St Clare's College, Canberra

    
Maroon, white, grey and blueAffiliationsAssociated Southern CollegesWebsitehttp://www.stclaresc.act.edu.au

St Clare's College is a Catholic school in the south Canberra suburb of Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, catering for girls from grades 7 to 12. The college was established in 1965. As of 2016^[update] St Clare's had an enrolment of approximately 1000 students, making it the largest Catholic girls' secondary school in Canberra.

All students participate in a broad academic program and many extra-curricular activities within the context of the Catholic tradition.

On 15 September 2010 St Clare's College students broke a Guinness World Record for the most (872) girls patting their heads and rubbing their stomachs.^[1]

History

St Clare's College was established in 1965 as Catholic Girls' High School Griffith (CGHS Griffith).

Principals

• Sister Clare Slattery, Founding Principal, 1965–1975
• Sister Placid Tait SGS, 1976–1977
• Brother Gordon Kerr CFC, 1978
• Pat Wall, 1979–1983
• Sister Joan Smith CSB, 1984–1988
• Helen Sheedy, 1989–1992
• Jim Peoples, 1993–2000
• Rita Daniels, 2001–2006
• Ian Garrity, Acting, Semester 1, 2007
• Sandra Darley, Acting, Semester 2, 2007
• Rita Daniels, 2008–2009
• Alison Jeffries, 2009–2012
• Paul Carroll, 2013–2016
• Brad Cooney, 2017–2021
• Dr Ann Cleary, 2022–present

Notable alumni

• Elizabeth Andrew, rugby union player
• Marie-Louise Ayres, Director-General of the National Library of Australia
• Anne Castles, cognitive scientist
• Erin Thompson, South Australian politician

See also

• List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory
• Associated southern colleges

References

External links

• St Clare's College website