Southern Christian College | |
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Coordinates | 42°59′23″S 147°18′33″E / 42.98972°S 147.30917°E |
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Type | Independent co-educational primary and secondary day school |
Denomination | Non-denominational Christian |
Established | 1986 |
Sister school | SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar |
Principal | Alan Lawson |
Vice Principal | Scott Ambrose |
Colour(s) | Blue and yellow |
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Website | www |
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]
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]
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]