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PAGE 20 Wednesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
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WITH MARY IN FAITH<br />
TĀTOU KO MERE E WHAKAPONO ANA<br />
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD<br />
This year has been particularly special in that so many of our past students and staff<br />
have responded to our call to join a new group. Named Rauru, the group has been<br />
formed to strengthen and support our Marian College community. Past students and<br />
staff of Marian College, St Mary’s College (Christchurch) and McKillop College, are<br />
warmly invited to register for Rauru and help us shape the future of Marian.<br />
Collective dialogue and strategic visioning are underway as we prepare for a new<br />
school. Work includes development of a brief to ensure our Special Catholic Character,<br />
values and culture are captured and reflected in our new school.<br />
We appreciate Marian College is part of the bigger picture and we support the Bishop<br />
in taking due care of process and in making informed decisions for the benefit of the<br />
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch as a whole. The old saying is true – good things<br />
take time.<br />
Thank you to our Board of Trustees, our school staff and community, and members of<br />
the Marian Foundation for your support and fantastic work throughout <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
To our Marian girls – relax and enjoy a well-earned holiday. We look forward to<br />
having you back refreshed, inspired and ready for 2019 at Marian College.<br />
And finally, congratulations to our <strong>2018</strong> Marian leavers:<br />
we wish you all the very best and please stay in touch.<br />
Wishing you good health and blessings this Christmas.<br />
Jan Paterson<br />
Marian College Board of Trustees<br />
THE GIFT OF GIVING<br />
Our Young Vinnies Group helps support the important work of the<br />
Society of St Vincent de Paul. Recently the group spent a lunchtime<br />
wrapping Christmas presents for the Vinnie’s Christmas Party for<br />
people in need.<br />
Marian College has a long tradition of service. Both students and staff<br />
members are actively involved and contribute positively to the wider<br />
community. All students complete at least six hours of meaningful<br />
service within the school and community every year.<br />
PRIZE WINNERS<br />
WHIRLWIND<br />
WOW TRIP<br />
Congratulations to Catherine Ryan (right)<br />
and Louise Daly (left) who have been<br />
awarded <strong>2018</strong> Marian College dux and<br />
proxime accessit respectively.<br />
Marian College Principal Mary-Lou<br />
Davidson says major prize winners<br />
demonstrate exceptional performance<br />
and dedication across all aspects of life<br />
at Marian College – in academia, special<br />
character, leadership, music, sport,<br />
environment, culture and service.<br />
The Marian College PTA Grace Awards<br />
are very special awards for senior students<br />
who quietly go about their learning, being<br />
kind and caring, participating in school<br />
life and sometimes managing through<br />
challenges. These students often go ‘under<br />
the radar’ and as the award criteria says<br />
– they just get on with school and are not<br />
always officially recognised. This year<br />
Grace Awards were presented to Mia<br />
Blyth, Renee Rae, Zoe Frame, Molly Ford<br />
and Hannah Manalaysay.<br />
A full list of prize recipients and<br />
photographs are on the College website.<br />
IT’S<br />
BUSINESS TIME!<br />
Recently, Year 10 Marian College<br />
students had the opportunity to pitch<br />
their business ideas to a panel of judges<br />
as part of the three-day Young Enterprise<br />
BP Business Challenge programme.<br />
The hands-on learning event creates<br />
opportunities for students to develop<br />
their skills, engage with local business<br />
people and learn how a good business<br />
works. The programme covers learning<br />
in English, Mathematics and Statistics,<br />
Social Sciences, Digital Technology and<br />
Commerce subjects.<br />
Described by some as the highlight<br />
of the year, senior students studying<br />
textiles at Marian College have the<br />
opportunity to travel to Wellington for a<br />
two-day whirlwind WOWtrip. The group<br />
experienced the World of WearableArt<br />
Awards Show, explored two tertiary<br />
institutes offering textile and design<br />
programmes and visited the Beehive.<br />
“The show was incredible with amazing<br />
outfits and dancers. This was a wonderful<br />
way to end the term,” says Year <strong>12</strong> Marian<br />
College student Phoebe O’Regan.<br />
The group also attended the Suffrage <strong>12</strong>5<br />
exhibition Whakatū Wāhine at Museum of<br />
New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<br />
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