Tumut Academy in New South Wales recently received a generous donation of laptops from Clontarf partner Snowy Hydro. 34 Google Chromebooks were delivered to the academy by Peter Symons from the Tumut 3 Station in Talbingo. Tumut Academy Director Mat Chapman said the laptops would be a significant boon to students who didn’t have sufficient …
Swan Hill Academy (VIC) members and cousins Elijah and Nyawi Moore didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic dent their spirits this ANZAC Day. The pair were accompanied by Academy Director Danny Fraser and Swan Hill College Assistant Principal De Rosewarne at a small wreath laying ceremony at the Swan Hill Cenotaph. The young men laid a …
The first edition of the Clontarf Quarterly is now available. In this edition, we look at some of the ways our academies are supporting our young men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, we hear about how our three new Queensland academies are travelling and catch up with members of the Graduating Class of 2002 who …
Senior education is critical to successful employment and life outcomes post school and the staff at Palmerston 10-12 Academy in the Northern Territory are working hard to ensure all academy members have access to tools and a space to continue their studies. The academy room continues to be staffed by Clontarf mentors and has been …
“Originally I just went there to go for a kick of the footy and ended up graduating from school.” The statement by 2002 Clontarf Academy alumni Daniel Reardon elicited cheerful laughter from the 180 audience members at Clontarf central office in Perth this week. The crowd, comprised of Clontarf partners, alumni, students and staff members …
Welcome back to another big year of Clontarf! The school year officially kicked off across most of the country this week and what better way to celebrate than to announce the commencement of three new academies. Located at Ambrose Treacy College in Indooroopilly, Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School in Palm Beach and St Brendan’s College …
When Jayden Barnes started high school at Kingaroy State High School in 2016, he was determined to attend every single class, every single day. Four years later and at the end of Year 10, not only has Jayden never missed a day of school, he has never missed a class. Perfect attendance: Jayden Barnes flanked …
From Geraldton to Esperance, boys from Clontarf academies around WA descended on Rottnest Island to take part in the annual Wadjemup Cup football carnival in early November. More than 100 boys from Carnarvon, Cecil Andrews (Seville Grove), Champion Bay (Geraldton), Clontarf (Waterford), Coodanup (Mandurah), Esperance, Fremantle, Gilmore (Kwinana), Girrawheen, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Newton Moore (Bunbury), North …
In this edition, we speak with eight young men who have kicked off their employment journey early by starting part-time work while still studying at school. Also, we celebrate the 8th Ross Kelly Cup rugby league carnival, speak with a Clontarf alumnus who is studying a postgraduate law degree, and hear from boys from Bairnsdale who bumped into the Prime …
Swapping high heat, humidity and footies for below zero cold, blizzards and snowboards, 10 boys from Yarrabah (Cairns, QLD) and Yirrkala (NT) academies headed south to the Victorian ski resort of Mount Buller for a reward trip in August. The visit was made possible thanks to Clontarf partner BOQ and supporter Mt Buller who invited …
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