Middle School College Houses
BRYAN Royal Blue Strive for Better Things
EDMUND Maroon
GLOWREY Teal Green
Major Ab Adversis Better After Adversity
Endure fort (Endure with Strength)
TREACY Emerald Dignity Courage
are four
BRYAN
Each
There are approximately 20 students in each
GLOWREY
WilliamBryanwasthefirststudentenrolledat CBCPerthwhichbeganin1894.HewasDuxof theCollegein1897and1898 Heservedas PresidentoftheOldBoysfrom1907to1914 He wenttotheFirstWorldWarasCaptainofthe 1stAIFandwaskilledinactioninFrancein1917
EDMUND
BlessedEdmundRicewasthefounderofthe ChristianBrothersinIreland.Hebeganhisfirst schoolin1802inNewStreetWaterford.Hewas awealthybusinessmanwhoturnedhisfortune toassistthepoorboysofhistime His CongregationofBrothersspreadtoevery continentontheglobe Hediedin1844atthe ageof82
LindsayGlowreywasastudentatCBCPerthfrom 1906to1913.HewasaPrefectandPresidentofthe ElocutionandDebatingSocieties Hewenttothe FirstWorldWarasa2ndLieutenantandwaskilled in1917inFrance
TREACY
BrotherPatrickAmbroseTreacybroughtthe ChristianBrotherstoAustraliain1868aswasthe ProvinceLeaderforthewholeofAustraliafrom 1869to1901.HeoversawthefoundationofCBC Perthandwassaidtohavetoldthearchitect: “BuilditwellMrCavanagh,ithastolast100years”
Contact information for your son’s Head of House and tutor can be found on SEQTA under the Aquinas Portal tab.
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Middle School College Houses
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College day houses in the Middle School Each house has a Head of House under the leadership of the Head of Middle School
year within the House level is divided into two Tutor groups with a Tutor teacher
tutor group
College Houses
CHANEY Dark Grey Integritas Primi - Integrity First
CULLITY Orange
Nescit Vox Missa Reverti (A word once spoken can never be recalled)
DURACK Purple Dignity and Determination
PRENDIVILLE Black Sapienter Vive (Live Wisely )
u n i o r S c h o o l
Red Faith and Justice
CLUNE Gold The Will to Do, the Soul to Dare EGAN Pale Blue Aim High QUINLAN White Veritas in Te Ipso (The Truth Is In Us All)J
REDMOND
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Tuatha Shield
TheunderlyingprincipleoftheAquinasCollegeHouse systemistovalueeachotheraspeersandtopromotea strongsenseoftogethernessinourcommunity.To supportthesevalues,theCollegehasdedicatedan awardsystemthatencompassesthespiritof competitionthroughteamworkandpridethatcomes frommembershiptoaHouse
Theword“Tuatha”derivesfromtheGaeliclanguage meaningfamily,communityandasenseofbelonging TheTuathaCupcomprisesdiversityofsporting, cultural,academicandserviceactivities Eachyear Housescompeteforpointsthatgotowardwinningthe cup
Allactivitiesareinclusiveofeverystudentfromthe MiddleSchoolandincludeInterhouseSwimming, AthleticsandCrossCountrycarnivals,Academicpoints, HouseEisteddfodanddebatingcompetitionsand otherInterhousecontests
In2018theCollegeexpandedtheHousesystemto includeanextra4houses,Chaney,Cullity,Durackand Prendiville EachSchoolhastheirownseperateHouse system JuniorSchoolhaskeptClune,Egan,Quinlan andRedmondHouse MiddleSchoolhasBryan, Edmund,GlowreyandTreacyHouse SeniorSchool havethenewhousesChaney,Cullity,Durackand Prendiville
EachSchoolwillhavetheirownHousecompetitions. SeniorSchoolwillcompetefortheTuathaShield MiddleSchoolwillcompetefortheTuathaCup
Edmund Edmund Edmund
Edmund Edmund Bryan Bryan Bryan Bryan Clune Clune Treacy Treacy Treacy Treacy Treacy Glowrey Glowrey Glowrey Treacy Treacy Clune Egan Egan Bryan Bryan Treacy Treacy Glowrey Glowrey
Tuatha Shield Winners are: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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