Marist College North Shore

Marist College North Shore was first established and opened under the name St Mary's on 2 July 1888 by the school's first headmaster, Br Walter Moore. Originally catering for boys in primary to intermediate years (Years 1-10), the school would not go on to teach Secondary (Years 7-12) years until 1965 and then in 2021 would change again to educate both girls and boys from Kindergarten through to Year 12.[13]

St Mary's was originally opened in response to the educational needs of the poor in the North Sydney area, which was, at the time, a low socioeconomic area. The school was the fourth Marist School opened in Australia after Church Hill (1872), Parramatta (1875) and Hunters Hill (1881) and had a teaching staff of three Brothers and an enrolment of 65 boys. The school initially started as a two-room campus on the site of what is now the St Mary's Campus (Ridge Street).[13]

The school was established with the motto “Esse Non Videri” (Latin), which is translated to, “to be, not to seem”.[13]

In 1916 the school's enrolments had reached an excess of 300 students and the limited campus was inadequate to educate comfortably. In response to this, the school moved sites to what is now the La Valla Campus (Carlow Street) but had previously been a local business, Mark Foy's Furniture Repository before 1916. It had been purchased by the Parish Priest at the time, Fr. Cornish SJ and converted into classrooms and a hall known as the Manresa Hall. Once the transformation of the school's campus was completed, the school was named Marist Brother's High School North Sydney.[13]

After the school, which was originally on, what is now the St Mary's campus had moved to what is now the La Valla campus, and had been renamed Marist Brother's High School North Sydney, the Sisters of St Joseph continued to operate a school under the name of St Mary's in the former campus. The school which catered for secondary students would not offer primary years until 1956 when, under the Sisters of Mercy, it was adapted into a primary school which continued to be run by the Sisters until 1989 when the first lay principal was appointed.[14]

In 2010 as a result of Federal Government funding, the kindergarten to Year 4 learning environments were refurbished and extended along with two new learning areas for Years 5 and 6. These new and refurbished areas where designed and constructed with the intention of creating flexible learning areas and in 2011 and 2012 after a research project collaboration with UTS were further enhanced with new furniture suitable for a higher reliance on technology and flexibility.[14]

In 2012 the North Sydney Parish and St Mary's Catholic Primary School hall was completed for gathering, recreational and performance purposes.[14][15]

After 1916 the next major change to Marist Brother's High North Sydney was in response to the 1965 Wyndham Scheme which saw the merging of Marist Brothers Mosman and Marist Brothers High School North Sydney to create a completely new school.[13]

The new school was named Marist College North Shore and was a Secondary school (Years 7-12) for boys in the North Sydney and Mosman area. The college adopted the colours blue, black and gold and the former Marist Brothers Mosman school motto, “Virtus Ubique Vincit” (Latin) meaning “Courage Conquers All”.  This change of school saw a complete redesign and construction of the campus.[13]

In 1996 the La Valla Centre was opened for use as a multi purpose educational facility comprising a hall, art rooms, computer laboratories, music classrooms and practice rooms, Design and Technology workshops, and other assorted facilities and offices. In 2007 the most recent building project was completed. The Coyle Centre contains a new library, additional classrooms, and food technology kitchens. In addition several buildings and sections of the school were given names such as the Mosman Wing in homage to Marist Brothers Mosman and the Manresa Courts.[13]

Marist Catholic College North Shore
Information
Other name	MCCNS
Former names	Marist Brothers High School North Sydney Marist Brothers Mosman Marist College North Shore St Mary's Catholic Primary School
School type	Independent Coeducational Central Day School
Religious affiliation(s)	Marist Brothers
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Established	2 July 1888 (1888-07-02)[1]
Founded	2021
Status	Upcoming
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Oversight	Catholic Education Office for the Archdiocese of Sydney
Principal	Brigid Taylor (Acting) Beverly Coffey [16]
Years offered	K–12
Enrolment	est.1650 (2026)
Colour(s)	Navy, gold and cerise
Slogan	One School - Unlimited Possibilities Co-education in the Heart of North Shore The Marist Graduate - Independent, Faith-Filled and Ready to Make a Difference
Athletics	Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association
Annual tuition	$5,394 – $6,685[17]
Feeder schools	St Michael’s Catholic Primary School, Lane Cove Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, Clifton Gardens Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Mosman
Affiliation	Association of Marist Schools of Australia
Website	mccns.catholic.edu.au

Marist Catholic College North Shore Logo (Dark Background)

On June 27 2018 at a symposium for parents, parishioners and senior leaders, it was announced that the North Sydney Catholic School Network's Marist College North Shore and neighbouring co-ed primary school St Mary's would combine to become a new North Sydney Educational Precinct. This new precinct named Marist Catholic College North Shore would consist of two campuses which would offer students stage-specific contemporary learning spaces and provide a seamless curriculum pathway from Kindergarten to Year 12. The primary eduction would continue on the St Mary's Catholic Primary School campus under the shortened campus name of St Mary's, whilst secondary learning would take place on the former Marist College North Shore campus now named La Valla campus.

Both La Valla and St Mary's campus kept the existing leadership teams who would oversea their respective campus whilst running the educational precinct as a whole in a combined team.[18][19]

From September 3 2018; Marist Catholic College North Shore opened its first wave of applications for both boys and girls for Year 7 2021.[20]

In 2019, Richard Grech, previous Deputy Headmaster of Marist College North Shore (2016–2019), was appointed to Assistant Principal: Strategy and Transition of the new school, with Brigid Taylor taking over his former role of Assistant Principal at Marist College North Shore. Richard Grech joined Tony Duncan (Principal, Marist College North Shore), Beverly Coffey (Principal, St Mary's Catholic Primary School) and Fr Andrew Bullen SJ (Parish Priest, Our Lady of the Way Parish) on the transition and first leadership team for Marist Catholic College North Shore.[21]

Academically, Marist Catholic College North Shore rarely ranks in the top 150 schools in New South Wales in the HSC but is consistently above state averages. See more below

• Presence – To have the presence to stand in solidarity and community with other people, to always treasure the people around us and give us the strength to live out Jesus’ example of true presence with others.
• Simplicity – To always remember what is important and to learn to value what is truly central in life.
• Family Spirit – Our Marist family extends across seventy-nine countries but not all of our Brothers and Sisters are given the same opportunities that we are. We must endeavour to give voice to those Brothers and Sisters who cannot be heard and try to become the Lord's hands and feet on earth so that all members of our family are treated with respect and dignity.
• A Love of Work – Whatever one is called to do, may each boy realise the value of living lives of integrity and compassion and always seek to do the Lord's work. It is important to value the opportunities that are given and maintain faith in the work when difficult times arise.
• In the Way of Mary – Mary, the Mother of God, is our model of faith as each student comes to know their own faith as they journey through their secondary education and beyond...in the Marist tradition.

Major facilities of the La Valla Campus include:

• Walter Moore Building – classrooms, offices, ICT centre.
• La Valla Centre – hall, conference room, storage areas, kitchen, art rooms, design and technology workshops, computer laboratories, health room, music practice rooms, music classrooms, offices, canteen.
• The Andrew Power Centre (APC) – faith formation offices, counsellors office, careers advisor's office, general purpose religious education area, storage areas.
• The Coman Sykes Wing – administration offices, board room, sick bay, staff accommodation, classrooms, storage areas, science laboratories and prep rooms.
• The Mosman Wing – administration offices, board room, sick bay, staff accommodation, classrooms, storage areas, archives, science laboratories and prep. rooms, drama studio.
• Manresa Courts – basketball courts, cricket nets
• Coyle Centre – food technology classrooms, kitchens, MacKillop Library, media room and classrooms.
• Fitness Centre – gym equipment, new fitness and training area

Other notable named locations in the school include:

• The Costello Quadrangle – Within the walls of the Mosman Wing and the Coman Sykes Wing, where most informal whole school or other partial group meetings and assemblies take place.
• The O'Mara Plaza – A quadrangle named in memory of The O'Mara Green which was demolished and subsequently replaced with the Coyle Centre and its namesake plaza.
• St Leonards Park - Opposite College used for PE and Recess and Lunch

Opening 2021.

Named in honour of St Peter Chanel, one of the earliest Marists and the first Marist Saint. He was a missionary to the Pacific and was martyred on the Island of Futuna.

Motto: Unity, Passion, Commitment.

Colour: Red.

Named in honour of Fr. Michael Kelly SJ the Parish Priest of North Sydney who provided the original inspiration for the establishment of the College by persistently inviting the Brothers to commence a school in the Parish.

Colour: Green (black before 2007).

Motto: Service, Knowledge, Strength.

Named after St Mary Mackillop, Australia's first saint.

Colour: Orange.

Motto: Courage, Commitment, Compassion.

Named after the man whose death inspired St Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist Brothers, to begin his work for the poor.

Colour: Purple.

Motto: Faith Through Action.

Named in honour of the College's first Headmaster, Walter Moore, who had the responsibility of establishing a new school and beginning the proud tradition of Marist Education north of the Harbour.

Colour: Blue.

Motto: Success Through Determination.

Named in honour of Peter Salta, ex-student and staff member of the College. Peter attended the school as a boy and then returned as a staff member in 1967. He was the longest serving member of staff, finishing teaching duties in 1999.

Colour: Gold.

Motto: Life, Love, Loyalty

In previous years and in certain circumstances the college opened a special extra house:

Usually if the intake of Year Seven students in a particular year is significantly larger than normal, an extra house is opened, often called Ludovic. It is a special house in that it does not have a specific House Coordinator, Senior Captains leadership team, house colour or emblem. Rather the students consist of an even distribution amongst the six main houses and are placed in the Ludovic House for administrative purposes only. This class is an extension class for English students based on exams & Naplan results. Ludovic has been discontinued as of 2017.

Prior to 2006, the four college houses were Chanel, Xavier, Marcellin and Sykes. However, after an extensive review, an overhaul of the house and pastoral systems resulted in significant structural changes and greater emphasis on intra-house relationships and less so on Year groups as collectives. The houses were subsequently renamed; Xavier became Kelly, Marcellin became Moore and Sykes became Salta. The only House that retained its name in the overhaul was Chanel. The house colours of the previous four houses was retained for their successors. The previous posts of Year Seven to Twelve Coordinators were abolished and four House Coordinators were established in their places.

In 2014, the school decided to increase the number of houses from four to six. The new houses of Mackillop and Montagne were established, becoming functional in 2015.

All house are to be discontinued and replaced in 2021.[27]

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  Chanel House Crest
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  Kelly House Crest
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  MacKillop House Crest
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  Montagne House Crest
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  Moore House Crest
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  Salta House Crest

• Shoes are traditional black leather lace up with low flat heels. All variations are not allowed.
• Coloured nail polish is NOT to be worn with the uniform
• NO makeup is to be worn with the uniform
• College school bag is the only permitted bag allowed
• If gloves or scarves are worn in winter, they are grey or black
• Students NOT in correct uniform are required to attend a uniform detention on the day of the infringement, between 3:00-3:20pm

Only items allowed to be worn with school uniform

• One plain ring
• One watch

No visible tattoos

No writing or graffiti to appear on any item of the College Uniform.

• Hairstyles are to be well groomed, simple, unsophisticated and appropriate for a school student
• Hair must be your natural colour with no obvious streaking or tinting
• Hair is to be kept neat, off the collar, off the face and of gradual even grade

Dyed hair, ridges, lines, uppercuts, steps, bowl cuts, any excessive shaping with gel and any shaving cut below a no. 2 are examples of styles that are unacceptable.

The Principal reserves the right to alter and interpret the hairstyle provisions.