Magis report
This week’s Magis Awards Breakfast was a great success with over 100 people in attendance. Congratulations to all award winners - A full pictorial list will be in next week’s newsletter. The 2020 Magis Awards highlights powerpoint is attached with this newsletter via the link below. At the event special awards were made to Magis Captain Ben Linsten and Magis committee leader Alex Panther for their outstanding leadership of Magis – they have both made enormous contributions over the years and have earned the deep gratitude of the College. It was wonderful to have our Principal, Mr Rob Henderson, Vice Principal, Mrs Kath Negus and Deputy Principal, Mrs Jess Bouwman all presenting awards. Their great support is deeply appreciated. Also assisting with announcing of awards were teachers who have played a major role in the success of the Magis program this year, Mr Simon Carrello, Mrs Alison O’Connor, Mr Damien Connellan, Ms Kirrralee Dawson and Ms Daisy Farley. They receive awards in honour of their great service as did Ms Lisa Martella, Mr Ciaran Gallagher and Mr Sam Tout. Special thanks go to our Year 11 Magis leaders who along with Ben and Alex who assisted with the presentations: Skye MacMillan who was introduced as the 2021 Magis captain, Caitlin Green, Oscar Hegge, Bella Pether, Grace Barbour and McKenzie Richardson. This is a truly exceptional group of young people and the College and the Magis program are so fortunate to have their leadership talent, enthusiasm and terrific service ethic.
Congratulations to our Year 8 International Debating team which won their first debate last Friday against St Aloysius College in Sydney. The team consists of Thomas Syminton, Jacob Davila, Gemma Bailey and Max Watt. Teams from Australia, New Zealand, several Asian countries and Canada are competing in this prestigious program. This week we compete against Reddam House College.
This year for the first time we have a team in the Ethics Olympiad which will take place all day on Monday 9 November. The team is working hard to prepare philosophical arguments on eight different cases which form the basis for the ethical questions on the day.
Year 7 students are now finalising their work for the Personal Project Exhibition which will be held on Thursday 12 November. The exhibition is opened at a special breakfast for parents and supports at 7:30am in the College library. A colourful program for the event is provided.
Finally, entries are still open for students in Years 7, 8 and 10 who would like to participate in the 2020 Brainways Quest Competition which takes place all day at school on 19 and 20 November. This excellent competition features a full day of tuition from key UWA Lecturers followed by a day of competition against other colleges. As with International Debating and the Ethics Olympiad, Quest will be participated in via Zoom this year because of Covid-19.
MAGIS AWARDS 2020
MAGIS CHAMPION SCHOLAR AWARDS
Based on points awarded for overall Academic Performance Semester One, and points gained from House Academic Challenges, John XXIII events such as Public Speaking and Creative Writing, and interschool competitions plus other Magis challenges such as goal-setting.
Year 7: 1st place Zoe McIlree
2nd Elsie Samson
Year 8: 1st place Thomas Syminton
2nd Massimo Torre
Year 9: 1st place: Daniel Doran
2nd James Mitchell
Year 10: 1st place Natalie Ong
2nd Sophie Chew
Year 11: 1st place: Oscar Hegge
2nd Bella Pether
Skye MacMillan
Year 12: 1st place Ben Linsten
2nd Alex Panther
Magis House Academic Challenge Awards
Series of five Academic Challenges
Year 7
Marco Zammuto 1st Place overall + Language Literature
Khyan Mann 2nd place overall _ STEM
Matthew Gardner 3rd place overall + Mental Maths
Poppy Thorpe 1st place Arts-Humanities
Jennifer Ong 1st place Academic Spelling
Year 8
Thomas Syminton 1st place overall , first place Arts-Humanities
Xavier Jeffrey 2nd placer overall, 1st place STEM
Meg Derbyshire 3rd place overall
Gemma Bailey 1st place Academic Spelling & Language-Literature
Maya Mintz 1st place Mental Maths
Year 9
Daniel Doran 1st place overall: 1st in Spelling, Mental Maths, Arts-Humanities, Language-Literature
Robbie Brigg 2nd place overall, 1st place STEM
James Mitchell 3rd place overall, 1st in Mental Maths
Year 10:
Natalie Ong 1st place overall, 1st place in Spelling, Mental Maths, STEM, Arts-Humanities
Sophie Chew 2nd place overall, 1st place in Language-Literature
Lucinda Tassone 3rd place overall
Neve Fyneman =1st place in Mental Maths & STEM
Jorja Knowles =1st place Language-Literature
Year 11
Grace Barbour 1st place Overall
Ben Negus =2nd overall, 1st place Arts-Humanities
McKenzie Richardson =2nd overall
Finlay O’Loughlin 1st place Spelling and STEM
Joel Khoo 1st place Mental Maths
Eve Cullity 1st place Language-Literature
Tom Kitchin =1st STEM
Imogen Walsh =1st STEM
Year 12
Ben Linsten =1 Overall, 1st in Spelling
Jacob Rigg =1st overall, =1st spelling
James Langton 3rd overall , =1st STEM
Daniel Poland 1st Mental Maths, STEM
Sophie Manners 1st Arts-Humanities
Madison Lucas 1st Arts-Humanities
Julian O’Rourke 1st Language Literature
Jayden Kounis =1st STEM
Champion House - Koolyangarra
Runner-up: Loreto
Creative Writing
Second Place Year 7: Ava Pruiti (St Louis)
First place Year 7: Sophie Thomas-Barna (Loyola)
Second place Year 8 Kiera Fong (Loreto)
First Place year 8: Thomas Syminton (Loreto)
First Place Seniors: Caitlin Green (Campion)
Public Speaking
Year 7
1st place Madeleine Nankivell (St Louis)
2nd Lily-Rose Everett ((Loreto)
Year 8
1st place Massimo Torre (Ward)
2nd Felix frichot (Loreto)
Year 9
1st place Yvie Rigg (Koolyangarra)
2nd Mia Dowdall (Loreto)
Year 10
1st place James Green (Campion)
2nd Genevieve Fergusson-Allen (Ward)
Year 11
1st place Caitlin Green (Campion)
2nd Oscar Hegge (Ward)
Year 12
1st place Ben Linsten (Kooloyangarra)
2nd Alex Panther (St Louis)
Chess
Year 7
1st place Hunter Bovell (Ward)
2nd Matthew Gardner (Koolyangarra)
Year 8
1st place Jed Hopkins (Loyola)
2nd Jonathan Hie (Koolyangarra)
Year 9
1st place Robbie Douglass (Ward)
2nd Daniel Doran (Loreto)
Year 10
1st place Jordan Smith (St Louis)
2nd Charlie Griffiths (Campion)
Year 11
1st place Ben Negus (Loreo)
2nd Holly Cannon (Koolyangarra)
Year 12
1st place Julian O’Rourke (Loyola)
2nd Dominic McCleary (Loreto)
Personal Projects (Semester One)
Year 7
=1st Zoe McIlree, Hunter Bovell
3rd Sam Stokes
Year 8
1st Hunter Giles-Shanley
2. Kiera Fong
3. Massimo Torre
INTERSCHOOL EVENTS, PROGRAMS & COMPETITIONS
Brainways program
- Stephie Imhoff
- Lennox Imhoff
Global Goals Challenge (Curtin University at Servite College)
- Poppy Hartfield
- Stephanie Imhoff
- Jazmin Kirk
- Kai Cranfield
- Zoe McIlree
- Jennifer Ong
- Luisa Parish
- Elizabeth Samson
- Amelia Watts
Creative Edge Challenge
Year 7 Literature & Communication
Luisa Parish, Zoe McIlree, Jazmin Kirk, Jennifer Ong, Elsie Samson
Year 7 Science Engineering
Poppy Hartfield, Amelia Watts, Stephi Imhoff, Sam Stokes
Year 8 Language & Communication (3rd in WA)
Meg Derbyshire, Meg Cleary, Gemma Bailey, Kate Shirley, Asha Paton
British Parliamentary Debating - Honour Certificates
Ben Linsten, Alex Panther, Bella Pether, Eve Cullity, Genevieve Fergusson-Allen, Tim Gardner, Meg Derbyshire, Asha Paton
Mock Trial Awards
Mock Trials Award of Excellence 2020 - Reuben Patchett
Mock Trials Spirit Award 2020 - Mia Fracaro
World Scholar's Cup Tournament of Champions - Yale University
Oustanding representatives of John XXIII College and Western Australia
Eve Cullity, Bella Pether, Spencer Burchett, Ann Cullity, Yvie Rigg
Trophy for the Outstanding Performance in the Tournament of Champions - Yvette Rigg
Special Awards to Staff
For outstanding Service to Magis
- Alison O’Connor
- Damien Connellan
- Kirralee Dawson
- Sam Tout
- Lisa Martella
House Coordinator
Winning House: Simon Carrello (Koolyangarra)
Runner-up: Ciaran Gallagher (Loreto)
2020 Magis Challenges
Best Homeroom: Yagan Williams (Year 10 Koolyangarra)
Coach of the Year : Daisy Farley
Magis Honour Awards
Outstanding service to the Magis Program
- Ben Linsten
- Alex Panther
2021 Magis Captain
Skye MacMillan
Jim Miller
Magis Gifted and Talented Program Coordinator
