The Globe - Gleeson College

The Globe Newsle er of Gleeson College 

Monday 8th August 2011 / Issue 24 

BIODIVERSITY & ENDANGERED ANIMALS 

On Thursday 28th July, the teachers 

and students of PILL-RIZ together with 

Mr. Crosby, travelled to the South 

Australian Museum, followed by a 

visit to the Botanic Gardens and a brief 

stroll around the Adelaide C.B.D. 

Whilst touring the Museum we were 

able to observe many species of animals 

along with their habitats. This further 

extended our knowledge on our topic 

of Biodiversity and Endangered Animals 

that we have been studying this term. 

We viewed animals that belonged to 

four diverse groups including the Arid 

climate, Wetlands, Coastal and Marine. 

Some personal highlights of the 

excursion included the giant squid, 

block of ice, interac ve elements and 

ge ng up close and personal with the 

marine life! 

The excursion was very interes ng and 

informa ve and everyone had a most 

enjoyable day! 

Vangeli Toskas (HMBRZ) & 

Joanna Unson (FMFRY), 

PILL-RIZ Learning Team students 

IMPORTANT ADVANCED NOTICE FOR FAMILIES: 

STUDENT FREE DAY on FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2011 - The College will be CLOSED on this day. 

STUDENT EARLY FINISH on FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011 - Students will be dismissed at 1.05pm. 

GLEESON COLLEGE 24-HR ABSENTEE / LATE MESSAGEBANK: 8289 0438

Academic Success 

On Wednesday, we acknowledged 

and congratulated the high academic 

achievement of the top 10% of girls and the 

top 10% of boys in each year level. It was 

a wonderful formal occasion celebrated 

with pride by the College community. 

At Gleeson College students are always 

expected and encouraged to achieve their 

best and to use their God-given talents 

for the service of others and to create a 

be er world. As stated in the Gleeson 10 

– we want all of our students to be in the 

pursuit of excellence in all they do; be lifelong 

learners for a rapidly changing world; 

and as a community we want them to 

have pride in their successes. 

In congratula ng the award winners, 

I also want to acknowledge the many 

students who did not receive a cer fi cate 

but worked at their studies with great 

commitment and endeavour. There is also 

great success in achieving their personal 

best and they should be proud of the 

posi ve a tude they have brought to their 

learning. A full list of our award winners is 

included in this issue of The Globe. 

A CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS 

Leading Learning Grant 

In The Globe last term, I men oned 

that the staff at Gleeson are engaged in 

establishing Performance Standards for 

Years 8 to 10 in line with the SACE and the 

emerging Australian Curriculum. It is my 

pleasure to inform our community that 

this school-based curriculum project has 

a racted a grant from Catholic Educa on 

South Australia (CESA). The money will 

be used cover the cost of professional 

exper se, materials, resources and 

teacher release me. We are very grateful 

for this support and recogni on from 

CESA. 

CESA Services Review 

This year, under the guidance of the 

new Director, Dr Paul Sharkey, CESA 

is undertaking an extensive review of 

its services and structure. The review 

involved 12 inquiry groups working 

on 12 important areas of service and 

structure. At this point the CESA Services 

and CEO Restructure Interim Report has 

been published and CESA has begun the 

consulta on phase with the stakeholders 

of Catholic Educa on in South Australia. 

At Gleeson College all staff are working 

on responding to the document and a 

student representa ve body will have the 

opportunity to do so as well. We would 

also like to invite parents to read the 

review and off er any feedback to CESA 

through the College. To this end we have 

placed an electronic copy of the interim 

report on the Gleeson College website 

under ‘Publica ons’. The consulta on 

phase of the CESA Review will end in Week 

6 of the term, Friday 2nd September. If 

you would like to comment on any area 

covered in the review please send your 

responses by email to me directly at: 

joe.corbo@gleeson.catholic.edu.au 

Offi cial Opening of Science Building – 

Early Dismissal 

On Friday September 16, our fantas c new 

Science Building will be offi cially opened. 

The ceremony will begin at 2.30pm 

therefore students will be dismissed at the 

beginning of lunch, 1.05pm. Our student 

body will be represented by the SRC at 

the event. A detailed email regarding the 

opening will be sent to families through 

our CELT emailing system shortly. 

Na onal Youth Science Forum 

Congratula ons to Daniel Coscia who 

has been selected for the Na onal Youth 

Science Forum to take place in January 

2012, in Canberra. Daniel is being fully 

supported in this venture by his local 

Rotary branch. We look forward to hearing 

all about this exci ng scien fi c adventure 

in the new year, when Daniel returns to 

school following the forum. 

Winter Sleepout 

I would like to take this opportunity to 

acknowledge and thank the enormous 

number of students and staff that have 

volunteered to be part of this annual 

social jus ce event. 

The Winter Sleepout gives students the 

opportunity to appreciate the plight of the 

homeless, especially the young homeless 

of Adelaide, as they sleep rough for one 

winter’s night. We have representa ves 

from St Vincent de Paul a ending and 

Fred’s Van will be in opera on giving our 

students an insight into how they support 

the homeless in our state. Our CSYMA 

student leaders will also be directly 

involved on the night. 

God Bless, 

Mr J Corbo, Ac ng Principal 

Check out Gleeson College’s 

Year 12 Mid Year Formal 

photos in this month’s online 

issue of The Southern Cross: 

www.thesoutherncross.org.au

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK...React to Chemistry! 

Week 4 marks the beginning of Na onal Science 

Week around the country and here at Gleeson 

College. Na onal Science Week is Australia’s annual 

celebra on of science and technology. 

Held each year in August, it features approximately 

1,000 events around Australia, including those 

delivered by universi es, schools, museums and 

science centres. Na onal Science Week is Australia’s 

largest na onal fes val, involving over one million 

event par cipants across the na on, with another 160,000 taking part in school 

ac vi es. In fact, news poll surveys reveal that over 50% of the general public are 

aware of Na onal Science Week. 

Our Middle School students will explore the theme of Na onal Science Week in their 

Science classes of “React to Chemistry”, and look into the Chemistry of Chocolate. 

They will also have the opportunity to a end a presenta on by SciWorld. 

Miss Kate Fryer, Science Key Learning Area Coordinator 

Well done to the talented Ms Sala and her four outstanding support 

dancers (Stephanie Siciliano, Abbey Sinfi eld, Kris na Coluccio and 

Nakeita Snell) on their performance promo ng our upcoming 

GLEESON DAY event during the Academic Assembly on Wednesday. 

STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE FUNDRAISING DETAILS SOON! 

SCHOOL CARD 

Families who are eligible for School Card or think they may be eligible 

in 2011 and have not yet submi ed their applica on form are asked to 

contact the Bursar as soon as possible to obtain the relevant School Card 

applica on form. 

Informa on about the School Card scheme can also be obtained from the 

Department of Educa on and Children’s Services website: 

www.schools.sa.gov.au/schlparents/ 

Mary Hennessy, Bursar 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOOSING SUBJECTS 

FOR 2012 

This year all students will be entering 

their subjects online. Our current Year 

10 and 11 students have been introduced 

to this process during Pastoral Care last 

week. Parents were informed of this 

process at our recent Careers and Subject 

Informa on Night. Year 10 and 11 students 

have been provided with a login code by 

which they will use to submit their choices 

through a series of dropdown menus. 

Subjects are entered at the following web 

address (click to go to website): 

h ps://web.edval.com.au/mysubjects 

Students in Year 10 and 11 have un l 

August 17th to enter their subjects. A er 

this date the website will no longer accept 

subject choices. 

I would advise students and parents to 

read through the 2012 Senior School 

Handbook before entering their subjects. 

Students enter their subjects online then 

bring a copy signed by their parents and 

return it to their Home Group teacher. The 

students’ choices will be discussed further 

during the Course Counselling days on 8th 

and 9th of September. During the term, 

Year 8 and 9 students will also be provided 

with informa on regarding the online 

submission of subjects for 2012. 

To download a copy of the 2012 Senior 

Curriculum Handbook, go to the Gleeson 

College website under ‘Publica ons’ or 

click on the following link: 

www.gleeson.sa.edu.au 

If you have any ques ons regarding this 

process then please do not hesitate to 

contact me at the College. 

Mrs Susan Smith 

Assistant Principal (Curriculum)

TOP 10% ACADEMIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY: Wed. 10th August 

Congratula ons to our 2011 Semester 1 Academic Award Winners, who were were placed in the Top 10% of Girls 

or Boys in their year level. Students were presented with a Cer fi cate of Excellence for their outstanding eff ort and 

achievement at a College Assembly in the Dame Roma Mitchell Centre on Wednesday 10th August. 

Congratula ons to talented vocalist Bri any Howell (DSMEY, 

Year 11) on her recent selec on in the Australian Girls Choir. 

Bri any was one of 20 girls na onwide chosen for a high profi le 

performance in Perth, WA, which was held to promote tourism in 

Australia. Well done Bri any! What an outstanding achievement 

and wonderful experience! 

YEAR 8 TOP 10% AWARDS 

BOYS 

Benjamin Al eri Jonathon Craggs 

Patrick Kerrigan Michael Fazzini 

Dylan Dennis Declan Holl 

Liam Parker Jack Lawrence 

Ma hew Turner John Dang 

Jarred Kelly Jorge Morales-Vargas 

GIRLS 

Edith Caruso Chloe Checkley 

Lisa Ryan Olivia Keatch 

Ashleigh MacKay Georgina Mullen 

Sophie Mullen Tina Stazic 

Joanna Unson Samantha Bedford 

Alexandra Kay Gabriella Centofan 

Charlo e Selby-Fullgrabe 


BOYS 

Jack Donovan Brandon Traill 

Jackson Jury Aaron Norbury 

James Baron Kevin Dang 

Christopher Zuppa 

GIRLS 

Emma O’Connor Shannon Rodda 

Katelyn James Georgia Campagnale 

Isabella Cansdell Sophie Guidolin 

Sophie Nelson Kahlia Lynch 

Rebecca Sayer

TOP 10% ACADEMIC AWARDS ASSEMBLY: Wed. 10th August 


BOYS 

Hendrew Duvenage Thomas Konecny 

Ricky Ma as Daniel Moderiano 

Nicholas Caruso Robert Daniele 

Jadyn Sullivan Saverio Tripodi 

GIRLS 

Brooke Allen Erin Hollingworth 

Jessica Jarre Emillia Rugari 

Lauren Taylor Georgia McHugh 

Vanessa Rossi Elyse Page 


BOYS 

Cameron Lensink Joshua Anfi teatro 

James De Palma Benjamin Hutchins 

Steven Burke Daniel Coscia 

Adrian Daniele Jordan Glover 

GIRLS 

Mikalea Borg Bri any Howell 

Angelica Barrientos Jessica Foyle 

Amy Smith Nicola Subotkiewicz 

Kahlia Thornton Nicole Drodge 

Jade Ryan Emily Sharpe-Hall 

Anne Macnamara Stephanie MacWilliams 

Michaela Mar ensen 


BOYS 

James Barker Samuel Campagnale 

Sco Cutler Daniel Papadopoulos 

Pellegrino Coscia Jarred Ne le 

GIRLS 

Gemma Francis Sarah O’Connor 

Corey Grenfell Monique Moderiano 

Erin Dunn Linda Waterman

A COLLEGE CELEBRATION OF SAINT MARY MACKILLOP 

COLLEGE MASS 

Wed. 3rd August 2011

COLES SPORTS 

FOR SCHOOLS 

A er receiving more than 

$3000.00 worth of spor ng 

goods for the College in 

2010, Gleeson will again be 

par cipa ng in the 

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS 

drive in 2011. 

We are asking families who 

do their weekly shopping at 

Coles to collect the ‘SPORTS 

IN SCHOOLS’ vouchers they 

receive and submit them into 

the specially marked COLES 

box in the Student Offi ce. 

For every $10 spent at Coles, 

Coles Online, BI-LO and 

Pick’n’Pay supermarkets from 

11th August, customers will 

receive one voucher. 

We have already been given a 

headstart with a BONUS 500 

vouchers for registering our 

school early!! 

SO PLEASE GET YOUR 

FAMILY AND FRIENDS 

ON BOARD TO COLLECT 

VOUCHERS FOR YOU AND 

HELP US EARN MORE 

SPORTING GEAR FOR 

GLEESON COLLEGE! 

CONGRATULATIONS 

MADISON KRAWCZYK (HSCIV, Year 11) 

Well done to Madison Krawczyk on her selec on in 

the Open State Catholic Girls Netball Team for 2011. 

The side will contest the Australasian Catholic Netball 

Championships to be held in Shepparton, Victoria, 

from 29th September to 4th October. 

The selec on process was highly compe ve and 

required an extended level of commitment by all 

players involved. 

We congratulate Madison on this outstanding eff ort 

and wish her the best for the championships. 

2011 DIARY DATES TO REMEMBER... 

16 Aug Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews / Urban Forest Tree Plan ng 

17 FRONT OFFICE EARLY CLOSURE: CLOSED FROM 3.30pm 

22 - 23 Year 11 Community Service: Group 1 

24 P&F Mee ng 

24 - 25 Year 11 Community Service: Group 2 

28 - 1 Sep Year 11 Outdoor Ed Bushwalking Camp: Grampians 

2 STUDENT FREE DAY: SHOW DAY / STAFF RETREAT 

5 - 9 Year 12 Trial Exams 

7 Year 8 Immunisa on / Cross Campus Combined Boards Dinner 

Year 10 Supper Dance 

8 - 9 Year 10 & 11 Course Counselling 

13 Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews 

16 STUDENT EARLY FINISH: DISMISSAL @ 1.05pm 

16 - 18 HPV Pedal Prix Series - Round 3: Murray Bridge 

19 - 21 Year 10 Outdoor Ed Bushwalking Camp: Mt Remarkable 

21 P&F Mee ng 

22 Cabaret Performance (7pm, DRMC) 

Red Cross Blood Drive (GG Rec Centre) 

23 Year 11 Semi Formal (Sfera’s on the Park) 

CAMPUS UNIFORM SHOP 

DV C / P: 8289 5564 

COLLEGE TERM TRADING HOURS 

Monday: 1.00pm - 2.30pm 

Tuesday & Wednesday: 

8.15am - 9.15am 

1.00pm - 2.45pm 

3.15pm - 4.15pm 

Thursday: 1.00pm - 2.45pm 

First Saturday of Month: 9.00am - 12.00pm 

AFTER HOURS ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS UNIFORM SHOP: 

From The Grove Way, turn into Adey Place. Park in the Golden Grove High School carpark. 

Walk towards the tennis courts and turn onto the path between the basketball court and the 

Dame Roma Mitchell Centre. This will lead you into the shared campus area, at the top of the 

path turn right and head to the area between the two buildings. We are the blue door on the le hand 

side. (G10) All other access gates around the schools are locked a er school hours and weekends. 

GLEESON 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP 

OPEN 3.20 - 4.20PM EERY TUESDAY DURING COLLEGE TERM 

*Please come to the Gleeson Front O ce for the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop*

AMERICAN COLLEGE SPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GLEESON OLD SCHOLARS! 

Congratula ons to Gleeson College Old Scholars’ Nathan Spehr (2009) and Alex Mullen (2010) who are set to commence longterm 

spor ng scholarships in the United States in the coming weeks. 

Nathan Spehr won a four-year basketball scholarship to the University of North Alabama - a massive 

university that caters for 7000 students! He will study Fitness & Management as a freshman, while training 

and playing for the College’s Mens Basketball team. Nathan has had a sensa onal last 12 months in his 

chosen sport, averaging 10 points and 3.2 assists per game and was also a member of the Australian 19 & 

Under Emus Squad that won the gold medal at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Germany earlier this 

year. We wish Nathan all the best both on and off the court at UNA! An interes ng fact...UNA has a two 

live lions as their College mascots and they both live on campus - You can view a live stream of the lions in 

their enclosure at the UNA website! Go to: h p://lioncam.una.edu 

Alex Mullen won a mul -faceted soccer scholarship to Mars Hill College (MHC) in North Carolina, 

which a er one year, will lead to a full spor ng scholarship at the enormous Radford University 

(RU) in Virginia (9000 students, 4000 living on campus!). Alex will play in the NCAA Division 2 

South Atlan c Conference for the MHC Lions while studying Engineering in his fi rst year, before 

heading to RU in his second year to play in the NCAA Division 1 compe on. Radford, whose 

soccer team is called the ‘Highlanders’, is one of the top soccer colleges in the US, with players 

travelling from all over the world to a end. 

GLEESON COLLEGE 

SPORTING STARS 

TOP 10 Q&A 

MELANIE COMYNS 

(FMCAR, Year 9) 

1. WHAT SPORT DID 

YOU COMPETE IN? 

Soccer 

2. WHAT CLUB DID 

YOU PLAY FOR? 

Para Hills East 

3. WHAT POSITION DID YOU PLAY? 

Striker 

4. WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING? 

When I was 7 years old 

5. WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT 

YOUR SPORT? 

It’s a fast, skillful game that is great fun 

6. DO YOU HAVE ANY PRE-COMPETITION 

RITUALS? Not really 

7. FAVOURITE AFL TEAM & PLAYER? 

Adelaide Crows and Kurt Tippe 

8. FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN 

SPORTSPERSON? 

Don’t really have one 

9. FAVOURITE HOME COOKED MEAL? 

Beef curry 

10. FAVOURITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME? 

Harry Po er 

SATURDAY MORNING SPORT RESULTS – Saturday 6 th August 2011 

Netball 

Year 9A Gleeson def Loreto 37 - 19 

Year 9B Gleeson def by St Ignatius 16 - 17 

Year 8B Gleeson def Kildare 24 - 1 

Girls Soccer 

Junior Gleeson def Marryatville HS 3 - 0 

Boys Basketball 

Open C Grade Gleeson def St Paul’s 39 - 18 

Open B Grade Gleeson def by St Paul’s 23 - 29 

Open A Grade Gleeson def by St Paul’s 30 - 70 

Junior C Grade Gleeson def St Paul’s 50 - 9 

Junior B Grade Gleeson def St Paul’s 85 - 10 

Junior A Grade Gleeson def St Paul’s 58 - 25 

Boys Football 

Year 9 Gleeson def by Pulteney FORFEIT 

Boys Hockey 

Open B BYE 

Boys Soccer 

Year 9A Gleeson def by Adelaide HS 1 - 2 

Year 9B Gleeson drew Immanuel 3 - 3 

Year 8A Gleeson def by St Michael’s 0 - 6 

Year 8B Gleeson def Pedare 2 - 1

The Hon. Jennifer Rankine MP 

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