Star of the Sea College
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Brighton, Victoria Australia 
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| Coordinates | 37°53′49″S 144°59′49″E / 37.89694°S 144.99694°ECoordinates: 37°53′49″S 144°59′49″E / 37.89694°S 144.99694°E |
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| Type | Independent, Catholic, Day school |
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Latin: Facta Non Verba ("Deeds Not Words") |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (Presentation Sisters) |
| Established | 1883 |
| Chairman | Mr. Vincent Savage |
| Principal | Mrs. Sandra Diafas |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | ~1,000 (7–12) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue & Red |
| Website | www.star.melb.catholic.edu.au |
Star of the Sea College is an independent, Catholic, day school for girls, located in Brighton, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1883 by the Presentation Sisters, the college has a non-selective enrolment policy, and currently caters for approximately 1,000 female students from Years 7 to 12.
Star of the Sea is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).
Star of the Sea College was founded by the Presentation Sisters in March 1883. The sisters were asked to come to Australia from Ireland by Father James Corbett, and after establishing the first Presentation Convent and school in Victoria at Windsor (now Presentation College Windsor), they moved to Gardenvale (then known as Elsternwick). The Presentation Sisters from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, established Star of the Sea College.
The foundresses, Mother John Byrne and Mother Paul Fay, named the school after Our Lady, 'Star of the Sea' when they moved into a house called "Turret Lodge", which had a clear view of a local bay.
The school has four houses through which students engage in inter-house competition and other activities. The house system dates back to the 1930s, when principal Mother Angela Johnston formed Nagle (blue), named after founder of the Presentation Sisters Nano Nagle, and Stella (red), named for the Latin word for "star". Two additional houses were created in 1948: Ave (yellow) draws its name from the Latin word (in reference to "Ave Maria"), and Fay (green) is named for one of the school's two founders, Mother Paul Fay. Each house has its own crest which symbolises the spirit of the house. From years 10 to 12 students participate in a vertical homeroom system in which students from the same house are group together to encourage house spirit.
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