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'''St. Joseph's College''' is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] all-boys secondary school located in the inner [[Geelong, Victoria|Geelong]] suburb of [[Newtown, Victoria|Newtown]], [[Australia]]. It is run under the auspices of the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]] and provides education from year 7-12, offering a broad range of curricular choices for its students in middle school and VCE. The school is currently undergoing construction of a much needed owlery and scientology wing.
'''St. Joseph's College''' is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] all-boys secondary school located in the inner [[Geelong, Victoria|Geelong]] suburb of [[Newtown, Victoria|Newtown]], [[Australia]]. It is run under the auspices of the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]] and provides education from year 7-12, offering a broad range of curricular choices for its students in middle school and VCE.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==

Revision as of 00:49, 12 February 2009

For other schools of the same name, see Saint Joseph's College.
St. Joseph's College, Geelong
File:St. Joseph's College Geelong Logo.jpg
Location
Map
Newtown, Geelong
,
VIC

Australia
Information
TypeIndependent all-male secondary
MottoAd Alta Virtute
(Latin: 'Striving Together. Compassion, Innovation, Integrity')
Established1890
FounderChristian Brothers
ChairmanMr Jeff King
HeadmasterMr. Paul Tobias
GradesYears 7–12
Colour(s)Red, Yellow & Black
AffiliationRoman Catholic, Christian Brothers, ACC, Edmund Rice Education Australia
School songAd Alta Virtute – Striving Together
Websitewww.sjc.vic.edu.au

St. Joseph's College is a Roman Catholic all-boys secondary school located in the inner Geelong suburb of Newtown, Australia. It is run under the auspices of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and provides education from year 7-12, offering a broad range of curricular choices for its students in middle school and VCE.

Notable alumni

Academic

Sporting

Media

  • Dr. Peter Larkins - Highly Renowned Sports Doctor and Presenter on The Footy Show
  • Chris Scaddan - Programme Producer and Announcer for Triple J
  • Tom King - Sports Editor with FM 95.5 K-Rock Geelong

Arts

Housing System

Upon entering Year 7, all boys attending St. Joseph's will be assigned a house. There is a house captain and vice for each house and each year there is an athletics carnival, cross country and a swimming carnival. In these events all 4 houses compete against each other to win the entire carnival. The houses are as follows:

House Foley Butler Jordan Brophy
Colour Green   Blue   Red   Yellow  
Named after Brother Foley, Principal 1942-44 Brother Butler, Principal 1935-40 Brother Jordan, Principal 1940-41 Brother Brophy

In 2008, Foley won the swimming carnival and they also took out the athletics carnival for the seventh time in a row. Jordan won the cross country for the second time in a row.

Notes

  1. ^ "NSW Rhodes Scholars" — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)

References

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