Notre Dame College, Shepparton

Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College
Location
	Shepparton, Victoria; Australia
Coordinates	36°22′30″S 145°24′28″E / 36.37500°S 145.40778°E
Information
Type	Independent co-educational secondary day school
Motto	To seek – To see – To respond
Religious affiliation(s)	Association of Marist Schools of Australia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1902; 122 years ago; (as Sacred Heart College)\| 1951; 73 years ago; (as St Colmans College)\| 1984; 40 years ago; (as Amalgamated schools)\|
Status	Open
Authority	Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst
Principal	John Cortese
Years	7–12
Campus	Knight Street Campus; Emmaus/MCP (McAuley Champangat Programme) Campus;
Campus type	Regional
Website	www.notredame.vic.edu.au

Notre Dame College is a dual-campus independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school located in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. The college is situated on two campuses: Knight Street Campus, that houses students in Year 7, 8, and 10–12; and the Emmaus Campus, on Grace Road, North Shepparton, that houses students in Year 9 and also the McAuley Champagnat Programme for students who struggle to learn in a normal classroom environment. The college is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst.

History

The college initially opened in on 24 February 1902 as Sacred Heart Convent – later Sacred Heart College, a school for girls. A boys' school, St Colman's College (which opened on 9 July 1951), was also built on Knight Street. Sacred Heart was established by the Sisters of Mercy, whilst St Colmans was established by the Marist Brothers.

The two schools merged in 1984 after a two-decade period of expansion and increased enrolments in both Colleges. The new amalgamated school was named Notre Dame College, with the literal French meaning of "Our Lady". The campus of St Colman's became known as "South Side" and is the Junior Campus where years 7 to 8 attend. This is also home to the Mercy Centennial Stadium and the original Monastery. The original Sacred Heart campus is known as "North Side" and is home to students from Year 10 to Year 12, as well as the administration building, a chapel, the Ursula Frayne Library and the Bishop Noel Daly centre. In 2009 there was a new campus unveiled known as the Emmaus Campus. It is a community for the Year 9 students only.^[1] The current principal is John Cortese.^[2]

The year 2001 celebrated the centenary of the establishment of the Sisters of Mercy in Shepparton. This was celebrated through the unveiling of the Mercy Centennial Stadium.

Affiliations

In 1987, Notre Dame College became the sister school of Notre Dame of Marbel University in Koronodal, in the Philippines.

Houses

Notre Dame College operates a house system comprising six houses, changing from the original four in 2004. The six houses are:

House	Colour	Namesake
Crane	Red	Bishop Martin Crane
Jennings	Blue	Sister Gabrielle Jennings, the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in 1984
Kennedy	Green	Father Reverend Michael Kennedy, the First Parish Priest of the St. Brendan's Parish
MacKillop	Gold	Mother Mary MacKillop, the first Australian saint
McGann	Orange	Brother Bernard McGann, the first principal of St. Colman's College
Mungovan	Purple	Mother Augustine Mungovan, the founder of Sacred Heart College in Shepparton

Curriculum

School curriculum

The main areas of study at Notre Dame College are:

Religious Education;
English;
Mathematics;
Science;
Technology;
The Arts;
Health, Physical Education and Sport;
Languages other than English;
Humanities

Italian and Japanese are the two languages taught at the school.^[3] In Year 7 and 8 students undertake study in a number of compulsory areas. From Year 9 to Year 10, study revolves around a number of core subjects, as well as electives chosen by the students.^[3] There is also a program, the Nova Program, on offer to Year 10 students aimed at those who may otherwise want to leave school. This provides a pathway for students to apprenticeships, the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, Vocational Education and Training and other employment opportunities.^[4]

During Year 11 and 12, there are three pathways available to students:

Victorian Certificate of Education;
Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning;
Vocational Education and Training.

Additional information

The School hosts a Careers Day for Year 10 students, which is attended by over 1,500 students.^[5]

School Productions

Notre Dame is critically acclaimed for their musical productions.^[6] From 2005 to 2014, Notre Dame staged two productions annually. In addition to the whole school production, a junior production was performed by Year 7-9 students from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, these Year 7–9 productions were replaced with a Year 9 production.

Year	Production	Director	Musical Director/ Musical Director (Orchestra)	Vocal Coach/ Musical Director (Vocals)^[i]	Choreographer	Trainee
1986	The Wizard of Oz	Karen Ewart	Karen Ewart	Unknown	Kathy Kyriakou
1987	Godspell	Karen Ewart	Karen Ewart	Karen Ewart	Karen Ewart
1988	Oliver!	Kierin Murphy	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1989	Sweet Charity		Karyn Joyce	Unknown	Unknown
1990	Annie		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1991	My Fair Lady		Devina McClure	Devina McClure	Amanda Rae
1992	Fiddler on the Roof				Unknown
1993	Joan				Unknown
1994	The Pirates of Penzance				Unknown
1995	Peter Pan	Erika Gibson	Julie Leo	Unknown	Unknown
1996	Anything Goes	Kierin Murphy	Trish Baggs	Trish Baggs	Jessica Enes Julie Leo
1997	Sweet Charity		Julie Leo	Julie Leo	Libbie Cunneen
1998	Man of La Mancha		Neroli Cochrane Julie Leo	Neroli Cochrane	Libbie Cunneen
1999	West Side Story		Julie Leo	Julie Leo	Libbie Cunneen Cassie Milner
2000	Joan		Neroli Cochrane	Neroli Cochrane	Danelle Cooney Olivia Fontana Cassie Milner Maree Quinn
2001	Godspell				Danelle Cooney
2002	Fame				Danelle Cooney
2003	Into The Woods				Kathie Duqueman Kierin Murphy
2004	Cabaret			Ryan Black Neroli Cochrane	Meg Cooney Connie Daniel Kate Lancaster Shane Price
2005	Bye Bye Birdie			Neroli Cochrane	Connie Daniel Dayna Tinline
2005	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat		Ryan Black	Ryan Black	Dayna Tinline
2006	Beauty and the Beast		Neroli Cochrane	Neroli Cochrane	Connie Daniel
2006	The Wizard of Oz		Ryan Black	Ryan Black	Emma Daniel
2007	Chicago		Neroli Cochrane	Neroli Cochrane	Emma Daniel Jen Scandolera	Clare Stevenson
2007	Aladdin Jr		Ryan Black	Ryan Black	Unknown	Clare Stevenson
2008	Pippin		Neroli Cochrane	Neroli Cochrane Dayna Tinline	Emma Daniel Jen Scandolera Dayna Tinline	Jake Warner
2008	Mulan Jr.		Ryan Black	Ryan Black	Dayna Tinline	Jake Warner
2009	Seussical	Dayna Tinline	Julie Leo	Neroli Cochrane	Dayna Tinline Jen Scandolera	Jamie Lea
2009	Little Shop of Horrors		Jason Giuliani	Ryan Black	Kathryn Demase	Jamie Lea
2010	Les Misérables		Ryan Black	Ryan Black Neroli Cochrane	Dayna Tinline	Molly Dyson
2010	I Love Rock and Roll		Jason Giuliani	Ryan Black		Molly Dyson
2011	Jesus Christ Superstar		Ryan Black	Ryan Black Neroli Cochrane		Krista Rumble
2011	Little Stars		Jason Giuliani	Dayna Tinline		Krista Rumble
2012	The Drowsy Chaperone		Julie Leo	Neroli Cochrane	Dayna Tinline Sam Coats	Marcus Egan
2012	High School Musical Jr		Jason Giuliani	Dayna Tinline	Dayna Tinline	Marcus Egan
2013	Aida		Julie Leo	Helen Janke Dayna Tinline		Georgie Wolfe
2013	Revolution!		Jason Giuliani	Dayna Tinline		Georgie Wolfe
2014	The Addams Family		Julie Leo		Dayna Tinline Natalie Ginnane	Natalie Ginnane
2014	Beneath the Southern Cross		Jason Giuliani		Dayna Tinline Natalie Ginnane	Natalie Ginnane
2015	Anything Goes	Casey Fogarty	Susan Dixon	Neroli Cochrane	Madi Jenkins Phoebe Newman	Phoebe Newman
2016	Beauty and the Beast		Susan Dixon	Neroli Cochrane Jane Elshaw Loretta Shannon	Robert Baxter Nicola Messer	Nicola Messer
2017	Big Fish		Jason Giuliani	Neroli Cochrane	Robert Baxter Ruby Shannon	Robbie Maher
2018	Godspell				Robert Baxter	Robert Baxter
2019	School of Rock				Robert Baxter	Kane Wilson
2020	Seussical ^[ii]				Sarah Anderson Robert Baxter Tayla Jenkins Grace Newman	Sarah Anderson
2021	Little Shop of Horrors ^[iii]				Tayla Jenkins	Kirsty Jones
2022	Legally Blonde (musical)		Tricia Baggs		Tayla Jenkins Tia Saddlier Angela Baxter Denni Bathman	Stephanie Romeo

Graduate Diploma in Education

Notre Dame College offers the year-long Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) in conjunction with Australian Catholic University and the Catholic Education Office, Sandhurst.^[7]

Notable alumni

Tom Clurey, Port Adelaide Football Club AFL Footballer
Peter Crimmins
Chris Connolly, Melbourne Football Club General Manager
Adam Donovan, member of the Australian band Augie March
Marcus Drum, Australian rules footballer with Geelong and Fremantle
Vince Lia, Australian football player
David McKenzie, SBS Commentator, Athlete-cyclist seventh stage winner of the 2000 Giro d’Italia
David Teague, AFL Footballer
Sam Wright, Australian rules footballer with North Melbourne
Will Brodie, Fremantle Football Club AFL Footballer
Michael Barlow, AFL Footballer
Lachlan Ash, GWS Giants Football Club, AFL Footballer
Laitham Vandermeer, Western Bulldogs AFL Footballer
Nathan Drummond, Richmond AFL Footballer
Alou Kuol, Central Coast Mariners football player
Jy Simpkin, North Melbourne AFL Footballer
Josh Rachele, AFL footballer
Garang Kuol, Socceroo and Newcastle United Football Player
Millie Brown, AFLW player
Tom Brown, AFL player

References

^ "Notre Dame College - COLLEGE INFORMATION". Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
^ "March 2013 Newsletter" (PDF). Notredame.vic.edu.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Notre Dame College - Subjects Offered". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
^ "Notre Dame College - Subjects Offered". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
^ "Career day at Shepparton draws more than 1500 students". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
^ "'Amazing' resilience recognised by Georgy Award nominations".
^ "Notre Dame College - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

Notes

^ In 2020 the title of Vocal Coach was changed to Musical Director (Vocals)
^ Seussical had been cast and work was well underway before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic..
^ This production was closed one hour before opening night as Victoria was entered into a state wide lockdown

[1] "Notre Dame College - COLLEGE INFORMATION". Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

[2] "March 2013 Newsletter" (PDF). Notredame.vic.edu.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[notredame.vic.edu.au-3] "Notre Dame College - Subjects Offered". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

[4] "Notre Dame College - Subjects Offered". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

[5] "Career day at Shepparton draws more than 1500 students". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

[6] "'Amazing' resilience recognised by Georgy Award nominations".

[10] "Notre Dame College - Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.

[7] In 2020 the title of Vocal Coach was changed to Musical Director (Vocals)

[8] Seussical had been cast and work was well underway before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic..

[9] This production was closed one hour before opening night as Victoria was entered into a state wide lockdown

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