St Laurence's College
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| Saint Laurence's College | |
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| Facere Et Docere, "To Do And To Teach" | |
| Established | 1915 |
| School type | Independent |
| Principal/ Headmaster |
Mr. Ian McDonald |
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Campus | South Brisbane |
| Enrollment | 1,375 |
| School colours | Black and Gold |
| Homepage | http://www.slc.qld.edu.au/ |
St Laurence's College is a Catholic all boys secondary school located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The college part of the Greater Brisbane Archdiocese and is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region along with Marist College Ashgrove, Iona College (Queensland), Padua College, Villanova College and others.
St Laurence’s College is conducted in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school accepts students from Year 5 to Year 12, drawing from a wide area of Brisbane. The total enrolment of the school is approximately 1250.
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[edit] History
The first development on the hill where St Laurence's now stands was the foundation of a minor seminary for boys called St Kilian’s by the first Bishop of Brisbane, Dr Quinn. In 1874 the Bishop urged the Congregation of Christian Brothers to take responsibility for St Kilian’s as the first of their schools in Brisbane. Br Barrett was unimpressed, as he put it, by the frequent flooding of the streets by the river, and so he declined.
In 1899 this historic school, which was in turn under the control of the clergy and lay staff, was destroyed by fire. The new school, St Laurence's, owes its foundation to Dr James Duhig of whom the Advocate wrote ‘His Grace Archbishop Duhig has thrown himself into the work of establishing St Laurence's with his accustomed vigour.’
The first staff faced 270 boys on the opening day in 1915. the original building is still standing. Two years later the Brothers’ Monastery was completed, and these two fine buildings with unpaved playing area between them on the crest of the hill fulfilled the accommodation needs for many years.
During World War II, the College was taken over by the Army and classes were moved to Greenslopes, Queensland. A new classroom block was completed in 1961, providing much needed accommodation, an in 1968 the main classroom block over the cliff and the Science block were completed. The College acquired property at Runcorn, Queensland in 1961 to extend its sporting facilities. This property now boasts eight playing fields, change rooms and a function centre. The needs of the Catholic population of the southside of Brisbane are evident for this rapid expansion. In 1973 opened the new Secondary Library, an additional floor to the Science block and an imposing Chapel. In 1975, an additional floor of six classrooms was added to the main block.
Camp Laurence on Moogerah Dam was completed in 1977 as an outdoor recreational and educational extension to the campus at South Brisbane. The College acquired property at Runcorn in 1961 to extend its sporting facilities, it now contains eight playing fields, change rooms and a function centre.
The Manual Arts complex and School gymnasium was completed in 1978. The Edmund Rice Building was completed in 1984. It contains a staff room, the McElligott Theatre and classrooms. In 1999 the VAPA Building was completed. It contains teaching and practice spaces for the arts.
In 2005 St. Laurences celebrated the 90th Jubilee of the College.
[edit] Mission
The College is conducted in the Edmund Rice tradition with a focus on the Catholic Faith. Blessed Edmund Rice (the founder of the Christian Brothers) attempted to change the education system to assist those in need, to protect the weak and to restore social justice. The college follows these missions : Worship - gather and celebrate the Eucharist, Spirituality - opportunities for prayer, formation, retreat and social action, Formal Religious Education - the College programme balances the cognitive aspect of the programme with the affective aspect of nurturing student’s personal search for meaning, Ministry - development of a Catholic faith community witnessing to their faith
[edit] Facilities
The college has science and computer laboratories, primary and Secondary libraries, specialist rooms for music, art, drama, graphics, film and television and technology, multimedia and hospitality, 25 metre Pool, theatrette, chapel and an assembly hall
St Laurence's has playing fields at Runcorn easily accessible to the railway station including eight fields, change rooms and a function centre.
St Laurence's outdoor education centre is located on 5 hectares on the western bank of Lake Moogerah. A dining hall, modern kitchen, ablution and dormitories can accommodate up to 90 students.
[edit] Music
The college currently has thirty five performing music ensembles comprising of junior, intermediate and senior groups. Participation of students in the music program is compulsory between year levels five to seven. St Laurence's hosts the annual Queensland Catholic Schools & College's Music Festival (QCMF). The festival is a three day event in which over seventy-five schools from around Queensland and New Zealand to showcase their talents and receive plaques for particular levels of achievement.
[edit] Notable alumni [1]
[edit] Rugby Union
- Brendan Cannon - Western Force, Wallabies 2001-Present
- Mark Connors - Wallabies 1997-2002
- Dan Crowley - Wallabies 1989-1999
- Neil Betts - Wallabies 1949-1951
- Kev Cottrell - Wallabies 1949-1952 (Also captained the side.)
- Jacob Dude 1929 [[australia national rugby union
[edit] Rugby League
- Bill Tyquin - Kangaroos Vice Captain 1948-1949
- Cooper Cronk - Melbourne Storm (Also 2006 NRL Dally M "Half Back of the Year" Winner.)
- William Zillman - Canberra Raiders
[edit] Other Sportsmen
- Mark Stockwell - Swimming - Member of the Green Machine
- John Anderson - 1972/1976 Olympics - Sailing
- Tom Anderson - 1972 Olympics - Sailing
- Brian Harvey - 1996/2000 Paralympics - Javelin - Medal of the Order of Australia
- Joshua Slack - 2000/2004 Olympics - Beach Volleyball
- Damon Kelly - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Weightlifting (Silver Medalist)
- Andrew Mewing - 2006 Commonwealth Games - Swimming
- Karel Bos - Australian seven's representative
- Patrick Wood - Australian Hand ball Champion (2006)
- Alex aka(Woody)- Table Tennis Gold Medalist Commonwealth Games
Elliott Shriane - 2006 Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating
[edit] Media
- Kerry O'Brien - ABC Reporter and 7:30 Report Host
- Nick Allen - Straight E3's in media 2006
[edit] Crime
- Scott Rush - Convicted criminal, Member of the Bali Nine. (Expelled in 10th Grade)
[edit] Tennis
- Ken Fletcher - Winner of 37 international singles titles. Winner of 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles and 2 grand slam mens doubles titles.
[edit] Business
- John Symond - CEO and founder of Aussie Home Loans
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Notable Alumni have been sourced from the Honour Board at St Laurence's
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