St Clare's College, Waverley

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St Clare's College
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St Clare's College, Waverley
Waverley, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney

Australia
Coordinates 33°54′3″S151°15′13″E / 33.90083°S 151.25361°E / -33.90083; 151.25361
Information
TypeIndependent single-sex, secondary day school
Motto Latin: Deus Meus Et Omnia
(My God in All Things [1] )
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Established1885;139 years ago (1885)
Founders Poor Clare Sisters
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
Oversight Archdiocese of Sydney
PrincipalAnn Freeman
Staff~43 [2]
Years 7 – 12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~500 (2005 [2] )
Colour(s)Maroon, blue and white    
Affiliations
Website stclares.syd.catholic.edu.au
St Clare's College, Waverley

St Clare's College is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Waverley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1884 by the Poor Clare Sisters, St Clare's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 500 girls from Year 7 to Year 12.

The college is located within the Archdiocese of Sydney, [3] and is affiliated with the Catholic Girls Secondary Schools Sporting Association (CGSSSA) [4] and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

History

St Clare's College is unique in that it remains established on its original site and continues under the governance of Sydney Catholic schools. [5]

Principals

PeriodDetails [6]
1884–1888Sr M. Teresa Lawless
1889Mother Anthony Watters
1889–1920Sr Francis Maloney
1921–1935Sr M. Leontia Reid
1936–1963Mother Gabriel Claverie
1964–1982Sr Carmel O'Sullivan
1983–1985Geoffrey Newcombe
1986–1987Elizabeth Brogan
1988–1997Sr Janet Heath
1999–2003Kitty Guerin
2004–2006Catherine Rae
2007Acting Principal – Sr Louise Hume (osc)
2008–2014Marie Therese Hirschhorn
2015–2020Antoinette McGahan
2021–2022Kerrie McDiarmid
2023–presentAnn Freeman

House system

As with most Australian schools, St Clare's uses a house system. The school has four houses, through which students compete in a range of sporting and non-sporting activities. They are: [7]

The students earn points for their house through participation in these activities, and the house with the most points at the end of the school year is awarded the 'Babicci Shield'. The Babicci is named after Sister Pauline Babicci, former Mother Abbess of the Poor Clares. The colours of the Houses were decided in consultation with the students at the time the House system was devised. The school also features a tutorial program, whereby each student is assigned to a tutorial in their House, in an attempt to win the annual House Babicci Shield. [7]

Notable alumnae

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References

  1. ↑ "Mission". About Us. St Clare's College. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  2. 1 2 St Clare's College Annual Report 2005 (accessed:25-04-2007)
  3. ↑ "Directory of Schools for the Archdiocese of Sydney". Our Parishes. Archdiocese of Sydney. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "St Clare's College". Schools Directory. Sydney's Child. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "Principal's Message". About Us. St Clare's College. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  6. ↑ "Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools". About AHIGS. Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  7. 1 2 "House System". Student Care. St Clare's College. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
  8. ↑ Pearce, Suzannah, ed. (17 November 2006). "ROCHE Imelda Joan". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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