Mater Dei Special School

Mater Dei Special School
Location
Camden, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°01′28″S 150°41′51″E / 34.024316°S 150.697451°E / -34.024316; 150.697451Coordinates: 34°01′28″S 150°41′51″E / 34.024316°S 150.697451°E / -34.024316; 150.697451
Information
School type Private, Inclusive
Motto Inclusion for all [1]
Established 1910
School district Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong
Principal Tony Fitzgerald [2]
Enrolment 143 (2016) [3]
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Website www.materdei.org.au

Mater Dei Special School is a private school organisation that provides early intervention therapy services, education and residential programs to babies, children and young people with an intellectual disability or developmental delay. [4]

History

Mater Dei Special School was established in 1910 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, originally as an orphanage for orphans who lived in the inner city areas of Sydney. In 1957 the Bishop of Wollongong requested to establish a school for girls with intellectual disabilities and the Sisters accepted the request. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Organisation". Mater Dei. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Principal's Message". Mater Dei. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mater Dei School Annual Report 2016" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mater Dei Website". Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "History". Mater Dei. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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