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Senior School News
Senior School Staff News
Friday 5 March was
Mr Michael Kleidon’s
last day at Redeemer
after being the Head
of Senior School for
the past two years.
Mr Kleidon leaves
us to take up the
position as Principal
of Luther College in Melbourne from the start of Term 2.
He follows in the footsteps of other distinguished Redeemer
old scholars who have returned to serve their alma mater as
employees and he joins Mr Tim Kotzur (Principal of St Andrews
Lutheran College, Tallebudgera) as a Redeemer old scholar
who has progressed to Lutheran principalship, something the
community should be very proud of.
Mr Mark Rasi, another Redeemer old scholar, officially stepped in
to the Acting Head of Senior School role on Monday 8 March.
It is with thanks that Redeemer has been blessed with someone
as capable as Mr Rasi and who has such strong links to the college.
Japan Tour 2010
Pavement Art
The theme for the 2010 Redeemer Lutheran College Interhouse
Chalk Art Competition, “Off Your Block” was inspired by the
tradition of Japanese wood block printing. Each of the four
Houses entered three teams of four students. Many of these
teams reflected the vertical house ethos and were made up of
a mixture of students from Years 9 to 12.
It was a tough challenge to judge the winning work and the
scores were very close. 1st Place: Ramsay (pictured),
2nd Place: Lavarack, 3rd Place: Wilson, 4th Place: Mansfield.
Shave for a Cure
Eleven Redeemer Japanese students and two staff members
departed for Japan on Saturday 27 March. This was a beautiful
time of the year to be in Japan as the cherry blossoms were just
coming into full bloom providing us with a spectacular display of
pink and white.
We all spent the first four nights with host families from our
Sister School Shibakashi. This time provided the students with
an invaluable insight into everyday Japanese life as they were
blessed with opportunities to experience things such as sleeping
on a real futon, eating a variety of local home cooked food,
and using a Japanese style bath.
Some of the tour highlights were: witnessing the drastic change
in pace between the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and the quiet
and calm of Takayama; learning about the devastation that
happened in Hiroshima; challenging the Tokyo subway system.
We were also lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji
from the Shinkansen (bullet train) as it sped past at over 300
kilometres per hour.
It was a wonderful two weeks for all involved and a privilege for
RLC staff to be given the opportunity to show Japan to 11 students
who were perfect ambassadors of Redeemer Lutheran College.
‘Shave for a Cure’ is the Community Service Committee’s biggest
event of the year and is certainly one of the most fun fundraising
events held in the Redeemer community! This year it was held
on Wednesday 26 May. A grand total of $3,000 (and counting)
was raised this year (up from $1,200 last year!), with all money
raised donated to the Leukaemia Foundation to assist in the
search to find a cure for cancer.
Senior School Interhouse
Swimming Carnival
The 13th Annual Senior School
Swimming Carnival was held at
Aqualogan Aquatic Centre on Friday
5 February 2010. Congratulations
to all of the students in the winning
house, Lavarack for your efforts and
participation!
1. Lavarack (1851)
2. Wilson (1617)
3. Ramsay (1562)
4. Mansfield (1486)
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