History of Parramatta Marist High School
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Founder: Father John Therry established the school on hunter
street, Parramatta in 1820.
Description: In 1837, The school was moved to the site of the current cathedral. In 1875, the establishment was placed under the care of the Marist Brothers, the new carers made it the first and oldest catholic school in Australia.
Once the Marist brothers took the reins, it became the schools mission to create a community that ran in parallel with the Marist character. By using the Marist motto "to Jesus through Mary" and using the latter as their guide, the Marist brothers planted the roots for what was to be the greatest and most revolutionary catholic school in the world.
In 1875, the school had just 32 students. This number rapidly grew to over 100 in less than a year. In the 1880's many significant changes took place at the school, Brother Cladius was appointed new headmaster, the number of students grew to 250 and the first senior classes graduated with notable success. These years also proved significant in sporting glory, Parramatta Marist became rivals with the king sport school in activities such as: Cricket, rugby and athletics.
In the next century the school continued to grow. many buildings were refurbished and added to accommodate 1000 plus students.
After this spurt in attendance the brothers constructed a secondary school on the currant site. The pool was opened in 1968, the library in 1971, The Morley centre in 1982, the admin block in 1984 and in 2001 the science block was opened.
The school went to the next level with technology in the new century. The learning centre was opened in 2003, the e-learning block in 2006.
PBL was introduced to year 9 class rooms in 2008.
The school is currently building an admin block on the site of the old basketball courts.
By James Mizzi
Description: In 1837, The school was moved to the site of the current cathedral. In 1875, the establishment was placed under the care of the Marist Brothers, the new carers made it the first and oldest catholic school in Australia.
Once the Marist brothers took the reins, it became the schools mission to create a community that ran in parallel with the Marist character. By using the Marist motto "to Jesus through Mary" and using the latter as their guide, the Marist brothers planted the roots for what was to be the greatest and most revolutionary catholic school in the world.
In 1875, the school had just 32 students. This number rapidly grew to over 100 in less than a year. In the 1880's many significant changes took place at the school, Brother Cladius was appointed new headmaster, the number of students grew to 250 and the first senior classes graduated with notable success. These years also proved significant in sporting glory, Parramatta Marist became rivals with the king sport school in activities such as: Cricket, rugby and athletics.
In the next century the school continued to grow. many buildings were refurbished and added to accommodate 1000 plus students.
After this spurt in attendance the brothers constructed a secondary school on the currant site. The pool was opened in 1968, the library in 1971, The Morley centre in 1982, the admin block in 1984 and in 2001 the science block was opened.
The school went to the next level with technology in the new century. The learning centre was opened in 2003, the e-learning block in 2006.
PBL was introduced to year 9 class rooms in 2008.
The school is currently building an admin block on the site of the old basketball courts.
By James Mizzi