St Edmund's College, Ipswich

St Edmund's College
Location
Ipswich, Queensland
Australia
Information
Type Independent
Motto Latin: Possunt Quia Posse Videntur
(They can because they see they can)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Christian Brothers)
Established 1892
Principal Mr. Diarmuid O'Riordan[1]
Years offered 7-12
Gender Boys
Enrollment ~1100
Campus Suburban
Houses

Ambrose -Maroon

Callan - Green

Elliot - Teal Green

Finn - Orange

Ignatius - Purple

Morgan - Blue

Rice - Gold

Treacy - Red
Colour(s) Blue & White
        
Website www.sec.qld.edu.au

St Edmund's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary day school for boys', located in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

The school is member of the Associated Independent Colleges of the Greater Brisbane region along with Marist College Ashgrove, Iona College (Queensland), Padua College, Villanova College, St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, St Laurence's College and St. Peters Lutheran College.

St Edmund's College is conducted in the tradition of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school accepts students from Years 7 to 12, drawing from a wide area of Ipswich, Queensland. The total enrollment of the school is projected to be in the middle 1000s.

Co-curriculum

Tournament of Minds

Year 7 to Year 10 can participate in Tournament of Minds. In 2007 St. Edmund's College, Ipswich was the state representative for the National Championship of the Tournament of Minds Competition. The team who had never before competed in such as event, finished first place, successfully claiming the Tournament of Minds Australian Championship. In 2016 St. Edmund's represented the South Brisbane region in the Tournament of Minds Queensland State Championship.

Music

As offshoots of the Music Program, an Orchestra, Stage Band and a Concert Band have been established which also draw on the talents of St. Mary's students. The College Choir performs at various liturgies and functions throughout the year.

Community programs

Footprints in the Park

St Edmund's College help Footprints in the Parks program where students and teachers of St Edmund's provide a meal and company to homeless persons in the Ipswich community every second Wednesday. This is conducted in Queen's Park, in the centre of Ipswich.

Carols on the Green

St Edmund's College, in conjunction with Brothers Leagues Club, hosts an annual Carols event on Brothers Main Field. The event raises money for the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. In 2014, the 6th annual year, the event raised $20,500.

Musical & Drama Productions

Each year a full Musical production is conducted, in conjunction with St. Mary's College, Ipswich. The host school alternates every year.

Musicals

  • 2017 (SMC) - 'Hairspray'
  • 2016 (SEC) - 'The Wiz'
  • 2015 (SMC) - 'Legally Blonde'
  • 2014 (SEC) - 'West Side Story'
  • 2013 (SMC) - 'The Belles of St Mary's'
  • 2012 (SEC) - '13'
  • 2011 (SMC) - 'Fame'
  • 2010 (SEC) - 'Footloose'
  • 2009 (SMC) - 'High School Musical'
  • 2008 (SEC) - 'Grease'
  • 2007 (SMC) - 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'
  • 1993 (SEC) - 'Half a Sixpence'
  • 1992 (SEC) - 'The Pirates of Penzance'
  • 1991 (SEC) - 'Viva Mexico'
  • 1990 (SEC) - 'Pippin'
  • 1989 (SEC) - 'Oklahoma'

Students also participate and perform at various musical and drama evenings and lunch-time theatre and theatresports groups.

Sport

AIC Sports

St. Edmund's is a member of the Associated Independent Colleges.

  • Season 1 February - March: Swimming, Cricket, Volleyball
  • Season 2 April - June: Cross Country, Rugby Union, Soccer
  • Season 3 July - October: Cross Country, Track and Field, Basketball, Tennis

In 2014, for the third year in a row, St Edmund's attained first position in AIC track and field.
In 2014, St. Edmund's 1st XV Rugby Union team went through the season undefeated and claimed their first outright AIC 1st XV Rugby Union premiership.

AIC Sports:

  • Australian Rules
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Rugby Union - St Edmund's College Ipswich was selected to represent Australia at the prestigious Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament in Fukuoka, Japan during 2003.[2]
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Hockey

Non-AIC Sports

  • Golf
  • Hockey
  • Orienteering
  • Rugby League

Houses

House Crest House Motto House Name Origin
Ambrose - Maroon
 "Courage to believe, strength to succeed" Br Desmond Ambrose Purcell (known as 'Br Ambrose') was the last of a long line of generous and dedicated Christian Brothers who served the community of Ipswich throughout 113 years. He lived his life in service to others, and openness to what he believed God was asking him.
Callan - Green
 "Participation, determination, success" Callan was the home town in Ireland of Edmund Rice.
Elliot - Teal Green
 "In our togetherness castles are built" Mary Elliott was the wife of Edmund Rice
Finn - Orange
 "Fair & Just" Patrick Finn was a colleague of Edmund Rice who joined him at the start to teach underprivileged boys.
Ignatius - Purple
 "To go where no one else will go" 'Ignatius' was the name Edmund Rice took to mark his new life as a religious Brother.
Morgan - Blue
 "In giving we receive" Br Morgan was the first Christian Brother Principal in Ipswich, Queensland.
Rice - Gold
 "Nihil alienum – Nothing is alien to us" Family name of the founder of the Christian Brothers.
Treacy - Red
 "Prorria audax virtute – Bravery in the cause of virtue" Br Patrick Ambrose Treacy was the first Christian Brothers' provincial superior of Australia.

Notable alumni

Entertainment and the Arts

Politics and the Law

  • His Honour Judge Glen Cash QC - Judge of the District Court of Queensland
  • Matthew Hickey - Barrister, Queensland Bar (and founding member and producer of "The Ten Tenors")
  • Paul Pisasale - Former Mayor of Ipswich
  • Jim Madden - Solicitor and Member for Ipswich West
  • Henry Palaszczuk - former Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Inala and Beattie Government Minister; father of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

Sport

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.qt.com.au/news/st-edmunds-bids-goodbye-to-principal-of-three-year/3111787/
  2. ↑ http://sanix-sports.info/rugby/english/diary.cgi?field=58

Coordinates: 27°36′34″S 152°45′13.4″E / 27.60944°S 152.753722°E / -27.60944; 152.753722

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