Kildare College
Kildare College | |
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Location | |
Holden Hill, South Australia Australia | |
Coordinates | 34°51′23″S 138°40′17″E / 34.8565°S 138.6713°ECoordinates: 34°51′23″S 138°40′17″E / 34.8565°S 138.6713°E |
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Type | Independent, Day |
Motto |
Latin: Fortiter et Suaviter (Strength and Gentleness) |
Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic (Brigidine Sisters) |
Established | 1966 |
Principal | Margaret Rouggos |
Gender | Girls |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Green, Red & Fawn |
Website |
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Kildare College is a Roman Catholic secondary college for girls in Holden Hill, South Australia. The school works under the governance of the Brigidine Sisters and was established in 1966.
Houses
Kildare has five houses
- Brigid (yellow): Named for Brigid, a fifth-century Irish saint, renowned for her hospitality and compassion whose first monastery was established at Kildare.
- Delany (red): Named for the bishop of the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin who founded the Brigidine Sisters in Tullow in 1807.
- Kildare (blue): The diocese in Ireland whose patron saint is St Brigid and in which the Brigidine head house is situated.
- Chanel (white): Sister Chanel Gough was the first Australian Brigidine sister to become Superior General of the Brigidine Sisters, who held this position when Kildare College was established in 1966.
- Nagle (purple): Named for Honora "Nano" Nagle founded the "Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" in Ireland and was a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland. Nagle House was established in 2018
Uniform
Kildare has two uniform sets - summer and winter. The summer uniform consists of a striped, green jumper, black footwear, and white socks. The winter uniform consists of a Kildare kilt, green jumper, white blouse, green tie, blazer (compulsory), black tights or white socks, and black footwear. PE uniforms are similar, but consist of a white shirt and pants or shorts instead. Students either wear house-coded dressup clothes or house tops on sports days,the Spirit Cup and the Swimming Carnival.
Kildare's sister schools
There are eight sister schools to Kildare that also follow the Brigidine Order in Australia:
- St. Joseph's College, Echuca, Victoria (1886)
- Marian College, Ararat, Victoria (1889)
- Brigidine College, Randwick, New South Wales (1901)
- Kilbreda College, Mentone, Victoria (1904)
- Brigidine College, St. Ives, New South Wales (1954)
- Killester College, Springvale, Victoria (1955)
- Clonard College, Geelong West, Victoria (1956)
- Marian College, Sunshine West, Victoria (1958)