St Clare's College, Waverley

Infobox Aust school private
name = St Clare's College


motto = " _la. Deus Meus Et Omnia"
(Latin:"My God in All Things")cite web |url=http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabindex=6&tabid=15 |title=Mission |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work= About Us|publisher=St Clare's College]
established = 1884
type = Private, Secondary, Single-sex, Day school
denomination = Roman Catholic
slogan =
key_people = Ms. Marie Therese Hirschhorn (Principal)
Dr. Rodger Austin (Chairman)
fees = AU$5,070–5,970 p.a (2007)cite web |url=http://www.sydneyschild.com.au/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=87&Itemid=38 |title=St Clare's College |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work= Schools Directory |publisher=Sydney's Child]
city = Waverley
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|54|3|S|151|15|13|E|display=inline,title
enrolment = ~500 (7–12)
num_employ = ~41 [http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au/uploads/Annual%20College%20Report%202005.pdf St Clare's College Annual Report 2005] (accessed:25-04-2007)]
revenue =
colours = Maroon, Blue and White color box|#800000color box|#000080color box|#FFFFFF
homepage = [http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au www.stclares.nsw.edu.au]

St Clare's College is an independent, Roman Catholic, day school for girls, located at Waverley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1884 by the Poor Clare Sisters, St Clare's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 500 girls from Year 7 (12 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old). The college is a school of the Archdiocese of Sydney,cite web |url=http://www.cecnsw.catholic.edu.au/cathy2a.asp |title=Directory of Schools for the Archdiocese of Sydney |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work= Our Parishes|publisher=Archdiocese of Sydney] and is affiliated with the Catholic Girls Secondary Schools Sporting Association (CGSSSA), Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC), and is an affiliate member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). St Clare's is a member of Alliance of Girls’ Schools (Australasia).

History

In response to the introduction of the Public Instruction Act, which saw the withdrawal of funding from Church Schools, in 1883 six Poor Clare Sisters travelled from Keady, Northern Ireland to lay the foundation stone for St Clare's College, a school designed to educate young ladies in the area "south of Sydney Harbour."cite web |url=http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabid=25 |title=Principal's Message |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work= About Us|publisher=St Clare's College] The school, which had been built by the Franciscan Fathers, commenced with 20 students in 1884.

St Clare's College is unique in that it remains established on its original site and continues under the governance of the Poor Clare Sisters, entrusted to St Clare's College Limited.

Principals

House system

As with most Australian schools, St Clare's utilises a house system. The school currently has four houses, through which students compete in a range of sporting and non-sporting activities. They are:
*Claverie (black and red)
*Deakin (Dark blue and light blue)
*Keady (green and yellow)
*Reid (Brown and yellow) cite web |url=http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=29 |title=House System |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work= Student Care |publisher=St Clare's College]

The students earn points for house through participation in these activities, and the house with the most points at the end of the school year is awarded the 'Babicci Shield'. The shield is named after Sr Angela Babicci, former Mother Abbess of the Poor Clares. The colours of the Houses were decided in consultation with the students at the time the House system was devised. The school also features a vertical tutorial program, whereby each student is assigned to a tutorial team for their particular House.

Notable alumni

*Imelda Roche AO - Co-Chairman of the Roche Group; Immediate Past Chancellor of Bond University; Founder of Nutrimetics; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = ROCHE Imelda Joan| accessdate = 2007-12-11| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

References

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.stclares.nsw.edu.au/ St Clare's College website]