Catholic College Bendigo
| Catholic College Bendigo | |
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Bendigo, Victoria Australia |
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| Information | |
| Type | Catholic secondary college |
| Motto | "Live The Good News" |
| Established | 1876 |
| Principal | Mr Brian Turner |
| Staff | 250 |
| Number of students | 1800 |
| Campus | Coolock Campus (senior) and La Valla Campus (junior). |
| Houses | Backhaus (purple), Champagnat (maroon), Jaara (orange), MacKillop (green), McAuley (blue), Vincent (yellow) |
| Website | ccb.vic.edu.au |
Catholic College Bendigo is a Catholic secondary school in the city of Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. About 1800 students attend the college's two Bendigo campuses and around 250 staff work at the college.
The La Valla campus is located in Junortoun and provides education for Years 7–9, while the Coolock campus in the Bendigo CBD provides education for Years 10-12, including the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Eductaion and Training (VET) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).
The current principal is Mr Brian Turner. The Deputy Principal at La Valla is Mr Len Watson, and at Coolock Mr Michael Chalkley.
In 2018 the school will change it's name to Catherine McAuley College.
Catholic College Bendigo is governed by the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea.
There are two central founders of Catholic College Bendigo. The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Bendigo in 1876 and set up a day and boarding school for girls - St Mary's Convent - on Wright Street (now the Coolock site). The Marist Brothers arrived in Bendigo in 1893 and established their own college for boys. The founders of these orders, Marcellin Champagnat and Catherine McAuley, are considered the founders of Catholic College Bendigo.
In 1955, the site at La Valla was opened for boarding boys as St Vincent's College. Due to declining boarders the school opened to day pupils in 1972.
In 1983, the two schools run by the Mercy Sisters and the Marist brothers combined, to make a co-educational school. It was also renamed Catholic College Bendigo. By 1988, the school had two sites - La Valla and Coolock, which are the current two sites.
A process of refurbishment has been running since the late 1990s—in 1998, the Junortoun quadrangle was refurbished. In 2004, Wright Street, which runs through Coolock was bought by the school and closed, which led to a large refurbishment of the area to face the road. In 2005, the Coolock arts building was refurbished. In 2006, work on a new technology building at La Valla began. It was completed in 2007.
In 2008, the Marian Centre at Coolock was opened. It features a new music block and theatre, as well as a large gym with two basketball courts. This gym is the venue for whole school assemblies—a 2008 initiative to bring the two sites closer together.
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