College Community

Goals & Intended Outcomes

Mazenod envisions itself as being a community cooperating, witnessing Gospel values and responding to a call to service and responsibility to others. We aim to: • Provide pastoral care to the individual student • Cultivate a friendly and caring atmosphere • Cultivate community by maximising personal communication between staff and students and among staff, students, and parents • Develop an attitude of cooperation with, and a sense of belonging, not only to the school community but also to related community groups. This includes involvement with wider and different community groups, e.g., Parish, local social organisations, and organisations with different concerns such as the St. Vincent de Paul Society, cancer organisations and RSL Anzac Day and Remembrance Day Appeals • Promote within Mazenod's Community an appreciation of the family as the basic unit of society, as the source of its being, and that in responding to each student, we respond to the basic community • Cultivate the loyalty and solidarity of students towards the College.

College Community Achievements:

Mazenod College works in conjunction with our Old Boy Associations and Parent Bodies to ensure that the values and teachings of Christ and St Eugene de Mazenod are experienced throughout the wider community. This ensures that our students can become witnesses to these teachings and can be living examples of Christ's love.

This occurs in the Old Boy network on the sport's area and through sporting clubs such as the Old Collegians Football, Soccer, Volleyball and Cricket clubs, as well as providing the opportunity for the physical and intellectually disadvantaged sports person through the Mazenod Panthers a member of the FIDA.

Through the Mazenod Old Collegians Association (MOCA) which assists the Mazenod Community through: • Pastoral care and mentoring to current and past students • Funding various Old Collegians' sporting club initiatives • The provision of sponsorship to current and past students • Assistance with employment opportunities • Donations & awards to various Mazenod College events • In assisting with work experience & careers • Establishing a benevolent fund & assisting those Mazenod Community members who are in need with financial and emotional support

Through our Parent bodies and their involvement with social events such as Father/Son Fishing Days, Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day Breakfasts, Mothers' Day Dinner, assistance with Social Justice activities (The Vinnies Winter Sleep Out)

Through the provision of Parent Education evenings that assist parents with strategies in raising boys in a hypersexualised society.

Through the College's involvement in the Visible Wellbeing program and the Building Bridges Interfaith Dialogue program.

Co-Curricular Achievements:

• A very well-developed instrumental music program, with hundreds of students receiving weekly individual music lessons on orchestral instruments and participating in a full range of orchestras, bands, and ensembles. • Our musical production "We Will Rock You" was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID • Every student in the school participates in 100 minutes of organised sport each week • Participation in ACC Inter-School Sport • Many of our students represented Mazenod College in at least one ACC event (Association of

Catholic Colleges) • Many students participated in our comprehensive volleyball program, training and playing weekly, dominating the ACC competitions and winning numerous State level honours • Our Senior Badminton team won the ACC Badminton Championship. This sport is one of the fastest in the world and the team can be very proud of their achievement • Outstanding debating success at ACC level, and at the Debating Association of Victoria's (DAV) state finals.

• Our public speakers competed with success at the VCAA's Plain English-Speaking competition and the annual Lions Club Youth of the Year competition. • The Performing Arts Department held a Performing Arts Festival in the evening featuring music, dance and film items from all levels

• The Music Department held its annual Junior Music Gala evening, with over 100 students participating • Students at the 12 and 11 levels participate in Mazenod's Social Justice program which includes:

Rosies and RE days, Retreats and supporting St Vincent de Paul

Value Added - Instrumental Music Program

The number of students receiving individual music lessons in the exceptional College Instrumental Program at the end of 2021 was in excess of 250. Lessons continued online during lockdown.

Students study the following instruments with our team of 16 instrumental music teachers:

Bassoon, cello, clarinet, cornet, double bass, euphonium, flute, french horn, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin

Students have the opportunity to join the following range of ensembles:

Junior Strings, String Quartets, Boyle Strings, Chamber Strings, Chet Baker Band, Concert Band Dorsey Band, Monk Big Band, Flute Ensemble, Founders Ensemble, Junior Vocal, Liturgy Choir, Senior Vocal, Stage Band, Swing Band, Symphonic Wind Band and the Symphony Orchestra.