Week 10 Bulletin

There are some important things to note in this week's Bulletin:

• The College telephone and front office will not be available during week 1 of the holidays.  This will not impact
  - Year 12 study sessions
  - Year 11 Drama rehearsals
  - access to the Uniform Shop during its advertised opening hours.  

• Term 3 Reports and NAPLAN results (where applicable) will be distributed on the final day of term, Friday 27 September.  Students not present on this day (including Year 10 Work Experience students) will be able to collect their report in WEEK 1, TERM 4.  Reports will not be available for collection over the holidays.

• There's a special message from Sr Jill for all to read.

• The Uniform Shop will be open as follows:

Monday 30 September 10:00am - 2:00pm
Wednesday 2 October 10:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday 3 October 10:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday 5 October 10:00am - 2:00pm

NOTE: It will not be possible to reach the Uniform Shop via phone during these times, as the College Office will be closed.

• Parents & Friends Chocolate Drive: The Accounts Office wish to advice that any unsold chocolates must be returned by tomorrow, Thursday 26 September, otherwise accounts will be charged with $60.

• Classes will end at the NORMAL DISMISSAL TIME on Friday 27 September.  We wish all members of our College community an enjoyable, safe and restful break!

Fete Appeals

• Week 10 Fete Appeal is for Packaged Food (Produce Stall) and $2 for the Auction.

• Friday 11 October - Craft Stall Busy Bee.  More details inside the Bulletin.

• The Rose Competition is about to bloom - get your roses ready!  Entry is $2 each, between 10:30am and 12:30pm on Fete Day.

• Classic Treasures - special appeal for COLLECTABLES and DECORATOR ITEMS.

• Auction - Help is needed to wrap prizes.  See inside Bulletin for contact details.

• Parent Roster - Half of our stalls are less than 50% full and are in specific need for your support on Fete Day.  Sign up now at: https://stdo.ms/Fete19

Get the Week 10 Term 3 Bulletin online now.

Week 9 Bulletin

The Week 9 Bulletin gives a great summary of the eventful week that has passed us by:

• Personal Project Information Evening and Exhibition (Year 9 & 10).  Learn more here.

• Year 11 Informal

• Primary Outdoor Classroom update

• News from the Drama department

• Congratulations to our latest published authors, as featured in the August edition of Oz Kids in Print!

• 2020 Financial Information is released.  Click here for additional information.

Fete News

• Sign up to a Parent Roster here.

• The Week 9 Appeal is for Chocolate and Wine for the Chocolate Wheel.

• The Classic Treasures Stall is running a special appeal for COLLECTABLES and DECORATOR ITEMS.

• Feeling crafty?  Put this date in your diary now - Friday 11 October.  More details to come in next week's Bulletin, or keep an eye out on Facebook via the event page below.

Get all the latest Fete & Auction updates on the Facebook Event Page.

Upcoming Dates

• Annual Music Concert - Thursday 19 September from 7pm.  Get your tickets at the door from 6:45pm

• Term 3 concludes on Friday 27 September.  Classes will be dismissed at the normal time.

Get the Week 9 Term 3 Bulletin online here.

Inside this week's edition:

• Legacy Week: In what has become an annual tradition, our Year 7 classes took to O'Connell Street; collecting money and selling badges, wristbands and teddy bears in support of Legacy.  We congratulate the girls on raising over $1,000 for this worthy cause.
• We welcomed our incoming 2020 Year 7s for their Orientation Evening
• Congratulations to our 8B Debating team, who are through to the finals at Parliament House!
• Read the winning entries of the 2019 Book Week / Literacy Week Writing Competition; held in the Primary School.
• There's a wrap up of 'Self-Love Week' and Year 9 Camp.
• Our Year 11 English as an Additional Language spent time with our Year 5s recently, discussing what life is like for 11 year olds (or near 11 year olds) in 2019 Australia. 

Fete Update

• The Week 8 Fete Appeal is: Packet of Sweets (Sweet Stall) and $2 for Jams (Produce Stall)
• Sign up to a Fete Roster: https://stdo.ms/Fete19
• Art Union Raffle Books will be coming home with students today, Wednesday 11 September.  We ask that families please do their best to sell tickets ($2 each).  First przie is $1,000, and will be drawn on Fete Day, Sunday 27 October 2019.

Upcoming Dates

• Personal Project Information Evening / Exhibition: TONIGHT in the Hall.
  • 5:30pm - 7:00pm: Launch of Personal Project to Year 9 Students and parents
  • 7:15pm - 8:30pm: Personal Project Exhibition for all Year 10 Students and their families.  All welcome.
• Dominican Cup Debating: from 6pm Wednesday 18 September
• Annual Music Concert will be held in the College Hall on Thursday September 18.  Get your tickets ($10/$5) at the door from 6:45pm.

Get the Week 8 Term 3 Bulletin online now.

Wishing the Fathers and father figures of our community a belated Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day is celebrated worldwide to recognise the contributions that fathers and father figures make to the lives of children.  At our Chapel Mass on Friday, our Reception Class celebrated the great men in their lives, in the most genuine of ways. 

Also in the Week 7 Bulletin

• We welcome descendants of our College's Foundress, Mother Rose Columba Adams (1832 - 1891), who visited St Dominic's last Thursday.  It is thanks to the legacy of £6,000 which Mother Rose Columba's father left her in his will, that our heritage Chapel was ever built.

• We look forward to meeting our incoming 2020 Year 7s, and their families, at this evening's orientation event.

• SRCs are to be congratulated on their efforts with their 'Self Love Week' initiative.

• A reminder to families to please take care on our roads at, particularly pick-up and drop-off times.  Adelaide City Council traffic inspectors are regularly in attendance. 

• Our Year 9 cohort reflect on last week's Year 9 Retreat.

• There is important information which has gone home with the eldest daughter in each family.  Click here to read communication from the Chair of our College Board, Mr Jim Howard.

All about Fete!

• There is a special Craft Stall request for 'pre-loved, new/excess, vintage baby + kids clothing' in this week's Bulletin.

• The Week 7 Fete Appeal is $4 for Multicultural Stalls (Yiros and Sri Lankan Foods)

• Sign up to a Fete Roster: https://stdo.ms/Fete19

Upcoming Dates

• Fete Committee Meeting is 7:30pm TONIGHT (Wednesday 4 September).

• The word is out: the St Dominic's Priory College Annual Music Concert will be held in the College Hall on Thursday September 18.  Put this date in your diary now.

• Personal Project Exhibition is on Wednesday 11 September: 

  • 5:30pm - 7:00pm: Launch of Personal Project to Year 9 Students and parents

  • 7:15pm - 8:30pm: Personal Project Exhibition for all Year 10 Students and their families

Get the Week 7, Term 3 Bulletin online now.

Fete 2019 Roster!

The upcoming Fete meeting is on next Wednesday 4 September at 7:30pm and all of you are welcome.  This dedicated group of parent convenors have been working consistently over the past 3 months.  They do need and appreciate your help!  Each year, parents/guardians are asked to volunteer two hours on this day, by signing up to the Fete roster: https://stdo.ms/Fete19

In this week's Bulletin, there is a visual graph of stalls especially needing support.  For this community event, the saying holds true; 'It takes a village to raise a child'.  Your time and generosity are appreciated by our community and, most importantly, your daughter/s.

Also This Week:

• We look forward to welcoming Year 10 & 11 families to Subject Counselling tomorrow, Thursday 29 August

• Photos from last Sunday's Old Scholars' Association Afternoon High Tea 

• Book Week and Science Week in review

• Winter Season sport - final results are in!  Congratulations to all teams on a well-played season.

• News from the Environment Club

• Photos from the Year 12 Drama Production of 'Bumpy Angels'

Get the Week 6 Bulletin online now.