Dominic College
| Dominic College | |
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| Live by the Truth | |
| Location | |
Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia  | |
| Coordinates | 42°50′4″S 147°16′12″E / 42.83444°S 147.27000°ECoordinates: 42°50′4″S 147°16′12″E / 42.83444°S 147.27000°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Co-educational, Day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1973 |
| Rector | Fr Frank Bertagnolli SDB |
| Principal | Ms Beth Gilligan |
| Enrolment | ~950 (K-10) |
| Colour(s) | Maroon & Gold, |
| Slogan | Be respectful, honest, responsible and learners. |
| Website | www.dominic.tas.edu.au |
Dominic College is a Catholic, co-educational, day school, located in Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia.
Dominic caters for students from Kindergarten to Grade 10. The school aims to foster a Catholic community focused upon the eucharist, and creating a caring community in which all members can live and work harmoniously.
History
The College owes its religious foundation to the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Dominican Sisters. Dominic College was formed in 1973 and was the first Co-educational Catholic College in Tasmania. The Senior Campus amalgamated with other Catholic Secondary Colleges in 1995 to form Guilford Young College. In 2009, Dominic opened an on-campus early learning and child care centre.
Student Leadership
The four houses of the College, Bosco, Siena, Savio and Guzman, have four leaders each which all have set responsibilities.
Mission Captains: Enforces the religious and community aspect of school life by helping in masses, liturgies and charity.
Sport Captains: Enforces the sporting aspect of school life by assisting in organising sporting carnivals, lunchtime sport and co-curricular sport.
Creative Arts Captains: Enforces the creative arts aspect of school life by assisting and promoting house events such as house drama, co-curricular creative arts and various public exhibitions.
Academic Captains: Promote the importance of learning throughout the college by ensuring all students are learning to the best of their abilities.
These leaders are also assisted by their house co-ordinator.
House System
All students and staff are assigned to a particular House and family links are observed for the sake of tradition and continuity.
The House system operates in Kindergarten – Year 10. Each student belongs to one of the following Houses under the direction of the House Coordinator:
BOSCO (Blue): Eagles
GUZMAN (Green): Crocodiles
SAVIO (Yellow): Sharks
SIENA (purple): Dragons
Students are divided evenly among the houses. Houses are allocated evenly to each of the primary classes and for Year 7-10 students, pastoral/home groups are assigned to a particular house.
Dominic College actively participates in several house carnivals and events. Traditional house carnivals include Cross Country, Athletics and Swimming Carnivals. While many schools have had to do away with these carnivals due to poor attendance records, Dominic enjoys increased attendance for such events due to the strength of the vertically streamed pastoral groups and the camaraderie which they encourage. More recently introduced house events include House Drama and House Dance.