Mount Carmel College, Rosewater

Mount Carmel College
The entrance to Mount Carmel College in 2006.
Location
33 Newcastle Street, Rosewater, Adelaide, South Australia, 5013 5013 Australia
Coordinates	34°51′23″S138°31′19″E / 34.8563°S 138.5220°E / -34.8563; 138.5220
Information
School type	Independent co-educational secondary school Catholic
Motto	Latin: Caritas et dignitas (Love and dignity)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1927;98 years ago (1927)
Educational authority	Catholic Education South Australia
Principal	John Konopka [1]
Vice Principal	Jon Cenko
Chaplain	Fr. Jack
Years	R–12
Gender	Male, Female
Average class size	~25 Students Per Class
Language	English, Italian and Japanese
Hours in school day	6 hours and 35 minutes
Campuses	Western Technical College and Mount Carmel College
Houses	Josef, Mackillop, Tenison, and Agius
Colour(s)	Brown, yellow, blue
Newspaper	News @ The Mount
Website	www.mcc.catholic.edu.au

Mount Carmel College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the Adelaide suburb of Rosewater, South Australia. It was established in 1909 by the Sisters of St Joseph, at the primary school location. Mount Carmel Girls School was co-located with the primary school. The Newcastle Street site was Marist Boys Alberton, also called Mount Carmel Boys School and it was a all-boys school until December 1966. In February 1967 the Sisters of St Joseph transferred the all-girls school from the Pennington Terrace School to the present site of Mount Carmel College and, in 1983, the school became a co-educational institution.

Principals

This is a list of all the previous principals of Mount Carmel College from 1967 to the present.

• 1967–1968 – Sr Charlotte
• 1969–1971 – Sr Teresita Cormack
• 1972–1976 – Sr Joan Evans
• 1977–1980 – Sr Jude Dundon
• 1981–1988 – Sr Joan Barry
• 1989–1993 – Mr Peter Daw
• 1994–1995 – Mr Tony Lowes
• 1996–2005 – Sr Josephine Dubiel
• 2006–2011 – Mrs Jane Iwanowitsch
• 2012–2016 – Mr Gavin McGlaughlin
• 2017–current – Mr John Konopka

Developments

Recent building projects and work on the school include:

• 1992: Mary MacKillop Special Education Unit completed
• 1995: Environmental Studies building refurbished and Land acquisition program approved
• 1997: Physical Education Laboratory, Science Laboratory, Tutorial and Study Room built
• 1998: Canteen, Undercroft, Year 11 classrooms built and all transportable buildings removed
• 1999: Air conditioning completed
• 2001: Staff Car Park, Lawn and Hard play area next to Year 8 rooms established
• 2002: Federation Garden extended and Courts resurfaced
• 2006: Staff prep area extended, new transportable classrooms erected
• 2007: Two further transportables erected
• 2008: Even more transportable buildings erected - this time in the Federation Garden
• 2013: Marist Hall demolished
• 2014: Rosewater Trade Training Centre commenced in semester 2
• 2018–2019 (end Term 1): Sacred Heart Centre constructed
• 2019: Year 7 students commence at the secondary school
• 2022: Mount Carmel College became R-12, after unification with Mount Carmel Primary School (also known as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish School in the latter years)
• 2022: Western Technical College the new name for Rosewater Trade Training Centre, after some state government funding to expand the center for vital new trades re submarine and marine projects
• 2023: Started construction of new and improved indoor insulated, air-conditioned basketball courts
• 2024/2025: Building works started on a new project in the former staff car park to create a new area for the year 12's to learn.

References

1. "Our Community - Principal's Welcome" . Retrieved 14 February 2012.