This year our school Swimming Carnival fell on Valentine’s day, Wednesday 14 February. We headed off to the Sunbury Aquatic Centre, and the Year 12s, in full costume, were first to walk through the gates. They were ready to soak the rest of the school with their water guns. We had many creative ideas from a group of Steve Irwin’s and their crocs, to Minions, and Bananas in Pyjamas .
Year 7s were the first in the water for their first ever high school Swimming Carnival! Over the course of the day, there were an amazing five records broken. Trea Harkin broke the Year 11 Female freestyle and backstroke, and Dylan Campbell-Quigley broke the Year 10 Male breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly! A massive congratulations to them both, we look forward to seeing what they can do in future years!
The day really showed us that even if you didn’t win a race, or preferred to cheer on the sidelines, everyone’s participation and encouragement made the day fun. McAuley proved again that they were the best with another win, making them back to back champions, closely followed by Chisholm who placed second. We want to give a big thank you to all the teachers for helping out on the day, it can’t run without all the people behind the scenes and the effort they put into the day. We hope the Year 12s enjoyed their last swim together and are ready to go even bigger for our Athletics Carnival. We hope everyone had a great fun day, and are so excited for Athletics Carnival!
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.