Languages Faculty

Dante Alighieri Poetry Competition

On Friday the 12 June, 29 students represented the College in the 2026 Dante Alighieri Italian Poetry Competition at Melbourne University. This competition challenges students to memorise an Italian poem and then recite it fluently and with accurate pronunciation in front of an assessor. The performance of our students in this competition was very pleasing, with 6 Monicans qualifying as finalists against strong competition from other schools. 

The College congratulates the following students who will participate in the competition finals during the first week of Term Three:

Year 9: Adem Brati, Antonio Cirrito, Joanna Sajan Simon and Armellino Yuri

Year 11: Chesna Fernando and Alessio Scalpelli

Well done also to the following students for their participation in this event:

Year 9: Ollie Andrews, Yuri Armellino, Adem Brati, Bron Brown, Antonio Cirrito, 

Samantha Dennis, Alice Emozione, Likhitha Jayakuma, Thando Khajonga, Joshua Madio, James Mifsud, Alessio Miletti, Harry Miridakis, Hari Pontillo, Christian Portnick and

Joanna Sajan

Year 10: Antonio Apolito, Adrian La Rocca, Allegra Sajeva and Sienna Trinchi

Year 11: Giorgia Emozione, Chesna Fernando, Livinia Gallo, Liyansa Mahawanniarachchi and Alessio Scalpelli

Year 12: Anna Maria Constantin, Gabby Farchione, Sehajta Kamboj and Lily Scarcella

The College thanks the Italian teachers and Languages Immersion Team whose outstanding work in preparing our students for this competition was a key contributing factor in enabling our students to succeed.

Chris Zuccala

Faculty Leader of Languages