Testimonials

"One very significant value promoted at St Patrick's has been that of global awareness. Whether a student comes from a secure city suburb or a remote community, when she attends St Patrick's she will be encouraged to look with interest, intelligence and compassion towards the whole world as a global community."

Sr. Marie Melville - Congregational Leader- Sisters of Mercy, Townsville

"I have been teaching at St Patrick's College since 1992. It's a place where the individual is not lost and all have a name; where the students are known to teachers; where the gifts of the talented and shy are celebrated; a school of diverse backgrounds and cultures living in a harmonious community; a place that presents to Australia a living vision of what could be with faith and understanding; it is a school that practises excellence and equips its students to be lifelong learners. But above all, it is a place where the individual matters. As I go about my business in Townsville, I'm still warmly greeted by past students and it makes me feel lucky to be a teacher at St Patrick's College."

Mr Frank Greenleaf - Head of Social Science

"In my job as a conservation biologist in Bushmanland, Namibia, I spend a lot of time with people in traditional rural areas who will never achieve an education beyond Grade 4. Girls in particular are not likely to go on beyond that. For them opportunities are limited. Dreams are never given a chance to germinate. And I think that's what St Patrick's is all about - providing the essential support network for its students to build the foundations for achieving their dreams, whatever form they may take. Looking back, with the benefit of retrospect, I think that's what it gave me."

Dr Tammy Matson - WWF Species Program Leader and past student

"Our daughter, Erin started at St Pat's in 2008, and we could not be happier with her first year of high school. St Pat's is a wonderful place for young girls to be themselves and achieve in a nurturing environment. Most important is the fact that Erin thoroughly enjoys going to school each day."

Mr and Mrs Ron Bellert