WITH its distinctive blue, gold and green blazer, St Kevin’s College, a private Catholic boys school, has quickly gained a reputation for producing high achievers.
The crest bears the school’s motto, Omnia Pro Deo, Latin meaning All For God.
Founded in 1918, with the purpose of being a place where the “brainy boys” of the other Christian Brothers schools could further their education, St Kevin’s now regularly features on the top performing schools in the state.
A proud alumni of former federal court judges, senators, captains of industry and plenty of AFL footballers and coaches were educated at the secondary school, nestled in Toorak on a bend of the Yarra River.
Hollywood heart-throb Jacob Elordi, Working Dog comedian and actor Rob Sitch, singer Vance Joy and lawyer and former president of the Australian Catholic University Greg Craven all attended the prestigious school.
It has honed in on its sporting prowess, producing a number of Australian athletes and AFL footballers including Western Bulldogs veteran Tom Liberatore, Collingwood badboy Jordan DeGoey and current AFL coaches (and twins) Chris and Brad Scott.
Damien Carew was a “10 year boy”, joining St Kevin’s from a Catholic primary school in 1988 and graduating at the end of 1997.
He showed some early sporting promise, earning a write-up in the school annual for having “done very well in the under 14 rugby team”.
But drama was his passion, with the young Carew stepping the boards in a year 11 production of mystery plays – medieval plays that depict scenes from the Bible – and again in year 12 performing extracts from Shakespeare.
In 2019 the school came under fire for its “misogynistic” behaviour after a viral video showed some students performing a sexist chant while on public transport to an inter-school athletics event.
The following year the school again caused headlines for its mishandling of child abuse after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews publicly called out principal Stephen Russell for his handling of a former coaching staff member, who was later convicted and put on the sex offenders list. Mr Russell subsequently resigned.
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