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Revision as of 09:12, 21 January 2011

For other schools of the same name, see Saint Joseph's College (disambiguation).
St Joseph's College, Geelong
Location
Map
Newtown
,
Victoria

Australia
Information
TypeIndependent, Single-sex, Day school
MottoLatin: Ad Alta Virtute
("Striving Together")
DenominationRoman Catholic, Christian Brothers, Edmund Rice Education Australia
Established1890
FounderChristian Brothers
ChairmanWayne Tattersall
PrincipalPaul Tobias
Years7-12
Enrolment1,323
Colour(s)Red, Yellow & Black    
SloganCompassion, Innovation, Integrity
SongSchool song (Ad Alta Virtute)
Websitewww.sjc.vic.edu.au

St Joseph's College sometimes referred to colloquially as Joey's or SJC, is a Roman Catholic all-boys secondary school located in the inner Geelong suburb of Newtown. 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 and senior schools including VCE, VET and VCAL. St Joseph's sister school is the nearby Sacred Heart College. The current Principal is Paul Tobias. The two Deputy Principals are Claire Brown (years 7-9) and Paul Clohesy (years 10-12).

History

In early 1854, Patrick Dunne, the Parish Priest of Geelong, applied to the Government for a land grant. His application was acknowledged and two acres of land, between Noble Street and Queens Road, were granted as a Roman Catholic church Reserve. On 1 April 1854, St Augustine's Catholic Church and schoolhouse was opened by Dunne. The first temporary building was of corrugated iron, imported from England. James McKeegan was appointed the first teacher and the following year, Mary Acton was employed as an assistant.

Daniel O'Driscol was appointed teacher at St Augustine's school on the 1st October, 1856. Acton continued as Assistant during these years.

St Augustine's Orphanage was built opposite St Augustine's school in August 1857. It was situated on the present site of St Joseph's College. The original bluestone Orphanage building is now known as the Br. Tom Howe Creative Arts Building.

When the Orphanage was first opened, Daniel O'Driscol was appointed manager, although he also continued to teach at St Augustine's school. The tin schoolhouse was replaced with a more permanent sandstone building in December, 1857. The new St Augustine's Church and schoolhouse was of Gothic design and was built close to the site of the original tin shed. Both were orientated towards Noble Street and stood on the present site of Noble Street Oval.

With the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in 1859, the orphan girls were moved to the new Convent. The boys remained at St Augustine's Orphanage.

From 1862, St Augustine's school was no longer required as a Church due to declining church numbers. The school was eventually closed on 10 June 1876 and the land became part of St Augustine's Orphanage. The sandstone walls of the schoolhouse eventually crumbled with age and its remains were finally demolished in 1900.

St Augustine's Orphanage continued to be managed by Daniel O'Driscol until his death in 1878. Three Christian Brothers arrived at the request of Archdeacon Slattery, to continue caring for the orphans. In 1890, St Joseph's College was blessed and opened. However, the newly established College and the Orphanage continued to share the same site until the Orphanage was eventually relocated to Highton in 1935. The present St Joseph's College was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop Mannix on Sunday, February 3, 1935.

St Joseph's College remains a Christian Brothers' School. The congregation of Christian Brothers was founded in 1802 by Edmund Rice of Waterford, Ireland. In 1820 the Congregation of Christian Brothers gained Papal approval and in 1869, Brother Patrick Ambrose Treacy established a community and school in Melbourne. Since then the Christian Brothers have extended their work throughout Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Tanzania, and the Pacific Islands.

In 2000, Mr Paul Tobias became the new principal at St Joseph's College. The previous principal was Mr Peter Cannon, who was principal from 1989-1999.

In 2010, the Noble St Oval was renamed the O'Driscol Oval in memory of Daniel O'Driscol.

Year 7

Each Year 7 student is allocated to a homegroup and a homeroom teacher, who takes them for homeroom at the start of the day and usually one or two other subjects; one of them most likely being R.E.

In Year 7, students learn a wide variety of subjects. They study English and Math for 4 periods a week, Science, Humanities and R.E for 3 periods a week, Phys Ed for 2 periods a week, and Health, Music, Band and Pastoral Care for 1. In addition to that, Year 7's do 3 periods of Chinese in one semester and 3 periods of Italian in the other, and 4 periods of Art in one semester and 2 periods of Food Technology and 2 periods of Drama in the other.

Pathways

Starting from year 8, students enter the pathways years. Students are allowed to choose what subjects they want to study in each year from the 9 Key Learning Areas: English, Math, R.E (all of which are compulsory), Science, LOTE, Humanities, Arts, Technology and Health and P.E.

Student Leadership

The St Josephs College senior leadership team is made up of 16 year 12 students and 16 year 11 students. There are also middle school leaders from Years 8-10 and Class Captains in Year 7.

School song

'Ad Alta Virtute - Striving Together' Music by Darryl Barclay, Lyrics by Paul Tobias (SJC Principal)

Verse 1

On top of Newton Hill our Chapel proudly stands,

Honouring all who’ve gone before from across our sunburnt land.

Classroom and sporting field, achievement is our aim.

Edmund Rice, your story we acclaim.

Chorus

Ad alta virtute, our motto shows the way,

We strive for the highest in a manly way.

We are St Joseph's boys, so listen to our song.

We are proudly part of St Joseph's Geelong.

Verse 2

Shaped by a tradition that sets us apart:

Butler and Brophy were the first to make a start.

Hist’ry and vision, a place to grow and thrive,

In a school that's vibrant and alive.

Chorus

Verse 3

Compassion, love and hope, and justice and peace,

Encouragement and service,

day by day may these increase.

Christian and spirit-filled, including one and all,

Proud and strong, we hear the Gospel call.

Chorus

Coda

We are proudly part of St Joseph's Geelong

Notable alumni

Academic

Sport

Media

  • Dr. Peter Larkins - Highly Renowned Sports Doctor and Presenter on The Sunday Footy Show
  • Tom King - Sports Editor with FM 95.5 K-Rock Geelong

Arts

House 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, as well as many other smaller competitions, like the blood bank challenge and chess competitions. In these events all 4 houses compete against each other to win points. The house with the most amount of points at the end of the year wins the Adam Bryant Shield. The houses are as follows:

House Foley Butler Jordan Brophy
Colour Green   Blue   Red   Yellow  
Nickname Foley Falcons Butler Dolphins Jordan Redbacks Brophy Bees
Named after Brother Foley, Principal 1942-44 Brother Butler, Principal 1935-40 Brother Jordan, Principal 1940-41 Brother Brophy, a former sportsmaster
2010 House Captain Conor Reddan Andrew Boseley Jordan Haskins Kieren Paliouras
2011 House Captain McKenzie Bourke & Jake Mitchell Brad Collard Luke Christensen Paul Belluzzo

See also

References

  1. ^ "NSW Rhodes Scholars" — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)
  2. ^ "VCE Premiers Awards" - Government of Victoria (Australia) list, (retrieved 28 January 2010)
  3. ^ http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/07/22/86401_geelong_sports.html

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