Staff provide a caring community within which boys from Years 9 to 12 are encouraged to develop personal leadership skills, to become responsible members of the community, to strive for excellence and to become ‘men for others’.
A vital facet of a Xavier College education is the focus on ensuring that boys are connecting with a welcoming and caring community.
Xavier boarders appreciate the opportunity to live, work and play with their best mates.
The Xavier boarding community has such a strong culture that the boarding house almost feels like a home in itself.
The school encourages the students to be themselves and feel comfortable with who they are, and while they live in year groups, there is lots of interaction with the younger students, so they all feel like family.
In the Xavier College boarding house, staff strive to foster a strong sense of community with all the freedom, responsibilities and obligations that this entails.
They also actively promote leadership skills and a sense of independent responsibility.
There are many different programs that operate within the boarding house that were designed to lead to personal growth in these areas.
The boarding house seeks to enhance each boy's sense of respect for the members of his community.
The relatively small size of the house ensures that students know one another well and are therefore in a position to contribute positively to the learning and development of their fellow boarders.
As 2023 boarding captain Mitch Loughnan proudly explained at a whole school assembly, ‘’boarders come from all parts of Australia and the world’’.
‘’From Inverloch all the way to Hong Kong and everywhere in between. (the boarding house) is more than just a place to eat and sleep,’’ Mitch said.
‘’At the heart of the walls are relationships. So many of them, if not all of them, are bonds and experiences made for a lifetime.
‘’We are a bunch of best mates who get to live with each other and learn the ins and outs of each person.’’
Xavier College is also proud of its rich heritage in scholarships.
Accessibility to a Jesuit education is important to all at Xavier College.
The school celebrates the diversity of interests and abilities in all of our students, and we understand that every child is different.
Within their unique being lies their capacity to be discovered and challenged.
The key entry point of Year 7 is now accommodated in an exceptional, new state-of-the-art Year 7-8 learning precinct on the senior campus, opened at the beginning of the 2024 school year.
Preceding this will be a seven-year journey through an amazing P-6 junior school.
Xavier prides itself on delivering a unique Jesuit education, and 2028 will mark 150 years of developing exceptional graduates through inspiring learning experiences.
The college now looks ahead with excitement and anticipation.
Xavier College is very much on the move.
