St Mary MacKillop College (formerly Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges Albury) is an

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school, located in

Jindera Jindera is a small town in the South West Slopes section of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated in the Greater Hume Shire local government area, north of the regional centre of Albury. At the 2016 census, J ...

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. The school was established in 2009 offering enrolments for Kindergarten to Year 12. While the school is independent from the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga The Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia. St Michael's Cathedral is the ...

, it has a strong Catholic ethos with a religious education based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church and an emphasis on the lives of the saints as role models. The school motto is ''Verum, Pulchrum et Bonum'' (Truth, Beauty and Goodness). Through the entire school year holy and religious catholic events partake at the school ranging from Mass of the Saints in November to weekly Friday mass in the church "St Mary Help of Christians" next door. In 2023, there were 201 total enrolments, with 93 being identified as male, and 108 identified as female. There were 21 teaching staff and 8 non-teaching staff. The school was the top performing secondary school for the Riverina District in the 2022 nationwide NAPLAN test scheme.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary MacKillop College, Albury Schools in Albury, New South Wales Educational institutions established in 2009 Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga Catholic secondary schools in New South Wales 2009 establishments in Australia

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