St Clare's College is an independent

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single-sex secondary day school for girls, located in Waverley, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1884 by the Poor Clare Sisters, St Clare's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 500 girls from

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. The college is located within the Archdiocese of Sydney, and is affiliated with the Catholic Girls Secondary Schools Sporting Association (CGSSSA) and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

History

St Clare's College is unique in that it remains established on its original site and continues under the governance of Sydney Catholic schools.

Principals

House system

As with most Australian schools, St Clare's uses a

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. The school has four houses, through which students compete in a range of sporting and non-sporting activities. They are: *Reid (Brown and gold) *Claverie (Black and red) *Deakin (Dark blue and light blue) *Keady (Green and gold) *Hume (Mauve) The students earn points for their house through participation in these activities, and the house with the most points at the end of the school year is awarded the 'Babicci Shield'. The Babicci is named after Sister Pauline Babicci, former Mother Abbess of the Poor Clares. The colours of the Houses were decided in consultation with the students at the time the House system was devised. The school also features a tutorial program, whereby each student is assigned to a tutorial in their House, in an attempt to win the annual House Babicci Shield.

Notable alumnae

* Anita Heiss Author * Imelda Roche Co-Chairman of the Roche Group; a former

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; Founder of Nutrimetics

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