Penola Catholic College

Infobox Aust school
name = Penola Catholic College
established = 1995
type = Private, Co-ed, Non-Selective, Day school
principal = Mr Chris Blake
captains =
city = Melbourne
state = Victoria
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
enrolment = 1620 (2007)
campus = Broadmeadows and Glenroy
colours = Maroon, Gold & Blue
homepage = [http://www.penolacc.vic.edu.au/ www.penolacc.vic.edu.au]

Penola Catholic College is a co-educational secondary college, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

History

Penola Catholic College is the result of the amalgamation in 1995 of three catholic secondary schools - Therry College, Geoghegan College and Sancta Sophia College.

The site of Therry and Geoghegan Colleges now is the home to the Penola's Senior Campus (Years 9-12) which is located in Gibson Street, Broadmeadows.

The Junior Campus of Penola (Year 7-8) is located on the original site of Sancta Sophia College in Glenroy.

The Broadmeadows campus was originally a Baby's Home, run by the Josephite Nuns who took in orphaned and abandoned children, and occasionally their mothers. Many believe that the original buildings, primarily the music building, is haunted.

College Patron

Mary Mackillop is the Patron of Penola Catholic College.

Culture

The College operates a House Group system. Students are divided into 6 House Groups for there duration at the College. Students compete for House points in activities such as sport, debating and other extra cirricular activities.

The 6 House Groups are:

Mackillop - Named after Mary Mackillop, the College's patron and is represented by the colour Orange.

Nolan - Named after Sr Livinus Nolan, long serving Victorian catholic school educator and member of the Sisters of St.Joseph. Nolan is represented by the colour Purple.

Geoghegan - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the College, and is represented by the colour Green.

Smyth - Named after Thomas Smyth, founding Prinicpal of Penola Catholic College and is represented by the colour Blue.

Therry - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the College and is represented by the colour Gold.

Sancta Sophia - Named after one of three colleges amalgamated to form the College and is represented by the colour Red.

External links

* [http://www.penolacc.vic.edu.au/ www.penolacc.vic.edu.au]