Marist Catholic College North Shore

Coeducational Catholic K–12 school in North Sydney, Australia

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Marist Catholic College North Shore (often shortened to Marist North Shore or abbreviated as MCCNS) is an independent systemic Roman Catholic K–12 coeducational precinct (day school), located in North Sydney, Australia.

Established in 1888, Marist Catholic College North Shore is conducted by Sydney Catholic Schools, based on the teachings of its patrons St. Marcellin Champagnat and St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. The school caters to roughly 1300 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.[4] The precinct is administered by the Catholic Education Office for the Archdiocese of Sydney,[5] and is affiliated with the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA),[6] as well as the Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association (MCC).[7]

History

Marist Brother's School North Sydney (1888–1916)

Marist Brother's School North Sydney was first established 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.[8]

The Marist Brothers originally opened the school 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).[8]

The school was established with the motto "Esse Non Videri" (Latin), which is translated to, "to be, not to seem".[8]

Marist Brothers High School North Sydney (1916–1965)

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.[8]

"Practice and Demonstration" School of St Joseph's Training School (1916–1955)

After the Marist Brothers left what is now called the St Mary's Campus (Ridge St) in 1916, the Sisters of St Joseph moved their primary school which was originally at a site on Mount St to the vacated school. This new primary school became known as the "Practice and Demonstration" School of St Joseph's Training School. In the term of the first principal Sr Mary Donatres Egan RSJ, the demand for Catholic education in North Sydney grew to the point where the school extended to educate from primary to secondary education which included the building of a new school on the Mount St property the school originated on. This new school specialised in commercial subjects; cooking, domestic Science and dressmaking.[9]

In 1955, when the Archbishop of Sydney established an Education Office, both the Mount St Commercial and Domestic Science School and Ridge St's "Practice and Demonstration" school of St Joseph's Training School combined. The Ridge St campus was to educate the primary students, and the Mount St campus became the senior campus for pupils from Ridge Street, Naremburn and Lavender Bay. At the end of 1955, the Sister's of St Joseph vacated the school and transferred to Lavender Bay; the Sisters of Mercy took over and renamed the school St Mary's.[9]

St Mary's Catholic Primary School (1955–2021)

St Mary's Catholic Primary School North Sydney
Address
Map
40 Ridge Street

Lower North Shore

, ,
2060

Australia
Information
Other namesSt Mary's
Former namesPractice and Demonstration school of St Joseph's Training School
TypeIndependent Coeducational Primary Day School
MottoAspire, Inspire, & Make a Difference
Religious affiliation(s)Jesuit, Marist, Josephite and Mercy Religious Orders
DenominationRoman Catholicism
Established26 February 1888; 136 years ago (1888-02-26)[10]
FounderWalter Moore
StatusClosed
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightCatholic Education Office for the Archdiocese of Sydney
YearsK6[11]
GenderCoeducational
HousesIgnatius, McAuley, Marcellin and MacKillop
AffiliationsAssociation of Marist Schools of Australia
Websitehttp://www.stmns.catholic.edu.au/

In 1956, St Mary's became solely a primary school, education boys and girls from Kindergarten to Year 4. The construction of the expressway saw the demolition of a large part of the school campus which affected enrolment with there being only 69 students by 1978.[9]

In 1980, however, there was an increased demand for primary education which saw the school extend to teach Kindergarten to Year 6 with enrolment back up to 186 by 1989. This year saw the introduction of the first Lay principal, Mrs Susan Clifton, the school was a single stream school with an entire Lay staff. By the early 1990s it became evident that the school was overdue for construction.[9]

Beginning on 12 October 1992, a construction project which had been approved by St Mary's Parish Priest Fr Joseph Sobb, began. Being entirely funded by the parents and parishioners of St. Mary's School and Parish, the project included the upgrading and refurbishment of the existing building and outside areas. As well as this, a new school block of six classrooms was built adjacent to the existing building. The Blessing and Official Opening of the new building and renovations took place on 24 October 1993. Bishop Peter Ingham presided and over five hundred people were in attendance.[12]

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 were 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.[12]

In 2012, the North Sydney Parish and St Mary's Catholic Primary School hall was completed for gathering, recreational and performance purposes.[12]

In 2014, a second stream of Kindergarten classes was introduced with the entire school becoming two streamed in 2020.[9]

A construction project in 2015 saw the conjunction of the existing school buildings to form additional classrooms and learning areas.[9]

The most recent phase of construction on the St Mary's campus began in 2017 with the purchase of the property on the West hand side of the school. After demolishing the existing buildings on the property, the St Mary's school building was extended onto the new property with four temporary demountable classrooms installed on the Presbytery grounds to cater for classrooms displaced during construction. After the completion of the construction in February 2018, the demountable classrooms remained to accommodate the students of Marist Catholic College North Shore whilst their campus was renovated in 2020.[9]

St Mary's Catholic Primary School Houses

Marist Brothers / Sacred Heart, Mosman (1922–1965)

In 1922, the Marist Brothers opened their fourteenth school in Australia. Located in Mosman, Marist Brother's Mosman was an all boys Catholic high school. The school colours were blue, black and gold school motto was the Latin phrase; "Virtus Ubique Vincit" meaning "Courage Conquers All".[13][8]

The school was associated and a part of the Sacred Heart parish in Mosman and the corresponding Catholic primary school, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School.

Marist College North Shore (1965–2020)

Marist College North Shore
Location
Map
Information
Other names
  • MCNS
  • Marist North Shore
Former names
  • Marist Brothers High School North Sydney
  • Marist Brothers Mosman
TypeIndependent single-sex secondary day school
MottoLatin: Virtus Ubique Vincit
(Courage Conquers All)
Religious affiliation(s)Marist Brothers
DenominationRoman Catholicism
Patron saint(s)St Marcellin Champagnat
Established2 July 1888; 135 years ago (1888-07-02)[1]
FounderWalter Moore
StatusClosed
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightCatholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney
Years712[2]
GenderBoys
HousesChanel, Kelly, MacKillop, Montagne, Moore, Salta
Colour(s)Blue, black and gold
SongLatin: Sub Tuum Praesidium
AthleticsMetropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association
PublicationThe High Notes, The Maristian
YearbookThe Maristian
Feeder schools
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School
AffiliationsAssociation of Marist Schools of Australia
Websitewww.maristcollege.com

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.[8]

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". Sacred Heart Primary School, although no longer a part of the school, remained as a feeder school to Marist College North Shore. This change of school saw a complete redesign and reconstruction of the campus.[8]

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.[8]

In 2017, the Academic Resource Centre (Library) underwent construction which saw the removal of most staff offices from the library and a larger area available to students. This was due to a school wide removal of department specific staff-rooms where instead of there being individual staff-rooms for the staff of each department, a larger centralised staff-room was available for all teaching staff. The only department to retain a separate staff-room was the PDHPE department whose offices remained in the College Fitness Centre.

Marist College North Shore Houses

Marist College North Shore Houses

Prior to 2006, the four college houses were Chanel, Xavier, Marcellin and Sykes. 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.[14]

Marist College North Shore Crest

Marist Catholic College North Shore (2021–present)

On 27 June 2018, at a symposium for parents, parishioners and senior leaders, it was announced that the North Sydney Catholic School Network's Marist Catholic College North Shore and neighbouring co-ed primary school St Mary's would combine to become a new North Sydney Educational Precinct.[15] This new precinct named Marist Catholic College North Shore consists of two campuses which offer students stage-specific contemporary learning spaces and provide a seamless curriculum pathway from Kindergarten to Year 12. The school is run by Sydney Catholic Schools, taking over from the Marist Brothers and the Sisters of Mercy from Marist College North Shore and St Mary's respectively. Primary education continues on the St Mary's Catholic Primary School campus under the shortened campus name of St Mary's, whilst secondary learning takes place on the former Marist Catholic College North Shore campus, now named La Valla campus.[16][17]

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

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

The new educational precinct did not continue with the former houses for both the primary and secondary campus, but created a new system that was consistent across the two campuses.[15]

Gifted education

Marist Catholic College North Shore runs a selective stream from Years 7 to 9 following the Newman Gifted Education Program. To be considered for the Newman Gifted Education Program stream at the school, a student must first be nominated by their parents then are to sit an ability assessment followed by a panel meeting of identification and selection where successful applicants will pass through the first round of selection.[21]

After being elected in the first round a student must prepare a portfolio. After this, an Allwell Placement Test will determine who has been selected for the program. This process usually begins at least 3 years before a students first day at the college.[21]

The Newman Gifted Education Program has been in use at the college since 2017.

Motto

The schools motto is "Virtus Ubique Vincit" which is Latin for "Courage Conquers All".

When the school was initially established it had the motto Esse Non Videri", which was Latin for, "to be, not to seem". Courage Conquers All – Marist Catholic College North Shore Motto

Academic results

HSC Results[22][23]
Year Rank Success Rate Total Credits Exams Sat Year 12 Students
2009 273
2010 98 16% 79 83
2011 247
2012 363
2013 230 6.7% 44 109
2014 177 8.5% 58 118
2015 187 8.8% 56 640 109
2016 145 11.1% 75 674 116
2017 128 13% 88 676 114
2018 123 12.7% 75 589 102
2019 195 8.3% 48 577 98
2020 131 12.79% 84 657 111

Facilities

La Valla campus

Major facilities of the La Valla Campus include:

Other notable named locations in the school include:

Precinct crest

Crest with College name.
Marist Catholic College North Shore Logo (Dark Background)

Houses

The current houses for the Precinct have been in effect since 2021;

Aquinas

Named in honour of St Thomas Aquinas; patron saint of universities and scholars.[25]

Colour: Red[26]

Barangaroo

Named in honour of Barangaroo; a Cammeraygal leader of the Eora Nation at the time of European colonisation.[25]

Colour: Orange[26]

Chrisholm

Named in honour of Caroline Chrisholm; a Catholic philanthropist who provided outreach to vulnerable immigrants to the early European Colony in Australia, particularly women and children.[25]

Colour: Blue[26]

Fourvière

Named in honour of the French district of Fourvière where St Marcellin Champagnat and his followers made their pledge promising to devote themselves to the foundation of the Society of Mary, effectively beginning Marist education.[25]

Colour: Purple[26]

O'Connor

Named in honour of Mother Eileen O'Connor, Founder of Our Lady's Nurse of the Poor and most likely candidate to be Australia's next saint.[25]

Colour: Green[26]

Xavier

Named in honour of St Francis Xavier; is credited for his idea that the missionary must adapt to the customs and language of the people he evangelises, and for his advocacy of an educated native clergy.[25]

Colour: Red[26]

Timetable structure

The college follows a two-week timetable with each day consisting of 5 one hour periods. Internal and external sporting activities take place after Period 3 on Thursdays. Every second Wednesday following the first four periods, students are sent home allowing staff to work on professional learning programs.[27]

Sport

The college competes in inter-school sport competitions through the Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association (MCC).

Other MCC member schools are: Marcellin College Randwick, Marist College Pagewood, Marist College Kogarah, De La Salle College Ashfield, LaSalle Catholic College Bankstown, Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham and Holy Cross College Ryde. The college has held sporting rivalries with the other member schools for many years.

Summer sports include basketball, cricket, tennis, and touch football. Winter sports include rugby league, football (soccer), and water polo. Other sports available throughout the year within the MCC include athletics, cross country running, golf, squash, swimming, and volleyball.t[28]

Culture and arts

The college has a long history of running productions every year that showcases the talent and creative spirit of the students. It has performed a variety of popular and contemporary productions over the years.[29]

Year Production
2021 Shakespeare Festival (competition)
2020 Shakespeare Festival (competition) – (cancelled)
2019 Shakespeare Festival (competition)
2018 The Real Inspector Hound (play)
2017 Jesus Christ Superstar
2016 Odyssey: Somewhere at World's End (play)
2015 Lord of the Flies
2014 Guys and Dolls
2013 Promises Promises
2012 Copacabana
2011 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
2010 Disco Inferno
2009 Positions Vacant
2008 Return to the Forbidden Planet
2007 Tommy

Notable alumni

Entertainment, media and the arts
Politics, law, and business
Sport

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Marist College North Shore Annual Report 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "School website". Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ Duncan, Tony (20 August 2019). "Marist College North Shore, North Sydney Annual School Report to the Community, 2018". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "CEO schools". Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Member Schools". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Teams". Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Our History |". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Information Booklet 2020 Master.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. ^ "St Mary's Catholic Primary School, North Sydney Information Booklet 2020". New South Wales. St Mary's Catholic Primary School. 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ^ "2018 Annual Report". Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "ABOUT US – St Mary's Catholic Primary School". sites.google.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Marist Brothers Australia -In Australia". Marist Brothers Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. ^ Duncan, Tony; Coffey, Beverly (1 April 2020). "Marist Catholic College North Shore Letter to Community". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  15. ^ a b Baker, Jordan (28 June 2020). "Dance, netball and gender bias training: How a boys' school prepares for girls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  16. ^ Duncan, Tony; Coffey, Beverly (1 April 2020). "Marist Catholic College North Shore Letter to Community". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  17. ^ Baker, Jordan (16 September 2018). "The Sydney boys' school preparing to welcome girls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  18. ^ Baker, Jordan (16 September 2018). "The Sydney boys' school preparing to welcome girls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  19. ^ Cramsie, Debbie (24 May 2018). "North Shore's first co-ed Catholic secondary school". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Enrolment Information |". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Gifted Education |". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  22. ^ "HSC Tutoring College for English, Maths, Science". Matrix Education. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  23. ^ "HSC 2020: How your school ranked". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  24. ^ "MCCNS Crest information.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  25. ^ a b c d e f Coffey, Beverly; Taylor, Brigid (5 August 2020). "HOUSE NAMES K-12 2021" (PDF). Marist Catholic College North Shore. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  26. ^ a b c d e f "Leaders 2020–21 |". Marist College North Shore. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  27. ^ Duncan, Tony (26 September 2019). "New Timetable 2020" (PDF). Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  28. ^ "Sport |". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  29. ^ "The Arts |". Marist College North Shore. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  30. ^ (Swearing in speech of The Honourable Justice Geoffrey Bellew, Supreme Court of NSW, 31 January 2012)

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