John Paul College is an

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early learning,

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, and

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day and boarding school, located in the

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suburb of

Daisy Hill, Queensland Daisy Hill is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Daisy Hill had a population of 6,660 people. Geography Part of the suburb's western boundary follows the Pacific Motorway. A large proportion of the Daisy Hill is pr ...

, Australia. Established in 1982, the school enrolled 1,711 students in 2018, from early learning and Year K to

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, of whom two percent identified as

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and 24 percent came from a language background other than English. John Paul International College provides English Language Studies for international students keen to engage in study in Australia. The principal is Karen Spiller . The school is located on a campus, and is a member of

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Overview

The foundation principal was Cec Munns, who was also a member of the steering committee which had urged the Brisbane Catholic Education Office to establish a Catholic secondary school in the area. This request was denied, so the committee worked with the local Catholic, Anglican, and Uniting parishes to establish the school, which opened on Australia Day 1982 with 144 students in Years 8 and 9. John Paul College has twice been judged as one of the best ten schools in Australia in a nationwide series conducted by ''

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'' newspaper in both 2002 and 2003. John Paul provides group or private

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, vocal, dance, and drama lessons on a weekly basis.

Organization

The College comprises three schools: Primary school is broken down into an additional three schools: * Early Learning (childcare, kindergarten and prep) * Junior Primary (Years 1, 2 and 3) * Senior Primary (Years 4, 5 and 6)

History

The college was founded through the collaborative efforts of four clergymen from three different denominations:

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, and Uniting. All four were strong believers in

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, which continues to guide the College ethos to this day. Father Rollo Enright, the Catholic parish priest at St Peter's, Rochedale, had a strong commitment to

and was the driving force behind the push for the ecumenical concept of the college when it became clear that the proposal to build a Catholic College at Daisy Hill was rejected by the Catholic Education Office. Father Leo Burke was the founding Catholic parish priest of St Edward's, Daisy Hill and remains involved with the college to this day as its

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. Another ecumenist, Patrick Doulin, was parish priest of St Mark's Anglican community, Slacks Creek, and the official representative of the Anglican

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Bryan Gilmour, the pastor of Logan Uniting Church, was a prominent leader of the ecumenical movement within his own

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and, with the others, enthusiastically supported the establishment of John Paul College as an ecumenical school. It was indeed, he who when it appeared all avenues to establish the college were exhausted, suggested that the founders pray that, "''not our will, but God's, be done''".

Houses

Students are allocated to one of the four

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and will remain in that house for the duration of their time at JPC. Siblings are assigned to the same house.

Boarding

JPC offers accommodation for students in Years 7 to 12. The boarders are housed in a "village-style" environment called Fenton Village. Vegetable gardens surround individual residential homes, which accommodates eight boarders each. The Director of Boarding, Assistant Director of Boarding, House Mother and four Tutors live on-site.

Notable alumni

Sports

;Olympians * Genevieve LaCaze *

Mitch Larkin Mitchell James Larkin (born 9 July 1993) is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. He currently represents the Cali Condors which is part of the International Swimming League. Larkin competed for Australia at th ...

* Keryn McMaster *

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* Michael Turnball ;Association football *

* Michael Turnball * Sin Chang-moo ;Australian rules footballers *

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* Jesse White ;Men's basketball *

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;Women's basketball *

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* Mikhaela Donnelly * Sarah Graham *

Kalani Purcell Kalani Purcell (born 13 January 1995) is a New Zealand professional basketball player. College Purcell began her college career at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas for the Blue Dragons. After two seasons with Hutchinson, Purce ...

Kristy Wallace Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bear ...

;Netball * Madeline McAuliffe *

Clare McMeniman Clare McMeniman (born 11 July 1985), also known as Clare Ferguson, is a former Australia national netball team, Australia netball international. She List of Australia national netball team captains, captained Australia when they won the 2016 Ne ...

Laura Scherian Laura Scherian (born 26 June 1988) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. Scherian began her netball career in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy at the now-defunct AIS Canberra ...

;Rugby union * Jake Schatz

Others

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– Sudanese-Australian mechanical engineer. *

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– CEO, Virgin Management Asia Pacific. *

Gong Hyo-jin Gong Hyo-jin (born April 4, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film '' Crush and Blush'' (2008), as well as for her popular television series '' Sang Doo! Let's Go to School'' (2003), ''Thank You'' (20 ...

– South Korean actress. *

Dami Im Dami Im ( , , ; born October 17, 1988) is a South Korean-born Australian singer and songwriter. She represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden with the song " Sound of Silence", placing second and ach ...

– South Korean-born Australian singer. * Taj Pabari – 2017 Queensland Young Australian of the Year. *

Jesse Wardlaw Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw (born 13 January 2000 in New Zealand), usually known as Jesse Wardlaw, is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Wardlaw plays as a key forward and led the Brisbane Lio ...

– AFL W Player

References

External links

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