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Corpus Christi College
Latin: Sequere Dominium ("Follow The Lord")[1]
Established	1983
School Type	Private, Co-educational, Day school
Denomination	Catholic
Key People	Ms Payne (Principal) Simon Bowen (Chairman)
School Fees	AU$4,491 - $4,552/year[2]
Location	Bateman, WA, Australia
Coordinates	32°3′23″S 115°50′34″E / 32.05639°S 115.84278°E / -32.05639; 115.84278Coordinates: 32°3′23″S 115°50′34″E / 32.05639°S 115.84278°E / -32.05639; 115.84278
Enrolment	~1,070 (8-12)[3]
Colours	Maroon, Navy & White
Homepage	www.corpus.wa.edu.au

Corpus Christi College is a private, co-educational, Catholic, Secondary College, located in Bateman, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Established in 1983, the College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,070 students from Years 8 to 12 (and year 7 students as of 2009). The majority of students attending the college are drawn from the local parishes of Bateman, Willetton, Applecross, Winthrop, Riverton and Canning Vale.^[3]

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 House system 4 Alumni 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] History

Corpus Christi College was officially opened as a co-educational Catholic College for secondary students by the Archbishop of Perth, Sir Lancelot Goody, and the Commonwealth Minister for Finance, Mr John Dawkins, on the 17th April, 1983. It was established as the first non-order owned co-educational Catholic Secondary College in the Archdiocese of Perth by the Catholic Education Commission. From its opening it had 128, Year 8 students and 7 teaching staff which has since grown into its present numbers of 1070 students from Years 8 to 12 and staff of 130 in 2008.^[4]

[edit] Campus

Corpus Christi College is situated on a single, seven hectare campus, located in suburban Bateman.

The current facilities of the College include: a chapel; library; science laboratories; an auditorium with associated music and drama facilities; computer laboratories; specialist rooms for art, craft, food technology, fabrics and textiles, materials technology, technical graphics and information communication technology; a gymnasium; oval; playing fields; and hard courts.

The College also has an Education Support Centre, for 50 students in Years 8 to 12.^[3]

The College recently added a year 7 block to it facilities, in preparation for 2009.

The school recently constructed a memorial rose garden, in honor of Brayden, James, Rosy, and 3 other students who died during their time at the College

[edit] House system

As with most Australian schools, Corpus utilises a house system. There are currently four houses:

• Bateman (Red) - House Co-ordinator : Simon Messer
• Forrest (Yellow) - House Co-ordinator : Isaac Ramshaw
• Murdoch (Blue) - House Co-ordinator : Lesley MacDonald
• Winthrop (Green) - House Co-ordinator : Nicholas Guard

[edit] Alumni

• Rove McManus - Host of Rove Live, owner of production company Roving Enterprises, multi Gold Logie Award Winner

• Charmaine Dragun - Co-anchor for Channel 10 news team 2003-2007

• Shaun McManus - Fremantle Football Club player

• Garrick Ibbotson - Fremantle Football Club player

• Chris Masten - West Coast Eagles player

• Simon Black - Brisbane Lions Football Club player, 2002 Browlow Medalist

• Josh Carr - Port Adelaide Football Club player

• Matthew Carr - Retired footballer

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of schools in Perth, Western Australia

[edit] External links

• Corpus Christi College website