Dear College Community  

Welcome to the final Marist Star for Term 3. How quickly this term has gone by with so many exciting activities happening. 

It has been an excellent term and students and staff have all worked very hard to achieve their goals. Seniors in particular are quickly coming to the end of their 13 years of schooling. The upcoming holidays will be a timely rest for them but also an opportunity to realign themselves and get organised for the final sprint home. 

Seniors only have one and half weeks of classes upon their return to Term 4; thus, I imagine some study will be in order over the break as well. 

Recently, Mr John Hamilton and I interviewed many of our Year 11 students who indicated a desire to become Year 12 leaders for 2023. The students self-nominated, and the Year 11 and 12 cohort and staff voted, with twelve students being elected to the Student Representative Council (SRC), and a further eight elected as House Captains. 

In all, twenty seniors will be student representatives and will run many wonderful activities throughout 2023. From the 12 SRC members, School Captains and Vice Captains have been elected. Students prepared and delivered speeches to their peers and staff earlier in the week, and a second round of voting took place for these leadership positions. 

It was an absolute delight to be involved in the interview process. The Year 11’s were extremely impressive and it has been a difficult task in selecting the final group. In addition, those students who nominated for House Captains spoke and sold themselves well at interview. The future of the College is in very good hands. 

It is my privilege to congratulate the following students as the new 2023 SRC, House Captains, School Captains and Vice Captains. 

2023 Student Representative Council 

Trinity Shires  Shelby Rand  Hunter Cooper Genevieve Sturzaker
Millie McGregor Emelyne Lawson Romany Paine Molly Jones

College Captains and Vice Captains 

It is my absolute pleasure to announce our two Captains for the year are Fine Fifita and Veyakhar Pather, and the Vice Captains are Cate Simpson and Finn Peach. 

Fine Fifita Veyakhar Pather Cate Simpson Finn Peach

 House Captains 

Chanel Captains: Olivia Collins and Darah Grey 
Frayne Captains: Hayden van der Ploeg and Tayla Delaney 
Colin Captains: Zoe Drane and Brayden Hine
McAuley Captains: Joel Cooper and Darci Archer

Australian History Competition Results  

Congratulations to the following students who recently received distinctions and high distinctions in the Australian History Competition. 

 Year 7 Distinction 

  • Edward Terry 
  • Nina Vincent 

Year 8 Distinction 

  • Fraser Davies 
  • Matthias Hii 
  • Darriq Ramaish 
  • Finn O’Malley 

Year 8 High Distinction 

  • Graci Malley 
  • Felix O’Brien 
  • Jamison Pilgrim 

Year 9 Distinction 

  • Bo Ellis 

Year 10 Distinction 

  • Rhiannon Field 
  • Isabel Thomas 

Year 10 High Distinction 

  • Elliott Angilley 
  • Lily Collins 
  • Elizabeth Leaver 
  • Penny Tassicker 

  

State Winner 

A huge congratulations to Year 10 student, Elliott Angilley who was the Tasmanian State Winner of the Year 10 Category of the Australian History Competition with 96% correct. Elliott was awarded the State 1st prize medal for his outstanding achievement. 

As you may know, Mr Gregg Sharman returns from 12 months’ leave for the beginning of the 2023 academic year. 

To assist him as members of the Leadership Team, I’m delighted to announce Mrs Emily Sass and Mr Sam Johnstone have been appointed as Deputy Principals of the College for a 5-year term. Mrs Emily Sass, as Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching, and Mr Sam Johnstone, as Deputy Principal Pastoral Wellbeing.  

Both have been in acting positions on the Leadership Team this year, but these adjustments now allow for greater certainty and stability within the College. Both Emily and Sam will be a great asset to the College. 

I wish you all a very safe and relaxing October break and we look forward to a busy and successful Term 4. 

  

Kindest regards 

Mr Noel Nethery 

Acting Principal 

 

MRC Board Membership 

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the College Board, please express your interest to: 

Jennine Williams 

PA to the Principal 

Tel: (03) 6432 7612 

Email:  principal@mrc.tas.edu.au