St James College, Bentleigh East is a Regional Catholic Boys' College offering tuition to students from Year 7 to 10.
St James College, Bentleigh East is a Regional Catholic Boys' College offering tuition to students from Year 7 to 10. Founded in 1970, the College caters for the needs of students living in the surrounding parishes. When space permits, enrolment is available to students from other suburbs. The present enrolment is 470 students.
The College is administered by the De La Salle Brothers, a Community of Religious men founded in France by St John Baptist De La Salle for the education of the poor. The Brothers educational works are found in over 80 countries with 20 schools in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea being staffed by Brothers and their Lasallian Partners.
Religious Education
St James is a Catholic College striving to develop in each of our boys a faith based on Gospel values and relevant to today's world.
Students gain a knowledge of the Catholic faith, its moral teaching and value system.
St James aims to be a community in which learning, self-discipline and responsibility are encouraged in an atmosphere that is friendly and where individual differences are respected.
Faith Development
Students prepare and participate in Class Retreats, Class and Whole School Liturgies, prayer experiences. Chaplains, appointed to the College, visit the School, celebrate Class and Whole School Masses and are involved in the life of the school where possible.
Lasallian Service
“Faith without good works is dead”. St. James College encourages students and establishes structures through which students are encouraged to become actively involved in service activities with and among the local community as well as becoming involved in issues concerning peace and justice.
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