NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT ST
MONICA'S COLLEGE
Recent Developments at Davisson Street:
- Installation of the Perseverance Fountain.
- During 2003 an extension was added at a cost of $1.5 million. This space now
houses Year 10 students, staff studies and offices. As well as this the Japanese
peace garden was completed the costs of which were met by funds raised by the
Student Council. This is named the Our lady of the Cherry Blossom Peace Garden.
- Purchase and redevelopment of part of Wedge Street, Epping. This
includes additional recreation spaces, two basketball courts, staff and parent
car park and enhanced security.
- Installation of cooling units throughout the Campus.
Recent Developments at Dalton Road:
- New roofing on original building.
- New colorbond roofing on original building.
- Installation of evaporative cooling units in the Year 7 and 8
Buildings.
- Establishment of Monica's Cottage 1 for the Educational Support Faculty and
Monica’s Cottage 2 (for literacy, numeracy and music tuition).
- Addition of to the western side of the a mezzanine floor of Sports and
Assembly Hall for dance and sports as well as more toilets, change rooms and
storage area.
Building Development Program 2007 - 2008
Work commenced on a $6 million building program in January
2007. It will comprise the following:
- Double storey Year 9 Building incorporating classrooms,
offices, toilets and large flexible learning space.
- Double storey Science & Technology Building comprising three Science
laboratories and three Technology rooms.
- Movement of College owned portables to the back of the property for re-use.
The new Year 9 Building is complete and the students have
moved. All the College’s portables have now also been relocated at the back of
the campus for re-use. The Science and Technology
building opened mid-2008.
New Training Facilities
As part of the drive towards Excellence, St Monica’s College
has made a major financial commitment to improving facilities. During 2002, two
staff went on a study tour of Europe to study the latest developments in all
weather playing surfaces. After studying the available surfaces it was decided
to put in place a LSR fibre Phiolon, full sized soccer pitch with lighting. A
second area of turf material was developed to enable Tennis, Hockey and Five
a side soccer to take place.
The Soccer pitch is the only FIFA accredited soccer pitch of
this type in the Southern Hemisphere to this date. The pitch will enable
training to happen all year round regardless of weather. The same material will
be used by Ajax Amsterdam in their Arena Stadium from the beginning of the next
Dutch soccer season. The Victorian Soccer Federation are investigating the use
of this same surface for their new Soccer Headquarters at John Cain Reserve in
Northcote.
Further development of the College’s Sports and Assembly Hall will enable the
squads to shower more efficiently with the development of larger changing rooms
and more showering capability. "This is the only playing surface of its kind in
the Southern Hemisphere. An all weather artificial soccer pitch."
The first game of soccer played on our new soccer pitch:
St Monica’s versus CRC North Keilor. For the record St Monica’s College won 1 –
0."