Debutantes Ball 

On Saturday evening the Debutantes celebrated their Debutantes Ball at the Mediterranean Conference Centre.

The following girls were crowned:

• Queen  – Katjia Faria
• 1st Princess  – Tyra Goncalves
• 2nd Princess  –  Zara Abrosie
• Miss Personality  –  Skye Sheerin 

Congratulations to all our Debutantes on a successful year and many thanks to Mrs Cyndi Abrosi for arranging such a memorable evening for the Debutantes. 

Mrs Taylor (Convernor) 

Johannesburg Eisteddfod Festival 

Congratulations to all the piano students on achieving the excellent results in the festival. 

The results are as follows:

Diploma 

• Rebecca Zhang
• Ncumisa Mthi  

Honours

• Kayla Wyngaard 
• Carnia Adams 
• Crissy Hind 

Honours + Gold 

• Daniella Dunn 

Thank you to the parents for their support.

Mrs Green – Piano Teacher 

Condolences

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Martins family (Kristy) who lost her cousin. 

Blood Drive 

There will be a blood drive at school on Friday, 24 October 2014. 

Debating Workshops

EXPERT COACHING FROM WITS DEBATING UNION

7 & 13 October 2014

14h45 – 17h00 in Room 30

BEGINNERS AND NEWCOMERS WELCOME. NO OBLIGATION TO JOIN DEBATING NEXT YEAR. 

Please give your name to Mrs Markantonatos by Monday morning if you are interested. We need numbers for catering purposes. 

Buy a Brick Campaign fund latest update 

Thank you to all the families below for their generous donations! Your support makes a huge difference. 

To date R130 140.95 has been received by the fund. All donors will be eligible for tax relief in terms of the current legislation and will receive a section 18a tax certificate. Donations will also be suitably acknowledged on a role of honour, which will be on permanent display in our new hall. These will placed in categories; (bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond).

This fund will not be simply absorbed into capital costs but rather used for identified projects so that donors will be aware of where their money has been invested. We have bought a baby grand piano, and a beautifully restored ‘Public Works Department’ clock originally manufactured in 1945. We are also looking at purchasing a new lectern, school crest, crucifix, piano dust cover and seating for the hall.

The ‘Buy a Brick Campaign’ will continue up until the hall has been completed and furnished. Please visit our gallery for the latest photos: 

www.assumptionconvent.co.za/gallery/photoalbums.aspx?Albumid=134

Should you wish to buy a brick, please click on this link; http://www.assumptionconvent.co.za/portals/0/Buy_A_Brick_Campaign.pdf  

Thank you to the following families:

Allegretti, Andreka, Antonie, Assumption Sisters, Bakker, Balambanos, Barnsley, Baruga, Bastos, Boswell, Buckland, Buffa-Pace, Cabanac, Cordeiro, Doneda, De Sousa, De Jesus, Diesel, Di Santolo, Dorasamy, Dos Santos, Essien, Flinn-Smith, Flores, Foley, Gao, Godwin, Goosen, Heerallal, Heidemann, Human, Hyde, Jesus, Jarvis, Johnson, Kali, Klette, Knipe, L & A Construction, Lilley, Little, Loddo, Lutz, Martinho, Marques, Marxer, McIntosh, Moore, Moore, Mokhobo, Moreira, Naude, Nessett, Newhouse, O'Connor, Peel, Philipson, Pinto, Pucjlowski, Puente, Reed, Reid, Scott, Sheerin, Smith, Sousa, Strange, Schulz, Valente, Van Heerden, Waskis, Watkins, Weinerlein, Workman, Zhang.    

Mrs Sousa  

Blessed Sacrament - Food Festival 2014

SANTA SHOEBOX PROJECT

Primary School 

Foundation Phase Soiree:  HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

This week we enjoyed a celebration of music, song and dance presented by our Grade 1, Grade 2 and 3 girls. Through their songs the girls reminded us all of what the proverb Home is where the Heart is really means and we all enjoyed hearing about how important super moms,  builder dads, friendly neighbours, delicious food, grandpas’ parties and having tea with grandmas are in turning a house into a home. 

Thank you to Mrs Allan, our Foundation Phase teachers and parents for all the time and care they put into preparing our girls for these wonderful and entertaining performances.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home. (Mother Teresa)

Johannesburg Mini Council Fellowship Dinner

 On Thursday, 2 October some of our ACS Grade 6 girls attended the Johannesburg Mini Council Fellowship Dinner as Prospective 2014 / 2015 Councillors.  This year Amy Weinerlein and Chiara Bonanni represented ASC on The Johannesburg Mini Council.  Both girls held management positions. 

Chiara was elected secretary of the Welfare Committee and Amy was elected Mini Mayor.  We would like to congratulate Amy on the outstanding address she delivered at the Fellowship Dinner.  We are very proud of both Amy and Chiara who have had a very busy and pressured year and have been excellent ambassadors for our school. 

Congratulations

Layla El Lakkis Participated in a CMATHS South Africa Challenge on 4 October 2014 and was awarded a winning Champion of Champions certificate. 

SEMAS is an Education and Mental Arithmetic System which aims at developing mental arithmetic and thinking skills while creating a love for maths.

Well done, Layla! 

SENIOR PRIMARY CONCERT

Performance dates to be confirmed  

Mrs Gill Allan, the Primary School teachers and girls are gearing up for the Senior Primary concert which is due to be staged towards the end of the term.  The play rehearsal schedule is demanding, particularity for the girls who will be playing character roles as some rehearsals will have to take place in the afternoons.  The girls will also be expected to make every effort to meet their sporting, cultural and academic commitments.  Careful planning and sometimes difficult choices or compromises will be needed from our girls if they are to enjoy all that is on offer for them this term.  Please review the rehearsal schedule, extra-mural timetable and academic timetable with your daughters and discuss what is expected of them in advance (weekly and daily). 

Senior Primary School Play Rehearsals 

• Monday 13 October – Main parts and backstage – 15h30-16h30
• Tuesday 14 October – Grade 4D – 14h30-16h00
• Tuesday 21 October – Grade 5R – 14h30-16h00
• Thursday 23 October – Grade 6P – 14h30-16h00
• Monday 27 October – Main parts and backstage – 15h30-16h30
• Tuesday 28 October – Grade 4L – 14h30-16h00
• Thursday 30 October – Grade 5D – 14h30-16h00
• Monday 3 November – Main parts and backstage – 15h30-16h30
• Tuesday 4 November – Grade 6T – 14h30-16h00
• Thursday 6 November – Grade 4, Grade 5 and main parts – 14h30-16h00
• Monday 10 November – Main parts and backstage – 15h30-16h30
• Tuesday 11 November – Grade 6, 7 and main parts – 14h30-16h00
• Wednesday 12 November – Friday 21 November – All Grades – 12h00-13h30
• Monday 24 November – Thursday 27 November:  Performance dates to be confirmed.

Mrs Zambon 

Primary School Sport 

Sporting Dates

• Friday 10th October - Athletics at Brescia
• Friday 24th October - Athletics at Holy Rosary
• Friday 31st October - Prestige Athletics at St Stithians 

High School Sport 

On Friday 3 October, the netball awards dinner was held in the mini hall, the awards presented were as follows: 

1. Gold leaver certificates 

These certificates are for the girls who are unfortunately leaving us at the end of this year. Thank you for your dedication and leadership:

• Khensani Maimane
• Mamello Maseko 

2. Exceptional Scrolls

This scroll goes to a girl who has played indoor netball and has gone for trials and made it to a provincial level, congratulations:

• Jessica Kitching 

3. Team awards

This scroll goes to the most dedicated senior players in teams. They have put in a large amount of effort and it does not go unnoticed. 

• Kiah de Laat
• Daniella Da Rocha

4. Most Improved and Best player

These awards are awarded per age group.

            Most Improved                  Best Player

U14      Jana Ivanoff                                 Taylee Hunter

             Montana McCormack                 Keeyanda Tshipamba

U15      Courtney Oerson                        Danica Da Silva

             Venessa Alves                     Nomtobi Matlose

U16      Tyra Goncalves                     Ciara Henderson

U17      Kiah de Laat                                Andrea Stocks

1sts      Diane Cilengi                             Marilyn Cilengi 

5. Top Goal Scorer 

An outstanding amount of 462 goals were scored by us this season. We had some very good contenders for top goal shooters. The outstanding winner with 94 goals, 20% of the total goals scored this season and for a second year in a row is:

• Savannah Sheerin 

6. Overall Outstanding Player

These awards are for the top overall Junior and Senior player and they are awarded to:

• Junior: Marilyn Cilengi
• Senior: Erin Scott 

7. Coaches Award 

This award goes to a very dedicated player who has stood out for all the coaches,

• Michelle Gomes 

8. Anchor Award

For outstanding dedication, hard work, valuable questions asked in training and following of instructions:

• Marina de Gouveia 

9. Netball Scrolls

This scroll is awarded for making round 2 of district 13 trials, congratulations:

• Diane Cilengi 

10. Netball Half Colours

Half colour are awarded to players who made it to round 3 or further in district trials, congratulations:

• Ciara Henderson 

11. Netball Full Colours 

Full colours are awarded to players who have made it all the way to provincial trials and furthermore in this case has played for Gauteng, a huge congratulations to:

• Marilyn Cilengi 

Tennis

On Thursday 2 October the u13 tennis team played a match against Sacred Heart at home.  Well done to our team who triumphed 24 - 4 

Athletics

On Thursday 9 November our athletes took part in the 4^th meet of the season. It was against St Andrews and Holy Rosary. We had another good day on the track. Thank you to all the parents, friends, family, Mr Workman and Coach Zyne for all the support. Well done to the athletes.

Result:

1^st – Assumption Convent     170 pts

2^nd – St Andrews                     153 pts

3^rd – Holy Rosary                    144 pts

Athletics Functions - REMINDERS

• Athletics team photo on Monday at 1^st break. Please all bring your athletics kit for the photo.
• Athletics team pasta evening will take place on Wed 22^nd October.
• Inter High will take place on Thursday 23 October at Ruimsig Stadium.

Mr Lydall 

Upcoming Events 

• 15 October - Valedictory 
• 16 October - School closes at 12pm for Mid-term break
• 17-20 October - Mid-term Break
• 21 October - School re-opens at 07h40 

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