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COMO <strong>VIBE</strong> NEWSLETTER Contributions and Charges Thank you to all parents/guardians who have paid their College accounts to date. Payments are accepted by cheque, cash, money order, credit card (visa or master) and direct deposit (please enter your child’s name as a reference): BSB: 066 102 A/C: 00903523 You may like to consider starting a payment plan NOW to assist with completing payments. Uniform shop OPENING HOURS (school term only) Thursday 8:00am - 11.30am, 12.30pm - 3.45pm STUDENT Services ...continued from pg 5 written before the end of this year. I still have incomplete paperwork from former students who never got a reference because they did not provide all the information we needed. Valedictory Sashes – I’ll be sending letters soon with information about the sashes. You’ll need to PAY for one before it’s ordered. This will happen SOON with a very quick deadline. Don’t miss it!! Year 12 Dinner – Invitations will be going out in the next two weeks. You have to maintain good standing to be invited. This means having ‘Unexplained Absences’ removed from your record by providing reasons. Also, you need to comply with school rules including uniform, behaviour and completion of work. It’s a really good night. I hope all of you can attend with your parents. Your Future Plans – We’re still having speakers from TAFE and some Universities in to talk with you on Thursday mornings. Notre Dame will be here on 22 August, TAFE on 29 August and ECU on 5 September. Several of you indicated uncertainty about next year. We’ve organised for you to do the Career Voyage computer program at Curtin University on 29 August. You have the broad details; now you have to get out of bed and get to the correct computer lab on time. I will give you the room number as soon as Curtin confirms it. Mr Brookes will pick you up to return to school in time for Period Three. There is a Skills Expo from 13-15 September at the Convention Centre. It’s free and well worth the effort to attend. You’ll have a chance to speak with training people as well as potential employers. The more information you have, the better prepared you will be to make decisions about life after Como. The Year 12 Breakfast, the farewell assembly and Valedictory on 25 November are also not far away. More information about them will be provided soon. The immediate task is to become a Como graduate. Gerry Krajewski Year 12 Coordinator t: 9450 7522 CANTEEN Volunteers Wanted Any time you can spare to help out is always appreciated. Just call if you would like to donate some time. Thank you. Canteen Coordinator 9450 5499 HONOUR Society The new members of the Honour Society were announced at the beginning of Term 3. Members are chosen on the basis of their Semester grades. Students who achieve a B+ average are awarded First Class Honours while those with a B average receive Second Honours. The students can have no D or E grades in any course. A few students with quite good averages failed to achieve honours because of D or E grades. The object of this restriction is to ensure that students maintain a high standard of work across all their courses. There is no limit on the number of students who can achieve honours. I look forward to seeing many more names on this list at the end of the year. Semester 1, 2013 Year 11 First Honours Matthew Heranto, Seok Hyun Choi and Anne Castle. Second Honours Hayden Wattison, Mahda Shangrila, Kirk Howes, Kok Dong Lau and Michael Heranto Year 12 First Honours Lawrence Alago, Karis Nevermann, Aditya Martono, Matthew Rabjones, Lorenzo Brancato, Luke Elson, Tulley Wong and Na Hee Kim. Second Honours Shelby Goh, Andreas Leonardi, Emily Yu, Jenna Moriarty, Shridhar Barot, Tu Cam Dam, Ryan Harte, Kain Butler, Niklas Frost and Alexandra Lyons. 6 C A R E E N Q U I R Y E M P O W E R M E N T
MATHS Revision In weeks 7 to 10 of Term 3 the Mathematics Department has organized revision courses for WACE students as scheduled below: Date Course WHERE: B8 Sept 5 3CD MAT START TIME: 8:30 am Sept 12 3AB Sept 19 2CD COST $25.00 (Paid at the Hub Sept 26 3CD MAS or at Reception) This will be provided by Mr C Watson. These courses provide students with a great advantage as exam type questions are attempted which are based on the examiner’s reports from previous years. There is also an emphasis of how to tackle questions by helping the students to mine the information in the WACE Mathematics exams. Finally Mr Watson incorporates the use of the Classpad calculators as he is the author of many books on its use. We have had these revision courses for the past five years and students have really benefited from them. The above courses have been heavily subsidised by Secondary Pathways and Transit department. Following careful research the Maths department has also subscribed to the use of Mangahigh, an online mathematics website used worldwide, for Year 9 Pathway 2 and 3 students and Year 10 Pathway 3 students. Hagop Boyadjian Maths HOLA NEWS & Events Serpentine Music Camp On Wednesday 24 July, 68 music students set out on an intrepid journey to conquer the dangerous and challenging band pieces they had been given. The start of the musical voyage began with the students arriving at school to load the bus and the trailer with musical instruments and expansive bags. The hour long drive through mountainous wastelands ended us up at Serpentine Camp. On arrival we got straight into demanding rehearsals for senior, junior, swing and Year 9 contemporary bands, where we attempted to complete and perfect the huge pieces, which had been placed upon us. During the free time which was sparse and far between, Mr Schmidt organised fun team building games which helped the students come together as one musical force with a common goal; to master the monumental scores which had been entrusted to them. Free time also consisted of entertaining basketball games in the gym and study for the Year 12s. On the second night, the Year 12s organised a games night which was full of musical madness and murder. The students had to figure which Year 12 had committed the atrocious crime of murdering a fellow Year 12 band member. The students had to complete daring tasks such as jumping through rings of fire and slaughtering dragons (aka completing musical quizzes) to get clues off Years 12s and figure out who the murderer was. As our journey came to a close, we packed up our messy dorms and extensive dragon slaying equipment (musical instruments) and set off back to the land of Como, all having thoroughly enjoyed our great adventure. We would like to thank Ms Turner, Mr Forster, Mr Schmidt, Ms Hudson and Rusty for making band camp so enjoyable and for always providing good humour and lots of laughs. Year 12 Music Students ...continued on pg 8 www.como.wa.edu.au 7
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