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Etta James, the legendary vocalist who is perhaps best known for her version of the song "At Last," has died. She was 73.
In 1994, James joined Fresh Air's Terry Gross for a conversation about her life and her lengthy career in the music business. James explained that she got her big break at 16 when her doo-wop group auditioned for the late Johnny Otis one night in San Francisco. Otis liked their singing and invited James and her two friends to Los Angeles to make a record.
"But I knew my mother wasn't going to let me go," James said. "And he said, 'Can I speak with your mother?' I said, 'No, I can't find her right now. She's working.' And he said, 'Well, can you go home and get permission from your mother, get something in writing stating that you can travel and have her sign it and date it.' I said, 'Oh yeah, I can do that.' So, sure enough, that's what I did. I went home, I wrote the note."
James went to Los Angeles, where she recorded "Roll With Me, Henry" and began performing in Otis' traveling R&B revue. In 1960, she began recording with Chess. Her hits there included "All I Can Do Is Cry," "Trust in Me," Something's Got a Hold on Me" and "At Last."
During the mid-1960s, James began battling a drug addiction that would last for more than a decade. She drifted in and out of rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles.
"While I was in that program, they would take me out to kind of do little gigs here and there," James said. "We went to Africa to do the Black Festival there. We went to the American Song Festival. And so my therapist was taking me around, trying to just, you know, dip me in a little bit to let me know, you know, this is the business here that you've been in all your life."
When she left rehab, James recorded several more albums and opened for the 1978 Rolling Stones World Tour. She says the band had initially approached her several years earlier.
"When I was in rehab at the same rehab center in the '70s, '74, '75, I got a letter from Keith Richards that had said that they were getting ready to do a tour," James said. "And the letter said, 'We would like to have you on tour with us. We love your music, but what you're doing right now is more important than what we could ever do with you, [and] we will be sure to come back and get you when you're ready. And that was really cool. That was when they came back in '78 and kept their word."
Etta James was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. She is also the recipient of an NAACP Image Award and multiple honors from the Blues Foundation.
Interview Highlights
On her mother, who gave birth to Etta at age 14
"She was a kid, and I had feelings about all that kind of stuff for years, and I went to therapy and all about it. But then, as I got older, I realized that she really — she really did the best for me. She put me in a lovely [foster] home. The people were, you know, lovely to me. They never said that they were my real parents, I mean, I always knew I had this good-looking, you know, high-stepping mom, and she was like only 14 years older than me. And so she did the best for me, because if she had tried to take me with her, she was just a child. What would she have done with me? Would I have been singing today? Would I have been anything, you know?"
On her famous platinum blond hair in the 1960s
"I had a real nice figure and I was tall. And I remember this singer Joyce Bryant. ... She wore fishtail gowns, sequined fishtail gowns, and she was black, and she had the nerve to wear platinum hair. And then I also loved Jayne Mansfield, because Jayne Mansfield had the blond hair and had like the poochie lips and the mole and all this. So I think what I did, it was kind of combine [them]. ... I wanted to look grown, you know; I wanted to wear tall high-heeled shoes, and fishtail gowns, and big, long rhinestone earrings."
On giving up drugs
"I had given it up many a time. You know, I had kicked — I'd kicked my habits many a time. But when I went in 1974, I gave heroin up. I was on methadone for maybe three or four years before that. So I had a couple of things to give up."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, filling in for Terry Gross.
ETTA JAMES: (Singing) At last, my love has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is like a song. Oh-oh, yeah, yeah. At last...
DAVIES: Etta James, rhythm and blues and pop vocalist, died last week due to complications from leukemia. She was 73. James started recording at the age of 15 and had her first hit when she was just 17. She became an established R&B vocalist, but also had successful pop hits, including her best known, "At Last," recorded in 1961.
John Pareles of The New York Times wrote in 1990 that she had one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.
Etta James had an erratic career as tastes in popular music evolved, and she battled heroin and cocaine addictions. But she won four Grammy Awards, and is in both the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. Terry spoke with Etta James in 1994.
You grew up in a foster home. I think when your mother had you, she was 14 years old.
JAMES: Right. She was a kid. And, you know, I had feelings about all that kind of stuff for years, and I went to therapy and all about it. But then, as I got older, I realized that she really - she really did the best for me. She put me in a lovely home. The people were, you know, lovely to me. They never said that they were my real parents. I mean, I always knew I had this good-looking, you know, high-stepping mom, and she was like only 14 years older than me. And so she did the best for me, because if she had tried to take me with her, she was just a child. What would she have done with me? Would I have been singing today? Would I have been anything, you know?
GROSS: What was your foster family like?
JAMES: They were lovely. They were older people, and they had property and they lived in the east side, the lower east side of Los Angeles. And my grandmother was a church lady and they believed in - you know, they gave me singing lessons at five.
GROSS: When you were singing in the church choir, did your grandmother or anyone else in the family get upset if, on your own time, you sang blues or any kind of secular music?
JAMES: No. Because as long as - my grandmother lived until I was - my grandmother died when I was 12. So I sang gospel music from five until 12. And so my grandmother, she never - she wasn't one of those kind of people, because I was already the prodigy child of the church and, you know, and I did nothing - but then I love church. I went to Bible camp, and I was a little Christian girl.
And until my grandmother passed away at 12, that is when my mother came back, came to get me, because I had nothing but my grandfather there in the house, and my grandmother - my mother wanted me to be with her. And she came the day of the funeral to pick me up to take me back to San Francisco. So that - at - oh, I was listening to little stuff on the sly, but I wasn't interested in secular music. But once I got to San Francisco, I like - I grew horns and a tail and...
JAMES: ...I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother. You know what I mean?
GROSS: But...
JAMES: And I had a place to stay.
GROSS: You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play one of your rhythm and blues recordings that has a very gospel sound to it. And I want to play "Something's Got a Hold on Me" from 1961. Do you think of this is having a gospel sound?
JAMES: Matter of fact, it is a gospel song. We wrote that song, and we adapted it from a gospel song. And the gospel song was "Something's Got a Hold on Me, It Must be the Lord."
GROSS: And in your song, it must be love.
JAMES: It must be love.
JAMES: Right. Right. Now, don't get me, because I'm not that one who decided to, but I was one of the writers. I just kind of said, OK, well let's go, rock and roll.
GROSS: This is Etta James, recorded in 1961.
JAMES: (Singing) Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah. Yeah. I get a feeling that I never, never, never had before, no, no. Yeah. I just want to tell you right now that, ooh, I believe, I really do believe that something's got a hold on me, yeah. Oh, it must be love. Oh, something's got a hold on me right now, child. Oh, it must be love. Let me tell you, now. I've got a feeling, I feel so strange. Everything about me seems to have changed. Step by step, I got a brand new walk. I even sound sweeter when I talk. I said, oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Hey, hey, yeah. Oh, it must be love. You know it must be love. Let me tell you...
GROSS: Well, wasn't, it wasn't too long after you moved in with her mother that you actually went on the road. I mean, Johnny Otis, who had a now-famous rhythm and blues touring revue, got you into the show. He discovered you. But how did you audition for him? How did you find him, or he find you?
JAMES: Well, he really found me, because at that time, I had ran away from home. And I went and I stayed with two girls, one named - Abby and Jean, who later became The Peaches. You know, it used to be Etta James and The Peaches. We had wrote an answer to the song "Work with Me Annie."
GROSS: The Hank Ballard record.
JAMES: Right. So during those days, you know, everybody would make an answer. You said, "Work with Me Annie," then we say "Roll with Me Henry." And so one night, the young girl and myself, there were - we were the same age. I think we were both, like, 16, and the older sister was, like, 24. And she went out to a dance in the Fillmore district, which was, you know, a heavy drag district of San Francisco. She went to see the Johnny Otis Band.
All of a sudden, we got a call that night, and it was Abby calling us back to say, listen. Guess who I'm with? I'm with Johnny Otis. And we go, oh, Johnny Otis. And she says yeah, Johnny Otis, I told him that we have a girl group, and he says he wants to hear us. And I said yeah, right. And she says, oh, he's at the hotel there, and all the band and everything. And we look - myself and the girl, we looked at each other and said, yeah, right. Now, we're 15-year-olds and we're going to go to the hotel with the band and Johnny Otis?
JAMES: Johnny Otis was like about a 34, 35-year-old man. So we said oh, no. That's all right. That's all right. We'll just - we'll cool that and everything. So Johnny Otis snatched the phone from her, and it was Johnny Otis. You know, we heard that voice, you know. And he said, hi. How you doing? And we said oh, oh, we're doing all right. He says, I hear you guys got a great group. I hear you got a song, a couple of songs, and I'd like to hear you. And he says how about catching a cab? I'll pay the cab fare, and I'll meet you out front? He said don't worry. Nobody's going to bother you. We says, OK. So we got up and got dressed, got the cab and went down there.
Sure enough, as we pulled up, we saw this tall man. You know, we'd all seen pictures of Johnny Otis with the nice hair. And he looked like he - he looked like a tall, kind of like a Creole man with a nice mustache and a beard and he had, you know, and the nice pompadour hair. And when we got there, he says oh, I'm glad to see you, and come on up and let's hear you. So we went upstairs to his room and we sang "How Deep is the Ocean" and "For All We Know" and "Street of Dreams."
GROSS: So you auditioned for Johnny Otis. He liked your singing, I suppose...
JAMES: Right.
GROSS: ...and invited you to go on the tour. But you were still a minor. Did he have to get your mother's permission?
JAMES: Well, that was a trick, there. My mother - I knew my mother wasn't going to let me go. But I told him - he says, how old are you? I said 18, which he knew that was a lie. And he says, well, you know what? I would like to take you guys to Los Angeles tomorrow to make a record. And he says, can I speak with your mother? I said no, I can't find her right now. She's working. And he says, well, can you go home and get permission from your mother, get something in writing stating that you can travel and you're allowed to travel and have her to sign it and date it. I said oh, yeah, I can do that. So sure enough, that's what I did. I went home. I wrote the note.
GROSS: Oh, I see. Right.
JAMES: And I brought the note back with a tiny, little bag, little plastic bag or something with some clothes in it, and myself and the two girls got on Johnny's bus and we split to L.A.
GROSS: So why don't we hear the first song that you recorded after going on the road with Johnny Otis? And it's "Roll with Me Henry," also called "WallFlower."
JAMES: Been called "Dance with Me, Henry."
DAVIES: Yeah, called "Dance with Me, Henry," also. And this is Etta James.
RICHARD BERRY: (Singing) Hey, baby. What do I have to do, to make you love me, too?
JAMES: You got to roll with me, Henry.
BERRY: All right, baby.
JAMES: Roll with me, Henry.
BERRY: Don't mean maybe.
JAMES: Roll with me, Henry.
BERRY: Any old time.
JAMES: Roll with me, Henry.
BERRY: Won't change my mind.
JAMES: Roll with me, Henry.
BERRY: All right.
JAMES: You better roll it while the rolling is on. Roll on, roll on, roll on, while the cats are balling. You better stop your stalling. It's intermission in a minute, so you better get with it. Roll with me, Henry. You better roll it while the rolling is on. Roll on, roll on, roll on...
GROSS: Now, after you recorded this, Georgia Gibbs did a cover recording of this called "Dance with Me, Henry."
JAMES: Right.
GROSS: And was that supposed to be the tamer version, the...
JAMES: Yeah. Well, you know, during those days, you weren't allowed to say roll, because roll was, like, a vulgar word. You know what I mean?
GROSS: For sex. Yeah.
JAMES: Think about it. Yeah. Think about it. They would probably burn Prince at the stake.
JAMES: But you couldn't say roll. So rather than - they banned - they banned my record from the air. What we had to do was sell it underground, and not only that, change the title to "Wallflower." And then when Georgia Gibbs did it, she just made the "Dance with Me Henry" so that, you know, all the kids could go buy it and, you know, take it home and, you know, listen to it. Because their parents weren't going to go for know roll. Are you kidding? Roll with me? How do you roll with somebody?
DAVIES: Etta James, speaking with Terry Gross, recorded in 1994. James died last week at the age of 73. We'll hear more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
DAVIES: We're listening to Terry's interview with Etta James, who died last week. They spoke in 1994, after James released the album "Mystery Lady," which paid tribute to the great jazz singer Billie Holiday and won James the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
GROSS: At some point in your career, you started dressing in evening gowns for performances and dying your hair blonde. Tell me how you created that onstage image for yourself.
JAMES: I think probably by me being so young - and I was oversized like I am now, but I mean, I had a real nice figure and I was tall. And I remember this singer Joyce Bryant. She was a black singer, and I always admired her. And I had two role models. I liked Joyce Bryant, because she wore fishtail gowns, sequined, fishtail gowns, and she was black, and she had the nerve to wear platinum hair. And then I also loved Jane Mansfield, because Jane Mansfield had the blonde hair and had the, like, the poochie lips and the mole and all this.
So I think what I did, it was kind of combined - my mother had bleached my hair carrot red at one point. And then I said, well, maybe that's not flamboyant enough.
JAMES: So I just kind of went into Detroit one day, and one of the fellas over there said, oh, Ms. James. Why, you would probably look fabulous with platinum hair. So he bleached my hair blonde, and it looked good. And what I was doing was trying to be a glamour girl, because I'd been a tomboy most of the time. And I wanted to look grown, you know, I want to wear tall, high-heel shoes and fishtail gowns, and big, long rhinestone earrings, you know.
GROSS: So how long did you dye your hair?
JAMES: For how long?
GROSS: Yeah.
JAMES: I think, well, most of my career. It was blonde, platinum blonde all the way, I would think, up into the '70s, maybe the '72 or '73, something like that.
GROSS: Why'd you stop?
JAMES: Well, you know, I wanted to - I think - one thing about it, I think things have changed. I know things have changed. And my career hadn't - wasn't happening and I didn't think that I needed to be that, you know, that - to attract that much attention. Another thing, I was on drugs at that time and I think I really wanted a low profile.
GROSS: Hmm. Was it difficult for you to give up drugs?
JAMES: Not when I got down to - you know, I had given it up many a time.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
JAMES: You know, I'd kicked my habits many a time. But when I went in 1974, I gave heroin up. I was on methadone maybe three or four years before that. So I had a couple of things to give up.
GROSS: Was it hard to make a comeback after you started it?
JAMES: No, not really. Because when I stopped using, you know, I wasn't the kind that went around and wanted people to pat me on the back about it. It's just that I just picked up the ball and starting running with it. The thing was when I went to this rehabilitation center I was around nothing but a lot of white kids and the thing where they were all younger than I was. And I remember on Saturdays they would play all these great rock n' roll records.
The thing was, I was doing R&B, remember, but the ZZ Tops and the Rod Stewarts and the Rolling Stones and all those people, I never really - I was busy using drugs, I wasn't there when Woodstock - I was there in New York when Woodstock was going on but I didn't want to go to Woodstock. I would rather go to Harlem, you know?
And when I was on the program on Saturdays we'd be cleaning up, they would be playing songs from all these people and I would say, ooh, man, that music is really happening. And then what really made me think it is because my song "I'd Rather Go Blind," they had a version of it by Rod Stewart. And they kept saying hey, this is the song you wrote. Listen. And I said all right.
GROSS: In 1978 you opened in some cities for the Rolling Stones on their tour. Were the Stones fans of yours?
JAMES: Oh, yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact, when I was in rehab at the same rehab center in the '70s, '74 or '75, I got a letter from Keith Richards that had said to me that they were getting ready to do a tour. You know, that they had had Tina Turner and they had BB King and they had had different people on their tour and they had wanted me on their tour.
And the letter that they wrote came to the rehabilitation center and the therapist got the letter and he called me to his office and read the letter and the letter said that they - he said we would like to have you on tour with us. We love your music. And, he says, but what you're doing right now is more important than what we could ever do with you but we'll be sure to come back and get you when you're ready.
And that was really cool. That was when they came back in '78 and kept their word.
GROSS: I'd like to close our interview with another selection from your new album of songs that were recorded by Billie Holiday. I thought we could play "How Deep Is The Ocean" since this is one of the songs you sang many years ago when you auditioned for Johnny Otis. What do you think is the difference between what the song means to you now and what it meant to you then? And how you sing it now and how you sung it then.
JAMES: Probably it's because now I really understand, you know what I mean? I understand what I'm singing about. You know, songs that I get, any song that I decide to sing or a song that someone sends to me or recommends, I like to be able to relate to that song. Not just, you know, have a song there that talks about come fly me to the moon, let me dangle on the stars. That's not my cup of tea.
That's not real. I want to sing real stuff. I want to know what I'm singing about and I want to be able to really relate to that and I think that's what I can do now. I think that's what I definitely do. Matter of fact, I know I do.
GROSS: Etta James, it's been a pleasure. I want to thank you a lot for talking with us.
JAMES: Thank you so much, Terry.
JAMES: (Singing) How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? How many times a day do I think of you? How many roses are sprinkled with dew? Ooh, how far would I travel to be where you are? How far is the journey from here to a star? And if I'd ever lost you, how much would I cry? How is the ocean? Baby, how high is the sky?
DAVIES: Etta James. Terry spoke with her in 1994. James died last week at the age of 73. Coming up, David Bianculli reviews the new HBO series "Luck" starring Dustin Hoffman. This is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the Victoria Chamber of Commerce notified the City of Victoria that they will not seek to renew their contract with the city for management of the Victoria Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Citing initiatives that have been successful spin offs from the Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO of the chamber Randy Vivian said the CVB will now join other thriving entities such as Keep Victoria Beautiful and SureBET. Both programs started in the Chamber. The City of Victoria will most likely take over management of the CVB on September1, 2011.
With the chamber out of the day to day management of the CVB, this is a great opportunity for the city to take a hard look at just how successful the "Bring Your Boots" campaign might be. It's been our belief, that while the campaign is a very slick and high class campaign, there still remains the question of exactly why and what there is to "bring your boots" to. With the initial announcement of this campaign, it always appeared to us CVB was putting the cart before the horse. There is no doubt we want out-of-town visitors to come to Victoria, but we first have to establish what would be the most successful thing to bring visitors here. A Boot Fest is, and has been, last on our list of festivals that would attract the likes from Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. It almost appeared that Boot Fest was a Hail Mary pass that some would hope would catch on. We're not convinced that locals have bought into this Boot Fest campaign. And if there is no local support, it's going to be hard to do a second Boot Fest.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent by the CVB with little or no oversight of why. It would be our recommendation to the city that they should appoint an oversight commission that will review how the Hotel and Motel Tax Funds are being spent by the CVB. This commission should include a cross section of the community that includes hotel owners/managers, marketing professionals, legal advisors and those familiar with the entertainment industry. Accountability by the CVB to the city must be the most important thing this commission could establish. There is not a department in the City of Victoria that has free reign of a million dollar budget to spend as they please. CVB officials should prepare themselves to adhere to city policy as established by a created CVB Commission and again, full accountability must be maintained.
Since the Lucchese boot was not actually manufactured here, it always seemed like a stretch to make this viable. Look at it this way, Ron Gant once played professional baseball and was from Victoria, but a Baseball Fest doesn't really make sense. Jerheme Urban plays professional football, but you would have to agree that Pigskin Fest would not work either. We need a festival that reflects our rich history and heritage. We have seen the idea of DeLeon Days floated. This idea has legs under it and is worth pursuing in to a festival. It celebrates the founding family of this community and it also gives every citizen in Victoria some ownership of our history and how it played such an integral role in the history of Texas. Why not start integrating DeLeon Days into future Boot Fests?
We hope that Boot Fest is a success this year and we don't want to seem to be pouring cold water on this concept. We hope that with the re-organization of the CVB under the control of the City of Victoria, it will assist the CVB in gathering input from the citizens of Victoria instead of borrowing a slogan from Canada and hoping to make a festival built around a set of a five word slogan of "Bring Your Boots To Victoria."
We congratulate the Chamber for providing a direction to the CVB after reviving it to more than a family reunion planning organization. And we applaud the Chamber in giving another organization that has great potential to have the opportunity to leave the nest and make it on its own.


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Monday, April 27, 2009
Cycling into the Sunset...
I'm probably a little off the back with the timing of this post...but I'm probably the only cyclist who also reads Sunset Magazine from time to time, too. Last night, I was thumbing through the March issue (yes, a little late hence the apology at the start for poor timing) and picture of a bunch of people riding bikes with baskets down the street stopped me from turning the page. Not only was it a picture of people on bikes, it was an entire article devoted to commuting by bicycle entitled "Reinvent Your Wheels" with a byline that read "Reach for the handlebars instead of your car keys. Here's how you can smoothly roll into the new two-wheeled lifestyle".
This article does a fantastic job at showing just how easy and fun getting out on a bike can be and gives readers the resources to get started. The article has a brief bike buyer's guide as well as some suggestions about what bags and baskets are suited best for hauling your stuff in. There are also some short stories from real-world people about why they have chosen to ride their bikes instead of drive their cars.
My favorite quote was from an architect in San Francisco who sold his car 9 years ago in favor of riding one of his 12 bikes back and forth to work. Sunset asks, "How do you manage to look so put together when you've commuted to work by bike?" The architect answered, "I have two Dutch bikes--they are what I ride around the city because they are very dignified. The 'Old Dutch' Batavus has a fender, a chain case, and a guard so you don't get your pants or scarf caught in things. The Dutch want to wear regular clothes when they cycle, and so do I".
The very last sentence is the best part because I think it sums up why more people don't commute by bicycle. Many people envision "taking a bike ride" as this complex activity that requires special clothing, equipment, and might even involve loading up bikes in a car to drive them to a destination. Think about it...isn't that what most of us do when we go for a ride? Isn't that the perception many people might get when they go to their local bike shop and see all the related gear dripping from the walls of the shop?
What was so refreshing about this article was is was simple. It painted a picture about how simple taking a bike ride can be. It didn't tell you what kind of shoes you needed to buy to look cool on the bike path or what tire pressure you should run for optimal performance. It was more of an editorial suggestion about how cycling can improve your health, help the environment, and put a smile on your face.
Kudos to Sunset Magazine for devoting space to an article such as this one. We need more articles just like this one to appear in other non-endemic publications to encourage people to get out and ride a bike.
Unfortunately, Sunset does not have this article available online to read, but they do have the bike and bag buyer's guide that appeared in the print article on their website. I'll see if I can get the article scanned and posted here for everyone to see.
(In case anyone was wondering, Sunset Magazine has a readership of about one million people. That's a huge!)
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- Yokota Fritz said...
I heard Sunset had this bike issue last March. I'm glad somebody saw it!
I should go dumpster diving for this issue since I ride by the Sunset magazine world headquarters almost every single day of my life.
- April 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
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Actually I do that, use the small Caithness/Strathearn especially like stress balls - they are all around my office (especially where I sit) LOLYou are right about Mr. Schiatti, we had rugs made up for him one year with his company logo on - he was over the moon. So you get he likes himself a bit.Oooh I better watch in case he googles me LOLAdam P
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Yesterday work commenced on our $1.1 million Ashes Oval Redevelopment Project. The project will see the Ashes Oval grounds upgraded to align with the historical significance of the site; complete with a traditional picket fence! Last Thursday, we were lucky enough to have former Australian Cricketer and former Coach of the Australian National Team, Darren Lehmann, join us as the guest speaker for our Father's Day Breakfast. Afterwards, Darren joined Principal, Mark Brockhus, and Sports Captains, Olivia Cautley and Matthew McDonald, to turn the first soil of the project on the grounds of the original Ashes Oval. The project is scheduled for completed during Semester One, 2019.
Last Thursday we hosted a Twilight School Father's Day Breakfast in the College Mansion. Over eighty guessed joined us for what was a fantastic morning; a great way to start a work day! We were privledged to have Darren Lehmann, former Australian Cricketer and former Coach of the Australian National Team, attend as our special guest.
After a welcome address from our College Captains, Nick Fox and Amy Iskra, our guests were treated to a light hot breakfast of egg and bacon rolls, sausages, and home-made hash browns while they listened to music performed by Isaac Mckenzie, Ebony Carlin, and Finn Callinan, three of our talented Year 11 students. Once our guests had had a chance to eat their breakfast, the main event got underway with Sports Captains, Olivia Cautley and Matthew McDonald, inviting Darren onto the stage for a relaxed interview where they each took turns asking him questions about his career, life in the limelight, and what he has planned for his future.
Darren was a fantastic guest, he was happy to answer all the questions the students posed for him - and even opened questions up to the floor - before posing for photos and happily autographing memorabilia for members of the audience. We had some very excited cricket enthusiasts in the room who were very excited by the opportunity to meet and hear from Darren, but even for those who don't follow cricket, Darren's interview with the students was very fascinating and gave a look into the life of professional sportspeople. We are so grateful to Darren and Cricket Australia for attending our event and making it such a great morning for everyone in attendance.
See below for some photos from both the SOD Turning of the Ashes Oval project and the Father's Day Breakfast.
An update from our College Principal, Mr Mark Brockhus
Last Wednesday we joyfully welcomed over 300 visitors to the College to view our amazing resources and see our school day in action. At the conclusion of their tour of the grounds with our wonderful student guides, I briefly spoke about our vision for the College and what makes us unique. I thought I would share it with you:
Good Morning/Afternoon Everyone and welcome to Salesian College for our Open Day Program, the highlight no doubt is the Principal's address!
Salesian College began humbly way back in 1927 as an orphanage with just 15 students. It was founded on the teaching principles of St John Bosco, whose theory of education, the preventive system, was about educating the whole person - body and soul united. He believed that Christ's love for us, and our faith in that love, should pervade everything we do— be it work, study, play…..everything. This style of education, which belongs equally in the home as it does in the classroom, can best be described through Bosco's methods of relating to adolescent children:
Our school is one where Faith and Community live in complete harmony with one another, and our actions to support and encourage one another are motivated by our firm belief that we see God in each and every person who enters our lives. Hopefully you gained a sense of that today in your interactions with our students.
Our school is indeed a busy one, where Learning and Excellence form a strong foundation for students to Strive in Life. Our classrooms are places of engagement where we connect students with the changing world around them. Our deep commitment is to develop vibrant young people who desire to make a difference in the world. Hopefully this too was evident on your walk through our many and varied learning spaces.
Our school is a place of great joy and happiness, just as Bosco dreamt it would be. It is there in our interactions with one another throughout the year and something we hope that every young person in our care learns to share with others when they leave.
Our promise to you, should you choose a Salesian education, is that your children will not only graduate with 21st Century learning skills, but will be nurtured with a 19th Century philosophy of respect, love and understanding. Here at Salesian College, we aim is to imbue four key traits into the DNA of every graduate – Community, Learning, Excellence & Faith.
Applications for Year 7 2021 close on August 23.
The Salesian Society (Vic) Inc, also known as Salesians of Don Bosco, was declared as a participating non-government institution in the National Redress Scheme by the Minister for Families and Social Services on 16 May 2019. The National Redress Scheme was created in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia.
This is a positive step forward for the Salesians and is very much welcomed by the College. It means that individuals who were abused in the care of the Salesians can apply to the Scheme for redress. It can provide three things:
People are now encouraged to apply through the National Redress Website or to call the National Redress Scheme line on 1800 737 377.
As a College community, we continually offer our prayerful support for all survivors of abuse and their families.
Salesian College Sunbury is a large community of students, staff and parents, both past and present. Please keep the following in your prayers:
Tender God of heaven and earth,
You are the Holy One on our midst.
Your justice is our peace; Your peace is our hope;
Your presence, our delight!
Make our hands your hands;
Our hearts, your heart; Our lives, your life!
Give us this day, and always, a bread of freedom to share,
A cup of hope to pour upon the earth.
Forgive us our hatreds and walls.
Teach us to forgive the walls of others as well.
Do not permit us tests beyond our strength.
And deliver us from evil's death-grip.
For everything above us and under us,
Everything within us and without us,
Must bend the knee to the glory of your freedom,
The everlasting victory of your justice and peace.
Last Wednesday 15 May, we held our College Open Day. The number of people who came out to see our College blew us away. We had hundreds of families tour the College grounds with our helpful students as their guides. Our guests also had the opportunity to hear from Mr Brockhus, as well as speak with faculty leaders as part of our "Education Expo"
The closing date for Year 7 2021 enrolments is Friday 23 August 2019 so be sure to submit your application. The online application form can be found on our College website.
If you attended the day we would love to hear your thoughts. Click here to complete a short survey.
Thank you to all the families who came out to see us, we hope you felt we truly are a 'Home that Welcomes'.
Book your seats now! College play on sale
Oscar Wilde's beloved masterpiece is widely considered one of the funniest plays in the English language. The delightful repartee and hilarious piercing of hypocrisy and pomposity has had theatregoers rolling in the aisles for over a century.
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever-increasing confusion.
Enjoy an evening in the College Ballroom watching this clever and hilarious comedy in the perfect setting - A Victorian Mansion. The show will begin with nibbles and drinks in the Mansion Dining Room, whilst our college band provides entertainment. This promises to be a wonderful night for all involved. Shows will run on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June at 7pm.
Click here for details on the Lakeside stadium parking changes
The College is upgrading the Lakeside Stadium car park and clubroom area with a bitumen surface as part of its Capital Improvement Plan. This project aims to enhance the safety of Students, Staff and Visitors who utilize the area.
As a result of the works, the stadium car park will be closed from Thursday 16 May to Friday 20 June to facilitate the completion of the resurfacing works.
To ensure the safety of students and staff, and to assist with the flow of traffic in the driveway and drop-off area, we ask that you use an alternate drop off point for students, rather than adding more pressure on the already overused drop-off point near the bus bays .Alternative drop-off areas include the Gatehouse car park, Sunbury Square car park, Macedon Street, Evans Street or Racecourse Road.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, if you have any questions on this matter, please contact the College on 9744 0000.
Read tips on how to prepare for upcoming exams
A huge thank you to our Year 7 and 9 students and families for your promptness and participation in our recent NAPLAN testing. We see NAPLAN as another way to track student literacy and numeracy outcomes and encourage all to participate. We were extremely happy with the way that most students conducted themselves during this period, especially our Year 7s as it can be daunting doing exams in such a large space. Thank you also to the staff involved, especially Ben Moss-Holland for his exceptional organisation.
The General Achievement Test (GAT) for all students studying a Unit 3 and 4 subject (Year 12) is on Wednesday 12 June 2019, 10.00am – 1.15pm. This is an important test and we encourage all of our students to take it seriously and try their best. Please help us ensure they have the following equipment; an English and/or bilingual printed dictionary (a thesaurus or a combined thesaurus-dictionary is not permitted), pens, pencils, sharpener and an eraser. These things should be carried in a clear zip-lock bag. No pencil cases or calculators are permitted.
For more information on the GAT please use the link below.
Past GAT papers for practice can be found here.
Our end of semester exams are fast approaching and timetables will be available shortly. In terms of helping your child to prepare for the exams here are some tips.
How to study
Where to study
We have decided to open the Bosco subject changes this week, to give Year 10 and 11 students extra time to make changes before their exams. Your child will receive an email about this process and changes will be made on a first in, first served basis. Subjects can become full quickly, so we encourage you to get on to this asap. This process will open for all other year levels on Monday 27 May.
Read an update from our Director of Faith and Mission, Mr Stephen Connelly
This week the Archdiocese of Melbourne recognises and celebrates Family Week. The theme for Family Week is The Spirit of Hope. Catholic Care, the Archdiocesan organisation charged with promoting Family Week, has stated that "Hope and trust are essential ingredients in family relationships and in communities, and this forms the basis of the 2019 Family Week theme; Building Connections in the Spirit of Hope." In real terms, we recognise that family life is diverse, subject to complexities and has its own unique narrative that is at once profoundly personal and yet universally recognisable.
Only a few years ago when Rome hosted two Synods on the family, Pope Francis, a man known for his deep compassion for people, especially those who are disadvantaged or suffering, spoke at length about the need to be profoundly aware of the challenges and complexities of family life in a contemporary, pluralistic society.
Pope Francis' awareness that human life has an incompleteness, a brokenness, extended to his reflection that he sees families more as works in progress rather than settled realities. He says, "No family drops down from heaven perfectly formed; families need constantly to grow and mature in the ability to love". He knows well that families and family life have a rich complexity inasmuch as that they experience many sufferings as well as many joys.
He speaks of the many and varied situations of families. He calls the family a "multifaceted gem". He is aware that families are shaped by diverse cultural situations. There is not just one model for the way families operate.
Pope Francis astutely knows the human situations of the world we live in today. Yet he is positive and encouraging. He wants the Church to be amongst people in the realities of their lives. He wants the Church to reflect Christ who "never failed to show compassion and closeness to the frailty of individuals."
On issues like the family, he speaks about the desire of the Church to come close to people and accompany them with "pastoral mercy". He wants the Church to listen to people and encourage those whose situation is complex and diverse.
He has stated quite strongly in terms that re-affirm that love is the sustaining force to family life. Love within the family context takes on many shapes and expressions. Family is, in fact, a "dynamic process", "one which advances gradually with the progressive integration of the gifts of God".
In this week of Family Week, we pray to the Holy Family for all families within our college community. We pray that the Holy Family watches over them especially in times of need.
Keep up to date with the Arts at Salesian College Sunbury
Our fantastic Music in the Mansion concert was held in the Ballroom last Thursday 16 May. The Year 7 and 8 Music classes performed as a concert band. Many of these students had never played an instrument before electing Music class, and yet in just over a term they have worked hard to be able to perform a range of Concert band songs, including We Will Rock You and March of the Romans. Parents were delighted to see their students perform. The VCE and VET Music students performed to a very high standard, including a fabulous mix of music such as Hotel California, Take On Me and Shallow. Thanks to the students who worked so hard to prepare, and congratulations to their teachers Heidi Woodruff, Dennis Berto, and instrumental tutors Sarah Holden, Donna Cicero and Shane Ryall. Thanks to Mackenzie Rose Anderson for her assistance.
After being welcomed by the Museum mascot, students had a tour of the galleries, answering questions about the exhibition design, audience experience and the role a range of specialist designers would play in putting together the displays. They then heard from a VCAA assessor about the requirements of their SAT and listened to a presentation from designer Rebecca Naughtin about the field of architecture. Students then had a viewing of folio and final presentations from last year's A and A+ folios to inspire them for their own design journey.
All of our dance classes are working to put on a display on Thursday 30 May at 6:30pm in the Ballroom. We encourage all Parents and friends to attend and see just how talented our students are. Thanks to Mary-Lou Bond for her hard work preparing the students for the performance.
The VCE Drama class will perform ensemble items they have been preparing this semester in the Pacroom at 6:30pm on Thursday 30 May.
Students from Years 7 to 12 are invited to write a one-act play responding to the theme of 'a time for giving'. There will be creative writing workshops taking place at lunch over Term 2 to help students in their projects and for the teachers to offer feedback and assistance.
The winners of the competition will have their plays brought to life on stage as part of our annual Christmas production, where they can stay involved with casting and directing their pieces. Students can write individually, in pairs or in small groups. So don't be afraid to start collaborating! Plays will be due for submission in the last week of this term. In addition to their plays being staged, the selected playwrights will also win a prize to see a professional theatre production!
All students having Instrumental Lessons will perform at a recital on Thursday 20 June. Students will perform solos, duets or small ensemble pieces. Guitar Ensemble will also perform. We look forward to a wonderful evening of music. Stay tuned for further details to come.
Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the SACCSS Cross Country. Our students put their hard work to the test on Tuesday 7 May, and as always they displayed great determination.
On the day had some fantastic results, including:
We also had a great outcome in the team events. This year we won:
A massive effort from all involved.
All Year 10s will have begun their appointments with a Career Adviser this term to develop a personal Career Action Plan. This will include a list of career areas of interest, related tertiary courses, Year 11 subjects & pathways. Parents are welcome to attend.
Work Experience requests for Term 3 must be submitted by Friday 24 May. Current exciting placements have included a city law firm, CLH Lawyers, and Gisborne Vet Clinic.
This weeks's Career News topics found here: https://schoolbox.scr.vic.edu.au/homepage/2634
Dates for your diary
There is still time to get your tickets for the Twilight School's budgeting course, as well as the upcoming Kokadama making course
Salesian College Sunbury is proud to have financial experts from SAGE Business Group in Sunbury run our next Twilight School event on 29 May at 5pm.
If you have trouble saving, or want to learn tips and techniques on how to design a budget then set aside a couple of hours and attend the Budgeting course held later this month. Click here to book your place now. Tickets are limited and cost $19 per person (including light refreshments).
This session is designed for:
Have you heard about Kokadamas? The Twilight School is also hosting a Kokadama making course on Tuesday 4 June.
Kokedama is a style of Japanese bonsai, where a plant's root system is simply wrapped in sphagnum moss and bound with string, transforming it into a sculptural art form. Loosely translated, 'koke' means moss and 'dama' means ball. In this course learn how to make one of these for your household.
It will run on Tuesday 4 June at 6pm. Cost for the course is $40, which includes all materials and supper. To book you place click here.
See what our Agricultural students have been up to
Last Friday field experts Trent Oats, Matthew FitzGerald and Ricky Ferris visited our Agriculture students to assist in developing their skills.
Our students learnt how to shear, draft and judge sheep. They worked with Trent Oats, a past student who now has his own sheep stud and Matthew FitzGerald. Matthew is the previous Farm Manager at the College, who is now managing a large commercial farm.
The horticulture team did a tour of the property to search for native plants and make a plan to propagate them down on the farm. They also worked on the patch, by planting basil and lettuce.
Ricky Ferris taught the students the basics of showing beef cattle. This included learning how to correctly put on a halter, as well as how to wash, brush and dry the cattle. Ricky finished up with allowing the students to take part in leading practice.
As you can see from the images below, all our students involved had a great time and will no doubt put all their new skills to good use.
Upcoming important dates for our College
An update from our College Principal, Mr Mark Brockhus
Term 2 is now well underway. We hope that the holidays were both relaxing and an opportunity to enjoy family and friends. From a faith perspective, we have begun Term 2 with the Easter season and the remaining four weeks provide us with a continuing focus on what it means to live as Easter people – to live in the love and joy, and the hope, of Christ's resurrection. May we remember each day to be loving, joyous and hopeful people.
I used the opportunity of the Whole School Assembly last Friday to reflect with the students on our use of the internet for 'social' purposes. Here's an extract from my address:
We've all used expressions like "just a second" or "in a minute" as ways of delaying work, usually when we're doing something online like checking Snapchat or watching funny YouTube clips, but have you ever stopped to think about how much the world actually does in a minute online?
Check out the graphic on the screen? A million dollars spent every minute online, a million facebook logins, 2.1 million Snapchats created, 18 million text messages!!. You would think that with all that social interaction online that we would be the most connected, the most knowledgeable, the most friendly, the most happy people at any point in the worlds history.
Oh, but only if this were true. Yes, I have no doubt the vast majority of us use the internet for positive and fun stuff. Stuff that makes us laugh and stay friends with people throughout Australia and across the world. When we stay true to our Christian virtues of:
….the internet is a powerful tool for making the world a better place in which to live. I'm sure that was the hope of Robert Khan, the man who invented the internet back in 1972. But what would he have thought about the live-streaming of the massacre of over 50 Muslims in Christchurch using YouTube, or the online radicalisation of terrorists who co-ordinated bomb attacks on Christian Churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Or the online bullying that many people are subjected to on a daily basis.
I've just returned from the 5 Schools Exchange in Japan where we focussed on preserving our planet by reducing man-made waste and pollution. Yes, preserving our planet is vital, but I would argue that in a world divided by extreme beliefs of identity and religion and that there are more important things to preserve in our world, things like unreserved respect for others, being generous with our time for others, being grateful for things we have, not jealous for things we don't, showing sincere appreciation for the smallest of gifts, being prepared to walk in the shoes of those less fortunate than ourselves, not holding onto grudges and being willing to say 'sorry", and never ever taking tomorrow for granted.
Preserving Christian traditions like these may sound old-fashioned, but I sincerely believe that if we pass these on to those that follow us, we will indeed have a world worth preserving into the future. Not just a connected world, but a truly socially connected world. Think about that next time your online for your internet minute.
Students of the Term
The Term 1 Student of the Term Awards were presented at our Whole School Assembly last Friday. I wish to publically congratulate each of the following students for their achievements:
Year 7 Perry Mantakis (Colliton)
Year 8 Rose Avenell Thompson (Mannix)
Year 9 Shanequa Faria (Bunjil)
Year 10 Alyssa Kenny (MacKillop)
Year 11 Victoria Flynn (Naughton) & Joshua Poulton (O'Grady)
Year 12 Alex Dyer (Mahoney) & James Dillon (O'Grady)
School Funding and the Federal Election
One of the many factors to take into account when voting next weekend will be the level of funding being promised for Catholic Education here in Victoria. To assist, the NCEC (National Catholic Education Commission) and Catholic School Parents Australia have provided some easy to read information sheets for parents about funding of Catholic schools along with an outline of what the Coalition, Labor and Greens parties have pledged related to three key issues for Catholic education:
Please find below links to important information on each of these areas.
2019 NCEC FAQs
2019 NCEC Facts on School Funding
2019 NCEC Election Party Responses
We are praying for
Salesian College Sunbury is a large community of students, staff and parents, both past and present. Please keep the following in your prayers:
Mr Mark Brockhus, Principal
I thank you, Creator of us all, for my mother.
I thank you that she gave me life and nurtured me all those years. She gave me my faith, helping me to know you and to know Jesus and his ways. She taught me how to love and how to sacrifice for others. She taught me that it was okay to cry and that I should always tell the truth.
Bless her with the graces she needs and which you want to give her today. Help her to feel precious in your eyes today and to know that I love her. Give her strength and courage, compassion and peace.
Bless her this day with your love.
Click here to find out what is taking place on our Open Day, including tour times and how you can be involved.
Our Discovery Open day on 15 May is set to be a memorable one. It is designed to be informative, interactive and entertaining. The day will peak the interest of both young children and parents. There will be student led tours, a Principal's address and an EXPO of curriculum and student services. There will also be a range of activities taking place in the classrooms and around the College.
We are really excited a few hundred people have already registered to attend our College to see what makes us different. Make sure you save your place to see and learn about our facilities and curriculum. You will see for yourself how our teachers deliver engaging programs meeting the needs of your children and your family.
To book, please click on one of the links below. Bookings essential.
9am Tour
11am Tour
1.45pm Tour
This past weekend saw the 11th gathering of OzBosco, this year held at Don Bosco Camp Safety Beach.
OzBosco 2019
The 11th gathering of OzBosco was held at Don Bosco Camp Safety Beach. Twelve students represented our College with Mr Stephen Connelly and Mr Dino Martiniello.
They were joined by over 130 young people from other Salesian schools, parishes, youth groups and young leaders. They gathered for a weekend to celebrate our Salesian charism, with a special focus this year on the Salesian strenna for 2019 - "You too can be Holy".
Our students engaged in workshops, heard from a key note speaker, spent time getting to know others is small group discussions, and reflected on their faith through prayer moments and the celebration of the Eucharist. An inspiring weekend was had by all, new friendships made and quality time spent reflecting on our call to live as saints in our own context.
Both Mr Martiniello and Mr Connelly would like to express their gratitude to the students who attended - Ruby Taylor, Chloe Faulkner, Michaela Morris, Olivia Floreani, Sofia Barham (all Year 10), Nikita Daicos and Rick Daicos (Year 11) and Alex Dyer, Kristina Matesevac, Michaela Mancuso, Sarah Earl and Eliza Taranto (all Year 12).
We now look forward to OzBosco 2020!
Find out what activities took place on the day and the final results.
Our College Athletics Carnival was such a wonderful event. We were blessed with nice weather last Tuesday and our own College grounds were just perfect.
It was great to see so many students representing their Houses. There was a variety of events on offer. Whether it was running in a track event, throwing, jumping in a field event or pulling their House over the line on the tug-of-war rope. Students were happy to get involved.
Congratulations to O'Grady House, who under the leadership of House Captains, Bayley Moore and Lucy Dillon, ran out eventual winners on the day. O'Grady managed to just get over the line of last year's Athletics winners, Naughton House, who seemed to be out of the count but had a few amazing relay races to bump them up to second. Below are the final standings from the Athletics Carnival:
1st – O'Grady - 1018
2nd – Naughton- 1008
3rd – Mackillop- 972
4th – Mannix – 919
5th – Colliton - 892
6th – Mahoney - 885
7th – Maiocco - 739
8th – Bunjil - 731
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Age Champion medals on the day.
13 Years Male – Riley Coughlan (Bunjil) Female – Chloe Ali (Mannix)
14 Years Male – Cooper Steenbuck (Mannix) Female – Isabella Jordan (Mannix)
15 Years Male – Fraser Phelan-Smith (Mackillop) Female – Stephanie Jones (Naughton)
16 Years Male – Emmanuel Paulo (Naughton) Female – Grace Krstev (Mackillop)
17 Years Male –Matthew Bruce (O'Grady) Female – DRAW
Matilda Gavaghan (Mackillop)
Demi Young (Colliton)
Open Male – Sean Merrett (Mahoney) Female – Eloise Disher (Maiocco)
A special mention must go to Cooper Steenbuck and Emmanuel Paulo who won the Peter Godden and Fred Rogers Awards respectively.
Read an update from Ms Elaine Dugdale-Walker
ANZAC Day representation
Our College Captains Michaela Frantz and Joshua De Jonge represented our College at the Sunbury RSL Commemortation Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony on ANZAC Day. Joshua and Michaela also presented the key note address on the day. We congratulate them on their speech and thank them for representing the College with such reverence.
Mother's Day
Students again played a significant role in our Mother's Day event held on Friday, 3 May. We congratulate all those involved and hope all parents, guardians, friends and families in attendance enjoyed themselves.
Mobile phones
A reminder that students are not allowed to have their mobile phone on them at school, they must be in the locker between 8.40am- 3.20pm. If a mobile phone is confiscated, an SMS will be sent to a parent/guardian as soon as practicable. The phone can be collected by a parent/guardian/ designated adult from the Mansion any time between 8am- 5pm. If families have concerns with this policy, they can contact Ms Elaine Dugdale-Walker. A big thankyou to the families that have been supportive of this initiative.
More detailed information is on the Parent Portal of Schoolbox
Want to set yourself a budget? Come to a Twilight School event and within a couple of hours learn some tips to set you on your way.
Salesian College Sunbury is proud to have financial experts from SAGE Business Group in Sunbury run our next Twilight School event on 29 May at 5pm.
If you have trouble saving, or want to learn tips and techniques on how to design a budget then set aside a couple of hours and attend the Budgeting course held later this month. Click here to book your place now. Tickets are limited and cost $19 per person (including light refreshments).
This session is designed for:
We have been impressed with how our students have commenced Term 2. Read an update from Mrs Jodie FitzGerald.
We have been impressed with how our students have commenced Term 2 and encourage them to continue to make their studies a high priority. The partnership between school and home, and ongoing communication, can help our young people with focus, organisation and persistence when things get tough.
We strongly encourage everyone to check Schoolbox regularly to see what your child/children are learning about in class, check their homework, upcoming assessments and teacher feedback. Please also feel free to communicate with us, especially if there is something preventing your child from learning or achieving their best.
Student Academic Tracking
In the next few weeks we launch our student academic tracking process. This means that your child may have a conversation with their Homeroom Leader or House Co-ordinator to discuss their learning progress.
You might also receive a phone call from a member of the Learning and Teaching team or one of our Directors to discuss a learning plan. The focus of these conversations will be to plan interventions if your child is not showing the expected level of growth. This is a really positive step in tracking progress and the purpose behind this process is to:
• give us a proactive, consistent, accurate and efficient way of measure student growth and track student progress.
• recognise and celebrate student achievement.
• intervene when a student is not showing the expected level of growth and develop a plan to support them moving forward.
The great thing about this process is that it takes the student's starting point into account. It focuses on growth, rather than academic achievement. We look forward to this being a really positive step forward for learning and teaching at the College and thank everyone who has been involved in the planning, development and feedback process.
Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning continues to be a focus and this week many of our teachers have engaged in professional learning and planning time for our Year 9 program. The New Tech Network have worked with staff from our English, Humanities, Science, Technology and Arts departments to assist them to develop new projects that will be launched in the new year. There will be some changes to our Year 9 program in 2020, with students having more choice in what they study and a term-based retreat program. We are in the final planning stages of planning and more information about Year 9 2020 will be available soon.
Skills and habits
Last year, as part of our commitment to continual school improvement we worked as a staff to identify the skills and habits that were important to us. The following habits were identified and fit perfectly with the work we had been doing with Claxton's Building Learning Power, our Victorian Curriculum capabilities and our Salesian approach and ethos.
• Ethical and Global Understanding
• Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking
• Resilience and Resourcefulness
• Relationships and Empathy
Learning Areas have taken responsibility for each of these areas and you will probably see them written into assessment tasks and developmental rubrics. These are the learning habits that we want to see our Salesian College graduates take with them into their future.e will continue to discuss, model, coach and provide opportunities where these habits can be practiced in our learning programs. We will also work to unpack what these things look like in action and share what they look like in our context.
Our Sacred Earth Students need your help to make a difference.
Our students are on the lookout for toothpaste bottles and boxes. Why you ask? They are undertaking an oral Hygiene Waste Recycling Drive.
Over 30 million toothbrushes alone are thrown out by Australians each year, amounting to approximately 1000 tonnes of landfill each year! We can help reduce that number with your help, all you need to do is bring any brand of used toothpaste tubes or bottles and caps, toothbrushes, floss containers, and toothbrush and toothpaste tube packaging to school. But you can't bring electric toothbrushes or parts for them.
Oral hygiene waste like this is something that can't normally be recycled, and usually just ends up in landfill. Our College however is collecting them and sending them to a company called TerraCycle to be up-cycled into new things like pencil cases or wrapper board which can be used to make products like picture frames and pin boards. They also turning plastic waste into pellets which is used to create new sustainable plastic products.
Help us make a difference. Collections are taking place from 13 May.
Read an update from our Director of Faith and Mission, Mr Stephen Connelly
We proclaim with joy the Risen Christ! This simple, yet most profound statement is a message I have been imparting to students over these last two weeks. It is a bold, strong and a most affirming testament to our faith. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the incarnate word of God, who came and dwelt amongst us, who suffered, died on the Cross and rose again, to be seated at the right of the Father, and who is the source of our salvation and redemption and the glorious manifestation of eternal life, is the Christ of our faith.
But what does Easter mean? I have been challenging my students to think about this question. More than any other seasonal celebrations in our liturgical calendar, Easter calls us to be reflective and to make the Easter narrative a deeply personal one. The resurrection must resonate in our lives.
Jesus helps us to see the daily resurrections that can transform our world and ourselves. This Easter we can catch a glimpse of the Risen Christ and our "risen selves" by even the simplest of gestures. . . helping to transform another's hurt into forgiveness, transforming our fragile planet into a world of beauty, freeing ourselves from anything which might hold us back from entering into a full relationship with our God.
The resurrection is about allowing ourselves and others to live "alleluias" (Praise the Lord!) every day of our lives. It is believing we are all one, united in our Lord. It is about hope and being set free. And, yes, it is about celebrating joyously our faith.
Click here to find out more information about our Careers Department and the activities undertaken recently by our students.
Did you know we had eighteen Year 10 students undertake work experience recently?. They worked in trades, hospitals, airsport aviation fitness, education, fashion design and teaching. Requests for placements in Term 3 are open until 24 May.
Our Year 11 students had the opportunity to visit the Caulfield VCE and Careers Expo. This had over 130 exhibitors and opportunities for students to sit in career or VCE subject seminars on Thursday 2th May to further research their pathway plans for 2019.
Community Achievers Program at Australian Catholic University (ACU) is now open. This is a year 12 early entry program that takes into account community service, leadership, and school participation etc.
If you are successful, you will be guaranteed entry with a minimum ATAR, providing you meet prerequisites. 70: Law and dual Law degrees
70: Physiotherapy
65: Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology
58.5: all other degrees.
Applications close Tuesday 31 July. Click here for more details.
For more information pertaining to Careers, visit Schoolbox.
The Art and English faculties are excited to announce a new competition for all our budding creative writers at Salesian.
Playwriting competition
The Art and English faculties are excited to announce a new competition for all our budding creative writers at Salesian. Students from Years 7 to 12 are invited to write a one-act play responding to the theme of 'a time for giving'. There will be creative writing workshops taking place at lunch over Term 2 to help students in their projects and for the teachers to offer feedback and assistance.
The winners of the competition will have their plays brought to life on stage as part of our annual Christmas production, where they can stay involved with casting and directing their pieces. Students can write individually, in pairs or in small groups. So don't be afraid to start collaborating! Plays will be due for submission in the last week of this term.
In addition to their plays being staged, the selected playwrights will also win a prize to see a professional theatre production! Our Christmas Play will once again be raising money for the St Vincent's Christmas Appeal, and this year will also include the annual Salesian Art Competition.
VCE Music and Dance Excursion
The VCE Music and Dance classes travelled into the city recently to see an amazing production of West Side Story at the State Theatre. This production was staged by Opera Australia and featured world class singers and dancers. The students were enthralled by the timeless love story and dazzled by the spectacular dancing and singing. West Side Story is studied in both VCE Music and Dance with a score by Leonard Bernstein.
Band Performance
Our fantastic concert band have been rehearsing every week and have grown rapidly in skill and size. They performed a fun rendition of the classic "Funky Town" at the Whole School Assembly on 3 May. The students are eagerly rehearsing Bohemian Rhapsody and Havana among other pieces to perform at the end of term Play.
Just a gentle reminder to families about our uniform expectations for students.
Just a gentle reminder to families about the uniform expectations for students.
More detailed information is on the Parent Portal of Schoolbox. Current students and parents can click here for more information.Thank you for your support with the uniform expectations.
An update from our College Principal, Mr Mark Brockhus
Welcome back for the commencement of Term 2! I hope you all had a blessed Easter amongst family and friends. In particular, a special welcome to our new students and staff who commence this week.
As we return to school, renewed by the joy of Easter and the Resurrection, let us be reminded of Jesus' example of compassion towards others and the behaviours of a compassionate community – tolerance, acceptance, empathy, forgiveness, honesty. We have the unique opportunity here at Salesian College Sunbury to practice these values every day and to be true disciples of Jesus.
I am currently in Nagoya, Japan, with our five students who were selected to represent our College at the 'Five School's Exchange'. So far we have been welcomed at a school assembly, completed a Scavenger Hunt around Nagoya designed to help with team-building, visited the ancient city of Kyoto for an insight into Japanese culture, and commenced our presentations around the theme of "Recycling". The students will give a full report of their experience at the Whole School Assembly on 3 May.
The first of our Open Days is approaching and we are excited to be welcoming existing and prospective parents to the College. A wide range of activities and student-led College tours have been arranged to showcase the unique educational opportunities on offer here. A recent survey undertaken by Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) quizzed 3638 parents at 115 schools about how they made their choice of school. Interestingly enough, academic performance was not one of their top reasons. In fact it didn't even make it into their top 10! In order of priority, school selection was based on:
Choosing a school that best suits your child requires careful discernment. I encourage parents to take some time out on 15 May to see our College in action. Ask lots of questions of staff, students and other parents. The closing date for 2021 Year 7 enrolments is 23 August.
As we approach the wetter months of winter, more and more parents are inclined to drive their students to school. The increase in traffic on our internal roadway leads to massive congestion, with many parents unable to leave the property until after 9am!
In order to ease congestion in the mornings along our driveway, I encourage all parents to consider one of the following alternatives:
As you can appreciate, a large number of cars driving into the school zone cause a great deal of traffic chaos when congested already with buses and staff carparks. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Salesian College Sunbury is a large community of students, staff and parents, both past and present. Please keep the following in your prayers:
On Thursday, 25 April, our Nation will once again stop to recognise ANZAC Day and to commemorate the actions of all those women and men who have made, and continue to make, sacrifices for the wider cause of peace and stability throughout the world. ANZAC Day does not glorify war but rather acknowledges and give thanks to those who are committed to peace and harmony to their fellow humans. The struggle continues today. Let us also remember family members and loved ones, past and present, who have suffered so much in support of our military forces.
Today our College honoured the ANZACs in a special ceremony. As always our students displayed great respect during this time, and we hope they take something away from their experience.
Read about our Annual Presentation Ball
Late last term, our Year 11 students participated in the College's Annual Presentation ball. With 63 couples, two routines to prepare and only effectively six weeks to practice, the quality of the performance on the evening of Saturday 30 March was a wonderful triumph.
From the outset all students were aware that this was an endeavor that would challenge them in unexpected ways. They were truly commendable in their commitment to stepping out of their comfort zone, learning things that were new and not easy, sharing this experience collaboratively and acting in a way that befits young adults. I have no doubt the guests who attended the evening were as impressed and proud as I was in the manner in which they presented themselves. Truly an excellent example of reward for effort.
Finally, I wish to express my sincere thanks for the energy and enthusiasm of our presentation team. The event could never have been as wonderful a spectacle without the tireless efforts of our choreographer and instructor Ms Sarah Mott, her assistant Ms Daisy Shoebridge, the coordination efforts of Ms Dunn, Ms Portelli, the masterful administration of Ms Carabott and all the staff who contributed throughout rehearsals and on the day.
Discovery Open Day, Wednesday 15 May
Our first Open Day is almost here! On Wednesday 15 May we will open our doors to show what life at Salesian College Sunbury is really like.
Our student led tours will give you a first hand insight into what happens in our classes, and what it means to be part of our Salesian family.
Our Open day is a great way to see the students in action and showcase what makes us different. There will be presentations by key staff around Curriculum and Programs. You also have the opportunity to attend Q&A sessions to enable a deeper understanding and meet the College Principal, Mr Mark Brockhus.
To book in your tour please click on one of the links below. Bookings essential.
Click here for our Easter Reflection
On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in, dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. (Luke 24:1-10)
Easter invites us to also be present to - "remember how he told you". We are called to personalise the events of Easter to our own lives. What does the death and resurrection of Christ mean for me?
After Good Friday there is a pause and a stillness. The not knowing what to hope for was very much the experience of the disciples on that morning. They had been so confident until the events of the previous days. Then they find themselves in a very personal situation. They encounter their feelings towards the death of their beloved friend, master, teacher and Lord and all the emotions that entail.
There was no rushing towards Easter Sunday, but on that dawn there was a reminder of a different reality for the disciples. They began to remember what Jesus had told them. Good Friday will not be the end -for the Son of God will rise again.
Remembering his life, his words and the experience of being in his presence enabled the disciples to cope with their fear and to bring the message of his Resurrection to the others. This is Easter.
When we remember, we find reminders that Easter surrounds us in everyday circumstances of life.
Easter does not change our reality, but it is an invitation to awareness of another kind of reality and way of living. Life experiences can rock us back and forth between faith and doubt, despair and hope, and between joy and sadness. The invitation of Easter is to remember that Jesus is Risen in each of those experiences.
These Easter days are a time to remember all that "He has told us" in our own life stories. Easter and the joyous resurrection of Christ our Saviour, gives us hope and allows us to encounter the risen Lord in our day to day lives through our faith and through all that we do to live out the Gospel values.
An update from our Deputy Principal for Students
As a supporter to the Victorian Respectful Relationships Initiative, our College is working hard to promote and model respect and equality- and to teach our students how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence. The Royal Commission into Family Violence identified the critical role that schools can have in creating a culture of of respect to change the story of family violence for future generations. Late last term all students participated in the first of the sessions, these are year level specific and are targeted specifically at age appropriate content.
Salesian's RR program is based on the following topics:
Year 7 Topics
Year 8 Topics
Year 9 Topics
Emotional Literacy
Positive Coping Skills
Importance of Friendship
Problem Solving
Stress Management
Help Seeking
Gender & Identity
Positive Gender Relations
Emotional Literacy
Personal Strengths
Problem Solving
Positive coping Skills
Year 10 Topics
Year 11 Topics
Year 12 Topics
Help Seeking
Conflict Resolution
Gender & Identity
Positive Gender Relations
Personal Strengths
Positive Coping Skills
Stress Management
Safer Socialising
Help Seeking
Gender & Identity
Positive Gender Relations
Student Management Guidelines
Please find attached to this Newsletter a graphical display of the College Student Management Guidelines. We hope that students/ families find the poster easy to see the processes of Student Management at the College. A poster has been placed in each homeroom.
Winter Uniform
A reminder all students need to be winter uniform. This includes Navy trousers for all boys in Years 7-9, as well as boys in Years 10-12 with the new uniform. A new long sleeve HPE polo top is available to students for the winter months. Please note that is does get cold in Sunbury over winter so we suggest layering with a long sleeve tee shirt or thermal under the winter shirts. For HPE we suggest purchasing the new long sleeve top. Long sleeve tee shirts under the PE top is not allowed.
There are only a few places left in the 'Tuning in to Teens course' for Term 2.
The course is aimed at giving parents new skills to:
The course runs for six weeks on the following dates at the College:
Please contact Laura Spencer if you are interested in attending: firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here for your Salesian sports update
Before the end of Term, it was a busy two weeks of sport at Salesian College Sunbury. We had our Year 10 Premier League Grand finals, Senior Netball and Cricket Grand finals and our SACCSS Swimming Carnival.
Our Year 10 boys' basketball team came up against St Monica's but, unfortunately went down 40-36. Boys netball versed Mackillop and again couldn't get a win going down 37-11, but it was a great effort from both teams to make the Grand Final.
Our Senior girls also played Mackillop in the netball grand final but again, Mackillop were too strong on the day resulting in a 17-34 loss.
Senior Cricket was a success, managing to get over the top of St Monica's by 31 runs. SACCSS Swimming was another successful day with the juniors winning the overall aggregate. It was great to see around 50 students representing the College. Congratulations to Alec McGregor, Tiannah Brne and Will Vavallo who won the age champion for their divisions.
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Mexico coach Miguel Herrera will allow his players a small celebration after what he regarded as one of the best days of his life.
A 3-1 victory over Croatia courtesy of goals from captain Rafael Marquez, Andres Guardado and Javier Hernandez ensured Ivan Perisic's well-taken consolation three minutes from time came too late to save the Europeans, who had Ante Rebic sent off even later.
The win puts Mexico into the last 16 to face Group B winners Holland but in the immediate aftermath of victory Herrera wanted to enjoy the experience.
"We overcame the first hurdle. We're happy," he told his post-match press conference.
"That is one of the happiest days of my life. It was a hard fight, but my team pulled through. We felt as if we were playing at home in Mexico.
"We're going to celebrate tonight but tomorrow we have to start thinking of our match with the Netherlands."
While Croatia dominated possession in the first half they did little with it and Mexico came closest to scoring when Hector Herrera smashed a 25-yard left-foot effort against the angle of crossbar and post.
The match wore on the more it suited Mexico, who needed only a draw to progress, and when their opponents started to take risks they were clinically exploited with the North Americans scoring three times in 10 minutes late on.
"It's a moot point whether we should have kept it 0-0 until the last 10 minutes and then go all-out on the attack," said Croatia coach Niko Kovac.
"We decided to attack earlier but it wasn't successful.
"We kept the game open for a long time, but two corners decided the game.
"We weren't bad but the opponent was better."
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Wales manager Chris Coleman has left the door open for Craig Bellamy to still be added to his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers after initially omitting the Cardiff striker.
Bellamy was not among the original 21-man group but Coleman has left two places open in his squad for the matches against Scotland and Croatia.
One of those could be taken by Bellamy and Coleman is expecting to hear from the 33-year-old about his availability on Sunday after Cardiff's trip to Ipswich in the npower Championship a day earlier. The Wales boss said: "We need to know from Craig whether he is staying with us or whether he isn't. If he is not, we have to move forward."
Bellamy missed Wales' opening two Group A matches after suffering a calf injury while playing for his club but he has started Cardiff's last three matches and scored the opening goal in their 2-1 victory over Birmingham on Tuesday before being substituted later on.
Without 70-cap striker Bellamy, Wales suffered a 2-0 defeat to Belgium in their opening qualifier last month before being thrashed 6-1 in Serbia in their second outing.
Coleman also confirmed that Ashley Williams had replaced Aaron Ramsey as captain.
"We needed to make some changes," Coleman said. "I spoke to Aaron about it, and he was incredibly mature. I was very impressed with him. It was a very professional reaction.
"Of course he is disappointed, but Aaron was great about it, he really was. Ashley will be the skipper. He is a natural leader. He has experience."
Wales play Scotland in Cardiff next Friday before facing Croatia in Osijek four days later.
Wales squad to face Scotland on October 12 and Croatia on October 16: Brown (Aberdeen), Price (Crystal Palace), O F Williams (Tranmere); Blake (Crystal Palace), Davies (Swansea), Gunter (Reading), Lynch (Huddersfield), Matthews (Celtic), Ricketts (Bolton), A Williams (Swansea); Allen (Liverpool), Edwards (Wolves), King (Leicester), Ledley (Celtic), Ramsey (Arsenal), Vaughan (Sunderland); Bale (Tottenham), Church (Reading), Morison (Norwich), Robson-Kanu (Reading), Vokes (Burnley).


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We have listed all of the Chimacum food pantries that we have found. With help from users like you we have compiled a list of some. If you know of a food pantry that is not included here, please submit new food pantries to our database by going to the ADD A LISTING link on the header of our website.
Food Pantries in Chimacum, Washington
Jefferson County Food Bank Association
View Website and Full Address
Chimacum, WA - 98325
(360) 732-0383