St Peter Claver College is a

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located in the suburb of Riverview in

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, Australia. It was founded in 1976, on the traditional lands of the Ugarapul clan of the Yuggera Nation, and was named in honour of St

Peter Claver Peter Claver (; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans. During the 4 ...

, the Spanish

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priest and

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of the slaves.

Cultures

St Peter Claver College is a school with students of varied background. The college offers the study of different languages (Japanese). Cultural dance is often observed every year on harmony day.

Subjects and curriculum

The Claver

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is organised around the two phases of learning in

s, each designed to meet the developmental needs of students: a middle phase aged 13–14 and a senior phase for students aged 15–17. Students take courses in a wide variety of areas, including sciences, mathematics, English, information technology, and the arts.

Rugby league program

St Peter Claver College offers a range of different sports to students in year levels 8–12. One of these is the rugby league program aimed at developing and perfecting students' skills and techniques. St Peter Claver enters a team(s) from each grade to participate in the CISSSA (Combined Ipswich Secondary School Sport Association) competition. Each year level holds two teams. The a team has the opportunity to enter the Broncos Challenge Cup and compete if they win their games in a round robin tournament. Each year Claver has a team from each year level make this tournament. The b team then competes in the CISSSA Competition. In grade 9, 10, 11 and 12, students may select rugby league as a HPE subject. St Peter Claver has developed promising NRL stars

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(

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) and

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(

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) and Brett Greinke, who plays in Broncos under 20s and Queensland side. St Peter Claver has had many Queensland and Met West students attend the school. Claver Rugby League students attend the Confraternity Cup every year.

Principals

The school principals have been a mix of

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and lay teachers: * Bob Cullen (1976–1986) * Kenneth Welsh (Marist brother) * Dominic O’Sullivan (Marist brother) * Peter Carroll (Marist brother) * Michael Carroll * Kerry Mulkerin * Diarmuid O'Riordan * Niall Coburn * Terry Finan *Bruce Mcphee

Notable alumni

* Paulo Aokuso, professional boxer, competed in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics *

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, politician *

, rugby league player *

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, rugby league player *

Susan Seipel Susan Seipel (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian Para-canoeist, a gold and bronze medallist in kayak and outrigger canoe at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a silver medal at the 202 ...

, para-canoeist * Marion Seve, rugby league player *

Dylan Wenzel-Halls Dylan Wenzel-Halls (born 15 December 1997) is an Australian footballer who plays for the Malaysia Super League club Penang. Club career Youth career Wenzel-Halls played youth football at local club Ipswich Knights, played in their under-8 team ...

, soccer player for

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References

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