St Scholastica's College is known for its vibrant and welcoming boarding community for girls in Years 7 – 12. Boarding is never quite like home but, located in a beautiful and peaceful landscape and within a rich and diverse community, boarding at St Scholastica's can be a wonderful experience. It is a welcoming environment with well-established protocols, procedures and policies to keep boarders safe.
Our boarding community of just 100 girls is large enough to be interesting and diverse, yet contained enough to be inclusive and personal. Cared for and nurtured by highly qualified staff who enjoy working with the girls, Schols is great place to live, learn, be taught and to make lifelong friends.
In keeping with the College motto, PAX or Peace, students are encouraged to be respectful of others, to demonstrate mutual care and to accept responsibility. Boarding assists students to be aware of and to respond to the wider social and cultural realities of our world.
Our boarders come from around Australia and overseas and bring with them a wide range of abilities, learning and life experiences and expectations. This diversity exposes our girls to different ways of thinking and of seeing the world, building a broader outlook on life. Boarders have a strong presence in every aspect of school life, including academic pursuits, sport and leadership roles. They are at the heart of the broader College community.
Boarders are accommodated on College grounds in two wings of an historic 1940s building and in the purpose-built ‘Winima’. Years 7 to 10 boarders share a double room while seniors have a room of their own. Each dormitory has a common room, a place for the boarders to relax, with comfortable lounges, a TV and DVD player and a kitchenette. Boarders also have access to both the College’s and nearby local amenities, including the Sydney University and State libraries, swimming pools and other sports facilities. Recreational access to the school network and the internet after school hours is also permitted.
As a boarder, your daughter will eat well; fresh fruit and milk (including lactose free milks) for hot and cold drinks are available at all times; and of course, we cater for vegetarians and students with special dietary needs. Each term we endeavour to have a couple of special theme dinners, an opportunity to dress up, try different foods and have fun!
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