St Aloysius Catholic College
| St Aloysius Catholic College | |
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| Location | |
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Kingston Beach and Huntingfield, Tasmania Australia  | |
| Coordinates | 42°59′26″S 147°19′22″E / 42.990517°S 147.322743°ECoordinates: 42°59′26″S 147°19′22″E / 42.990517°S 147.322743°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private School |
| Motto | "Strive, Believe, Achieve" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Established | 1960 |
| Principal | Joe Sandric, Stephen Hawking and Brendan Gill |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | ~930(K-10) |
| Campuses |
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| Colour(s) |
Navy, Green & White |
| Website |
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St Aloysius Catholic College is a Catholic school in Kingston Beach and Huntingfield, southern Tasmania. It is a co-educational school providing education from Kindergarten to Grade 4 at the Kingston Beach campus and Grades 5 to 10 at the Huntingfield campus.
Campuses
Kingston Beach
The Kinder to Grade 4 campus, along with the Parish Church, Christ the Priest, is on a 4.5 hectare site at Kingston Beach.
Huntingfield
The Grade 5 to 10 campus is situated at Huntingfield and was constructed during the years from 2008 - 2012 after Archbishop Adrian Doyle's acceptance of the school's proposal to extend into a Middle/Secondary School in 2007.
Vision
The College's stated vision is to provide a caring and supportive environment, where students are encouraged to grow in faith within a Catholic community and to develop their potential.[1]
History
St Aloysius Catholic College, founded in 1960 by the Sisters of Charity as St Aloysius Primary School, catered for Kindergarten to Grade 6 until 2009, when the educational capacity began expanding to cater for Grades 7 -10. The Sisters conducted the school until 2001.
In 2007, the Archbishop of Hobart, Adrian Doyle, gave approval for the primary school to extend its educational program to include Grades 7 -10 and for St Aloysius School to become St Aloysius Catholic College. The introduction of the Grades 5 -10 facilities at the Huntingfield Campus began in 2009.
The Kindergarten to Grade 4 Kingston Campus had its educational provision enhanced with the construction of the Sisters of Charity Centre, a large multi-purpose facility, and an extension to provide extra learning areas for Kindergarten staff and students. Further developments took place in early 2015.[2]
After the Sisters of Charity handed leadership over of the school, Mrs. Janine O’Hea was the first lay Principal. Mrs. Elaine Doran succeed her. She was the first Principal of the school as a college and responsible for the building of the Huntingfield Campus.
The College continues to have very strong links with the parish and the Parish Priest, Fr. Christopher Hope, has been a great collaborator in the establishment of a Kinder to Grade Ten College.