News
News
Boarding Bulletin Board
by Director of Boarding, Mr Brendon Gilbert We’ve cleared the halfway mark of the term and entered the winter season. Wednesday and Thursday mornings were cold yet somewhat magical, with frost covering the school grounds like a winter wonderland. Many of the boarding community are hanging on by the skin of their fingernails, looking to…
Principal’s Message
by Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor The EREA Touchstones St Patrick’s College is proudly a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition. As a member of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) we are informed by the Touchstones which are the bedrock or framework of all EREA schools. As an EREA school, our Touchstones provide a direction…
Careers News
Please read the Weekly Career News each fortnight to ensure you keep up to date with upcoming career events and key dates. Please click on the below links to view the current Careers News. Career News, 9 June 2022 Mr Anthony Meehan Careers and Transition Manager
Middle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School The Mid-Year Examination Timetable will be conducted in week 8 of this term – next week. The Year 9 Examination period starts on Tuesday June 14 until Friday June 17. All Examinations are for 80 minutes. This is the Middle School Mid-Year Examination Timetable: Tuesday June 14…
Careers News
Please read the Weekly Career News each fortnight to ensure you keep up to date with upcoming career events and key dates. Please click on the below links to view the current Careers News. Careers Newsletter May 2022 Mr Anthony Meehan Careers and Transition Manager
Old Boys in the News – May 2022
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: It is fantastic to see news that Western Bulldogs stars will be wearing Indigenous boots hand-painted by Old Collegian Cooper Craig-Peters (SPC 2014-19) this weekend for their clash against Gold Coast. Cooper is currently playing for the Bulldogs’ VFL side and designed the College’s Indigenous tie when he…
Peter Vincent Bergin (SPC 1953-62)
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Old Collegian and former staff member Peter Vincent Bergin (SPC 1953-62) who passed away recently. Peter was a day student, starting as a junior (grade three) in 1953. He completed nine years of schooling at St Patrick’s College, completing his matriculation in 1962. Peter went to…
Dean Bedggood (SPC 1987-92)
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Old Collegian Dean Bedggood (SPC 1987-92) on 1 May, 2022. We extend our deepest sympathy to Dean’s extended family, including his brother Chris (SPC 1988-93). Dean and Chris were boarders at SPC from the Melbourne suburbs of West Melton and later Camberwell. Dean was very sporty…
Bernard (Bernie) John Mathews (SPC 1949-53, PY1954)
We extend our deepest condolences to the extended family of Bernard (Bernie) John Mathews (SPC 1949-53, PY1954) who passed away on 23 January 2022, aged 84 years. Bernie came to St Pats from the family farm at Werneth and had a successful stint at school where he received awards for his talents in Latin and…
Looking back a century ago at SPC
St Patrick’s College archivist Halina Sztynda has put together an insightful photographic album of what life was like for the SPC school community a century ago. It is naturally very different to the SPC of today. Enjoy this look back in time from the wonderful archival history of our St Patrick’s College Annual from the…