UNIFORMS were swapped for casual clothes at St John’s College yesterday when students and teachers came together for Founder’s Day celebrations.
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House groups Lennon, McAuley, La Salle and Moore took part in an ‘amazing race’ set of activities and games as well as a liturgy to celebrate the traditions left by earlier generations and to keep in collective memory the people for whom the college houses were named.
St John’s College was an amalgamation of two Catholic schools in Dubbo when it was founded in 1969.
The Mercy convent school for girls was located in the grounds of St Brigid’s church while De Le Salle Brothers educated boys separately in George Street.
The need for more room led to the construction of the new school on Sheraton Road, and the college relocated from George Street in 1991.
The four houses at St John’s College are centred on the traditions of the original schools.
The De La Salle Brothers contributed St John Baptist De La Salle and Brother Julian Lennon.
The Mercy Sisters added Catherine McAuley and Sr Marie Therese Moore.
The houses named after these founders are a strong reminder to the college of their traditions and heritage as a Catholic school.
The annual Founder’s Day celebrations allow St John’s College to appreciate the past while looking towards their future.
