Aquinas Catholic College, Menai
Aquinas Catholic College, Menai is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational, systemic high school in Menai, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1993 and is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
Extracurricular activities
The school offers a range of extracurricular activities including cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league, oz-tag, rugby union, football, debating, public speaking, music, drama, athletics, swimming, basketball, netball, cross country running, waterpolo, chess and volleyball.
House system
The school has a house system of four houses which are named after a Catholic historical figure and represented by a colour. Students are allocated to a house then placed into a vertically streamed pastoral class which is led by two elected year twelve senior house leaders. They compete for the House Cup in a variety of events.
The houses are:
- MacKillop — named after Mary MacKillop and represented by the colour blue
- LaSalle — named after Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and represented by the colour green
- Nagle — named after Nano Nagle and represented by the colour gold
- Rice — named after Edmund Ignatius Rice and represented by the colour red
Notable alumni
- Jayden Brailey, rugby league footballer
- Jordan Holmes, professional footballer
- James Roumanos, rugby league footballer
See also
References
- ^ "Aquinas Catholic College, Menai, NSW". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "The house system". Aquinas Catholic College, Menai. Retrieved 10 March 2019.