Solomon

Welcome to new students

What another great start to the year it has been for the mighty Solomon house. It started back on January 29th when we welcomed our newest additions. Over 70 students came into Solomon house, I was very proud to see the way our senior students welcomed them into not only the house but the school. These new additions to the College were formally welcomed along with their families on the “Meet the Tutor Night.” This evening was a great success and it was very pleasing to see the Solomon tutors and parents meeting in an informal manner and being officially welcomed to the senior school. We are very lucky to have such great, generous and professional tutors at the College. The Solomon tutors Mr. Moses, Ms. Ryan, Mr. Harker, Ms. Maclean, Ms. Dux, Mr. Fordham, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Kelleher , Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Martyn are all exceptional tutors who do an amazing job.

Focus Area

Punctuality, organisation and wearing the correct uniform are key indicators that students are focussed and prepared for school. This will continue to be an area of focus for all Solomon students throughout the year.

For Term 2 a reminder that all boys must wear their College Blazer to and from school. With Melbourne’s inclement weather it is also recommended that students purchase a St Bede's College waterproof jacket and bring an umbrella in their school bags.  Another focus area for Term 2 is completing quality homework. The students are encouraged to get into a consistent routine that involves doing study uninterrupted every night.

Solomon Leaders

I would like to congratulate the Solomon leaders Edward McGarry (Captain) and Tom McCauley and Luke Burke (vice-captains) who do an excellent job leading by example. We also have tutor group captains and well done to Joel Bright, Martin Haycroft, Hugh Romancz, James Van Corler, Jack Farrington, Nathan Lao, Riley Whitehouse, Fraser Nicholson, Zac Rattray, Hamish McCartney and Matteo Barba who were selected by their peers to lead from the front in tutor group Leadership session 1.

MADay 

I would also like to congratulate Solomon students, family and friends who contributed an amazing $5500.00 dollars to Mission action day so far. This money is used by the Lasallian foundation in Australia and countries like India and Thailand, to feed, educate and build shelter for the disadvantaged. The Lasallian foundation does amazing work and it's these very generous donations that help to make it possible. Special mention to Ed McGarry the house captain who has raised over $2000 dollars himself. Students have until April 27th to get a donation in. After a very successful Term 1 we now look forward to an even busier Term 2 with parent-teacher interviews and exams, just to highlight a few major events.

Senior Athletics Carnival

Solomon house won! Having not tasted victory since 2013 and it was a great reward for the young men of Solomon house. In beautiful conditions the Solomon army was in full flight. Competing to the best of their ability in every event. There were some special mentions; Josh Miller and Jackson Turner at Year 10 level, Blake O’Leary, George Grey and Nicholas Grech were outstanding at Year 11 level and Damon Schultz continued his great school athletics career winning almost every event he entered. We had the Year 10 champion Josh Miller, Year 11 champion Nicholas Grech and the Year 12 Champion Damon Schultz in what was a dominant display from the Solomon boys.

Well done to all houses and to all students who entered an event and gave it a go!

Mr Sam Radford

Solomon Coordinator