St Aloysius' College, B'Kara

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St. Aloysius' College (often abbreviated to SAC) is a catholic college run by the Jesuits in Birkirkara, Malta, founded in 1907. The College served as a hospital for Allied soldiers during the Great War. It is now most famous in Malta for its state of the art sports complex.

Amongst its students were former President Emeritus Guido de Marco, President Edward Fenech Adami, Minister for Justice and Internal Affairs Tonio Borg and Minister for Tourism Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech.

The current rector is Fr. Patrick Magro.

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[edit] The Secondary School

The Secondary of St. Aloysius' College is a boys-only college found in Old Railway Street B'Kara. It is three storeys high with another storey underground, incorporating a small inner ground and a huge hall. The building was renovated last in the summer of 2006.

The school is known for its high level of discipline. Each form has a prefect, an adult which is responsable for all the students in that particular form. Each class has a Class Teacher. There are also student representatives of classes called class captains. This disciplinary system makes sure that all students follow the rules and thus order is maintained.

The college is equipped with computer laboratories, science laboratories (physics, biology and chemistry) and also a chapel. The college also has a sports complex.

[edit] The Sixth Form

St. Aloysius' College Sixth Form has been in existence for the best part of 30 years. The Sixth Form offers four major kinds of Courses, these being the Science Course, Maths Course, Commerce Course and Arts Course, each one taking the duration of around two years. All courses are assigned two classes each, with the exception being the Arts Course having three classes, as applications for such a course are generally high-on-demand each year. The college accepts around 220 new students per annum, provided that they have passed their core subjects at O Level. The college is well-equipped with Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Laboratories, a Media Room, a Library and an Assembly Hall. A Chapel is also situated within the premises.

The Sixth Form also hosts many events throughout the course of the year, and perhaps is most famed for its Cultural Soiree, which normally takes place towards the beginning of February. It is always a very successful event, with ticket sales reaching approximately 1,200 for the year 2006. The Soiree generally contains many items ranging from dancing, to acting, singing and music. It always concludes with an hour-long musical directed and coreographed by the students themselves. In 2006 the performance on show was the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar will be performed in 2007.

With the head of school being the rector Fr. Patrick Magro, the Sixth Form is headed by three assistant heads in the form of Mrs. Marion Pace Asciak, Mrs. Isabella Borg and Fr. Joseph Cassar.

[edit] The Sixth Form Students' Council

Another feature of the Sixth Form is that it has its own Students' Council. Elections take place annually with any student eligable to contest (generally, they take place in around mid-October). The council is formed by 10 members, five coming from the Upper Sixth Form and five from the Lower Sixth Form. The council's President must always be an Upper Sixth Former. The Council is responsable for the majority of the events that occur within the school, including the organisation of events such as "Unplugged", "Battle of the Bands" and the Cultural Soiree.

[edit] Saturday Schooling

One of the trademarks of SAC is that since its conception in 1907, school has never been held on a Wednesday but instead on a Saturday morning. This was something that made SAC unique, with it being the only school in Malta to do this.

During the 2005-2006 scholastic year, a survey was sent out to all students attending the college about a potential change in school dates from Saturday to Wednesday. On October 13, 2006, a decision was made by Maltese Jesuit Provincial Fr. Paul Chetcuti and College rector Fr. Magro to implement this.[1] This will be in effect as of September 2007 and will see SAC adopt the same schedule as its fellow Sixth Forms, De La Salle College (Cottonera), Junior College (Msida) and Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary (Naxxar).

[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities

At the College, all Students are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities in order to enhance their experience throughout their two years at Sixth Form. Among other activities, the school promotes the following:

The school also has its own scout group, which is one of the oldest on the island.

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