St Virgil's College
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St Virgil's College 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 Congregation of 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).
a school for gays
Facilities
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 sciences 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, water polo, basketball and sailing.
gays dont play sport
House system
As with most Australian schools, St Virgil's utilises a house system. The school houses are:
- Doyle — Blue
- Dwyer — Green
- 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:
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- Entertainment, media and the arts
Anthony Ackroyd - comedian, writer
- 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
- His Honour Judge Richard Cogswell - Judge of the District Court of New South Wales and formerly NSW Crown Advocate[4]
- Henry Cosgrove OA - Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania[4]
- William Cox - Governor of Tasmania[4]
- Anthony Fletcher - Former member of the Legislative Council[4]
- Peter Heerey - Justice of the Federal Court of Australia[4]
- Paul Lennon - 42nd Premier of Tasmania[4]
- Doug Lowe - 35th Premier of Tasmania[4]
- Kenneth Lowrie OBE - Former member of the Legislative Council and Glenorchy Alderman[4]
- Ashton Shirley - Former State Public Servant and Sportsman[4]
- Religion
- Rev. Adrian Doyle - Archbishop of Hobart[4]
- Rev. Prof. Michael Tate - Catholic priest and former Federal Justice Minister[4]
- Sport
- Scott Brennan - Australian Rowing Olympic gold medallist and World Champion[4]
- Sean Clingeleffer - Cricketer; Tasmanian wicketkeeper[4]
- Michael Di Venuto - Tasmanian Tigers and Derbyshire County Cricketer
- Brodie Holland - AFL player for the Collingwood Football Club
- Simon Hollingsworth - 400 metre hurdles 2X Olympian and 3X Commonwealth Games representative; Rhodes Scholar[4]
- Jack Riewoldt - AFL player for the Richmond Football Club
- Sid Taberlay - Mountain Bike (Cross Country) Olympian
- Peter Toogood - Former Australian Amateur Golf Champion[4]
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
CEOwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "JSHAA Tasmanian Directory of Members". Tasmania Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Tasmania". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brigadier Michael Crane, AM". Operation Catalyst. Australian Government: Department of Defence. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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