Principal's News
Cluster & Endeavour Awards
The Term 2 Assembly was a wonderful occasion to recognise student endeavour, those who had improved, tried hard and given their all. All we can ask is for students to try their best. Those that do will see improvement. We do not expect that every single person will achieve at the highest level, we recognise that every person has unique gifts and talents. This is why we recognise endeavour. Application, consistently trying to do the best job possible and tenacity are valuable traits that most employers and universities also value. We were thrilled to have so many families join us for the assembly, families are always welcome to attend our major events and I thank all who made the effort to come along to join this celebration of student endeavour.
Congratulations to each of the students recognised at the assembly receiving an award. The list of recipients is included herein.
Religious Education
Unit 1 Religion and Society – Geraldine Vytilingam
Unit 3 Religion and Society – Kaitlin Mifsud
Unit 1 Religion and Society – Vanessa Cuschieri
Unit 1 Texts & Traditions – Magdalena Dolic
Year 1 VET Applied Religious Education – Chloe Quioc
Year 2 VET Applied Religious Education – Gwen Lawrence
Religion & Art – Naomi Mclean
Religion & Community Service – Megan Debono
Religion & Contemporary Culture – Brendan Smith
Religion & Music Performance (Choir & Band) – Laura Venuto
VCAL
Literacy - Vy Le
Literacy - Marlena Grace Sapa’u
Numeracy - Olivia Giaccotto
Numeracy - Eve Kruataye
Work Related Skills – Jacob Buttigieg
Work Related Skills – Michael Iorio
Personal Development Skills – Brayden Willie
Personal Development Skills – Marlena Grace Sapa’u
VCAL Integrated Studies – Joshua Sangalang
WRS Picture Framing – Gemma Jakobovic
WRS Sport and Recreation – James Debono
WRS Creative Media – Thomas De Gabriele
WRS Applied Fashion – Jackie Farrugia
WRS Furnishing – Dominic Osa
WRS Horticulture – Aidan Williams
WRS Baking – Stuart Mayor
Language
Unit 1 English – Sabrina Marando
Unit 3 English – Alex Paterakis
Unit 1 English Language – Keleyna Nocom
Unit 3 English Language – Gabrielle Fetalvero
Unit 3 English as an Additional Language – Saad Alkassab
Unit 1 Literature – Marcus Iuele
Unit 3 Literature – Olivia Corrente
Unit 1 LOTE –Italian – Deanna Ganci
Unit 3 LOTE –Italian – Daniel Segulin
Personal Development
Unit 1 Health and Human Development – Victoria Santamaria
Unit 3 Health and Human Development – Molly Grace Baillon
Unit 1 Outdoor and Environmental Studies – Xavier Molinia
Unit 3 Outdoor and Environmental Studies – Madeline Thomson
Year 1 VET Sport and Recreation – Amy Green
Year 2 VET Sport and Recreation – Danielle Murphy
Year 1 VET Community Services – Diana Bui
Year 2 VET Community Services – Natalie Krajina
Unit 1 Physical Education – Anthony Loiacono
Unit 3 Physical Education – Hannah McDermott
ACU Exercise Science – Corey D’Lima
Technology
Unit 1 Food & Technology – Julian Sacco
Unit 3 Food & Technology – Joshua Stock
Unit 2 Food Technology – Victoria Kambungara
Unit 1 Computing – Luka Jerkovic
Unit 3 Informatics – Liam Wright
Unit 3 Software Development – Ethan Devito
Unit 1 Systems Engineering – Antun Jankovic
Unit 3 Systems Engineering – Luke Parnis
Year 1 VET Applied Fashion & Design – Shannon Micallef
Year 2 VET Applied Fashion & Design – Olivia Milligan
Year 1 VET Furnishings – Tommy Golembiovski
Year 2 VET Furnishings – Charles Albanese
Year 1 VET Information Technology – James Dale (Yr 10)
Year 2 VET Information Technology – Dillon Stevens
Humanities
Unit 1 Accounting – Jessica Formosa
Unit 3 Accounting – Marlene Do
Unit 1 Business Management – Samantha Hurrell
Unit 1 Business Management – Natalie Ananidis
Unit 3 Business Management – Geraldine Vytilingam
Unit 1 Australian & Global Politics – Alicia Grech
Unit 1 Economics – Tiffany Sammut
Unit 3 Economics – Jacob Pullia
Unit 1 History (20th Century) – George Pittis
Unit 1 History (20th Century) – Maxine Flores
Unit 3 – Ancient History – Mikaela Borg
Unit 3- History (Revolutions) – Matej Celic
Unit 2 Geography – Alexandra Williams
Unit 3 Geography – Gabriel Cashat
Unit 1 Legal Studies – Marcus Iuele
Unit 3 Legal Studies – Alex Paterakis
Year 1 VET Business – Brittney D’Amico
Year 2 VET Business – Grant Molik
Mathematics
Unit 1 General Mathematics – Achol Thuch
Unit 3 Further Mathematics – Jessica Formosa
Unit 1 Mathematical Methods (CAS) – Jessica D’Lima
Unit 3 Mathematical Methods (CAS) – Daniel Segulin
Unit 1 Specialist Mathematics – Cindy Do
Unit 3 Specialist Mathematics – Angelica Rojas
Science
Unit 1 Biology – Kelly Nguyen
Unit 3 Biology – Jessica Presnell
Unit 1 Chemistry – Victoria Kambungara
Unit 3 Chemistry – Cindy Lam
Unit 1 Physics – Zac Lambevski
Unit 3 Physics – Daniel Segulin
½ Unit 1 Environmental Science – Angelique Tenaglia
Unit 3 Environmental Science – Jessica Mercieca
Unit 1 Psychology – Elise O’Rafferty
Unit 3 Psychology – Olivia Corrente
Year 1 VET Laboratory Skills – Jonah-Marc Attard
Year 2 VET Laboratory Skills – Didier Debrincat
Vocational Training
Year 2 VET Hospitality – Alicia Busuttil
Year 1 VET Food Processing (Baking) – Chloe Vinci
Year 2 VET Food Processing (Baking) – Kaitlin Panzarino
Year 1 VET Picture Framing –Onosai Senio
Year 1 VET Beauty Services – Breanna Cavallaro
Year 2 VET Beauty Services – Sabrina Marando
Arts
Unit 1 VCE Art – Chloe Quioc
Unit 3 VCE Art – Jessica Presnell
Unit 1 Media – Joel Chamoun
Unit 3 Media – Gabrielle Fetalvero
Unit 1 Theatre Studies – Nathan Martin
Unit 3 Theatre Studies – Joshua Machuca
Unit 1 Studio Arts – Martina Jurjevic
Unit 3 Studio Arts – Julia Pruscino
Unit 1 Visual Communication & Designs – Aaron Rueda
Unit 3 Visual Communication & Designs – Isaac Chamoun
Year 1 VET Technical Production – Isaac Anderson
Year 2 VET Technical Production – Marc Varvakis
Year 1 VET Dance – Claudia Rizzo
Year 2 VET Dance – Taylah O’Neill
Year 1 VET Music – Joel Spiteri
Year 2 VET Music –Maddison Gallagher
Year 1 VET Interactive Digital Media – Jacques El Wazan
Principals Awards
Bradman
Janrhio Octura
Geraldine Vytilingam
Chang
Lorenzo Atonio
Stephanie Camilleri
Dunlop
Charles Albanese
Dylan Hotriem
Mackillop
Alicia Busuttil
Darren Raberts
Truganini
Emma Foley
Maverick Sequeira
Winton
Carine Taylor
Isaac Chamoun
CRC Production - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time
Maria Abdelmessih
Isaac Anderson
Natasha Belsey
Lisa Bol
Mikaela Borg
Allison Caruana
Charlene Dimitrokopoulos
William Fearn
Emma Foley
Isabella Di Giacomo
John Paul Jarlego
Janine Kamleh
Karina Levchenkova
Joshua Machuca
Stephanie Pace
Robert Tran
Laura Venuto
Shaniya Xuereb
Meerna Yousif
Certificate of Appreciation from Impact
This award is presented to Isabella Di Giacomo who was recently part of 230 volunteers who packed 750 Bags of Love for the women who will be in crisis accommodation over the Mother’s Day weekend. Isabella also contributed in helping pack more than 1000 gifts for children and other gifts of necessities and basics required when woman start life afresh with nothing.
Impact is really appreciative and proud of this student’s recent efforts.
Cluster Sport MVP’s – Term 1
Bradman -Chelsea Knight
Chang - Lorenzo Atonio
Dunlop - Alex Kocovic
Mackillop - Eve Kruataye
Truganini - Kristian Bombaci
Winton - Alicja Sapieja
A few days following the assembly I received this letter from a family member who attended the award assembly:
I thank the concerned grandparent and welcome this letter. I am sharing this with families because the wearing of uniform is a shared responsibility. It is not just the College who is responsible for students’ wearing of uniform. Every single family is responsible for the uniform at Catholic Regional College.
It is often said that it takes a village to raise a child, we recognise that parents and families are in partnership with the College and are the primary educators of their children. Uniform and the wearing of uniform sends a message. Where young people are not educated in the societal expectations and standards, then they are less likely to pick up on these nuances when applying for employment and may think that the standard they have been able to get away with in front of others is the standard that is generally acceptable. Of course this can mean the difference between being successful in a job interview or not, due to appearance and presentation. We are working to prepare students for their unknowable futures. Schools can not do this alone. The responsibility for the education of these young people must be shared and in being shared we must commit to work cooperatively to ensure that each and every student understands that the way they wear the uniform is a reflection on the, their family and the College.
Students should not be leaving the family home if the uniform is not correct. The College can not control the kilt or skirt length when it has been altered. We can insist that a replacement is purchased when the uniform does not conform. This takes all parties, as I have stated, to work together. Blame and expectations that someone else is responsible is not what this is about. It is about caring enough to address a dysfunction so that the young person might truly understand the implications of their choices. It is an opportunity for education, for the College to support families and for families to support the College – both working in true partnership.
We as a staff at the College are constantly addressing students on the issues of the wearing of uniform. We need the support and the help of each and every family. Unless there is a whole community expectation, then staff can not hope to successfully address this issue. A former Mayor of New York City was adamant that it was the little things that lead to disorder and lawlessness. He was pedantic when it came to graffiti removal. As soon as it appeared, he would insist it was removed as he believed that if it were not then that would lead to littering then petty crime and so on. The psychology of this thinking was that if we let the small seemingly insignificant issues pass us by then we set a standard of acceptance. To accept and turn a blind eye to the first matter will then lead to turning a blind eye to a more serious matter and before a community would know it the things that were held most dear and valued by the community would be unrecognisable.
I ask not for your support but for your involvement. I ask not for raising concern but for you to work in partnership. We should address the issues as a community and I ask that each family is active in this community.
Uniform Consultation
The Catholic Regional College Federation of Colleges is looking to make some minor modifications to the style of the College uniform work across the CRC Colleges. The changes include the blazer material and the cut of the kilt to be more like a skirt without the pleats. Feedback is welcome and sought from families on these modifications. Students, parents and staff may all offer their comment on the proposed changes this month. Samples are on display in College reception.
2016 Premier's VCE Awards
Congratulations to Amanda Marriott who recevied a 2016 Premier’s VCE Award.
The Premier’s VCE Awards pays tribute to young Victorians who, with the support of their family and school, have completed their years at secondary school with distinction. This year, on Thursday 28 April at a prestigious presentation ceremony, 289 students from more than 100 schools across Victoria were recognised for exceptional VCE scores in their respective studies. One of those outstanding students
was from your school.
