St Monica's College

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St Monica's College
Motto	Pray and Persevere
Established	1964
Type	Catholic College
Principal	Mr. Brian Hanley
Students	1,900+
Grades	Years 7-12
Location	Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Campus	Dalton Road Campus, Epping, Davisson Street Campus, Epping, Ostia Country Campus, Strath Creek
Colours	Blue and Gold
Website	[1]

St Monica's College is a Catholic co-educational high school located in the northern suburb of Epping, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with over 1,800 students. The college houses enough students that it warrants two campuses: one Junior (Year 7-9) on Dalton Road, and one Senior on Davisson Street (Years 10-12). The current Principal is Brian Hanley.

St Monica's College, receives an average $3,000,000 Australian Dollars from the federal government, the highest of any school in Victoria^{[citation needed]}. The school celebrates St Monica's feast day on August 25, which is known as St Monica's Day. On this day, a mass and Fête are held in her honour.

As of 2005, (after a 20 year break) the college puts on a musical every year. In 2005 they performed "The Wiz". In 2006 they performed "Bye Bye Birdie". And now they are currently rehursing for the 2007 college musical "Annie".

Contents 1 College Song "Together in Freedom and Love" 2 Houses 3 Sister Schools 4 Annual College Themes 5 Languages Other Than English (as a Subject)

[edit] College Song "Together in Freedom and Love"

1. We come from many places,

and sing in one voice,

the heart of our community,

for all to rejoice

CHORUS:

For we are St. Monica's,

we pray and persevere,

and step ahead together

in freedom and love

2. Our past a road of honour,

paved in blue and gold.

with strength, courage and dignity,

we live through our deeds

CHORUS:

3. Enlightened by the Spirit,

our future is clear,

to fill the world around us,

with peace and harmony

CHORUS:

(Mark Clement Pollard 2002)

[edit] Houses

St. Monican houses are named after important Aboriginal elements. Students are assigned a house on arrival and stay in the house for the duration of their school enrollment. Siblings studying concurrently at the same time are places in the same house.

Houses are used in sporting and other college events that have all-school involvement, including competitions such as the 'Pakistan Appeal' which raises money to help a school in northern Pakistan.

St Monica's College houses
House Name	Colour
Larapinta	Blue
Glenora	Yellow
Alkira	Green
Barinya	Red

[edit] Sister Schools

St Monica's College has one sister school in Japan: Takada Junior and Senior High School in Iga. Japanese students visit every March and Australian students every September.

[edit] Annual College Themes

1991- Pride

1992- Hope

1993- Perseverence

1994- Building The Kingdom

1995- With a Merciful Heart

1996- Justice

1997- One in the Spirit

1998- Wisdom

1999- Australia, Land of the Southern Cross

2000- Celebration

2001- On Eagle's Wing

2002- Dreaming

2003- God's Masterpieces

2004- Sharing and Shaping our Story

2005- Called by Name

2006- Courage

2007- Oil and Wine: Healing and Caring

[edit] Languages Other Than English (as a Subject)

There are five languages that can be learnt at St. Monica's. The languages that can be studied are (in order of students):

Italian

French

Spanish

Japanese

Modern Greek