Tuesday, November 23, 2010
"Give me a child at the age of seven and I will give you the schoolie," - St Xavier of Kew.
Top Melbourne school linked to Byron Bay schoolies brawl
The stoush saw Melbourne schoolies involved in fighting on Saturday night, leaving one youth bloodied.
A school insider said the three pictured on the front page of the Herald Sun yesterday had been well behaved.
“They are not the kids you really expect it from,” the source said. “They pay big money to get educated at (the school). It’s more like a public school thing.”
More than 10,000 schoolies – many from eastern suburbs private schools including Scotch College, St Kevin’s Toorak, Xavier College and Lauriston Girls School – stocked up on alcohol when they arrived in Byron Bay to celebrate the end of their school years.
Up to 50 teenagers – including Victorians – kicked, stamped, punched and tackled during the fight on the NSW town’s Main Beach.
Police are investigating the confrontation, which ran over a 100m stretch of sand.
Xavier College acting principal John Hickey said the school had no responsibility for year 12 students’ behaviour once they finished school.
Oh yes, acting principal John Hickey, your school’s education programs have so obviously imbued your students with such a fine sense of community values, social skills and self discipline that when they leave Xavier they leave as model citizens, so why should the school be burdened with any responsibility for their behavior?
April 14, 2007 – NEW footage of Xavier students being forced to fight as others watched and cheered has emerged.
It is believed one of the students bullied was the same one pushed and kicked in a wheelie bin.
The video shows the 15-year-old trying to back away from another student, inside a ring of others screaming at them to fight. It is believed the footage was taken in mid-2005.
Xavier principal Chris McCabe said there were incidents in 2005 and 2006, but the school had since addressed bullying “and by and large that has been successful. The incidents are not prevalent any more”.
Oct 21 2008 – Students of Xavier College in Kew are accused of jumping on cars and frightening residents in the prosperous inner-east suburb.
One woman, identified only as Chris, said she saw two students wearing Xavier socks jumping on her car roof and bonnet, while others cheered around them.
Police estimated damage to the car at $5,000 and said criminal damage charges could be laid if the culprits were found.
Oct 16, 2009 – Xavier College principal Chris Hayes told reporters nine students had been suspended for throwing water bombs and eggs from cars as part of an end of year prank.
Emerging Sydney Swans talent Dan Hannebery was confirmed as one of the suspended Xavier year 12 students.
The students have been banned from the school until the end of classes next week but will be able to sit their VCE exams.
Mon Jul 19, 2010 – The 16 boys from Xavier College at Kew in Melbourne’s east were in Queenstown as part of a school skiing trip.
It is alleged they stole ski clothing and souvenirs worth around $5,000 from at least seven different shops in Queenstown.
The boys, aged between 14 and 17, were let off with a warning by police, but their details have been passed on to immigration authorities.
Xavier College principal Dr Chris Hayes says the school has taken the matter very seriously. “We are very disappointed at this regrettable action by these boys, from our point of view and their parents’ point of view, we’re quite gutted by their actions,” he said. “We’re going to be discussing with them why this has taken place because from their parents’ point of view, from the college’s point of view, we’re just wondering what would have led to this sort of madness.”
October 20, 2010 – About 100 students were involved in the march at 8.30am (AEDT), most of them were from Xavier although at least two schools were involved.
Despite the police escort, twice during the march students illegally lit flares, on one occasion leaving it near parked cars, holding up traffic and putting pedestrians at risk, said Boroondara Police Leading Senior Constable Brett Phillips.
The students are unlikely to face charges but police have asked the school to investigate, he said.
Well done Xavier.
“They are not the kids you really expect it from,” the source said. “They pay big money to get educated at (the school). It’s more like a public school thing.”
Money well spent chaps. Pity the parents of those ruffians at public/government schools don’t have enough money spend on their children to produce fine upstanding Xavierian model citizens.
Labels: Places head between knees and takes deep breaths ... lots of 'em.
Come to think of it, weren't you an old boy at ST X's? You certainly model the behaviour although the moderating influence of the Lady Livia fixed that.
Highriser missed out on a larger than life time experience.
(Luckily you didn't, sweetie.)
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