowski, Luke Hornsey, Paul Howell, Alexander Lourey Teacher: Miss Rowena McRae

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YEAR 10E Back Row: Mitch Lapenas, Jack Rayner, Shaun McCormack, Brad Collard, Tom Kingston, Mack Dolder, Justin Duffield Middle Row: Michael Walsh, Nathan Lombardi, Max Rudd, Simon Hochreiter, Damian Condon, Darcy Featherby Front Row: Luke Nailon, Jacob Carew, Chris Arnold, Nicholas Armstrong, Christopher Horvath, Jordan Doroschuk, Nick Mandic Absent: Oscar Bitton, Thomas Irwin, Daniel Leahy, Gareth Morton, Angus O’Callaghan, James O’Toole, Luke Stepnell, Lyndon Watts Teacher: Mr Vin Brown

YEAR 10F Back Row: Will Charter, Mick Grant, Thomas Rowe, Daniel Tkaczuk, Matthew Higgins, Darcy Mullen Middle Row: Johl Fyfe, Sam Eckhardt, Ben Moreno, Adam Caciolo, Brandon Kichakov, Paul Belluzzo Front Row: Michael Scolaro, Billy Finnemore, Charlie Ratcliffe, Jimmy Vo, Tuan Nguyen, Willis Hartigan, Aaron Nicholls, Finn McGinn Absent: Beau Bidstrup, Oscar Briody, Edward Hubber, Peter Kompes, Jake McManus, Mark Paramonov, Harry Powell, Tom Rigoni, Peter Tregenza 48 Teacher: Mr Simon Taylor

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YEAR 10G Back Row: Nathan Ashworth, Jack Thackeray, Jacob Hogan, Darcy McKenna, Thomas Maloney, Thomas Marshall, Ash Howard Middle Row: Dylan Stojanovski, Daniele Cologni, Patrick Eastman, Brendan Bilogrevic, Gabriel Dillon, Matthew Hose, James Smith, Dominic Versace Front Row: Guy Willersdorf, Brad Mangas, Dane McFarlane, Josh Popping, Louis Breen, Steven Smith, Lachlan Simpson, Peter Monea, Chris Ogilvie Absent: Anthony Bou Sejaan, Cohen Craven, Joel Lucas, Rennan McMahon, Luke Rosson Teacher: Mr Jason O’Connell

YEAR 10H Back Row: Sam Johnston, Luke Bisinella, Jake Kearney, Taylor Lambert, Conor Tynan Middle Row: Sam Moerenhout, Jacob Nadolski, Layton Kelly, Cameron Gugger Front Row: Oliver Demetriou, Jason Girvan, Philip Paliouras, Mihil Frkovic, Joel Price Absent: Harry Andrews, Sam Colla, Mason Hudgell, Andrew Kos Teacher: Mr Anthony Chapman

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Year 11 The Year 11 students of 2009 have developed and matured into fine young men, who will embark on their final year of studies fully prepared and ready to succeed at their highest possible level.

The students this year have been involved in a number of different programs and activities.

Activities week was obviously postponed this year due to the extreme weather we experienced in March. The Year 11s had an alternate program combining inschool activities and also engaging the elderly and youth of Geelong with a Community Service program.

The students visited local primary schools, elderly care facilities, with native vegetation regeneration and activities designed for people with special needs. The program was highly successful, with all centres and groups impressed with the way the students applied themselves to the tasks and conducted themselves in the community. Special mention must be made of Mr Anthony Chapman for a very well organised program.

“The activities week was a good learning experience. I enjoyed attending Corio South Primary School and interacting with the primary students. I found the Batesford experience fulfilling and it was good to give back to the community”. - Matt Woolley - Year 11

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The Year 11 Leaders in 2009 worked conscientiously and consistently, to be a part of a hard working and effective leadership team. They were excellent role models for their peers and younger students of the College.

The Year 11 leaders were: Caide Robertson, Peter Mileto, Glendon Patino, Darcy Moore, Dylan North, Jack Raynor, Daniel Kosmeschke, Taylor Doak, Samuel Beard, Luke Gill, Andrew Casey, Andrew Boseley, Tom Cooper Jake Bemelmans, Jack Rodgers and Tiago Bonifacio. I wish the leaders of 2010 all the best.

“Leadership offers a greater avenue for being directly involved with the College’s extra-curricula activities. Being involved with the leadership team this year allowed me to look forward to school because it gave me a purpose outside the classroom and an aim that is not just merely academically related”.

- Darcy Moore - Year 11 (2010 College Captain) The VCAL program & VET subject, although very different, have become an integral part of a large number of Year 11 student programs.VCAL as a program has made the successful link between secondary education and the workforce, while VET gives students the opportunity to understand the workforce while completing a subject that will be a part of their final ENTER score.

“I do Information Technology Networking Vet at the Gordon Institute.

I found it enjoyable and learnt a lot of new things that aren’t offered at St Joseph’s College. I would highly recommend it to any students interested in software, hardware and working with IT in the work place”. - Josh Cole - Year 11 The annual SHC vs SJC Football match was this year held at SJC on Zampatti Oval. A display of outstanding talent from the girls and a lack of commitment from the boys was the general theme of the game. Sacred Heart was leading all day, and clearly displayed a better understanding of the game. Overall it was a successful team effort by SHC, with the helpful umpiring of Mr Bryson Milverton.

“Great day led by skipper Pat Carroll and his inspiring speeches at the quarter breaks. However, we found it quite difficult to win with the biased umpiring of Mr Milverton. He should be sacked as an umpire”. - Tyler Tait 11E I would like to thank all the Year 11 Homeroom Teachers: Bryson Milverton, Chris Conroy, Anne Condon, Emma Cuthill, Peter O’Connor, Peter Canaway, Cameron Hocking, Darryl Wedding and Rosemary Lowes, for their support throughout 2009.

Mr Michael Timms

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YEAR 11A Back Row: Joren De Rosso, Jordan Crerar, Dale Flanagan, Dominic Muirhead, Sam Dennis, William Bowers Middle Row: Nicholas Warren, Dylan North, Nathan Milanovic, Cassidy Redden, Kieren Paliouras, Thomas Cockerell, Chris Bocchicchio Front Row: San Hoang, Tyler Tait, Ben Fowler, Adrian King, Andrew Pillidge, Callum Harvey, Isaac Padula, David McNamara Absent: Bas Bucovaz, Trent Doof, Tyler Powell Teacher: Mr Bryson Milverton (Absent)

YEAR 11B Back Row: Patrick Carroll, Sean Gleeson, Josip Kozina, Thomas Elea, Jack Hanneysee, Joshua Monk, Alexander Davie Middle Row: Simon Opacak, Tom Mahony, Lachlan Baulch, Paddy Bourke, Ben Shell, Hamish McDonald, Ryan Thomas Front Row: Frank Mileto, Kristian Ricardo, Sam Guerra, Dylan McMahon, Andrew Casey, Jarrod McKie, James Aranyosi, Jordan Csolle Absent: Joseph Fama, Alex Helmer, John Patti 52 Teacher: Mr Chris Conroy

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Year 11C Back Row: Connor Seaton, Reech Reech, Alphonsus Rowe, Andrew Boseley, Brody Hecker, Reuben Capill, Liam McEvoy, Dasun Karunaratne Middle Row: David Villeda, Alex Masek, Sam O’Connor, Taylor Doak, Matthew Woolley, Simon Fragiotta Front Row: Dylan Fisher, Trent Garwood, Eric von Ahlefeldt, James Hickleton, Chris Moder, Steven Del Gallo, Luke Quarrell, Kilby Sellman Absent: Dylan Henry, Jake McMahon Teacher: Mrs Anne Condon

Year 11D Back Row: Henry Baker, Jacob Debets, Thomas Stewart, Rory Pitt, Sam Beard, Jake Bemelmans, David Hovey, Luke Dahlhaus Middle Row: Ben Wilkin, Matthew Spiller, Carl Di Rocco, Joshua Cole, Dylan West, Luke Pino, Darcy Meesen Front Row: Patrick Houghton, Chris Moorfoot, Adam Napoli, Daniel Kosmetschke, Jordan Haskins, Lucas Farrugia, Eric Cazaly, Will Nack Absent: Jordan Robertson Teacher: Mrs Emma Cuthill

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Year 11E Back Row: Matthew Davies, Rhys Hultgren, James Fisher, Jai Sheahan, Sam Murphy, Matthew King Middle Row: James Virgona, Jackson Davis, Zachary Morison, Jye Bolton, Thomas Russell, Chris Trotto Front Row: Simon Robertson, Mitchell Cotter, Nick Hawkins, Damian Fazio, Jez McKenna, Luke Tol, Jordan Scudellaro, Will Gruszak Absent: Jake Farnsworth, Anthony Lunt, Jonathan Sarantis, Dominic Spiller, Sam Winchcomb Teacher: Mr Peter O’Connor

Year 11F Back Row: Andrew Rabar, Scott Jennings, Marcus Holmes, Tiago Bonifacio Middle Row: Thomas Norton, Tom Villanti, Nicholas Zaluski, Jack Rodgers, Matt Jamieson Front Row: Michael Court, Michael Langdon, Matthew Craig, Glendon Patino, Justin Preiato, Alex Nguyen Absent: Tim Davis, Matt De Grandi, James Menzies, Jarryd Owens, Jima Wade 54 Teacher: Mr Peter Canaway

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Year 11G Back Row: Rory Gaynor, Benjamin deBono, Daniel Gray, Luke Jeantou Middle Row: Sean Mahon, Dane Robinson, Derick Els, Will Hoare Front Row: Brodie McDonald, Nick Ross, Dylan Brasier, Patrick Maloney, Tom Cooper, Hiroshi Narasaki Absent: Lachlan McRitchie, Daniel Ramos, Conor Reddan, Jesse Verdichizzi Teacher: Mr Cameron Hocking

Year 11H Back Row: Ben Cannard, Conor O’Reilly, Kaiden Long, Tom Lundberg, Ryan King, Rory Nolan Middle Row: Mitchell Miller, Joshua Berta, Matthew Stapleton, Jack Connoley, Hugh Wallace, Pierce Johnson, Addi Gee Front Row: James Donlen, Caide Robertson, Josh Green, Jamie Goddard, Adam Stocks, James Patterson Absent: Nicholas Allison, Luke Gill, Darcy Hansen, Richard Kangars, Chris Psimaris Teacher: Mr Darryl Wedding

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Year 11I Back Row: Jack Krzywdzinski, Sean Doble, Cameron Tudor, Jordan Spriggs, Jarrod Gist, Declan Cashin, Jack Rayner, Luke Sinozic Middle Row: Darcy Moore, Matthew Cowell, Brendon Scharf, Jackson Bell, Tim Fluker, Jack Green, Michael McNeel, Matthew Kenworthy, Cullen Brugman Front Row: Patrick Mileto, Stephen Zanghi, Josh Peace, Sam Hibble, Andrew Wootten, Bradley Arnold, Nicholas Kline, Peter Mileto Absent: Carl Buaya, Joel Humm, Ryan Jurica Teacher: Ms Rosemary Lowes

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Year 12 It has been a great privilege to support the Year 12 class of 2009 through their final year at St Joseph’s.

After assisting the boys through their transition into secondary school as Year 7 Coordinator back in 2004, I am extremely proud of the way the boys have developed into mature young men. I am confident that they are well prepared and ready to embark on the next chapter in their lives. The boys have shown outstanding spirit at all College events. Their participation and co-operation at both the Swimming and Athletics carnivals set the tone for the rest of the school. The Year 12 leaders did a fantastic job assisting staff on Edmund Rice Day. The staff vs students Gaelic football match was a highlight of the afternoon activities. Even with a few extra players on the ground, the boys were no match for the class of the teachers.

with staff and their mates in a relaxed environment. As the year draws to a close I hope that the hard work and effort put in throughout the year will lead to boys being rewarded when they sit their final exams.

I would like to thank the Year 12 homeroom teachers and all Year 12 subject teachers for the assistance and guidance they have provided the boys throughout the year. I look forward to catching up with the boys once they have left school and I wish them good luck in their future endeavours.

Mr Michael Wrigley Year 12 Coordinator

I would like to congratulate the leaders who have capably carried out their leadership duties on top of their studies. The ‘March Against Violence’, organised by the Catholic school leaders, was a great initiative. A large number of boys have given up their time to support social justice initiatives, and to represent the school in extra curricular activities. Congratulations, in particular, to the Year 12 boys who were a part of the successful 1st XI Soccer team that was crowned ACC Champions. The Renewals held in late June gave the boys an opportunity to take a break from their studies and spend some time

Year 12A Back Row: Cameron Hinkley, Peter Grant, Jasper McMillan-Pittard, Alex Snowdon, Daniel Holroyd, Joseph Downie, Matthew Demo Middle Row: Patrick West, Ben Smith, Nicholas Jahnecke, Sean Cuddy, Scott Sanderson, Joshua O’Brien Front Row: Cameron Marchbank, Thomas Wood, Brad Petter, Dyson Bell-Warren, Marc Del Gallo, Adrian Stacchino, Justin Cortorillo Absent: Henri-Claude Griffiths 58 Teacher: Mr Ric Brodrick

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Year 12B Back Row: Christian Ricciuti, Michael Jimenez, Patrick McDonald, Jack Turnley, Cohen Johnston, Alex Everett, Zac Stokes Middle Row: Ben Rout, Marcus Jakovljevic, Jason Drzewucki, Gabriel Gottardo, Adrian Trinchera Front Row: Nickolas Mokkas, Jay Mammino, Aidan Kelly, Adam Vasilj, Nicholas Mirarchi, Sebastian Piccoli, Ranga Peries Teacher: Mrs Teresa Taranto

Year 12C Back Row: Liam Blythe, David Riccardi, Cameron Mays, Dean Gardiner, Kane Reardon Middle Row: Liam Coleman, Lachlan Lane, Jerome Fyfe, Peter Riccardi, Adam Donald Front Row: Heath Kean, Patrick Kennedy, Andrew Vagnoni, Alex Tkaczuk, Thomas Lentini, Joshua Moses Absent: Patrick Teyssier Teacher: Mr Steve Catanzariti

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Year 12D Back Row: James Palmer, Matt Davies, Nicholas Bencic, Tommy Sperac, Lachie Hams, Chris Puglisi Middle Row: William Wright, Taylor Vanderchys, Beau Penning, James Anderson, Mitchell Read Front Row: Jonathon Petzierides, Jake Cleary, Lucas Doppler, Adam Morter, Daniel Belluzzo, Damien Kos Teacher: Mrs Monika Ercoli

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Year 12E Back Row: Paddy Mithen, Jarred Henry, Andrew Heubner, Michael Teague, Jacob Storer, Damian Matijevic, Mark Costa Middle Row: Cory Vickers, Luke Guy, Sam Fedke, Antony Littore, Matthew Wrigley, Matthew Lunardelli Front Row: Josh Neville, Liam Rennie, Edward Sundara, Sam Hopgood, Jake Stack, Luke Baldasso, Tom Bennett Teacher: Ms Annalea McCurry

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Year 12F Back Row: Daniel Courtney, Grant Armistead, James Finn, Tom Barber, Paul Hewitt, Adrian Ciuffetelli, Blair Taylor Middle Row: Cam Clarke, Robbie McKelvie, Tim Shanahan, Dylan Watt, Cameron Johnston, Allen Christensen Front Row: Tom Bates, Frankie Quaranta, Mario Prusac, Jack Hosking, Joel Crucitti, Ryan Marino, Benjamin Napoli Absent: James Psimaris, Joshua Stapleton Teacher: Ms Katherine Jenkins

Year 12G Back Row: James Fisher, Tom Marshallsea, Jonathon Rau, Jacob Meehan, Sam Butcher, Chris Golacki Middle Row: Steven Vezmarovic, Luke Thornton, Chris Daniele, Benjamin Depetro, Justin Pape Front Row: Andrich de la Cruz, Brendan Glen, Josh Grabowski, Sam Soldani, Luke Saldanha, Damon Miller-Stawyskyj Absent: Aaron Lucas Teacher: Mrs Margot Davies

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Year 12

Year 12H Back Row: Luke Daly, Oliver Gant, Robert King, Lohen D’Halluin, Carl Lindeberg, Jeffrey Smith Middle Row: Daniel Scolaro, Alexander Kelly, Cameron Green, Adrian Kol, Jackson Bright, Jesse Manganelli, Michael Neri Front Row: Ben Lutzko, James Kociski, Campbell Jones, Chadd Appelgren, Jamie Townley, David Bell Absent: Daniel Caciolo, Lyndon Malesic Teacher: Mr Simon Cahir

Year 12I Back Row: Christopher Laidlaw, James van Kan, Michael Sweerts, Christopher Shelley, Sam Connelly, Jonathan Conway Middle Row: John Dixon, James Howell, James Bisinella, Matthew Egan, Alan Witcombe Front Row: Nick Moorfoot, Nic Guthridge, Brock Hartigan, Nigel Winters, Mitchell Capra, Jacob Fox Nick Spence 62 Absent: Teacher: Mr Peter Malone

Year 12 Celebrations

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St Joseph’s College Year 12 2009

Community Service The following are some of the ways St Joseph’s College has been helping to make a difference in both local and interenational communities.

Community Service at Year 11 • Corio South Primary School • Whittington Primary School • St Thomas Primary School, Norlane • Costa House, Lara • Special School, Bell Park • Edmund Rice Tutoring • Landcare • Coastcare • St Vincent De Paul • Kalkee • REAP programs Ad Alta Community Service • Excursion to Melbourne assisting at The Way, St Mary’s House of Welcome, Brotherhood of St Laurence • Help at Sports Days at Holy Family, Whittington PS

Involvement also in the following efforts: • Geelong Sudanese Tutoring Program • Various music performances at P & F Functions • Diversitat Holiday programs • Serving at Christ Church meal service • The Cage • Tree Planting • Edmund Rice Day – Edmund Rice Sinon, Ruben Centre • Triumph Day for East Timor • Awareness raising for East Timor • Blood Bank • Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal • 40-hour famine • Shave For a Cure • Andrew Love Centre • Edmund Rice Camps • Just Think Campaign • Red Cross • United Way payroll deductions • Mo-Vember Thank you to everyone involved in making a difference.

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Blood Bank Challenge This year we have had 50 staff make a blood donation and over 30 Year 10s are already on the list.We passed 300 donations for the year – a record for us and any other school in Australia.Thankyou to all staff who have made donations (some as many as 4) who have supported the cause. - Michael Anderson

Blood Donors 2009 Back Row: Jacob Meehan, Joseph Downie, Dominic Muirhead, Andrew Boseley, Michael Sweerts, Jake Bemelmans, Tom Marshallsea Third Row: David Bell, Alexander Lourey, Chris Daniele, Luke Daly, Jack Rayner, Oliver Gant, Brendon Scharf, Cameron Hinkley, James Palmer, Lucas Farrugia Second Row:Glendon Patino, Matthew Spiller, Carl Di Rocco, Damien Matijevic, Dylan North, Robbie McKelvie, Ben Rout, Adrian Trinchera, Darcy Moore, Sam Fedke, Jack Rodgers, Joshua Cole, Nicholas Allison, San Hoang Front Row: Damien Kos, Caide Robertson, David McNamara, Tom Bennett, Tom Cooper, Andrew Vagnoni, Sam Hopgood, Mitchell Capra, Michael Langdon, Glen Bird, Jake Cleary, Brodie McDonald, Kilby Sellman Teachers: Mr Anthony Chapman, Mr Nicholas Jones, Mr Rob Blackley, Mr Peter O’Connor, Mrs Helen Kean, Mr John Monagle, Mr Michael Anderson, Mr Peter Malone, Mrs Monika Ercoli, Ms Mary-Ann Anderson

Black Saturday The anniversary of Black Saturday will be a day that will forever hold special significance for all Victorians. There would be few in our school community who have not been moved or personally affected by the fires and their aftermath. It has been heartening to see the response from the Australian and the world community to this tragedy.

What has been particularly impressive is the generosity from the student body to help out those worst affected by raising over $7,000 for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.

The work the CFA and the other agencies involved in the fires should be cause for thanks as some left their own homes to fight fires only to lose them.

To witness first hand the devastation at the fire front and then see families returning to discover that all they had left were the clothes they were standing in is a sobering experience. These fires have left an indelible image that will stay with me long into the future.

Hopefully, the Royal Commission will make a worthwhile contribution and institute recommendations to ensure a tragedy of this magnitude is never visited upon us again.

It was in fact embarrassing to be congratulated on my return from Boolarra and Beechworth by staff members and friends for the work we had done. Our little bit of work seemed insignificant in the overall scheme of things.

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It is hard to hear since the fires that some CFA members have been implicated in possibly contributing to these fires as it tarnishes the magnificent work and the volunteer ethos of 60,000 other Victorian members who put themselves in harm’s way every fire season.

I urge other members of the school community to consider the idea of giving some of their time to one of our volunteer community organisations in the Geelong and surrounding area. Whatever you put in will be more than rewarded by what you will get out of it.

John Monagle Torquay Fire Brigade

Indigenous Partnerships There have been a number of opportunities for boys at St Joseph’s in 2009 to build partnerships with our Indigenous brothers and sisters. In May, a group of Year 9 students went on exchange to St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon, an Edmund Rice school in Queensland which has a high Indigenous enrolment. The boys spent the week there as boarders and experienced life in that part of the world, along the way meeting and becoming friends with the students, many of whom were from the Torres Strait Islands and remote parts of Queensland.

We were fortunate to have a return visit in August, with many of the Yeppoon boys feeling the force of a Southern winter for the first time.

In June, a group of Year 10 students journeyed to Nauiyu Nambiyu, a community south of Darwin on the Daly River. Members of the community offer an opportunity to experience the traditional life of the Aboriginal people of the area, including fishing, turtle hunting and an introduction to the sacred sites in the area. The week proved to be a terrific experience for the boys, with many having their first exposure to this important part of Australia’s culture.

Anthony Chapman Director of Mission

Relay for Life Text

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College Houses & Sport Adam Bryant Shield Results The results of the Adam Bryant Shield are a reflection of the hard work in class, on the field and in the community that ALL students do here at SJC. Thanks to all staff who have supported their houses. Well done to the Brophy Bees! It really goes to show that you need to do well across the board, not only when you run jump or swim if you want to collect the Trophy.

Activities 2009

Jordan Butler Brophy Foley

Starting Points Athletics Swimming Bush Fire Blood Bank Cookery Cross Country Dante Alighieri LOTE Competence Cert.

Italian P. Arts Comp Senior Leaders 09 ACC Drama 1st XI Cricket 7-10 Leaders 09 Senior Basketball Refugee Tutoring Rip Curl Shield First XVIII Football Senior Band Junior Debating Junior Basketball Junior Band Jazz Band Intermediate Cricket Team Intermediate Basketball Golf0 Deakin Mathematics Chess Badminton Swimming Team Vocal Ensemble T.O.M Soup kitchen Just think

0 285 285 300 90 15 270 5 10 5 20 20 5 5 15 5 5 5 10 20 10 15 10 20 5 15 10 15 20 10 5 20 5 20

0 270 270 285 70 10 285 15 15 15 15 15 10 20 20 20 15 15 15 0 15 20 15 5 15 20 10 20 0 10 15 20 20 15

0 255 300 270 80 5 255 20 5 15 10 10 20 20 10 15 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 15 15 15 10 20 15 20 15 15

0 300 255 255 100 20 300 10 20 20 10 5 15 15 0 15 15 10 5 10 20 5 10 10 10

20 0 15 15 20 5 20 20

Academic results

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39

48

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Final scores

1795

1860

1895

1835

Brophy Report The Brophy Swarm started the 2009 campaign for the Adam Bryant Shield with a bang, stamping their domination over the other houses in the swimming sports. With Foley suffering from a Schnyder hangover and Jordan and Butler resembling bricks in the pool, Brophy dominated the finals. Shrugging off poor participation they win the majority of races, leaving the competition in our wake.

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However, poor participation cost the Bees as we swapped our bathers for running shorts. We were disappointing in both Athletics and Cross-Country.

With vast improvement from the boys in the extracurricular activities, Brophy competed strongly for both the Blood-Bank and Chess and being the smartest house, the expected dominance of the academic awards would hopefully propel the Bees to the Adam Bryant Shield for ‘09 and many years to come.

Cameron Marchbank, Brophy House Captain and Tom Cooper, Deputy House Captain Foley Report It’s been a big year for the Foley Falcons brotherhood.

We started working hard and excelling in our studies and sport. The boys were very excited in the lead up to the annual swimming sports carnival. All Falcons gave it their best shot but unfortunately the Brophy Bees were too strong in the water. Our brotherhood wasn’t made for the water but we like to run, and that is exactly what we did on Athletics day. Foley ran and proved too strong for all the other houses winning the 7th athletics title in a row. We just want to go fast! It’s very exciting to see the juniors dominating the track and showing strong depth for the future. It is not only in the sporting carnivals that the Foley boys shine. We have a go at everything such as chess, debating, charity and many activities around the school. For the majority of the year, boys walking past the staff room would have noticed Foley winning the points for the Adam Bryant Shield on the scoreboard. I am very proud to have been a part of this house. Farewell and good luck for the future. Do it for the brotherhood!

Mitchell Capra Foley House Captain ACC and CAS Swimming Report The ACC swimming event was one of the most successful in recent years, with promising performances from the younger boys, and a division victory in the over 17 age group, consisting of Tommy Sperac, Nic Guthridge, Jarrod Gist and Heath Kean.

Once again the St Joseph’s College swim team proved competitive at this year’s CAS interschool event. Against tough competition the squad of about twenty boys represented the College well and some promising new talents emerged who will no doubt be an asset to the school in the future. Standout performances included Tommy Sperac’s easy win in the 200m Individual Medley, Year seven Luke Rush’s great victory in the 100m Breastroke, and the senior relay team made up of Tommy Sperac, Heath Kean, Christian Ricciuti and Nic Guthridge who won the Freestyle 4X50m, by over ten seconds.

Individual gold medal winners included Luke Rush (100m Breaststroke) Tommy Sperac (200m IM) and Heath Kean (100m Butterfly, 50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle). All in all it was a successful day and a great follow up to the ACC competition, which was staged earlier in first term.

Helen Kean

School Sports Results Age Group Champions

SJC Athletics Day 2009 Event

Winner

Result

U/13 100m Final U/14 100m Final U/15 100m Final U/16 100m Final U/17 100m Final VCE 100m Final U/13 400m U/14 400m U/15 400m U/16 400m U/17 400m VCE 400m U/13 800m U/14 800m U/15 800m U/16 800m U/17 800m VCE 800m U/13 Long Jump U/14 Long Jump U/15 Long Jump U/16 Long Jump U/17 Long Jump VCE Long Jump U/13 High Jump U/14 High Jump U/15 High Jump U/16 High Jump U/17 High Jump VCE High Jump U/13 Discus U/14 Discus U/15 Discus U/16 Discus U/17 Discus VCE Discus U/13 Shotput U/14 Shotput U/15 Shotput U/16 Shotput U/17 Shotput VCE Shotput

Sam Capra Hayden Kerger Sam Scott Connor Redden Richard Kangars Matt Davies Sam Capra Thomas Henry Sam Scott Connor Redden Richard Kangars Matt Davies James Edwards Bevan Shelley Nick Mandic James Bennett Danny Gray Daniel Holroyd Thomas Crowe Thomas Henry Dean Zahra Connor Redden Declan Cashin Matt Davies Darcy Caddy Thomas Henry Sam Scott Tom Kingston Cameron Trudor Jasper McMillan-Pittard Zac Sheahan Thomas Henry Luke Bryant Jay Lever Sebastion Bucovaz Dane Wise-Graham Harrison Dolley Nick Pecciari Todd Clancy Jay Lever Jordan Spriggs Dane Wise-Graham

14.06 13.22 12.38 12.34 11.72 11.78 1.08.73 1.03.43 1.00.10 59.09 53.69 55.66 2.43.99 2.29.00 2.22.02 2.29.54 2.13.42 2.20.85 4.38 4.7 5.13 5.55 5.37 5.22 1.4 1.6 1.55 1.74 1.75 1.65 26.7 31.5 30 46.15* 31.5 37.99 10.37 11.83 11.32 12.09 10.57 11.65

4x100m House Relay U/13 U/14 U/15 U/16 4 U/17 VCE *Record

Foley Jordan Foley Foley Foley Brophy

59.56 54.14 52.1 50.42 48.89 48.57

Overall Scores Under 13 Under 14 Under 15 Under 16 Under 17 VCE Total

Jordan 539 416 306 358 243 297 2316

Foley 628 495 367 366 281 273 2441

Butler 551 457 354 280 303 248 2133

Brophy 489 434 269 256 216 251 2052

Position

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1

3

4

U/13

Winners Sam Capra

Second Zac Sheahan

U/14 U/15

Thomas Henry Sam Scott

Alex Hickey Dean Zahra

U/16

Conor Reddan Jay Lever Richard Kangars Matt Davies

Tyler Stack James Bennett Sebastian Bucovaz Cam Johnston Dane Wise-Graham Allen Christiansen

U/17 VCE

Third Jayden Brach Thomas Crowe Harrison Dolley James Whelan Will Flanders Luke Bryant Rory Nolan

College Classic Aaron Christiansen Daniel Gray

Joshua Dillon

SJC Swimming Sports 2009 Event Junior Medley Intermediate Medley Senior Medley U/13 50m Freestyle A U/14 50m Freestyle A U/15 50m Freestyle A U/16 50m Freestyle A U/17 50m Freestyle A Senior 50m Freestyle A U/13 50m Breaststroke U/14 50m Breaststroke U/15 50m Breaststroke U/16 50m Breaststroke U/17 50m Breaststroke Senior 50m Breaststroke U/13 50m Backstroke U/14 50m Backstroke U/15 50m Backstroke U/16 50m Backstroke U/17 50m Backstroke Senior 50m Backstroke Junior 50m Butterfly Intermediate 50m Butterfly Senior 50m Butterfly U/13 4x50m Relay U/14 4x50m Relay U/15 4x50m Relay U/16 4x50m Relay U/17 4x50m Relay Senior 4x50m Relay

Winner Brophy Brophy Butler Luke Rush Alex Hickey Mitchell Patten Jake Carnell Christian Riccuiti Heath Kean Luke Rush Billy Cunningham Jarryd Proctor Jake Carnell Matt Craig Tomislav Sperac Luke Rush Billy Cunningham Jack Smeelie Bradley Collard Darcy Hansen Heath Kean Mitch Casperson Guy Willersdorf Heath Kean Brophy Brophy Brophy Brophy Brophy Brophy

Time 2.40.50 2.36.18 2.20.01 30.99 30.51 30.91 27.31 27.34 26.41 40.63* 36.8* 41.9 37.39 37.26 34.12* 41.22 38.09 39.06 39.47 34.26 32.77 38.64 35.04 29.55 2.27.37 2.16.08 2.13.80 2.09.22 1.57.27 1.58.54

Mitchell Classic 50m Sprint Darcy Hansen

Overall Scores Total Position

Butler 1116 4

Jordan 1204 3

Foley 1208 2

Brophy 1297 1

2008 Age Group Champions Event U/13 U/14 U/15

Winner Mitch Casperson Fraser Clatworthy Mitch Patten

Second Luke Rush Billy Cunningham Jarryd Proctor

U/16 U/17 Senior

Guy Willersdorf Christian Riccuiti Heath Kean

Jake Carnell Darcy Hansen Tomislav Sperac

Third Hugh Attard Alex Hickey Jack Smeelie & Jake Weeks Brad Collard Jackson Davis Jarrod Gist 69

Athletics

Athletics 2009 Back Row: Jacson Seeley, Scott Dixon, Joshua Hovey, Matthew King, Jay Lever, Matt Davies, Tom Henry Middle Row: Trent Archer, Alex Denton, James Edwards, Darcy Caddy, Joshua Dillon, Tyler Stack, Nick Mandic Front Row: Jack Hayes, Zac Sheahan, Aaron Christensen, Thomas Crowe, Xavier Carew, Max Garratt, Zaine Cordy Teacher: Ms Rowena McRae

Badminton

Badminton 2009 Back Row: San Hoang, Nick Vecoli, Peter Bemelmans, Xavier Christensen, Abhiraj Kanwar, Matthew Di Santo Front Row: Liam Powell, Nicholas Miljevic, Harrison Cook, Nathan Sheridan, Shehan Perera, Jake Langenegger, Kilby Sellman Mr Darryl Wedding 70 Teacher:

Basketball JUNIOR TEAM: Catholic All Schools Competition This year SJC entered a different regional section and played our initial round of the CAS competition at MSAC. The boys excelled winning all their games, even against well performing Melbourne schools. This meant they progressed to the State Finals. Unfortunately although very competitive, they did not make the final.

Victorian College Championships In round one, the boys progressed to the final with excellent results in the preliminaries. The final was an outstanding game, going into double overtime. The boys lost by one point but still progressed to the finals. The team found this section of the VCC difficult but managed to play some solid basketball.

They enjoyed playing some high quality opposition even though results did not fall our way.

Representitives: Harrison Bennett, Tim Lancaster, Nick Egan, Aaron Christensen, Luke Maddock, Levi West, Scott Dixon, Nick Pecchiari, Harrison Dolley, Mark Dellapaz, Ned Mahoney, Nathan Cavallo.

INTERMEDIATE TEAM: Catholic All Schools Competition The intermediate boys also attended the regionals at MSAC. They were pooled with the eventual State champions and performed reasonably well but didn’t progress any further than the regional day.

Victorian College Championships The VCC day saw the first win of the season for our intermediate boys. With very equally matched teams, unfortunately, the boys lost their last game which meant they didn’t get to the final.

Representitives: Anthony Bousejean, Blake Keating, Jake Carnell, Jay Lever, Ryan Mays, Anthony Ferrante, Taylor Reed, Brad Wood, John Buaya, Jess Barjasic.

SENIOR TEAM: Catholic All Schools Competition A first round bye at the CAS event saw the boys proceeding to the State Finals automatically. They were very competitive but lost a few games by a small margin, not making it to the final.

Victorian College Championships The team excelled at the first round of the VCC. Even missing some members did not prevent the team having a great day and winning the final of this section. The finals day presented more challenges including playing against state designated basketball and sports schools. Nevertheless, the boys continued to play good team basketball progressing to the semi-finals ultimately losing to Box Hill Secondary.

Representitives: Chris Danielle, Scott Sanderson, Cameron Mays, Matthew King, Lauren D’hallum, Allan Christensen, Kieran Paliouris, Rhys Hultgren, Zac Morrison.

This year we have had the assistance of AFL Trainee and former student Tim Sanderson (2008). Tim helped coach the Senior and Intermediate teams where his expertise was appreciated by the boys.

Finally, I would like to thank Mr Bryson Milverton, Sportsmaster, for his continued support and assistance with coaching and organisation of events.

Mr Simon Jovic Basketball Coach

Junior Basketball 2009 Back Row: Scott Dixon, Harrison Dolley, Nick Pecchiari, Luke Maddock, Mark Dela Paz Front Row: Ned Mahony, Aaron Christensen, Harrison Bennett, Nicholas Egan, Tim Lancaster Absent: Levi West Teacher: Mr Simon Jovic 71

Basketball

Intermediate Basketball 2009 Back Row: Jake Carnell, Blake Keating Front Row: Anthony Ferrante, John Buaya, Brad Wood, Taylor Read Absent: Jess Barjasic, Anthony Bou Sejaan, Jay Lever, Ryan Mays Teacher: Mr Simon Jovic

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Senior Basketball 2009 Back Row: Lohen D’Halluin, Rhys Hultgren, Zachary Morison Front Row: Scott Sanderson, Chris Daniele, Matthew King, Kieren Paliouras Absent: Allen Christensen, Cameron Mays Teacher: Mr Simon Jovic

Cricket

Intermediate Cricket 2009 Back Row: Luke Christensen, Thomas Driver, Jack Thackeray Front Row: Riley Ferguson, Patrick Eastman, Pat Richards (Captain), Alex Hickey, Dane McFarlane Absent: Ned Clonlan, Ross Fagan, Tommy Henderson, Rennan McMahon Teachers: Mr Adam Noble, Mr Mick Hinds

1st XI Cricket 2009 Back Row: Jackson Bright, Jai Sheahan, Grant Armistead, Matt Davies, Thomas Stewart, Cameron Johnston Front Row: Jacob Fox, Sam Connelly, Jordan Crerar, Brad Petter (Co-Captain), Josh Grabowski (Co-Captain), Alexander Davie, Andrew Casey Teachers: Mr David Breheny, Mr Adam Noble 73

Cricket 2009 has been a very successful year with all 3 teams making it through to their respective grand finals.Thank you to Mr David Breheny and Mr Adam Noble with the development of the squads and to all the boys for their commitment to the teams and fantastic efforts throughout the year.

Again the 1st XI team won its way through to the ACC final against St Bede’s College, just as in the year before.

The great bowling / fielding effort set up the opportunity to win our first ACC final. However, our batting was not good enough in the end. Although the team had a good season leading up to the final, there is definitely unfinished business! Making the final 2 years in a row and still not succeeding in the last game puts the ball back in the court of the 2010 squad to be the first group to win the title.

Congratulations to Grant Armistead, Best & Fairest, Tom Stewart, Runner-up (and his hat trick) and Jackson Bright for winning the Coach’s Award. Also to our Year 11 team on making the final of the VCE CAS cricket, a great effort and a good indication of what we can expect when they step up to the 1st XI in 2010.

The 3rd XI team won the 2009 CAS cricket.

Congratulations to Patrick Eastman, Best & Fairest Dane McFarlane, Runner up and Alex Hickey coaches’ award.

This team shows a lot of promise and will add talent to next year’s senior cricket team.

Bryson Milverton Sport Coordinator

1st XI Best & Fairest Jacob Fox Jack Rogers Brad Petter Michael Mcneel Josh Grabowski Cameron Green Cameron Johnstone Andrew Casey Grant Armistead Sam Connelly

181 367 313 130 366 60 299 171 412 310

Jordan Crerar Jackson Bright Tom Stewart Jai Sheehan Alex Davies Mathew Cowell Daniel Gray James Fisher Simon Fragiotta

283 285 345 113 29 20 20 40 25

Mathew Cowell Daniel Gray James Fisher Simon Fragiotta James Menzies

120 62 65 40 110

2nd XI Best & Fairest Jack Rogers Michael Mcneel Andrew Casey Jordan Crerar Tom Stewart Frank Mileto

64 12 71 280 56 25

3rd XI Year 9/10 Best & Fairest P Richards D Mcfarlane D Stojanovski R Ferguson T Henderson L Christensen

194 286 4 83 73 14

J Thackery R Mcmahon P Eastman T Driver A Hickey R Fagon Clonan

143 66 288 121 131 34 2

St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club 2009 President’s Report

The club has again had an outstanding year culminating in our senior football side making it to the Grand Final. It was disappointing to lose the big game, but Coach, Mark Hovey, has the club motivated to keep striving for the big prize and we expect to be challenging again in 2010. We are very proud that we had team members Cory Bauer, Daniel Lovick, Dean Stankovic, Peter Street and Brett Jackman, all of whom make it into the GFL Team of the Year.

Our Juniors were very strong with 5 Football Grand Final appearances from the Under 18s down to the Under 12s in Little League. Well done to Tom Bates who won the League Best & Fairest for the second year in a row. Congratulations to coach Todd Devine and his U14A side for their Premiership. The year started with the integration of the Joey’s little league into the club fold which was a successful transition thanks to the cooperation of the College, and the hard work done by Jane Littore & John McKinnon.

Our senior Best & Fairest winner was Brett Jackman, who has come up through the College and the Juniors. His great mate, Nick Maxwell, has had a fine year leading the Pies in the AFL and has been a significant contributor to the club again in season 2009.

Our netballers had a season of restructuring and development after the senior Premiership of 2008. Whilst it was disappointing not to have seniors competing in finals, senior player, Tegan Caldwell, has followed up her 2008 Best & Fairest with a spot in the Australian Under 23 World Championship Team and a place in the GFL netball Team 74

of the Year. In 2010 Tegan will be playing for the Melbourne Vixens- a fantastic achievement. This year our best & fairest was won by Ann Osborn who has had a great year. Our junior girls had strong representation in the finals on both Friday night and Saturday competitions.

The season was supported by our major sponsors: Signature Homes and new sponsor, Anthony Smith Australasia, along with Littore Family Wines, Lamby’s Restaurant & Bar and 63 Degrees cafes. Thank you to all our sponsors for your support.

I was humbled on being presented with the Football Geelong Club Administrator of the Year Award at the Geelong Football League breakfast held on the GFL Grand Final Day. We have worked hard as a committee to constantly maintain and improve the standard of professionalism and leadership of the St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club for our families and the wider community in Geelong. I extend my sincere thanks to our Committee members and all who have helped at our club this year.You have all made a difference!

We appreciate the support given by our loyal volunteers and look forward to their return in 2010. We constantly need participation by parents and friends at the club and encourage you to become involved next year. It is wonderful to see our College colours - Red, Gold and Black – making a valued contribution to the local sporting community. Go Joey’s!

Mark Jackman President

Senior Football The prospect of coaching a senior football side with such a high quality reputation excited me greatly on my arrival at St Joseph’s. Witnessing the 80 odd students attend the meeting conducted towards the end of Term 1 was testament to the depth of interest and talent that exists within the school. Following the painstaking task of sorting through the list of potential players and selecting 22, we were ready to start the season.

The first 3 games were going to be crucial in both the ACC and Herald Shield competitions. These games were against St Bernard’s, De La Salle and Parade and we were fortunate enough to win all 3 comfortably. A strong start with other results falling our way, we were in the fortunate position of rotating our squad to even player workloads and to allow opportunities to other students. Our fourth consecutive win against Mazenod virtually guaranteed us a top two finish in the ACC. The Herald Shield competition was quite a bit tighter. Following a loss to Catholic College Sale we managed to finish top of our pool by percentage alone. This situation meant we had achieved the first step in our season 2009 goals; making the ACC Final and the Herald Shield Semifinals. Effectively this meant our final ACC fixture against Whitefriar’s College was of no consequence to the overall standings.

Once again we trialled players who were

yet to be given an opportunity.

With all preliminary rounds out of the way we met Parade College in the final of the ACC at Elsternwick Park. This provided the first opportunity for the players to be rewarded for their hard work throughout the season. The strong favourites, Parade’s superior determination and hard running saw them jump to a 5 goal lead. A second half fight back made the game competitive, however, Parade recorded a well-deserved victory.

Our next challenge, the Herald Shield Semi-final against St Patrick’s Ballarat, took place at Port Melbourne on 22 July. This game was almost a replica of the ACC Final. Kicking against a strong breeze we found ourselves down by 5 goals before we knew it. By half time the deficit was 7 goals. The second half saw a different St Joseph’s team. Aggression at the footy, courage and hard running quickly closed the gap on the scoreboard. Twice we managed to get within 2 goals but in the end we ran out of time and went down by 4 goals.

A huge thank you to all the players who represented the school along with the staff who volunteered their time and talent to assist, including David Breheny, Bryson Milverton, Paul Hood, Michael Wrigley, Shane Dawson, Mick Hinds, Steve Catanzariti, Lenny Alford and Greg Vaughan.

Season Highlights • Providing an opportunity for students to represent their school • 2 Year 10 students winning selection in our Herald Shield Semi-final team • Witnessing the professional manner in which Senior Football operates • Being involved with numerous talented and dedicated footballers many of whom have fantastic futures in front of them at local, state and national level • Playing a number of talented Year 11 students in the senior team which augurs well for the 2010 season AFL Draft Congratulations Well done to students Allen Christensen and Jasper McMillan-Pittard on being selected in the 2009 AFL draft. Allen will join the Geelong Football Club and Jasper will join the Port Adelaide Football Club for season 2010. The St Joseph’s College community wish them all the best for their future football careers.

Paul Clohesy Senior Football Coach

First XVIII Football 2009 Back Row: Thomas Stewart, Andrew Boseley, Jonathon Rau, Jay Lever, Jai Sheahan, Cameron Tudor, Rhys Hultgren Third Row: Kane Reardon, Jackson Bright, Jasper McMillan-Pittard, Scott Jennings, Matt Davies, Sam Connelly, Grant Armistead, Matthew King Second Row:Aaron Lucas, Luke Dahlhaus, Cameron Marchbank, Alexander Davie, Cameron Johnston, Dylan Watt, Jesse Manganelli, Jye Bolton, Cameron Green, Chris Daniele, Tyler Stack, Benjamin Depetro Front Row: Antony Littore, Mitchell Capra, Josh Grabowski, Jackson Davis, Dyson Bell-Warren (Co-Captain), David Riccardi, Kieren Paliouras, Andrew Wootten, Peter Riccardi Absent: Allen Christensen, Rory Nolan (Co-Captain) Trainer: Mr Mick Hinds Coach: Mr Paul Clohesy Assistant Coach: Mr David Breheny 75

Senior Football Results SJC FIRST XVIII RESULTS 2009 Round 1 - ACC SJC 2.3 St Bernard’s 3.4

9.5 4.4

12.9 17.11.113.

7.8 7.9.51

Best Players Joshua Grabowski, Allen Christensen, Cameron Johnston, Jackson Bright, Luke Dahlhaus, Jasper McMillan-Pittard, Jackson Davis, Tom Stewart.

Goals Jackson Bright 7, Joshua Grabowski 3, Allen Christensen 2, Cameron Green, Jonathon Rau, Matthew King, Jasper McMillan-Pittard, Jye Bolton.

Round 2 – ACC/HSS

SJC 4.1 10.4 15.6 17.8.110 De La Salle 2.1 2.1 3.1 4.2.26

Best Players Dylan Watt (HSS Medal), Cameron Johnston, Matt Davies, Luke Dahlhaus, Joshua Grabowski, Dyson Bell-Warren, Jonathon Rau. Goals Jackson Bright 6, Allen Christensen 3, Matt Davies 2, Jai Sheahan 2, Luke Dahlhaus 2, Dylan Watt, Tom Stewart.

Round 3 – ACC SJC Parade

4.3 0.1

6.5 1.5

11.6 14.9.93 3.8 5.10.40

Best Players Dyson Bell-Warren, Dylan Watt, Jackson Davis, Jai Sheahan, Luke Dahlhaus, Matt King, Jye Bolton.

Goals Jai Sheahan 3, Matt Davies 2, Grant

Armistead 2, Cameron Johnston 2, Dylan Watt, Jackson Davis, Luke Dahlhaus, Jye Bolton, Andrew Wooten.

Round 4 – ACC/HSS SJC 4.3 6.7 St Bede’s 2.3

7.12 10.13.73 5.3 5.7 6.9.45

Best Players Jackson Davis (HSS Medal), Jye Bolton, Dylan Watt, Cameron Johnston, Pat Maloney, Richard Kangars, Joshua Grabowski.

Goals Jackson Bright 4, Jai Sheahan 2, Joshua Grabowski 2, Cameron Green, Cameron Marchbank.

Round 5 - ACC

SJC 5.5 9.13 12.15 18.19.127 Mazenod 1.0 1.2 2,4 3.5.23

Best Players Anthony Littore, Mitch Capra, Cameron Green, Chris Daniel, David Riccardi, Grant Armistead.

Goals Cameron Green 3, James Finn 3, Tom Marshallsea 2, , Andrew Boseley 2, Daniel Courtney, Pat Maloney, Chris Daniel, Jesse Manganelli, Matt King, David Riccardi, Jye Bolton, Jackson Davis.

Round 6 – HSS Sale CC SJC

2.2 2.2 7.2

6.2 9.4 15.7.97 12.3 14.4.88

Best Players Grant Armistead (HSS Medal), Mitch Capra, Dyson Bell-Warren, Cameron Marchbank, Dylan Watt, Chris Daniel, Jay Lever.

Goals Jay Lever 5, Jai Sheahan 4, Jackson Davis, Grant Armistead, Chris Daniele, Dylan Watt, Cameron Green.

Round 7 - ACC Whitefriars 2.4 SJC 1.1

6.5 2.1

9.6 4.3

12.7.79 10.4.64

Best Players Andrew Boseley, Chris Daniele, Tyler Stack, Tom Marshallsea, Peter Riccardi, Mitch Capra.

Goals Chris Daniele 5, Tyler Stack 2, Andrew Boseley 2, Tom Marshallsea.

ACC Parade SJC

GRAND FINAL

5.4 1.0 3.1

6.6 4.2

10.10 13.11.89 9.4.58

Best Players Cameron Marchbank, Andrew Wooten, Kane Reardon, Keiren Paliourous, Jonathan Rau. Goals Matt Davies 3, Jackson Bright 2, Jonathan Rau, Jackson Davis, Joshua Grabowski, Grant Armistead.

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SEMI-FINAL

St Patrick’s 5.1 7.4 SJC 0.1 0.4

8.6 4.6

11.8.74 7.7.49

Best Players Allen Christensen, Jasper McMillanPittard, Tyler Stack, Jai Sheahan, Keiren Paliouras, Cameron Marchbank.

Goals Allen Christensen 3, Jackson Bright 2, Matt Davies, Jai Sheahan.

Year 10 Football 2009 Back Row: Alex Hickey, Ned Clonan, Joshua Hovey, Jack Thackeray, James Hill, Ash Howard Middle Row: Mackenzie Bourke, Jack Rawlings, Luke Christensen, Patrick Eastman, Jackson Kelly, Billy Henderson, James Bennett Front Row: Riley Ferguson, Tyler Stack, Dillon Haire, Jay Lever, Chris Scott, Zak Sherman, Philip Paliouras 76 Coach: Mr Jonathan Holt Assistant Coach: Mr David Breheny

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Year 8 Football 2009 Back Row: Nicholas Egan, Luke Maddock, Cooper Hyde, Scott Dixon, Oscar Doyle, Tom Lowe, Darcy Gardiner, Jeanpaul Dumont, Lachlan Devine, Patrick Slack Middle Row: Will Hardiman, Brad Verfurth, Nathan Fenby, Charles Breen, Matt Boag, Bevan Shelley, Tim Lancaster, Cameron Fowler, Luke McCoy, Zac Sheahan Front Row: Jackson Thomas, Max Garratt, Oliver Ramia, Ned Mahony, Aaron Christensen, Lachlan Platt, Spencer Davies, Josh McManus, Tory Garwood

Year 7 Football 2 2009 Back Row: Daniel Milanovic, James Hickey, Josh Flintoff, Thomas Scott, Xavier Carew, Jake Smith, Nicholas Radoslav Middle Row: Jarrod Dowd, Darcy Berry, Nicholas Balic, Adam Walsh, Jacob Hams, Matthew Rock Front Row: James Cooper, Maxwell Augerinos, Jack Lubcke, Harry Purcell, Nicholas Rushbrook, Kevin Tantanouvong, Kyle Brown Teacher: Mr Paul Hood 77

Football

Year 7 Footy 1 2009 Back Row: Lachlan Putland, Lewis Doak, Jordan Smith, Darcy Caddy, Hugh Attard, Brodie Kiss, Patrick McCartin, Casey Meehan Middle Row: Mitchell Helmore, Zaine Cordy, Samuel Leahy, Joshua Conway, Nicholas Brandimarti, Cameron Kos, Patrick Clifton, Toby Featherby Front Row: Brandon Verfurth, Harrison Veale, Darcy Brice, Logan Hardiman, Samuel Dempster, Jayke Kennedy, Nicholas Toohey, Luke Hovey Teacher: Mr Ashley Humphries

Year 7 Footy 2 2009 Back Row: Jack Driver, Samuel Capra, James Edwards, Connor North, Tyson Woodhouse Middle Row: Christian West, Harrison Kol, Jake Butcher, Jacob Connoley, Curtly Balshaw Front Row: Thomas Hoogstra, Shane Collard, James Flanders, Jack Hayes, Patrick Bright, Billy Hyde Teacher: Mr Ashley Humphries 78

Soccer

Year 7 Soccer Representatives 2009 Back Row: Nick Tasevski, Liam Monagle, Billy Argyros, Domenic Alvaro, Lucas Bonifacio, Daniel Gregorio Middle Row: Hamish Flavell, Jack Brodrick, Jacob Filiti, Noah Sewell, Riley Harmen, Lon Nguyen, Darcy Rapa, Patrick Bright Front Row: Nicholas Kozdra, Nathan Munoz, Marco Krndija, Alessandro Stefano, Anthony Frandina, Michael Kakouros Teachers: Mr Tom Trupkovic, Mr Jason O’Connell

Junior Soccer Team 2009 Back Row: Jesse Spehar, Dehgi Lueth, Nicholas Hutchison, Billy Argyros Middle Row: Marcus Lindeberg, Paul Feola, Marko Stevanja, Hamish Flavell, Jack Brodrick, Goran Grujovski Front Row: Julian Barbagallo, Allesandro Stefeno, Marko Krndija, James Costa, Nathan Munoz, Matthew Hagebols Teachers: Mr Jason O’Connell, Mr Tom Trupkovic

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Intermediate Soccer Team 2009 Back Row: Michael Patti, Luka Sesar, James Hohmann Middle Row: Alberto Lopez, Dominic Versace (C), Alex Starcevic, Jayden-Lee Appelgren, Ivan Balta Front Row: Daniel Leahy, Simon Andrus, Nicholas Mandic, James Kriedemann, Kristian Edwards, Dylan Stojanovski Absent: Seth Harvey, Rory Kelly, Joshua Matulich, Christopher Spiranovic, Nhu Vo Teachers: Mr Jason O’Connell, Mr Tom Trupkovic

SJC Senior Soccer 2009 St Joseph’s College 2 (Reddan) (Kociski) defeated - Mazenod College 1 Squad Year 12s -Matthew Demo(captain), Francesco Quaranta, Lyndon Malesic, James Kociski, Henri Claude-Griffiths, Ranga Peries Year 11s -John Patti, Joshua Berta, Conor Reddan, Jima Wade, William Nack, Christopher Psimaris, Patrick Mileto, Peter Mileto, Tiago Bonifacio, Liam McEvoy, Reech Reech, Manager - Frank Mileto, Coaches - Tom Trupkovic & Jason O’Connell ACC Competition Format: 2 divisions: White (5 teams) & Blue (6 teams) 1st stage – round robin - each team plays the other team in its division once.

2nd stage – Semi finals - top two teams from each division go through to the semi finals Semi A - 1st in blue div. vs 2nd in white div.

Semi B – 1st in white div. vs 2nd in blue div.

3rd stage - How each side got to the final SJC - Senior White Division 29 Apr 09 SJC 3 - 1 De La Salle 6 May 09 SJC 6 - 1 Salesian 13 May 09 Parade 1 - 2 SJC 20 May 09 SJC v Bye 27 May 09 Emmanuel 2 - 3 SJC 3 Jun 09 Semi Final B SJC Geelong 3 - 1 SJC Melbourne Ladder: St Joseph’s College Geelong finished ranked 1st on 15 points, followed by Emmanuel - 12, De La Salle - 9, Parade - 6 and Salesian - 3 80

Mazenod - Senior Blue Division 29 Apr 09 Mazenod 4 - 2 St Bernard’s 6 May 09 Mazenod 9 - 1 St Bede’s 13 May 09 CBC St Kilda 2 - 6 Mazenod 20 May 09 St Joseph’s Melbourne 2 - 2 Mazenod 27 May 09 Mazenod 10 - 0 Whitefriars 3 Jun 09 Semi-Final A Mazenod 2 - 1 Emmanuel Ladder: Mazenod finished ranked 1st on 13 points, followed by St Joseph’s Melbourne - 13, St Bernard’s - 9, CBC St Kilda - 4, Whitefriars - 3 and St Bede’s - 1

Final Wrap-Up

An extra time, golden goal secured “the boys from Newtown hill” the ACC Senior Soccer trophy for the third time in 5 years. The win was just reward for a team determined to cement its place in SJC history as one of the best and prove to their city counterparts that Geelong continues to be a force to be reckoned with.

A come from behind win is always memorable, especially against quality opposition. Mazenod went into the game undefeated from 7 games. From the start both teams were jostling to control the game, applying pressure and trying to create openings through tough defences.

Pat Mileto was regularly barking out orders to his defenders Joshua Berta, William Nack and Conor Reddan. The fiercest battle was in the middle of the park, where it seemed the game would be won or lost. Jima Wade, Matthew Demo and John Patti were doing their best to turn defence into attack.

It was from a set piece that Mazenod was finally able to break the dead lock. A free kick near the corner flag was played, a shot at goal took a nasty deflection and although Lyndon Malesic did well to get his fingers to the ball, it bounced over the line and into the back of the net.

To the boy’s credit they rallied and continued to take the game to Mazenod, trailling one nil at half time. Near misses from Matt Demo and Chris Psimaris sent confidence levels soaring, Jima Wade’s turn and shot beat the keeper, bounced off the post, and Conor Reddan put away a deserved equaliser with only 8 minutes left. The momentum was with SJC and Mazenod was on the defensive.

The game went to extra time, with Golden Goal applying. SJC hearts sank when a cruel deflection and bounce resulted in a penalty. Lyndon Malesic pulled off another game-saving stop and kept the dream alive. At the 6 minute mark he sent a high ball all the way downfield and after 2 bounces James Kociski deftly lobbed the ball over the keeper whilst in a sea of defenders. A memorable goal to cap a memorable season!

To win the ACC is a very difficult feat, as many of the teams are of the highest quality.To win every single game and be proclaimed Champions, is extraordinary.

Well done to all involved!

Tom Trupkovic, Coach

Edmund Rice Day 2009 Annual Golden Boot Game The first annual golden boot game between teachers and students began with a lot of excitement on Eddy Rice day this year. Gaelic masterminds, Jake Stack and Jacob Meehan, had been working hard for weeks to formulate the best team and strategy to take on wily veteran Paul Hood and his balding charges. Mitch Capra got the boys reared up in the change rooms and the students were ready to go. Anthony Chapman rolled out in his whites and the game was underway.

The students were stunned early by the teachers. With mystery inclusion, Tom Harriott, from administration.

The student backline was full of holes and discipline was lacking with too many students looking to make a big impact. Gargantuan Mr Humphries proved to be too much for the students’ ruckman and booted a couple of helpful overs in the first few minutes. The students looked poised to come back with Jackson Bright using his excellent footwork and blistering pace to tear through the teachers’ defence, only to have the blundering Sam Hopgood almost tripping over his own feet in a misguided attempt to help Bright score the much needed goal.

It continued down hill from there for the students as Michael Wrigley and Paul Hood proved to still have some run in their legs, as well as Damien Harrington making his triumphant return to the school. Off season addition, Paul Clohesy, had an immediate impact with his new team mates, showing good poise, and adding veteran decision making. Jono Holt was up to his usual tricks as the barrel-chested, motor-mouth attempting to get under the skin of his opponents. A mix up in midfield rotations landed Jacob Meehan in the middle, where Jackson Bright was able to drop a perfect ruck tap into his lap. While Meehan’s larger frame helped him land a thundering “don’t argue” on the chest of Paul Clohesy, his lack of ball skills or field vision left him unable to take advantage of the situation. Josh Grabowski’s fine form in the backline was gallant but somewhat futile with little or no forward options. Big men Jono Rau and Tom “Muffin” Marshalsea were little help in the air as they struggled to adjust to the foreign shape of the ball.

While the students were not as impressive as first imagined, they were not helped by dirty tactics from the teachers, with clearly biased and whistle-happy Chapman clearly on the staff side and Rowena McRae in the ruck forcing the students to leap up towards the ruck tap as politely and gentlemanly as possible. Roscoe Cameron was worst of all, clearly only looking to do damage to the other team when he delivered a bone crunching hit to

unknowing James Kosciski. This elicited an immediate and aggressive response from the students and Roscoe was quickly swamped by aggravated students.

The game soon ended and Seb Picoli conducted the post-game wrap up. Man of the match honours went to Paul Hood and the Golden Boot is now sitting in the staff room waiting for next year’s students to rise above the powerhouse teachers in order to claim it back.

Jacob Meehan - Year 12 Edmund Rice Day Edmund Rice Day celebrations were successfully run again this year. The annual cross country followed the mass celebrated by Father Kevin Dillon. The elite runners were the first to hit the track, undeterred by a bit of rain.

Year 10 Tyler Stack took the honours for the second consecutive year, followed closely by Blake Morrissy.

Ash Howard took third, trailed by Mackenzie Bourke in fourth place. The rest of the school completed a lap around the river and returned to where boys had been tirelessly cooking up a range of dishes from around the globe. The Multicultural Food festival was a Year10 initiative which turned out to be a real hit adding to the total tally of money to send to Africa. Setting up and organising the festival was a huge job and a great idea from Year10 student Bradley Collard. The multicultural food was prepared and sold by students: Fried Rice and Dim Sims from Asia, corn on a cob representing Africa, nachos as a Mexican dish, pizza representing Italy and a Croatian BBQ. As the day continued numerous activities started up such as sponge throwing which the teachers thoroughly enjoyed, the longest footy kick and the footy kick into the bin. The day came to an end as the final siren sounded in the teacher v student Gaelic football match. This year no teachers were injured, however, the teachers were yet again victorious. It turned out to be a great day. We raised an enormous amount of money to help the Ruben School in Africa.

Blake Morrissy - Year 10

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Swimming

Swimming Team 2009 Back Row: Jack Smeelie, Cassidy Redden, Tommy Sperac, Jake Carnell, Christian Ricciuti, Luke Rush Front Row: Samuel Hand, Billy Cunningham, Fraser Clatworthy, Hugh Attard, Nic Guthridge, James Irwin Teacher: Mr John Mitchell

Surfing

Rip Curl Shield Surfing 2009 Back Row: Luke Rosson, Darcy Gardiner, Willis Hartigan Front Row: Austin Haire, Darcy Troop, Jason Girvan, Ignatius Rudd Mr Michael Davies 82 Teacher:

Table Tennis

Year 7 Table Tennis 2009 Back Row: Ryan Bentley, Nicholas Swain Front Row: Benjamin Walker, Alexander Lukacz, James Edwards, Christopher Napper Teacher: Mr Mick Hinds

Golf

Golf 2009 Back Row: Dane McFarlane, Thomas Breed, Patrick Eastman, Oscar Briody Front Row: Jack Connoley, Blayne Haygarth, Patrick Bright, Zac Sheahan, Spencer Davies Teacher: Mr Adam Noble

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Chess

Chess 2009 Back Row: Christy McElligott, Peter Bemelmans, Sam Colla, Liam Monagle Front Row: Harrison Cook, Andrew Romagnoli, Edward Lunardelli, Daniel Hoogstra, Joel Price, Parry Kelly Teacher: Mr Brendan Nicholls

Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee 2009 Back Row: Marc Del Gallo, Ryan Mays, Paul Howell Front Row: Thomas Howell, Michael Fawkes, Hayden Clifford Teacher: Ms Monique Connell 84

Debating & Public Speaking This year debating and public speaking was enhanced through the introduction of Claire Connell. She has great experience and enthusiasm. Hopefully debating will continue to grow under her leadership.

Senior DAV The College was represented by two D Grade teams and one A Grade team in the Senior DAV competition.

The A Grade team, represented by Pat McDonald, Jonathon Conway, David Bell, Daniel Belluzzo and Cameron Clarke narrowly missed the finals but finished with a triumphant win against Kardinia in a strong defence of the internet.

Their carefully crafted arguments, accompanied by stinging rebuttal, won the night. Thank you to all of these students for their commitment to debating. I would also like to thank Michelle Sweeney for being their guiding light since Year 8. It is anticipated that several of these boys will continue with debating at University and will take up the opportunity to adjudicate in the DAV competition.

Our two D Grade teams met with great success over the year due to their work ethic and commitment.

Both teams made it all the way to the playoff for the finals where they put in marvellous performances and only narrowly missed out on advancing to the next round.

Their speeches were convincingly delivered, their matter was very strong and their rebuttal was incisive.

The boys performed with great

pride and brought great credit to our College. Congratulations to Jackson McKendrick, Jonny Carty, Joel Wooden, Alex Gulli, Michael Podbury, Michael Monea, Russell Waters, Michael Kennedy-James and Darcy Carroll. Special thanks to Michael Podbury for his willingness to change speaker roles at the last minute for the final debate.

Swannies Award Jackson McKendrick out performed all other debaters in D Grade in the Geelong region thereby winning the award for best speaker known as the Swannies. The College has produced several such winners in the past but none more deserving than Jackson.

He is fortunate to be in a team of debaters with extraordinary talent and during the year he honed his skills, always exuding confidence and an ability to carve up the opposing case with clinical precision.

Junior DAV Eager Year 7 debaters began with training, then three debates and

further training in method, manner and matter. The Year 7 team included Jack Callahan, Nathan Stones, Nathan Gulli, Ryan Bentley, Alexander Callan, Christopher Napper, Michael Visnjovski, Thomas Howell and Callum Robertson. The boys showed tremendous promise in their public speaking abilities and success is anticipated for future years in the DAV. ACC Intermediate Debating Alex Gulli, Jackson McKendrick, Jonny Carty and Joel Wooden took part in the ACC competition held at Parade College and performed brilliantly. Last year they won the Junior ACC title but were unable to triumph on this occasion. They won their first 2 debates, but in a close decision, were unable to convince the adjudicator in the final. These boys had very little time to prepare for this competition and put in a tremendous effort. They are well placed to regain the title next year.

Intermediate ACC & DAV D Grade Debating 2009 Jon Carty, Alexander Gulli, Jackson McKendrick L-R: Teacher: Miss Claire Connell

Junior Debating 2009 Back Row: Michael Visnjovski, Ryan Bentley, Nathan Gulli Front Row: Christopher Napper, Thomas Howell, Jack Callahan, Callum Robertson Absent: Alexander Callan, Nathan Stones Teacher: Miss Claire Connell

Senior Debating 2009 L-R: Jonathan Conway, David Bell, Daniel Belluzzo Absent: Patrick McDonald Teacher: Miss Claire Connell

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Debating Public Speaking Students have also participated in public speaking competitions.

Legacy Michael Podbury and Nicholas Tasevski spoke eloquently at the Legacy public speaking competition in May. Both received praise and support from the judges and were asked to return in the following year.

Thant Trophy For the very first time, St Joseph’s College entered the Thant Trophy Competition run by the Victorian Division of the United Nations Youth Association. Paddy McDonald, Daniel Belluzzo and Jonathan Conway (unfortunately David Bell was unable to attend despite all the research and preparation that he had completed) made their way to Melbourne University for the four hour competition.

Lions Youth of the Year Following this, Edward Hubber and Alexander Lourey entered the Lions Youth of the Year competition. Both spoke beautifully at their presentation evening and both were congratulated by all who attended the evening.

Edward Hubber went on to win both

the public speaking and interview sections of the competition and will compete in the next section of the competition early next year.

PESA Joel Crucitti and Cameron Clarke represented the College in the Plain English Speaking Association competition run by VCAA held at Geelong Grammar. Joel spoke about the dangers posed by Google street view to security and privacy and Cameron argued vehemently against

a future Australian Republic. Both students are very talented orators and performed strongly in excellent company. “A time to shine”, was the topic for the impromptu speech to be prepared in 4 minutes and delivered over3 minutes. This was nerve racking for all of the competitors. Both of the boys represented us with great dignity and believe they gained from the rigours of the competition.

Congratulations to you both!

Katherine Jenkins & Claire Connell

DAV D Grade Debating 2009 L-R: Darcy Carroll, Michael Podbury Absent: Michael Monea, Russell Waters Teacher: Miss Claire Connell

Deakin Mathematics

Deakin Mathematics 2009 Back Row: Brendan Bilogrevic, Thomas Moloney, Andrew Teale, Nicholas Alizzi 86 Front Row: Jacob Carew, Jordan Hagebols, Nathan Lombardi, Blake Morrissy, Nicholas Armstrong Teachers: Mr Mick Hinds

Public Speaking - Debating 2009 Joel Crucitti, Cam Clarke (Absent) Teacher: Mrs Katherine Jenkins (Absent)

VCE AWARDS 2009 YEAR 11 EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Accounting Rachael McInnes (SHC) Biology Joshua Peace Business Management - Unit 1/2 Erik Lindeberg (Yr 10) Chemistry Carl Di Rocco General Mathematics - Specialist Carl Di Rocco Mathematical Methods Carl Di Rocco Physics Carl Di Rocco Religious Education Carl Di Rocco Chinese - 2nd Language Adrian King Music Performance Adrian King Music Styles Adrian King Design Technology Nicholas Ross Economics Laura Wrigley (SHC) English David McNamara Italian - 2nd Language David McNamara Environmental Science Jessi Canny (SHC) Food Technology - Unit 1/2 Sean Harper (Yr 10) Foundation English Jarryd Owens Foundation Mathematics Dane Robinson Christopher Bocchicchio General Mathematics - Further Health and Human Development Dasun Karunaratne History Henry Baker Literature Henry Baker Information Technology Luke Pino Legal Studies Darcy Moore Media James Patterson Outdoor & Environmental Studies Rose Ridgway (SHC) Outdoor & Environmental Studies Georgia Turner (SHC) Andrew Van Bergen (Yr 10) Physical Education - Unit 1/2 Psychology Samuel Beard Religious Education Samuel Beard Studio Art Reuben Capill Systems Engineering Brodie McDonald VCAL - Intermediate James Virgona VET Furnishings Thomas Cockerell Visual Communication Dylan North Encouragement Award Nicholas Allison Encouragement Award James Hickleton Consistent Effort Award Dylan North Consistent Effort Award Josip Kozina Consistent Effort Award Reuben Capill Consistent Effort Award Patrick Houghton Consistent Effort Award James Virgona Consistent Effort Award Tiago Bonifacio Consistent Effort Award Jesse Verdichizzi Consistent Effort Award Pierce Johnson Consistent Effort Award Michael McNeel 7-10 Diary Cover Design winner Luke Sinozic 11-12 Diary Cover Design Co-winner Hamish McDonald 11-12 Diary Cover Design Co-winner Dylan North Athletics – Under 16 Conor Reddan Athletics – Under 17 Richard Kangars Athletics – Senior Matthew Davies Cross Country – Under 17 Daniel Gray Edmund Rice Award Thomas Cooper Community Service Samuel Beard Community Service Daniel Kosmetschke Leadership Award Jacob Bemelmans Leadership Award Peter Mileto Year 11 Principal’s Award Darcy Moore

YEAR 12 EXCELLENCE AWARDS Accounting Biology Business Management VCE High Achiever Award Chemistry Health & Human Development VCE High Achiever Award Chinese - 2nd Language Design & Technology Economics English

Nicole Glasson (SHC) Peter Grant Michael Jimenez Michael Jimenez Ranga Peries Ranga Peries Ranga Peries Timothy Shanahan Lauren Gwyn (CC) James Bisinella James Bisinella

Legal Studies James Bisinella VCE High Achiever Award James Bisinella Environmental Science - Unit 3/4 Joshua Peace (Yr 11) Food & Technology - Unit 3/4 Jack Rayner (Yr 11) Further Mathematics - Unit 3/4 Perfect Score Hugh Wallace (Yr 11) History – Revolutions Patrick McDonald Italian- 2nd Language Unit 3/4 Patrick McDonald VCE High Achiever Award Patrick McDonald Information Technology - Applications Jonathon Rau Systems Engineering Jonathon Rau Literature Darcy Moore Mathematical Methods Christian Ricciuti Specialist Mathematics Christian Ricciuti VCE High Achiever Award Christian Ricciuti Media Sam Soldani Music Group Performance - Unit 3/4 Maximillian Rudd (Yr 10) Music Solo Performance Erynne Hobbs (CC) Outdoor & Environmental Studies Thomas Marshallsea Physical Education Cameron Marchbank VCE High Achiever Award Cameron Marchbank Physics Gabriel Gottardo VCE High Achiever Award Gabriel Gottardo Physics Marcus Jakovljevic VCE High Achiever Award Marcus Jakovljevic Psychology Scott Sanderson VCE High Achiever Award Scott Sanderson Studio Arts Heath Kean Visual Communication & Design - Perfect Score Heath Kean VCE High Achiever Award Heath Kean VCAL - Senior Sam Hopgood VET - Furnishings Simon Fragiotta (Yr 11) VCE High Achiever Award Samuel Butcher VCE High Achiever Award Jonathan Conway VCE High Achiever Award Joel Crucitti VCE High Achiever Award James Fisher VCE High Achiever Award Brendan Glen VCE High Achiever Award Patrick Mithen VCE High Achiever Award James Palmer VCE High Achiever Award Luke Saldanha VCE High Achiever Award Jake Stack VCE High Achiever Award Michael Teague VCE High Achiever Award Jackson Turnley VCE High Achiever Award Adam Vasilj Cross Country – Senior Daniel Holroyd Swimming – Under 17 Christian Ricciuti Swimming – Senior Heath Kean

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

Ryan Draper Memorial Award For excellence in debating & public speaking Jonathan Conway Adam Bryant Memorial House Competition Shield Winner - Brophy Cameron Marchbank Frank Merlino Memorial Cup For excellence in Information Technology Jonathon Rau Michael Carmody Memorial Award For outstanding leadership & overall commitment to the College and Community Thomas Bennett Old Collegians Association Citizenship Award For contribution & service to the College Sam Hopgood Robert McKelvie Parents & Friends Association Cultural Award(Performing Arts) For contribution to the cultural life of the College Patrick McDonald Edmund Rice Award For promoting and supporting the values of Edmund Rice James Palmer Old Collegians Association – Leo Turner Memorial Award For excellence in sport Allen Christensen Zampatti All Rounder Award For excellence in a range of activities Mitchell Capra McNeill Cup For overall excellence, leadership and commitment to the College Michael Sweerts Dux of College James Bisinella 87

VCE AWARDS

VCE Awards Back Row: Luke Daly, Michael Teague, Jeffrey Smith, Daniel Holroyd, Christopher Shelley, Michael Sweerts, Tom Marshallsea, Jonathan Conway, James Palmer Middle Row: Darcy Meesen, Nicholas Jahnecke, Adam Vasilj, Christian Ricciuti, James Bisinella, Gabriel Gottardo, Paddy Mithen, Dyson Bell-Warren Front Row: Damien Kos, Tom Bennett, Ranga Peries, David Bell, Sam Hopgood, Jake Stack, Jay Mammino, Heath Kean, James Patterson Teacher: Mr Rob Blackley

Year 7-10 AWARDS YEAR 7 EXCELLENCE AWARDS Creative Arts - Art & Design Scott Craven Creative Arts - Art & Design James McCorkell Creative Arts - Art & Design Charles Purdy Creative Arts - Band Ryan Bentley Humanities Ryan Bentley Mathematics Ryan Bentley Creative Arts - Band Joshua Davies Creative Arts - Drama James Cooper Creative Arts - Drama Matthew Gordon Creative Arts - Drama Ben Newman Creative Arts - Drama Matthew Rock Creative Arts - Music Nathan Gulli Creative Arts - Music Michael Visnjovski LOTE - Italian Michael Visnjovski English Jack Callahan English Connor Jervies Health and Physical Education Connor Jervies Mathematics Connor Jervies Health and Physical Education Christian West Humanities David Van Etten LOTE - Chinese David Van Etten LOTE - Chinese Adam Lloyd LOTE - Italian Anthony Frandina Technology - Materials Food Anthony Frandina Mathematics Zaine Cordy Religious Education Ciaran Ross 88

Religious Education Science Science Brent Whitten Memorial Award Mary Delahunty Memorial Award Edmund Rice Award Community Service Community Service Leadership Leadership Encouragement Encouragement Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Athletics Under 13 Cross Country Under 12 Cross Country Under 13 Swimming Under 13 Principal’s Award

Nathan Stones Logan Hardiman Nicholas Tasevski Samuel Capra Jack Callahan Michael Visnjovski James Cooper Jake Smith Ryan Bentley Jack Hayes Kim Barini James Flanders Benjamin Stepnell Nicholas Brandimarti Samuel Handley Jarrod Dowd Michael Connolly Tyler O’Brien Phillip Pundij Anthony Frandina Matthew Caldow Samuel Capra Jake Willigen James Edwards Mitchell Casperson Shane Collard

YEAR 7-10 AWARDS YEAR 8 EXCELLENCE AWARDS Creative Arts - 2D Jacob Murphy Creative Arts - 2D James Vandenberg Creative Arts - 2D Rainer Spoljaric Technology - Systems Rainer Spoljaric Creative Arts - 3D Immanuel Dreessens Religious Education Immanuel Dreessens Creative Arts - 3D Nicholas Pecchiari Creative Arts - Drama Joshua Coppe Creative Arts - Drama Samuel Hunt Technology - Materials Food Samuel Hunt Creative Arts - Media Liam Harnett LOTE - Italian Liam Harnett Mathematics Liam Harnett Australian Mathematics Competition - Prudence Award Liam Harnett Creative Arts - Music Michael Podbury Technology - Information Michael Podbury Creative Arts - Music Ignatius Rudd LOTE - Chinese Ignatius Rudd Creative Arts - Visual Jesse Graauwmans Creative Arts - Visual Ned Mahony English Ned Mahony Humanities Ned Mahony English Joshua Looker LOTE - Italian Joshua Looker Mathematics Joshua Looker Science Joshua Looker Technology - Materials Wood Joshua Looker Health and Physical Education Max Garratt Health and Physical Education William Hardiman Humanities Daniel Smith LOTE - Chinese Mark Hyd Religious Education Christian Hayes Technology - Materials Wood Christian Hayes Science Jeremy King Technology - Information Jeremy King Technology - Systems Andrew Blake The Gabi Szentes Memorial Award Immanuel Dreessens Edmund Rice Award Mark Hyd Community Service Marcus Anderson Community Service Trent Archer Leadership Matthew Bucki-Smith Leadership Ned Mahony Encouragement Anthony Brooker Encouragement Andre Losi Consistent Effort Cody Roberts Consistent Effort Samuel Hunt Consistent Effort Andrew Blake Consistent Effort Russell Waters Consistent Effort Jesse Simpson Consistent Effort Charles Callan Consistent Effort Rainer Spoljaric Consistent Effort Christian Hayes Consistent Effort Cooper Hyde Swimming Under 14 Fraser Clatworthy

Excellence Dance Principal’s Award

Mason Kelly William Hardiman

YEAR 9 EXCELLENCE AWARDS Creative Arts - 2D Lachlan Crowe Technology - Information Lachlan Crowe Creative Arts - 2D Justin Estcourt Creative Arts - Visual Justin Estcourt Creative Arts - 3D Art Harrison Gist Humanities Harrison Gist Creative Arts - 3D Art Ryan Oppermann Creative Arts - Drama Liam Brennan Creative Arts - Drama Andrew Mogic Creative Arts - Media Nicholas Cooper Creative Arts - Media Alexander Gulli Humanities Alexander Gulli Creative Arts - Media Tanner Redden Creative Arts - Music Thomas Attard Technology - Systems Thomas Attard Creative Arts - Music Lachlan Brown Creative Arts - Visual Zachary Fitzgerald English Zachary Fitzgerald LOTE - Chinese Zachary Fitzgerald Creative Arts - Visual Matthew Karpinski English Alexander Guy Health and Physical Education Willis Flanders Health and Physical Education Alex Hickey LOTE - Chinese Hugo Le Clerc Technology - Information Hugo Le Clerc LOTE - Italian Jackson Hand LOTE - Italian Andrew Romagnoli Mathematics Nicholas Ng Mathematics Matthew Welsh Religious Education Stefan Albanese Religious Education Jackson McKendrick Science Nathan Radzi-Stewart Science Adrian Van Etten Technology - Systems Adrian Van Etten Science Talent Search Minor Bursary Zachary Fitzgerald Science Talent Search Minor Bursary Hugo Le Clerc Science Talent Search Major Bursary Matthew Karpinski Technology - Materials Food Daniel Brugman Technology - Materials Wood Julian Cole Technology - Materials Wood Christopher Tran Edmund Rice Award Liam Blackwell Community Service Jackson McKendrick Leadership Nicholas Cooper Leadership Matthew Karpinski Encouragement Yani Bourdamis Encouragement Darcy Nolan Consistent Effort Julian Cole Consistent Effort Keegan Doherty Consistent Effort Matthew Potter 89

YEAR 7-10 AWARDS Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Athletics Under 14 Athletics Under 15 Cross Country Under 14 Swimming Under 15 Debating DAV D Grade Team member - Swannie Award Principal’s Award

Taylor Meesen Luke Kosmetschke Jack Smeelie Nicholas Cooper Hugo Le Clerc Liam Robinson Thomas Henry Samuel Scott James Darke Mitchell Patten Jackson McKendrick Jackson McKendrick

YEAR 10 EXCELLENCE AWARDS Creative Arts - 2D Mitchell Marino Michael Walsh Creative Arts - 2D Creative Arts - 3D Art Edward Hubber Creative Arts - 3D Art Ryan Mays Creative Arts - Drama Alexander Lourey Creative Arts - Drama Jeffrey Malapit Creative Arts - Media Jem Moore Creative Arts - Media Lachlan Simpson Creative Arts - Music Simon Hochreiter Creative Arts - Music Maximillian Rudd Creative Arts - Visual Erik Lindeberg Program Cover Design Erik Lindeberg Technology - Materials Food Erik Lindeberg Creative Arts - Visual Nhu Vo English David Cann LOTE - Italian David Cann English Daniel Leahy Health and Physical Education Michael Fawkes Health and Physical Education Nicholas Mandic Humanities Brendan Bilogrevic Humanities Jack Mitchell Science - Psychology Jack Mitchell LOTE - Chinese Roger Chen Technology - Information Roger Chen LOTE - Chinese Ryan Tay LOTE - Italian Macaulay Kirsopp Science - Life Science Macaulay Kirsopp Mathematics Christopher Knight

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Science - Material Science Mathematics Science - Life Science Science - Material Science Religious Education Technology - Systems Religious Education Science - Environmental Science - Environmental Science - Psychology Technology - Materials Food Technology - Materials Wood Technology - Materials Wood Technology - Systems Technology - Information Technology - Information Ad Alta 10 Program Edmund Rice Award Community Service Community Service Leadership Leadership Encouragement Encouragement Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Consistent Effort Athletics Under 16 Cross Country Under 15 Cross Country Under 16 Swimming Under 16 Principal’s Award

Christopher Knight Thomas Moloney Thomas Moloney Thomas Moloney Nicholas Armstrong Nicholas Armstrong Cohen Craven Oscar Briody Jake McManus Blake Morrissy Brandon Kichakov Alberto Lopez Andrew Teale Dominic Versace Mitchell Frewin Darcy McKenna Cameron Gugger Ryan Tay Paul Belluzzo Edward Hubber David Cann Jem Moore Samuel Moerenhout Aaron Nicholls Andrew Van Bergen Jordan Hagebols Blair Vredenbregt Jake Bond Mackenzie Dolder Charles Ratcliffe James Smith Jason Girvan Jay Lever Nicholas Mandic Tyler Stack Guy Willersdorf Glen Bird

SENIOR MUSIC & DRAMA AWARDS Service to Music Daniel Belluzzo Service to Music and Drama Patrick McDonald Service to Music and Drama Adrian Trinchera

CURRICULUM In past Virtus reports I have opened with the statement that curriculum never stands still and is constantly evolving. The trend continues with the writing of the National Curriculum currently underway for implementation in 2011. The issue of school league tables and publishing of data creates obstacles never seen before by schools. One of the great challenges we face in a curriculum that meets the needs of all our students and engages them throughout their schooling.

A great example I witnessed this year has been the creation of the Patch vegetable garden by the Year 9 Applied Science class. The students proudly spoke of their work to a variety of different audiences, created a website to record their learnings and regularly shared their produce.

It shows what can be achieved when students are given the opportunity.

Much credit is due to teachers Ashwin Pillai and Brendan Nicholls for allowing these boys to grow (pardon the pun) and experience the success they have richly deserved.

Ad Alta 10 2009 has seen the consolidation of Ad Alta 10, with 17 students enrolled. Ad Alta 10 is a mixture of traditional subject areas,VET subjects and increased work experience throughout the year. Students have been involved in community service visits to primary schools and aged care homes through their Religious Education program with Mr Anthony Chapman. They have achieved different levels of belt grading in the

martial arts class with Mr Jack Jurica and undertaken work experience on 4 separate occasions, under the watchful eyes of Mr Tom Trupkovic, Ms Anna Hudson and Ms Catherine Farrell. Upon completion, students can pursue a VCAL program, enrol in VCE or find employment.

NAPLAN The National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Year 7 and 9 students was completed for the second year.

Our results indicated our students performed above the state and national average in all areas. This can be attributed to the work we have been doing with literacy across all subject areas and the work within the Maths faculty. The gathering of data provides us with the opportunity to better track students through their schooling.

Indigenous Perspectives Integrating an awareness and knowledge of Indigenous culture, history and spirituality throughout the curriculum has been supported by a number of initiatives undertaken this year. A student exchange program has been established with St Brendan’s College,Yeppoon with reciprocal visits. A group of students visited Daly River, Northern Territory earlier in the year.

Indigenous educator Grant Sarra led the staff and a student group through an interactive hypothetical workshop which provided an opportunity to walk in the shoes of Indigenous Australians this challenged

preconceived ideas from early settlers to today. It was a significant day for all involved.

Grant’s message was that if we are genuinely committed to addressing the disadvantaged position of indigenous Australians, we need to develop an accurate knowledge and understanding of Australian history, culture and society. Australians today must put our history into the right perspective and move beyond blaming, individual fear and ignorance.

Grant has spent 26 years of his life working with indigenous people and was nominated for the National Human Rights Medal in November 2000 in recognition for the development and delivery of Strategic Indigenous Awareness Programs.

Earlier in the year I travelled to Genazzano FCJ College in Kew with students, Will and Jonathon Carty, James and Tom Irwin to attend a breakfast organised by The Aboriginal Catholic Ministry and Opening the Doors Foundation. The Foundation addresses the severe educational disadvantages being experienced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, by providing assistance so that they are able to choose and successfully maintain a positive educational environment for their children. The morning brought 250 students, teachers and parents together to launch a new exciting schools initiative ‘Keeping the Reconciliation Fire Burning’. Each

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CURRICULUM school has been asked to nominate a teacher and a student to be the representatives in the FIRE (Friends Igniting Reconciliation through Education) Carrier Project. A presentation to be held at St Joseph’s to symbolize our involvement.

A first meeting has been held to plan our next steps and a cheque for $900 was presented by school leaders Allen Christensen and Jake Bemelmans to support the work of Opening the Doors Foundation.

• Tree planting in and outside the school • Working with Landcare on pulling noxious weeds at Batesford as part of the Religious Education Renewal program • Ride to school day • EAT (Environmental Action Team) website created by the students • Ban on small plastic sauce containers • Two energy modules delivered to the staff

SETS-Sustainable Environment Tracking System As debate continues nationally and internationally over global warming and an emissions trading scheme. The College has accepted the challenge to reduce our environmental footprint and our energy needs by undertaking the following: • Water Tanks installed • Mulching • Use of recycled water in toilets • Dual flush toilets • Posters in classrooms educating staff/students to turn off lights when leaving the room • Solar Panels installed with readings available on the school website • Sensor Lights installed in classrooms • Automatic shut off taps • Creation of The Patch-Vegetable garden by Year 9 Applied Science • Rubbish free days • Cardboard and paper recycling • Energy audit of staff and student travel to school conducted by Maths class

Habits of Mind Project (HOM) The pilot project begun last year with a small group of teachers was expanded in 2009 to involve all Year 7 and 9 teachers. The 16 Habits of Mind, as developed by educationalists, Art Costa and Bena Kallick are dispositions or characteristics of successful people.

A team of teachers spent time working with HOM consultant James Anderson during the year enhancing their own understanding and developing resources to be used in the classroom by teachers. This was trialled during Term 4, with the idea of rolling it out to other year levels next year.

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VCE Lectures The annual revision lectures offered this year at the College saw an increase in the number of students attending the lectures. It was very pleasing and encouraging to see so many St Joseph’s College

students taking the opportunity to avail themselves of these lectures.

Feedback indicated a high of proportion of the students found the lectures extremely valuable in their preparation for the exams.

Each of the lecturers spoke of how impressive the students were and the fact that they came during the Term 3 break, especially on the Sunday after the success of the local football team.

This year has seen students involved in many curriculum activities across the school, adding richness to the culture of the College. We have seen students participate and enjoy varying degrees of success in the ACC interschool debating and public speaking, Deakin University and Westpac Mathematics competition, cooking competitions, LOTE poetry competitions and Music competitions.

The challenge for the College will be to remain in the forefront of boys’ education. We are fortunate to have excellent facilities, hard working and dedicated staff and supportive parents who all endeavour to provide the best opportunity for our boys.

Robert Blackley Director of Curriculum

Arts Faculty The Arts faculty has been a busy area to work in once again this year with our students excelling in all areas of the Visual and Performing Arts.

Year 7 and Pathways Performing Arts students have developed their confidence and creativity through a variety of class activities and performances.

This year we have again exhibited our Pathways work to ensure students made the most informed choices for 2010. Homeroom teachers had the opportunity to take their classes to view the exhibition during Careers Week. Our webpage has also been available for students and parents to access in order to view examples of the work done in each unit.

Congratulations to all our Year 12 Arts students who have worked extremely hard to achieve such high standards in Units 3 and 4. Their teachers have encouraged creative ideas and individual strengths and we have certainly seen diverse and innovative talents. We wish our students every success as they pursue their careers, whether within or outside the Arts. They have all been enriched by their experiences this year.

The following pages aim to be a celebration of the creativity and success our dedicated teachers have nurtured and developed in our Arts students.

Helen Kean Arts Coordinator Jasper McMillan Pittard - Year 12 Studio Arts

Samuel Fitzgerald - 3D Creations

Getting stuck into 3D Creations

Edward Hubber - Year 10 Etching Andrew Wilson - Pop Art Food

Adam Donald - Year 12 Studio Arts

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Arts Faculty Welcome to the Third Dimension Over the course of the semester our class has done various 3D artworks. We have made a mask, clay dragon and a Pop Art ‘play on words’ sculpture. These art creations have brought out many different talents among the class. Some people have decided that a cartoon style is right for them, while others went with more of a realistic design. Making the dragon and trying to come up with ideas for the play on words sculpture has been extremely enjoyable. I am sure everybody in the class has enjoyed themselves heaps.

Christian O’Halloran - Year 8

Year 7 Art & Design - Clay Gargoyles

This year we have been able to experience activities that show us how to do interesting drawings, paint tints and tones, produce prints and make clay gargoyles. We used these elements to accomplish a self portrait drawing which I enjoyed as I’ve never done it before.

With printmaking the boys made fantastic patterns and for some of the students it was their first experience of printmaking. I liked this as we could be very imaginative.

The gargoyles took several weeks to complete. The boys learned different pottery techniques and had a load of fun and the end results were fantastic.

Michael Visnjorski - Year 7

Ryan Buenaventura -Year 9

Play With Clay - Leadlight Masks Nicholas Tasevski - Year 7

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Play with Clay Throughout the course of ‘Play with Clay’, we undertook three major tasks of designing and then creating our own clay pieces. First we created a set of textured bowls.

We were required to plan and produce the bowls, using a variety of textures and techniques. Next we crafted a narrative pot in which we told a story from our lives via representational pictures. The last task was to capture an interesting facial expression in a clay mask. This task proved very interesting and plenty of fun. We have learned fine art techniques and how to create an interesting piece of art through the use of clay. I felt that all students utterly enjoyed this subject and learned essential art skills whilst having the chance to explore a broad range of creations.

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This year the class has been one of experiencing new ways of making art, from drawing to making miniature clay gargoyles. We have enjoyed all the art classes and we use every minute very efficiently. The comic book covers were a great way to further our experience using Adobe Photoshop. Some theory was fun but when it came to drawing we all loved it. We learned about ancient Egyptian art and created a print of our hieroglyphic names. We have had a grand time in the art room and we look forward to the years to come.

Lucas Bonifacio – Year 7

Arts Faculty 2D Painting and Drawing This is a subject where you learn and develop drawing and painting skills. These skills range from realistic observational drawings with grey lead and coloured pencils to abstract paintings which are very creative and amusing to the eye. The first of two main pieces of work was realistic drawing. Each student selected a random object from around the room and attempted to draw it as realistically as possible using the art elements and principles like shading and line. The second piece of work was an abstract painting that we planned in our visual folios, the final copy was completed on canvas which we will be able to take home. In my opinion the abstract art work was the topic I enjoyed the most.

Tom Breed - Year 10

Marc Ballester - Year 8 Adam Donald - Year 12 Studio Arts

Rueben Capill - Year 11 Studio Arts

Studio Arts Unit 1&2 We started this year with drawing, which was a helpful introduction to art elements, and allowed us to study and draw from observation.

A highlight of this outcome was a visit to the Geelong Waterfront to draw. Throughout the year, as we experimented and planned, we built up our visual diaries. These were a fantastic way to keep all your pieces of artwork together. Next we worked with mixed media where we explored a range of different objects, textures and mediums and were able to combine it all to make our unique and individual landscapes. We also studied print making, challenging us to work with line and tone, while using a medium that we were less

familiar with. Then we started our clay and photography outcomes.

Clay created a chance to get really hands on and I think many of us were challenged by how difficult it was! Photography was great fun, and helped us learn some skills on Adobe Photoshop. Our year also included a visit to the National Gallery of Victoria where we saw the work of some famous Australian artists. I love Studio Arts because it always provides hands on experience through exploration of mediums and the creation of our own art. I have enjoyed learning about Art History, and about how to expand my own creativity.

Reuben Capill - Year 11

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Luke Thornton - Year 12 Studio Arts Tom Bates - Year 12 Studio Arts

Carl Lindenberg, Change Rooms -Year 12 Vis Com

Ryan Mays - Pop Art Food

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Erik Lindeberg - Year 10 Etching

3D Creations - Assemblage Sculptures

Tom Bates - Year 12 Studio Arts

Matthew Hunt - Year 9

Andrew Blake - Year 8

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Ryan Marino - Year 12 Studio Arts

Steven Del Gallo - Year 11

Liam Coleman - Year 12 Studio Arts

Kane Reardon - Year 12 Studio Arts

San Hoang - Year 12 Studio Arts

Guy Kelly - Pop Art Food

Andre Bisinella - Studio Arts

Nick Spence - Year 12 Studio Arts

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Photography & Media Introduction to Photography – Analogue & Digital During the course of Introduction to Photography students were assigned the task of creating a portfolio to showcase. A trip to Geelong Waterfront gave students a chance to capture life outside of school. The analogue photography unit involved taking photos with traditional SLR cameras, developing film then using the darkroom and chemicals to develop black & white photos. The digital aspect involved using digital cameras to take photos around or outside the school and then using Adobe Photoshop to edit or enhance these photos. We also manipulated photos to create a surrealist landscape. The students were enthusiastic about this new course and were successful in creating an interesting portfolio.

Xavier Fennell - Year 10

The Media Is All Around Us This is a fun subject in which we study the ways that media affects our every day lives. We get to do many different things, covering heaps of types of media such as reviews, stopmotion animation, making movie trailers and making DVD covers in Photoshop. We watched action films such as ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Die Hard’, and we learnt about making special effects.

‘The Greats and the Copies’ explores the aspects of different movies that have been remade. We improve our research and computer skills which are useful in other aspects of life. We explore a diverse range of films including the journey from the 1950’s Japanese film, ‘Seven Samurai’ to its Hollywood remakes, ‘The Magnificent Seven’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’. We learn to dissect various scenes from films such as ‘Psycho’ and ‘Taking of Pelham 123’ and explore the production and story elements associated with these films.

Andrew van Bergen & Damian Caruso - Year 10

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Introduction to Studio Arts ‘Studio arts’ has seen us complete a variety of contemporary and inspired pieces in an array of media.

Throughout the semester we were challenged to create photograms using the dark room, which was a new experience for many. We then moved on to creating etchings using acetate and a variety of new techniques, the final pieces were inspired and showed a high level of proficiency. Photography was possibly the most enjoyable topic we commenced in which we had to create a photo montage inspired by famous photographer David Hockney. All in all it was a great semester full of new techniques and new ways to express ourselves through new media.

Edward A Hubber – Year 10

Harrison Powell - Year 10 Photography

Heath Kean - Year 12 Studio Arts

Visual Communication & Design Make or Break 3D Design In Semester 2 we have been working on designing a can of some sort.

Many chose energy drinks and some chose canned food. Whatever the project, Mr Cahir would always help a lending hand even if he thought your project was not at all appealing.

Many students in the class had difficulties using the program ‘Photoshop’. Mr Cahir gave these boys some help by allowing them to sit next to each other on the computers so that they can all learn together.

The semester so far has been a whole heap of fun designing these cans and learning new things on ‘Photoshop’ and also learning different types of symbols, such as concept and pictograph.

Jake Bond - Year 10

Unit 1 &2 Visual Communication and Design We started off the year with some freehand drawings which were really fun. That then led to designing a piece of furniture of your choice.

This involved some instrumental drawings. That capped off Semester 1. During Semester 2, we started to design either a house or backyard for a client. This involved architectural drawings, a Planometric drawing, a floor plan with side elevations and cross sections.

Outcome three was to design a diary cover for 2010. We have come up with some really interesting designs.

Visual Communication and design has been fun this year.

Frank Mileto - Year 11

Carl Lindenberg - Poster Year 12 Vis Com

Ben Rout - Year 12 Vis Com

Communication Today and Tomorrow This year Vis Com has been a very fulfilling and interesting subject.

In this class I have learnt skills in Photoshop as well as the elements and principles of design. I have learnt more about how advertising works and how to sufficiently create an eye catching advertisement. We have recently been working on making a confectionary stand that would be able to sit on a shop counter and stand out from the other products.

Vis Com is definitely a great subject as you learn many different skills that would help some people in their future careers.

Daniel Glen - Year 8

Heath Kean Year 12 Vis Com

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Lachlan Lane Year 12 Vis Com

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Music 2009 has been a fun filled, jam packed year of great music making and much success for our many talented musicians here at St Joseph’s College.You name it…classical, jazz, rock, pop, heavy metal, rap, beat box, small ensemble, large ensemble, vocal, brass, string, wind and percussion.

There are so many ways to participate and appreciate great music here at the College!

Congratualtions to the St Joseph’s College Senior Band for their OUTSTANDING performance at the 2009 Melbourne Bands Festival, for performing so well, to be awarded GOLD and to be invited to perform at the Gala Concert with Carl Risley which concluded the festival.

The inaugural Junior Band Academy 2009 performed at the Mothers’ Day Mass, the Debut Concert, Concert with Glen Waverly Secondary College, the Melbourne Bands Festival (Excellent rating!), the New Yr 7 Parent’s Evening and the Costa Hall Awards Evening.

Edmund Rice Day ‘Ed Stock’ was a fantastic day, commencing with the music, the Mass then Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal,Guitar Ensemble and Beat Boxing.Congratulations to ‘Last in Line’ who won the Edstock ‘Battle of the Bands’.

The SJC Vocal Ensemble Performed at the Parents and Friends Fashion Show, the ACC Vocal Workshop, a combined Opera Performance of “Dido and Aneus” with Geelong College and Geelong Grammar, a Charity Concert for Anam Cara House, Edmund Rice Australia Principals’ Mass, a Special Performance for Ms Connell’s Wedding in the College Chapel and the Geelong Show. Musicians and families were also invited to see the musical “Billy Elliot”.

The Jazz Band went on tour to Mt Gambier to participate in a workshop with James Morrison. They attended the ACC Jazz Workshop and participated in the Charity Concert for East Timor. They also won first place at the Geelong Show and attended the Gordon TAFE Jazz Workshop. Musicians attended the “Rock the Schools” Full School Concert with a Sound Technology Workshop and a VET Music Workshop.

The Year 7 Band classes learned new woodwind, brass and percussion instruments throughout the year. They attended an Oz Opera Performance, researched the history of their intrument and a famous player and composed their own music.

The Year 7 Keyboard Classes performed great keyboard hits including Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” “Star Wars” and composed their own original music to video files.

The Pathways Music Classes recorded their own CDs, using technology and visual art skills in an integrated curriculum and performed at the Arts Showcase.

VCE Music students Adrian Trinchera, Jamie Townley, James Howell, Carl Lindeberg, Daniel Belluzzo performed excellent solo and group performances throughout the year.

Rock Bands “Last in Line” and “Altitude” represented St Joseph’s College at the ‘Just Think Awards’ ceremony Congratulations to all candidates for excellent results in the AMEB practical and theory exams. .

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SJC Talent Quest and Solo Nights saw some excellent performances. Well done to all participants and congratulations to all winners.

Our Buskers Day at Mini Fair saw students “rockin’ it out” for theReuben school in Africa, thank you to all performers.

Maureen Zampatti Music Performance Coordinator & Amy Wert Director of Music Mt Gambier Jazz Festival The fresh morning air on top of Newtown hill bit as members of the jazz band stood and waited anxiously for the bus to pull in. Aphrasia Street was filled with the distant voices of the Scat ensemble, reciting previously heard but unrehearsed rhythms.

Yes... it was going to be a long trip for the teachers.

A smallish, ugly-maroon coloured bus soon swung left into the bus loop and Mr Taylor was seen exiting the bus wearing the latest autumn fashion, as he called it, a ‘salmon’ coloured Ralph Lauren polo. He was definitely dressed for a jazz festival.

Final checks were made and Mr Shawcross gave us the reassurance that we needed, making sure we were all aware of how far away Mt Gambier was and that there would be no turning back, for anything.

After a long, excruciating trip, and numerous stops in thriving country towns, we arrived at the Mt Gambier town centre. We stayed at a beautiful little caravan park at the other end of town.

To everybody’s surprise, it turned out that the festival was situated on a farm equipped with one massive tent and four or five others situated around it, nestled subtly amongst the beautiful green South Australian landscape. This would be the centre of action for about seventy different school jazz bands over the course of the weekend, with performances from the greats such as James Morrison OAM, Troy Roberts and Ross Irwin (Cat Empire) as well as, of course, the SJC Jazz Band lead

by Mr Shawcross and Mr Wilding.

The trip was a massive success and the Jazz Band would like to thank the music department, in particular Mr Wilding, Mr Shawcross and Mrs Zampatti whose tireless efforts saw that the trip was a great success. Thanks also go to Mr Taylor (bus driver and Geelong fashion advocate), Russell Zampatti for transporting our instruments and the wider school community for all your support.

Max Rudd - Year 10

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Senior Band 2009 Back Row: Ryan Bentley, Mark Hoare, Tom Attard, Julian Grant, Ryan Tay, Reuben Capill, Thomas Graham, Harrison Gist, Glen Bird, Mark Hyd Middle Row: Liam Blackwell, Wade Bergin-Leighton, Cameron Jerabek, Alexander Guy, Liam Brennan, Matt Podbury, Rainer Spoljaric, Nicholas Powell, Sam Hunt, Nathan Radzi-Stewart, Paul Beluzzo Front Row: Jake Langenegger, Leille Perrott, Joshua Davies, Michael Podbury, James Dooley, Brendan Lugg, Simon Hochreiter, Lachlan Brown, Jack Smeelie, Luke Reeves, Christopher Ballan Absent: Jesse Graauwmans, Alexander Gulli, Michael-Patrick Hehir, Adrian King, Jeremy King, Josh Looker, Patrick McDonald, Kallum McVilly, Matthew Motorinak, Nicholas Ng, Darcy O’Rielly, Russell Waters Teachers: Ms Amy Wert, Mrs Maureen Zampatti, Mr John Shawcross

Junior Band 2009 Back Row: Matt Podbury, Edward Lunardelli, Ryan Bentley, Simon Hochreiter, Eric Batson, Hugh Attard, Nicholas Brandimarti, Nicholas Powell Middle Row: Joshua Davies, Shane Collard, Riley Sherman, Michael Visnjovski, Nicholas Bowles, Samuel Hand, Christopher Napper, Darcy Bowles-Casemore, Matthew Rock, Michael Podbury Front Row: Aaron Chisholm, Matthew Alizzi, Scott Craven, Jack Callahan, Liam Drake, Matthew Gordon, Jack Haywood, Nicholas Rushbrook, Joseph Kolotelo, Nathan Gulli Absent: Jacob Filiti, Jack Finnigan, Lachlan Grant, Samuel Moore, Sebastian Rawson, Joel Schembri, Kingston Wade Musical Director: Ms Amy Wert Teachers: Mrs Maureen Zampatti, Ms Fay Silva, Mr John Adams (Absent), Mr Daniel Ballinger (Absent) Tutor: Miss Erynne Hobbs (Absent) 101

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Jazz Band 2009 Back Row: Max Rudd, Ryan Tay, Reuben Capill, James Dooley Middle Row: Joshua Davies, Matt Podbury, Mark Hoare, Simon Hochreiter, Michael Podbury Front Row: Leille Perrott, Ignatius Rudd, Paul Belluzzo, Glen Bird, Lachlan Brown, Louis Godsell Absent: Michael-Patrick Hehir, Adrian King, Jeremy King, Patrick McDonald, Nicholas Ng Director: Mr John Shawcross Assistant: Mr Michael Wilding (Absent)

Vocal Ensemble 2009 Back Row: Eric von Ahlefeldt, Ryan Tay, Darcy Carroll, Lyndon Watts Front Row: Michael Podbury, Damian Caruso, Declan McKinnon, David McNamara, Jordan Doroschuk Absent: Matthew Bucki-Smith, Patrick McDonald, Nicholas Ng Musical Director: Ms Amy Wert Accompanist: Mr John Shawcross 102

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ACC Drama 2009 Back Row: Liam Brennan, Darcy Carroll, Ben Farnsworth, Jem Moore Front Row: Edward Hubber, Chris Arnold, Andre Bisinella, Paul Howell, Alexander Lourey, Daniel Hoogstra Absent: Damian Caruso, Zak Durand, Tom Raimondo, Xavier Wells Teacher: Ms Janine McLean

Level 5 - Physical Theatre This year we managed to plate spin for the first time. We also had some success with the Rola Bola balanced on a bowling ball. A few students also explored foot juggling with Chinese parasols - a very tricky skill.

Physical theatre is great for people who love the circus and comedy. It is interesting to learn circus acts and then you get to perform these skills.

Anthony Holschier - Year 8

Level 6 - Improvisation, Role and Character We saw the St Ignatius School production based on the story of the Ramayana. There were some impressive costumes and a very memorable Elephant puppet.

We discovered the Reduced Shakespeare Company and were amazed by their version of all thirty-seven of Shakespeare’s plays being abridged into one very funny performance.

Highlights Being able to stand in front of the class and show what skills I have learnt, like juggling.

Harrison Bennett - Year 8 Year 7 Drama We all went to the Ford Theatre to watch the Sacred Heart Production ‘Hurray for Hollywood’.

Drama is fun because we learn all kinds of different acts. Mime is my favourite because it is all expression and it’s funny.

Brodie Kiss -Year 7

“It was awesome when I first stood up on the stilts” - Brendan Miller

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English • Should Australia day be celebrated on another date that is more inclusive of all Australians?

• Is genetic screening of embryos acceptable?

• Who was to blame for the bushfires?

• Should there be greater censorship of internet content?

• Should nuclear power be considered as an alternative energy source?

These are a few of the issues that Year 12 students researched this year before presenting their point of view to an audience. One of our key goals is to get students to be able to think critically, to evaluate issues and ideas and to develop and justify a response. Such skills are vital for participation in a modern, global society. If students are able to effectively communicate their views to an audience then they are on their way to becoming successful functioning adults. Students learn that such skills are part of a life-long learning process. The same philosophy applies to their reading and writing skills, their ability to comprehend, analyse and synthesise.

The English department strives to create a program which gives students every opportunity to develop and build on their skills as they progress from Year 7 to 12 so that there is a learning continuum or progression of skills that will ultimately give them the best chance of success in their final years. We continually review the delivery of our courses to provide students with a stimulating and challenging curriculum.

One of the initiatives introduced at Year 7 this year is the narrative writing program called ‘the 7 steps to writing success’, which follows a process to develop students’ imagination and creative writing skills. Students embraced this enthusiastically and teachers were delighted by the quality of the writing produced. Several new novels were also introduced such as Peak, which explores a teenage boy’s journey to adulthood as he scales Mt Everest or Angels of Kokoda a war story set in Papua New Guinea during World War Two. This has allowed students to explore a wide range of perspectives in a text. We have also begun to explore how one of the new aspects of the Year 12 English course, ‘writing in context’ can be introduced into the pathway levels to assist students in the transition to VCE. We have been fortunate to have had some wonderful guest authors speak to the boys. Nick Place, writer of adventure superhero books, told the Year 7 boys to let their imaginations go wild. Writer-in-residence, Archie Fusillo, visited Year 9 classes to conduct writing workshops and also spoke to a few Year 10 and 12 students. He provided some terrific tips in a series of wonderfully engaging presentations. Sports commentator Shane McInnes spoke to several Year 9 classes about the life of a sports commentator and working alongside Rex Hunt, which prompted a great response and many questions from an enthralled audience.

Other key events this year included a MacBeth performance for the Stabbed in the Back classes,Years 10 and 11 Literature students attended author workshops during the Melbourne Writers’ Festival and Years 11 and 12 Literature students attended a performance of Brilliant Monkey at GPAC, which received great reviews.

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Cease The sadness of what has been, and what no more survives Rises to the surface.

Immersed in sadness, the family’s strength comes forth.

As we walk as one, through the emotional threshold of the wooden doors, Extended and unknown family exchange words.

The sight of my grandfather’s casket draws tears to my eyes.

The support from peers, the consoling words of wisdom from the priest, Allows me to find my seat.

The day trudges forward, As I listen intently to my older relatives reminisce behind the microphone of times gone by.

The eulogy rings through my head as did the church bell in the previous hour.

The discovery of new facts of his life leaves me feeling on the outer side.

So much I did not know, yet so much I respected him for.

The farm he so loved, his family whom he adored, his gentle manner that was ever so greatly admired, These, the truths that sew his character together.

Whoever knew how confronting a funeral could be?

Gone were my feelings of dread, Gone were my feelings of regret.

Replaced by a gripping sense of belonging, care, family.

The cascade of cars meanders through the streets of St Arnaud, The country feel is present in all the community who care for us non-locals.

We are treated as family by complete strangers; Consoled for our loss, comforted in our sadness Locals pay their respects to the man whom everybody loved.

My brother’s comforting arm slung across my shoulder leaves me feeling slightly better As my teary eyes drift into space.

Time strolls by.The cars come to a slow halt.

The toughest bit is yet to come.

The black-coloured parade of family and loved ones move as one towards the grave, Passing those who have gone before my grandfather, The clear blue sky reveals its beauty, The flat landscape permitting a clear view for kilometers.

The sheer sight of the empty grave brings everybody into a deeper sense of utter despair.

The green lawn cemetery grass gives a brilliant contrast to the burnt pastures in the paddocks surrounding.

The dead grass in surrounding paddocks makes death a reality; Everything comes to die at some point.

The realization of the final resting place of such a man comes to be.

The casket lowers in complete synchronization with our hearts.

Final goodbyes are said, tributes paid.

I stand with the feelings of sadness and relief prominently coexisting in the forefront of my mind.

Family is given wheat to crush and place in his grave.

A testament to his past life.

Symbolic of our recognition of him and his livelihood for those many years.

Emotions run on high as tears flow as freely as winter waterfalls.

The comforting hug of family envelops me.

For I am not so strong as to lift my gloomy mood.

I stare across the room of people, majority unfamiliar, And I see the hurt, the pain, the sorrow, But more importantly I see the relief that he had escaped his hurt, his pain, his sorrow, That was attached to his poor health.

The send-off is a compliment to his life, his character, him.

The reality of his life has gone, but never will the memories fade.

Never.

Jacob Hogan, Year 10

Woeful Tones The woeful tones of children young, Their bodies ravaged, lies been strung, Order in this world is sought, But some such things cannot be bought, Money, power, lust and greed, A time of chaos will this lead, Anger flare and missiles fly, Cities burn as young men die, Armies trudge on war torn earth, Countless infants slayed at birth, Our world is ruined, lives been lost, What reward is worth this cost?

For time will pass, these lessons learned, Tended wounds and mercy yearned, And once again we’ll pledge no more, And live again in fear or war Jacob Debets

English A visit from the Author - Nick Place Nick Place has written 4 books, two books are very different from the others. His first 2 books were: ‘The Kazillion wish’ and ‘Thanks a Kazillion’ and more recently ‘The O.K team’ and ‘The O.K team 2.’ Nick said he was working on a new book about detectives. Nick talked to us about his books and read parts of the stories he has written. He said how much fun he has had writing fiction and that we should dive into it. He told us how he got published and how many publishers are out there. Overseas there is a huge meeting where all the publishers in the world come together and show books to each other and decide which ones are good enough to be sold. I think it was a very inspiring and I hope he keeps going with his career.

Ben Stepnell 7A During the year we had the privilege of talking to children’s author Nick Place about his writing and about creative writing techniques. He talked to us about the importance of setting no boundaries, no rules, letting your imagination run wild. He touched on superheroes and how he creates his very original and dysfunctional un-super heroes. He helped us imagine turning Melbourne into the next Gotham city and the importance of making the impossible happen. He used examples that we could relate to; he talked about what he considered to be the worst example of a superhero, Superman.

For those of us interested in writing, Nick’s visit was definitely beneficial because he taught us some of the tricks of the trade and those who weren’t as interested were instantly sucked in by his wacky and childish nature.

Nick Place is an amazing man, having been a professional writer for over 20 years in magazines, newspapers, TV and radio and the internet. Nick nowadays runs his own business Media Giants as well as writing books.

Christian West - Year 7 Author Nick Place talks about characters with students

STUDENT WRITING A Fable:The Tale of the Two Tigers In the midst of the dark forest, there lived two young tigers that had completely different personalities to each other. One of the tigers, a Sumatran Tiger was very laid-back and yet still did what he needed to survive. The other, a Bengal Tiger was more vocal and loved to brag about the amount of prey he killed each day. “Oh God, I had a good haul today,” he would say. All of the prey feared the Bengal and believed what he bragged about was true. Every day for a year the Bengal bragged about the amount of prey he had caught, until the Sumatran had heard enough. Even though he didn’t show it or mention it, he himself was a worthy predator in the forest. So when the Sumatran had become tired of the Bengal’s brags, he decided something needed to be done to silence him. He decided that to see who the better predator was, the Bengal and he would have a hunting contest for a day. The Bengal was more then happy to accept this offer, seeing he loved to brag so much. “This is going to be such a relaxing and enjoyable day for me. Are you prepared to lose?” he said.

So on the day of the big contest it was decided that to keep it fair, there would be two parrots acting as referees. One of them would follow the Bengal around and the other would follow the Sumatran around. This way they were able to count how many prey was caught, make sure there was no cheating and they would meet up at the end of the day and compare results. The Bengal tiger had been boasting his victory for weeks now, thinking this would be easy. The contest began at midday and the tigers began their journeys through the forest, with the parrots 20 feet above them with a good view.

The Bengal was laughing and having a good time, just strutting around waiting for the prey to come into its path. The Sumatran was more cunning, quiet and more focused on the job at hand. So it was no surprise that after two hours of hunting the Sumatran had caught 2 animals, while the Bengal was still waiting for something to come his way.

The day wore on and yet still the Bengal was waiting for something to happen. Meanwhile the Sumatran had 6 victims to his name and was really focused. It was clear to the parrot tailing the Bengal, that this tiger was all talk and no action. He had become really tired and with no food or drink around, he was beginning to lose control and regret accepting this offer. The parrot following the Sumatran was very surprised at his efficiency, but also very pleased all the same. By 7:00 that night, the parrots decided that time was up. When they were back at the meeting place, the result was announced. The Sumatran Tiger had caught 10 animals and the Bengal didn’t catch anything. By the time the Bengal had found prey, he was too tired to chase after it. “Ha ha,” the Sumatran said with a grin. “You’re not bragging now are you!” The Bengal was extremely embarrassed and vowed never to be over confident again!!

The moral of this story is “actions speak louder then words” Brendan Bilogrevic - Year 10 105

Health and Physical Education Here’s what some of our boys got up to in the plethora of PE, Health and Outdoor courses on offer this year ....

Wet and Wild,Year 9 Throughout the semester we covered many great activities including fishing, first aid, survival swimming, surfing, indoor beach volleyball and finding out about our local recreational facilities. My favorites would be rock climbing and surfing, closely followed by fishing and beach volleyball. The recreational facility unit was an interesting one, discovering what needs to be done to keep the public happy, safe and environmentally friendly. The rock climbing was an absolute blast seeing each others capabilities and fears, as well as the fun involved. The most important thing I learnt throughout this subject would be the first aid, it is a very important and useful thing.

The most memorable activity for me would be down at Bancoora surfing, seeing some of the wipeouts whilst trying to stand up on the board.

Mitchell Patten - Year 9 Action Attraction,Year 10 Action Attraction taught me skills that will stay with me for the rest of my life. It has increased my awareness of issues I may encounter around water. I now feel more comfortable around water and I am able to identify rips and types of waves at the beach. I also experienced things that I had not done before, like ocean kayaking. I feel more confident because of what I have learned. This

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is a great subject if you are into outdoor activities, water sports or have an interest in Outdoor Education as a future career path or VCE subject.

Peter Walsh - Year 10 Physical Education, Units 3 & 4 In these classes we cover a range of topics and activities to do with the body and how it works. We learn all about energy systems, training, coaching methods and principles, fitness components, physical activity and its health benefits. The activities have helped us learn more by getting out and doing fitness testing ourselves to see how it works. We do activities at different places such as gyms for spin and pump classes and sporting venues for different types of sports. The most enjoyable part of the class was the sporting activities where we have fun and also put ourselves to the test to see what level of fitness we have. This class is great if you want to learn a lot more about the body, how it works, how to train to achieve results and how to train and test others.

Mario Prusac - Year 12 Rock and Water,Year 8 In this program I have learnt a number of skills including self defence to help protect me from violence, mental strength to help me get through problems, to make right decisions and block out negative

thinking. I can apply what I have learnt to everyday life. For example, if there is a problem I can use mental thinking to overcome it. If a person attacks me I can use self defence to protect myself.

Russell Waters - Year 8 Outdoor Education & Environmental Studies, Units 1&2 This year we have been able to learn about the environment and the necessity to respect and look after it. We’ve had a chance to try out many different outdoor experiences, such as canoeing in the Barwon River, swimming at Torquay, indoor and outdoor rock climbing, sailing at Indented Head and the list goes on. We also got the chance to go on two camps; a 3 day hike on the Great Ocean Walk and a 3 day white water rafting trip. Both were full of thrills and spills and memories to cherish for a long time to come.

Darcy Meesen - Year 11 Smash and Return,Year 9 We have learned about skills and drills of all racquet sports and how to perfect our techniques. We did assignments on the sport we played to give us an insight into the sport.

I enjoyed improving our skills in a practical way. So far we have participated in racquetball, squash, table tennis, badminton and tennis.

Anthony Lopez - Year 9

Health and Physical Education Huff, Puff & all that stuff,Year 10 This semester, the 20 students in the class have been studying the practical and theory elements of personal fitness. Examining the components, the assessment of fitness, training methods and community facilities. We have been exploring our individual fitness needs and corresponding activities which will allow us to maintain and develop our own physical and mental fitness. We have been participating in a broad range of activities; from the assessment of a student’s cardiovascular endurance in the Geelong College swimming pool to selecting the appropriate energy system while participating in a spinning class at Belmont Fenix Gym. We have thoroughly enjoyed taking part and look forward to next term.

Gabriel Dillon - Year 10

the range and variety of families in Australia, how they operate, what it took to be a family. It has been a very productive and enjoyable year with all students getting a chance to be involved.

Jordan Crerar & Pat Carroll - Year 11 Outdoor Education & Environmental Studies, Units 3&4 This class provided myself and my comrades with an unforgettable experience. We were lucky enough to travel throughout Victoria for some most enjoyable camps, surfing and ocean kayaking in Warrnambool, skiing or snowboarding at Mt Hotham and mountain bike riding in the Otways. We even managed to return home from every trip with not a single broken bone.

One of the greatest experiences was on the slopes of Mt Hotham, most of us had never seen snow before and Health and Human we were keen to throw a snowball Development, Units 1&2 at our best mates. We spent the Throughout the year we have first day falling head over heels and focused on a wide range of topics. face planting into the snow. But not An activity involved was the ‘Baby. long after, we all became extreme Think it over’ program. It was a boarders and spent the rest of the program where each student had trip doing back-flips, 180 air spins first hand experience of what it or laughing at people like Jake Stack would be like living as a young parent. who let his snowboard disappear We took home a programmed baby down the hill without him attached which has the same needs as a real to it. The teachers got involved baby. Many of the students saw this when Mr Wedding attempted to as a real eye opener, however, at the Snowboard for his first time and same time had plenty of positive tried to keep up with Mr Timms’ feedback. We closely studied child extreme snowboarding ability. The development and visited St Roberts memories from Warrnambool, Mt Primary School to interact with the Hotham and the Otways will stay children. We looked at children’s with us for the rest of our lives. behaviour and the way they reacted Adam Donald - Year 12 to us being there. We also studied

Footy Codes The highlight was the excursion to an AFL match at Etihad Stadium where we watched the Cats & Bulldogs battle it out. All the Cats fans were rapt when Johnno missed after the siren. The Semester 2 classes took the boys from St Brendan’s Yeppon along to see an AFL match. The game was another close one, however, this time the Bulldogs ran out winners. SEPEP footy competitions were great fun, as was the assignment which required us to work in groups as assistant coaches to prepare for an AFL game.

It was also good to learn more about the sports of Rugby and Soccer.

Well done to all students who immersed themselves in an Outdoor Education, Health & PE subject this year. It was fabulous to see so many of you try a new activity, step out of your comfort zone, do your best and work well with your teammates.

Thanks to all the dedicated PE staff for the energy and expertise that you have contributed to create such a vibrant HPE program.

Next year we look forward to the completion of the Gym redevelopment project, the opening of our new weights room and record numbers of VCE enrolments in HPE courses.

Have a happy and healthy summer break!

Anna Hudson HPE Coordinator

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Legal Studies In learning about our legal system and our rights as participants of society, one of the units we study is how effective our correctional facilities rehabilitate and/or punish offenders.

A Visit to Marngoneet All the students talked about was what interesting inmates they would meet. None were disappointed after meeting murderers, drug dealers and arsonists.

As part of the unit we were very fortunate to be allowed to both Marngoneet Correctional Centre and Barwon Prison. Here the students were able to sit face to face with the prisoners and ask them about their actions and consequences.

Anna Fazio

We were all sitting on the edge of our seats while listening to their extraordinary life experiences and sometimes unbelievable stories of how they ended up in prison.

Some thought they were better than others in the prison hierarchy and some thought they were trialled unfairly as there was no murder weapon, no victim, and no crime scene. What did I say about ‘unbelievable’ stories? All in all, the day was a huge success and opened the eyes of all the students who attended the outing.

Daniel Tkaczuk - Year 10

Both Year 11 legal classes visited Marngoneet Correction Centre.

Marngoneet is a 300 bed medium security prison that houses criminals convicted of minor crimes, or criminals on the end of longer sentences who have been in the prison system for many years. We had the opportunity to talk to several prisoners who had been screened to make sure they were able to talk to us safely.

We had time with several different prisoners to listen to their stories and ask questions about their journey through the legal system, their crimes and life within the prison. As a group, we found this very beneficial to our learning process and helped us to understand the way the legal system works in real life.

Jack L Rayner - Year 11

Humanities In 2009 the faculty has spent time developing the Year 7 program. Year 7 classes have been timetabled into the newly named “Inquiry Room” where there has been a focus on developing thinking skills, learning to work as part of a group and on active learning. The images on this page show Ms Sweeney’s Year 7 class learning about contour maps as part of their geospatial skills unit. The boys worked together to interpret a contour map and to construct a 3D model from the information contained within the map.

Renee Meadows Humanities Co-ordinator

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Navigation Exercise During my semester of navigation, my classmates and I actively participated in many hands on activities that extended our experience of the unit and put our skills we learnt in the classroom to the test. The image shown depicts an exercise where we were challenged to set out a grid of garden stakes that represented housing struts at perfect angles and levels. Mr Conroy gave us the option of different methods for leveling and planting our wooden stakes and these included methods from the simple “plum-bob” which is basically

a weight on a string , a clear hose with water in it, to more modern methods such as the laser level.

Some methods proved to be more effective than others but methods like the laser level, which my group mates and I later found out, could go horribly wrong if the stand for the laser was adjusted or moved.

This activity introduced us to the world of surveying and building construction and gave us an insight into the complicated tasks involved in such a seemingly simple process.

Connor Rawson - Year 9

Chaplaincy & Liturgy Faith and Life At a certain point during the year, we posted the following on the door of the Religious Education office: Please knock if you wish to talk about: - Religious Education - Chaplaincy - Aboriginal Immersion Experiences - Social Justice - Edmund Rice Camps - Time and Space - God stuff - Fridays in the Chapel - Renewals - Sudanese Tutoring - St Vinnies Appeals - Prayer - Football - Jesus - RE Accreditation - The meaning of life - Anything else that no-one else can answer

While there was a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek in some of the items, the list does reflect our ever-changing mission at St Joseph’s. We aim to help all members of this college community (staff, students and their families) to connect in different ways to their inner spirituality, to their Catholic faith and heritage, to each other and to God. The wisdom of the Edmund Rice tradition is that this is best achieved in many different ways, only one of which is in the classroom! The photos on this page provide a snapshot of the College’s approach to making the connections between faith and life.

RE Leadership Team: Anthony Chapman, Jo Hart, Phil Bates, John Harmon

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LOTE It has been a very busy and stimulating year for the LOTE Faculty – trips to China and Italy, a return visit from a group of Italian students and their teacher, cooking and tasting activities by Year 7 Chinese and Year 8 Italian classes, the Dante Alighieri Poetry competition for Years 9 -11 Italian classes, a first time entry into the Italian Performing Arts Festival by a group of Year 10-12 Italian students, an excursion to the Opera by Year 11 and 12 Italian classes,Year 10 LOTE Italian camp, conversation classes in Chinese and Italian with other Geelong schools.

Louise Madden LOTE Coordinator China Trip This year in April over 40 teachers, students and parents went to China for 13 days. Going to China was a great cultural experience, visiting schools, a home-stay, markets and landmarks like the Great Wall, while meeting many different people of all ages from that part of the world.

One thing that stood out for me was how friendly the people were to tourists, wanting to get to know us, take photos and practice their English. My favourite place was Yellow Mountain because it was a little more relaxing and we had more time to meet people, not having to be at many different places. Overall, the China trip was a really fun 2 weeks and the highlight of my year.

Chinese Celebration Week & Master Chef Year 7 classes organised a Celebration Week to celebrate the 60th Chinese National Day. During the two weeks before the Celebration, Mrs Stewart organised for each class to have a period in the Food Tech room so that she could teach us how to make traditional Chinese dumplings. We could also have a taste of the dumplings.

Mrs Stewart then chose 2 from each class to take part in the Masterchef, which everyone wanted to take part in. There were 10 contestants on the stage on the day of the Masterchef competition. The winners were 1st -Joshua Rice, 2nd - Cameron Kos and 3rd - Jack Henderson. The rest of the contestants all received Award Certificates.

There were also power point presentations on the topic of ‘Interesting Facts About China’ that the Year 7s made.

Nicholas Toohey, Nicholas Livermore and I made a movie about ‘Sports in China’. We were very proud that we could show it to everyone and they all thought our movie was really cool. Michael Visnjovski presented his ‘Investigating China’ on Chinese traditional clothing, Chinese animals and food. Sam Handley presented his findings on the Great Wall of China, the Chinese Government and the Chinese words that we have learnt so far. They were all great shows.

Finally there was a ‘My Best Chinese Character’ competition. We all wrote a character using a Chinese paintbrush and ink and they were displayed at the College’s foyer. Many of us won an ‘Excellence Award’.

I think the Chinese Celebration has been a great success and it has set a high standard for next year. I enjoyed this event very much, so did all the boys in my class and all the classes in the Year 7.

Tim Johnson – Year 7

China Trip

The Colusseum - Italy

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Chinese Master Chef

LOTE Special Congratulations to the Following Students Max Rudd,Year 10 who gained 3rd prize in the Year 10 non-Italian section of the Italian Poetry competition.

This is offered state wide, so an excellent effort by Max. Congratulations too, to Jessica Di Rocco and David McNamara,Year 11, David Cann,Year 10 and Jackson Hand, Andrew Romagnoli, Alexander Trinchera,Year 9 who made it through to the Finalists’ rounds of their sections. There were many other students who gained a High Distinction, an Honourable Mention and a Merit Certificate.

Of course, none of this could happen without the encouragement of the LOTE staff who attend conferences and workshops to keep abreast of issues relevant to LOTE teaching and work tirelessly to improve and promote the language skills of our students and to give an insight into the cultural life of their respective countries.

Louise Madden LOTE Coordinator

Kenny Ho Year 12 Chinese Teacher

Timothy Shanahan and Brock Hartigan,Year 12 were awarded full scholarships that cover tuition, lodging, medical care, learning materials and living allowances for a five year period. Tim is to study Chinese Language in the International School of Tongji University in Shanghai, Brock is to study in the School of International Politics at Renmin University of China in Beijing. This is the first time such scholarships have been awarded to secondary students in Australia. Only four students in Victoria received scholarships in 2009 and Tim and Brock were the only students form the non- government school sector. Congratulations, Tim and Brock and every success in your future studies

Italian Poetry - Prize winner and Finalists 2009 Back Row: Joren De Rosso, David Cann, Max Rudd (Prize Winner) Front Row: Andrew Romagnoli, Alexander Trinchera, David McNamara, Jackson Hand Teachers: Mrs Louise Madden, Ms Jessica Di Rocco (Absent) 111

Science 2009 has been an exciting year for Science at St Joseph’s College with the introduction of projects which will continue to pave the way for our new 2010 curriculum. The aim of the Science team for 2009 was to implement and integrate sustainable education and ICT into our curriculum. Units have also been built from the ground up focusing Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) a student centred approach through a relevant practical curriculum. The curriculum gives students and teachers a sense of ownership in their learning and teaching.

In 2009 we added “The Patch” into our Applied Science curriculum. The Patch was introduced as a means to educate not only the students enrolled in the subject areas but also our community in sustainability and its practises through the use of a vegetable garden.

The Patch encourages (currently) Year 9 applied science students in ownership, camaraderie, self learning and awareness, responsibility of one’s actions, implications of environmental naivety, and increasing one’s self esteem.

Skills taught are quickly put to use in The

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Patch. Hands-on exercises are evident everyday and tutorials further emphasises techniques learned and its direct relation to the “real-world”. The students have ownership in their education and this is evident through their communication using the Blog and as communication directors for visiting parties. Please visit our blog site www.thepatch.globalstudent.org.au for updates and photos.

curricular venture, named F1 in schools.

F1 in schools is a student centred project that has our students design, build, test and race a model F1 car.

Throughout Term 4 students developed their design and produced a test vehicle during lunchtimes. Students will continue to refine the design and compete at the 2010 finals.

We would also like to acknowledge Carl DiRocco (11D) for being accepted into We carried on the sustainable approach the National Youth Science Forum. Carl into our new technology unit for Year is the only recipient in Geelong and 9. The unit focused on using sustainable one of approximately 200 in Australia material to build a solar powered vehicle to attend the much lauded forum held that will travel over specified distance in Canberra in January 2010. The using only the sun’s energy.

NYSF helps students moving into Year 12, who wish to follow careers In 2009 students participated in a myriad in science, engineering and technology of activities including our inaugural 2009 by introducing them to research Tree Planting Day, Science and Engineering and researchers, by encouraging the Challenge at Deakin University, Science achievement of excellence in all their Talent Search, Forensic Frenzy, excursions undertakings, and by helping to develop to the Planetarium, Marine Discovery their communication and interpersonal Centre and Port of Geelong. skills.

Ashwin Pillai Science conducted it’s first extra Science Coordinator

Science - Bridge Building Bridge Building Earlier in this year the Year 8 students had completed a unit in science dedicated to the analysis, and eventual construction of a bridge.

Wade Archer, Rainer Spoljaric, Jesse Simpson and Russel Waters had all produced successful bridge designs which saw them selected for a state wide competition held at Science Works on the 5th of August.

They were provided a selection of materials including balsa wood, glue, string and a cardboard container.

There were restrictions placed on all materials available to the students and so Wade, Rainer, Jesse and Russel worked tirelessly to determine the best design for the competition.

Using their selected materials they constructed a truss bridge with additional string supports and cardboard reinforcements.

The bridge was tested against sixty other schools in the state and St Joseph’s came 8th holding a total of 48kg. The winning bridge held an astonishing 136kg.

Claire Connell Year 8 Science Teacher

Deakin Science & Engineering Challenge One Friday morning, a class of physical science geeks boarded a bus for a trip to Deakin University Science Faculty out at Waurn Ponds. The invitation to the science competition, a Labor Government initiative, would see the Year 10 Materials Science come insanely close to taking out the event. Twenty physics lovers combined their brilliant heads to build mini bridges, hovercrafts, pressure wave guns and of course, for the environmentalist society that we now live in, envirofriendly houses.

The day was a cracker. The sun was shining and we were inside frying our little brains on the ridiculously difficult physics activities. A lunch break allowed students to affiliate themselves with the Clonard College girls, some would easily say the best part of the day.

St Joseph’s College boys were top of the leader board all day and proved that the underdogs of science can also give the competition a shake.

Some would argue that the science enthusiasts had written us off as soon as we walked through those doors, for various reasons.

We showed them right until the last moment, when all the schools

gathered to view the famous bridge building competition, where students were to build a bridge from only tape and balsa wood, keeping in mind extra points for lightness and ability to hold the highest weight.

It was here that two of the SJC science enthusiasts choked under the pressure, presenting a bridge that resembled something similar to perhaps a small wooden fishing boat on the Thai shores after the 2004 Tsunami. It was a beautiful piece of junk, featuring a kilometre of masking tape and the most incredibly beautifully cut balsa wood pieces.

As always, the SJC boys were very vocal in the announcing of the awards but attentive during the Governor General’s speech about the importance of science education.

In the end the boys lost out to their arch nemesis Christian College, who won the trip to Sydney. We received a participation plaque.

The boys involved would like to thank all the teachers who made it possible and Deakin University for the invitation. The boys would especially like to thank Mr Vin Brown, who was rather placid even after losing a free trip to Sydney, a reflection of his support of his SJC science students.

Max Rudd - Year 10

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Taking Care of our Environment Tree planting: one day down at The Patch the whole class was helping the year 7s plant trees at the back of Zampatti oval; we were planting all sorts of trees to make our school community better and healthier for us down there at The Patch.

Tree Planting Day On Wednesday, 22 July,Year 7 students planted 320 native grasses, shrubs and trees on the Shannon Ave Boundary of the School grounds.

Year 9 Applied Science students also planted 40 trees and shrubs in ‘The Patch’. The event was planned to get a head start on National Tree Planting Day. The results of this activity have not only increased the aesthetic appeal of this part of the school, but will provide habitat for local insects and birds. The students involved had the opportunity to get out of the classroom, get their hands

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dirty and personally contribute to ‘making a difference’ to the local environment.

The plants were donated by Greening Australia (Vic) and Barwon Water. Both Greening Australia and Barwon Water provided additional support on the day with support staff and tree planting equipment.

Efforts on the day were rewarded with a sausage sizzle, cooked by Year 8 Science students.

Michelle Anderson

Barwon Water Nursery In Term 3 we visited the Barwon Water nursery: at the Barwon Water nursery we were looking at what Barwon Water do for the community and how they try and save or environment. After we were finished talking about what they did for the community we then went on and started planting all different types of plants to give them a hand in the work. We also helped them trim some plants into small pieces so they could grow more with out even paying any money. We had a lot of fun and learnt a lot from what Barwon Water do for the community.

Brandon Kelly - Year 9

The Patch - A Year on...

The Patch commenced at the start of first term amid 40 plus degree weather and lack of rainfall. The curriculum that is taught is aimed at engaging the students and developing their skills in planning and implementing environmental and sustainable practises through the use of a vegetable garden.

Everything we do in The Patch is designed to be environmentally sound, to develop the boys’ sense of ethical use of resources and to further the ’standard’ science curriculum at SJC with authentic, hands on, learning.

We have recently joined The Diggers Club in an attempt to increase biodiversity and grow some amazing vegetables (lists are updated on the ‘What’s Growing’ tab of our website). We will harvest some of the seeds and replant them in 2010, as these heirloom varieties are not hybrids and will retain their characteristics from generation to generation.

Feedback from the boys and their families has been extremely positive and it is obvious that excitement levels are very high.

Brendan Nicholls Year 9 Coordinator

“After one and a half terms we are going so well and all the vegetables are booming.The vegetables have so much flavour and are great to grow” - Harry G

This past term in the Patch we have done a lot of work. The water feature has finally been completed and now has mosquito fish inside the feature.

We have divided The Patch into four so that we can have the four plant types (brassicas, root crops, legumes and alliums). Every student in our patch has a section to work on, I’m in the section of the Alliums and I have just recently planted some sweet corn and some chilli. There has been a lot of growth happening in our patch and we are getting a lot of vegetation.

On 21 August we had 47 Principals from all around the country come to our school; we presented The Patch to all of the Principals and spoke to them about what we have been doing in The Patch this past year.

The Patch this semester has been a lot of fun even though the weather hasn’t been the best to work in.

Jacob Stirton- Year 9

This semester I have also learnt a number of things which have been very helpful to me. I’ve learnt how to manage plants in different conditions, I have also developed skills that I have taken home (since I have been involved in The Patch I have started my own vegie patch at home). I have been involved with the care of the worms which consists of watering them on our double lesson and going to the Canteen and collecting food scraps to feed to them. I have learnt how to plant different seeds with the right width apart and cm/mm down.

My group has been involved with the making of a scarecrow which was a lot of fun. On one occasion I assisted Mr Nicholls with putting up a fence.

I’ve grown many types of plantsbeetroot, cabbage, broccoli and silver beet just to name a few. Beetroot is my favourite to grow and take home.

I’ve enjoyed the company of all the students in The Patch. It’s great to be out of the class room and doing something fun and physical. I’ve had the chance to grow and take home different plants. I’m really grateful to be a part of The Patch class.

Will Foott - Year 9 Take a few minutes to look around the website - www. thepatch.globalstudent.org.au and watch the progress of The Patch.

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Design Technology The Design & Technology department has had an extremely active and productive 2009. This year has seen the department continue to improve, develop and strive to give students the opportunity to learn through engaging & rewarding experiences. The pupils have produced a diversity of work that has challenged both them and the teaching staff.

This year has seen the students across all year levels design, produce and evaluate some excellent projects.

The VCE pupils once again produced outstanding works that where dynamic and creative. It was good to have Michael Condon’s (VCE 2008) work accepted into the Top Designs exhibition at the Melbourne Museum this year. Such accomplishments are valuable motivational tools for students. It is also a great promotional tool for us as teachers to use when encouraging students to challenge themselves and strive to do their best.

2009 has seen the department rise to the challenges of Design & Technology learning. The VEL’s programme has been fully implemented. The Design & Technology program now requires students to be far more autonomous with their designs and project practice. This has meant that the development of the ICT resources in

Christopher Shelly & Andrew Vagnoni. Year 12 VET & VCE Design Technology students Dillon Haire an intermediate level student, drawing a design for his folio

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the department have been improved with the installation of data projectors in the theory rooms, a tremendous assistance to the teaching staff and the students in the development and understanding of the subject content and lesson presentation.

It has been fantastic to see the development of the voltaic electrical system installed on the roof of the Design Technology area. The idea of the voltaic system is to off-set the power used in the workshops. This has been an excellent practical example of how manufacturing environments can off set their carbon foot print. It has been useful when talking to pupils about ‘eco’ design and environmental impact in industrial environments.

The Design Technology area continues to grow and welcomes an ever increasing demand for this applied learning subject. The department is looking forward to a challenging and exciting 2010. A big thank you to all staff involved in 2009.

Paul Melis Design & Technology Materials (Wood) Coordinator

An intermediate pathways class producing coffee tables

Mr Catanzariti with an intermediate pathways class

David Riccardi (VCE year12 applying a finish to his product Intermediate Design Technology students using I.C.T to develop their folios

Food Technology Too many cooks spoil the broth……not so in Food Technology at St Joseph’s College in 2009… the more the merrier was actually the case…many hands certainly did make light work…. and so on and so forth!!!

Food Technology in 2009 was all about old and new merging in another highly successful year in this busy area of the school. Older Food Tech students returned to continue further their studies and learn new skills, with new students introduced to the subject at Year 7 level. Some old recipe favourites were produced along the way as well as some new variations, with own choice selections always popular with students at each year level.

the Food Technology Master Class. A new face was introduced in Luke Eckercel, a highly experienced local chef from Anglesea’s Red Till Restaurant, who created a special dish in Chicken Fricassee with Porcini Mushrooms, especially for the VCE students to master.

A huge thank you to Luke for conducting this advanced class and for taking the time to visit St Joseph’s as the feedback from the boys was overwhelmingly positive and a real highlight for the year.

There were new experiences for staff and students in the area of integrated curriculum, with many Year 7 Chinese students visiting Food Technology to participate in dumpling making workshops. The boys made traditional dumplings and used chopsticks to sample these, which was something new for most boys and a valuable cultural lesson overall.

Congratulations to VET Hospitality students Sean Harper and Nicholas Grabowski both boys are in Year 10 and were the winners in the “Y Chef” Competition this year. The boys were teamed together and earned this prestigious award after being judged ahead of the other Geelong secondary students competing on the day. Well done to Luke Tol and Sebastian Bucovas for having their Master Class dish photographed and published in the Geelong Advertiser’s Master Chef Competition.

The annual St Joseph’s Inter-house Cookery Competition returned in 2009 with students invited to represent their houses in a competitive cook-off. The boys were encouraged to enter either the Pathways or the VCE section. The judges were impressed with the high standard of the cooks’ food preparation skills and the overall quality of the dishes on display. Thanks to all boys for their willingness to participate in this culinary challenge and congratulations to the winners, Simon Robertson (Year 11) Brophy House in the VCE Section, and Jordan Doroschuk and Macauley Kirsopp both Year 10 and Foley House in the Pathways Section.

New experiences enjoyed by senior Food Technology students this year, included Year 11s participating in

Food Technology staff and students were involved in many old school based activities, such as Open Day Workshops, Student Leaders Investiture and VCE Awards Ceremony morning teas, as well as the Father’s Day breakfast, with lots of new helpers onboard this year and many thanks to those students who assisted here.

Special thanks to our teaching and support staff in Suzanne Walsh, Julie McDonald and Maree Blomeley, for their hard work and assistance throughout the year.

Happy cooking!

Cassandra Coogan, Technology (Materials) Coordinator

Cameron Green Beef & Prosciutto Rolls

Alex Snowdon Year 12 Strawberry Wantons

Josh Neville Year 12 Fettuchine with Oven Roasted Tomatoes

Y Chef Competition Winners Sean Harper and Nick Grabowski

Jonny Carty and Jess Crucitti Year 9 Two Course Meal

Year 7 James Cooper and Friend in Chinese Dumpling Masterclass

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Information Technology Our Faculty has, as always, focused on giving our students the opportunity to experience a range of interesting and diverse subjects both within the practical and Information Technology areas.

Our department has strived hard to help students discover, understand and develop their potential skills within their chosen field of study. This year, we have had to increase our resources within the NXT Robotics area in order to accommodate the number of students participating in this course. Once again, our Year 12 Systems Engineering students have displayed their excellence through the design and development of some innovative and interesting systems. We have also been looking closely at ways in which we can further enhance our Automotive Department and this will certainly be at the forefront of our future priorities. I would sincerely like to thank our Faculty Staff for their hard work and dedication, as well as our students for their efforts and achievements throughout the year.

George Tomadin.

Technology / IT Coordinator VCE Information Technology – Applications Units 3 & 4 Students doing IT Applications become well versed in ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the use of computers in many areas of business and general living. A snapshot below of David Bell’s work, demonstrates three main software types studied – Database; Spreadsheets; and Website Authoring.

Teacher: Chris Valmadre

Computer Aided Design CAD is a very interesting subject to take part in, and is very useful and informative in its respective fields.

TurboCAD Deluxe, is a very easy-to-use program that, once you get used to, allows for easy workflow and a lot of production in a short time. The subject itself is great to learn, and moving in to 3D is exciting as your abilities improve even further and you are able to create anything that comes to mind. As you move through the subject, its uses become broader and a lot more intriguing. It is useful, fun, diverse, and allows you to flaunt your creativity and imagination.

Charlie McIntyre 9B. Robotics in Action This is proving to be a popular subject with the students and is a great opportunity for the boys to develop their engineering skills. Tom Rigoni and Mason Gorniakowski built a robot that uses ultrasonic as well as sound sensors to interact with its environment.

Teachers: George Tomadin & Michael Davies Computer Bits and Bytes This subject involves students working in teams to learn about the various computer components and how they interact within a system. Each team is then required to assemble a fully functional computer, as well as set up a Local Area Network which they can connect to.

Teacher: George Tomadin

Tom Rigoni’s and Mason Gorniakowski’s Interactive Robot

Website

by David Bell James Wheelan and Adrian Van Etten working on the more technical aspects of the course

Drawing by Justin Estcourt 9H.

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Systems Engineering Technology At this stage of the year boys in Systems Engineering Unit 4 are furiously working on completing their production work and their folios. This year we have a variety of different systems, ranging from a solar panel that tracks the sun, to a wind generator with its own storage system made by Jonathon Rau. One of the more complex projects is Jerome Fyfe’s construction crane.

Jerome has constructed every part from scratch. The crane has limit sensors that detect when Jonathon Rau the various moving parts reach with his wind generator the end of their tracks and shut and storage the system down. system

Jerome Fyfe demonstrates his crane

Michael Davies Systems Engineering Technology

Systems Engineering Automotive studies The Gentlemen start your enginesT533 and the Pits T633 courses are intended to introduce students to the various systems that operate in automobiles. The courses involve both theory and practical activities that are intended to give the students a basic understanding of various systems that make up the cars.

The students are introduced to driving cars via the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) Junior Development Program. This allows for the student to develop their driving skill in a safe and controlled environment prior to the official civil driving licence age.

The program was run through the Western District Car Club at the Geelong Motor Sport Complex at Avalon.

The club members volunteered their time and provided both the vehicles and expert instructions to the students.

The students participated in Motorkhana; driving vehicles around an obstacle, and Khanacross; driving around a set course around the track. Students developed many essential driving skills on the day.

John Wilcox System Engineering - Automotive Studies

Students developing their driving skills with the help of the Western District Car Club and the Geelong Motor Sport Complex Avalon

Alberto Lopez, and Alexandar Starcevic working on four-stroke engines

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Student Support Services We must create the communities that we wish to see in society, where students are acknowledged for their particular strengths, talents, abilities and recognise the fact that all present differences.

If you create a culture of acceptance of difference, then you also create a culture of inclusion. Simply being in school does not guarantee that a student will learn. For learning to take place, students need to feel safe. They need effective classroom instruction, interested parents who are involved in their education and support and encouragement while at school. The Educational Support Services help to support learning in numerous areas.

Serving as student advocates, we work with students, school personnel, families, and the community to help students succeed in school and personal endeavors.

The Educational Support Services continues to expand both in it’s supporting of students and in personnel. Our aim is to support all students to reach their potential.

Our Educational Support Services assists students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to reach their potential as learners and be prepared to make well-reasoned, thoughtful, and healthy lifelong decisions.

At St Joseph’s College this is done by: • Facilitating communication through parent/student/ staff Program Support Groups • Implementing tutoring and mentoring programs • Helping students learn study and exam-taking skills • Using assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses for academic improvement plans, individual educational plans, and modified activities • Implementing progress-monitoring strategies • Performing assessments, screenings, and referrals as appropriate • Implementing effective strategies to improve student attendance and academically engaged time • Developing and implementing effective interventions to improve student achievement.

At St Joseph’s we are fortunate to have a dedicated and a very supportive team of support staff: Kylie Pretty, Josie Grasso, Leonie Hart, Ang Wilson, Carolyn Dodds, Ag McKenna, Donna

Holman, Lisa Maher and Kim Evans. Each of these support staff has contributed enormously to the students’ social, educational and academic needs, and most importantly, students feel very comfortable and see the Educational Support Services area as their own; a place to work, chat and chill.

We aim also to allow individuals to gain a sense of identity, achievement and worth.

The Educational Support Services gives individual support to students who experience learning difficulties. Students are given support firstly within the classroom setting guided by the classroom teacher and with extra help during out of class times.

In class, support is offered according to the recommendations of teachers. In our Pathway years, students needing educational support in Literacy and Numeracy can choose subjects, namely Foundation Mathematics and English or Applied Science. These subject areas are more task based with the focus on applied learning. Study skill support and homework help is also available for students in free periods, recess and lunch times.

There were 39 students who received funding from the Catholic Education Office due to their specific LNSLN (Literacy and Numeracy Special Learning Needs) category of funding. Our team supported these individuals as well as many other students throughout the College. In 2010 it is anticipated that there will be 45 funded students attending the College.

At St Joseph’s College we are dedicated to helping and guiding the students towards achieving their full potential and supporting them to reach their future goals. We work with subject teachers providing support for the individual’s needs, focusing on appropriate modification of tasks, small group activities, individual assistance, setting goals and monitoring progress.

Again a huge thank you must go to the Josephines who continue to support the Educational Support Services at St Joseph’s. Their donation has allowed us to purchase equipment and furniture for our Educational Support Centre. We look forward to the challenges of 2010.

Mark Turner Educational Support Coordinator

Peer Support - Year 10 2009 Back Row: Thomas Rowe, Andrew Teale, Angus O’Callaghan, James O’Toole, Jake McManus, Brad Collard, Darcy McKenna, Jay Lever, Xavier Fennell, Blake Keating, Ryan Tay, Brandon Hudich, Justin Duffield Third Row: Damian Condon, Mitchell Cleary, Brendan Bilogrevic, Lyndon Watts, Matthew Bean, Jackson Kelly, Will Carty, Jack Thackeray, Luke Christensen, Grady Huntley-Mitchell, Jem Moore, Mark Hoare, Thomas Breed Second Row:Peter Walsh, Alexander Lourey, Adam Caciolo, James Smith, Blake Morrissy, Oscar Bitton, Nick Gallichan, Mackenzie Bourke, Oscar Briody, Rye Grossman, Jordan Hagebols, Steven Smith, Paul Howell 120 Front Row: Eric Ly, Luke Nailon, Darcy Featherby, Alex Denton, Glen Bird, Daniel Gray, Tyler Stack, Chris Arnold, Billy Finnemore, Jordan Doroschuk, Jeff Malapit Teacher: Mrs Cassandra Coogan

VCAL For the second time as a school we ran the ‘Senior’ VCAL program. It was great to see the boys from last years ‘Intermediate’ program and lots of new faces, apply themselves to successfully obtain The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).

VCAL is designed to assist students who have aspirations to join the workforce. It is structured and timetabled to allow students to complete VCE subjects in conjunction with VCAL units and a VET course. Students also participate in a Structured Work Placement (SWP) where they work with an employer for one day a week. The course develops and expands employment opportunities, but most importantly, it makes learning relevant, engaging and fun.

The VCAL program has seen numbers rising significantly since its inception. SJC’s outstanding reputation for producing quality apprentices/employees, along with this program meant more than a third of VCAL students were ‘snapped up’ by employers.

Students themselves can see the real opportunities for employment, and so by remaining at school and developing a good work ethic, it is only a matter of time before they are offered a job.

There are two VCAL subject strands, Work Related Skills (WRS) and Personal Development Skills (PDS.) The purpose of WRS is to develop employability skills, knowledge and attitudes as a preparation for employment. Occupational Health and Safety is a major focus and the students prepared and presented reports on issues they are likely to confront when out on SWP.

The purpose of the PDS strand is to develop skills, knowledge and attitudes that lead toward social responsibility, building community, civic responsibility (through volunteering and working for others), improved confidence and self esteem.

The students organised, planned and carried out a range of different activities involving local primary school kids, disadvantaged groups and even our own school community.

This year again, our students have conducted themselves extremely well when on SWP. Feedback from employers was very positive.

The boys worked across a range of different vocations, including building, hospitality, health and fitness, automotive, retail and agriculture.

I wish to thank the staff ,Mr Peter Canaway, Mr Peter O’Connor, Mr Sandro Di Santo and Ms Catherine Farrell, involved with the 2009 VCAL program for their support and professionalism throughout the year. I would also like to thank Mr John Harmon for assisting with an excursion organised by a group of boys. Special thanks to the entire SJC staff in general for their cooperation and understanding of the VCAL needs.

Finally I thank all the 2009 VCAL students for their cooperation and wish them all the very best for their future schooling and careers.

Mr Tom Trupkovic VCAL Coordinator

The St Joseph’s College VCAL program has given us the opportunities that normal VCE couldn’t. We weren’t too sure of what to expect but as the the year progressed things were quite clear of what the expectations of VCAL were. The program is split into two different classes - Personal Development Skills and Work Related Skills.

PDS was all about team building and community service. We split up into groups and organised community service where some groups would take disadvantaged children on field trips like the Melbourne Aquarium and Ten Pin Bowling. Each group would assume leadership responsibilities and would organise every aspect of organising an event, such as making phone calls, emailing and making general enquiries with no teacher assistance.

Work Related Skills is where the trade side comes into factor. For one day a week the students join the work force doing a job they are interested in getting into. This is great for those looking to leave school and get an apprenticeship, and proof of this is in the numbers with only 60% of the class remaining to see the year out.

The year has been a great experience and we can’t wait for the next.

Chris Trotto & Jarryd Owens Year 11 Intermediate VCAL

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Careers/ VET Careers Week is a major part of our career education program. This year just prior to Careers Week, students from Years 7, 8 and 9 were surveyed about their interest and knowledge about careers. All of the 502 students who completed the survey answered YES to the question “Have you thought about the sorts of jobs or careers you would like to do when you leave school?” A clear indication that students as young as 13 years old are thinking about their future careers.

Giving students the chance to understand themselves and their future aspirations as well as career pathways is part of career education for these young students. Careers Week provides information designed to assist students in subject selection and planning pathways through school that may lead to many career opportunities beyond school. Other opportunities to explore have been quite diverse for this year’s boys. Some of these included 2 students, selected for their interest in exploring modern manufacturing and technology, taking part in the Alcoa Future Leaders Program. Three students have been part of a Transport and Logistics program that took them on tours of Avalon Airport, the Port of Geelong,V Line Services and several transport companies. Students from Years 10, 11 and 12 attended a Health Careers Expo at Deakin University which included a tour of the new medical school facilities at the University. Work experience, whilst compulsory for Year 10 students, was also something pursued by a number of senior students who volunteered over their school holidays to look at workforce areas such as engineering, IT, construction and hospitality.

Helping students to write a learning pathway plan, looking at what school can do for them in achieving future aims has been a goal for students from Years 8 through to 12.Younger students are starting to look at how they may chart a pathway through their middle years of schooling that is relevant, engaging and fun.

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Students in Year 12 focus more on an “exit plan” that gives them goals and direction for their first few years beyond school. Emphasis is placed on setting goals, plans to achieve their goals, reviewing goals and modifying plans.

A great example of boys with structured learning pathways plans are the Ad Alta 10 boys who have participated in a program that “had everything geared to work” , said Connor Tynan. Students explored their career choices with additional work experience placements, a variety of community service placements and access to a number of vocational training programs; e.g. Certificate I in Vocational Preparation, Fist Aid Certificate, Certificate III in Sports Coaching and VET certificates in areas of choice. Comments from these boys about their unique Year 10 showed a much greater focus “it helped me to be more organised”, (Andrew Kos) “it opened my eyes to what the job was really about” (Phil Paliouras) and karate was good for working off energy, “it gave me a chance to settle down” Having a planned Year 10 program, these students from Ad Alta 10 have now designed their next two years at school, looking at a variety of pathways including straight VCE with intentions of university,VCE programs that include some vocational training with apprenticeship options and VCAL programs that include School Based Traineeships. Students comments such as “I never knew I could talk to old folks like that”, work experience “kick started my interest and confidence” (Mason Hudgell) and “I enjoyed coming to school this year “ (Jason Girvan) showed the value of students being able to explore their own personalities and the workplace and then looking for an appropriate educational pathway to achieve their career goals.

Catherine Farrell Careers/VET Coordinator

Roll Call Year 7

ALBANESE Adrian ALESIOS Nicholas ALIZZI Matthew ALTIMARI Jordan ALVARO Dominic ARGYROS Billy ATTARD Hugh AUGERINOS Maxwell BALIC Nicholas BALLESTEROS Vincent BALSHAW Curtly BARINI Kim BATSON Eric BAVERSTOCK Ryan BEASLEY Aaron BENTLEY Ryan BERRY Darcy BONIFACIO Lucas BOWLES Nicholas BOWLES-CASEMORE Darcy BRANDIMARTI Nicholas BRASIER Tyson BRENNAN Liam BRICE Darcy BRIGHT Patrick BRITT Anthony BRODRICK Jack BROWN Robert BROWN Kyle BRUGMAN Jack BUAYA Mark BUMBERS Marcus BUTCHER Jake CADDY Darcy CALDOW Matthew CALLAHAN Jack CALLAN Alexander CAPRA Samuel CAREW Xavier CAREW Daniel CASPERSON Mitchell CAUDULLO Tom CAZALY Benjamin CHISHOLM Aaron CLEARY Jalen CLEARY William CLIFTON Patrick COLLARD Shane CONNOLEY Jacob CONNOLLY Michael CONOLAN Broderick CONWAY Joshua COOK Harrison COOPER James CORDY Zaine CRAVEN Scott CRESTALE Federico CROWE Thomas CUDDY Jack DARCY Patrick DARKE Angus DAVIES Joshua DEARNALEY Alexander DEFINA Matthew DELA PAZ Mark DEMPSTER Samuel DI CRISTOFORO Jason DI SANTO Matthew DIXON Nicholas DOAK Lewis DOWD Jarrod DOWD Curtis DRAKE Liam DRIVER Jack DWYER Liam EDWARDS James ELLIS Dylan FEATHERBY Toby FILITI Jacob FINN Caleb FINNIGAN Jack FLANDERS James FLAVELL Hamish FLINTOFF Joshua FOORD-ENGELSMAN Jake FRANDINA Anthony GAGE Jayden GARIPOLI Aiden

GORDON Matthew GREGORIO Daniel GREGORY Jack GRIGSBY Jake GULLI Nathan HAMS Jacob HAND Samuel HANDLEY Samuel HARDIMAN Logan HARMAN Riley HARVEY Ethan HAYES Jack HAYWOOD Jack HEATH Tyler HEHIR Michael-Patrick HELMORE Mitchell HENDERSON Jack HICKEY James HOBBS Tom HOOGSTRA Thomas HOVEY Nicholas HOVEY Luke HOWELL Thomas HOWLING Kile HUNTLEY-MITCHELL Cody HUYNH Eric HYDE Billy JAVNI Christopher JAWORSKI Nicholas JENSEN Nickolas JERVIES Connor JOHNSON Timothy JONES Nicholas KAKOUROS Michael KEENAN Cameron KELLY Parry KENNEDY Jayke KEOGH Thomas KHOUGAZ Michael KISS Brodie KLINGER Matthew KOL Harrison KOLOTELO Joseph KOS Cameron KOZDRA Nicholas KRNDIJA Marko LAMONT Joshua LEAHY Samuel LECCHINO Kyle LIVERMORE Nicholas LLOYD Adam LUBCKE Jack LUBCKE Jarryd LUKACZ Alexander LUNARDELLI Edward MAJSTOROVIC Tommy MCCARTIN Patrick MCCORKELL James MCDONALD James MCDONALD Jordan MCFARLANE Tom MCKINNIS Jordan MCKINNON Declan MCMAHON Damian MCNAY Dean MEEHAN Casey MELNIK Jesse MILANOVIC Matthew MILANOVIC Daniel MILINKOVIC Joel MILJEVIC Nicholas MOGIC Bradley MONAGLE Liam MOORE Samuel MOORE Matthew MUNOZ Nathan MURPHY Nicholas NAPOLI Jordan NAPPER Christopher NEVILLE Timothy NEWMAN Ben NGUYEN Lon NICHOLSON Jacob NOGA Marcin NORTH Connor O’BRIEN Tyler O’FARRELL Corey PAMPLIN Connor PARKE Harrison PATERSON Jack

PERERA Shehan PRYSLAK Jeremy PUNDIJ Phillip PURCELL Harry PURDY Charles PUTLAND Lachlan RABAHI Paul RADOSLAV Nicholas RAPA Darcy RAWSON Sebastian RAYNER Dylan REIVERS Matthew REZELJ Michael RICE Joshua ROBERTSON Callum ROCK Matthew ROSS Ciaran ROSSON Harrison ROTIROTI Sammy RUSH Luke RUSHBROOK Nicholas RYAN Liam SANCHEZ Aidan SANDERS Patrick SCHEMBRI Joel SCOTT Thomas SESTAK Dario SEWELL Noah SGRO Adam SHALDERS Callan SHARRY Liam SHEAHAN Daniel SHERMAN Riley SMITH Jake SMITH Jordan SOMERVILLE Ryan STEFANO Alessandro STEPNELL Benjamin STONE Jordan STONES Nathan SWAIN Nicholas TANTANOUVONG Kevin TASEVSKI Nicholas TEKIN Benjamin TOOHEY Nicholas TRAN Tuan TROUNSON Nicholas TUDDENHAM James VAN ETTEN David VAN GALEN Luke VEALE Harrison VECOLI Jordan VERECONDI Jared VERFURTH Brandon VISINTIN Jack VISNJOVSKI Michael WACKETT Thomas WADE Kingston WALKER Benjamin WALSH Adam WATKINS Tyler WEBB Benjamin WEST Christian WHITEHAND Tom WILLIAMS Connor WILLIGEN Jake WILSON Steven WOOD James WOODHOUSE Tyson

Year 8

ABLEY Samuel ALESSI Joshua ANDERSON Dominic ANDERSON Marcus ANDREWS Lachlan ANGOK Kur ANSELL Lachie ARCHER Trent ARCHER Wade ARGYROS John ARNOLD Jarrod BALLESTER Marc BARBAGALLO Julian BARKE Nikolass BEAMON Sam BENNETT Harrison BERGIN-LEIGHTON Wade BLAKE Andrew

BOAG Matt BOURKE Matthew BOWERS Charlie BRACH Jayden BRADFORD Liam BRAYSHAW Austin BREEN Charles BROOKER Anthony BUASUWAN Tote BUCKI-SMITH Matthew BUENAVENTURA Ryan CALLAN Charlie CANNY Bradley CARNELL Kyle CARUSO Roy CAVALLO Nathan CHAN Anton CHAPMAN James CHRISTENSEN Aaron CLATWORTHY Fraser COBB Jake COLAK James CONWAY Nicholas COPPE Joshua COSTA James CUNNINGHAM Billy DALY Austin DARLEY Sam DAVIES Spencer DAVIS Luke DAYMOND Nick DEAN Samuel DEVINE Lachlan DI RUBBO Raffaele DILLON Lachlan DIXON Scott DOEDEE Jack DOLLEY Harrison DONOGHUE Thomas DOWLING Mitchell DOYLE Oscar DREESSENS Immanuel DREHER Paul DREVER Robbie DUMONT Jeanpaul EGAN Nicholas ELEA Aaron EVANS Michael EVANS Campbell EVERETT Mitchell EVERETT Samuel FAIR Jakeb FAULKNER Clancy FENBY Nathan FEOLA Paul FITZGERALD Sam FOWLER Cameron GARDINER Darcy GARDINER Shayne GARRATT Max GARWOOD Tory GAYNOR Darcy GIBBONS Nick GLEN Daniel GRAAUWMANS Jesse GRANT Campbell GRANT Ned GRAY Jesse GREEN Ayden GRUJOVSKI Goran GRUSZAK Oliver GUEST Luke GUINA Conor GULLI Christopher GULLI Matthew HAGEBOLS Matthew HAIRE Austin HARDIMAN Will HARNETT Liam HARTIGAN Joel HAYES Christian HEADLAND Liam HENRY Riley HERBATH Robert HERMAN Zac HILL Alexander HILL Nick HOARE Mitchell HOLSCHIER Anthony HOUGHTON Brennan

HOWARD Luke HUNT Sam HUNTLEY-MITCHELL Darcy HUTCHISON Nick HYD Mark HYDE Cooper JENKINS Jack JIMENEZ James JONES Cory JURICA Ben KELLY Mason KENNEDY-JAMES Michael KEOGH Billy KERGER Hayden KING Jeremy KIRSOPP Callum KONTOGEORGIS Jake KOZINA Daniel LANCASTER Tim LANE Jacob LANGENEGGER Jake LE Bill LINDEBERG Marcus LINDKVIST Alex LIVERMORE Jackson LOOKER Josh LOSI Andre LOWE Tom LUETH Dehgi LUGG Brendan LUPPINO Joe MADDISON Jackson MADDOCK Luke MAGUIRE Billy MAHONY Ned MAJOR Aztec MALONEY Emmett MARTELLA Clive MCCORMACK Tom MCCOY Luke MCELLIGOTT Christy MCGOVAN Tom MCGUINNESS Thomas MCMAHON Joel MCMANUS Josh MCMANUS Daniel MCNALLY Kieran MENCHISE Mike MONEA Michael MONKIVITCH Jake MORELAND Alex MORRISON Angus MOTORNIAK Matthew MURPHY Jacob MYERS Nick NAILON Jake NGUYEN Anthony NIBLOCK Shaun NICHOLS William NOLAN Luke O’HALLORAN Christian O’LOUGHLIN Damon O’RIELLY Darcy PECCHIARI Nick PETROV Nikita PITMAN Zach PLATT Lachlan PODBURY Michael POWELL Liam POWELL Nicholas POWERS Nicholas RAIMONDO James RAMIA Oliver RATH Christopher RAWLINGS Harry RAYNER Liam READER Harrison REECH Ruai RESCINITI Rick REZELJ Daniel RIDGWAY Mark ROBERTS Cody RODGERS James RUDD Ignatius RYAN Indi SANTUCCIONE Jeremy SCHARF Matthew SCOLARO Steven SEARLE Alex SELVIDGE Dylan 123

Roll Call SHARP Andre CONWAY Bryce CONWAY-STEWART Jono SHEAHAN Zac COOPER Nick SHELLEY Bevan COUCH Joseph SIMPSON Jesse CROSBIE Alexander SLACK Patrick CROWE Lachlan SMITH Hudson CRUCITTI Jess SMITH Daniel DARKE James SPEHAR Jesse DAVIES Jack SPOLJARIC Rainer DE GRANDI Jack STEVANJA Marko DEBONO Josh STEVENSON Jacob DEL GALLO Michael SUCIC Marko DELA PAZ Erick SULLIVAN Tim DELLER Zach SULLIVAN Harrison DEMETRIOU Christian SYKES Jake DI SANTO Nick TATTERSALL Dylan DILLON Joshua TAYLOR Elliott DOHERTY Keegan THOMAS Bradie DONNAN Jackson THOMAS Jackson DOOLEY James THRELFALL Ben DRIVER Thomas TODMAN Lachlan DUNN Brad TOOMEY Cameron DURAND Zak TOSELAND Jacob ECHTER Michael TOWNSON Nic EDWARDS Josh TRAVAGLINI Jesse ENGLISH James TRAYNOR Liam ESTCOURT Justin TROOP Darcy VAN DEN NOUWLAND Shane EVERETT Nicholas FANNING Brady VANDENBERG James FARNSWORTH Ben VERDICHIZZI Marcus FEARNSIDES Lachie VERFURTH Brad FERGUSON Riley WALKER Mark FERRANTE Anthony WATERS Russell FITZGERALD Zach WESOLS Thomas FLANAGAN Ryan WEST Levi FLANDERS Will WEST Tyson FLEMING Michael WHITLEY Dylan FOOTT Will WILLIAMS Ben FORBES Hayden WILSON Ryan FRKOVIC Marko WONG Dylan GARRARD Tom WOODS Mason GEE Harry WRAY Ashley GIST Harrison GODSELL Louis GRAHAM Thomas ALBANESE Stefan GRANT Max ANDRUS Simon GRANT Julian APPELGREN Jayden-Lee GRIBBLE Tom ARMOUR Jack GULLI Alexander ATTARD Thomas GUY Alexander AWRAMENKO Michael GUY Cam BALLAN Christopher HAINTZ Brant BALTA Ivan HAND Jackson BANOVAC Anthony HARMAN Jack BEAN Tom HAYGARTH Blayne BECKETT Sam HEDGER Alex BEMELMANS Peter HENRY Tom BERRY Lewis HICKEY Alex BLACKWELL Liam HICKMAN Jackson BLAIN Michael HILL James BOGAN Kal HOANG Ha BONE Mitchell HOHMANN James BOOTHROYD Billy HOLLIBONE-GOODE Bryan BOURDAMIS Yani HOLROYD Isaac BRENNAN Liam HOOGSTRA Daniel BROWN Lachlan HOVEY Joshua BRUGMAN Daniel HUDSON Joshua BRYANT Luke HUMM Mitchell BUAYA John HUNT Matthew BUNN Jacob HYDE Jack BURNS Walker INTURRISI Trent BUSHBY Joshua IRWIN James BUTTIGNON Thomas JERABEK Cameron CALDOW Thomas KAMMERMANN Gerard CANNY Trevor KANWAR Abhiraj CARROLL Darcy KARPINSKI Matthew CARTY Jon KATOS Xavier CATIONS Alex KELLY Rory CECIC Jack KELLY Thomas CHIDGEY Jarrod KELLY Brandon CICALA Jordan KERSHAW Riley CLANCY Todd KOL Jackson CLEARY Patrick KOSMETSCHKE Luke CLEARY William LAPPIN Brenden COCKERELL Brayden LAWRANCE Matthew COIGNET Shane LE CLERC Hugo COLE Julian LEWIS Cameron CONNELLY Jack LOPEZ Anthony CONNOLEY Tom LUNARDELLI Paul CONWAY Benjamin MADDOCK Jake 124

Year 9

MARSHALL Matt MARTINI Paul MATULICH Joshua MCBRIDE Adam MCINTYRE Charlie MCKENDRICK Jackson MCKEOWN Michael MCKINNIS Sam MCVILLY Kallum MEESEN Taylor MILLER Brenden MITCHELL Patrick MOGIC Andrew MORGAN Harry MORRISSY Joel NG Nicholas NICHOLS Sam NOLAN Darcy OATES Kyle O’BRIEN Jordan OPPERMANN Ryan O’SULLIVAN Ciaran PALMER William PATTEN Mitchell PATTI Michael PAYNE Alex PENDERGAST Mitchell PENNING Jesse PERIN Nick PERROTT Leille PINJUH Luke POTTER Matthew PRICE Felix PROCTOR Jarryd PSIMARIS Stefan RADZI-STEWART Nathan RAIMONDO Tom RAWSON Connor READ Taylor REDDEN Tanner REEVES Luke RICCARDI Cameron RICCIARDI Chris RICHARDS Matt ROBINSON Liam ROMAGNOLI Andrew RUSSELL William RYAN Ben SANDFORD Jack SCIBERRAS Luke SCOTT Sam SEELEY Jackson SESAR Luka SHERIDAN Nathan SHERINGHAM Matthew SHERMAN Zak SIKORA Rhys SIMIC Tom SIMS Liam SISMAET Jeremy SIWICKI Jordan SMEELIE Jack SMITH Shan SMITH Nicky SMITH Taylor SMITH Michael SPENCE Nathan SPENCE Tom SPIRANOVIC Chris SQUIRES Rob STAFFORD Liam STEFANOVSKI Jackson STEPHENSON Todd STIRTON Jacob STOCKS Joshua STOKES Robert STRAIN James SUNDARA Elvis SWAIN Luke TAYLOR Noah TAYLOR Clem TAYLOR Harrison THOMAS Mitch TIGANI Alex TILSON Joe TRAN Christopher TRIMBLE Jack TRINCHERA Alexander TYRRELL Daniel VAN ETTEN Adrian

VAN GALEN Reed VECOLI Nick VEITCH Matt VERECONDI Christian VIGOR-SMITH Aidan WAKEFORD Mick WEEKS Jake WELSH Tim WELSH Matt WHELAN James WOOD Brad WOODEN Joel WOODRUFF Thomas ZAHRA Dean ZDELAR Nikola

Year 10

ALIZZI Nicholas ANDREWS Harry ARMSTRONG Nicholas ARNOLD Chris ASHWORTH Nathan BALDASSO Alex BARJASIC Jess BEAN Matthew BELL Alex BELLUZZO Paul BENNETT James BIDSTRUP Beau BILOGREVIC Brendan BIRD Glen BISINELLA Andre BISINELLA Luke BITTON Oscar BLYTHE Connor BOCHENSKI David BOND Jake BOU SEJAAN Anthony BOURKE Mackenzie BREED Thomas BREEN Louis BRIODY Oscar CACIOLO Adam CALLAN Matt CANN David CAREW Jacob CARLAND Lonnie CARNELL Jake CARTY Will CARUSO Damian CHARTER Will CHEN Roger CHIDGEY Sam CHRISTENSEN Xavier CHRISTENSEN Luke CLANCY Jordan CLARKE Benjamin CLEARY Mitchell CLIFFORD Hayden CLONAN Ned COLEMAN Bryce COLLA Sam COLLARD Brad COLOGNI Daniele CONDON Damian CRAVEN Cohen D’ALESSANDRO Adrian DEMETRIOU Oliver DENTON Alex DILLON Gabriel DOLDER Mack DOOLAN Thomas DOROSCHUK Jordan DUFFIELD Justin EASTMAN Patrick ECKHARDT Sam EDWARDS Kristian ERWIN Kyal FAGAN Ross FAWKES Michael FAZIO Jonny FEATHERBY Darcy FENNELL Xavier FINN Brad FINNEMORE Billy FLAVELL Lachie FOORD-ENGELSMAN Billy FREWIN Mitchell FRKOVIC Mihovil

FULLER-BRUGMAN Zacchari FYFE Johl GALLICHAN Nick GIRVAN Jason GORNIAKOWSKI Mason GRABOWSKI Nick GRANT Mick GRAY Daniel GROSS Adam GROSSMAN Rye GUGGER Cameron HAGEBOLS Jordan HAIRE Dillon HARPER Sean HARTIGAN Willis HARVEY Seth HENDERSON Billy HENDERSON Tommy HIGGINS Matthew HOARE Mark HOCHREITER Simon HOGAN Jacob HORNSEY Luke HORVATH Christopher HOSE Matthew HOWARD Ash HOWELL Paul HUBBER Edward HUDGELL Mason HUDICH Brandon HUNTLEY-MITCHELL Grady IRWIN Thomas JIMENEZ Robert KEARNEY Jake KEATING Blake KELLY Jackson KELLY Guy KELLY Layton KICHAKOV Brandon KINGSTON Tom KIRSOPP Mac KLUVER Paddy KNIGHT Chris KOMPES Peter KOS Andrew KOZINA Emil KRIEDEMANN James LAMBERT Taylor LAPENAS Mitch LEAHY Daniel LEVER Jay LINDEBERG Erik LOMBARDI Nathan LOPEZ Alberto LOUREY Alexander LUCAS Joel LY Eric MALAPIT Jeff MANDIC Nick MANGAS Brad MARINO Mitch MARSHALL Thomas MAYS Ryan MCCORMACK Shaun MCFARLANE Dane MCGINN Finn MCKENNA Darcy MCKINNIS Josh MCMAHON Jake T MCMAHON Rennan MCMANUS Jake MEEHAN-CHASTON Sam MITCHELL Jack MOERENHOUT Sam MOLONEY Thomas MONEA Peter MOORE Jem MORENO Ben MORRISSY Blake MORTON Gareth MULLEN Darcy MURPHY Ben NAILON Luke NGUYEN Anthony A NGUYEN Tuan NICHOLLS Aaron O’CALLAGHAN Angus OGILVIE Chris O’TOOLE James PALIOURAS Philip

Roll Call PARAMONOV Mark PEARCE Corey PHELAN Darcy PHELAN Michael PODBURY Matt POLLOCK Henry POPPING Josh POWELL Harry PRICE Joel RAMIA Jacob RAPA Jess RATCLIFFE Charlie RAWLINGS Jack RAYNER Jack E RICHARDS Pat RIGONI Tom ROSSON Luke ROWE Thomas RUDD Max SAVRON Justin SCOLARO Michael SHEEDY Ashley SIMPSON Lachlan SMITH Steven SMITH James SPENCE Matthew STACK Tyler STARCEVIC Alex STEPNELL Luke STOJANOVSKI Dylan TANCREDI David TATAJ Kres TAY Ryan TAYLOR Alexander P TEALE Andrew THACKERAY Jack TKACZUK Daniel TODMAN Hugh TREGENZA Peter TYNAN Conor VAN BERGEN Andrew VAN DYKE Nick VERSACE Dominic VO Jimmy VREDENBREGT Blair WACKETT Joseph WAKEFIELD Michael WALSH Peter WALSH Michael WATTS Lyndon WELLS Xavier WILLERSDORF Guy WILSON Andrew

Year 11

ALLISON Nicholas ARANYOSI James ARNOLD Bradley BAKER Henry BAULCH Lachlan BEARD Sam BELL Jackson BEMELMANS Jake BERTA Joshua BOCCHICCHIO Chris BOLTON Jye BONIFACIO Tiago BOSELEY Andrew BOURKE Paddy BOWERS William BRUGMAN Cullen BUAYA Carl BUCOVAZ Bas CANNARD Ben CAPILL Reuben CARROLL Patrick CASEY Andrew CASHIN Declan CAZALY Eric COCKERELL Thomas COLE Joshua CONNOLEY Jack COOPER Tom COTTER Mitchell COURT Michael COWELL Matthew CRAIG Matthew CRERAR Jordan CSOLLE Jordan

DAHLHAUS Luke DAVIE Alexander DAVIES Matthew DAVIS Jackson DE ROSSO Joren DEBETS Jacob DEBONO Benjamin DEL GALLO Steven DENNIS Sam DI ROCCO Carl DOAK Taylor DOBLE Sean DONLEN James DOOF Trent ELEA Thomas ELS Derick FAMA Joseph FARNSWORTH Jake FARRUGIA Lucas FAZIO Damian FISHER Dylan FISHER James B FLANAGAN Dale FLUKER Tim FOWLER Ben FRAGIOTTA Simon GARWOOD Trent GAYNOR Rory GEE Addi GILL Luke GIST Jarrod GLEESON Sean GODDARD Jamie GRAY Daniel J GREEN Josh GREEN Jack GRUSZAK Will GUERRA Sam HANNEYSEE Jack HANSEN Darcy HARVEY Callum HASKINS Jordan HAWKINS Nick D HECKER Brody HELMER Alex HENRY Dylan HIBBLE Sam HICKLETON James HOANG San HOARE Will HOUGHTON Patrick HOVEY David HULTGREN Rhys HUMM Joel JAMIESON Matt JEANTOU Luke JENNINGS Scott JOHNSON Pierce JURICA Ryan KANGARS Richard KARUNARATNE Dasun KENWORTHY Matthew KING Adrian KING Matthew KING Ryan KLINE Nicholas KOSMETSCHKE Daniel KOZINA Josip KRZYWDZINSKI Jack LANGDON Michael LONG Kaiden LUNDBERG Tom LUNT Anthony MAHON Sean MAHONY Tom MALONEY Patrick MASEK Alex MCDONALD Hamish MCDONALD Brodie MCEVOY Liam MCKENNA Jez MCKIE Jarrod MCMAHON Dylan MCMAHON Jake P MCNAMARA David MCNEEL Michael MCRITCHIE Lachlan MEESEN Darcy MILANOVIC Nathan MILETO Frank

MILETO Patrick MILETO Peter MILLER Mitchell MODER Chris MONK Joshua MOORE Darcy MOORFOOT Chris MORISON Zachary MUIRHEAD Dominic MURPHY Sam NACK Will NAPOLI Adam NARASAKI Hiroshi NGUYEN Alex NOLAN Rory NORTH Dylan NORTON Thomas O’CONNOR Sam OPACAK Simon O’REILLY Conor OWENS Jarryd PADULA Isaac PALIOURAS Kieren PATINO Glendon PATTERSON James PATTI John PEACE Josh PILLIDGE Andrew PINO Luke PITT Rory POWELL Tyler PREIATO Justin PSIMARIS Chris QUARRELL Luke RABAR Andrew RAMOS Daniel RAYNER Jack L REDDAN Conor REDDEN Cassidy REECH Reech RICARDO Kristian ROBERTSON Jordan ROBERTSON Simon ROBERTSON Caide ROBINSON Dane RODGERS Jack ROSS Nick ROWE Alphonsus RUSSELL Thomas SARANTIS Jonathan SCHARF Brendon SCUDELLARO Jordan SEATON Connor SELLMAN Kilby SHEAHAN Jai SHELL Ben SINOZIC Luke SPILLER Matthew SPILLER Dominic SPRIGGS Jordan STAPLETON Matthew STEWART Thomas STOCKS Adam TAIT Tyler THOMAS Ryan TOL Luke TROTTO Chris TUDOR Cameron VERDICHIZZI Jesse VILLANTI Tom VILLEDA David VIRGONA James VON AHLEFELDT Eric WADE Jima WALLACE Hugh WARREN Nicholas WEST Dylan WILKIN Ben WOOLLEY Matthew WOOTTEN Andrew ZALUSKI Nicholas ZANGHI Stephen

Year 12

ANDERSON James APPELGREN Chadd ARMISTEAD Grant BALDASSO Luke BARBER Tom BATES Tom BELL David BELLUZZO Daniel BELL-WARREN Dyson BENCIC Nicholas BENNETT Tom BISINELLA James BLYTHE Liam BRIGHT Jackson BUTCHER Sam CACIOLO Daniel CAPRA Mitchell CHRISTENSEN Allen CIUFFETELLI Adrian CLARKE Cam CLEARY Jake COLEMAN Liam CONNELLY Sam CONWAY Jonathan CORTORILLO Justin COSTA Mark COURTNEY Daniel CRUCITTI Joel CUDDY Sean DALY Luke DANIELE Chris DAVIES Matt DE LA CRUZ Andrich DEL GALLO Marc DEMO Matthew DEPETRO Benjamin D’HALLUIN Lohen DIXON John DONALD Adam DOPPLER Lucas DOWNIE Joseph DRZEWUCKI Jason EGAN Matthew EVERETT Alex FEDKE Sam FINN James FISHER James FOX Jacob FYFE Jerome GANT Oliver GARDINER Dean GLEN Brendan GOLACKI Chris GOTTARDO Gabriel GRABOWSKI Josh GRANT Peter GREEN Cameron GRIFFITHS Henri-Claude GUTHRIDGE Nic GUY Luke HAMS Lachie HARTIGAN Brock HENRY Jarred HEUBNER Andrew HEWITT Paul HINKLEY Cameron HOLROYD Daniel HOPGOOD Sam HOSKING Jack HOWELL James JAHNECKE Nicholas JAKOVLJEVIC Marcus JIMENEZ Michael JOHNSTON Cohen JOHNSTON Cameron JONES Campbell KEAN Heath KELLY Aidan KELLY Alexander KENNEDY Patrick KING Robert KOCISKI James KOL Adrian KOS Damien LAIDLAW Christopher LANE Lachlan LENTINI Thomas LINDEBERG Carl

LITTORE Antony LUCAS Aaron LUNARDELLI Matthew LUTZKO Ben MALESIC Lyndon MAMMINO Jay MANGANELLI Jesse MARCHBANK Cameron MARINO Ryan MARSHALLSEA Tom MATIJEVIC Damian MAYS Cameron MCDONALD Patrick MCKELVIE Robbie MCMILLAN-PITTARD Jasper MEEHAN Jacob MILLER-STAWYSKYJ Damon MIRARCHI Nicholas MITHEN Paddy MOKKAS Nickolas MOORFOOT Nick MORTER Adam MOSES Joshua NAPOLI Benjamin NERI Michael NEVILLE Josh O’BRIEN Joshua PALMER James A PAPE Justin PENNING Beau PERIES Ranga PETTER Brad PETZIERIDES Jonathon PICCOLI Sebastian PRUSAC Mario PSIMARIS James PUGLISI Chris QUARANTA Frankie RAU Jonathon READ Mitchell REARDON Kane RENNIE Liam RICCARDI Peter RICCARDI David RICCIUTI Christian ROUT Ben SALDANHA Luke SANDERSON Scott SCOLARO Daniel SHANAHAN Tim SHELLEY Christopher SMITH Ben SMITH Jeffrey SNOWDON Alex SOLDANI Sam SPENCE Nick D SPERAC Tommy STACCHINO Adrian STACK Jake STAPLETON Joshua STOKES Zac STORER Jacob SUNDARA Edward SWEERTS Michael TAYLOR Blair TEAGUE Michael TEYSSIER Patrick THORNTON Luke TKACZUK Alex TOWNLEY Jamie TRINCHERA Adrian TURNLEY Jack VAGNONI Andrew VAN KAN James VANDERCHYS Taylor VASILJ Adam VEZMAROVIC Steven VICKERS Cory WATT Dylan WEST Patrick WINTERS Nigel WITCOMBE Alan WOOD Thomas WRIGHT William WRIGLEY Matthew

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Valete St Joseph’s College and our community mourn the passing of the following family, friends and colleagues. We extend our deepest sympathies to those whose lives have been touched by loss and sadness.

Dr Charles Albert (Bert) Anderson (84 years), husband of Maisie, father of Old Collegians Paul Anderson (1967), Greg Anderson (1973), Brian Anderson (1977), Michael Anderson (1978/current Staff Member), Susan Ryan, Pam Strain, Janice Fanning (all SHC Old Collegians), father-in-law of Mary-Ann Anderson (current staff member) and Noel Fanning (1969/ past staff member), grandfather of 23 grandchildren, many of whom have attended or attend SJC, and great grandfather of 3. Originally from Port Melbourne, Bert moved to Geelong where he and Maisie have lived since his university days. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Anderson family and friends as they remember and celebrate the wonderful life of their beloved Bert.

Mr Vincent Anderson, Old Collegian (1953) on Monday 9th March.

Mr Joseph Bartolo (93 years), great grandfather of Jesse Travaglini (Year 7).

Mr Ray Bathols (92 years), great grandfather of Darcy Carroll (Year 9).

Mr Bruce Beard, grandfather of Samuel Beard (Year 11) and Samuel’s cousins and Old Collegians Daniel Beard (2001) and Troy Beard (2006).

Mr John Blackwell, uncle of Liam Blackwell (Year 9) and Connor Blackwell (Clairvaux PS) died suddenly (50 years) of heart attack.

Mr Vic Brach, grandfather of Jayden Brach (Year 8).

Mr Ray Brunger (64 years), uncle of Kylie Pretty (staff member) and Stewart, great uncle of their children Matilda and Alice (St Robert’s Primary School), also of Luke Rush (Year 7).

Mrs Mara Brutovski (68), in Macedonia, dear grandmother of Katerina Kirkovski, College staff member. Mara had recently been diagnosed with cancer and passed away suddenly.

Mrs Patricia Buckley (74 years), wife of Dr Peter Buckley, recently deceased Old Collegian 1949, mother of Old Collegians – David (1978), Simon (1980),John (1983), Patrick (1986), Matthew (1990),Luke (1993) and Fiona, Andrea and Ruth (past SHC). Our deepest sympathy goes to all the Buckley family and friends.

Dr Peter Buckley, Old Collegian 1949, father of Old Collegians – David (1978), Simon (1980), John (1983), Patrick (1986), Matthew (1990), Luke (1993) and Fiona, Andrea and Ruth (past SHC). Our deepest sympathy goes to his wife, Pat, and the immediate and extended Buckley families.

Mr Ray Burgess (93yrs), grandfather of Katrina Harmon, wife of staff member, John Harmon. Ray is also grandfather of past students Philip Stern (dec) and Christopher Stern.

Mrs Mary (Mollie) Butler (Melbourne), mother/mother in law of Louise Madden (staff member) and Bernie (Old Collegian1968) and grandmother of Nick Madden (1994), Daniel Madden (1996), Joshua Madden (1999) and Luke Madden (2001).

Mr Bryan Cameron, grandfather of Riley Harman (Year 7) and Jack Harman (Year 9).

Mrs Isabel Cameron, grandmother of Richard Kangars (Year 11), Steven Kangars (2003) and Christopher Kangars (2007).

Mrs Patricia Carroll, grandmother of Darcy Carroll (Year 9) passed away this week also. It’s been an extremely sad and difficult time for the Carroll family.

Mr Peter Cartwright (90 years), father of Old Collegian, Jeff Cartwright (1964).

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Mr Giuseppe Canova (93 years), father/father-in-law of past parent and current canteen helper, Mrs Rita Fusco and Giovanni Fusco, grandfather of Old Collegian Marco Fusco (2006).

Mr Raymond Carroll (snr), grandfather of past students Tim Carroll (2008) and Shaun Carroll (1999).

Mrs Kathleen Chapman, 93 year old grandmother of staff member, Anthony Chapman, mother of Michael Chapman, Paul Chapman and Old Collegians, Peter Chapman (1963), Gerard Chapman (1966).

Mrs Angela Colak, mother/mother-in-law of Ivan and Lilly Colak (co President College Parents & Friends Association), grandmother of James Colak (Year 8).

Mr Ryan Cooper, Year 12 student at Saint Ignatius College Geelong. Our hearts go out to Ryan’s family, friends and the College Community on their tragic loss.

Jesse Cotter young Year 12 student from Lara Secondary College who died suddenly from a heart condition recently.

Our hearts go out to Jesse’s family, College staff and students as they come to terms with their loss.

Mr Raymond Cowburn (89 years), uncle of Mary-Ann and Michael Anderson (staff members), great uncle of Dominic Anderson (Year 8) and Eamon Anderson (St Robert’s Primary School) Mrs Yvonne Crane, mother/mother-in-law of Amanda and Craig Browne (staff member).

Mr Gordon Craven (83 years), great grandfather of Jalen Cleary (Year 7).

Mrs Joan Crebbin, (Merseyside England) grandmother of Mason Woods (Year 8).

Br James Christopher Cummins (85 years), past employee at St Joseph’s College Geelong (1971), has been unwell for some time and had been living at of the Good Shepherd Hostel, Abbotsford.

Mr Joe DiCecco, father of Daniel, Justin (2000), Jonothan and Kristianne.

Mr Max Dickeson, grandfather of Austin Haire (Year 8) and Dillon Haire (Year 10).

Mrs Thelma Dunn (81 years), grandmother of Bradley Dunn (Year 9).

Mrs Mary Edgar (94 years), grandmother of staff member Mrs Margot Davies, great grandmother of Josh Davies (Year 7) and Matt Davies (Year 11) and Sascha Davies (SHC Year 9).

Mrs Dulcie Edmonds, (99 years) great grand mother of Dylan Tattersall (Year 8), grandmother of College Board Chair, Mr Wayne Tattersall.

Mr William Everett, father/father-in-law of current parents Brian Everett (Principal, Holy Family PS) and Judith, grandfather of Sam Everett (Year 8) and Old Collegian Xavier Everett (2007).

Mrs Annette Fagan-Nolan (McAuliffe), past parent of James Fagan (2004 Year Group).

Mrs Sheila Fawkes, mother of Old Collegian Billy Fawkes (1977) and grandmother of David Fawkes (2007) and Michael Fawkes (Year 10).

Mr Francisco Ferreira, in Portugal, grandfather of Lucas Bonifacio (Year 7) and Tiago Bonifacio (Year 11).

Mr James Fisher, in New Zealand, grandfather of James Fisher (Year 11)

Valete Mr Don Flanders, father/father in law of Mark (1983) and Jenny Flanders (staff member), Peter (Sam) Flanders (1974), Andrew (1975), Richard (1978), Barry (1981) and Katrina (SHC) and grandfather of current students James Flanders (Year 7) and Will Flanders (Year 9). To these and all their extended family members we offer our deepest sympathy.

Mrs Mary Flanders, mother/mother-in-law of staff members, Mark and Jenny Flanders and grandmother of James Flanders (Year 7 ) and Willis Flanders (Year 9).

Mr John Flynn (85 years), great grandfather of Charles Purdy (Year 7).

Mrs Shirley Foott, grandmother of Will Foott (Year 9) and Joseph Foott (Old Collegian 2007 Year Group).

Mr Stephen Graham, Old Collegian 1999, following a short battle with cancer, youngest son of Peter and Cheryl Graham, brother of Anthony Graham (1996), Louisa and brother-in-law of Alison and Rueben. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to the Graham family as they come to terms with the tragic loss or their precious son and brother.

Jesse Gray (Year 8) and Nicholas Radoslav (Year 7) and Michael Radoslav (2008).

Mrs Joy Gordon (Queensland), grandmother of Matthew Gordon (Year 7).

Mr Laurie Groves, step father of Michelle Cameron (staff member) died on Boxing Day after a brief battle with cancer.

Mr Joe Hagebols, father/father in law of Mark Hagebols (staff member) and Jo, Stephen Hagebols and Mary-Lou, grandfather of Damian Hagebols (Old Collegian 2008), Jordan (Year 10) and Matthew (Year 8). Our thoughts and prayers are with all the extended Hagebols family members.

Mrs Gail Hardie, teacher (20 years) from Nazareth College, Noble Park North, died after being diagnosed with cancer in 2008. Our hearts go out to Gail’s family, staff, students and community of Nazareth College.

Mr Neville Hogan, grandfather of Nick Hogan, Old Collegian (2005), Jacob Hogan (Yr 10), Jessica and Stephanie Hogan (past students SHC). Neville passed away in December and was in his mid 80’s.

Mr Patrick Holschier, grandfather of Anthony Holschier (Year 8) and Matthew Holschier (Old Collegian 2008).

Mr Viktor Hudich, grandfather of Old Collegians Mark Hudich (2000), Christopher Hudich (2004), Brandon Hudich (Year 10), Mr Ken Hyslop, father/father in law of Anne and John Monagle (staff member) and grandfather of Liam Monagle (Year 7).

Mr David Jackman (WA), father of St Joseph’s Football & Netball Club President, Mark Jackman, grandfather of Old Collegians Brett Jackman (2001) and Lachlan Jackman (2007).

Mrs Maree Johnson, Principal, St Joseph’s College Melbourne after a long and brave battle with leukemia. Our thoughts and prayers are with Maree’s family and her St Joseph’s College community as they struggle to come to terms with their sad loss. Maree is remembered as a dedicated Catholic educator who embodied the Edmund Rice charism, sharing her gifts and talents as a leader, which were matched only by the love, gentleness and compassion that she extended to all, especially those who struggled.

Mr Zvonko Jovic, father of current staff member Simon Jovic and father-in-law of his wife Renee, past staff member, Our thoughts and prayers are with Simon, Renee and children Amelia and Matthew and all their extended family.

Mr Jack Kelly (84 years) Old Collegian, grandfather of Guy Kelly (Year 10), Madeline Kelly (Year 8 SHC) and Liam Kelly (Grade 3 Clairvaux).

Mrs Monica Kinsella (92 years), great auntie of Old Collegians Matthew Shawcross (1992), Greg Shawcross (2003) and current staff member John Shawcross (1997).

Mrs Irene Kozak (80 years), mother of Old Collegians, Michael Kozak (1966), Ron Kozak (1972) and grandmother of Tim Kozak (2006).Irene was a past dedicated employee for the Christian Brothers, caring for them and the young boarders for 25 years in the early days of our College history. Irene had been unwell for some time and is remembered with much love by her family and friends. On behalf of the Christian Brothers and our College community we extend our heartfelt sympathy and deep appreciation of Irene’s tremendous contribution over those many years.

Mr Barry Laffan, grandfather of Tom McGuinness (Year 8).

Mr Geoffrey Lamb, father of Old Collegians, Christopher (1984), Geoffrey (1986) Matthew (1990) and Sue (SHC Old Collegian).

Gabriel Larkin,Year 10 student at Galen Catholic College, Wangaratta. Gabriel was diagnosed with cancer only eleven weeks ago and died in hospital in Melbourne on 5 June. Our thoughts and prayers are with her parents, Philip and Patrice, extended family and friends and the Galen College community.

Mrs Bernice Leorke (91 yrs), mother of staff member, Peter Leorke.

Mrs Kath McGiffin, mother/mother-in-law of Maree and Peter Madden (Board Member/Old Collegians President), grandmother to Old Collegian Darren Madden (1997).

Mr Leo D Mahoney class of 1951 died on 1st May 2009 after a battle with cancer.

Mr Juan (John) Moreno, grandfather of Ben Moreno (Year 10) and Dylan North (Year 11), died on Thursday 5 February with all his loving family around him to help celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary. Juan is now at peace following his battle with cancer.

Mr Don Murray (68 years of Colac), cousin of Claire Brown, College Co Deputy Principal.

Mr Paul Murray, following a battle with cancer, father of Pat Murray (Old Collegian 2008), Sarah and Molly Murray (SHC) and dear husband to Shona. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Murray family and their friends Mr Gerald Naughtin (88 years from Corowa, NSW), uncle of Maureen and Russell Zampatti, and great uncle to their children and grandchildren.

Mrs Geraldine Naughtin, (Sydney) cousin of Maureen & Russell Zampatti (staff members). Our thoughts and prayers are with all the Naughtin and Zampatti families at this extremely difficult time.

Mr Charles Neander (82 yrs) from Ballarat, grandfather of Adrian King (Year 11) and Jeremy King (Year 8).

Mr Francesco Neri, grandfather of Michael Neri (Year 12) and Joshua Neri (2010).

Mrs Val O’Brien, grandmother of James Cooper (Year 7), Nicholas Cooper (Year 9) and Thomas Cooper (Year 11).

Mrs Jenny Orwin, mother of past student Luke Orwin.

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Valete Mr Frank Paatsch (75 Years of age, in Colac who spent one year at SJC as a boarder), father of past Deputy Principal (2000-2008) Tony Paatsch, father-in-law of Louise and grandfather of Gabrielle (SHC Year 11), Georgette (SHC Year 9) and William Paatsch (St Robert’s). Frank had been unwell for some time and thankfully is now at peace. To Tony, his immediate and extended family, we send our heartfelt sympathy from all at St Joseph’s College.

Mrs Angelina Panozzo, mother/mother in law of Ines and David Collins (former Board Member), Bruno Panozzo (Old Collegian 1966) and Anne. We remember all the members of the extended Panozzo family including Jarrod Panozzo (1995), Nathan Panozzo (1996), Nicholas Panozzo (2002), James Collins (1996) and all family members at this very sad time, many of whom are Old Collegians of St Joseph’s and Sacred Heart Colleges.

Mr Robert Peart, past student from the class of 2000.

Mrs Carmel Phelan (93rd year), mother of Old Collegians, Pierce Phelan (1962) and Bryan Phelan (1969). Carmel was a long time supporter of St Joseph’s College Geelong and the Christian Brothers for many years during the 60s. She was president of our Parents and Friends from 1961to 1964 and then again in 1967 and 1968. Carmel also helped in our College canteen and gave her time and energy to assist whenever she could. We are most appreciative of the great history the Phelan family has with the College and extend our heartfelt sympathy to daughters Margaret and Carmel, sons Pierce and Bryan and all the extended Phelan family, Chanelle Rae (Western Heights student) Our thoughts and prayers are with the Rae family along with the Principal, staff, students and College families.

Mr John Razum, in Queensland, uncle of Andrew Rabar (Year 11).

Mrs Rita Robertson, grandmother of Jordan Robertson (Year 11).

Mrs Toni Romyn, mother in-law of John Wilcox (staff member) and mother of his wife Susan. Toni had been unwell for some time.

Mrs Norma Sawyer, great grandmother of Oliver Ramia (Year 8).

Mr Santo Savron, grandfather of Justin Savron (Year 10), Adrian Trinchera (Year 12) and Alexander Trinchera (Year 9).

Marcellin College community mourns the loss of Mr Peter Schlitz after a long battle with illness. Peter was a staff member of the College for over 39 years at Camberwell and Bulleen campuses. He made an enormous contribution to our community as a Teacher, Head of Camberwell Campus, mentor and friend. Peter will be fondly remembered by all in the community as a true Marist educator.

Mr Paul Smith (on 22 May) and Mr Sebastian Bucki (on 16 June), both grandfather of Matthew Bucki-Smith (Year 8). This has been an extremely sad and difficult time for Matthew’s parents Margaret and Daniel and all their family.

Mr Ron Southall, husband of Mrs Joan Southall past Christian Brothers’ staff member, father/father-in-law of our past staff members Jan and Phil Mahoney and Old Collegians Terry Southall (1970) , Mark Southall (1974) and their sister Kelly. The Christian Brothers’ in Geelong remember fondly the great help Ron gave over the many years that his wife Joan was their hardworking cook.

Mrs Anne Stephenson, aunt of Monique & Claire Connell (staff members) died during the school holidays of cancer.

Mr Jeff Steven, father of Old Collegians Mark Steven (1991), Drew Steven (1995) and Emma (past student SHC).

Miss Maree Stokes (past SHC 1999) sister of Old Collegians Paul Stokes (2003) and Daniel Stokes (2001), cousin to Matthew Stokes (1990) and Joshua Lamont (Year 7). Maree (27) has died following a life long battle with Cystic Fibrosis.

Our hearts go out to the Stokes family as they come to terms with the loss of their beautiful girl.

Mr Louis Szarka, grandfather of Christian Ricciuti (Year 12) and Old Collegian Benjamin Ricciuti (2008).

Mr Greg Thompson Old Collegian 1957 and past staff member working as a Mathematics Teacher in the early 80s.

Greg had been unwell for some time.

Mr Arthur Timms (Warrnambool), grandfather of staff member Michael Timms.

Mr Garry Tinkler (66 years) from Werribee, grandfather of Max Augerinos (Year 7).

Mrs Flora Tompkins, grandmother of Will Charters (Year 10).

Mrs Jan Turner, grandmother of Nick Egan (Year 8), Matthew Egan (Year 12) and Natalie (past Clonard College student).

Mr James Vagg, cousin of Ross Cameron (staff member).

Mrs Agnes van Kan, grandmother of James van Kan (Year 12) and Old Collegian David van Kan (2006).

Mr Derek van Eck (92 years), father of Lydia Pearce and father-in-law of Trevor Pearce, College Staff Member. Derek came to Australia from Holland and lived a good part of his long life in Mirboo North and more recently moved to Kurrumburra. Our thoughts and prayers are with Lydia, Trevor and all their family at this sad time.

Mr John Van Etten, grandfather of David Van Etten (Year 7) and Adrian Van Etten (Year 9).

Sam Vaughan (Brisbane), 14 year old nephew of staff member Anne Condon.

Mrs Concetta Violi (84 years), grandmother of Joe and Kirsty Maselli (staff member).

Mr Frank Virgona (Colac), Old Collegian (1939) and uncle of Joe Virgona (1969) and great uncle of Joseph Virgona (1994), Luke Virgona (1996) and Joshua Virgona (2000).

Mr Frank Welsh, grandfather of Thomas Breed (Year 10), uncle of Maureen Bryant, staff member and great uncle of Darcy Brice (Year 7) and Sam Welsh Old Collegian (2005).

Mrs Christine Whiteley (61years), grandmother of Sam Moore (Year 7) and Ben Moore (commencing 2010).

Mrs Lorraine Whitley, grandmother of Dylan Whitley (Year 8), died on 19 January as a result of cancer.

Stephanie Winberg Saint Ignatius Year 12 student. Our hearts go out to the Winberg family, friends, Saint Ignatius staff members, students and the wider College community on their sudden loss.

Mr Nick Wintonak, grandfather of Aaron Beasley (Year 7).

Mr Thomas Woods (28 years), cousin of a number of our College current students and Old Collegians including the Piccoli, Martini, Santuccione, Cortorillo, Penning and Moorfoot families. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the related families on their loss following Tom’s brave battle with cancer.

Mr Zollan (George) Tothpal, grandfather of Justin Pape (Year 12).

We pray that God will welcome these faithfully departed into His loving arms. And that precious memories will be of comfort to those left behind, knowing that their love will live on in their hearts forever.

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