May 2010 Mission Statement: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ That within a dynamic Orthodox, Christian framework, a student may strive to achieve academic excellence, a love of learning, social responsibility, spiritual growth and respect. Strive for Excellence ENROLING NOW FOR 2010 and 2011 (All year levels) Enquiries: Phone: (02) 9796 8240 Email: officehs@steuphemia.nsw.edu.au www.steuphemia.nsw.edu.au . NEWS & FORTHCOMING EVENTS CHURCH ATTENDANCE Years 10-12: Sunday, 23 May, 9. 30am Years 7-9: Sunday, 30 May, 9.30am SWISSA CROSS COUNTRY LITERACY AND NUMERACY TESTS As part of the National Assessment Program, national tests in literacy and numeracy for Years 7 & 9, will take place over three days beginning on Tuesday, 11 May and finishing on Thursday, 13 May. Students will be preparing for these tests in English and Mathematics classes. The SWISSA Cross Country Carnival will take HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS place on Monday, 3 May. As a result of the School’s Cross Country Carnival, students will be selected to compete at this annual event Years 11 examinations will take place from Monday, representing the College. 17 May till Friday, 21 May. Good luck to all the competitors! Years 7 & 8 examinations will begin on Monday, 24 May to Friday, 28 May. All students are advised to begin revising and summarising. A date for all our diaries is the annual School The more information that is revised and summarised Ball that will take place on Saturday, 21 well in advance of examinations, will be better retained in long term memory, thus students will August. More details at a later date! spend less time memorising and restudying. SCHOOL BALL GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE NATIONAL SCHOOLS EVENT The annual Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of Australia National Schools Event begins on Wednesday, 5 May till Friday, 7 May. This year, our College is hosting this auspicious event that unites all the students of the Orthodox schools from across Australia. We wish all students good luck! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! We wish our students good luck as they compete in various sports, such as soccer, basketball and netball. The School will also host a Language and Social Evening that will On Sunday, 9 May we honour all mothers for their provide an opportunity for fellowship and love, support and dedication to their families! conviviality. Good luck to all competitors! 2010 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS The annual Independence Day celebrations were held on Sunday 22 March. It was a most convivial event whereby our students proudly represented the School at Martin Place and the march to the Opera House. At Monday morning’s assembly, the Principal, Mr Hirakis, thanked all the students who participated in the march and congratulated them on their excellent conduct, appearance and support of the School. WENONA SCHOOL VISITS ST EUPHEMIA COLLEGE On Wednesday, 24 February, a group of students from Wenona School came to our School for an “out of the box experience” to learn about Greek culture. The students who came to our School were from North Sydney and were accompanied by their teachers, Ms Kintominas and Ms Munro. They chose to come to St. Euphemia College because Ms Kintominas is Greek and she has grown up in the Bankstown area. Our Greek teacher, Ms Papastamatis organized this educational experience. Fifteen girls from our School in Year 9 volunteered to show our visitors around our School and to tell them about ourselves and our Greek culture. Their knowledge of the Greek vocabulary ranged from «Γεια ςου for them to see our School and for us to try to teach them Greek words. The highlight of the day was when they saw the food in our school canteen. Coming to a Greek canteen, they saw creamed potatoes, calamari, Greek salad, tiropites, fried rice and fish cocktails. If only they didn’t come during Lent, the souvlakia and chicken schnitzel would have really amazed them! The girls kept reciting lines from the movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and one of them asked me if I have drunk that clear alcoholic drink, which we told them was called “Ouzo”. We realised that despite attending different schools, both our Schools are multicultural and we share many similarities. We all like the same songs, T.V shows, movies and shops and after about half an hour, it seemed as if no body felt like complete strangers anymore. The girls were very friendly. The visit from Wenona School was a positive experience for both our Schools. We all learnt different things about each other, like what we enjoy doing on the weekends and about the different rules of our Schools. Our communication with each other didn’t end when the girls left our school grounds thanks to modern technology enabling us to exchange email and Facebook accounts. It was definitely an “out of the box experience”. In other words, it was an unusual experience, not only for the girls, but also for our own School. We all had a great time speaking to people our age that are not our school friends. Both schools, St. Euphemia and Wenona School, appreciated and enjoyed a fun day together. By Georgia Pupulas 9B SPORTS REPORT SWISSA REPRESENTATIVES Well done to the following St Euphemia College students who have represented SWISSA across various sports throughout term 1 and early term 2. Touch Football OPEN GIRLS: Anastasia Mamounis, Kaitlin Walsh UNDER 15 BOYS: John Kostakis, Alex Savva Basketball BOYS: Dimitri Pupulas, Dejan Erceg, Damijan Borovina, Georgije Paravinja GIRLS: Stephanie Papaioannou, Angelique Souris, Danielle Dendrinos, Elli Kazangas, Elena Sklavenitis Swimming BOYS: Giorgio Tzortzis, Leo Bitas, Dimitri Boukouvalas, Yianni Sklavenitis GIRLS: Panoria Georgiou, Marie Malekkou, Constance Hionis, Joanna Hasouras, Dimitra Psarianos AICES SWIMMING CARNIVAL Mr Verghios attended the AICES swimming competition with the above students and was proud of how well each and every one of them performed against the best swimmers from the SWISSA region. A special mention must go out to Leo Bitas who has been selected to represent the AICES swimming team in the NSW Combined Independent School (CIS) competition on 29 April 2010. Leo finished age champion for AICES 12 year old boys on 97 points, 7 clear of second place. A truly fantastic result Leo, and we wish you the best of luck for the CIS competition. Mr Verghios and Ms Allison would also like to say a very big thank you to the following students who assisted during these events: Anh Vu, Evan Kohilas. AICES School Basketball Championships for 2010 On Monday, 15 March 2010, St Euphemia College Senior Boys Basketball team represented the South Western Independent School Sports Association (SWISSA) in the AICES School Basketball Championships for 2010. Our boys represented SWISSA, as they finished in first place during the regular SWISSA Basketball season and despite not coming up with a win during the AICES tournament, played their heart out and performed their very best not only for themselves but for their School as well as SWISSA. Congratulations boys on your excellent efforts and lets aim to get there again next year. Mr Verghios PD/H/PE Department St Euphemia Swimming Carnival The annual swimming carnival for 2010, was an eventful and exciting day for all. We were all entertained by those who swam competitively, those who did not swim and those who were courageous enough to take a dive into the water and give it their best. The results were very close, with the point difference being minimal, leaving first position to be determined by the uplifting chants and thrilling relays. In fourth place was Aphrodite on 89 points, followed by Zeus on 179 points. In was Apollo, on 185 points, with Athena taking first place on 192 points. A great achievement, as students showed great passion and commitment throughout the day, not only in the pool, but out of it too, with various banners and chants making an amazing spectacle in the grandstands. Overall, it was a successful and entertaining day that will be remembered by all students, teachers and parents alike. Dimitri Hursalas and Iliada Heretakis Yr 12 BANKSTOWN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTRE The property owner of Bankstown Shopping Plaza has requested that parents and students enter the car park via the front door or the ramp and not the fire exit. Please read the following letter: ΝΕΑ ΤΟΥ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΥ ΜΑΙΟΣ 2010 Εκκλησιασμός Οι υποχρεωτικζσ θμζρεσ εκκλθςιαςμοφ για τουσ μακθτζσ μασ είναι ωσ εξισ: Α΄- Γ΄ Λυκείου Α΄- Γ΄ Γυμναςίου Κυριακι 23 Μαΐου και ώρα 9.30 πμ Κυριακι 30 Μαΐου και ώρα 9.30 πμ Ετήσιος Σχολικός Χορός Ο Ετιςιοσ Σχολικόσ Χορόσ κα γίνει το Σάββατο, 21 Αυγοφςτου. Περιςςότερεσ λεπτομζρειεσ ςτθν επόμενθ ζκδοςθ. Ετήσιοι Παναυστραλιανοί Αγώνες Ελληνορθόδοξων Κολλεγίων Οι ετιςιοι Παναυςτραλιανοί Αγώνεσ των Ελλθνορκόδοξων Κολλεγίων κα διεξαχκοφν από Τετάρτθ 5 Μαΐου μζχρι Παραςκευι 7 Μαΐου. Εφζτοσ το Κολλζγιο μασ ζχει τθν τιμι να διοργανώςει τουσ Αγώνεσ και να φιλοξενιςει τα άλλα ζξι Κολλζγια. Ευχόμαςτε ςε όλουσ τουσ μακθτζσ μασ καλι επιτυχία ςτα διάφορα ςπορ που κα λάβουν μζροσ, όπωσ το ποδόςφαιρο, τθν καλακοςφαίριςθ και το νζτμπολ. Το Κολλζγιο μασ κα διοργανώςει επίςθσ το Φεςτιβάλ Δθμόςιου Λόγου (Spoken Arts Festival) ωσ επίςθσ και το Δείπνο (Social Evening) το οποίο κα δώςει ςτουσ μακθτζσ τθν ευκαιρία για ςυναδζλφωςθ και καινοφριεσ φιλίεσ. Καλι επιτυχία ςε όλουσ τουσ ςυμμετζχοντεσ. Εξωτερικοί Διαγωνισμοί Αγγλικών και Αριθμητικής (Literacy and Numeracy) Τα παιδιά τθσ Πρώτθσ και Τρίτθσ Γυμναςίου κα διαγωνιςτοφν ςτα μακιματα των Αγγλικών (Literacy) και τθσ Αρικμθτικισ (Numeracy) από τθν Τρίτθ 11 Μαΐου μζχρι τθν Πζμπτθ 13 Μαΐου. Αυτζσ είναι Παναυςτραλιανζσ Εξετάςεισ που προετοιμάηονται από το Υπουργείο Παιδείασ. Οι μακθτζσ κα προετοιμαςτοφν για αυτζσ τισ εξετάςεισ ςτισ τάξεισ των Αγγλικών και Μακθματικών. Εξετάσεις Α΄ Εξαμήνου Οι εξετάςεισ του Α΄ εξαμινου ζχουν προγραμματιςτεί ωσ εξισ: Β΄ Λυκείου, από τθ Δευτζρα 17 Μαΐου ζωσ τθν Παραςκευι 21 Μαΐου 2010. Α΄- Β΄ Γυμναςίου, από τθ Δευτζρα 24 Μαΐου ζωσ τθν Παραςκευι 28 Μαΐου 2010. Συνιςτοφμε ςτουσ μακθτζσ μασ να αρχίςουν τθν προετοιμαςία τουσ εγκαίρωσ για να ζχουν καλφτερθ απόδοςθ. Ευχόμαςτε ςε όλουσ τουσ μακθτζσ καλι επιτυχία ςτισ εξετάςεισ τουσ. Γιορτή της Μητζρας Τθν Κυριακι 9 Μαΐου τιμοφμε όλεσ τισ μθτζρεσ για τθν αγάπθ, τθν υποςτιριξθ και τθν αφοςίωςι τουσ ςτισ οικογζνειζσ τουσ. Χρόνια Πολλά ςε όλεσ τισ μθτζρεσ. Εορτασμός της 25η Μαρτίου Η ετιςια εορτι τθσ 25θσ Μαρτίου διεξιχκθ τθν Κυριακι 21 Μαΐου. ΟΙ μακθτζσ μασ με περθφάνεια αντιπροςώπευςαν το ςχολείο ςτο κενοτάφιο του “Martin Place”και μετά ςτθν παρζλαςθ προσ το “Opera House”. Ο διευκυντισ του ςχολείου μασ, κφριοσ Χειράκθσ, ευχαρίςτθςε τουσ μακθτζσ που πιραν μζροσ ςτθν παρζλαςθ και τουσ ςυγχάρθκε για τθν εξαιρετικι διαγωγι τουσ. Ο κφριοσ Χειράκθσ ευχαρίςτθςε όλουσ τουσ γονείσ για τθ βοικεια και τθν υποςτιριξι τουσ. Χ. Χειράκθσ Διευκυντισ