John Paul College is a Catholic co-educational high school catering to over 1000 students from Years 8 - 12 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. It commenced in 1984, as a result of an amalgamation of Christian Brothers' College and Prendiville College. Its motto "Justice, Peace, Charity" includes the three beginning letters of the school's name: J, P and C.

History

Christian Brothers' College was founded in 1906 in Wilson Street, by Rev Br. B Duggan, who served as Principal for ten years. Throughout its seventy seven years, the College served the people of the Goldfields who loyally supported the school, especially in time of financial hardship. In 1976 the College was relocated at Lionel Street by Br. T Murphy. Hence, it continued its service to education with more modern facilities and more spacious grounds.

In 1971, Prendiville College

Prendiville College

Prendiville College Kalgoorlie, was founded in 1971. The full title was Prendiville Catholic Girls College which was named after the late Archbishop Redmond Prendiville .The first Principal was Sr. Concepta Prendiville College Kalgoorlie, was founded in 1971. The full title was Prendiville Catholic...

 was founded to supply an urgent need, a Catholic High School for girls, to replace the four small existing secondary sections of the Parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 schools. It was named after the late Archbishop Redmond Prendiville (Bishop of Perth between 1933–1968) who did so much to raise the status of Catholic Education in WA

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. The first Principal was Sr. Concepta (Sisters of St. Joseph).

In 1984 Christian Brothers College amalgamated with Prendiville Catholic Girls School. The new school was aptly named John Paul College after Pope John Paul II who was elected in 1978. For the first time a co-educational Catholic secondary school functioned in Kalgoorlie. The Christian Brothers and the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart have been on the Goldfields since the turn of the century.

The school is rated as one of the top 3 schools in WA for Work Place Learning and has very high TEE score students every year.