Term 4, Week 7, 20th November, 2014
Dates to Remember:
Reflection
Thursday, 20th
November
NAMER OF THE STARS
Yr 12 Graduation Mass
and Dinner
Looking up into the glittering galaxies
I see a breathtaking canopy of light.
Each twinkle leads to another and another,
Friday, 21st November
stretching out into an endless universe.
Year 12 Graduation
and Farewell
Every star reveals an immensity of mystery
and stirs in the soul a connection with you.
You touch the heavens with sparkling beauty
Thursday, 27th
November
Year 5 Rite of Passage
Friday, 28th November
Year 9 Rite of Passage
Yr 10 & 11 finish
St Eugene de
Mazenod Church
Sunday: 9.30am &
5.00pm
Christ the King Church
Saturday: 6.00pm
Sunday: 7.30am
Station Road
PO Box 598
Burpengary Q 4505
P: 07 3491 4600
F: 07 3888 5151
E: pburpengary
@bne.catholic.edu.au
www.steugene.qld.edu.au
ABSENTEE LINE:
3491 4646
as you call each bright luminary into its place.
Namer of the stars, Creator of wonder, I bow to
the eternal brightness that is you.
Psalm 147:3-4
From the Leadership Team
DEAR PARENTS AND FRIENDS
On Friday we farewell our third Senior Class. Following a week
of journeying and celebrating and their Graduation Mass and
Dinner tonight, the whole college bids them farewell at The
Graduation Assembly which will be held at 9.00am in the hall.
This is a liturgical celebration of what has been and what lies
ahead of them. Following the Assembly the whole school lines
up along Keelty Way to wave them on their way, with each of our
Yr 12 students accompanied on their walk of fame by our Prep
students. This ceremony is a beautiful expression of who we
are. You are most welcome to join us. Seats in the hall may be
a big ask though!! Thank You to our Graduating Class of 2014
for adding colour and verve to the canvas that is St Eugene
College. You will be missed! Beautiful one day….graduating the
next!
Ash Tamplin was a pupil of our college for six
years. During this time, Ash was diagnosed
with Sanfillipo Syndrome. This rare medical
condition causes degeneration of the brain
and ultimately an early death. Ash moved to
a special school which could better cater for
his learning needs but he still considers
himself a member of St Eugene College. Ash
would have been in Yr 11. Our Cilacap students and Ash’s
friends from Yr 11 are raising money for Sanfillipo Syndrome
and the Cilacap Immersion program next Tuesday, November
25. Ash loved super heroes. We love Ash! You are most
welcome to join us on the Junior Oval. Here are the details:
 Dash for Ash Tuesday November 25 from 1.30 to 2.45
 Fun Obstacle Races for students from Prep to Yr 11
 Dress Super Hero Costumes or Sports Uniform
 Starter and Medal Presenter -The Right Honourable Mr
Ashley Tamplin
 Race Entry $1.00
Next week we have our Rites of Passage, marking student’s
movements liturgically from Junior to Middle School and Middle
to Senior School.
The Yr 5s are the stars on Thursday, November 27 at 9.00 in
the hall.
The Yr 9 Ceremony takes place at 9.00 on Friday, November 28
at the same venue.
Also on the happening front next week are the Yr 7 and 8
Orientation Days for our students and students new to our
college; the 8s on Monday and the 7s on Wednesday.
The Celebrations of Excellence and Learning last Thursday were also
a wonderful expression of who we are. The Junior classes were resplendent with their displays and activities which epitomised some
of the aspects of their curriculum. Did you see the Videos the Yr 1s
and 2s had made? Wow! Choral, dance and musicians in the Junior
classes put on a great show in P1 and 2. In the evening, excellence
in the academic, spiritual, sporting and cultural arenas for our Yr 6 to
12s were celebrated in awards and performance. And we had lots to
celebrate. Our special guests all commented on the very obvious
community that is this college, the Award recipients constantly acknowledging their peer achievers.
At the Celebration of Excellence, our 2015 leaders were announced.
Congratulations to our new school captains Courtney Lombe and
Antony Tatkovic and our new Vice Captains Tameka Bridge and
Lewis Bargh. Hearty congratulations to our College Ministry Leaders,
Junior Ministry Leaders and Middle Ministry Leaders listed below. We
will be well served by this fine group of young people:
Year 5
Community
Connor Dunsdon
Culture and the Arts
Celena McKay
Faith and Mission
Sophie Diver
Spirit Carroll
Levi Sheather
Spirit Dunlea
Jessica Mullins
Spirit Mitchell
Jye Abberley
Spirit Ryan
Jessica Smith
Year 9
Community
Faith and Mission
Culture and the Arts
Spirit Carroll
Spirit Dunlea
Spirit Mitchell
Spirit Ryan
Angus Turner
Eliza Mann
Lachlan Tramacchi
Madeleine Blake
Tyler Short
Samuel Fiorin
Kaylah Shearer
Year 12
Community
Faith and Mission
Culture and the Arts
Spirit Carroll
Spirit Dunlea
Spirit Mitchell
Spirit Ryan
Nicole Murray and Devon Patterson
Skyla Clunn and Terry Mullins
Olivia Fry and Ben Lamb
Brenna Dransfield and Katie Davis
Crystal Warnes and Danika Voigt
Jessica Vernon and Riley Clare
Stephanie Dyer and Jacob Attrill
The march to the curtain falling on 2014 continues. Yr 10 and 11
break for the Junior holidays next Friday, November 28 at 2.55. On
Friday, December 5 Prep to Yr 9 breaks for the Summer Holidays at
11.30.
Blessings and regards
DENIS ANTHONISZ - PRINCIPAL
From the Leadership Team
COURAGE
JUNIOR YEARS—STUDENTS OF THE
WEEK—17.11.14
We make much of our “dare to grow, in Faith Hope and Love”
motto of this College. This week I would like to honour the daring
of our students who pursue excellence in the various fields that
the College offers. It takes great courage to attempt success. It
risks failure, it risks being identified as different and in our culture
and risks the wrath of the “tall poppy” syndrome.
Congratulations to the following students
for their fine efforts:
Cale Sneath
Prep Blue
In Australia, we value equality so much that we often confuse and
attack those among us who stand out or achieve success beyond
the ordinary. Historically we have cut down or criticized those who
have risen above the common and we dress it up by using powerful phrases like “too big for their boots”, or “who do they think they
are?”, we accuse them of arrogance and use a variety of excuses
to cover up our own perceived lack of success. In the end it is often envy that drives the negative criticism and in our Catholic faith,
we name envy as one of the great sins for the damage it causes to
relationships with God and each other.
Kalista Somerville
Prep White
Kara Bradley
Prep White
Isaac Holland
Prep White
Rush Ballard
Prep Gold
Amara Oxey
Prep Gold
Natalie Wood
1 Gold
Cullen Ireland
1 Gold
Charlie Rose Ballard
2 Gold
Despite all this we have students who chase excellence with courage and fortitude. They put the long hours in and strive for excellence. They hope that hard work and persistence pays off and we
celebrate with them the rewards for amazing effort. To the cynical
outsider they can be tagged as lucky but the truth is that the
harder they work the luckier they seem to become. Their example
that we celebrated on our night of learning and excellence last
Thursday, is an example to us all. I admire their guts and determination, their courage to delay instant gratification for the long term
reward. They become my heroes and their example inspires all the
teaching staff who earnestly seek success for all their students.
Wow! It was a great night and it was all about the kids who are our
core business.
Finley Silcox
2 Gold
Zachary Becker
3 Blue
Lachlan Grace
3 Blue
Jack Craven
3 Blue
Alissa Raw
3 White
Matthew Barnett
3 White
Jacinta Kelly
3 White
Nicholas Washington
3 White
Beatrice Sonquit
3 Gold
Liam Jones
3 Gold
Sophie Dransfield
3 Gold
Jayden Spiteri
4 Blue
Charlyse Garrard
4 Blue
Cadence Charlot
4 Blue
Lily Pimm
4 White
Celena McKay
4 White
Finley Silcox
4 Whtie
Mason Buckley
4 White
Olivia Martin
4 White
Ricki-Lee Dransfield
4 Gold
Lachlan Ball
4 Gold
Logan Clark
5 Blue
Letisha Cini
5 Blue
Emma Nester
5 White
Jacob Wilson
5 White
Bethany Roche
5 Gold
Erin Smollett
5 Gold
Have a great week
Mark Shakhovskoy
P-12 HEAD (MIDDLE/SENIOR YEARS)
APRE NEWS
Christmas Family & Youth Mass – Wednesday 24 December 6 pm
It is nearly Christmas and once again Students of St
Eugene College, Children and youth of the parish are
invited to participate in the Choir for the 6.00pm
Family and Youth Christmas Vigil Mass at St Eugene
Church on Wednesday 24th December. Last year a
great group of young people from the College and
Parish did a wonderful job leading the congregation for our Christmas Vigil celebration. We hope that you will join us again and also
welcome any new members who would like to join us.
Opportunities for practice will be arranged and advised shortly. On
Christmas Eve the choir arrive at the church at 5.00pm for set up
and warm up. For further information and to register interest in
participating in the choir please contact Sharon Flux on
38881768 or [email protected]
St Vincent de Paul 2014 Christmas Appeal
Term 4 marks the start of the annual St Vincent de
Paul Christmas Appeal. Christmas is all about love in
the world. As has become tradition at St Eugene College, we remember families who are struggling in the
St Eugene Parish area and we give. Each class (with
the exception of year 1 who are supporting Rosies) will be challenged to fill a basket with non-perishable food items, treats and
toys that will bring joy to families this Christmas. Please support
the Vinnies Christmas Appeal for 2014.
Alison Bates - APRE Junior/Middle Years
College News
CAREER NEWS
STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEXT WEEK
CALLING GRADE 12 SCHOOL LEAVERS
Certificate 1 in Engineering—6 Weeks from 1st December
OSMAC in partnership with Rail Skills Australasia, are seeking
expressions of interests from individuals who are keen to pursue
an apprenticeship or traineeship within the following disciplines:-
Monday
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Boilermaking
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Sheetmetal

Fitting and Turning

Diesel Fitting
If you meet the above selection criteria and want to take advantage of this program please forward your cover letter and resume
to [email protected] or call Belinda at Rail Skills Australasia
on 0408 878 164.
USC Options, Your Q&A Day
This year USC Options has been extended to an all
-day affair happening on Friday 19 December. USC
will be open from 9am to 5pm, so you can choose
a time that best suits you to get your questions
answered.
When:
Where:
9am - 5pm, Friday 19 December
USC Sippy Downs campus
Come along to:
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take a campus tour with a USC student ambassador
talk to program advisors about your preferred degree
find out about your accommodation options
attend a special seminar 'Surviving the first year of uni'
Register now for your campus tour and preferred seminar time at
usc.edu.au/options.
School Based Apprenticeship Certificate II in Civil Construction
HIA is working and partners Think Labour & Epic Employment Services to assist disadvantaged young people to find a pathway into
construction. Expressions of interest are sought from students
currently in Year 10 & completing Yr11 in 2015.Students will be
given the opportunity to get real-life experience on a construction
site. Duties include – General & Civil Construction.
Expressions of interest with cover letter and Resume for the
Cairns, Fraser Coast, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast & North Brisbane regions are to be emailed to Wilina Stevens @ EPIC
[email protected]
For further information please come and see Mrs Prince in T1 or
email her at: [email protected]
WENDY PRINCE - VOC ED ASSISTANT
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Ken Lamb at Lincs ICT Workshop
Michelle Buiatti at Cert IV Training
Denis at BCE Principals Strategic Workforce
Planning
Dennis Russell at VET in School Conference
Peter Ivers, Cathy Masotti, Jason Spiteri and
Peter Orton at the Evaluation and Celebration of
the ‘Life’ Program
Murray Deale at Binnacle VET Training
EXCURSIONS NEXT WEEK
Wednesday
Nicky Rose and Anne Costigan taking music
students to Lion King
REMINDER TO YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Outstanding Laptops
All laptops should by now have been to be returned to the Tech
Support Department, prior to your final day at the College. This is
so they can be wiped and reimaged back to their original setup.
A reminder that failure to return your laptop to the College by the
required date could jeopardize the timing of release of your
graduation documentation, and result in a fee being charged for
the cost of the laptop.
The College has investigated the possibility of this model of laptops (e4310) being made available for ‘purchase’, as many are
beyond their service life span. Those students who have been at
the College since 2011 (Year 9) and have been continuously enrolled in the College 1:1 Laptop Program will have the option to
purchase one of the laptops available for a nominal fee.
Once it has been established that a student is eligible to purchase
a used laptop, the fee will need to be paid to the Finance Department, and the receipt can be presented to the Tech Support Department. A list of students eligible to take part in the laptop purchase agreement is posted on the Tech Support notice area.
JASON SPITERI - ICLT/DIGITAL LITERACY COORDINATOR
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES/ADDRESS
If your contact details have changed for any reason at all during
the past 6 months and you have not advised us, please do so as
soon as possible.
This is particularly important for change of address details for all
parents and caregivers as the reporting process is about to commence, and this will ensure that you receive your child’s report
successfully.
Please contact the College on 3491 4606 or 3491 4603 or email
us at [email protected].
LINDA MATHESON - DATA SECRETARY
College News
CREATIVE ARTS NEWS
DUNLEA RESOURCE CENTRE
Musical Auditions
Sincere thanks and congratulations to all students who auditioned
last Wednesday for next year’s musical Grease. We saw one of the
largest and strongest groups yet auditioning which is a wonderful
milestone in the cultural life of our school. We are in awe and admiration of the talent we saw that day, and also blown away by the
courage and bravery of all those who auditioned. Unfortunately
due to such large numbers trying out this year, we will not be able
to take in every student who auditioned. The audition panel staff
are currently meeting every day and are having a very difficult time
in trying to cast our show! We will soon be announcing those students who are being called back for lead and minor roles. Once
that 2nd round process is completed, we will then be able to announce the ensemble members and roles cast! Thank you for your
support and patience and stay tuned for the upcoming exciting
announcements!
Returned Library & Text BooksThese need to be returned NOW for all students from Prep - Year
12, to enable us to have everything ready for the 2015 school
year.
Dance Troupe Auditions
A final reminder that we are holding auditions next week for the
2015 Dance troupes. Those students wishing to try out should
currently be preparing their own dance solo in any style that showcases their level of extension, strength, flexibility and expression.
Auditions will be held in 1st breaks in the hall next week – Senior
troupe on Monday, Middle Years on Tuesday, Junior Dance Troupe
on Wednesday and Boys’ Hip Hop Crew on Thursday. Invited members of the Early Years crew will be announced early next year.
Students will need to bring along their own music to the auditions.
Best wishes during this exciting end to the year,
Kathy Stewart - Acting Head of Creative Arts
CONGRATULATIONS!
Eloise Joy Kozak was born at 11.24am
last Wednesday, 12th November. She
weighed in at a healthy 4.15kg (9
pounds 2 ounces) and is just beautiful! A big congratulations to Megan,
Nahum and Leela on this gorgeous new
addition to your family!
Bookfair
This runs all this week until Friday 9am.
JANICE CHILCOTT—TEACHER LIBRARIAN
BOOKLISTS FOR 2015
Book lists for next year have been distributed
to the Classrooms. You can order on-line at
www.brodiesbookstore.com.au (school code
021352) or return the form to School before
Friday 21st November. Please remember to
allocate another address if you will be away during this time. The
final date for return of Book lists for next year is this Friday 21 st
November. Delivery will be in the week beginning 4th January,
2015.
TUCKSHOP NEWS
Volunteer Roster
Roster for week commencing 24th November 2014:
Monday:
Jennifer Pascoe
Tuesday:
Mandy Bein
Wednesday:
Linda Cadman
Thursday:
Leiza Dunlop
Friday:
Leanne Camerlengo & Amanda Bradley
I will be starting to work on the tuckshop roster
for 2015 and if you are able to give us a few
hours or a day per month we would love to
have you! Even a part day from school drop off
until 10.45 is very helpful. If you would like to
help and have children in the lower grades you
are welcome to go with Angelique or Michelle
to the junior school tuckshop. You can contact me on 3491 4633
directly or by email at [email protected]. You can also
leave a message at Reception and it will be passed along to me.
The tuckshop closes on Fri 28th November.
As the year draws to a close we may run out of some items. We
will endeavour to give the kids what they order but their orders
may have to be substituted.
PAULA PORTER—TUCKSHOP CONVENOR
UNIFORM NEWS
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
8am to 10am
Tuesday & Thursday
2pm to 4pm
ANGELIQUE MURPHY - UNIFORM CONVENOR