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Australia Day Honour for Dr Casey
The St Patrick’s College community extends its full congratulations to former Headmaster Dr Peter Casey on being appointed as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for his services to education. Dr Casey was honoured in the 2015 Australia Day Honours list for his -significant service to secondary education as…
2015 Academic Assembly – Dux’s Address
The 2015 Academic Assembly was held on Friday, February 20 in sweltering conditions in the Br W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre.- The Assembly is one of the highlights on the SPC calendar and invites back all subject duces from the previous year. Old Collegian and sports journalist with The Australian Courtney Walsh (SPC 1989-94) was invited…
2015 Academic Assembly
At the 2015 Academic Assembly on Friday, February 20, the College welcomed back each student from the Class of 2014 who had scored an ATAR of above 90 or who had been named as a subject dux. It soon became evident that 2014 College dux Hamish Clydesdale had many academically gifted classmates in 2014 and…
Headmaster Column – May 1, 2015
Dear friends,- I have to admit I felt very proud to be the Headmaster of St Patrick’s College last week! Last Saturday, on a very cold morning in Ballarat, I had the great pleasure of accompanying 40 boarders and staff to the ANZAC Dawn Service at the Arch of Victory. By all reports, there were…
2014 Chris Nolan Awards
The 2015 Academic Assembly included the presentation of the 2014 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards.- The Chris Nolan Awards were established in 2008 to acknowledge the academic excellence of individual students.- To receive a Chris Nolan Award, a boy must be in the top 15% of his year level. The 15% is determined by the…
Sam stars at Nationals
Year 9 student Sam Williams has become just the fourth SPC student in history (and the first in 26 years) to win a national athletics title.- Sam ran a personal best time in the final of the boys Under 16 1500m at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships at Olympic Park in March to claim the…
Rugby rep honours
Two current students – Josh Coward (Year 12) and Nicholas Donghi (Year 11) have been selected in the Australian Youth Boys Rugby 7s squad for the forthcoming Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Samoa at the start of September.- Their great news comes on the back of a fantastic month for rugby at the…
Mother’s Day Mass and Breakfast
Tickets remain available for the 2015 Mother’s Day Mass and Breakfast despite record interest in the incredibly popular event. Already more than 430 people have reserved their spot at what has become the most popular annual function on the St Patrick’s College calendar. This means that all available places in the OCA Pavilion and the…
Wellbeing report – May 1, 2015
Dear Parents, Friends and Students of St Patrick’s College, Uniform: The start of the new term saw the great majority of boys looking very smart in their winter uniform. Thank you to all the parents who went through the regular ritual of dragging out last year’s winter gear, discovering what still fitted or was in…
Blake’s brilliant batting
Year 12 student Blake Thomson has created history for the College’s 1st XI cricket side, by smashing what is believed to be a Ballarat Associated Schools Sports record innings of 159 from just 115 balls in a game against Ballarat Grammar. Blake partnered with Year 11 student Jonah Healey (105 from 121 balls) for an…