2024 Annual Giving

Lighting the way

Your donation, no matter the size,

will increase the number of scholarships

available to our students

and help them achieve their full potential.

Please click here to make your gift online

The opportunity given to me, by the scholarship I received to attend Sacred Heart College Geelong, and the education the College provided, has profoundly changed my life, and the life of my family, for without this beginning all the

other steps along the way,of educational and professional opportunities, would not have been possible.

My life has been enriched by that scholarship, giving me opportunities of which I would never have been able to dream.

Lorraine R. Secen (Grinter 1960), Solicitor, Birdsey, Dedman & Bartlett Solicitors Geelong

Equity Scholarship Program

As the largest Catholic girls’ school in Geelong, we continue to uphold the vision and guiding principles of our foundress, Catherine McAuley.

Catherine believed in the education of women. She appreciated the unique contribution they were capable of making on behalf of society and she wanted to empower them ­– in whatever sphere they found themselves ­– to affect a shift towards a more just society.

Celebrating 160+ years of Mercy education, Sacred Heart College Geelong still seeks to provide greater learning opportunities for those in need through our Equity Scholarship Program.

For further details regarding the College’s scholarship programs, please contact Ebony Courtney, College Admissions Officer via email admissions@shcgeelong.catholic.edu.au

Inclusion and Diversity Scholarship Program

To ensure our school promotes an inclusive curriculum that reflects the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of Greater Geelong, we have developed a new Inclusion and Diversity Scholarship program.

For refugee families, experiencing a new country and culture and understanding the education system can be very challenging. In fact, it is often the primary barrier to student learning.

The College’s Inclusion and Diversity Scholarship program welcomes, enables and supports refugee children to learn in a nurturing environment. Opportunities are now available for refugees to apply for a fully-funded scholarship that will allow them to explore cultures and beliefs that may be different from their own.

The scholarship provides:

• Personalised transition programs
• Pastoral support groups for students and their families
• A new arrivals’ program that offers intensive English as an Additional Language (EAL)
• Social/emotional learning programs, counselling, mentoring and ‘buddy’ supports as well as refugee family engagement.

For further details regarding the College’s scholarship programs, please contact Ebony Courtney, College Admissions Officer via email admissions@shcgeelong.catholic.edu.au

Gift of a Rose

Sacred Heart College community members are warmly invited to sponsor the planting of one or more of our exquisite new rose bushes and help create a vibrant, blossoming garden.

The Cecilia Circle

In October 2022, the College launched the Cecilia Circle Bequest Program and proudly announced the Poynton Family as the new patrons.

This program honours the legacy and service of Sr Ita.