Guilford Young College
| Guilford Young College | |
|---|---|
 Christ our Light | |
| Location | |
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Glenorchy and Hobart, Tasmania Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | private, co-educational, day school |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1994; opened 1995 |
| Principal | Bobby Court |
| Enrolment | 900+ (2012) |
| Colour(s) |
Navy Blue, Gold & Red |
| Slogan | Learning for Life |
| Website | www.gyc.tas.edu.au |
Guilford Young College is a Catholic senior secondary college, located in Hobart, Tasmania. It has two campuses, one in Hobart, and one in Glenorchy. The College provides Years 11 and 12 education, offering more than 100 Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), pre-tertiary and Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses. It is named after Archbishop Sir Guilford Young, who served as Archbishop of Hobart 1955-1988.
History
Guilford Young College was founded in 1994 and opened to students in 1995, having been established by the Archdiocese of Hobart, the Christian Brothers, the Dominican Sisters, the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Sisters of Charity and the Sisters of Saint Joseph. The College was established after a restructuring of the Catholic education system in southern Tasmania which saw a number of Catholic high schools hand over their senior secondary classes (Years 11 and 12) to create one senior secondary college. Its formation fulfilled a vision, originally articulated by the eighth Archbishop of Hobart, the Most Rev. Sir Guilford Young, to build a Catholic senior secondary college in Hobart which would provide excellence in learning for young men and women within a community of faith. GYC is commissioned to continue the great traditions and the spirit of the founding orders and the colleges which contributed to its foundation.
Associated colleges
The Catholic colleges associated with GYC are: Sacred Heart College, New Town; Mount Carmel College, Sandy Bay; St Virgil's College, Austins Ferry; Dominic College, Glenorchy; MacKillop Catholic College, Mornington; St James Catholic College, Cygnet; St Aloysius Catholic College, Kingston will become an associated college in the near future when its first students are ready for senior secondary education in 2013. In 2012, the oldest students are in Year 10, born in 1996.
College crest and motto
The crest
The College crest incorporates:
the Archbishop's Cross
the Book of the Gospels
the Word of God
the Flame representing Christ, the Light of the world
The motto
"Christ Our Light"
The motto urges members of the College community to follow Jesus Christ as their leader.
Glenorchy campus
The Glenorchy campus is situated in Bowden Street, Glenorchy. It is a spacious, flat campus with the towering Mount Wellington as a magnificent backdrop.
The campus is orientated around the Central Administration Office which houses the administration for the College as well as the campus administration. Classrooms, a canteen, chapel, staff rooms, library, uniform shop and offices are situated in several buildings. The large, multi-purpose Bosco Centre houses the gym, performing arts and music while the adjacent Houghton House is home to a two-member Benedictine community. Nearby is the new Southern Colleges Trade Training Centre (see below), as well as facilities for subjects including art, catering and photography.
A redevelopment program for one of the older buildings has been approved for late in 2011.
Originally, the Glenorchy Campus was the parochial Holy Name School, run by the Dominican Sisters, before it merged with Savio College (Salesians of Don Bosco) to become Dominic College, which today is one of GYC’s association colleges and now is located on one site, closer to the mountain.
The Southern Catholic College Trade Traiing Centre is located on the Glenorchy Campus. This state-of-the art VET training centre was opened in 2010 to Australia-wide attention. GYC is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and is the lead College in the Southern Catholic Colleges Trade Training consortium, the first non-government organisation of its kind in Tasmania. The partner colleges are: St James Catholic College (Cygnet), Mount Carmel College (Sandy Bay), St Mary’s College (Hobart), Sacred Heart College (New Town), Dominic College (Glenorchy), St Virgil’s College (Austins Ferry) and MacKillop College (Mornington). The consortium and the centre aim to encourage a greater retention of students through to Year 12 and to help build a body of workers to alleviate the skills shortage in Tasmania. Students have the opportunity while in Years 9 and 10 to start nationally recognised certificate courses which they can continue in Years 11 and/or 12 at GYC.
Hobart campus
The Hobart Campus is situated in Barrack Street, not far from Hobart’s CBD. Although much more confined than its Glenorchy counterpart, the Hobart Campus commands stunning views over the city to the Derwent River and the Eastern Shore.
In recent years, this campus has undergone an extensive building program which has provided a new catering suite, uniform shop, photography laboratory, classrooms, computer labs, and a gym. The Hobart Campus also contains a canteen, chapel, staff rooms, library, uniform shop and offices. While most subjects are taught on both campuses, some students do travel between campuses to pursue their chosen line of study.
Both campuses also provide sporting facilities.
Originally, the Hobart Campus was the site for the first St Virgil’s College, which was opened by the Christian Brothers in 1911. GYC played a significant role in the April 2011 celebrations marking the centenary of SVC, now situated in nearby Patrick Street (Years 3-6) and Austins Ferry (Year 7-10). A cemetery associated with SVC is also on the site.
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