St Bede's College (Mentone) Explained
St Bede's College |
Motto: | Latin: Per Vias Rectas |
Motto Translation: | By Right Paths |
Established: | 1938 |
Type: | Independent Catholic |
Denomination: | Catholic (Lasallian) |
Principal: | Deborah Frizza |
Chair: | Keiren Tilbrook |
Address: | 2 Mentone Parade |
Zipcode: | 3194 |
Coordinates: | -37.9911°N 145.0675°W |
Enrolment: | 1,950[1] |
Grades Label: | Years |
Grades: | 7–12 (Mentone campus) 7–9 (Bentleigh East campus)[2] |
Colours: | Blue, red, gold |
Homepage: | www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au |
St Bede's College is a Catholic secondary school for boys in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone. The College was founded in 1938 by the De La Salle Brothers, a religious order based on the teachings of Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, and is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges, the Council of International Schools and the International Boys' School Coalition.
The College has two campuses: one in Mentone that accommodates students from Years 7 to 12, and a middle years campus in Bentleigh East, tailored to students in Years 7 to 9.
St Bede's College attracts students from Mentone and surrounding suburbs, and Bentleigh East and surrounds.
History
The College was founded in 1938 at Mentone Beach, by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or De La Salle Order of Brothers, also known as The French Christian Brothers. The Brothers built the college overlooking Mentone Beach which opened in February, 1938. The Order had purchased a property which included a Victorian homestead, "the McCristal Estate", that had been used by Mentone Girls Grammar School since the early 1920s. From its inception, St Bede's was a day and boarding school until 1998. [3] [4] It remains an independent school in the Lasallian and Catholic tradition.
The school was named after St. Bede the Venerable, a 7th-century Benedictine monk and priest, who spent his life teaching and writing at Jarrow Abbey, and who was the first English historian, famous for his publication of Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
As a boarding school its bailiwick was statewide and encompassed southern New South Wales, and internationally from South East Asia, the South Pacific and the expat community. Its ethos is that of an essentially middle class institution, with an emphasis on athleticism, religion, and discipline. It now comprises approximately 1950 day students.[4] [5]
In 2021, the former St James College in Bentleigh East became a campus of St Bede's.[6]
Following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse allegations of sexual abuse between 1975 and 1985 at the (Bentleigh East) College were made.[7]
Curriculum
St Bede's College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and VCE Vocational Major.
VCE results 2012–2023[8] !Year!Rank!Median study score!Scores of 40+ (%)!Cohort size2012 | 143 | 31 | 6.9 | 352 |
2013 | 105 | 32 | 9.5 | 345 |
2014 | 138 | 31 | 7.9 | 329 |
2015 | 143 | 31 | 7.6 | 372 |
2016 | 118 | 31 | 9.9 | 347 |
2017 | 141 | 31 | 7.9 | 349 |
2018 | 170 | 30 | 7.8 | 333 |
2019 | 178 | 30 | 6.3 | 326 |
2020 | 183 | 30 | 5.9 | 358 |
2021 | 190 | 30 | 6.4 | 347 |
2022 | 261 | 29 | 4.2 | 338 |
2023 | 125 | 31 | 8.3 | 343 | |
Technology
In 2016, the College's F1 in Schools team, Infinitude, set the World Record at the World Finals in Austin, Texas, in collaboration with Brighton Secondary School, Adelaide.[9]
In this same year, a team of students successfully won the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge in the Year 9–12 Gamemaker/Gamestar Mechanic category with their game Spectrum.[10]
Principals
- Br Simon Staunton: 1937–1938
- Br Julian Lennon: 1939–1947
- Br Colman Molloy: 1948–1952 and 1959–1965[11]
- Br Finian Allman: 1953–1957
- Br Stanislaus Carmody: 1966–1967
- Br Peter McIntosh: 1968–1973[12]
- Br William Firman: 1974–1987
- Br Kevin Moloney: 1988
- Br Quentin O'Halloran: 1989–1998
- Br Kenneth Ormerod: 1999–2006[13] [14]
- Br Garry Coyte: 2007–2017[15] [16]
- John Finn: 2018–2021[17]
- Deborah Frizza: 2022–current[18]
Sport
St Bede's is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC).
ACC premierships & championships
St Bede's has won the following ACC first division senior premierships and first division aggregate championships:[19]
- Aggregate (3) – 2003, 2022, 2023
- Athletics (8) – 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987
- Basketball (10) – 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2015
- Cricket (32) – 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Cross Country (24) – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Football (16) – 1953, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2019
- Handball (4) – 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947
- Hockey (16) – 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2016, 2022
- Soccer (6) – 1987, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2023
- Swimming (15) – 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Table Tennis (1) – 2023
- Tennis (13) – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2023
- Triathlon (4) – 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
- Golf (23) – 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
Alumni
Business
- Michael Hirstformer CEO Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and current member of the board of directors AMP Limited
- Jeremiah Siemianowfounder of Muso/Surreal, live music management platform
Law, academia, politics and advocacy
Creative arts and entertainment
Sport
Priests and religious
- Most Rev. Christopher Saunders, DD, DCL – Bishop of Broome
- Fr Michael Buck, Assistant Priest & Master of Ceremonies – St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Principal's Welcome. St Bede's College.
- Web site: Principal's Welcome. St Bede's College.
- News: Tragedy Mars the Opening of St Bede's . 3 April 2020 . Kingston Local History . 2020.
- Web site: About St Bede's College: History. St Bede's College. 25 July 2016.
- Web site: Mentone schools: Why Are There So Many? . Kingston Local History . 3 April 2020 . 2020.
- https://www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Letter-to-St-Bedes-Community.pdf Amalgamation of St. James College Bentleigh East into the operations of St. Bede’s College Mentone
- https://www.heraldsun.com.au/victoria-education/former-st-bedes-college-students-urged-to-come-forward-over-historic-abuse-allegations/news-story/5c69aef6cff3f27da83a6c29718fe990?amp
- Web site: Trend of St Bede's College by VCE results. 2023-12-17. bettereducation.com.au.
- Web site: Australia set new record at F1 in Schools World Finals. Formula1.com. 2017-02-11.
- Web site: Winners STEM Video Game Challenge Australia. ACER. www.stemgames.org.au. 2017-03-17.
- Web site: Roll of Honour . 2024-07-14 . St Bede's College . en-AU.
- Web site: Feb 2018 . SBOCA Roll of Honour inductees 2013 .
- Web site: Woudstra . John . 16 July 2004 . Brother Ken Ormerod, principle of St. Bedes College in Mentone coaching senior students at basketball .
- Web site: The District Council: Exercising Leadership Today DeLaSalle . 2024-07-14 . www.delasalle.org.au.
- Web site: MACS - Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Lighting Their Path . 2024-07-14 . www.macs.vic.edu.au.
- Web site: Feb 2018 . St Bedes College Yearbook 2017 .
- Web site: Sep 2019 . St Bedes Yearbook 2018 .
- Web site: Principal's Welcome . 2024-07-14 . St Bede's College . en-AU.
- Web site: Premiers & Champions – Associated Catholic Colleges. 2021-01-30. en-AU.
- Web site: Peter McTigue OAM | Chemistry Education Association . 12 March 2019 . 2 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190302105109/http://cea.asn.au/chemistry-educators/peter-mctigue-oam.html . dead .
- http://nickstaikos.com.au/about-nick/ About Nick
- Web site: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize.
- https://www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BedaBoy-June-2020-FINAL-1.pdf
- News: British India: Avalanche . The Sydney Morning Herald . Patrick . Donovan . 7 May 2010.
- Web site: Vale Liam Davison. 23 July 2014.
- Web site: Hall of Fame. St Bede's College. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219040614/http://www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/community/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=129. 19 February 2017.
- Web site: Eddie Perfect's secret Melbourne: an exploration of middle-class life. Mary. O'Brien. 12 June 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald.
- https://www.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/01385.pdf