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Mercy College Mackay
Mercy College is a private, co-educational catholic school located in Mackay Queensland. It is unique in this region, catering exclusively for grades 8 to 10. If you would like to download the student enrolment form or college prospectus you can do so via the Enrolment and Prospectus page.
Subject Area Handbooks 2010
The Subject Area Handbooks for 2010 are now available on the Subject Areas & Handbook page. Also available is the Introduction to the College and Unit Preferences Sheet.
Weekly Newsletter - 19 Mar
Tough Guys Are in Movies
Another case of “for every complex problem, there is a perfectly simple solution – and it’s always wrong”. The zero tolerance refrain in relation to a variety of social problems is a superficially attractive way of setting things right. The reality is that people up the sharp end actually managing the problem know that flexibility, patience and perseverance are the qualities that really make a long term difference.
Schools are now an indispensible and invaluable mechanism for socialising young people. We provide a structured and protected environment for kids to make mistakes and learn. We often need to maintain a delicate balance between the general parent body’s expectation for a tough (zero tolerance) environment in relation to issues such as behaviour management and bullying, with the individual parent’s (whose child is failing to meet expectations) need for understanding, support and necessary consequences and forgiveness.
Read the rest of this article and more, in the latest newsletter.
Mr Jim Ford, Principal