Noosa Christian College

Noosa Christian College
Noosa Christian College
Location
	Cooroy, Queensland; Australia
Coordinates	26°25′36.8″S 152°54′12.07″E / 26.426889°S 152.9033528°E
Information
Type	Independent, Co-educational, Day School
Motto	Nothing Without God
Denomination	Seventh-day Adventist
Established	2003
Principal	Jeanette Martin
Chaplain	David Reilly
Enrolment	262
Colour(s)	Maroon, Navy Blue
Website	www.noosacc.qld.edu.au

Noosa Christian College is a co-educational Primary and Secondary College, located in Cooroy, near Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The College is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its sister college, Northpine Christian College, is located in Dakabin, Queensland, approximately 1 hour south of Cooroy. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

Principal Ross Reid established the school in 2003. It has grown into a Kindergarten to Year 12 school with a one-to-one laptop program for the Secondary College (Years 7 to 12).^[5] In 2011, the school celebrated its first graduation of a year 12 class.^[5]

During the 2011 year, the Hon John Hogg, Senator for Queensland and President of the Senate, Australian Government, officially opened a new A$2,000,000 Library funded entirely by the Australian Government Building Education Revolution (BER) Scheme.^[5] Noosa Christian College is one of 55 Adventist schools in Australia. These Adventist schools have received A$100 million as part of the Australian government's education modernization program.^[6]

Spiritual aspects

All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical history and Christian and denominational doctrines. The student body meet once a week for a chapel service in two groups, one for primary students and the other secondary students.

Athletics

The College offers the following sports:

Touch Football (Year 1 to Year 12, Senior and Junior Boys & Senior and Junior Girls Teams)

References

^ http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2017-10-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Retrieved 2010-06-18.
^ Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (April 1, 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dobson, Neroli (January 12, 2012). "First graduating class for NCC". Record, online edition. Retrieved Feb 3, 2012.
^ Tan, Melody (June 16, 2009). "Adventist schools benefit from stimulus". Record, online edition. Retrieved Feb 3, 2012. This is part of the A$14.7 billion total economic stimulus strategy available to all 9540 state and private schools in the country.

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[1] ttp://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2017-10-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Retrieved 2010-06-18.

[4] Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (April 1, 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 2010-06-19.

[first-5] Dobson, Neroli (January 12, 2012). "First graduating class for NCC". Record, online edition. Retrieved Feb 3, 2012.

[6] Tan, Melody (June 16, 2009). "Adventist schools benefit from stimulus". Record, online edition. Retrieved Feb 3, 2012. This is part of the A$14.7 billion total economic stimulus strategy available to all 9540 state and private schools in the country.

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History

Spiritual aspects

Athletics

See also

References

External links