LaSalle Catholic College
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LaSalle Catholic College is a secondary college located in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. The College is open to boys from 7-12 and girls in years 11 and 12. The College is a Catholic school that runs systemitically with the Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney.
The College is located between Chapel Road and Merideth Street in Bankstown and occupies a fairly large site which forms part of the Catholic Parish of Saint Felix, Bankstown.
The main feeder schools of the College include Saint Felix Primary School, Bankstown; Saint Brenden's Primary School, Bankstown, Saint John Vianny Primary School, Greenacre, Saint Mary's Primary School, Georges Hall; and Christ the King Primary School, Yagoona/Bass Hill.
The De La Salle Brothers run the college in the tradition of Saint John Baptist de La Salle.
LaSalle Catholic College was formed in 1999. It is an amalgamation of three previous schools that existed on the site including- De La Salle High School (7-10), Benilde Senior Boys High School (11-12) and Nazareth Senior Girls College (11-12). Both Benilde and De La Salle were run by the De La Salle Brothers whilst Nazareth College was run by the Josephite sisters in the tradition of Blessed Mary McKillop. There are no longer Jospehite sisters at the college, however several De La Salle Brothers still work at the College and live in the nearby Monastry.
As a result of being on the site of three previous schools, the College now has excellent facilities. The College features two full sized ovals, half-a-dozen modern science labs, a drama theatre, a fully-equipped gymnasium used for indoor basketball, a dance studio, a weights room with change rooms, food labs, several modern computer labs, a large library, art rooms, a photo lab and music rooms.
The First principal of the College was Brother Ambrose Payne (1999-2004). The current College Principal is Brother John Pill (2005- ).
Some of the College Milestones to date include-
2000- The first year Year 12 Graduating Class 2003- Cardinal George Pell, then Archbishop Pell, celebrates the graduation mass 2004- The introduction of Year 11 Girls
The Graduation of the first class group to go through the new college from Years 7-12
2005- The first female school Captain
The first graduating class of both boys and girls.
Several notable persons have come from the old Colleges that now form LaSalle Catholic College including Paul Keating, former Australia Prime Minister, Mike Bailey, ABC News Weather presenter, Brent Sherwin Australian Rugby League and Canterbury Bulldogs player, Ben Anderson an ex-Melbourne Storm player who is the son of Chris Anderson (rugby league footballer).
LaSalle Catholic College is one of two High Schools in Bankstown and is one of the cities main Catholic High Schools.
