| Loreto College Coorparoo | |||||||||||
| Motto: | Latin: Cruci Dum Spiro Fido | ||||||||||
| Motto Translation: | While I Live, I Believe in the Cross | ||||||||||
| Type: | Independent secondary day school | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Girls; Boys (until 1977, primary school only) | ||||||||||
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Religious Affiliation: | Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary | ||||||||||
| Principal: | Kim Wickham | ||||||||||
| Location: | Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | -27.5092°N 153.0629°W | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Queensland | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Queensland | ||||||||||
| Staff: | ~81 | ||||||||||
| Grades: | 7–12; (1–12 until 1977) | ||||||||||
| Grades Label: | Years | ||||||||||
| Colours: | Royal blue and gold | ||||||||||
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Loreto College Coorparoo is an independent Roman Catholic secondary day school for girls, located in the inner-southside Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo, in Queensland, Australia. Loreto College Coorparoo has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 800 girls.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). Loreto College Coorparoo is one of many around the world established by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Loreto Sisters, founded some 400 years ago by Mary Ward. In total there are seven Loreto schools across Australia, in Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and two in Sydney.
Until 1977 the school educated primary school aged children, including boys. The school closed to boarders in 1979.[1]
As with most Australian schools, Loreto has a house system to facilitate school based competitions and activities. The school currently has four houses, named after influential women within the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
There are a number of important inter-house events during the year, including athletics, cross- country and swimming carnivals. As well as competitions in the performing arts.
School activities include: water polo, basketball, volleyball, hockey, netball, touch football, AFL, drama club, debating, robotics, music ensembles, optiminds, and the Kokoda challenge.
Competitive sports are played as part of the Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association competitions.
Musical activities and ensembles include and orchestra, concert band, choir and chorale, Sorelle and Exit Stage Left (soul/funk bands), jazz ensemble, guitar ensembles, flute ensembles, percussion ensembles, string ensembles, clarinet ensembles and a brass ensemble.
There are also a number of co-curricular activities and clubs within the college, including: