| Mount St. Joseph Girls' College | |
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Virtue Courage'
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| Address | |
| 133 Maidstone Street Altona, Victoria, 3018, Australia |
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| Type | Secondary, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Josephites |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Ms. Cath Dillon |
| Enrolment | approx. 1000 students |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| Slogan | Virtue Courage |
| School fees | ~ $2000-$3000 per term |
| Website | www.msj.vic.edu.au |
Mount St. Joseph Girls' College is a Catholic Girls College located in Maidstone Street, Altona, Victoria, Australia. Mount St. Joseph is one of few schools in Australia that is a Josephite college, founded by the Josephite Order in 1964.[1] There is a strong emphasis on pastoral care, and developing the whole individual.
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In the early 1960s, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart made plans for a school for young women in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The school was built in Altona West and opened in February 1964.
The logo at Mount St Joseph Girls' College is a white lily, and the college motto is 'Virtue Courage'.[2] This school is now a profound and elite ladies school in Melbourne, which strives to keep up its reputation. Pupils at Mount Saint Joseph Girls College take pride in their uniform (light blue dress and navy blazer) for being well dressed.
There are 4 house colours for sport days and events which are: PENOLA: yellow KINCUMBER: blue McCORMACK: green SOLOMON: red
There are six homerooms into which the students are divided, in each year level; Anne, Catherine, Francis, Joseph, Therese & Veronica. These homerooms are named after saints, as this is a Catholic school.
Mount Saint Joseph Girls' College has a various selection of subjects from year 7-12 which include the following: Accounting, Art, Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Drama, English, English Literature, Food and Technology, French, Further Mathematics, Health & Human Development, Humanities, Information Technology, International Studies, Italian, Japanese,R.E, Legal Studies, Maths Methods, Media, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Specialist Maths, Text & Traditions, Textiles & Design Multimedia, Visual Communications, and much more.
Mount Saint Joseph also lets students go into VCE as well as VCAL if necessary.
In the early 2000s, rumours circulated that Mount Saint Joseph Girls' College was to be merged with Emmanuel College (formerly St. Paul's College), the closest Catholic boys' school, however, no concrete plans have been made for such a merger. This is mainly because the school is owned by the sisters of St. Joseph, who want the school to be independent, and also because they want to keep the same white lily logo. The two schools do take each other into consideration, a fact which is particularly notable during certain events such as Open Day and parent-teacher interviews, in which are held in the same week, but on different days. This is most likely due to families having their daughters at Mount St. Joseph and their sons at Emmanuel (Saint Paul's), and so effort is made to avoid 'clashes'.
Mount St Joseph Girls' College currently has approximately 1000 students and over 100 staff, and maintains steady numbers through drawing from Catholic feeder schools throughout Melbourne, which stretches from Footscray and Yarraville to the east and city areas such as: Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook, Altona Meadows, Altona and Werribee in the west. There are usually waiting lists for enrolment to the school.
MSJ has made a lot of changes in the past yearsincluding a new Gymnasium, Drama/Music building, a new year 7 and 8 block and recent athletics track.
Mount St Joseph Girls' College has a strong emphasis on community, and as such, encourages past students to keep in contact through the Alumni program.
Mount St. Joseph's offers a full range of VCE subjects. The students statistically, tend to do well in the VCE when compared to other schools in the state.