Good Samaritan Catholic College

Good Samaritan Catholic College
Location
Hinchinbrook, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33° 55′ 32.16″ S, 150° 51′ 26.28″ E
Information
School type Private, comprehensive, coeducational secondary school
Motto Journeying with Compassion
Established 1999
Principal Ms Jane Donovan
Teaching staff 100
Grades 7–12
Enrolment ≈1200
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s)

Maroon, Green & Black

              
Website www.goodsamaritan.nsw.edu.au

Good Samaritan Catholic College is a co-educational, systemic Roman Catholic secondary school located in Hinchinbrook, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The school was founded in 1999 and named after the Bible passage of "The Good Samaritan".

The school caters for male and female students from year 7 to 12. The size of the student body is approximately 1500, with 220 students in each grade from year 7 to 10 and 100 from year 11 to 12.

Good Samaritan students are placed into Pastoral Houses upon enrollment, each representing a significant religious figure:

The school community gathers for events such as the annual walk-a-thon, yearly retreats, years 7 and 9 camps, swimming carnival, athletics carnival, Good Samaritan Day, MISA sport, cross country and many other sporting, community and school or fund-raising events. The House that accumulates the most points at the end of the year win the House Cup.

Facilities

Good Samaritan Catholic College has been building onto its facilities to create schooling for students more accommodating for their needs. Its facilities include a hall, chapel, library, science laboratories, design and technology centre, photography and art facilities, computer rooms, hospitality kitchen and food technology centre, basketball courts, performance space and music centre, three ovals, and environmental seating arrangements for breaks.

Uniform

Summer dress

Junior girls

Senior girls

Junior boys

Senior boys

Winter dress

Junior girls

Senior girls

Junior boys

Senior boys

Sport uniform

Curriculum

Basic KLAs

Other subjects

Electives

Year 9 and 10 Year 9 Students pick 2 of the following list in Year 8 to study during Year 9 to 10:

Years 11 and 12

Extracurricular activities

During the schooling life of students at Good Samaritan, students are open to many extra curricular activities some of them being:

At Good Samaritan, students are encouraged to participate in a variety of groups. These groups look to help students make new friends, develop their social skills and help the surrounding community. Some of the groups offered at Good Samaritan are:

Sport

Good Samaritan is devoted to providing multiple resources to develop and encourage students in their sporting abilities. The sports available for students are:

MISA is a competition of sports between schools in the area, played during sport time for students wishing to represent the school. The sports played are:

References

    Coordinates: 33°55′32″S 150°51′26″E / 33.9256°S 150.8573°E / -33.9256; 150.8573

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    1. ↑ http://www.goodsamaritan.nsw.edu.au/
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