30 November 2010 No. 19 F R O M T H E P R I N C I P A L :

Mark Your Calendars!

Annual Awards

Night Wednesday, 8 December 2010

7.00pm Award recipients will receive notification by letter

from their Year Coordinator on Friday 3 December 2010.

It is the expectation of the College that all students receiving awards are present on this night.

Dear Parents and Friends of Holy Cross Some recent media reports have indicated that the ACARA My School website, originally planned to be released in December, will be postponed, with no alternative release date provided at this stage. These media reports are correct although we do not yet have official confirmation from ACARA or the Minister for Schools, Mr Peter Garrett.

There have been numerous recent difficulties that need to be resolved around the MySchool site and its data, for example, especially 2009 recurrent income and capital expenditure for schools, which is to be reported on the website for the first time this year. There has also been work done to resolve acknowledged issues around the ICSEA score. The ICSEA score is significant in that it determines the pool of ‘like’ schools against which a school’s performance might be judged. ICSEA (The Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) is a measure that combines socio-economic status, area (regional or remote area), proportion of Indigenous students and other factors. The fact that the measure was ‘not quite right’ in the first iteration of MySchool is reflected in the fact that ACARA have contin-ued to refine the ICSEA as a comparative measure. The 2009 ICSEA formula resulted in some unrealistic com-parisons between schools that were not helpful in understanding the good things that particular schools had to offer. One area of the second iteration of the MySchool website that I look forward to is the charts that will illustrate growth from Year 7 to 9. This is the area for which a 7-12 secondary school can take the credit and must take the responsibility. It illus-trates ‘what you did with what you were given’. It does not allow a school, selective by whatever means, to boast of high scores borne largely of their selectivity. Holy Cross will stand strong by its 2010 record in this regard, having average achieved growth in Literacy in Year 9 of 16.5% above State Average. Recent school life and the involvement of Holy Cross parents It has been a busy couple of weeks with a extensive involve-ment from Holy Cross parents, new and old. In addition to the strong and very much appreciated parental support of the Year 10 Graduation Mass, the Year 12 Formal was held last Tuesday evening at Doltone House at Darling Harbour. It was attended by very many of the Year 12 parents who enjoyed the wonderful spirit of celebration and joy that comes not only for a student on the completion of Year 12, but for a student’s parents as well! The opportunity for our parents to spend an evening with the newest adults in our Holy Cross family made for a great atmosphere and a truly memorable night. In addi-tion to this, we welcomed a very enthusiastic new group of parents and their sons to Holy Cross at the successful Year 7/2011 Orientation Evening held last Wednesday evening.

Rounding off these couple of weeks was the Back to Holy Cross Day held on Sunday, 21 November. Old Boys and their families incredibly spanning more than 80 years took the time to spend an hour or two at Holy Cross on the day. The day was made possible through the generosity of the staff and the student vol-unteers on the day, and I offer them a huge vote of thanks on behalf of the community.

I would particularly like to highlight the visit of one of our old-est Old Boys who visited on the day. I leave you with this piece about Mr Jack Walsh, written by Sam Spur, our local media offi-cer for publication in the local press. Jack Walsh —ever a proud Holy Cross Old Boy. Adam Taylor Principal

In the Mid 20’s, John Walsh (known as Jack) moved

from Waverley to Tennyson Road Gladesville with his parents and three younger brothers, where his father brought a horse drawn milk cart, and distributed milk to the Hunters Hill area for Peel’s Dairy (now a park in Gladesville). Being 11 years old, Jack was considered one of the youngest and also one of the first day boys, when he was enrolled at Holy Cross.

Jack loved the academic part of school life at Holy Cross

as well as the sports the school offered. Holy Cross instilled a love of reading, which Jack took into his adult life, especially Banjo Patterson, Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and countless oth-ers. The Gladesville Library, originally part of the hardware shop (now Mitre10) was visited often on the way home from Holy Cross. Jack has always been able to recite passages from several Banjo Patterson poems and Shakespeare plays with a particular love for Hamlet. Even into his 90’s, there have been many dinners with family and friends that include Jack reciting a poem or an extract from Shakespeare’s Hamlet - “Alas, poor Yorick........”

In his later years at Holy Cross, Jack earned the sprint

champion medal which allowed him to compete at St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill sports day.

In 1929, Hockey was introduced to Holy Cross, by Brother Macarten. Being a left hander, Jack was-

n’t able to play hockey, but he and his family, like many other Holy Cross families, were avid followers of the Holy Cross A or B grade Hockey teams. In 1930, the A grade team went straight to the grand finals undefeated. One Sunday morning the Sunday newspaper was opened by his family to the headline “SCHOOL BOYS BEAT MEN IN HOCKEY GRAND FINAL”- 4 goals to nil!

Jack is now a widower (Marie, his wife of 54 years, also a catechist for over 40 years, died 3 years

ago), with 5 children and 15 grandchildren. He has always and continues to speak very highly of Holy Cross and regularly recounts his favourite memories of the school at family dinners and in general conver-sation to friends. He really enjoyed the Holy Cross open day on Sunday and remarked the main building still looked exactly the same and was even surprised that it hadn’t deteriorated at all, thanks in part to the recent restoration by the current school community!

BACK TO HOLY CROSS DAY 21/11/10

Prizes donated by: Belita Next Generation Bayview Tavern Framing Shop - Boronia Park Leichhardt Trophy Shop Curves - Gladesville The Sawdust Hotel Bunnings Warehouse - Chatswood McGrath - John Paranchi Trident Sales Distribution Australia Nicole Slater Sydney F.C.

Prize Winners Prize Name TV R. Butt Hamper & Turkey Patrick Anusrideacha Hamper & Turkey Feroz Shad Pamper Pack & Gym Membership Meg Baldwin Pamper Pack & Gym Membership Ticket No. 3957 Outdoor Pack & Dinner Ofusaita Esau Painting & Framing Voucher Matthew Tsang Dinner & Pamper Pack Ann Lopez Books & Dinner Matthew Tsang Books & Dinner Steve Brown Books & Gym Membership Damian Chase Ball & Cap Eugene Sciancalepore

BACK TO HOLY CROSS DAY—21.11.10

From the Assistant Principal Administration Further reminders were sent to Fee Payers in the last 10 days. Please contact Mr McCormack if have not yet finalised your account. Holy Cross College and the Catholic Educa-tion Office is very conscious of the environ-ment and reducing costs where possible. In order to reduce the amount of paper we consume, we will be issuing statements and receipts electronically. In the near future, fee statements and receipts will be sent to email addresses. Please ensure that the fee payer email details are correct and current. Please notify the College Accounts office if your details have changed.

A Data Validation Report for 2011 was posted to Parents/Guardians on 25 Novem-ber for each student at HCC. In order to update our records for billing purposes next year this form must be returned whether there are any changes or not. To not return this form will exclude any claims for sibling discounts. Michael McCormack Assistant Principal Administration

From the Assistant Principal I had the privilege last Thursday afternoon of driving the elective Golf Sports Group to their venue at Homebush in the Mini Bus. The boys ranged from Year 7 to Year 9 and it was such a delight to see a group of young men not only enjoy their Thursday afternoon sport but engage in such a skilful activity, where they were prepared to learn and support one another. As it turns out, the Chanel Seven program “Sydney Weekender” was at the Homebush Driving Range and our stu-dents took part in the filming of the Pro Golf Lesson Program. I watched as the boys participated in driving and chip-ping lessons, as well as putting. Sydney Weekender finished by interviewing our students and what fantastic ambas-sadors of the College they were. I would like to congratulate the students listed below on the way in which they conducted themselves in public and for the way in which they contributed to the sporting program our school offers. Keep up the good work. Daniel Armitage-Masi 7.1 Benedek Bodonyi 9.1 Jarrod Boyle 9.1 Bryson Carew 7.1 Dylan Clapham 7.1 Sam Hatch-Caccamo 8.2 Timothy Heyes 7.2 Luke Johnson 7.2 Finley Kidman 8.2 Scott marsh 8.2 Connor McCermott 8.3 Ryan McIntosh 7.3 Christopher Moscato 9.3 Nicholas O’Sullivan 8.3 Anthony Overton 8.3 Samuel Walters 8.4 Mr Buxton Assistant Principal Pastoral

HCC SILVER AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Silver Awards .

HCC BRONZE AWARDS continued

Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Bronze Awards .

Spiridon Apostolopoulos 8 Nishan Aratoon 7 8 Daniel Boys 8 David Buffin x 11 8 Leo Catelli 8 Daniel Cecere x 3 8 Arman Chahal 8 Rallis Condos 8 Travis Cosgrove 8 Benjamin Criscione 8 Sam Hatch-Caccamo x 10 8 George Imseis x 5 8 Jason Iraheta x 3 8 Sabastian Isaac x 2 8 Daniel Jones x 6 8 Bernard Kairouz 8 Finley Kidman 8 Michael Lattouf 8 Pierre Lattouf 8 Vincent Licata 8 Nathan Long x 2 8 Jack Martin x 6 8 Connor McDermott x 3 8 Joshua Mustillo x 3 8 Jaden Pardey 8 Joshua Perugini x 3 8 Benjamin Plug 8 Dean Pollicina x 3 8 Jacob Ranieri x 5 8 Kevin Shen 8 Christian Tarabey 8 Jordan Trovato 8 Jeremy Ung x 2 8 Daniel Varrica 8 Ryan Whyte 8 Anthony Yomona 8 Patrick Zarour x 4 8 Alexander Zervos 8 Jake Antouny x 3 9 Alessandro Blasonato x 4 9 Daniel Campanella x 2 9 James Clark x 2 9 Liam Cormican x 6 9 Harrison Cosgrove 9 Jarah Crook 9 Adam Cusumano x 2 9 Pierre Emsis 9 Matthew Estwick 9 John Georgaklis x 8 9 Rocky Guerrera x 3 9 Andrew Jamons x 5 9 James Kabourakis 9 Mitchell Kenny 9 Eric Kent x 4 9 Zeya Kulk-Wark x 3 9 Mitchell Leto 9 Nick Meredith 9 Daniel Mastroserio 9 Thomas Messori 9 Nicholas Monhem 9 Beshara Moubayed 9 Daragh Queally 9 Joseph Ruggeri 9 Jack Rumore 9 Derek Siu 9 Jason Stanton x 2 9 Liam Story x 3 9 Charles Towers 9 Ashley Ward 9 Stephen Zagaras 9

Student Yr Jason Cumberland 7 Benjamin De Caria 7

Dylan Ho 7 Tayla McCabe 7 Ryan McIntosh 7 Hovannes John Misislian 7 Alexander Poniris 7 Roderick (Ricky) Raj 7 Brendan Robertson 7 Shaun Thomas x 2 7 Ross Vasilikas x 2 7 Spiridon Apostolopoulos 8 Nishan Aratoon x 2 8 David Buffin x 2 8 Daniel Cecere 3 8 Andrew Dong x 2 8 Sam Hatch-Caccamo x 2 8 George Imseis 8 Sabastian Isaac 8 Daniel Jones x 2 8 Finley Kidman 8 Michael Lattouf 8 Aaron Leone 8 Nathan Long 8 Jack Martin x 2 8 Conor McConnell 8 Connor McDermott 8 Anthony Overton 8 Joshua Perugini 8 Dean Pollicinia 8 Jacob Ranieri x 2 8 Jason Ryan 8 Patrick Zarour 8 Alexander Zervos x 2 8 Kale Barton-Bissaker 9 Alessandro Blasonato 9 Liam Cormican x 2 9 Jarah Crook 9 Jack Cullen 9 John Georgaklis x 2 9 Rocky Guerrera 9 Andrew Jamons 9 Daragh Queally 9 Liam Story 9 Ashley Ward 9

Student Yr

Timothy Heyes 7

Student Yr Daniel Armitage-Masi 7 Joseph Bachoura 7 Antonio Bagnato 7 Lachlan Bell 7 Luke Biady 7 Bryson Carew 7 Dylan Clapham 7 Ben De Caria x 4 7 Christopher Galvin 7 Brandon Gaul 7 Cooper Henwood 7 Dylan Ho 7 Peter Iacono 7 Lachlan Jasson 7 Michael Lattouf 7 Ryan Le Febvre 7 Conor McConnell X 3 7 Ryan McIntosh 7 Alexander Michas 7 John Misislian x 3 7 Andrew Natoli 7 Ali Nejati x 2 7 Luca Rizzotto 7 Aidan Salvatore 7 Johnson Su 7 Shaun Thomas x 2 7 Ross Vasilikas 7 James Zalloua 7

HCC BRONZE AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who have recently received Bronze Awards .

MCS Sports Report MCS Cricket Rounds 6 and 7 were against St.Paul’s Greystanes and All Saints Liverpool. A-Grade performed to their ability and de-feated 2nd placed Greystanes. A great result for such a talented team. They had the week off against Liverpool who don’t have an A-grade team. Our Year 9 opens remain top of the table with wins in both rounds. The 14s team recorded their first victory with a dominant display over Liverpool. The hard work has all paid off. Well done boys.

MCS Basketball We had some close games against St.Paul’s Greystanes. Our A grade having yet another nail biter and were victorious by 1 point. Outstanding games were had by Mickhail Lazarte and Cameron Bayer. The Year 9 Opens team continued on their winning way with an extremely close game. Chris Salvemini and Kurt McIntosh lead the way with scoring to keep them in semi final contention. All Saints Liverpool were too good for us winning all 3 games. A-grade had a week off as Liverpool does not have a team in that competition.

This week we play against St.Dominics Penrith. Our Basketball teams are playing at Ryde Aquatic Centre. A Grade Cricket is at Patterson Park Penrith. Year 9 Opens at Monash Park and Under 14s at Westminister Park. Berg Shield Our Berg Shield team had a very close game against DeLa Salle Revesby. The game went down to the wire with our last wicket combination almost getting the boys into the next round. Brad Denlow and Mitchell Bald-win turned an almost hopeless situation into a victory. Our bowlers managed to dismiss Revesby for 156. We fell 4 runs short on 152 runs. Well done in getting to the 3rd round. Special thanks to Mr.Kemp for coaching the team. Better luck next year. Internal Sport Golf Students who attend Golf for sport on Thursdays were asked to be part of a promotional filming for the Olympic Park Golf Centre. As part of the Channel 7 show, Sydney Weekender, the boys were filmed on the driving range showing their im-proved golfing skills off for the cameras. Congratulations on your new found fame. I’ve been informed that it is due to be televised in 2011. House Shirts A reminder to all students that they must have their house shirt with them every Thursday for sport. If they fail to do so they will not be able to attend their sport. It is a school requirement to bring and wear your house shirt during Thursday sport. A huge improvement has been made each week, let’s keep this going. Well done. Mr.Whitty Sport Coordinator

HCC Ryde St.Paul’s Greystanes

A Grade 10/108 10/93

Year 9 Opens 8/126 3/123

Under 14s 10/74 4/76

HCC Ryde All Saints Liverpool

Year 9 Opens 0/67 10/62

Under 14s 0/38 10/35

HCC Ryde

St.Paul’s Greystanes

A Grade 45 44 Year 10 Opens 10 38 Year 9 Opens 36 29 Year 8 Opens 16 54

HCC Ryde

All Saints Liverpool

Year 10 Opens 15 72 Year 9 Opens 15 57 Year 8 Opens 6 66

MCS Cricket The Year 7 MCS Cricket team completed their first victory of the season last Thursday with a resounding 10 wicket victory over All Saints Liverpool.

Bowling first, Jacob Saleh (2/16) and Tayla McCabe (3/0) tore through the top order to have All Saints reeling at 5/6 after 4 overs. They were well backed up in the field with Vince Simeti snarring two catches, the second a KFC Classic Catch at backward square leg. Cooper Henwood and Ben De Caria cleaned up the tail as All Saints collapsed to be all out for 35. In reply, our openers Cooper Henwood and Jacob Saleh wasted no time in chasing down the runs with victory achieved at the end of the 3rd over.

Well done to all the boys on their attitude and sportsmanship though the day and throughout the season so far. Spe-cial mention also to Conor McConnell who had the boys pumped and ready to go with 'Rocky' on his Ipod docking station!

Mr Samyia & Mr Barrett

SECOND HAND

BOOK SALE Monday 13th December 2010

College Hall

The hall will be made available during this time for the sale of books.

Transactions are direct between buyer and seller.

There will be no facilities to change money so please bring small notes if you wish to purchase books.

Current books lists will be available on the day.

Parents and students are welcome.

Letter Box Letter Date Contents 25/11/10 Duke of Ed Yr 9 2011 23/11/10 Return of Loan Notebook Computers & Accessories

www.holycrosscollege.org/newsandevents/letterbox.php

C R O S S R O A D S

HCC SECOND HAND

UNIFORM SHOP NEXT OPEN

Thursday 9 December 2010

Wednesday 2 February 2010

8.30am—9.30am Located in the Bishop Carroll Building

CANTEEN ROSTER 2010

Group 4

6 Dec—10 Dec 2010

TERM 4 M O N

Norma Sciara Lisa Williamson

T U E

Judy Kenny Tracey Henwood

W E D

Maria Kokkaris Nicole Slater

T H U

Nicole Mather Jeannine Smith Joanne Plug

F R I

Lyn Armitage Cathy Chapman Bronwin Collinson

HCC Coming Events - 2010 1 Dec Primary School Chess Competition Wednesday Morning Mass 8am

2 Dec Rd8 Cricket/B’ball MCS

6 Dec End-of-Year Examinations to 10th

7 Dec Herodotus Challenge

8 Dec WYD—Mufti Day Wednesday Morning Mass 8am Prize Giving Night 7pm—9pm

10 Dec Yr 10 Reports Distributed Last Full student day

13 Dec Second Hand Book Sale

20 Dec Yr12 2010 BBQ 11.30am at HCC

HCC Coming Events - 2011 24 Jan HCC Office Opens Uniform Shop Open 2pm—5pm

25 Jan Uniform Shop Open 2pm—5pm

26 Jan Australia Day

27Jan Uniform Shop Open 2pm—5pm

28 Jan Uniform Shop Open 2pm—5pm Staff return

31 Jan Yr 7 and all new students to the College Commence Uniform Shop Open 2pm—5pm

1 Feb Yrs 8—12 Commence

A more detailed CrossRoads is available on our Website:

Penrith GAELS Club—Invitation

http://www.holycrosscollege.org/newsandevents/crossroads.php

Thank you to the parents

who have volunteered. If you are unable to come

on the day you are rostered please call

Lorraine on 9808-1033 ext 120

Holy Cross College UNIFORM SHOP Located next to the Chapel, in the Bishop Carroll Building

Normal Opening Times

Tuesdays: 8.00am—9.30am Fridays: 8.00am—9.30am Enquiries: 9449 9777 Email: andrew@cowanlewis.com.au Fax: 9440 8931

See Calendar for Trading Hours through January 2011

Eastwood St Andrews – 2011 Football (Soccer)

Registrations We are one of the largest clubs in the Gladesville Hornsby District with teams from U6 to Premier League. We

cater for all standards of ability and provide weekly coaching for teams on Eastwood Oval in preparation for Saturday matches.

Our 2011 Registration Day will be held at Eastwood Oval on 5 and 6 February 2011.

Further details can be obtained from the Club website www.eastwoodstandrews.org or by calling the Club Registrar on 0422 006 969.