Catholic College Wodonga
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Catholic College is a co-educational Catholic school
in Wodonga, Victoria
, Australia
, catering for students in Years 7 to 12. Founded by the Wodonga Parish in 1979, Catholic College aims to “bring life in Jesus’ name” and to continue the work of the Sisters of Mercy
in educating young people for a range of pathways in life.
Catholic College is divided into six Houses; Hollows (yellow), Malone (green), da Vinci (blue), Chisholm (red), Gandhi (orange) and MacKillop (purple).
Students start the day in their homebases. Homebases contain students from a single house and across a variety of years. The objective of homebase is to encourage friendships across year levels, and announce relevant school news. Each homebase is co-ordinated by a teacher who is the primary contact for students in their group regarding school or administrative issues. They also provide the students with academic references.
There are many famed past students, including Anthony Evans, famed AFL footballers Ben McEvoy and Fraser Gehrig. High performers, in all disciplines, at Catholic College are recognised in the annual Expo. The school also achieves consistently good results in the VCE, with a number of students obtaining marks over 90.
There is a range of classes available and the school has a number of learning tools. The school enjoys many luxuries. Some of which are the recording studio, Music Practice rooms[, the computer labs located in T block adjacent to the tennis courts and woodworking facilities. The library contains a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and is open to students during business hours.
Catholic College Wodonga is part of Catholic Education Wodonga (CEW). Because of this association students are often streamed from the three catholic primary schools which make up the rest of CEW. These schools are St. Monicas Primary School, St. Augustines Primary School and Frayne College
Baranduda. The latter is a prep to 8 school.
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
in Wodonga, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
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, Australia
Australia
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, catering for students in Years 7 to 12. Founded by the Wodonga Parish in 1979, Catholic College aims to “bring life in Jesus’ name” and to continue the work of the Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
in educating young people for a range of pathways in life.
Catholic College is divided into six Houses; Hollows (yellow), Malone (green), da Vinci (blue), Chisholm (red), Gandhi (orange) and MacKillop (purple).
Students start the day in their homebases. Homebases contain students from a single house and across a variety of years. The objective of homebase is to encourage friendships across year levels, and announce relevant school news. Each homebase is co-ordinated by a teacher who is the primary contact for students in their group regarding school or administrative issues. They also provide the students with academic references.
There are many famed past students, including Anthony Evans, famed AFL footballers Ben McEvoy and Fraser Gehrig. High performers, in all disciplines, at Catholic College are recognised in the annual Expo. The school also achieves consistently good results in the VCE, with a number of students obtaining marks over 90.
There is a range of classes available and the school has a number of learning tools. The school enjoys many luxuries. Some of which are the recording studio, Music Practice rooms[, the computer labs located in T block adjacent to the tennis courts and woodworking facilities. The library contains a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and is open to students during business hours.
Catholic College Wodonga is part of Catholic Education Wodonga (CEW). Because of this association students are often streamed from the three catholic primary schools which make up the rest of CEW. These schools are St. Monicas Primary School, St. Augustines Primary School and Frayne College
Frayne College
Frayne College is a co-educational school located in Baranduda, Victoria, for students from prep - Year 9.The college has a focus on the environment and individual growth...
Baranduda. The latter is a prep to 8 school.