Student Wellbeing

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been given the opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge many students for their achievements over the year or for finally completing their six years of secondary school. Therefore, we celebrate…

Annual Awards Evening

On Thursday 13 October, we held our annual Awards Evening where over 180 students were recognised for their ability to live out our Core Values over the course of the year. Students were acknowledged in the following categories:

• Living with Hope and Wonder
• Practising Justice and Service
• Welcoming and Including All
• Strength and Kindness
• Love of Learning

A number of student leaders were acknowledged for their leadership and teamwork skills – Leah Pikoulas from Year 10 and Bettina Dy from Year 12.

Two students were also acknowledged for their commitment to their studies in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – Joanna Luo from Years 9/10 and Vy Pham from Year 12.

We also had recipients in the following awards:

Delany Award for Achievement and Endeavour – one at each Year Level.

Delany Award for Achievement and Endeavour Sporting Award – one at each Year Level.

Delany Award for Achievement and Endeavour for Performing Arts – one at each Year Level.

The final award of the evening was the KINSELLA AWARD which is given to one member of the Year 12 cohort who, over their time at Marian, has lived out all of the Core Values and has made a positive contribution to the life of the school.

The recipient of this award in 2023 was Olivia Sloman – a most worthy recipient.

The night ended with a roll call of all of the Graduating Class of 2023 and they left the Gymnasium as one group lead by our Lamp Bearers for 2023 – Vy Pham and Eleni Karagiozis.

We have attached a list of all of the award recipients for 2023 to this edition of the Marian News.

Year 12 Celebration Day

The following morning we gathered for breakfast with our Graduating Class of 2023.

This gave our Year 12’s the opportunity to utilise a photo booth and get their Graduating Bears signed by staff and fellow peers before they were presented to the school community for the last time.

They danced, they acknowledged all of the community who had supported them to this point and shared their memories via their video production.

Finally, to farewell them, all of the other year levels gave them a guard of honour as they left the school for life beyond Marian.

For some that has meant completing exams that started on Tuesday 24 October and for others work placements and job opportunities.

We look forward to celebrating with all of the Graduating Class of 2023 and their families after exams on 22 November.

In the meantime, we wish all of those students completing exams over the next few weeks all the best for the road ahead.

New Leaders for 2024

With the farewell and goodbyes associated with our Year 12’s leaving it is also an exciting time for our Year 11 cohort as we work through the process of selection of our Lamp Bearers and senior Student Representative Council for 2024.

We are proud to announce our Lamp Bearers for 2024 – Sienna Galea and Leanne Paul and supporting them are the Student Representative Council members:

• Taylor Briffa
• Pippa Beyer
• Melina Yap
• Victoria Messina
• Vivien Tran

We look forward to developing this team over the coming weeks when we attend our Leadership Retreat on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November where they will plan their goals for 2024.

Uniform Update

We are in consultation with our uniform supplier Noone about possible changes to our uniform.

These include a longer scarf, more options for the school shorts for Physical Education, some variation on the sports tracksuit pants and a warmer option for the PE jacket. We look forward in future editions of the Marian of giving our families updates on the progress of the roll out of these items.

We thank our Student Representative Council for the review of the uniform items and their recommendations to Mr Pisani on the ways in which the uniform can be improved from a student and school perspective.

As we move towards the end of 2023, and we begin the planning for 2024, it is a matter of so much to do and so little time. However, we will keep you informed on our progress as we begin to put into place our plans for 2024.

In the meantime, may we celebrate what we have achieved and look forward to the road ahead…

Kerrie Williams

Assistant to the Principal – Student Wellbeing