James Sheahan Catholic High in Orange, New South Wales | Religious school

James Sheahan Catholic High

Locality: Orange, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6362 1422

Address: 49 Anson Street 2800 Orange, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.jschs.catholic.edu.au/

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24.01.2022 Congratulations to Crystelle Googe, Peta Hebold, Hannah Shields, Blake Armstrong and Isabelle Clarke-Randazzo (absent from photo). The Year 12 students received Certificates of Appreciation for their contribution to Music. This includes Chamber Strings, Symphony Orchestra, Liturgy, Concert Band, Stage Band and Choir.

23.01.2022 Year 12 Graduation Ball On Saturday night we bid our Year 12 2020 class farewell at the Graduation Ball. A huge thank you to Lynelle Maguire - Year 12 Coordinator, for taking on the task of organising the event and also to the canteen staff and teachers who catered for approximately 160 people. Thank you also to the staff behind the scenes who helped make the event great and to the Year 11 Hospitality students who served and cleaned up. A separate post will be made with some photos of the students.

22.01.2022 Win Win Win! The Executive Director’s Summer Reading Challenge is on. Read a minimum of ten age-appropriate books, e-books, graphic novels, comics, plays or pieces of poetry and enter the Competition through the Catholic Education website. Be in the draw to win an iPad, there are 4 to be won. Good luck and happy summer reading.

22.01.2022 Star Readers Year 8 Congratulations to the following Year 8 readers who achieved significant achievement in the Accelerated Reading Program in 2020. They are all members of an exclusive reading club for reading 1 million words or more. For their efforts, they all received canteen vouchers and house points. Star Reader 3 million club ($7 + 75 house points) - Harriet Ringbauer, Freya Bieniek, (not in photo but a member of the 3 million club - Hadden Bennett). Star Reader 2 mil...lion club ($5 + 50 house points) - Anja Jakab Star Reader 1 million club ($3 + 25 house points) - Dashiel Bootsma, Georgia Lane, Ella Xuereb, Charlotte Coleman, Olivia Tilston, Piper Dening See more

21.01.2022 2020 Kids Lit Awards After winning the Orange Heat of the Kid's Lit Quiz competition earlier in the year, our team participated in the National Final on Friday 23rd October. This year the final was held virtually and there were 13 teams from around the country competing. Our team did well in the 1st round but unfortunately didn't go through to the 2nd round on the day. Congratulations to Lily McDonell, Ivy Hawker, Eloise Milne and Caitlin Atallah for your hard work in preparing for the competition. Our team were awarded certificates as an acknowledgment of their participation in the final. Natasha Deasey

20.01.2022 On the 21st of September a team of Year 7 students, ‘The Storytellers’, wrote, edited and illustrated a book to raise funds for children’s cancer research. We would like to say a big thank you to our many sponsors that donated so generously to the project. As a result, our team raised $850. Emma Flick | Teacher

19.01.2022 Last week, Year 12 Geography students spent a day in the Kosciuszko National Park investigating why the alpine ecosystem is at risk. As they went up the mountain, they identified native plant communities, observed the human impacts at Perisher Ski Resort, looked at how the area is managed, and had some fun in the remaining snow patches. Miss Finlayson and Mr Shore | HSIE Teachers

18.01.2022 Semper Paratus Week 8 Term 3 https://drive.google.com//1SYKsZGipFRMwjmsvQaAgG2IV3/view

17.01.2022 Indonesian Food Demonstration Last week, Year 8 Foods of the World class had some Indonesian Food Demonstration and Tasting. Robin Marshall | Teacher

17.01.2022 More new Library books! The Library certainly gives the students plenty of options.

16.01.2022 Ms Moon's Year 12 Business Studies class enjoying the tranquility of the outdoor classroom last Friday afternoon, a very productive workspace for HSC revision.

16.01.2022 Star Readers Congratulations to the following Year 7 readers who achieved significant achievement in the Accelerated Reading Program in 2020. They are all members of an exclusive reading club for reading 2 million words or more in 2020. For their efforts, they all received canteen vouchers for differing amounts and house points. Congratulations also to 7SHEEHY (Teacher: Emily Bell) for amassing 10,559,183 words read in the Accelerated Reader program in 2020. Star Reader 4 mil...lion club ($10 + 100 house points) - Charlotte Felice Star Reader 2 million club ($5 + 50 house points each) - Jillian Smith, Noah Lyons, Toby Sunderland, Sonja Loecker, Warnakulasuiya Fernando, Eloise Milne Star Reader 1 million club ($3 + 25 house points) - Eleanor Armstrong, Xanthe Huxtable, Benjamin Francis, Kate McKendry, (not in photo but members of the million club - Hamish Milne, Elijah Cooke, Lydianna Meade.) See more

15.01.2022 Last Friday evening, the Youth Mission Team said farewell to their Year 12 members. Unable to go out as a group, due to current restrictions, Ms Lee and Matt Brown organised a fun night in together via Zoom. They gave each student a Gift Box with lots of goodies in them. The night included a treasure hunt, Kahoot and Pictionary.

14.01.2022 Care Bears Year 10 Textiles students spent a few lessons to make unique fabric bears to deliver to children who will be spending time in hospital over Christmas. Jane Edwards | Textiles teacher

14.01.2022 Sheahan SRC handing out balloons for R U Ok Day, with the message ‘pass it on’. Encouraging connections between students.

13.01.2022 Year 8 Catholic Mission Expo 2020 Last Thursday, Year 8 students participated in a Liturgy with Bishop Michael McKenna and Fr Greg Bellamy to mark Catholic Mission Month, and to acknowledge the learning that Year 8 have been doing on Cambodia as the focus country for the Catholic Mission this year. Diocesan Director of Catholic Mission, Mr Michael Deasy, also spoke to Year 8 about Socktober and the work of Catholic Mission. Students at JSCHS were encouraged to wear coloured socks in a 'Casual Sock Day' in solidarity with those affected by landmines in Cambodia. Our guests were treated to a walk around of the school to see the special displays created by Year 8 to start a conversation about Cambodia and Catholic Mission. Ms Belinda Lee, Mrs Susan Cameron and the Year 8 Religious Education teachers

13.01.2022 Year 10 Food Tech - Craving for Crepes! This activity was in relation to the unit Food Trends. The dish was Matcha Crepes with Berry Coulis. Looks delish!

12.01.2022 Our Year 12 Maths Ext1 class celebrated becoming the first JSCHS students to complete the new Maths Advanced and Ext1 HSC courses! This year marks the first time in 38 years that students have completed a new HSC course in Mathematics Advanced, Ext1 and Ext2.

11.01.2022 Year 12 Hospitality students, participated in a class Masterchef challenge and luncheon last week, for their final practical lessons, with some very impressive results!

10.01.2022 Here's a taster for the upcoming Major Project Exhibition. It will be in a different format this year but it will not diminish from the hard work and dedication that all Year 12 students creating a project put into their work. Jane Edwards | Textiles teacher

10.01.2022 Senior First Aid Certificates As part of their senior PDHPE course, students are offered the opportunity to obtain their Senior First Aid Certificate. On Tuesday, our two classes completed their assessments for this course and are now qualified! Thanks to Royal Life Saving for coming in to assess our students.

10.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS EMILY VARDANEGA NSW State Training Awards Our congratulations to Emily Vardanega from James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange for being a fina...list in the "VET in Schools Student of the Year" category. These Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of the best in vocational training in NSW. Not only do we congratulate our students achievements but also that of their teachers, their parents and those in Catholic education who provide support to the students studying VET courses. The NSW Training Award event will be streamed live over Facebook on the 9 October 2020 (commencing at 6pm). See link below Facebook Live presentation: https://www.facebook.com/TrainingAwards/ The 2020 NSW Training Awards program has recently been released and Emily's bio is listed on page 13. https://www.training.nsw.gov.au//nsw_training_awards_2020_

08.01.2022 James Sheahan Catholic High School celebrated its year 12 class of 2020 on Saturday night - here's all our photos of the event. #GALLERY https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au//james-sheahan-ca/

07.01.2022 Semper Paratus Term 3 Week 10

07.01.2022 Last week, Year 10 Geography students spent a day conducting fieldwork at Gosling Creek Reserve. They investigated the biodiversity on the site, tested the pH of the soil and turbidity of the water, observed the human impacts on the area, and learnt about the traditional management of land and water. Year 10 Geography Teachers

07.01.2022 Goodbye and Good Luck Year 12 All the best to you, go out and chase your dreams, find happiness. We are proud of who you are. We are sad to see you go and excited to see what you do.

05.01.2022 A group of girls attended an 'Inspiring Women' Careers Information session in the PAC, where women with careers in Design, IT, hairdressing, engineering and more shared their career journey and advice via zoom. Joanne Kingham | Pathways Coordinator

04.01.2022 SRC Leaders Ethan Mackay and Piper Want laying a wreath for the Remembrance Day ceremony today at Robertson Park. Lest We Forget.

04.01.2022 Year 8 Grow Your Own class entered a nation wide competition to grow wattle seeds that will be sent into Space (the space station) for 6 months! It is through the One Giant Leap Foundation. The students wrote a 200 word entry on why they thought they should be chosen and enter a promotion video, promoting the "what'll happen to the Wattle" competition. It is an ongoing project which will take up to a year to complete. Sheahan were 1 of 150 schools, preschools and scout groups to be selected! Belinda Maher | Grow Your Own Teacher

03.01.2022 Year 12 Graduation Ball Farewell Year 12 2020. Here are some photos of the Graduation Ball on Saturday night. The students looked stunning.

02.01.2022 Congratulations to (L-R) Rachel McKenna, Zachary Hazzard, Zareah Coughlan and Rory Thornhill. They have all achieved Level 1 in Merit Level System, a result of outstanding effort across many aspects of school life.