St Leonard's College (Melbourne)

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St Leonards's College
Motto Nulla Dies Sine Linea
'Never a day without a line - never a day without learning.'
Established 1914
Type Independent co-educational secondary; primary
Affiliations Uniting Church,
Students c. 1,700
Grades Prep -12
Location Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Campus Brighton, Cornish
Colours green, blue, navy, white
Website www.stleonards.vic.edu.au

St Leonard's College is a school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia which has two campuses. One campus is located in Brighton East whilst another campus known as the Cornish Campus is located at Patterson Lakes Victoria, Australia . The Cornish Campus takes students up until year 10 whereas the Brighton Campus takes students all the way through to year 12.

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The school is co-educational, and is well known for its performing arts achievements and its sport.It was the first school in Australia to offer the International Baccalaureate .

St Leonard's College has six house groups: Allen (Yellow), Cullen (Green), Munro (Blue), Forster (Red), McMeekin (purple) and Newman (Aqua). All have a Head of House. The Upper, Middle and Junior schools have individual Heads. Mr. Kerry Bolger is the Head of the Cornish Campus.

[edit] Campuses

Brighton: Brighton Campus is the colleges main campus, catering for kindergarten to year 12. The campus is situated on South Road, in Brighton East.


Cornish: The Cornish Campus named after Richard B. Cornish, is the schools other campus that caters from years prep to 10, children move to the Brighton campus to complete years 11 and 12. The campus is located in near Patterson Lakes. In 2004 the Cornish Campus was awarded most sustainable School of the Year.[citation needed] The Cornish Campus has since built a Sustainability Centre to teach students the importance of personal and global sustainability, which was opened in 2006 by Professor David de Kretser. In 2007 the Cornish Campus the celebrated its 20th year of existence.[citation needed]

Camp Ibis: The college owns a camp on Duck Arm, Lake Victoria Gippsland. Children visit this camp once a year from year 5 to 8, with the Form group for one week.

[edit] Chiben Gakuen exchange program

The school has a well established exchange program with Chiben Gakuen High School in Wakayama, Japan. Each year in November, students and teachers from Chiben Gakuen visit St Leonard's College and homestay with year 9 St Leonard's College students and their families. In April of the following year St Leonard's College year 10 students visit Chiben Gakuen, typically staying with the family of the student they hosted in the previous year.

St Leonard's College and Chiben Gakuen are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the exchange program in November 2007 which is the longest running exchange program in Australia.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list (accessed:23-05-2007)
  2. ^ "THOMAS Deborah Alison". Who's Who in Business Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
  3. ^ Faculty. www.nationaltheatre.org.au. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.

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Members of the Association of Co-educational Schools Melbourne Victoria, Australia
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Members of the Southern Independent Schools, Victoria, Australia

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