Mount Carmel College, Rosewater

Mount Carmel College
Address
33 Newcastle Street
Rosewater SA 5013

Adelaide, South Australia
Australia
Coordinates 34°51′23″S 138°31′19″E / 34.8563°S 138.5220°ECoordinates: 34°51′23″S 138°31′19″E / 34.8563°S 138.5220°E
Information
Motto Caritas et dignitas
(Love and dignity)
Established 1927
Principal Mr Gavin McGlaughlin[1]
Years offered 8-12
Colour(s) Brown, Yellow, Blue
Newspaper News @ The Mount
Affiliation Catholic school
Website http://www.mcc.catholic.edu.au/

Mount Carmel College is a Catholic secondary school located in Rosewater, South Australia. Established in 1927 by the Marist Brothers, it was an all-boys school until December 1966. In February 1967 the Sisters of St Joseph transferred the all-girls school from the Pennington Terrace School to the present site of Mount Carmel College and in 1983 the school became a co-educational institution.

Principals

The entrance to Mount Carmel College in 2006.

This is a list of all the previous principals of Mount Carmel College from 1967 to the present.

Developments

Recent building projects and work on the school include:

Cervical cancer vaccine

Girls at Mount Carmel College were the first to receive the new Australian-made Cervical Cancer Vaccine on the second of April, 2007. The vaccine prevents over 70% of cervical cancers. Australia's former Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, was present to launch the vaccination programme.

Notes and references

  1. "Our Community - Principal's Welcome". Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. "Teen charged over school stand-off", ABC News. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20