Our Vision
We believe in living life in Jesus. In keeping with the Mercy tradition, we believe in the dignity of the individual and selfless, honest, life-giving relationships based in a child-safe environment.
We strive to be a spirit-filled, educational community that realises the fullest potential of Jesus’ message for creation.
Our Mission
Catholic Identity
- Commits to living lives of service embracing the values of Jesus with relevance to today’s society, both locally and globally.
- Promotes a community in which compassion, justice, fairness and equality exists for all.
- Continuously provides opportunities for immersion in the Catholic tradition.
Pastoral Care
& Wellbeing
- Promotes pastoral wellbeing programs and behaviours that enable its community members to be connected in a child-safe environment.
- Aspires to provide a balance of spiritual, academic, cultural, physical, emotional and social learning within a child-safe environment.
- Aims to develop a community consciousness of shared responsibility for the care and wellbeing of others.
Endeavours to enable community members to understand the process of accessing support and to feel comfortable to do so.
Leadership
- Encourages leadership across the school that is visionary, reflective, courageous, collaborative, inclusive and respectful.
- Promotes leadership amongst students, staff and community members that nurtures and values individual strengths for the benefit of the whole community.
Learning
& Teaching
- Aims to provide a contemporary and challenging educational environment that fosters relationships to enhance learning for all individuals.
- Develops innovative, creative, engaging, meaningful and flexible curriculum.
- Recognises the importance of appropriate organisational structures in providing the best possible learning. Commits to the use of collaboration, feedback and reflective practise to enhance performance.
Stewardship
of Resources
- Aims to provide a contemporary and challenging educational environment that fosters relationships to enhance learning for all individuals.
- Develops innovative, creative, engaging, meaningful and flexible curriculum.
- Recognises the importance of appropriate organisational structures in providing the best possible learning. Commits to the use of collaboration, feedback and reflective practise to enhance performance.
- Promotes effective and practical ways of continually improving teaching practice.
Our Graduate Outcomes
Catholic College students live life in Jesus by —
- Developing and sustaining loving, empathetic and supportive and child-safe relationships.
- Serving others with honour, courage and integrity.
- Being creative problem solvers, critical and reflective thinkers and self- directed, lifelong learners.
- Knowing and valuing themselves, having a sense of confidence and belonging.
- Being flexible and resilient with a sense of dignity and self-respect.
- Being environmentally and socially responsible within their local, national and global communities.
- Striving to achieve their best academically.
Our Catholic Identity
As a school, we express our faith in many ways.Â
An education with ̨ÍåSWAG is a living expression of the dynamic and evolving tradition of the Church – and our sense of community is a tangible example of our Catholic Identity.
Formal compulsory RE classes are offered in Years 7 to 11, with additional related subjects in Years 10 to 12, Youth Ministry or VCE Religion and Society.
School life includes whole school liturgies, small community liturgies and prayer, whole school themes, school retreats and camps, commitment to social justice (expressed in events that raise awareness of important social issues), a commitment to creating connections with our Catholic Parish and dynamic youth programs such as Youth Ministry and The RITE Journey.
These programs enable your child to put their faith into action. Students are also involved in Carevan and assist with the maintenance of Clyde Cameron Reserve in Willow Park, Wodonga. These fulfil two of the basic teachings of Jesus Christ; by feeding the hungry and practising stewardship of the environment.
Youth Ministry students undertake community service within the school and further afield. They work with the three Catholic Education Wodonga (CEW) primary schools in faith formation, through planning and leading retreats.