Congratulations to Thomas Hector who is the 2008 Auction Idol.

Rostrevor College entered the 2008 School’s Auction Idol and faced tough competition with 20 competitors from State, Catholic and Independent Schools. Year 12 students Thomas Hector, Billy Mitchell, Adam Forte and Zachariah Reveruzzi represented the College. Six students made the finals after the intense quarter finals held at the Adelaide Art Gallery.

Vocation Education Training and Career Coordinator, Belinda DeConno Coward, from Rostrevor College explained, “Auction Idol provides students with the skills in public speaking and performance that can be readily applied to other professions. It allows students to associate what they do in the classroom into real life scenarios and it emphasises what industry demands from our school leavers.”
Ten weeks of training lead to a series of mock auctions, judged by industry professionals, and then the finals. Tom Hector said he was inspired by Careers Counsellor Sandra Mitchell and his Year 12 English Faculty Coordinator, Maria DeIeso, to compete in Auction Idol.

“I’d never really thought about auctioneering as a career but this competition has opened so many doors for me in the Real Estate Industry. I’m now seriously considering a Bachelor of Business Property at University in 2009,” he said.

Janeen Brian has launched Oddball, the latest book in the Lightning Strikes series, at Our Lady of Grace School, Glengowrie. Janeen is a former teacher-librarian at the school and got the idea for the book while she was on yard duty watching the children play handball. This memorable launch was capably planned by current teacher-librarian, Meg Reidy.

The book has been dedicated to the memory of John Partington (RIP), a former Principal, and to all at Our Lady of Grace School. The launch began with the Principal, Jodie Hancock, warmly welcoming Janeen Brian and went on to include the Year 4/5 class acting out a few scenes from the book under the guidance of the Drama teacher Mrs Debbie Scuteri.

The children were delighted to receive a tennis ball themed cup cake to celebrate the event. Many of the children were then enthusiastic to read a personally signed copy of Oddball over the weekend. It was a very successful event that promoted and celebrated reading at our Lady of Grace School.