Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove
St Ursula's College Kingsgrove is an independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Kingsgrove, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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| Coordinates | 33°56′28″S 151°06′12″E |
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| Type | Independent single-sex secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Serviam (I will Serve) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Ursuline Order |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Ursula |
| Established | 1957[1] |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Principal | Mary Leask |
| Gender | Girls |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Green, navy blue and white |
| Website | www |
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History
The Ursuline Order was founded by Saint Angela de Merici in Brescia, Italy in 1535. Saint Angela Merici named the order after Saint Ursula, patron saint of the Sorbonne in Paris and also the patron saint of education. The Ursuline Sisters came to the Kingsgrove Parish in 1949 when they were invited to take over St Bernadette's School at Bexley South from the Sisters of Mercy. The sisters lived at the convent at Ashbury and travelled to Bexley North each day.
Within a few years they had established a convent at 69 Caroline Street, Kingsgrove (the present St Ursula's College administration building), and in 1953 they opened a new school, Our Lady of Fatima Primary School.
St Ursula's College was opened in 1957 with an enrolment of fifty-six girls in first form. Fifty-two new students came to the College the following year and by 1959 there were 200 students enrolled. The College has continued to grow, with a current enrolment of over 1000 students and more than eighty teachers and twenty ancillary staff.
The school was ranked 63rd in the 2016 NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) rankings, and was the second best performing school in the Archdiocese of Sydney.[2]
Notable alumni
- Alex Bernhardt, a reporter for Nine News Queensland and A Current Affair[3]
References
- "Saint Ursula's College: History". Saint Ursula's College. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
- Tejszerski, Eva (19 February 2012). "Kingsgrove school celebrates success". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.
- alex_bernhardt (16 August 2017). "Ahhh bring back 2007... When all that mattered was the size of your quiff, how orange your fake tan was and whether your hem was short enough to show off your pins! 😂🙋👯". Instagram. Retrieved 17 August 2017.