1998 School Magazine

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O'CONNOR

1998 , hymn, , must, ^,, , "" ., it .'. muchan, mm in I House event has seen O'Connor a ear with evident and kept the competitors smiling. 'The spirit enal, led us to place a fantastic second place in the Artistic Gym

Every si gle Hous event ha s en O'Co nor appear with enormous spirit, enthusiasm and talent. Thc commitment and participation shown by each year level throughout the year ITas left us proud to be members of O'Connor }louse. The seniors Ilave been particularly impressed with the participation of the

Away from the sporting arena, the House became extremely involved in raising money for our chant\, For the past two years, O'Connor has donated the proceeds of our ftindraising to Radio

entire 110use and would like to congratulaie evely O'Connor In ember for' all lief effort. 11 was the goal of the House this year for everyone to get 10 know eveiy other House me in- bet and willT great inter action he'veen the grades Tills goal I\as certainly be ;ICliieved 'I'he in 11ial step In ;11'11iL'viii;! 11ui' goal was I;11*\. 11 it I 111c veiy begin- ''/11;: tit 111c yea. r with the ;1111/11;11 I 111cniation day, wlit. 11 111c 110use wei- CTMiiL'11 11/11 Year Eights

Rainbow. 'This is an or ganisation at the Royal Childrens Hospital WITiclT alms to cheer up children who are un- well and in need of a smile. We are \, eiy proud to nave been able to help them, and we look forward 10 raising even more money in the fu- IUl'G Terni three Ilas been an exciting and I)usy term for all the girls, will) the 110use coin- in both the peting internouseAthletics Car-

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111 111\. 11adition of Oct)lint)I' I{ouse, the airls have been iiTvolvecl in all I{ouse activities and nave displayed enthusiasin and spillt The }louse Party was the next evcnt on the agenda and as always it was an extremely cnjoyable afternoon 11 was a positive start to the year and the obiigatoiy pizza, cake and

nit, al and The Interhouse Debating. For' the second year' in a row OGOnnor finished second in 111e debittiiio wlien we w^re narrowly defeated in 111e final. We were skilfully represented by Amy Evers-Swindell (110), Am anda Rowe11 (100) and Allcia Slumin (80) The A1hletics carnival saw O'Connor come out in force 10

10/11es proved to be a huoe hit. This the Ajiss OConnor title was year claimed I)y the Year Nines. I'hey cn- terrained us all with a dai inn rendition of 'You Can Leave \'our nat On in a fantastic combination of both Iaient and cnthusiasin O'Connor was in the inter house Victorious analn Swimming Carnival. The LIDbeatable organisatioit 11y OUT two Spoils Cap- rains, Carolyn Johnson and Susie Skerman, allowed everyone to con-

finish fifth, greatly improving on last year's placing. Witile the participa- lion by House members was am az- ing, 11 was our cheering WITich really demonstrated the tenacity and eagei'- ness of the I{ousc. Althougl\ the day was IToi and we wei'e all exhausted, The O'Connor cheering persisted all day, long 'I'he alitleiics brought a tear 10 the eyes of nTan\, of the Yeai' Twelves as it n}arked the last interhouse event in

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centrale on the swimming. 'There were some outstanding individual performances b\, many of the girls but it was 11\c team events whicl\ led the FIGusc to victory. We won The Aggregate Cup after fantastic IClay results where we \\, iped out all the opposition and stormed ITome at the end of the day The Interhouse Drama was next on the OGOnnor agenda and, led I)y Drama Captains LLicy Came and 1

which we will ever compete. '111ese Ii\, e years spent TCPreseni- ing O'Connor House have been filled with many memories and experiences wlliclT we will ncvcr forget. We all wisl} the rest of the 110use the best of luck and ITope they, can all enjoy being an O'Connor Hotise member as much as we have. "0'Connor is the best, it is ITUinber one. ' SUSANNAH WHITEHOUSE HOUSE CAPTAIN

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