Mt Maria College

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Mt Maria College is a Catholic, Secondary Coeducational College located on Northside Brisbane on two campuses. It offers both an OP course and a VET course for students.

Mt Maria College
Established	2006
Type	Private School, Roman Catholic, Coeducational, Secondary.
Affiliations	Brisbane Catholic Education
Headmaster	Mr Stephen Cook
Grades	8–12
Location	Mitchelton & Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
Campus	Suburban Split Campus
Colours	Burgundy & Navy

1 Location
2 History of the College
3 Leadership Executive
4 Key Learning Areas
5 Student Representative Council
6 Houses and Committees
7 External Links
8 References

[edit] Location

Mt Maria College is located on two separate campuses. The Mitchelton Campus (For Years 11 and 12) is located at 67-69 Osborne Road, Mitchelton and the Enoggera Campus (For Years 8-10) is located at 340 South Pine Road, Enoggera.

[edit] History of the College

Mt Maria Junior Secondary College and Mt Maria Senior College appeared for many years as being one school, this however has not been the case until 2006 where the amalgamation of the two Colleges took place.

Prior to this in 1930 the Mt Maria Senior College Mitchelton site was set up by the Sisters of the Good Shephard as a home for girls, catering for those with special needs or those deemed to be ‘uncontrollable’ in their own homes. In 1970 the current government of the time saw to the eventual closure of the girls home.

In the early 1970s, the Mt Maria Junior College Enoggera site was created by Marcellin Champagnat the found of the Marist Brothers. The school was known as Marcellin College and provided schooling for Boys in years 5 – 7, however as the students grew we saw the first year 12 class to graduate in 1976.

1978 showed the purchase of Mt Maria Senior College Mitchelton by another Brisbane Catholic Education school, St Benedict’s. A concept was then considered between the two colleges to provide co-educational schooling for senior students (years 11 and 12) at the Mitchelton campus. In 1978 the campus purchased by St Benedict’s was renamed Mt Maria Senior College. Marcellin College soon followed with the school being renamed to Mt Maria Junior Secondary College. Eventually the primary years of schooling were phased out with years 8-10 being the focus of Mt Maria Junior Secondary College.

The two schools worked in unison like this for numerous years until the amalgamation in January 2006, which saw to a renaming of the two colleges to be Mt Maria College, a new uniform phased in and the use of a new logo.

[edit] Leadership Executive

Mt Maria College has an administration team consisting of a Principal, two Deputy Principals (or "Head of Campus"), Assistant Principal - Administration and Assistant Prinicpal - Religious Education.

The Leadership Executive as of 2008 is:

Mr Stephen Cook - Principal
Mr Kyle Connor - Deputy Principal (Mitchelton Campus)
Mr Kevin Schwede - Deputy Principal (Enoggera Campus)
Mrs Paula Goodwin - Assistant Principal Administration
Mr Derek Worden - Assistant Principal Religious Education

[edit] Key Learning Areas

Mt Maria College is split into nine Key Learning Areas for students. These are:^[1]

The Arts

Head of KLA: Kathy Burton

Business & Computing Studies

Head of KLA: Luisa Marinelli

English

Head of KLA: Peter Myska

HPE & Sport

Head of FLA: Kim Amprimo

Mathematics

Head of KLA: Randall Jettoo

Science

Head of KLA: Geoff Fletcher

Social Sciences

Head of KLA: Carolyn Jettoo

Special Education

Head of KLA: Kerry Maher

Technology Studies

Head of KLA: Stephen Connors

[edit] Student Representative Council

In Year 11, students undertake a Leadership Selection Process to establish the eleven student leaders for the college. This includes two School Captains, two Vice Captains, two Secretaries and five House Captains. These students meet on a weekly basis to attend to any student-related issues that may have arised.

For 2008, the student representative council consists of Anastasia Fife and Joshua Fyfe (School Captains), Bianca Hines and Michael White (School Vice Captains), Christopher Drummond and Matthew Hamilton (SRC Secretaries) and Laura Bullock, Samantha Gleeson, Callum McIntosh, Cassie Tapper and Hannah Webb (House Captains).

[edit] Houses and Committees

Mt Maria College has five houses, each named after a particular person. For each house, there is a designated House Captain. The College House Captains, members of the Student Representative Council are elected at the end of each year. The houses are: