La Salle College Middle Swan
| La Salle College Middle Swan | |
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| Location | |
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Middle Swan, WA Australia  Australia | |
| Coordinates | 31°52′44″S 116°00′17″E / 31.8790°S 116.0046°ECoordinates: 31°52′44″S 116°00′17″E / 31.8790°S 116.0046°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Catholic, Co-educational |
| Motto | Deo Duce God our Leader |
| Established | 1954 |
| Principal | Wayne Bull |
| Enrolment | 1400 |
| Colour(s) | red, green and gold |
| Website | lasalle.wa.edu.au |
La Salle College, Middle Swan is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school that caters for approximately 1400 Year 7-12 students, including about 40 Aboriginal boarding students from regional and remote Western Australia. Located in the Swan Valley region of Perth, Western Australia.[1]
History
John Baptist De La Salle was born in France in 1651. His family was from the privileged class; however, after entering the priesthood, De La Salle committed himself to provide a Christian and human education to young people, and especially to the poor and marginalised. In 1680, at 29 years of age, John Baptist de La Salle invited young men to join him in devoting themselves to the Christian education of youth.
On his death in 1719, there were 100 Brothers in France. He was canonised in 1900 and became the universal patron Saint of Teachers in 1950. The De La Salle Brothers developed into a worldwide Christian education community.
La Salle College From humble beginnings in 1954, with only 61 male students, three De La Salle Brothers from the Eastern Australian states opened De La Salle College.
Faced with declining vocations, the Brothers returned to the Eastern States at the end of 1971. A College Board of Management was appointed by the Archbishop and Brother Fitzhardinge, a Christian Brother, was appointed Headmaster. The name of the school was changed to La Salle College. In 1973 the girls from St Brigid’s Convent were relocated to the College resulting in La Salle becoming one of the first co-educational schools within Catholic education in WA.
Facilities
Today the original buildings coexist with contemporary facilities. Facilities include:
- St John Baptist De La Salle Chapel
- Nicolas Barre Auditorium
- Br Fitzhardinge Trade Skills Centre
- Br Eric Pigott Performing Arts Centre
- Matthew Kennedy Aquatic Centre
- Jan Jolley iCentre
- Fr Lawrence Murphy Senior Learning Centre
- Patricia Rodrigues Centre and
- Peter Elloy Staff Centre.
References
- ↑ "La Salle College". http://www.lasalle.wa.edu.au. External link in
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External links
- Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
- Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
- Middle Swan, Western Australia
- Congregation of Christian Brothers