Marcellin College
Latin: Virtute Ad Altissima "With Virtue and Courage We Strive for The Highest."[1]
Established	1950[1]
School Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day school
Denomination	Roman Catholic, Marist
Key People	Mr. Mark Murphy (Principal) Fr. John Carnie CssR (Chaplain)
Location	Bulleen, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°46′29″S 145°4′54″E / 37.77472°S 145.08167°E / -37.77472; 145.08167Coordinates: 37°46′29″S 145°4′54″E / 37.77472°S 145.08167°E / -37.77472; 145.08167
Enrolment	~1,200 (7-12)
Colours	Maroon, Blue & Gold
Homepage	www.marcellin.vic.edu.au

Marcellin College, Bulleen is a Marist Catholic secondary boys' school situated in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.

The school was founded in 1950 by the Marist Brothers originally in Camberwell. A senior school campus was opened in Bulleen for years 9 to 12 with the Camberwell campus catering for years 7 to 8 before it closed in 1993.

Marcellin College is a member of the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria (AGSV) and the Association of Marist Schools of Australia (AMSA).

[edit] History

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In the late 1960s, Marcellin flirted with a co-educational campus, when year 12 students from Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg attended the Marcellin campus for some subjects. This attempt was not deemed successful. Recently, the bond between Marcellin and OLMC strengthened through their school musical production, held in 2006. Marcellin has also had close ties with Our Lady of Sion College working together on Biannual Musical productions during the 90s and early 00s as well as sharing Food Technology and Visual communication and design facilities.

The College was founded upon the principles of Saint Marcellin Champagnat to provide an education grounded in Gospel values with emphasis upon each student striving to reach his potential. Indeed, the College's Latin motto: virtute ad altissima means literally "to the highest with virtue" or “Through virtue and courage to strive for the highest”.

The College philosophy promotes 'open entry' in terms of academic ability, encouraging students of all abilities to undertake their studies there. This is continued into the VCE where the majority of students are encouraged to complete their Year 12. The mainstream curriculum is augmented by extension programmes for the gifted and additional support for those with learning difficulties.

The College's facilities include specialist classrooms, learning technologies, performance venues and sporting venues. The 15 hectare property includes the playing fields used in the Associated Grammar Schools’ of Victoria competition, various Old Collegians' Sporting Clubs and also a few of the AFL Football Teams. Prior to the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the Fijian and Welsh rugby teams also used the Gartner Fields as an official training venue. The Jonathon Bray oval is also situated on school grounds.

In April 2009, Mark Murphy took over as Principal of Marcellin College, in the place of outgoing Principal Mark Merry. Murphy formerly served as Deputy Principal of St. Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully

[edit] Ethos and culture

[edit] Leadership programme

There is an established Student Representative Council which allows students to be actively involved in various College matters to help organise functions and events relative to their student body. There is a SRC representative in each year level for each house for years 7 to 11. In year 12 there is a College Captain and two Vice Captains as well as House Captains and Vice Captains for their representative houses, who form the SRC Executive Committee. 2008 saw the introduction of various Academic Captains including LOTE and various Performing Arts Captains. This was also the year for the first World Youth Day Captain in conjunction with the World Youth Day event held in the same year with the position being called the Liturgy Captain for future years.

[edit] Notable alumni

Sport

• Mark Bresciano - Socceroo, plays also for Palermo, Italy, holds the record for highest transfer fee for an Australian player.
• Gavin Brown - former AFL Collingwood captain & Premiership player.
• Peter Curran - former AFL Hawthorn Premiership player.
• Paul Dimattina - former AFL Western Bulldogs Football Club player & restaurateur.
• Greg Madigan - former AFL Hawthorn and Fremantle player.
• Peter McNamara - tennis player, former world No. 7.
• Leigh Montagna - AFL St Kilda player.
• Luke Shuey - AFL West Coast Eagles draftee.
• Stephen Silvagni - former AFL Carlton Football Club player, Full Back of the Century.
• Luke Stanton - AFL Carlton rookie.
• David Zaharakis - AFL Essendon player.

Entertainment, media and the arts

• Stephen Curry - actor and comedian.
• Kaz James - solo artist & international DJ.
• Andrew Maher - media personality (Network 10, AFL).

Other

• Alphonse Gangitano^[2] - Melbourne Underworld figure.

Politics

• Michael O'Brien- Victorian Liberal MP.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Marcellin College website