Assistant Principal - Religious Identity & Mission 

Butlers Boots  

St Virgil’s College is pleased to be supporting a new community initiative called “Butlers Boots” which wants to ensure that every child has the opportunity to play the sport they love, regardless of their financial situation.   

The program facilitates boot swapping, where underprivileged kids can receive or swap a pair of pre-loved footy or soccer boots—free of charge. To make this possible, they rely on generous donations from families who may have outgrown or no longer need their boots.  

St Virgil’s College is supporting this initiative by asking for donations of clean, preloved football and soccer boots in all sizes. Please send in any boots that your son no longer needs. With our help, we can get more kids out on the field, feeling included, confident, and ready to play. Thank you to those who have already sent some boots in, but I am sure there are more unwanted boots in wardrobes out there that could still be donated? We will gratefully accept any you don’t need anymore! 

Please drop these donations off to the Front Office.   

Legacy Piece - Glass Cross 

On Monday 4 August, our Year 12 and Prep students will work with Keith Dougall, a talented glass artisan, to create a beautiful glass tile each which will become part of a special legacy piece for our College. These individual tiles will be combined into a cross, symbolising unity and creativity across our College community. This stunning artwork will be displayed at the Senior School as a visual reminder of the special connection between some of our youngest and eldest students. The clay cross our Prep and Year 12 students created during our first assembly in 2025 will soon be up on display at the Junior School. 

We look forward to welcoming the Prep students to the Senior School in Week 3 for a day of creativity and collaboration with our Year 12s. 

Fundraising for Edmund Rice Centre (formerly Mary Rice Centre) 

On Friday 22 August (Week 5), our students will participate in the annual fundraising walk for the Edmund Rice Centre in the Kibera slum. The Edmund Rice Day Care Centre supports children with physical and intellectual disabilities from the Kibera slum, which is located approximately 5km from central Nairobi. Kibera has been described as one of the most crowded places on earth and estimates of its population vary widely from around 250,000 to as high as 1 million. 

The Edmund Rice Centre was started in February 2007 on a purpose built plot in Kibera. Kibera was chosen quite deliberately as it is an area of great need, where children with disabilities would have no access to medical or therapeutic facilities and are often shunned by their community.  

Edmund Rice Centre supports children with special needs. The Edmund Rice Centre focus on intellectual disabilities and disorders supporting children through basic learning skills, vocational training, therapy services and nutritional support. It also supports the parents of the children through skill training and income-generating activities in bead work, tailoring and dressmaking. The Edmund Rice Centre also works with the local community to improve understanding of disability and break down stigmas. Workshops help parents with the care of their disabled family member and parent networks foster mutual support. 

The money that we raise on this day supports this vital work and gives these children opportunities that they would otherwise be denied. Please keep an eye out for details on how to donate or sponsor our students on this day.