Mount Carmel College, Rosewater

Mount Carmel College
The entrance to Mount Carmel College in 2006.
Location
33 Newcastle Street, Rosewater, Adelaide, South Australia, 5013 Australia
Coordinates	34°51′23″S 138°31′19″E / 34.8563°S 138.5220°E / -34.8563; 138.5220Coordinates: 34°51′23″S 138°31′19″E / 34.8563°S 138.5220°E / -34.8563; 138.5220
Information
Type	Independent co-educational secondary school
Motto	Latin: Caritas et dignitas (Love and dignity)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1927; 95 years ago (1927)
Principal	John Konopka[1]
Years	7-12
Colour(s)	Brown, yellow, blue
Newspaper	News @ The Mount
Website	www.mcc.catholic.edu.au

Mount Carmel College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the Adelaide suburb of Rosewater, South Australia. Established in 1927 by the Marist Brothers, it was an all-boys school until December 1966. In February 1967 the Sisters of St Joseph transferred the all-girls school from the Pennington Terrace School to the present site of Mount Carmel College and in 1983 the school became a co-educational institution.

Principals[]

This is a list of all the previous principals of Mount Carmel College from 1967 to the present.

• 1967-1968 — Charlotte
• 1969-1971 — Mary Theorist
• 1972-1976 — Joan Evans
• 1977-1980 — Jude Dundon
• 1981-1988 — Joan Barry
• 1989-1993 — Peter Daw
• 1994-1995 — Tony Lowes
• 1996-2005 — Josephine Dubiel
• 2006–2010 — Jane Iwanowitsch
• 2010–2016 — Gavin McGlaughlin
• 2017-current — John Konopka

Developments[]

Recent building projects and work on the school include:

• 1992: Mary MacKillop Special Education Unit completed
• 1995: Environmental Studies building refurbished and Land acquisition program approved
• 1997: Physical Education Laboratory, Science Laboratory, Tutorial and Study Room built
• 1998: Canteen, Undercroft, Year 11 classrooms built and all transportable buildings removed
• 1999: Air conditioning completed
• 2001: Staff Car Park, Lawn and Hard play area next to Year 8 rooms established
• 2002: Federation Garden extended and Courts resurfaced
• 2006: Staff prep area extended, new transportable classrooms erected
• 2007: Two further transportables erected
• 2008: Even more transportable buildings erected - this time in the Federation Garden
• 2009: Palm fronds removed from trees in preparation for annual Open Night

Cervical cancer vaccine[]

Girls at Mount Carmel College were the first to receive the new Australian-made Cervical Cancer Vaccine on 2 April 2007. The vaccine prevents over 70% of cervical cancers. Australia's former Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, was present to launch the vaccination programme.

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