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At Xavier College, we educate students from 3-year-old Kindergarten all the way through to their Year 12 Valete celebrations. We have three campuses: Kostka Hall in Brighton, Burke Hall in Kew and Senior Campus, also in Kew.
Xavier College is a Catholic school founded in 1878 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). It belongs to a worldwide network of over 2000 Jesuit educational institutions.
Our aim is excellence in education and the formation of reflective, compassionate and articulate men and women of Christian faith, hope and love who will provide outstanding service and leadership in our world.
Xavier College is a Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). It belongs to a worldwide network of over 2000 Jesuit educational institutions.
A Jesuit education encourages the individual to develop his or her talents and fosters reflection so that the person’s heart, mind, body and spirit may become fully engaged to serve in the wider world.
Our aim is excellence in education and the formation of reflective, compassionate and articulate men and women of Christian faith, hope and love who will provide outstanding service and leadership in our world.
A Jesuit education instils in students a lifelong love of learning. Our students are encouraged to seek the best for themselves through a continuing openness to growth in all areas of their lives: intellectual, spiritual, moral, aesthetic, physical and emotional.
All students have the opportunity to experience a full range of intellectual, creative and physical activities. They can help clarify career options and kindle passionate interests that will endure well beyond their school years.
All co-curricular activities are aimed at ensuring a student receives a well-rounded education at Xavier College.
Co-curricular activities are centred around the development of the whole person and the formation of character.
Sport plays a significant role in the life of a Xavier student and the College strongly supports the need for a healthy balance for our young men and women. The Sports Department provides a unique, participation-based, challenging and rewarding sporting program.
We offer over 29 different sports across our program.
Students are able to choose from a wide selection of strings, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments to learn and refine with the support of individual music lessons.
Across Xavier College’s three campuses, approximately 600 students are involved in the music program with 712 lessons being conducted every week of term.
61 music ensembles, including symphonies, orchestras, choirs and bands, provide opportunities for students to perform and grow as musicians together. A plethora of student performances occur throughout the College, including Xavier in Concert at Melbourne’s iconic Hamer Hall every 3 years.
Xavier College has a comprehensive performing arts program across all three campuses, all of which showcase theatre productions throughout the year.
The space below the Memorial Chapel, now the Crypt Drama Studio, was redeveloped as a space for classes and performances in 1999.
In 2008, the Eldon Hogan Performing Arts Centre (EHPAC), a state-of-the-art theatre complex, opened at the Senior Campus. It is used by Xavier College’s Drama and Music departments and has seating capacity for up to 500 people.
Boarding has been an inherent part of the College since it first opened its doors over 140 years ago. The Xavier boarding experience is based on strong family and Catholic values.
Today at Xavier, we accommodate up to 76 boarders from Year 9 to Year 12.
The size and location of the house is significant. The boarding house is centrally located at the very heart of the campus and we are committed to keeping our numbers low. This means we know every student and every family.
Many members of the Boarding House staff are also teachers, meaning they are able to assist with both general and subject-specific content. The College also offers a supervised study program for all boarders.
Boarding at Xavier is built upon a strong three-way partnership between the College, the students and their parents. Parents are actively encouraged to be involved through a range of both formal and informal avenues of communication and participation, including a Boarding Parents’ Association which runs many activities throughout the year.
At Xavier, we enrol the family, not just the child.
Xavier College is a Catholic Jesuit College and as such is committed to the development of each student’s individual abilities to the highest degree possible. The College, together with the Xavier College Foundation, is therefore pleased to offer a range of scholarships for either current students or those who wish to attend the college.
Scholarships are offered in Years 7, 9 and 11 and are available in a number of different categories.
Unfortunately Xavier College does not offer means-based scholarships. However, the College does offer Bursaries to prospective students. For further information please visit xavier.vic.edu.au/xavier/content/bursaries
With passion and purpose, we seek to forge young men of character, of conscience, compassion and competent commitment. Within a spirit of excellence, we challenge our students to pursue their best, make a contribution and unlock their every potential.
For 140 years, we have been challenging and educating our students to strive for excellence in the development of their talent and potential through their intellectual, spiritual, moral, physical, social and emotional formation. Xavier offers a nurturing space, valuing inclusiveness and teamwork, in which students strive to discern and realise their gifts and to foster a passion for life and learning.
We also recognise that their gifts must be used not simply for the enrichment of self, but for the betterment of others. We recognise that their heart is most on fire when they are making a meaningful contribution to the world through service. Therefore, in meaningful ways, we seek to fulfil the Ignatian ideal of forming ‘men for others’ through acting in faith, for justice, and with dignity, humility and respect.
We aspire to nurture Xaverians who are able and willing, through word and deed, to pursue a courageous response to the challenges of our time and the building of a better world for all.
We invite you to discover how Xavier College may develop the God-given gifts and talents of your son.
Wishing you every blessing,
Fr Chris Middleton SJ (Rector)
Mr William Doherty (Principal)
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