Loyola Senior High School, Mount Druitt

Loyola Senior High School (1993- 2019), or commonly Loyola, was an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school for students in Year 11 and Year 12, located in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. An Ignatian school in the tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the school was founded in 1993 and is a current member of the Christ Catholic College Community of Schools, linked to the international network of Jesuit schools begun in Messina, Sicily in 1548. The school is administered through the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta.

Loyola Senior High School
Location

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Coordinates33°46′10″S 150°49′53″E
Information
TypeIndependent comprehensive co-educational secondary day school
MottoFinding God In All Things
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Established1965 (1965)
OversightCatholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta
PrincipalCathy Larkin
Grades1112
Campus size8 hectares (20 acres)
Colour(s) Yellow  --  Red 
 Black  ----  Gold 
AffiliationChrist Catholic College Community of Schools
Websitewww.loyolashs.nsw.edu.au

Loyola Senior High School closed at the conclusion of the 2019 Higher School Certificate year and the site was incorporated into CathWest Innovation College and is known as CathWest Innovation College - Loyola Campus

The eight-hectare (twenty-acre) lightly wooded and landscaped site received the Sulman Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for its design.

Overview

Loyola Senior High School aims to teach students so that they may become young men and women of competence, conscience and compassion, striving always for excellence in all they do. Jesuit education insists in individual care and concern for each student. Loyola has developed an academic program and pastoral care system, which enables each student to reach his full potential as a person of faith, created and loved by God.

Notable alumni

  • Alai Ahio - comedian
  • Nas Campanella - news reader, Triple J Radio
  • Kylie Gauci - current member of the Australian Gliders wheelchair basketball team
  • Mile Jedinak - Former captain of the Australian Soccer Team, the Socceroos.
  • Jano Toussounian - Australian actor

See also

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