Clairvaux MacKillop College

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Principal Dr Andrea O’Brien Colour(s) Maroon, Gold and White Motto By Effort and Faith		Enrolment 1150 Phone +61 7 3347 9200 Number of students 1,150
Coordinates 27°33'10.6"S 153°04'40.5"E Type Co-educational, Secondary, Catholic Established 1986, from the merger of Clairvaux College and MacKillop Catholic College Address Klumpp Rd, Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122, Australia Similar Mansfield State High School, Cavendish Road State High Sch, Mount Gravatt State Hig, Seton College, Brisbane Catholic Education Profiles Twitter

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Clairvaux MacKillop College is a co-educational, secondary catholic school located in Upper Mount Gravatt, a suburb in the south side of Brisbane, Australia. With a student body of over 1100, the school was founded in 1986 by the amalgamation of Clairvaux College and the MacKillop Catholic College. It houses the Edmund Rice Centre, which is used for the education of learning impaired students.

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History

Clairvaux College was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1966 as a Catholic all-boys secondary school with Brother Surawski as principal. In 1971 it was decided that the all-girls Catholic secondary school St Joseph's College be moved from its current location in Holland Park to the site adjoining Clairvaux College and be renamed Mackillop College. Sister Margaret Mary Campbell was the first principal. Both schools operated as separate colleges until 1984, with some sharing of classes, teaching staff, and sports facilities. A decision was made to amalgamate the two colleges and full integration occurred in 1988 with the co-educational school renamed to Clairvaux MacKillop College.

House system

The students are divided into the following 6 houses:

Aspinall (Orange): Named after Father Kevin Aspinall, PP.

Campbell (Yellow): Named after Sister Margaret Mary Campbell, first principal of Mackillop. (formally O'Donnell)

Chisholm (Green): Named after Caroline Chisholm. (formally Penola)

MacKillop (Red): Named after Mary MacKillop. (formally Duhig)

Rice (Blue): Named after Edmund Rice.

Surawski (Purple): Named after Brother Surawski, the first principal of Clairvaux College.

The house system was expanded in 1995 and the six houses participate in fund raising for selected charities, vie in three inter-house sporting events annually and come together as a united college for inter-school sport events.

School laptop program

Clairvaux MacKillop has a student laptop program, in which laptops are provided for students. As of 2013, all students at the college have a laptop. Students will have the option to keep their laptops after finishing Year 12 if they pay extra fees, but otherwise must return the laptops to the school.

Notable former students

Darren Smith, played Rugby League for: Australia, Queensland, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Brisbane Broncos, St Helens RLFC and Eastern Suburbs, Brisbane. He returned to become a career pathways teacher working with the school after his rugby career.

Jason Smith, played Rugby League for: Australia, Queensland, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Parramatta Eels, Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys, Hull F.C. and Eastern Suburbs, Brisbane

Terry Hansen, comedian and 97.3 radio DJ.

Bob Gallagher, 97.3 radio DJ.

Mark Coyne, played Rugby League for: Australia, Queensland, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Brothers, Brisbane

Peter Coyne, played Rugby League for: St. George Illawarra Dragons, Halifax and Castleford

Mitchell Kealey an Australian olympic runner, who runs long distance.