SPORTING NEwS - Holy Spirit College

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