St John Bosco College, Sydney

Saint John Bosco College
Location
Engadine Sydney, NSW, 2233 Australia
Coordinates
Information
School type	Catholic, Private
Motto	Gaudium et Spes
Patron saint(s)	Saint John Bosco
Founded	1978
Principal	Mr Damien Carlton
Grades	7 - 12
Gender	Mixed
Language	English
Hours in school day	6
Houses	Chisholm, Savio, Mackillop, Dunlea
School colour(s)	Green and White
Nickname	Bosco
Feeder schools	Saint John Bosco Primary
Website	http://www.boscocollege.nsw.edu.au/

St John Bosco College is a Catholic school located in Engadine, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The college was founded in 1978 under the name St John Bosco High School.

History

The school was built after many years of planning and effort by the Parish Priest, Fr John Briffa SDB, and a group of parishioners. The School principal was once always a Salesian Priest, but this changed in 2010 due to the departure of Fr Bernie Graham. The methods of teaching at the school are based on John Bosco's theories of education.

The school was a Years 7 to 10, co-educational school under the name St John Bosco High School until 1998 when the school accepted its first year 11 students and was renamed St John Bosco College.

The first class to graduate from St John Bosco College was in 1999, the Inaugural College Captains were Ryan Della Ca and Elizabeth Favaloro.

Patron

The patron of the college is Saint John Bosco.

Motto

The motto of the college is Gaudium et Spes ("Joy and Hope") The motto is an extract from the "Pastoral Constitution On The Church In The Modern World"

The joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in any way, are the joy and the hope, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well ... Nothing that is genuinely human fails to find an echo in their hearts.

Badge

The college badge has a plain white cross with the words "Bosco" which the school is commonly referred to and "Gaudium Et Spes" (The school motto Joy and Hope). The background is dark green.

Notable Students

Australian musician and radio personality Lindsay McDougall is a former student of the college

House Banners

As of 2008 new house banners were introduced to the school. These banners were chosen from a banner making competition and replaced the old house flags. Along with the new banners every student was given badges for their house with the image of their houses banner.

Construction work

In 2006 a new classroom block the Ciantar Block, named after Fr Joseph Ciantar who was the pioneer of the Salesian Mission in Engadine was completed as well as a basketball court called the Reichel Court which was named in memory of teacher Chris Reichel which was built using a sum of money he left to the school.

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

• St John Bosco College Website
• Bosco Parish Website