Kwalejin Xavier

**Kwalejin Xavier** makarantar kwana ce ta Roman Katolika, wacce galibi maza ne ke karatu a kowace rana, kuma galibin makarantar yara maza ne, wanda ƙungiyar Yesu ta kafa a shekarar 1872, tare da babban harabar makarantar tana Kew, wani yanki na gabashin Melbourne, Victoria, Ostiraliya. An fara azuzuwan a shekarar 1878.

Kwalejin wani ɓangare ne na cibiyar sadarwa ta makarantun Jesuit ta duniya da aka fara a Messina, Sicily a 1548. Asalin makarantar ta maza ne kawai, yanzu Kwalejin tana ba da makarantar renon yara ta haɗin gwiwa, da kuma muhallin yara maza daga Gidauniya zuwa Aji na 12. A shekarar 2011, makarantar tana da ɗalibai 2,085 da ke karatu a matakin farko,  ciki har da ɗaliban aji 76.

Makarantar tana cikin Archdiocese of Melbourne,  kuma tana da alaƙa da Shugabannin Makarantar Firamare Masu Zaman Kansu ta Australiya (IPSHA) wacce a da ita ce Ƙungiyar Shugabannin Makarantar Matasa ta Australiya (JSHAA),  Ƙungiyar Shugabannin Makarantun Masu Zaman Kansu ta Australiya (AHISA),  Ƙungiyar Makarantun Kula da Yara ta Australiya (ABSA),  da Makarantun Jama'a na Associated na Victoria (APS).

A watan Disamba na 2010, *jaridar The Age* ta ruwaito cewa, dangane da adadin tsofaffin ɗaliban da suka sami babban lambar yabo ta Order of Australia, Kwalejin Xavier ta zo ta goma daidai da sauran makarantun Australiya. 

Grant Thomas ya bayyana makarantar a matsayin "makarantar da ta fi haɗin kai a Melbourne". Fitattun tsofaffin ɗalibanta sun haɗa da babban limamin coci ɗaya, gwamnonin jihohi biyu, mataimakin firayim minista ɗaya, firayim minista ɗaya, mataimakan firayim minista uku, alkalin babban kotun ƙasa ɗaya da kuma alkalai da dama na Kotun Ƙoli.

## Tarihi
Abin da ake kira "Harabar Manyan Makarantu" yanzu yana kan titin Barkers a Kew, kilomita 8 (mil 5) daga tsakiyar Melbourne. An aza harsashin ginin harabar makarantar a shekarar 1872 kuma an fara makarantar a hukumance a shekarar 1878 a kan ƙasar da aka fi sani da Mornane's Paddock. An kafa makarantar a matsayin makarantar Jesuit, kuma da farko an sanya mata suna Kwalejin St Francis Xavier. An ci gaba da gina ginin a farkon shekarun makarantar, tare da ƙara babban oval a shekarar 1883, da kuma West Wing da Great Hall a shekarar 1890.  A shekarar 1900, Xavier ya maye gurbin Kwalejin St Patrick da ke Gabashin Melbourne a matsayin cibiyar Katolika daya tilo a tsakanin Makarantun Jama'a shida da aka haɗa a wancan lokacin.  An gina wani cocin tunawa da ke harabar makarantar don tunawa da tsoffin Xaverians da aka kashe a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, wanda aka buɗe a shekarar 1934.

A shekarar 1993, an buɗe cibiyar wasanni mai amfani da yawa, Cibiyar Stephenson (tun lokacin da aka sake masa suna), a harabar makarantar. An buɗe cibiyar kimiyya da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Eldon Hogan a harabar makarantar a shekarar 2008, tare da dakunan gwaje-gwaje na kimiyya guda goma sha ɗaya, ɗakin gwajin kiɗa, da kuma ɗakin taro mai kujeru 500.

A lokacin da aka naɗa shi shugaban makaranta a watan Oktoban 1997, Chris McCabe shi ne shugaban makarantar Jesuit ta farko a Ostiraliya.[1] Bayan ya yi ritaya a ƙarshen 2008, [2] Chris Hayes, tsohon shugaban makarantar St Edmund, Canberra ne ya maye gurbinsa.[3]

Wasu gine-gine a harabar tsofaffi,  da Studley House a harabar Burke Hall,  an jera su a cikin Rijistar Gadon Sarauta ta Victoria .

Xavier yana da dogon hamayya da Kwalejin St Kevin, a cikin da'irar lauyoyi, wani alkalin Kotun Koli ta Old Xaverian yana ba'a yana cewa 'Ku yaran da 'yan'uwa suka koyar ba za ku taɓa neman Kotun Koli ba. Mukamai a kan wannan Benci an keɓe su ne ga waɗanda daga cikinmu aka koyar da su ta hanyar Jesuits'.

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