Geelong-Viqueque Friendship Schools Libraries Program

An excerpt from the GVFS Scholarship Program Report 2025… Here is some information about our Libraries Program that we run and coordinate between some of our partner schools. Clonard College, Geelong High School, Kardinia International College and St. Josephs College all support the setting up […]

From the Principal

Welcome back to the 2025 school year. This year, we celebrate the Kildare Ministries value of ‘Hospitality, welcoming all’. At Clonard, we have chosen to explore this value through the theme of ‘Open Encounter Transform.’ Our theme points to the transformative process that occurs when […]

International Women’s Day 2025

Clonard College is hosting an International Women’s Day Breakfast on Friday 7 March in the Nagle Room. This year we are pleased to announce that our guest speaker is Loretta Hart.  Loretta is a Clonard Alumna from Class of 1990.  Loretta is passionate about empowering […]

Meals Ready to be Distributed!

Our Living Justly team, assisted by a wonderful team of student volunteers, have conducted Community Cook-Ups this year and after our most recent cook-up we have available for distribution: 27 meals (a mix of beef lasagne, Chicken and / or Veggie pasta bake, Mexican Taco […]

From the Principal

This past fortnight has marked a time of celebration and thresholds. Beginning with our Year 12 students concluding exams and celebrating with families on November 22 through to our Year 10/11 students completing exams, our Celebration of Achievement Night on Tuesday and then final classes […]

Leadership News

Four of our senior student leadership team for 2025, were fortunate enough to attend the Kildare Ministries seminar over the course of 3 days. Throughout the camp, the students participated in various workshops that focused on developing their leaderships qualities and learning to be “awkward, […]

Click Clack Club

Our inaugural visit of the Click Clack Club to Wallace Lodge Aged Care was terrific on Tuesday afternoon. Year 7 students – Leni, Sophie and Mia & Year 8 students – Isla, Georgia, Isabel and Alyssa represented the College beautifully. They interacted with the residents […]

Libby Leissner – Class of 2017

I attended Clonard from 2012 to 2017, where I immersed myself in music, English, theatre studies, studio arts, and psychology, greatly influenced by inspiring teachers like Cathy Wilson, Mrs. Rush, Janine Mackenzie, Ms. Davies, and Mrs. Cromer. My time at Clonard was marked by transformative […]

From the Principal

One of the joys of this time of year is seeing the culmination of the learning endeavours of students from across the year. Our Year 12 students are almost through their exams and most have been very affirming in their sense of preparedness and ability […]