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===Politics, public service and the law===
===Politics, public service and the law===
*Alexandra Vinci, the chaser of butts
*Alexandra Vinci, Collector of snails.
*The Hon. Justice [[Bernard Bongiorno]] [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] - Supreme Court Judge
*The Hon. Justice [[Bernard Bongiorno]] [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] - Supreme Court Judge
*[[John Hyde (Australian state politician)|John Hyde]] [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|MLA]] - State Member of Parliament for [[Electoral district of Perth|Perth]], Shadow Minister for Culture and the Arts; Multicultural Interests; Planning; Heritage.
*[[John Hyde (Australian state politician)|John Hyde]] [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|MLA]] - State Member of Parliament for [[Electoral district of Perth|Perth]], Shadow Minister for Culture and the Arts; Multicultural Interests; Planning; Heritage.

Revision as of 10:16, 31 January 2013

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

Australia
Coordinates38°9′2″S 144°19′53″E / 38.15056°S 144.33139°E / -38.15056; 144.33139
Information
TypeIndependent, Single-sex, Day school
MottoTemplate:Lang-la
(Striving Together)
DenominationRoman Catholic, Christian Brothers, Edmund Rice Education Australia
Established1890
FounderChristian Brothers
ChairmanWayne Tattersall
PrincipalPaul Tobias
Years7-12
Enrolment1,379
Colour(s)  Red   Yellow   Black
SloganCompassion, Innovation, Integrity
SongAd Alta Virtute
Websitewww.sjc.vic.edu.au

St. Joseph's College, sometimes referred to colloquially as Joeys or SJC, is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys 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 to 9) and Paul Clohesy (Years 10 to 12).

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 Daryl 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

Politics, public service and the law

  • Alexandra Vinci, Collector of snails.
  • The Hon. Justice Bernard Bongiorno AO - Supreme Court Judge
  • John Hyde MLA - State Member of Parliament for Perth, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Arts; Multicultural Interests; Planning; Heritage.

Academic

Sporting

Media

Arts

House system

St Joseph’s College runs a House System which is based on points earned. There are four houses at St Joseph’s College: Brophy, Butler, Foley and Jordan. Each house is named in honour of four Brothers who gave outstanding service to the College. Upon entering Year 7, all boys attending St Joseph's are assigned a house. There is a house captain and vice for each house. The houses compete for the Adam Bryant Memorial House Competition Shield, awarded in memory of Adam, a student between 1982 - 1992 and former House Captain at St. Joseph's College, who tragically died as a result of a car accident in 1999. Points are awarded for participation in a variety of activities and initiatives throughout the school year, including swimming and athletics days, Edmund Rice Day, Blood Bank, Peter Larkins Hill Run and many more. The houses are as follows:

House Foley Butler Jordan Brophy
Colour Green   Blue   Red   Yellow  
Nickname Foley Falcons Butler Sharks 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 Mackenzie Bourke (Co-captain - Jackson Mitchell) Brad Collard Luke Christensen Paul Belluzzo
2012 House Captain Matt Richards Alex Gulli Alex Tigani Jess Crucitti

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
  4. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Josh-Spence
  5. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/sport/spence-gets-major-start-20110621-1gdjn.html
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