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St Virgil's College is a Roman Catholic, primary and secondary, day school for boys, located over two campuses in Austins Ferry and Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Established in 1911 by the Christian Brothers, the College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 680 students from Years 3 to 10, with 120 at the junior campus and 480 at the senior campus.[1]

St Virgil's is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[2] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] and is a member of the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools (SATIS).

History

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Principal

The current Principal of St Virgil's College is Christopher D. Smith, who was appointed in 2001. He is the first lay Principal the school has had; all previous Principals have been Christian Brothers.

Facilities

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St Virgil's College Senior Campus

The College's buildings consist of specialist science, music, art, sporting, computer, woodwork and metalwork, food technology and learning support facilities. Expansions to the library have currently begun construction in May 2009 and is due to be completed in September 2009 Recent changes to the College's facilities include:

  • The Joyce Performance Centre (2000)
  • The Br. Jack Higgins' Wing (2004)
  • The alterations/expansion of the Edmund Rice Hall (2005–2006)
  • The naming of "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" Chapel (2006)

Curriculum

St Virgil's College offers a broad curriculum, with the areas of literacy and numeracy of high importance. Emphasis is also placed on the languages, science, social science and physical education. The College places the most emphasis on its teaching of religious education, which is central to every student's studies.

Co-curriculum

Sport

Much importance is placed on sport at St Virgil's College. All students are encouraged to participate in at least one sport during their time at the College.

The College has had much success on the sporting field throughout its history. Most recent is the College's domination of the Tasmanian State and Southern School's Athletics. The College's athletics team have won the S.A.T.I.S (Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools) Boy's junior title 10 years in a row, and the Southern S.A.T.I.S title 10 years in a row as well.

Other sports on offer at St Virgil's include Canoe Polo, Cross-Country, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Rowing, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Touch Football, Waterpolo, basketball and sailing.

Music

The College offers three teacher-coordinated stage bands of varying difficulty to accommodate players of different skill levels. St. Virgil's also offers individual and small group instrumental tuition for those wishing to acquire the skills to excel further than a band setting can allow them. The College also has the facilities to accommodate students wishing to start their own rock band.

The St Virgil's College Senior Stage Band has won numerous awards for its outstanding efforts at various eisteddfods around Hobart. The Senior Band specialises in the areas of contemporary rock, jazz, blues and Latin music. The band often performs at school fairs, school productions and masses. In late 2005, the Senior Band, along with the jazz quartet, toured Melbourne, performing at various schools and other venues. It is currently organizing and arranging plans to go on a similar tour of Melbourne in 2007. The Senior Stage band has also taken part in two St. Virgil's school musicals, the most recent being The Pajama Game (2006)

The band currently has between 10 and 15 members, and mainly features the trumpet, trombone and saxophone (alto, tenor and baritone), with a rhythm backing (drums, guitar and keyboard).

House system

As with most Australian schools, St Virgil's utilises a house system. The school houses are:

  • Doyle — Blue, which is the best house in the world
  • Dwyer — Green is the worst
  • Hessian (formerly Virgilian House) — Red
  • Joyce (formerly College House) — Gold

Alumni

An Alumnus of St Virgil's College is known as an 'Old Virgilian' and may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Old Virgilians' Association. The Association was established in 1916 as a way for Old Virgilians to meet regularly and keep in touch with news about the College.[4] Some notable Old Virgilians include:

Entertainment, media and the arts


Military
  • Brigadier Michael Crane AM - Commander of all Australian Forces in the Middle East area of operations (Iraq)[5]
Politics, public service and the law
Religion
Sport


References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CEO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "JSHAA Tasmanian Directory of Members". Tasmania Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  3. ^ "Tasmania". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Old Virgilians". About. St Virgil's College. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ "Brigadier Michael Crane, AM". Operation Catalyst. Australian Government: Department of Defence. Retrieved 2008-02-12.

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