Marist-Sion College

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Marist-Sion College
Truth, Charity and Constancy
Established 1975
School type Catholic
Principal/
Headmaster
Peter Houlahan
Location Warragul, VIC, Australia
Campus 165 Burke Street, Warragul, Victoria
Enrolment approx. 840
School colours Green, yellow, white
Homepage www.mscw.vic.edu.au

Marist-Sion College is a coeducational Catholic independent school founded in 1975 in Warragul, Victoria, Australia. Marist-Sion enrolls students from towns spanning from Morwell to Pakenham, Neerim District and Ellinbank District. Marist-Sion serves four local parishes; Warragul, Drouin, Trafalgar and Iona/Maryknoll. The College is one of the founding members of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia.

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[edit] History

Marist-Sion was founded in 1975 after the combination of two Colleges St Joseph’s College, Warragul (for boys) founded in 1951 and Our Lady of Sion College, Warragul (for girls) founded in 1905, each of which was established for the young men and women of the Warragul area.

[edit] Current Leaders

  • Mr Peter Houlahan, Principal
  • Mr John Picinali, Deputy Principal
  • Mrs Lynn Shields, Business Manager
  • Jacob Sweeney, School Captain
  • Emily McNally, School Captain

[edit] House System

Previous to 2001 there were four houses, Champagnat, Joseph, Mackillop and Marcellin. In 2001 the houses were reshuffled and four new houses, Jericho, Loreto, Lourdes and Sion, were added. Below are the houses with their respective colours and heads of houses

  • Champagnat - Navy Blue, Mrs Elly O'Neil
  • Joseph - Gold/Yellow, Mr John Heatley
  • Jericho - Orange, Mr Thomas Sandner
  • Loreto - White, Mrs Deborah Cumming
  • Lourdes - Light Blue, Mrs Lorinda Lovitt (Acting: Mr Michael Hall)
  • Mackillop - Green, Mr Bernie Gleeson
  • Marcellin - Red, Mr Adrian Mitchell
  • Sion - Purple, Mr Peter Coghlan


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