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Sacred Heart College | |
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 34°59′44″S 138°31′12″E / 34.99556°S 138.52000°E |
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Type | Independent, co-educational secondary day and boarding |
Motto | Latin: Virtus Ubique Vincit (Courage Conquers All) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Marist Brothers |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1897 |
Sister school | |
Principal | Daniel Lynch |
Grades | 10–12[1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | ~1,000 |
Colour(s) | Dark blue and light blue |
Slogan | Courageous Hearts |
Athletics | Sports Association for Adelaide Schools |
Affiliations | Association of Marist Schools of Australia |
Website | www |
Sacred Heart College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia and in the suburb of Mitchell Park, in South Australia, Australia. Focused on teaching in the Marist Brothers tradition, the school enrols students from Years 10 to 12.[citation needed]
Sacred Heart is known for its Australian rules football teams, cultivating thorough athletes since its establishment. It has an annual Intercollegiate match against its cross-town rival, Rostrevor College, which is a notable event in the South Australian Catholic Schools sports calendar.[citation needed]
The school also has an annual exchange with Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria, which entails music and performing arts performances, debating, social and several sporting competitions.[citation needed]
The college is situated on three grounds in the suburb of Somerton Park on Brighton Road, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of the Adelaide city centre. The campus' facilities consist of three ovals, nine tennis courts, three basketball courts, a hockey pitch and seven cricket nets.[citation needed]
The school has seen extensive redevelopments of its facilities.[when?][citation needed] These have included the development of the Marcellin Learning Centre and the Brother Stephen Debourg Performing Arts Centre which includes music rooms and a multifunctional arts centre.[citation needed] Prior to 2015, the College planned to overhaul Sacred Heart College's War Memorial Oval; the redevelopments were due to conclude in 2014/15. The now completed redevelopments house classrooms, a gymnasium, change rooms and a 1000-seat assembly hall.[citation needed]
Central to the college is "Paringa Hall", named to recognise the Cudmore family's[who?] first largest sheep station in the Riverland.[citation needed] Paringa Hall has been defined[who?] as one of South Australia's most outstanding late 19th-century family homes remaining upstanding.[citation needed] Designed by Edmund William Wright, a previous Mayor of Adelaide and a notable architect, engineer and businessman, who is also noted for designing the Adelaide Town Hall and Parliament House, Adelaide, the building's opulence speaks of great wealth.[2]
Located east of the campus is the Sacred Heart Memorial Chapel, opened and blessed in 1924 as a memorial to the Old Collegians who lost their lives in the First World War. The college also embodies heritage structures located throughout the college, including the century-old Score Board and Memorial Entrance.[citation needed]
A part of the college campus includes a technology centre and St Paul's which is currently in redevelopment.[citation needed]
Prior to 2017, the college had ten houses:[citation needed]
Camara | Chisholm | Franklin | Joseph | Mackillop |
Marcellin | Mitchell | Newman | Polding | Teresa |
The college has since transitioned to a five house system:[citation needed]
Chavoin | Marian | Fourviere | Chanel | Montagne |
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The college came to media attention in August 2013 when it was reported that Cory Gregson, a player within its first XVIII was not permitted to make his League debut with the Glenelg Football Club due to him being required to play in an inter-school game against Rostrevor College.[33][34]