Mercy College Mackay is a Middle School catering for Catholic students in Years 8, 9 and 10. We predominantly enrol boys and girls from Catholic feeder schools in the South Mackay area, extending west into the Pioneer Valley and south to Sarina and surrounding beach settlements. We offer an outstanding vertical curriculum with both challenge and variety specifically designed to the developmental needs of early adolescents. Our belief in the educational benefits of co-curricular is evident in the extensive range of staff and community supported sports and cultural events available to our students. Current student enrolment is 620 and it's expected to grow over the next several years. Our students move on to St Patrick's College, which is a senior campus, to compete Years 11 and 12. In addition to an outstanding profile in a number of sports for both girls and boys, we offer special emphasis on technology education, language and the arts. By 2011, all students will have individual netbook computers, up to three languages will be on offer, units of sporting excellence will be part of the curriculum and instrumental music will be a particular strength. It's the pastoral care of our staff and service learning that make Mercy a great school for Mackay adolescents.