Volume 30 Issue 23 06 Aug 2021 28 Av 5781

Meir Advocate

Maayan Granot

Hi everyone!

I hope that everyone is staying safe and enjoying lockdown as much as possible. 

Whilst the past few weeks haven’t been the best, we have some great news and that is Meir’s new house madrichot and madrichim! 

New House Captains 

I am thrilled to announce that Eden Grynberg and Tori Shapiro are our new Meir House madrichot! We are all so excited and proud of them. We can’t wait to see what they bring to the House and wish them the best of luck for the upcoming year. 

In order to get to know them better, they answered the following questions: 

What is your favourite memory of Meir? 

Eden: Being a part of House Music last year and the moment they said that Meir won the whole thing. 
Tori: My favourite memory in Meir was definitely winning House Music this year, it was so fun celebrating with the Meir family and showing our house spirit.

Why did you want to be House Captain? 

Eden: I wanted to be House Captain for a number of reasons: I thought it would be so much fun and I love being a leader of the school in any way. I also wanted to get more involved in house spirit at Emanuel and make Meir the best it can be!
Tori: I wanted to be House Madricha as I want to bring my enthusiasm and new ideas towards sport carnivals and House assembly. I also want to make the Meir family an even more special place than it already is. 

What are you most looking forward to doing as House Captain?

Eden: I am looking forward to introducing new activities and initiatives that will get everyone in the House involved in Meir and make everyone feel safe and included in our Meir family. I also want to bring in many new inter-House competitions that we can win! Overall – thank you for voting me in to be your House captain, I am extremely excited and will not let you down.
Tori: I am most looking forward to getting to know my fellow Meirians and participating in all of the sports carnival showing our House spirit. 

Also, congratulations to all the new madrichim for 2021-2022, we are very proud of Talia Kleviansky and Isabella Filipczyk who are both madrichot from Meir. We can’t wait to see both of their amazing leadership skills in action. We can not wait to see this amazing madrichim body in action, so make sure you tune in (as it is compulsory) to the assembly in Week 5 for their induction! 

Thank you to our former house madrichot 

On behalf of Meir, I would like to thank Georgia Kahane and Charlotte Lyons for being amazing house madrichot over the past year. The two of them have brought so much spirit and energy into Meir – constantly finding creative things for Meir to do in House assemblies and always being inclusive to everyone in the House. They led Meir to a victory at House Music and had so many Meirians participating in sports carnival. They, and the rest of the year 12 cohort will be deeply missed at Emanuel and we wish them all the best in life after Emanuel. 

Here’s what Charlotte and Georgia had to say about their time being House madrichot: 

What has been your favourite memory at Emanuel/in Meir? 

Charlotte: My two favourite memories in Meir have been winning the annual House Music competition and planning/leading fun, interactive House assemblies each week for such an incredible house!
Georgia: Winning House Music and the Lexi Bader Futsal Competition, because it is so rewarding to have all your hard work pay off and the dedication that everyone showed in those events was unbelievable. Those events showed me the value of dedication and team work because none of it could have been possible without a massive group of people.

What was your favourite thing to do as House Captain? 

Charlotte: Hands down my favourite thing I got to do as House Captain was planning and organising the performances for the House Music competition. Not only was it such an enjoyable experience to work with others in my tutor group to create an incredible full-house dance, but the six-month preparation period taught me about the importance of hard work and dedication in achieving goals that will ultimately be rewarded. It has always been my dream to plan House Music and I loved seeing every single Meirian become super involved and excited about the event. 
Georgia: I loved planning and running games in house assemblies and going around to Tutor groups to run activities because it is so fun getting to know everyone in the House and playing games with them! I also loved seeing all the planning that we do to organise those games play out how we envisioned it. Planning house assembly and tutor activities takes a whole team of people and having everyone in the tutor group and Ms Shanahan working together to run games was the best!  Ever since I was in Year 7 I wanted to be a House Captain standing up in front of the house and talking and running games so it was amazing for that to come true!

What will you miss most about being House Captain?

Charlotte: I will honestly miss everything about being a House Captain! But, I will most definitely miss working with Georgia and Ms Shanahan. Ms Shanahan has been the most supportive, encouraging and enthusiastic Head of House for us and I will miss all of our daily emails and conversations, and weekly meetings. Georgia, Ms Shan and I made a great team!
Georgia: I will miss absolutely everything about being house captain, it was an amazing experience and I wish I could do it again! What I will miss the most though, is working with Charlotte and Ms Shanahan to plan house and other events and working with the tutor group to put those events on. Everything we did as house captains was a team effort, Ms Shanahan was always so supportive and helpful! She was the most unbelievable head of house and we couldn’t have had anyone better and I will miss our weekly meeting and all the emails that we sent back and forth and all the conversations we had together!

Any advice for the new House Captains?  

Charlotte: Have fun! House Captain is a huge responsibility, but it is a super rewarding and enriching role.  Make sure to be organised and keep on top of things so that weekly tasks do not pile up! I cannot wait to see all the AMAZING things that I know you guys will achieve in the next year. Good luck girls! 
Georgia: Have fun as House Captain and make the most of it because time flies! If you want to run something just do it! Don’t wait for a better time because you will have so many ideas and you will want to do them all! Keep organised and don’t leaving things to the last minute (especially big events)! You guys will do amazing!! Listen to Ms Shanahan because she will guide you through anything you are unsure of but just remember to HAVE FUN and I can’t wait to see what you guys do with this position!

Here is what some Meirians had to say: 

Hey Georgia and Charlotte,
We wanted to say a big BIG thank you for everything you have done for Meir for the past 4 terms! We’ve absolutely loved every house meeting, every activity and carnival with you guys! You’ve really made it such a pleasure and we definitely have big shoes to fill. Meir wouldn’t be who it is today without you guys and we can’t thank you enough and will miss you so much!! THANK YOU! 
By Tammy Kurlansky on behalf of Year 11 Meir 

Hi Georgia and Charlotte,
On behalf of year 10 Meir, I would like to thank you guys so much for being our incredible House Captains over the last year. You have done an unimaginable job with both carnivals and not to mention our amazing win of house music! I wish you two all the best with your HSC and thank you again for everything !!
By Jamie Schneider on behalf of Year 10 Meir 

Thank you so much Charlotte and Georgia for being such amazing House Captains and for leading us through our very first House Music! You guys made the process so much fun – we will miss you.
By Alice Milner on behalf of Year 9 Meir