Emmaus College, Melbourne

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School

Emmaus College

Location

Vermont South and Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria

Information
Type| Independent comprehensive co-educational secondary day school
Motto| To Know Christ
Denomination| Catholic Church
Established| 1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Principal| Karen Jebb
Years offered| K-12
Gender| Co-educational
Enrolment| 1,392[1]
Houses|  Chavoin
Colin
More
Rice
Colour(s)| Blue and yellow
Affiliations| Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne
Website| www.emmaus.vic.edu.au

Emmaus College is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, that serves the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school has a Main Campus (years 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12) in Vermont South[2] and a Year 9 campus in Burwood.[3] It has a population of approximately 1,400 students. Emmaus College is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne having joined in 1989. Emmaus was used as external shots for Erinsborough High in Neighbours.

## History

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### Early history

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Emmaus College[4] was established in February 1980 through the merger of St Thomas More's Boys College in Vermont South (1968–1979) and the all-girl Chavoin College in Burwood (1966–1979). From 1980 until 2011, Year 11–12 students were located at the Burwood Campus and Year 7–10 students at the Vermont South Campus. In 2012, Year 9 relocated to Burwood with a dedicated campus and Y9@E Program. All other year levels are now at Vermont South.[5] Since its beginnings Emmaus College has had students from Knox, Whitehorse, Yarra, Boroondara and Monash. Many students have also come from overseas as well as exchange students visiting from sister schools in Italy, Germany and Indonesia.[6]

### Merger

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Emmaus College, St Timothy’s Primary School and Holy Saviour Parish Primary School, all in the suburb of Vermont South, have been in talks to merge. Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools director of learning and regional services Dr Mary Oski said news of the merger has been “overwhelmingly positive”. “We are excited to share that we are actively exploring the potential for a K-12 Catholic Education Hub in Vermont and Vermont South. This innovative concept would offer a seamless K-12 Catholic education for children and families currently attending St Timothy’s Primary School, Holy Saviour Parish Primary School and Emmaus Secondary College.” Oski said. Emmaus College principal Karen Jebb said: “We are excited about the prospect of offering a seamless K-12 educational journey for local families.” There are currently 50 pupils enrolled at St Timothy’s Primary School, 1392 pupils at Emmaus College and 75 from Holy Saviour.[7] The school campuses are within a two-kilometre triangle. It was not known in 2023, how the campuses would be split, or whether all three would be retained, with the plan aiming to go ahead in 2025.[8] In 2024 the plan for the future use of all campuses was unveiled. The previous Holy Saviour Parish Primary School will become the junior campus in 2025. In 2026, the year 9 campus will now reside at the previous St. Timothy's Primary School, moving away from the Burwood campus. In 2027, the Burwood campus will become a Trade and Training Program for senior students.[9]

## Academics

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Emmaus College VCE results[10] Year  | Rank  | % of scores 40+  | Median study score  | Cohort size

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2012  | 129  | 9.2  | 31  | 229
2013  | 153  | 7.3  | 31  | 256
2014  | 161  | 5.2  | 31  | 275
2015  | 138  | 8.0  | 31  | 281
2016  | 153  | 7.0  | 31  | 291
2017  | 182  | 6.1  | 30  | 289
2018  | 142  | 7.2  | 31  | 303
2019  | 122  | 9.3  | 31  | 303
2020  | 138  | 7.2  | 31  | 291
2021  | 174  | 7.7  | 30  | 297
2022  | 196  | 5.5  | 30  | 303
2023  | 191  | 6.1  | 30  | 296
2024  | 114  | 9.8  | 31  | 308

## Extracurricular activities

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### Musicals

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* Funny Girl - 2024
* Little Woman – 2023
* Anastasia – 2022
* Legally Blonde – 2021
* The Addams Family – 2019
* Seussical – 2018
* The Little Mermaid – 2017
* Beauty and the Beast – 2016
* Hairspray – 2015

### Sport

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Emmaus College is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM).

#### EISM premierships

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Emmaus College has won the following EISM senior premierships.[11][12]

Premierships won prior to 1980 were done so by the pre-amalgamation schools Chavoin College and St Thomas More College.

Combined:

* Athletics – 1982

Boys:

* Athletics (3) – 1966, 1971, 1973
* Badminton – 2017
* Basketball – 2020
* Cross Country (6) – 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
* Hockey (4) – 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
* Soccer (4) – 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
* Soccer five-a-side (2) – 2016, 2021
* Softball – 2018
* Swimming (3) – 1973, 1974, 1975
* Tennis (2) – 2017, 2021

Girls:

* Basketball (3) – 1981, 2016, 2020, 2022
* Cricket Super 8 – 2021, 2022
* Football – 2019
* Hockey (2) – 2012, 2013
* Indoor cricket (2) – 2019, 2020
* Netball – 1978, 2022
* Soccer – 2018
* Soccer five-a-side – 2021
* Softball – 2020, 2022
* Tennis (3) – 1977, 2018, 2019

Emmaus Year 9 EISM Premierships

Year 9 Boys:

* Basketball (2) – 2021, 2022
* Football – 2011
* Indoor Cricket – 2011
* Indoor Soccer – 2011
* Soccer – 2011
* Table Tennis – 2010

Year 9 Girls:

* Badminton – 2011
* Basketball (2) – 2021, 2022
* Cricket – 2022
* Netball – 2022
* Soccer – 2011, 2023

## Houses

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Emmaus College is divided into four houses each bearing the last name of a notable figure in the History of the Catholic Church.

* Chavoin House is named after Chavoin College (1967–1979), the school on the Burwood site prior to Emmaus College. This school was named after Jeanne-Marie Chavoin, foundress of the Marist Sisters.[13]
* Colin House is named after Jean-Claude Colin, the founder of the Marist Fathers.[14]
* More House is named in recognition of St. Thomas More College (1968–1979) which was the original school on the Vermont South (formerly Forest Hill) site, run by the Christian Brothers. The school was named after Thomas More (1478–1535), a legendary figure in English history.[15]
* Rice House is named after Edmund Rice (1762–1844) founder of the Christian Brothers.[16]

The fours house are:

* Chavoin (Red)
* Colin (Blue)
* More (Yellow)
* Rice (Green)

## Notable alumni

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* Tara Bohanna – AFLW footballer, Gold Coast Suns
* Scott Edwards – cricketer[17]
* Tess Flintoff – cricketer, Melbourne Stars[18]
* Natalie Gauci – musician
* Catherine King – federal MP and government minister[19]
* Ryan Moloney – actor
* Tony Robinson – politician, elected as the state member for Mitcham 1997–2010 and a Minister in the Brumby Government
* Dylan Williams – AFL footballer, Port Adelaide
* Gabrielle Williams – politician, elected as state member for Dandenong in 2014

## References

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1. ^ "Merger of Catholic schools would create 'education hub'". cathnews.com. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
2. ^ "Vermont South". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
3. ^ "Burwood". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
4. ^ "Emmaus College". AroundSchools.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
5. ^ "Emmaus College History and School Crest". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
6. ^ "Emmaus College, Vermont South". macs.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
7. ^ "Three Catholic schools in Vermont South set for merger to create K-12 learning hub". www.heraldsun.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023.
8. ^ "Three Catholic schools to link up in mega-merger". www.theage.com.au. 29 November 2023. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023.
9. ^ "Victorian principal Karen Jebb is overseeing creation of expanded Emmaus College". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024.
10. ^ "Trend of EMMAUS COLLEGE 3133 by VCE results". bettereducation.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
11. ^ "EISM". www.eism.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
12. ^ "EISM". www.eism.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
13. ^ "Chavoin". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
14. ^ "Colin". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
15. ^ "More". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
16. ^ "Rice". emmaus.vic.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
17. ^ "Congratulations to Scott Edwards (Class of 2014) who is playing up a storm as Captain of the Netherlands team". facebook.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
18. ^ "Heather Graham has been ruled out of Australia's three-game ODI series against Ireland due to a calf strain". facebook.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
19. ^ Barber, Dylan (20 December 2013). "Labor's frontbench, too, is a mostly private-school affair". Crikey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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