College News
HSC Results 2020
Today Friday, the students of O’Connor Catholic College received their Year 12 HSC Results for 2020. We had a lovely morning tea in the quad to celebrate with them. It is a the completion of a year like no other.
Ms Menz stated today;
We are extremely proud of our Year 12 2020, not only for their outstanding results, and also how they grew during a challenging year. They have truly shown they are strong and resilient. A big thank you to all the staff for all their work in helping our students achieve their learning goals. 2020 WIn WIn.
GALLERY: Friday's Year 12 morning tea, a chance to gather and reflect.
Below is a selection of results from 12 of our students. The ATAR scores are listed which were known at time of publication.
Bethanie Rice ATAR 96.00 - Dux of the College - Band 6 Maths Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Studies of Religion 2 Band 5 Chemistry and Physics.
Ruth Toakley ATAR 95.70 Band 6 Modern History and Studies of Religion 2 Band 5 English Advanced, Maths Advanced and Physics.
Liam Smith ATAR 94.35 Band 6 Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2
Henry Schultz Band 6 Maths Extension 1 and Mathematics Extension 2
Samuel Bible ATAR 90.10 Band 6 Business Studies, Legal Studies and Studies of Religion 2
Olive Tutt ATAR 90.10 Band 6 French Beginners, Mathematics Advanced
Chloe Brown Band 6 Hospitality (Kitchen Operations and Cookery)
Ellen Hawthorne Band 6 Textiles and Design
Emily Meehan Band 6 Textiles and Design and Major Work selected for TexStyle Exhibition 2020
Bethany Rohde Band 6 Agriculture
Charles Serow Band 6 Construction
Kieran Wicks Band 6 Mathematics Extension 2
Emily Meehan Selected in Texstyle 2020
Congratulations on Emily Meehan for being selected to have her Major Textiles Project showcased at Texstyle 2020. This exhibition will take place on the 8 March 2020 and will be delivered in a virtual format. This is a high achievement we are all very proud of Emily here at O'Connor.
GALLERY: Emily Meehan's major work and parts of her portfolio.
Year 8.1 Music Class
Miss Roache's music class have been working towards their performance pieces all term. On Friday last week, they presented their three pieces to a small audience of staff who enjoyed their rendition of 'The Scientist', 'Sweet Child of Mine' and 'Smoke on the Water'. Everybody had a role and Miss Roache expressed how much she enjoyed teaching them this year. We are sure that our Performing Arts staff and students are going to enjoy the facilities in our new Performing Arts Centre at the end of 2021!
PHOTO: (above) Concept diagram of O'Connor's new performing arts building due to be completed late 2021.
GALLERY: (below) 8.1 performing their class pieces last Friday.
Z-Club
Our College Z-Club (Zonta International) have been working hard to pack up 400 birthing kits which will be sent to developing countries. These kits will go a long way towards safe birthing practices. The boxes were packed on Monday with special thanks to Mrs Russell, Mrs Stoessel, Kara and Charlotte for helping with this important service project.
Teacher Farewells and Awards
On Thursday we acknowledged the contributions of our staff at O'Connor over the past year. Staff who were retiring were presented with gifts to show our appreciation for their work at O'Connor and some additional awards were also presented for those who had reached milestones in their employment at O'Connor. Thank you to our leaders, teachers, and support staff for their efforts and commitment during a year to remember.
Farewell Mr Steve McIlveen
Mr Steve McIlveen was farewelled this week by staff at O'Connor. Steve has had a long association with Catholic Education in the Armidale Diocese and will be sorely missed as one of our regular casual teachers at the College. After attending UNE and St Albert's College, Mr McIlveen commenced teaching in Albury and went on to teach at schools in Sydney and Played for Mount St Mary's Rugby League club. He taught at Farrer Agricultural High Schoo in Tamworth, John Paul College, Coffs Harbour and McCarthy Catholic College before finishing the lat 6 years of his teaching career at O'Connor. We will miss you Steve, thanks for all your hard work.