Aquinas College, Melbourne

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Aquinas College
AquinasRingwoodLogo.png
Address
Aquinas College, Melbourne
46 Great Ryrie Street

,
3134

Australia
Coordinates 37°49′23″S145°14′08″E / 37.82306°S 145.23556°E / -37.82306; 145.23556
Information
TypeIndependent, co-educational
Motto Latin: Illuminare et Ardere
("To light up and be on fire")
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established1961
FounderParish priests
PrincipalDavid Broadbent
Staff220+
Years7–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment1700+
Colour(s)  Red (Rice)
  Gold (MacKillop)
  Green (Dominic)
AccreditationCouncil of International Schools (CIS)
NewspaperThe Lighthouse
Affiliation Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne, CIASA, CRICOS, CIS
Website aquinas.vic.edu.au

Aquinas College is an Australian co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood. It is a regional college of the Archdioces of Melbourne, founded in 1961 to provide secondary education to Catholics residing in the Maroondah Deanery.

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Grounds, buildings and facilities

The college is situated approximately 25 kilometers from the center of Melbourne and sits on 30 acres of land in its own green belt with native vegetation and sports areas surrounding it on three sides. The campus of Aquinas College consists of seven building blocks. These are the Senior Years Building, the Year 9 building (the original school building), the Dominic Arts & Media Centre (including the Aquinas Resource Centre), the Staff and Technology Centre, the Gymnasium and Mahon Theatre, the Middle Years Learning Centre and the MacKillop Chapel. [1]

The Senior Years Building contains the Year 12 Wing, social space and study facilities, as well as science labs, classrooms and computer facilities. The second floor is devoted to the Wurundjeri Trade Training Centre (WTTC), a purpose build kitchen and hospitality training centre use for VCE and VET subjects, as well as the Year 9 Cafe N9ne program.

The Middle Years Learning Centre was opened in 2014. The building serves Year 7 and 8 students and includes 18 classrooms, a 150-seat lecture theatre, a multipurpose heated staircase capable for team assemblies and several outdoor learning areas (including two upstairs balconies).

The Technology Centre, houses a fully operational Design & Technology workshop on the ground level and a Systems Technology & Hydraulics room on the second level. In addition, the school's grounds include tennis courts, three ovals for cricket and various codes of football and basketball courts for sporting purposes.[ citation needed ]

Sport

Aquinas is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM).

EISM premierships

Aquinas has won the following EISM senior premierships. [2] [3]

EISM Senior Premierships

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Girls:

Notable alumni

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References

  1. . Aquinas College Ringwood
  2. "EISM". www.eism.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "EISM". www.eism.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.