Our facilities and dedicated staff contribute to achieving each boy's full potential. This authentic Catholic education aims to promote spiritual, moral, intellectual, emotional, physical, cultural and social aspects of life through the provision of a wide variety of faith experiences and academic, cultural, sporting and service opportunities. St Laurence College Loughlinstown Dublin 18 Dublin. For the latest news, please see St Laurence's College website www.slc.qld.edu.au, like us on facebook www.facebook.com/StLaurencesCollege or follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/st_laurences. Sixth Form academic scholarships, worth up to 25% of fees are awarded to pupils who show the greatest academic potential and perform well in the Sixth Form Scholarship Examination. Other sporting opportunities are offered through the Metropolitan East Region Sports program and other local club competitions. Some of the college's historic buildings are listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register. Callan being the birthplace of Edmund Rice, Rice house's namesake, Waterford the port town where Edmund Rice was a prominent businessman and Sion being named after Edmund Rice's first school Mount Sion. Summoned by the call of their motto: facere et docere: To do and to teach, St Laurence's College South Brisbane strives to implement the Charter for Catholic schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition to ensure it is the "lived reality" in the inclusive community. Bursaries are means-tested and designed to offer financial assistance in exceptional circumstances to lower income households to either start at a school or remain at school if the family’s circumstances change. [4][5][6] On the first day there were 270 students and a staff of five teachers. St Laurence’s College has a proud tradition of educating young men, since 1915. The St Laurence’s College Vision is to be an authentic, dynamic, relational Catholic educational community. St Laurence's College (known colloquially as Lauries) is a private Catholic school for boys located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1915. The current enrolment is approximately 1900 students, lead by a team of 200 teachers and support staff. With a total enrolment of over 1,900 boys, and with many international students, we accept students from Year 5 to Year 12, drawing from a wide area of Brisbane. They come with a wide range of experience, skills and expertise and a deep commitment to provide students with quality relationships and positive learning experiences. St Lawrence College offers the chance for children to sit for a scholarship from the age of 7 upwards. The school has high expectations of student behaviour in all situations, expectations that aim to promote a high degree of self-discipline as well as enhancing self-confidence, self-esteem and good habits for later life. The exceptions being Callan, Waterford and Sion which are named after the cities and places. [9] . Catholic school centrally located in South Brisbane. In 1996 the first lay principal, Mr D Frederiksen, was appointed with the Christian Brothers retaining ownership and control of the College. Any further funding required once a scholarship is awarded is means-tested in the form of a bursary. Participation in sporting activities, especially team games, is an integral part of the life the College. St Laurence's College is an all boys Catholic school centrally located in South Brisbane. [2], In 1994 a College Board was established as an advisory group for the principal. If you have a gifted child, a scholarship may provide the opportunity for an enriched educational experience that may not be available under normal circumstances. St Laurence's College is an all boys Catholic school centrally located in South Brisbane. A St Laurence’s College education is characterised by excellence, inclusive practices, social justice and our focus on others.