John Paul College (Kalgoorlie)

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John Paul College
Justice, Peace, Charity
School Type	Private
Denomination	Catholic
Key People	Joesph Hoyne (Principal) Paul Williams (Deputy Principal)
Location	Kalgoorlie, W.A, Australia  Australia
Enrolment	8-12
Colours	Blue, Maroon
Homepage	www.jpc.wa.edu.au

John Paul College is a Catholic Co-educational High School catering to over 600 students from Years 8 - 12. It commenced in 1984, as a result of an amalgamation of Christian Brothers' College and Prendiville College.

Christian Brothers' College was founded in 1906 in Wilson Street, by Rev Br. B Duggan, who served as Principal for ten years. Throughout its seventy seven years, the College served the people of the Goldfields who loyally supported the school, especially in time of financial hardship. In 1976 the college was relocated at Lionel Street by Br. T Murphy. Hence, it continued its service to education with more modern facilities and more spacious grounds.

In 1971, Prendiville College was founded to supply an urgent need, a Catholic High School for girls, to replace the four small existing secondary sections of the Parish schools. It was named after the late Archbishop Redmond Prendiville (Bishop of Perth between 1933-1968) who did so much to raise the status of Catholic Education in W.A. The first Principal was Sr. Concepta (Sisters of St. Joseph).

In 1984 Christian Brothers College amalgamated with Prendiville Catholic Girls School. The new school was aptly named John Paul College after Pope John Paul the Second who was elected in 1978. For the first time a co-educational Catholic secondary school functioned in Kalgoorlie. The Christian Brothers and the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart have been on the Goldfields since the turn of the century.^[1]

Contents 1 Houses 1.1 Clancy 1.2 McAuley 1.3 Rice 1.4 MacKillop 2 Student Representative Roles 2.1 Head Representatives 2.2 Clancy Representatives 2.3 McAuley Representatives 2.4 Rice Representatives 2.5 MacKillop Representatives 3 See also 4 Citations 5 External links

[edit] Houses

Students participate in the schools sporting events such as swimming, cross country, athletics, etc. Upon enrolment students are randomly selected into one of four houses, or if they currently have a sibling attending the school, they are appointed to the same house. These houses were named accordingly to people of superior respect to the catholic community.

[edit] Clancy

This house is named after Bridget Teresa Clancy, a woman who worked for a number of years with the French Congregation of Bon Secours Sisters and also founded the group known as the Sisters of St John of God.^[2]

[edit] McAuley

This house is named after Catherine McAuley, a woman who opened the House of Mercy to help the poor and homeless, this respected lady also founded the Sisters of Mercy. She dedicated her life to providing a Catholic education for needy children.^[3]

[edit] Rice

This house is named after Edmund Rice, a man who devoted his prayer and charitable works when his wife died. He founded the Congregation of Christian Brothers and his reputation for holiness spread and he was beatified by Pope John Paul.^[4]

[edit] MacKillop

This house was named after Mary Helen MacKillop, a woman who was dedicated to the education of the children of the poor. Mary became the first sister and Mother Superior of the newly formed order of the Sisters of St Joseph, which was the first religious order to be founded by an Australian. Mary was beatified by Pope John Paul.^[5]

[edit] Student Representative Roles

Current students with Representative Roles in 2008:

[edit] Head Representatives

Head Boy	Head Girl
Michael Holmes	Sharne Stacey

[edit] Clancy Representatives

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
Gemma Giles	Lucy Mills	Emma Jordan	Alexandra Lys
Justin Fletcher	James Bryce	Jordan Grljusich	Matthew Cullen

[edit] McAuley Representatives

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
Tayla Rudd	Laura Armstrong	Bryony Clarke	Sally Leonard
Dylan Clarke	Marvi Dollaga	Dylan Tichener	Jack Hart

[edit] Rice Representatives

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
Shenae Fitzgerald	Emily Howe	Zoe Viskovich	Ashleigh Chisholm
Jordan Delbridge	Clay Dorotich	Stuart Davis	Bryce Maher

[edit] MacKillop Representatives

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11	Year 12
Sophie Sheehan	Brooke Mazzucchelli	Charlotte Hills	Nicola Bawden
Nick Thomas	Liam McKay	Michael Heaton	Jordan Buckley

^[6]

[edit] See also

• List of schools in Western Australia
• Catholic Education Office Of Western Australia

[edit] Citations

1. ^ http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/history.html Accessed 29-5-2008
2. ^ http://ssjg.org/story/clancy.html Accessed on 28-5-2008
3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_McAuley Accessed on 28-5-2008
4. ^ http://www.cfc.edu.au/Edmund_Rice_-_Founder/edmund_rice_-_founder.htm Accessed on 28-5-2008
5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MacKillop Accessed on 28-5-2008
6. ^ http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/indexgeneralinfo.html?http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/src.htm Accessed on 28-5-2008

[edit] External links

• College home page