Emmaus College (Rockhampton, Queensland)

Infobox Aust school
name= Emmaus College


motto= "Light My Way"
established= 1983
type= Private, Co-educational, Roman Catholic, Secondary, Day school
principal= Mr. Terry Beaton
city= Rockhampton
state= Queensland
country= Australia
campus= North Rockhampton
enrolment= ~ 1000+ (yrs 8-12)
colours= Red, White & Blue
homepage= [http://www.emmaus.qld.edu.au/ www.emmaus.qld.edu.au]
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Emmaus College is a Co-educational, Roman Catholic, Secondary, day school, located in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

The school was established in 1993, [ cite book |title=Emmaus 10th. |date= 2004 |publisher= Emmaus College |location= Rockhampton] through the amalgamation of the St Stanislaus' College, a school for boys' (1958-1979) [ cite book|title=Rockhampton: A History of City and District |date=1981 |publisher= University of Queensland Press. |location= Rockhampton] , Marion College (1964-1983), a school for girls', and Emmaus Senior College, a co-educational school for years 11 and 12. The school enrols students from Year 8 to Year 12. [ cite web |title=City of Rockhampton |date=2005 |url=http://www.rockhampton.qld.gov.au/CommDirectoryOrg.asp?ID=806 |publisher=Rockhampton City Council]

History

Emmaus College is a culmination of a series of changes to Catholic education in Rockhampton designed, to meet the changing needs of the city and its population growth.

St. Stanislaus College opened in 1958 on a site in Main Street, where Emmaus College now stands. The college catered for boys from Year 5 to Year 10. As the enrolment grew, the Science block was built on land adjoining Marian College in Yaamba Road. Following the building of a library on the Yaamba Road site, new classrooms were constructed and the secondary department of St. Stanislaus moved to that site in 1971. The primary department remained in Main Street.

In 1981, the primary department enrolled its last Year 5 students. The final primary classes move to the Yaamba Road site in 1983, allowing the establishment of Emmaus Senior College on the Main Street site.

Marian College for Girls was established in 1964 on the present location in Yaamba Road. After the completion of the Science block and Library, the girls began co-instructional education with the boys. The step to co-education was ultimately carried out in 1984.

Emmaus Senior College was established in 1983 as a senior co-educational college for students in Years 11-12. Previously senior Catholic schooling in Rockhampton had been provided by the Range College and St. Joseph's College. The establishment of Emmaus Senior College saw these colleges become year 8-10 schools.

1991 saw the formation of The Cathedral College from the merger of the Range College and St. Joseph's CBC. Beginning as a year 8-10 college, The Cathedral College enrolled its first Year 12 class in 1993. The formation of The Cathedral College prompted the much closer identification of Emmaus College and a decision to merge these two colleges was taken. Emmaus College strives to build upon the values and traditions of Emmaus Senior College and Marian / St. Stanislaus to provide quality Catholic Education in Rockhampton.

Campus

Emmaus College operates on two sites. [ cite web |url=http://www.ceo.rok.catholic.edu.au/page.asp?id=128 |title=Catholic Education Rockhampton |accessdate=2007-04-05 |author=Jeffcoat, L (director) |publisher=Catholic Education Diosese of Rockhampton] Years 8 - 10 have most of their classes on Yammba road, which has 18 regular classrooms; 24 special-use classrooms (including science rooms, manual arts rooms, arts rooms, computer rooms and kitchens); a library; a large oval consisting of four football fields; a pool and a large multi-purpose hall. The other site, on Main Street, mostly for Years 11 and 12, has 11 regular classrooms; 18 special-use classrooms (consisting of the same); a large library and an auditorium. [cite book |title= Emmaus College Student Planner |date= 2007 |publisher= Phoenix Publishing Co.]

At lunch times, students are confined to their respective campus except in special circumstances, additionally, year 8's, 9's and 10's must eat in separate areas within the Yaamba road campus, although they can move around after eating.

The division of one school into two campuses allows for the provision of a style of education and a way of dealing with students which best suits their development stages.

Extracurricular Activities

Emmaus has a large number of Rugby Union, League and Netball teams, as well as many other sports, such as hockey Futsal and Gymkhana. The usual name for the school's teams is 'The Flames'.

Each year since 1984, the school has produced a musical stage show, with three showings at the local Pilbeam Theatre. These shows, which always use professional scores and scripts (as opposed to simplified versions) are often given great reviewsFact|date=April 2007. In 2007, the production was Annie Get Your Gun [Pearce, F., (ed) "Emmaus Rounds up Wild West Show" in The Morning Bulletin July 20, 2007, page 29]

In 2007, the senior debating rose to the regional finals undefeated, where they were narrowly beaten by The Cathedral College.

Achievements and Awards

*The school's "1st XIII" Rugby League team came 2nd at The 1998 Confraternity Shield, beaten by St. Theresa's Abergowrie side which featured Matt Bowen.
*In 2001, the team produced a top four finish at The Confraternity Shield.
*In both 2004 and 2005, the school's concert and jazz band placed first and third respectively in the queensland high schools music comp.

Notable Alumni

*Christine Anu [cite web |first=N |last=Rabe |date=2003 |title=rokeby primary school...naidoc week celebration |url=http://www.rokebyprimary.tased.edu.au/NAIDOC/cele/02_content/02c01.html |accessdate=2007-04-08 ] - Singer
*Rhys Wesser [Citation
last = Wesser
first = R
title = NRL
newspaper = CQ Extra
pages = 27
year = 2007
date = September] [cite web |date=2006 |title=Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League |publisher=Sporting Pulse |accessdate=2007-04-08 |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2130-0-0-0&sID=26427&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=82590&sectionID=26427 ] - Rugby League Player
*Sam Healy - Actor

In December 2007, hacker, Bryce Cherry, threatened to firebomb the school along with other threats, such as killing the editor of the local paper, and bombing a Tiger Airways flight. By hi-jacking wireless internet connections around Rockhampton and then sending the threats via e-mail from the stolen connection, he was attempting to evade police. He was unsuccessful. [cite news | author = E. Godwin |title = Give Me $50,000 or I'll ... | work = The Morning Bulletin | page = 1 | year = 2007 | date = December 11]

ee also

*List of schools in Queensland

References

External links

* [http://www.emmaus.qld.edu.au/ Emmaus College Website]