St Pat’s News
Acting Headmaster’s Message – February 15, 2018
This week we gathered as a College community twice to celebrate two significant events. Two events with two very different purposes but, both equally important to the students, families and staff of St Patrick’s.On Tuesday, we recognised and celebrated the academic excellence and successes of our high achieving 2017 VCE students and our 2017 Semester…
Wellbeing Report – February 15, 2018
Travelling to and from St Patricks College Parents, please ensure that your son is aware of his responsibilities as a commuter and the need to adhere to the code of conduct fair and reasonably expected of all commuters regardless of whether they are a students of St Patrick’s College.- How a student travels to and…
Middle School Report – February 15, 2018
Year 9 Queenscliff Camp Over the coming weeks the Year 9 students will attend the first of their experiential experiences. By now you will have received the information letter and permission form via PAM. This needs to be handed in by the 22nd February, the 24th of February at the latest. The 3 day -“…
Information Technology Update – February 15, 2018
Creating Parent access to App4 on student Notebook App4 is the College eDiary used by teachers and students and parents are also able to access their son’s eDiary to view their Homework and Assignments. This can be done in several ways: Ask to view App4 on your son’s device Sit with your son and ask…
Senior School Report – February 15, 2018
This week we celebrated the 2017 achievements of our best students in the Academic Assembly.- Joshua DeVoogel, our 2017 Dux spoke incredibly well and it is worth reiterating some of what he had to say.- He thanked those who had helped him along the way: his family, teachers and peers. He acknowledged Lachlan Furlong, the…
Mission Report – February 15, 2018
We are now in the Season of Lent: that time in which we prepare to celebrate the joy of Easter. As with all -‘pre-season’ preparations, we are called to a richer discipline in our lives that helps us focus on what is truly important. At our liturgy on Wednesday, College Captain Sam Williams put it…
Pastoral Care Report – February 15, 2018
2018 Pastoral Care Program: Information for- Parents Resilience At St Patrick’s College, the concept of -‘resilience’ is a core component of our Pastoral Care Program.- ReachOut.com defines resilience as the -‘ability to bounce back from adversity. It is a necessary skill for coping with life’s inevitable obstacles and one of the key ingredients to success’….
Boarding Bulletin Board – February 15, 2018
-‘Boarding Bulletin Board (Term 1)’ News around the Boarding Precinct It has been a whirlwind first few weeks as we welcomed 64 boarding students into our brand new Boarding Precinct. It has been wonderful to see so many different friendships forming in our new state of the art facilities and the respect our Boarders have…
Careers Update – February 15, 2018
Today it’s not enough to be just smart or academically gifted, you need to be a well rounded candidate as well. Companies now look and test for -Soft Skills- and the following nine came up at the top of their list, in a major research project industry paper by the National University of Singapore. –…
Boarding Report – February 2, 2018
Wednesday, January 31- -“ a date that shall live long in the annuls of the College’s history. At 2.30pm the doors to the Residential component of our new Boarding Precinct opened to greet the 62 boarders who would call this their -‘home’, whilst on their journey through this great College. The excitement was evident and…