Southern Christian College

Southern Christian College is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Kingston, Tasmania providing education from kinder to year 12, as well as providing pre-school services as Kingston Early Learning Centre. Southern Christian College was founded in 1986.[1] Since 2014 it has been an International Baccalaureate world school, teaching the IB curriculum.[2][3]

Southern Christian College
Location
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Coordinates42°59′23″S 147°18′33″E / 42.98972°S 147.30917°E / -42.98972; 147.30917
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational primary and secondary day school
DenominationNon-denominational Christian
Established1986
Sister schoolSMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar
PrincipalAlan Lawson
Vice PrincipalScott Ambrose
Colour(s)Blue and yellow   
Affiliations
Websitewww.scc.tas.edu.au

It is a ministry of CityLight Church, which is located on the same property. The school is a member of Christian Schools Australia[4] and Independent Schools Tasmania.[5] Until 2015 it taught kinder-year 10, when it received authorisation to start year 11 and 12 in 2016.[6]

Indonesian program edit

The school is part of the Australia-Asia BRIDGE program, and is sistered with SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar in Indonesia,[7] a Muslim private school in Bali.[8] The school has taught Indonesian as a compulsory subject from early learning (pre-kindergarten) to year 10[9] since 1998 as part of the NALSSP and it is an Asia Access School.[10] It received a visit from the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia in 2013.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "scc". scc.tas.edu.au. Southern Christian College. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Southern Christian College". ibo.org. International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ M Paine (22 May 2015). "College opens up a world of opportunity". Themercury.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ^ "independent". Independent Schools Tasmania. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Member Schools - IST". independentschools.tas.edu.au. Independent Schools Tasmania. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Diploma Programme (DP)". scc.tas.edu.au. Southern Christian College. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Bob Carr likes view from the Bridge school partnership". The Australian. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Membangun pesantren, menabur persahabatan Australia-Indonesia". Radio Australia. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Indonesian - Secondary". Southern Christian College. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  10. ^ "BRIDGE School partnerships Tas". asiaeducation.edu.au. Asia Education Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Kecintaan Pada Indonesia dari Ujung Selatan Negeri Kangguru". Kompas International. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.