"We're not just a home away from home, but a family away from family"
"We believe that our students who are boarders have a unique, extended opportunity for personal, social, and educational growth and development", shares Ms Caroline Clancy, Deputy Principal - Students.
Our message to all our boarders: an incredible and exciting adventure awaits you at the St Paul’s College Boarding Program – get involved, enjoy all that is on offer, make the most of this amazing opportunity to engage in a vigorous & dynamic curriculum in an incredible setting!
St Paul's offers an outstanding boarding experience and we invite our students to both engage in and respect our boarding programs and activities. Take comfort in the knowledge that every boarder at St Paul’s College has an unequalled opportunity to learn. Choose to spend your time wisely – find what you are passionate about and pursue these interests with great vigour. Above all, make the most of the opportunities available to you – get to know your peers and forge life-long friendships that will stand you in good stead, now, and into the future.
Learning to live in community is a vital skill, and research teaches us that boarding students develop close friendships and values, such as resilience, tolerance and independence often much earlier than others who are not given the same educational opportunities. Living at school offers many advantages – time that would otherwise be allocated to travel can be better utilised, enabling boarders to be fully engaged in their schoolwork, sporting endeavours, and other co-curricular activities. Our boarders also have access to learning support from a selection of staff who are available throughout the day and after school hours.
Weekly Boarding
St Paul's offers boarding as a weekly option in seperate boys and girls boarding houses. All houses are fully supervised by professional staff providing a safe and nurturing environment. Students can arrive Sunday afternoon or Monday mornings, and return to their home on Friday afternoon.
Duty of Care
Our main focus in the Boarding Program is on providing the highest level of duty of care we can to each individual boarder. The emotional health and wellbeing of our boarders, staff and families are our priority.
Boarding at St Paul’s College is very much about creating a family environment. We have the responsibility to ensure all our students meet their academic, social, sporting and spiritual goals.
Transport To and From
St Paul's operates private College buses on a weekly basis from Wagga Wagga, Urana and Jerilderie, NSW. Daily bus services are also available for boarders on a casual basis to Albury.
Jerilderie Bus Service (cost: $35 return Urana / $50 return Jerilderie | ||
Monday Morning | Departs 6:35am | Jerilderie - Luke Park, Powell Street |
Departs 7:10am | Urana – Jerilderie turn-off | |
Arrives 8:30am | St Paul’s College | |
Friday Afternoon | Departs 3:30pm | St Paul’s Dining Room |
Arrives 4:40pm | Urana – Jerilderie turn-off | |
Arrives 5:20pm | Jerilderie – Luke Park, Powell Street | |
Wagga Wagga Bus Service (cost: $42 return) | ||
Monday Morning | Departs 7:00am | Depart from outside McDonalds, Edward Street Wagga Wagga |
If required | Uranquinty | |
If required | The Rock | |
If required | Yerong Creek | |
Arrives 8:25am | St Paul’s College | |
Friday Afternoon | Departs 3:30pm | St Paul’s Dining Room |
If required | Yerong Creek | |
If required | The Rock | |
If required | Uranquinty | |
Arrives 4.45pm | Outside McDonalds, Edward Street Wagga Wagga | |
