St. Vincent's College, Potts Point

St. Vincent's College, Potts Point

Infobox Aust school private
name = St Vincent's College


motto = " _la. Scientia cum Religione"
(Latin:"Religion and Knowledge united")
established = 1858
type = Private, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
denomination = Roman Catholic
slogan =
key_people = Ms Michele Hugonnet (Principal)
fees = AU$9,919–11,534 p.a (Day)
AU$25,009–26,624 p.a (Boarding)cite web |url=http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/enrolments/school_and_enrolment_fees.cfm |title=Australian Students 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-06 |work=School & Enrolment Fees |publisher=St Vincent's College]
city = Potts Point
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|52|9|S|151|13|26|E|display=inline,title
enrolment = ~680 (7–12)
num_employ = ~63 [http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/AnnualReport.htm St Vincents College Annual Report 2006] (accessed:15-08-2007)]
revenue =
colours = Blue, Gold and White color box|#0000FFcolor box|#FFCC00color box|#FFFFFF
homepage = [http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/ www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au]

St Vincent's College (commonly known as Vinnies), is a Roman Catholic, secondary, boarding and day school for girls, located in Potts Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The college is one of Australia's oldest Catholic girls' schools, founded by the Sisters of Charity as a co-educational primary school in 1858, [http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/ About St Vincent's College] (accessed:14-05-2007)] and follows the dictum of St Irenaeus that "the Glory of God is the human person fully alive", and has a spirituality based on that of Ignatius of Loyola. St Vincent's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately for approximately 680 girls in Years 7 to 12, including 140 boarders.

St Vincent's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3240& |title=New South Wales |accessdate=2008-02-06 |year =2008 |work=School Directory |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=85 |title=St Vincent's College |accessdate=2008-02-06 |year =2007 |work=Schools - New South Wales |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=S |title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2008-02-06 |last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006 |work = Members |publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).cite web |url=http://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=1 |title=Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools |accessdate=2007-12-11 |year =2007 |work=AHIGS|publisher=The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools]

History

St Vincent's College was founded as the Victoria Street Roman Catholic School, by the Sisters of Charity in 1858. Originally a co-educational primary school, the school reopened as St Vincents College, a secondary, fee-paying Catholic school in May 1882, at its current site in Potts Point. [http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/about%5Fsvc/history.cfm St Vincent's College - History] (accessed:14-05-2007)] .

Principals

Notable alumni

*Krista Bell – Children's Author [http://www.kristabell.com/about.htm]
*Natarsha Belling – Channel 10 newsreader
*Kerry Biddell – Jazz Singer
*Lara Bingle – International Model
* Melinda Gainsford-Taylor – Australian Athlete and Olympian
* Deni Hines – Singer and actress
* Karen Krantzke (deceased) – - Tennis player - ranked seventh in women's tennis singles in 1970. The WTA named an award - The Karen Krantzke Sportmanship Award in her honour
* Gemma Rice – Founder of the School of St Jude, Tanzania
* Alex Hargraves Women's rugby
* MUSIC II

References

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales
*List of boarding schools

External links

* [http://www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au/ St Vincent's College website]


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