Catholic College Wodonga

Catholic College is a co-educational Catholic school in Wodonga, Victoria (Australia), catering for students in Years 7 to 12. Founded by the Wodonga Parish in 1979, Catholic College aims to “bring life in Jesus’ name” and to continue the work of the Sisters of Mercy in educating young people for a range of pathways in life. [ [http://www.ccw.vic.edu.au/ Catholic College Wodonga ] ]

Catholic College is divided into four houses Egan (yellow), Flynn (green), Augustine (blue) and McAuley (red). The primary function of the houses is as teams in intra school sporting competitions. These are primarily athletics and swimming. Catholic College also competes in a number of inter-school competitions.

Students start the day in their home base. Home bases contain students from a single house and across a variety of years. The objective of the homebase is to encourage friendships across year levels, and announce relevant school news. Each home base is named according to group name and number. eg f2 = Flynn 2 or m7 = McAuley 7. Each home base is co-ordinated by a teacher who is the primary contact for students in their group regarding school or administrative issues. They also provide the students with academic references.

There are many famed past students including Anthony Evans and Australian Rules Footballers (both ironically to play for the Saint Kilda Saints) Fraser Gehrig and Ben McEvoy. High performers, in all disciplines, at Catholic College are recognised in the annual Expo. The school also achieves consistently good results in the VCE, with a number of students obtaining marks over 90, such as Jessica Monaghan in 2007. [http://www.ccw.vic.edu.au/news/newsletters/2006/39%20131206.pdf] [ [http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/statistics/schoolstats/index.html Post Compulsory Completion and Achievement Information - Statistics - VCE - VCAA ] ]

There are a wide range of classes available and the school has a number of learning tools. [ [http://www.ccw.vic.edu.au/curriculum Curriculum — Catholic College Wodonga ] ] The school enjoys many luxuries. Some of which are the recording studios located in the top floor of the Catherine McAuley Arts Center, Music Practice rooms [ [ [http://www.ccw.vic.edu.au/curriculum/arts/music/ Music at CCW — Catholic College Wodonga ] ] , the recently upgraded computer labs located in T block adjacent to the tennis courts and woodworking facilities. The library contains a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books and is open to students during business hours.

Catholic College Wodonga is part of Catholic Education Wodonga (CEW). Because of this association students are often streamed from the three catholic primary schools which make up the rest of CEW. These schools are St. Monicas Primary School, St. Augustines Primary School and Frayne College Baranduda. The latter is a prep to 9 school.

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