Year 8

Term 3

Term 3 has been filled with lots of opportunities for the students to enjoy themselves and be challenged. A number of students have continued to represent the College in Debating and Public Speaking. Several students from each Homeroom have competed in the Lego Masters Championships, the Australian Maths Competition and the Science Week Kahoot Championships. Each Homeroom has also celebrated their Class Mass in the school Chapel and elected two Class Captains to lead them over the remaining few months of Year 8.

As you may be aware, every student has been busy over the last few weeks selecting their subject preferences for Year 9. In addition, our annual Year 8 House Cross Country was run along Mentone Beach over a distance of 3kms in July and we are currently mid-way through our Tennis Tournament. Looking ahead, our three ACC sports – basketball, hockey and table tennis – will have their Finals on September 12. There are countless ways for students to get involved in the life of the school and the activities on offer.

Class Captains

Congratulations to the following students who were elected Class Captains for Semester 2:

8.1 – Luke Sullivan & Richard Young

8.2 – Royce Brennan & Ben Newman-Morris

8.3 – Charlie Clarkson & Max Newman-Morris

8.4 – Matthew Gleeson & Austin Warfe

8.5 – Eliot Jurdukian & Jimmy Martin

8.6 – Jerome Figredo & Nicholas Kounikas

8.7 – Corey O’Leary & Adam Russell

8.8 – Cooper Tangey & Nicholas Vella

8.9 – Finn Gleeson & Andreas Tant

(Class Captains – Semester 2) (Absent: Max Newman-Morris & Nicholas Vella)

Academic Excellence Awards

Further congratulations to the following students who achieved an Academic Excellence Award for Semester 1:

Samuel Anthonisz (8.5)
Matthew Billing (8.5)
Dylan Collins (8.8)
Joshua Gould (8.8)
Eliot Jurdukian (8.5)
Ben Newman-Morris (8.2)
Max Newman-Morris (8.3)
Musashi Roche (8.4)
Austin Warfe (8.4)
Richard Young (8.1)

(Year 8 – Academic Excellence Awards – Semester One) (Absent: Max Newman-Morris)

Cross Country

On Friday, July 26 the Year 8 House Cross-Country was held on Mentone foreshore. Congratulations to Tarkyn O’Leary (8.3 – Solomon) who won and is the Year 8 Cross-Country Champion - 2019. Congratulations to Kai Carrigan (8.5 – Benilde) in second place and Eliot Jurdukian (8.5 - Benilde) in third place.

(Kai Carrigan, Tarkyn O’Leary, Eliot Jurdukian)

Carmel Moloney

Year 8 Coordinator