John XXIII College is a Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 co-educational school in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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. The school provides education from kindergarten to year twelve students.

The college is the result of the merger in 1977 of the Jesuit Saint Louis

St. Louis School, Claremont, Western Australia

St. Louis School was a Catholic boys’ school in Claremont, Western Australia, between 1938 and 1976.-History:St. Louis School was a Catholic boys’ school founded by the Jesuits – their only school in Western Australia. It opened on 23 May 1938 in Claremont in the western suburbs of Perth, on the...

 boys school spread over different campuses (first opened in 1938) and Loreto Convent

Loreto Convent, Claremont

Loreto Convent was a Catholic convent which operated as a girl's school in Claremont, Western Australia between 1901 and 1976.-History:Loreto Convent was founded by the Catholic Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1901, following their purchase of the Osborne Hotel in 1987.In 1963 the senior...

 girls school (first opened in 1897). In 1986 the school was relocated to its present site in Mount Claremont

Mount Claremont, Western Australia

Mount Claremont is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, located within the Town of Cambridge and the City of Nedlands. It consists mostly of residential estates which were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

.

School sports

John XXIII College offers a wide range of sports. Annual sports carnivals include athletics, cross country and swimming. John XXIII provide many sporting opportunities including rowing, swimming, rugby, athletics, football, basketball, soccer, cross country, and netball.
Among the school's alumni is Australian swimmer and world record holder Eamon Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...

. In 2008, John XXIII students beat two of Sullivan's school swimming records in the inter-house swimming carnival.

House system

There are six houses at John XXIII, named as follows:

• Campion (purple)
• Koolyangarra (green)
• Loreto (blue)
• Loyola (white)
• St Louis (red)
• Ward (yellow)

Notable alumni

Some of John XXIII's former students include:

• Brendon Burns, comedian
• Matt De Boer
  Matt de Boer
  Matthew de Boer is an Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League ....
  
  , Australian rules footballer
• Lucy Durack
  Lucy Durack
  Lucy Durack is an Australian musical theatre performer most recognised for playing Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked.-Biography:...
  
  , singer and actor
• Jessica Marais
  Jessica Marais
  Jessica Dominique Marais is an Australian actress who hails from Perth, Western Australia. She is best known for her role as Rachel Rafter in the television series Packed to the Rafters.-Early Life:...
  
  , actor
• Katrina Porter
  Katrina Porter
  Katrina Porter is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 event. She was born on 29 November 1988.-References:...
  
  , paralympic athlete
• Amanda Sainsbury-Salis
  Amanda Sainsbury-Salis
  Amanda Sainsbury-Salis, PhD is an Australian molecular scientist, educator and author. Her research interests are hypothalamic control of body weight, famine reaction, metabolism, body composition, anorexia, obesity, eating disorders.-Biography:...
  
  , scientist and author
• Eamon Sullivan
  Eamon Sullivan
  Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...
  
  , swimmer
• Paul Medhurst
  Paul Medhurst
  Paul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....
  
  , Australian rules footballer
• Claire Bevilaqua, pro surfer
• Mark de Mori
  Mark de Mori
  Mark de Mori is a professional boxer.De Mori briefly boxed as an amateur, taking 11 fights, and made his professional debut at age 22, racking up a 6–0–1 record until he was stopped in the 1st round of 6 by John Wyborn...
  
  , Professional Heavyweight Boxer

Sister schools

John XXIII's sister schools are:

• Loreto Normanhurst N.S.W.
• Loreto Kirribilli N.S.W.
• Loreto Nedlands WA
• Loreto Marryatville SA
• Loreto Cooperoo QLD
• Loreto Ballarat VIC
• Loreto Mandaville Hall Toorak VIC

External links

• John XXIII College Official Site