De La Salle College Ashfield

For other uses of "De La Salle College", see De La Salle College.
For Ashfield College in Dublin, Ireland, see Ashfield College.

De La Salle College Ashfield
New College Hall in November 2009
Location
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Ashfield, Sydney
,
New South Wales
,
2131

Australia
Coordinates33°53′3″S 151°7′31″E / 33.88417°S 151.12528°E / -33.88417; 151.12528
Information
TypeIndependent, comprehensive, single-sex school, secondary school, day school
MottoLatin: Esto Vir
(Used in context as "to be the best man you can be." If translated directly from Latin it means "Be a man"[1])
Religious affiliation(s)De La Salle Brothers
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established10 December 1916 (1916-12-10)
StatusClosed
Closed20 December 2022 (2022-12-20)
Staff~58[2]
Key people
Years7–12
GenderBoys
Enrolmentc. 384 (2021[2])
CampusSuburban
Houses
  • Maurice
  • Bernard
  • Kevin
  • John
Colour(s)Blue and white   
SportsMetropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association
Yearbook
  • Signum Feidei (1926–1945)
  • Blue & White (1945–2023)
AffiliationCatholic Secondary Schools Association NSW/ACT
AlumniOld Boys
Websitedlsashfield.catholic.edu.au
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De La Salle College was an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Ashfield, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1916 by the De La Salle Brothers and Vincentian Fathers, the college catered to students in Year 7 to Year 12[2] from the inner-west Parishes of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The college was under the patronage of the Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher. De La Salle College was one of 18[clarification needed] Lasallian Schools in Australia,[3] and in the 1970s became the first Catholic high school in Australia to have a lay headmaster.[4]

On 8 June 2022, it was announced that the college would amalgamate with adjacent girls' high school, Bethlehem College, and St Vincent's Primary School, due to increasing demand for co-educational schools in inner Sydney.[5] From 2023, the new school was known as St Vincent's College and from 2027, after a five-year transition period, it will become a fully K-12 co-educational school precinct.[6][7]

The school is affiliated with the Catholic Secondary Schools Association NSW/ACT,[8] and the Metropolitan Catholic Colleges Sports Association (MCC).[9]

In education, the college was fully accredited in 2018 to run the Newman Selective Gifted Education Program (the Gifted and Talented program), which caters towards the significant learning needs of capable students.[10] The program is currently being facilitated in a number of the Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools within Sydney Catholic Schools.[10][11] The school also used Inquiry-Based Learning approach, focusing mainly on the Solution Fluency framework.[12] They offered a number of co-curricular activities and experiences, including immersions to Lasallian schools overseas. The school followed the NSW Syllabus and Australian Curriculum.

  1. ^ "De La Salle College Ashfield". Schools & Colleges. Australian Government Directory. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "Annual Report to the Community 2021" (PDF). Plans/Reports. De La Salle College Ashfield. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Lasallian Schools in Australia". Lasallian Presence in Australia. International Lasallian Youth Gathering. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Ashfield Plans". Sydney Catholic Schools. Sydney Catholic Schools. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ^ Baker, Jordan (11 June 2022). "Two inner west single-sex schools to merge into new co-ed college". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ^ Trimboli, Domenic (10 June 2022). "St Vincent's College Ashfield Announced". Sydney Catholic Schools. Sydney Catholic Schools. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ^ "About Us". Catholic Secondary Schools Association NSW/ACT. Catholic Secondary Schools Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference MCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b "The Newman Selective Gifted Education Program". De La Salle College, Ashfield. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Newman Selective Gifted Education Program". Sydney Catholic Schools. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Inquiry Based Learning". De La Salle College, Ashfield. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2019.