Clonard College

Clonard College is an independentRoman Catholicsecondaryday school for girls, located in Herne Hill, a suburb of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. Founded and owned by the Brigidine Sisters in 1956, Clonard College follows the traditions of the Brigidine order and Kildare Ministries.^[2]

Clonard School was established in 1956,^[3] when the Brigidine Sisters acquired the Clonard property at the invitation of Father John Tresidder, the Manifold Parish Priest. The school was named "Clonard" to honor the association between Saint Brigid and Saint Finnian of Clonard in fifth-century Ireland. The founding sisters, including Sister Lelia Grant, began classes with 40 students in its initial year. Clonard College was officially opened on 9 February 1958.

In 1977, the assembly hall and library were constructed with partial funding from the first Federal grant. In 1983, John Shannon became the first full-time lay Principal. Later, in the late 1990s, Clonard's leadership adopted a Co-Principalship model with Vicki Myers, a former Clonard student, joining Michael Doyle in the Co-Principal positions.

The late 1990s and early part of the 21st century saw revitalised enrolment growth, accommodated by expansive building programs, delivering a theatre, design education centre, materials technology room, expanded office space, refurbished science facilities, a gymnasium and multi purpose court within the school grounds.

In 2006, Clonard celebrated its 50th anniversary with a range of functions involving past students and key founders. The year of celebration reached its peak with the anniversary dinner at Kardinia Park and concluded with the 2006 Celebration of "Achievement Evening" at Costa Hall, whose theme reflected 50 years of achievement in the name of Clonard.

In physical terms, the college's expansion and development continued with the opening of the newly built two-storey Year 12 Center, containing a number of modern and flexible learning areas and office spaces on its upper floor and the large "Independent Learning Centre", beneath, dedicated to serving the particular personal and academic needs of the college's Year 12 girls.

A principios de 2008, las aulas de séptimo curso situadas en Church Street fueron demolidas para dar paso a la construcción de un moderno centro de dos plantas para alumnos de séptimo curso, equipado con diversas tecnologías sostenibles. El centro de aprendizaje de séptimo curso se inauguró oficialmente el 24 de abril de 2009.

En noviembre de 2012, se anunció que Clonard College había adquirido "Minerva", un antiguo campus de Western Heights College . ^{[ 4 ]} En 2013, Clonard emprendió un importante proyecto de construcción con la edificación de un nuevo Centro para los grados 8 y 9, junto con la demolición y remodelación del campus de Minerva Road. En septiembre de 2018, se completó y abrió sus puertas a los estudiantes un edificio de usos múltiples junto a la entrada de Church Street, que consta principalmente de una biblioteca y servicios de orientación.

Clonard tiene un sistema de casas que consta de cuatro casas: ^{[ 5 ]}

• Lista de escuelas no gubernamentales en Victoria
• Lista de escuelas en Geelong

• Sitio web de Clonard College