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AROUND THE SCHOOLS
Brisbane
Adventist
College
And He Sent Them Out. . .
Seventeen senior students from Years
Ten to Twelve have signed up for the
Brisbane Adventist College (BAC) Sonship
Mission trip this year. The students will
be travelling to Batuna in the Solomon Islands
during the mid-year holiday. While
at Batuna, the team plans to refurbish one
of the dormitories there that is in desperate
need of attention. The BAC students
plan to paint the interior of the dormitory.
“It is a big job,” notes Mr Jackson, the
trip leader. “Our experience from previous
trips is that a coat of paint makes a
huge difference and that the local community
is very grateful for the work done
by our students.”
The team is seeking donations of equipment
to complete their project. Equipment
needed includes; water-based paint,
sand paper, paint-rollers, sugar soap,
paintbrushes and silicon. Equipment,
or monetary donations to purchase the
equipment can be sent to Mr Jackson at
Brisbane Adventist College.
A Clean Sweep. . .
Unlikely athletics aged
champion
Anika Allan has
battled juvenile polyarthritis
since the
age of two, causing
her such pain that
she has had trouble
sleeping and
walking since she
was a toddler and
has undergone a
battery of medical
procedures.
“It used be called Stills disease because
they couldn’t move basically,” Mrs Allan
said. “Before one sports carnival, I even
prepped up one of the teachers and said,
‘Can she have a special job of holding
the tape at the end or something’ Instead
Anika competed and won. I couldn’t
believe it, she won the cross country at
school and the 200m and 100m sprints.”
Today, thanks to a new treatment regimen
and the ongoing support from Arthritis
Queensland, she is Brisbane Adventist
College’s athletics aged champion.
“She’s so determined. For her to have
this condition, she’s done so well and I’m
so proud of her because of what she’s
been through since a very young age.”
(Mrs Allan is the daughter of Lynley
and Malcolm Potts, Anika is their lovely
granddaughter)
—Article; Harry Brumpton, Wynnum
Herald (From:Quest Newspapers April
10, 2013)
Northpine
Christian
College
That Was a Close Shave!
As per usual
event. Jermaine has done a stirling job in
fundraising and is currently collecting
money from his pledges, which includes
sizeable sponsorships from two luxury car
dealerships.
Breeana Figures It All
Out
Northpine
Christian College
Year 10 student
Breeana Copeland
attended
the Artistic Roller
Skating Oceania
Championships
in Sydney held
between April
2 to 5. Breeana
has been a
keen skater for a number of years and
is currently a member of our Australian
team. Breeana competed against a raft of
international skaters at the event, skaters
from New Zealand, Japan and China.
She trains around two hours a day but still
manages to complete all her school tasks,
including an extra class this year for Japanese!
Well done, Breeana.
Coral Coast
Prep
Extra, Extra, Read All
About It
The Brisbane Adventist College Year 11
Religion and Ethics class recently became
the hands and feet of Jesus when they
headed to Broadwater Park on Friday,
March 1, in order to take on the “Clean
Up Australia Day” challenge. The team divided
into groups and then scattered into
the urban jungle (quite literally). Nature
offered some nasties to all involved: mud,
prickly bushes and squadrons of mosquitoes,
but the intrepid workers were not
to be deterred. No-one entirely escaped
the mud, the scratches or the annoying
mozzie bites, but the result. . . a spotless
park! Jessica La, a Year 11 student related
afterwards, “We made a difference
in the community that rainy Friday!”
Northpine Christian College again
supported the Leukaemia Foundation’s
Shave For A Cure during the week
leading up to Easter. A selection of
students agreed to have their locks lopped
and still others coloured their hair in
support for the cause. One of the six
brave students who chose to shave their
heads was from the Junior school,
Jermaine McKain. Jermaine, who is
currently in Year 5, obtained special
permission from his parents to shave on
the day and his Nan came to watch the
A photograph of our Coral Coast Prep
students was featured in the March 25
special edition of the Bundaberg News-
Mail. The paper proved to be a great
souvenir for the students’ mums, dads,
grandparents, aunts and uncles. Congratulations
go to our Coral Coast school for
continuing to make themselves heard in
their local community.
10 | April 2013
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