St Aloysius' College (Malta)

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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 Second World War. The current rector is Fr. Patrick Magro.

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. Other personalities include the Maltese celebrity Ira Losco.

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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 who is responsible 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 of physics, chemistry and integrated science and also various chapels. The college also has a sports complex facility with a gymnasium, a pavillion that serves as a basketball and handball pitch, a full size 11 aside turf football pitch which complies UEFA standards, and two tennis courts. A swimming pool is being built, scheduled to be completed for 2010.

[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 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 1,350 for the year 2007. The Soiree generally contains many items ranging from dancing, to acting, singing and music. It always concludes with an 45 minute-long musical directed and choreographed by the students themselves. This year, the performance on show was the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and was directed by five students from the Upper Sixth Form.

[edit] The Sixth Form Students' Representative Council

Another feature of the Sixth Form is that it has its own Students' Council. Elections take place annually with any student eligible to contest (generally, they take place in around mid-October). The council is formed of 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 responsible 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

Since its conception in 1907, SAC never held school on a Wednesday but instead on a Saturday morning, making it the only school in Malta to do this. On October 13, 2006, a decision was made by Maltese Jesuit Provincial Fr. Paul Chetcuti and College rector Fr. Magro to replace Saturdays with Wednesdays in an attempt to conform with other schools.[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),Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary (Naxxar) and the new St. Martin's College Sixth Form (Swatar - Msida), which will open in September 2007.

[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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