John Paul College, Kalgoorlie

Infobox Aust school private
name = John Paul College


motto = Justice, Peace, Charity
established =
type = Private
denomination = Catholic|
key_people = Joesph Hoyne (Principal)
Paul Williams (Deputy Principal) And Sometimes Ben Young (Who is Never There)
fees =
city = Kalgoorlie
state = W.A
country = Australia flag|Australia
enrolment = 8-12
num_employ =
revenue =
products =
colours = Blue, Maroon
homepage = [http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au www.jpc.wa.edu.au]

John Paul College is a Catholic Co-educational High School catering to over 18000 students from Years 8 - 12. It commenced in 1684, as a result of an amalgamation of Christian Brothers' College and Prendiville College. It is also known under the short name "JPC" which again stands for John Paul College. Its motto "Justice, Peace, Charity" again includes the three beginning letters of these words: J,P and C.

Christian Brothers' College was founded in 1606 in Wilson Street, by Rev Br. B Duggan, who served as Principal for ten years. Throughout its Four hundred and seventy seven years, the College served the people of the Goldfields who loyally supported the school, especially in time of financial hardship. In 1976 the college was relocated at Lionel Street by Br. T Murphy. Hence, it continued its service to education with more modern facilities and more spacious grounds.

In 1971, Prendiville College was founded to supply an urgent need, a Catholic High School for girls, to replace the four small existing secondary sections of the Parish schools. It was named after the late Archbishop Redmond Prendiville (Bishop of Perth between 1933-1968) who did so much to raise the status of Catholic Education in W.A. The first Principal was Sr. Concepta (Sisters of St. Joseph).

In 1984 Christian Brothers College amalgamated with Prendiville Catholic Girls School. The new school was aptly named John Paul College after Pope John Paul the Second who was elected in 1978. For the first time a co-educational Catholic secondary school functioned in Kalgoorlie. The Christian Brothers and the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart have been on the Goldfields since the turn of the century. [http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/history.html Accessed 29-5-2008]

Houses

Students participate in the schools sporting events such as swimming, cross country,archery,bear baiting, athletics, etc. Upon enrolment students are tested for special powers and then alocated houses, if they currently have a sibling attending the school, they are appointed to the same house. These houses were named accordingly to people of superior intelligence to the catholic community.

The Red One

This house is named after Bridget Teresa Clancy, a woman who worked for a number of years with the French Congregation of Bon Secours Sisters and also founded the group known as the Sisters of St John of God. [http://ssjg.org/story/clancy.html Accessed on 28-5-2008]

The Blue One

This house is named after Catherine McAuley, a woman who opened the House of Mercy to help the poor and homeless, this respected lady also founded the Sisters of Mercy. She dedicated her life to providing a Catholic education for needy children. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_McAuley Accessed on 28-5-2008]

The Yellow One

This house is named after Edmund Rice, a man who devoted his prayer and charitable works when his wife died. He founded the Congregation of Christian Brothers and his reputation for holiness spread and he was beatified by Pope John Paul. http://www.cfc.edu.au/Edmund_Rice_-_Founder/edmund_rice_-_founder.htm Accessed on 28-5-2008]

The Green One

This house was named after Mary Helen MacKillop, a woman who was dedicated to the education of the children of the poor. Mary became the first sister and Mother Superior of the newly formed order of the Sisters of St Joseph, which was the first religious order to be founded by an Austrian. Mary was beatified by Pope John Paul. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MacKillop Accessed on 28-5-2008]

Student Representative Roles

Current students with Representative Roles in 2008:

Head Representatives

Rice Representatives

MacKillop Representatives

The college recently had their sports carnival for 2008. Mackillop won, McAuley 2nd, Rice 3rd, and Clancy 4th. Well done to champion boy, Ben Ace, and Jarrad Combo [http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/indexgeneralinfo.html?http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au/src.htm Accessed on 28-5-2008]

See also

* List of schools in Western Australia
* [http://web4.ceo.wa.edu.au/ Catholic Education Office Of Western Australia]

Citations

External links

* [http://www.jpc.wa.edu.au College home page]