This year has seen an incredible start for Xavier House! We have seen outstanding participation from all students and remain committed to reaching even greater success in the future.

Starting off the year we got to welcome in all our new Year 7's. We hope you have all settled in into our school well and are enjoying all the activities we have to offer. Our first event for the year was the Summer Reading Challenge. We ended up in 2nd place reading 78 books! A huge thank you to everyone who participated. We were so impressed by everyone’s determination and effort to read and log a book.

The Swimming Carnival saw Xavier House in 1st place, and we could not be prouder! We thank the efforts of every single person who helped us achieve this great win, whether it was racing in the pool (sometimes filling in at the last minute) or cheering everyone on from the sidelines. It was so rewarding to see the smiles on all the kids' and teachers' faces. Win or lose, we couldn’t be happier with all the students getting involved and having fun.

We have also been keeping super busy in the afternoons with rehearsals for the Eisteddfod which is coming up soon. We can’t wait to bring our vision of The Little Mermaid to the stage.

Finally, a big thank you to our Head of House, Ms Manna! We are so lucky to have you back in Xavier House this year. Bringing much energy and enthusiasm, Ms Manna has provided us with opportunities and unique ideas that have greatly improved Xavier House. Without her we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish all we have so far this year.

We cannot wait to see what the rest of the year holds for Xavier House; we just want everyone to give it their best efforts and try their hardest.

Go Xavier!

Your Xavier House Captains,
Layla Dusting and Sebastian Murone

Student of the Fortnight

We would like to award this fortnight's student of the week to Maja Romic (11/XTJP). Maja is new to Loyola this year and in such a short time she’s already made such a positive impact on Xavier House. Her commitment and dedication to House Eisteddfod and the Swimming Carnival was nothing short of amazing. Maja went out of her way to compete in races that were unfilled by other students of her year level, as well as encouraging other students to get involved. Hard work does not go unnoticed, and we want to thank Maja for her dedication to the house.