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IMPORTANT DATESTERM 3week 10b20 SeptemberMonday21 SeptemberTuesday22 SeptemberWednesday24 SeptemberFridayterm 4week 1A11 OctoberMonday13 OctoberWednesdayweek 2b20 OctoberWednesdayweek 3a27 OctoberWednesday28 OctoberThursday29 OctoberFridayYear 10 Trial SchoolCertificate ExamsYear 10 Computing SkillsExamYear 12 Farewell AssemblyYear 10 Trial SchoolCertificate ExamsYear 12 Graduation Mass &Awards PresentationYear AssembliesLast day of Term 3First Day of Term 4Year 7 2011 OrientationDayP&F MeetingYear 7 CampYear 9 CampYear 7 2011 UniformPurchase Evening A-K3-7pmYear 7 CampYear 9 CampYear 7 2011 UniformPurchase Evening L-Z3-7pmYear 7 CampYear 9 Campmedical noticeA case of mumps has been reportedto the College.summer uniformfrom day 1 of term 4uniform shopWe now stock the followingMaroon Hair Ribbon $1.00 per metreAssorted Hair Elastics $5.00 per packShop HoursTuesday 8.30am to 9.00amTuesday 10.30am to 1.30pmFriday 10.30am to 1.30pmCANTEEN ROSTER for week 1 -WEEK 2Birthday CornerThe following students celebrate their birthdaybetween 23 September to 20 October:Angus Brooks, Connor McKechnie, MatthewSmithers, Stewart Wilson, Thomas Cheetham,Nicholas Cheetham, Jasmin Pearce, CharlottePhilippa, Thomas Rossi, Kristian Sekulovski,Peter Vieira-Desneves, Jack Heath, EmilyNichols, Nicholas Ambrosi, Laura Henshaw,Jacob Barham, Ashleigh Muirhead,Jacqueline Rowling, James Seymour, CristhyArrieta, Nuea Ataata, Michael Farina, Sam Alger,Jarryd Brown, Emly Kierse, SavannahKochanowski, Skye Marin, Stephanie Nikolovski,Matilda White, Anthony Burazer, John Scott,Hamish Campbell, James Chadban, SamuelDwyer, Kaila Elsarky, Maddison Hockey,Elizabeth Tobin, Danielle Kampers, Peta Lunney,Amy McGuire, Adam Pinnegar, Jacob Rossi,Kerrod Bynon, Dylan Shain, Alix Tennison,Jordan Thew, Brianna Dallalana, Alex Lacatena,Alice McKechnie, Raffaele Tucci, Jacob Young,Nicholas Clay, Jaimie-Lee Jones, Lachlan Lantry,Andrea Angelides, Molly Bortolazzo, JessBortolazzo, Grace Bortolazzo, Patrick Kane,Brianna Mortimer, Brooke Jones, Aaron Lambe,Meg Pritchard, Angela Ratini, Jarryd Wasson,Tess Hamilton, Nathan Hennessy, Justin Pigozzo,Taylor Tiata, Gregory Innis, Michael Kusi-Appauh,Benjamin Oakley, Jessica Steffens, JakeTroncone, Benjamin Wonson, Mackenzie Hynard,Joseph Iskra, Samuel Lackersteen, HarrisonLangtry, Jessica NaylorHappy Birthday one and all

Volunteering - St. Joseph’s Secondary School, TenaruA representation of the Holy Spirit community recently travelled to Solomon Islands asvolunteers to work on a project at St Joseph’s Catholic High School, Tenaru.St Joseph’s educates students from Form 1 to 7 (years 8 to 13). The school commenced in thelate 1940s as a boys school, becoming a co-educational in 1972.The school is one of only seven National Secondary Schools Students within Solomon Islandsproviding high school education to boys and girls. Students travel from all over the Solomons toboard at the school. The families of students are usually subsistence farmers from coastal andrural areas, who work and live off the land providing for their own needs and for the cost ofeducating there children; for all, this is an expense adding to the general hardships they face inthere day-to-day lives.Students study a standard academic curriculum as well as traditional culture and agriculture.The strong academic focus provides hope to eventually earn employment to support theirfamilies. Some fortunate students continue to study at university; most will eventually return totheir villages using their meager incomes to provide for their families living in subsistence.The school is administered by Marist and includes a staff of approximately 30 comprising localteachers, cooks and groundsmen. Resources are extremely limited; however, education isvalued highly. The Solomon Islanders are devout catholics; the experience of the school andthe wider community coming together for Sunday mass to celebrate was something toremember !Currently in the Solomons there is an unsettled political climate and an economic crisis madeworse by Government tensions and cultural differences. Farmers who once were able tosurvive by selling their produce are unable to do so because of a general shortage of income,so for a period of time, supplementary forms of financial assistance are required.St Joseph’s relies on the financial support of Government grants and school fees, and now,because of Government tensions, even more heavily on the support of the wider Marist familyand support form nations within the Asia-Pacific.Solomon Islands rates as one of the poorest nations in the world; the Holy Spirit community isinvestigating a range of options designed to support the Marists at St Joseph’s in achievingtheir goal of educating it’s students. When calls of support are made you are encouraged toassist us in helping to achieve our aims.Colin Moore (Parent)Stephen Walker (Parent)Jim Walker (Parent / Teacher)Anthony Walker (Student)

MATHEMATICS NEWSAustralian mathematics CompetitionThe results for the Australian Mathematics competition have arrived and the College haveachieved some excellent results. Congratulations to the following students.YEAR 10:Distinction: Jessica HindeCredit: Joel Di Fonzo, Bronwyn Thomas, Joseph Youssif, Arthur Tanner, Tyler Kubara,Andrew Stark, Breanna Macpherson-Rice, Timothy Esseling, Zachariah Phillippa.YEAR 9:Distinction: Joshua MatosCredit: Brayden Armour, Bethany Grew, Benjamin Wilson, Gemma Green, Michael Lawson,Teika Paegle, Adam Lowrie, Gemma McFaddenYEAR 8:Distinction: Thomas Garrety, Nicholas AmbrosiCredit: James Katsoudas, Joseph Iskra, Luke Moran, Matthew Grey, Luke Grew, Rory Glen,Monica Naumovski, Theodore Papodopoulos, Daniel Iannuzzi, Maria Pham, Damon Bridgemont,Thomas Walker, Griffin Reh, Taylah MulcahyYEAR 7:Credit: Sean Cranney, Lachlan Hennessy, Christian Saffioti, Lachlan Lantry, Renay Battagello,Taylor Tiata, Eliza Brown, Adelina Darbyshire, Ellis Williams, Lauren Duck, Niahm Frappell,Dannielle CorradiniCongratulations to all other participants as well, for sitting such a challenging paper.Morning Tutoring:Just a reminder that the Mathematics department offers free tutoring to all students everyThursday morning in room 18 from 8am till 8.40am. This tutoring can be very beneficial to willingstudents, particularly in the lead up to exams. I would like to thank the teachers who give up theirtime to provide this service: Mr Clunas, Mrs Hyland and Mrs WallaceMr S Markham Maths CoordinatorYEAR 9 COMMERCEAll Year 9 Commerce students exhibited their business skills to the school community as theyconducted a variety of stall during lunchtime last week. There was a large variety of food and drinkon offer including hand made toffee apples, cakes, pizzas, lolly bags, soft drinks, ice cream, donuts,fairy floss, hot chips, cookies, chocolates and a sausage sizzle. Teams were well organised andmost seemed to have planned their businesses well. The sum of $80 was collected from the profitsof businesses and donated to the ‘Relay for life’ fundraiser.Economics competitionThe following Year 12 students are recognised for their high achievement in the 2010 EconomicsCompetition. This national competition, sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, attracts thousandsof entrants each year. Our school entered 20 students and received 2 Distinctions and 6 Credits.Distinction Certificates (top 9th percentile) were obtained by: Adam Dekleva and Jake Walker.Credit Certificates (top 7th percentile) were obtained by: Angus Bradley, Thomas Gaudiosi,Brendan Hall, Phillip Konstandaras, Kryan McCarthy and Morgan MacKinnon.Congratulations on these outstanding results.M.Crotty HSIE Coordinator

esource centre newsThe term is coming to an end so come and borrow some holiday reading. We have a great selectionof new books. Come and check out our display.Overdue letters will be sent at the end of term so make sure you return all overdue library andtext books this week.Our graphic novel collection is growing. We have a variety of genres. Come in and have a look.Gabrielle McNair Resource Centre ManagerWORKING BEEA HUGE thank youto the over 40 families who willingly gave of their timeat the schools working bee last Saturday.Many jobs were accomplished and all assistance is gratefully appreciatedby all students and staff.The school once again looks wonderfulyouth mission team - Looking to go away in the Holidays?ANCHOR CAMP is going to be huge! There will be heaps of people (ages 14-18), music andlive band, beach, sport, talks and lots more… you won’t want to miss it! Run by theYouth Mission Team, from 29 September – 1 October 2010 at “The Venue” Conference Centre –it’s a great way to meet & greet new people during the holidays! For more information and toregister contact YMT Wollongong. Call Manager Chris Brennan 0433 636 359 or 4284 1635 oremail: wollongong@ymt.com.au Facebook: YMT WollongongSPORTING NEWSCongratulations to Tahnia Ravenjak who recently competed in the Australian All-Schools GolfChampionships in Port Macquarie. Tahnia finished a very credible 11th in the overall standings.As well as this she won a Bronze Medal in the teams Strokeplay.A very bright future for an extremely talented golfer. Well done.P & FCOMMITTEEneWSOur school is registered with “The Good Guys” atWarrawong. For every $25.00 spent at The GoodGuys they’ll provide us with $1.00 Reward. So themore you spend, the more we get ! If you happento purchase anything at The Good Guys can youtell them you’re from Holy Spirit College so we canreceive the reward dollars.Coles Sports for Schools Programs.For every $10 you spend at Coles they will giveyou a voucher for 1 point. We’re asking that yousend the Vouchers into Student Services asap.The program ends on 31 October and we wantto collect as many points as we can to purchaseequipment for our Sports Department.Your assistance, as always, is much appreciated.Christine DowningP&F President

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Ls – Got them? Gearing up to get them?It’s a fairly well known fact that young people are seriously over-represented inroad safety statistics.But a much lesser known fact is that Learner drivers are actually the safest driverson the road. It’s only when a novice driver ‘goes solo’ that their crash-risk skyrockets ... so much so that they are 20-30 times more likely to be involved in afatal or serious crash in the first 6 months on their Ps.To tackle this issue, keys2drive, the single largest national Learner driver safetyprogram ever undertaken in Australia has commenced. keys2drive will see 200,000lessons provided by specially trained, keys2drive accredited driving instructors forFREE.Developed by Australia’s motoring clubs and funded by the Federal Government, akeys2drive lesson brings together a professional driving instructor with the Learnerand their supervising driver – most often mum or dad. In doing so, everyone benefitsfrom a better understanding of how to work towards making sure the Learnerdriver becomes a safer P plate driver.If you already have your Ls or are planning to get them in the next 12 months, or ifyou are or will be supervising a Learner driver, you can find out more informationand register for a FREE keys2drive lesson at www.keys2drive.com.au

Community BillboardLooking for Entertainment - Do you have an act?We are running a cabaret night on 5 November for WYD, as the hall at St Columbkilles is under constructionit will be held at St John Viarneys. We are looking for acts. Any students who are interestedin performing can contact me on 0406 713 039, or email therealsupasta@gmail.com. We are afterany kind of acts, drama, dancing, singing, bands, comedians, etc.Justine Leonard St Columbkilles Parish Pastoral CouncilReunion - St Joseph’s Catholic High SchoolYear 7 (1982) - Year 12 (1987) - if you were in our year we would love to hear from you regardless ofwhen you left. Teachers of the time are also invited.Sat 25 Sept 7pm - Warilla Bowls & Rec Club$20 per head MUST be paid in advancecontact Karen Ryan Leschnik 0449 933 223 (business hours please)Corrimal Nippers - Registration DaySunday 19 and 26 September 201010.00am to 12.00pmCorrimal Pool, Short Street CorrimalPlease note that proof of age for the children will berequired on the day (new registrations only)Additional details see www.corrimalnippers.com or 0413952474Thirroul Amateur Swimming ClubRegistration is at 6pm on Friday 22nd October 2010 at Thirroul Pool.All swimmers catered for.New and old swimmers welcome.Swim Season to commence Friday 29th October 2010at 7pm daylight saving timeRegistration from 6pmWe have some Thirroul Swimming Club caps to give away.Check details at www.thirroul.org

Softball IllawarraSpringtime Softball for kidsFor under 7’s, 10’s and 14’sPlayed Dandaloo Sports Ground, DaptoMonday’s 6pm to 7pm from November 1 to December 13 - Cost $25All equipment provided.Contact 0411 788 801 or email softballillawarra@y7mail.com orwww.illawarra.softball.org.auWOLLONGONG HERITAGE FAIR - “THE WAY WE WERE”Sunday 26th September 2010to be held at the Australian Motorlife MuseumIntegral Energy Recreation ParkDarkes Road Kembla GrangeFamily Day - all are welcomeFair and Museum Entry: Adults $7.50 Kids: $5.00Fair opens at 9.30am. Closes 3pm. Gates open at 8.30amFor more information contact 0408 211 844ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTEWill be hosting a free Illawarra Mental Health Awareness Expo4pm - 6pm Tuesday 12 Octoberat the City Beach Function Centre, Wollongong.This event will coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week.Contact Kate Lewis - katelew@uow.edu.au on 02 4221 8155This is an important opportunity for the communityto seek informationand be informed about mental health issues and services that are available.