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2022 Spring Poetry Anthology
Year 12 students Tahira Haque, Lorelei Owens and Mia Lamnek had their poems selected to appear in the 2022 Spring Poetry Anthology. The students have been invited to attend the launch of the Spring Poetry Festival at the University of South Australia and will be presented with their own copy.
Chemistry with Chupa Chups
Watch this video of USC Year 11 Chemistry students conducting an experiment that shows how glucose in the Chupa Chups reacts with potassium permanganate. This adds electrons from the glucose to the manganese metal in the permanganate, which changes the colour.
Class of 2017 Reunion
The Class of 2017 Reunion was held at Hotel Richmond on Friday 21 October 2022. The night was a great success with twenty Old Scholars attending, along with current staff, Anita Zocchi, Principal, Bob Holloway (past Principal) and Murray Thompson (past Deputy Principal). One of the USC Old Scholars’ Association goals is to continue to deliver reunions and other events for Old Scholars to facilitate engagement and connection amongst Old Scholar networks.
USC 20 Year Anniversary Celebration
The USC 20 Year Anniversary Cocktail celebration was held on Friday 16 September at the National Wine Centre.
Year 11 Chemistry
USC Year 11 Chemistry students are here observing a metal displacement reaction, in this case the formation of pure silver due to the reduction of silver ions when exposed to a metallic zinc coil. This was the precursor to the students carrying out their own metal displacement reaction as part of their study of oxidation and reduction. These principles are the basis for batteries and photography.
Year 11 Legal Studies students celebrate
USC Year 11 Legal Studies students enjoyed lunch and amazing views at our Gawler Place campus to celebrate back-to-back Grand Final victories in the Law Society’s Mock Trial Competition. Coach and legal practitioner, Barnaby Grant, joined them. Photographed here is two students Tilda and Ginger presenting USC Legal Studies teacher Janine with flowers to say thank you for all of her encouragement and input over the year.
Year 10 Mentoring
Year 10 Mentor, Olivia, shared helpful advice during a recent mentoring session, about resume preparation, writing cover letters and preparing for interviews. Students created or updated their resumes and practised answering interview questions.
Plain English Speaking Award Competition - Jessica Grasser
Congratulations to University Senior College Year 11 student Jessica Grasser, who won the National Final in the Plain English Speaking Award Competition. The Plain English Speaking Award aims to encourage and maintain the best use of clear and effective spoken English and is open to senior students in all government and non-government schools.
[Read more about Plain English Speaking Award Competition - Jessica Grasser]
Research Project Results 2022
With an incredible 55% of students achieving in the A band, students at University Senior College have continued to chose interesting and unique topics for their Research Projects and make great use of the resources and teachers around them to help facilitate greater knowledge acquisition and skills refinement .
Guest Speaker: Nicole Foster
This year in May, the South Australia Young Achiever Awards winners were announced during a Gala dinner, in front of an audience of over 300 people. University Senior College was there as one of the partners for their Create Change Award.