The End of Year Mass ritual speaks for itself as a Eucharistic encounter between Christ and our community enriched by the words of the Scripture beautifully conveyed, and by the prayers of the Church and of the Faithful.  The music from Choir from the soloists, and the backing of the musicians takes us into the world beyond words, one which speaks to the heart.  Our graduates were especially in our hearts as they were given a special part in this Mass.  See inside today's Bulletin for more...

This Final Week

The Years 7-12 Assembly will be held on this Friday when student awards will be presented and students will farewell some of our staff.  See inside today's Bulletin for dismissal times.

Report Collection: On Wednesday 12 December from 8:00am3:45pm reports will be available at Reception.  It would be wonderful if the reports could be picked up on this day, but the office is also open on Friday.

Don't Miss: Important information about 2019 Laptop Distribution and the first day of Term 1 is included in today's Bulletin.  Greater detail will be provided via a circular included with students' reports.

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Twilight Assembly

Thank you to the many parents who have sent positive emails to the Primary teachers congratulating them on their hard work, enthusiasm and the success of last week's Twilight Assembly.  The kind words are always very much appreciated. We were all so very proud of the class performances and you could definitely see the joy on the girls' faces.  All the classes had put thought into their acts and you could see the enormous amount of enthusiasm the students had when performing their class pieces and singing the final songs.

Also in this week's Bulletin:

• All you need to know about next week's End of Year Mass of Thanksgiving.
• We farewell a long-serving member of staff, acknowledging their 35 years of service
• From the Primary School... Year 6 host their last assembly as Primary Students, Year 4 Pyjama Day, and Year 2 learn how to 'Ride a Bike Right'
• There's a STEAM focus in Year 8, with some Maths students attending the Mathscraft Workshop at Mercedes College, and the entire Science cohort attending Chemistry Spectacular at the University of Adelaide
• News from LOTE: There are some commendable results from the Year 9, 10, 11 Italian and French students, who participated in the ACER Language Competency Test last term, and we congratulate four students in Year 9 who were award winners in the South Australian Association of Italian Teachers (SAATI) and Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia's L'Italia festeggia Competition
• Year 9 students have been busy writing book reviews for two popular Adelaide bookshops, North Adelaide's 'Booked at North Adelaide' and Norwood's 'Dillons Norwood Bookshop'
• It is not too late to order a St Dominic's Produce Stall Christmas Hamper!  See inside the Bulletin for ordering information.

Get the Week 7 Term 4 Bulletin online now.

Read all about PE Week at St Dominic's in the Week 6 Bulletin, online now.

Upcoming Dates

• Final Parents & Friends Meeting and Fete Committee Meeting TONIGHT (Wednesday 21 November)
• Your family's RSVP to the End of Year Mass is due FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER.  As seating is limited, tickets may not be assured after this date.
• Year 6 Graduation BBQ is on Wednesday 28 November

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November is a time when all of us at school are transiting from one year to the next. Students begin or end their exams and others are involved in fun activities like Year 8 with Picnic in the Park.  Some students in our junior years have just been to Children's University graduation ceremony at Adelaide University, to receive their certificates for work accomplished in their own time.  Year 12 students are finishing their exams and will soon have time to think of the two major transition events which celebrate their movement from school days viz., the End of Year Mass and the Graduation Ball.

Upcoming Events

• Primary Twilight Assembly: Tuesday 20 November
• Final Parents & Friends Committee and Fete Committee meeting(s) for 2018: Wednesday 21 November
• Year 6 Graduation: Wednesday 28 November
• End of Year Mass of Thanksgiving: Tuesday 4 December - invitations coming home THIS FRIDAY

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Week 4 Bulletin

This week's Bulletin is a challenge for any parent reader.  It is full of interest, but 10 pages in all.  You will find throughout a record of an amazing array of awards which our students from Primary right through to Year 12 have won as individuals.  In terms of group interaction within the wider community, there are some beautiful stories of visits last week by St Dominic's students to the Flora MacDonald Retirement Community to read their poetry, and on Monday a visit by the Year 6 class to help celebrate in song and re-enactment of the life and legacy of Venerable Mary Potter, founder of the sisters of the Little Company of Mary.

Acknowledgements of the hundreds of generous people and businesses who supported St Dominic's Fete are also listed in this week's Bulletin.  Read it online now.

Upcoming Dates:

• Thursday 8 November: Year 11 Drama Production of 'Fading Flowers'.  7pm in the College Hall.  Tickets at the door.

• Wednesday 21 November: Parents & Friends committee AGM at 7:20pm, to be followed by final 2018 Fete Committee meeting at 8pm.

• Tuesday 4 December: End of Year Mass.  Details coming home next week.