St. Joseph's College, Tweed Heads

St. Joseph's College, Tweed Heads

Infobox Aust school
name = Saint Joseph's College

| motto = "Peace Through Justice"
established = 1993
type = Catholic Secondary School
principal = Peter McLoughlin
city = Banora Point
state = NSW
country = Australia
campus = Tweed Heads
enrolment = ~700
colours = Grey, White and Maroon
homepage = [http://www.bps.lism.catholic.edu.au/ bps.lism.catholic.edu.au]

Saint Joseph's College (SJC), founded in 1993, is a Catholic secondary school located on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The college belongs to St Joseph's parish, along with St Joseph's Primary School and St James' Primary School, the latter of which is situated on the same campus.

History

Until the early 1990s, Catholic secondary education beyond the Primary School level in the Tweed Heads region was not possible without travelling some distance south to Mount Saint Patrick's Secondary School, or north to Marymount Secondary School. The dream of building upon the primary campus of St Joseph's Primary School was realised in the early nineties when John Bolster, son of a pioneering family in the region and dedicated Catholic, generously sold a large portion of undeveloped land in the Banora Point region to the Parish well below market value. The current Parish Priest at the time, Fr James 'Jim' Griffin became an instrumental figure in developing the new school, which was built primarily from funding provided by the congregation of the Catholic Church through ventures such as the Diocesan Investment Fund (DIF), plate collections and other donation schemes.

The college accepted it's incumbent group of students in 1993 alongside St James' Primary School, although the official opening of both schools did not occur until 1994. At the time St James contained only Grades Five and Six, from which the students and teachers were simply transported from St Joseph's Primary School, while Kindergarten to Grade Four remained at the St Joseph's Primary campus. Similarly, the college at that time only catered for Year Seven and Year Eight students. Both schools expanded their campuses gradually over the following years, with the inaugural graduation of a Year Twelve grade occurring in 1997.

References

ee also

*List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.bps.lism.catholic.edu.au/ St. Joseph's College Website]


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