St John Bosco College

St John Bosco College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary, day school, located in Engadine, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The college was founded in 1978 under the name St John Bosco High School.Infobox School
name = Saint John Bosco College


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location = Engadine
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city = Sydney
state = NSW
postcode = 2233
country = Australia
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Principal = Fr B. Graham SDB
gender = Mixed
houses = Chisholm, Savio, Mackillop, Dunlea
schooltype = Catholic, Private
grades = 7 - 12
language = English
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Hours_in_Day = 6
motto = Gaudium et Spes
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patron = Saint John Bosco
nickname = Bosco
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founded = 1978
feeders = Saint John Bosco Primary
homepage = http://www.bosco.nsw.edu.au/

History

The school was built after many years of planning and effort by the Parish Priest, Fr John Briffa SDB, and a group of parishioners. The School principal has always been a Salesian Priest. The methods of teaching at the school are based on John Bosco's theories of education.

The school was a Years 7 to 10, co-educational school under the name St John Bosco High School until 1998 when the school accepted it's first year 11 students and was renamed St John Bosco College.

Patron

The patron of the college is Saint John Bosco.

Motto

The motto of the college is "Gaudium et Spes" ("Joy and Hope")The motto is an extract from the "Pastoral Constitution On The Church In The Modern World"

The joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joy and the hope, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well ... Nothing that is genuinely human fails to find an echo in their hearts.

[* [http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html] PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD DECEMBER 7, 1965]

Badge

The college badge has a plain white cross with the words "Bosco" which the school is commonly referred to and "Gaudium Et Spes" (The school motto Joy and Hope)

House Banners

As of 2008 new house banners were introduced to the school. These banners were chosen from a banner making competition and replaced the old house flags. Along with the new banners every student was given badges for their house with the image of their houses banner.

Construction work

In 2006 a new classroom block the Ciantar Block, named after Fr Joseph Ciantar who was the pioneer of the Salesian Mission in Engadine was completed as well as a basketball court called the Reichel Court which was named in memory of the late teacher Mr Chris Reichel which was built using a sum of money he left to the school.

References

ee also

*List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.bosco.nsw.edu.au/ St John Bosco College Website]
* [http://boscoparish-engadine.catholicau.com/index.html Bosco Parish Website]