St. Bernard's College, Melbourne

St. Bernard's College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon. The college is named after its patron saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges. It is also part of Edmund Rice Education Australia, a series of schools that focus on teaching the pupils in Edmunds tradition.

This article is about St. Bernard's College, Melbourne. For similarly named schools, see St. Bernard's School (disambiguation).

St. Bernard's College
Address
41 Rosehill Road

Essendon
,
Victoria
3040

Australia
Coordinates37°45′1″S 144°52′56″E
Information
TypeIndependent, single-sex
MottoLatin: Discere et Agere
(To Learn and To Do)
DenominationRoman Catholic, Christian Brothers
Established1969
ChairmanRod Lamplugh
PrincipalMichael Davies
Years7–12
Enrolment1,361
Colour(s)Black, blue, gold      
SloganAchieving Excellence by Learning and Doing
School fees$6,390–$8,888
Websitewww.sbc.vic.edu.au

History

St. Bernard's College traces its origins to the establishment of 'St Monica's' at Moonee Ponds in 1917, by Brothers C. O'Keefe and T. Quinn. Students at this school were taken from Grade III to Intermediate (Year 10).

In 1940, during the war period, not only were the students sent away to help in project Ireland, the school was also extended to take the Leaving Certificate (Year 11), and this necessitated the building of the first St. Bernard's on the Strand Moonee Ponds, with Brother Cregan as the first Headmaster.[1]

In the mid-1950s, Brother Brendan Murphy organised the purchase of the West Essendon property. While initially used as sporting grounds, building work began at this site in the mid-1960s. Since then, the site has developed with all classes being located at West Essendon by 1995, at which time the Moonee Ponds site was sold. In 2001, the college set up its Santa Monica campus on the Great Ocean Road near Lorne. St Bernard's is the last known site to Tim's Shape factory.

Activities

Sports

St. Bernard's is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges and competes against twelve other schools in sporting fixtures and carnivals. Students play week-end sport with the Old Collegians. St Bernards is particularly successful in Australian Rules Football. Winning the Herald Sun Shield In the years 2017 and 2018. A number of Boys from these sides have been drafted into the AFL like Noah Balta to Richmond, Xavier O'halloran to Greater Western Sydney, (in the first round of the AFL draft) and Lachlan Sholl to Adelaide.

St Bernards has also seen success in the areas of Athletics and Cross country dominating for the last part of a decade until recent. St Bernards had the record of twelve straight Athletic championship wins from 2003-2014, under the coaching of Gerard Brown a teacher with years of experience in the role as head coach of the Athletics squad and Cross Country team. [2] [3] [4]

ACC premierships

St. Bernard's has won the following ACC premierships.[5]

  • Athletics (18) - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Basketball (2) - 1991, 2016
  • Cricket (4) - 1979, 1997, 2005, 2018
  • Cross Country (10) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Football (14) - 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2017, 2018
  • Golf (3) - 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Handball - 1956
  • Hockey (7) - 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2018
  • Soccer (5) - 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2008
  • Swimming (3) - 1995, 1998, 2012
  • Table Tennis (4) - 2001, 2002, 2010, 2013
  • Tennis (12) - 1952, 1954, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019
  • Triathlon - 2018
  • Volleyball (4) - 1995, 1996, 1997, 2013

Performing arts

The college has a reputation for its musical productions and music programs. It has combined with St Columba's College, to stage shows annually, which have included Pirates of Penzance, Fiddler on the Roof, Anything Goes, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma, Cabaret, Bye Bye Birdie, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, The Wiz, High School Musical, Jekyll and Hyde, Once Upon a Mattress, Shout! The Legend of The Wild One, The Pajama Game, The Boy from Oz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Addams Family and have recently finished performing The Wedding Singer. The college has many bands and quartets. The college also has an annual 'Kick Arts' along with St Columba's College and Ave Maria College which comprises dramatic, musical and dance acts by each school.

Student leadership

The students are involved in electing their student leaders every year.

A nomination from the student or from their peers is verified by the staff. Then students vote 21 Student Council members, 8 from Year 10, and 13 from Year 11 to become the next years Student Council.

The College Captain and the four Vice Captains are only elected after the new Year 12 Student Councillors are elected from the Year 11 group. They undergo a similar process, students from the Year 12 Student Council nominate themselves or are nominated by their peers. The Year 10 and 11 Students vote on the Senior Student Leaders nominations and the top three for each portfolio have interviews with the Executive and Senior Staff to decide who becomes the next: College Captain, Vice Captain - Arts, Vice Captain - Ministry, Vice Captain - Sports, and Vice Captain-Academics. The remaining 8 Year 12 Council Members become House Captains, with the 8 Year 11 Members becoming the Vice House Captains.

Notable alumni
See also: List of Christian Brothers school alumni

Notable staff

See also

References
  1. St. Bernard's College- Christian Brothers (accessed:26-06-2007)
  2. St. Bernard's College- Facilities (accessed:26-06-2007)
  3. https://aflvic.com.au/results-herald-sun-shield/
  4. https://www.accmelb.com.au/premiers-champions/
  5. "Premiers & Champions – Associated Catholic Colleges". Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:26-06-2007)
  7. Nicholson, Larissa (22 February 2016). "AFL 2016: Umpire Eleni Glouftsis breaks a glass ceiling". The Age. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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