Daramalan College

Daramalan College

Fortes in Fide
Location
Cowper St, Dickson ACT
Australia
Information
Type Roman Catholic secondary school
Established 1962
Principal Rita Daniels[1]
Enrolment 1440
Mascot Wedge-tail Eagle
Website www.daramalan.act.edu.au

Daramalan College is a Roman Catholic high school in Canberra, Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment. Run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, it has an emblem of a red eagle on a black shield. Its theme colours are red and black.

Daramalan College was founded in 1962 as an all-boys school, with girls enrolling in Years 11 and 12 from 1977, and in Year 7 onwards in 1996. The school's motto is "Fortes in Fide," which translates from Latin to "Strong in Faith." Daramalan has recently had a new wing built, designed to allow improved education in the fields of Hospitality and Food Science. It features a new commercial quality kitchen and Functions Room. Also included in the building is a new Uniform Shop. This wing is named after a former member of staff. Daramalan College celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.

Daramalan College consists of 9 wings/buildings named Naughton, Sharpe, Lysaught, Reid, McMahon, Ross, Dempsey, Littleton and Garrat. Each of these wings provide students with a variety of resources including textile facilities, drama rooms, media/photography rooms & resources, sound-proof music room with various musical instruments and over 15 keyboards for students to use, a spacious dance room + dance change rooms, 3 private sound-proof music lesson rooms, numerous art rooms & art storage room/office, art kilm room, music office, 2 student woodwork worshops, staff woodwork workshop, 2 metal room workshops including sophisticated machinery like the new 3D printer, 10 extremely spacious science labs & science lab resource room/office, gym, boys & girls change rooms, 2 PE offices, very spacious oval, outdoor multipurpose area, uniform shop on campus, 5 computer labs, information centre, library open before and after school, 2 canteens, 5 quads, hall including floor to ceiling projector and stage, newly build first aid room, main reception, high school office, biometric finger scanners in two offices, counselling offices, numerous classrooms & staff offices, 3 main staff office rooms, staff lounge, large parking facilities and more.

Alumni

See also

References

  1. "Welcome from the Principal – Daramalan College". Daramalan.act.edu.au. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. "London 2012 – Lauren Boden Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.

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Coordinates: 35°15′11″S 149°08′17″E / 35.253°S 149.138°E