Trinity Lutheran College (Queensland)

Trinity Lutheran College
Trinity Lutheran College
Location
	Ashmore, Gold Coast, Queensland; Australia
Coordinates	27°59′02″S 153°22′19″E / 27.98389°S 153.37194°E
Information
School type	Private and independent Co-educational
Motto	No other Foundation... Jesus Christ!
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Established	1981
Headmaster	Tsae Wong
Enrolment	~1200
Colour(s)	Green, white and black ;
Affiliation	Associated Private Schools
Website	tlc.qld.edu.au

Trinity Lutheran College is an independent, Christian co-educational, preparatory, early learning, junior, middle and senior years' college in Ashmore, Gold Coast, Australia.

History

In January 1981, Trinity Lutheran Primary School was opened by Eddie and Lila MacKenzie, Ben Stephan, and Jack and Irene Strohmeyer. The school began with 75 students, with the first classes in the Trinity Lutheran Church Hall, Southport.

School structure

Campuses

The Trinity Lutheran College is one college, comprising three schools across two campuses. The Early Learning and Junior Year's campus is located around the corner from the main Ashmore Road Trinity Campus. The Junior Year campus runs from Preparatory class to Year 5. The Middle Year campus is from Year 6 to Year 9, and the Senior Year campus is from Year 10 to 12.

Facilities and grounds

Major facilities include a 700-seat Chapel/auditorium, a 150-seat Cultural Precinct, a Multi-purpose Hall and Sports Centre, a 25 metre swimming pool, and a Design Technology and Trade Training Centre.^[1]

School events

Arts

Chief of all the art and entertainment events held in Trinity, is the Twilight Concert. Twilight concert is held every term and a Battle of the Bands competition between the three competing houses is held each year in February. Trinity's productions are on a 4-year rotation of Musical Production, International Tour, Major Production (Large-scale play), and National Tour. There is also an annual Christmas service.

Outdoor education

Students participate in sports such as swimming, triathlon, water polo, cross country, and athletics carnivals. Annual camps, such as Musical Camp and Band Camp, are offered to most grades.

Public events

The annual College Fete is held on the first Saturday of August.

Pathways

OP

Trinity offers the OP tertiary entrance rank system. This pathway returns an OP out of 1–25 based on grades in Year 12 and a QCS Test.

Vocational education

Vocational Education – certificate courses, school based traineeships and apprenticeships.

International Baccalaureate

Trinity is one of a few International Baccalaureate IB World Schools on the Gold Coast. The Junior Years' campus (Prep to Year 5) program uses the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.^[2]

Notable alumni

Maggie Naouri – actress
Kelsey Wakefield – Olympic athlete, Australian Women's Water Polo Tea

References

^ Facilities, Grounds & Buildings Archived 2010-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, school web site. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ Curriculum (Prep-Year 5) Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, school web site. As of 2014, the school is not an IB World School Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

Trinity Lutheran College home page

[1] Facilities, Grounds & Buildings Archived 2010-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, school web site. Retrieved 2010-07-30.

[2] Curriculum (Prep-Year 5) Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, school web site. As of 2014, the school is not an IB World School Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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