Grace Lutheran College

Grace Lutheran College (GLC), founded in 1978, is a co-educational, private high school based in Rothwell and Caboolture in Queensland, Australia. Grace Lutheran Primary School is located in Clontarf, approximately a 10-minute drive from the main Grace College Campus at Rothwell. The current Principal is David Radke, who took up the post in 2017 after the school's second Principal, Ruth Butler, retired. The college's enrolment at the start of the 2011 school year was over 1800.

Grace Lutheran College
Location
Redcliffe And Caboolture
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°13′5″S 153°3′27″E
Information
TypePrivate, co-educational, secondary, day school
MottoGrit Growth Grace
Religious affiliation(s)Lutheran Church of Australia
Established1978
PrincipalDavid Radke[1]
Grades7-12
Enrolment~1,800 (Rothwell) and 350-400 (Caboolture)
CampusRothwell and Caboolture
HousesAntares (red), Orion (green), Pegasus (white), Phoenix (blue)
Colour(s)Brown, white, gold and green
       
Websitewww.glc.qld.edu.au

Grace Lutheran College is a Christian school of the Lutheran Church of Australia.

History

The college was first opened in 1977. Viv Kuhl was the first teacher at the school. In 1980 the school moved to Anzac Avenue. At the time, there were 55 students and 5 teachers.[2]

Educational subjects

Academic

Grace Lutheran College currently enrols students in Years 7–12. Before 2008, the school only enrolled from year 8-12, however Year 7s were incorporated in 2015. This leaves years 7–9 as the middle school and 10–12 as the senior school. 2008 saw the completion of the Caboolture campus of Grace Lutheran College, currently enrolling year 7 to 12 students and was officially opened on 24 May 2008.

Each year, the college pays the entry fees for every one of its students to participate in the University of New South Wales academic competitions in Mathematics, Science, and English; each year the college manages to record a high number of awards for these. Subsequently, various departments allow students to enter academic competitions voluntarily, with the school paying the entry fees for the students to do so.

Performing Arts

The college has a Performing Arts department. Each year, Performing Arts students have a variety of plays and productions as part of their course, usually, but not always, including junior and doing senior productions every second year. Every second year, the college also hosts a musical production, which is very popular within the community. Almost all of the production cast and crew are made up of students, with directing taken up by Performing Arts teachers.

Robotics

Grace has one of the first purpose built Robotics teaching spaces in the Southern Hemisphere. The College uses these facilities to train teachers and students in STEM developments in the area of Robotics. Staff from institutions as far as the United States and South East Asia have visited Grace Lutheran College to learn about FIRST Robotics Programs. In 2016, Grace participated in the FRC again with their robot, Exodus, coming 27th out of 52 teams internationally,[3] and in 2017 they participated with their robot, Ezra, where they came 8th out of 39 teams internationally and in the finals placing 6th.[4]

Sport

The College promotes a variety of sports which includes Aussie Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Futsal, Gaelic Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Tennis, Touch, Volleyball and Water Polo.

The College participates in the Moreton Bay and Caboolture district where it wins a large majority of competitions.[5] After winning the district or zone final, the school has the chance to compete in Metropolitan finals, where it is the most successful school in QSS recorded history. Grace Lutheran College is the current metropolitan champion in:

Grace College 2007 Bill Turner Cup Team
  • Open Girls Softball
  • Open Boys Soccer
  • Open Girls Soccer
  • Open Boys Australian Rules Football
  • Open Girls Golf (Ellen Davies-Graham)
  • Open Boys Futsal
  • BSGSA Girls Australian Rules Football
  • Year 10 Girls Softball
  • Year 10 Baseball
  • Year 10 Boys Tennis
  • Year 10 Girls Basketball
  • Year 10 Girls Netball
  • Year 9 Girls Soccer
  • Year 8 Girls Netball
  • Vicki Wilson Girls Netball (Winner of Sunshine Coast)[6]
  • Independent Schools Australia Rules Football

The school has no excellence or scholarship program in place but has a history of succeeding in district and metropolitan finals and co-curricular competitions such as ISSA, Uhlsport Cup and Bill Turner Cup. Soccer achievements include for the girls the Uhlsport Cup in 2006, the ISSA Cup in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011 and 2012[7] and the final 8 of the 2007 Bill Turner Cup.[8] The boys have also made the semi-finals in both the Uhlsport Cup in 2008 and Bill Turner Cup in 2007. In 2007, student Robbie Buhmann was also named star player of the 2007 Bill Turner Cup, a nationwide competition.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Principal's Welcome". Grace Lutheran College. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "The History of Grace Lutheran College". Grace Lutheran College. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. "Team 6063 - QLA Pineapples". The Blue Alliance. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. "Team 6063 - QLA Pineapples". The Blue Alliance. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. Metropolitan Sport Results Archived 25 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Queensland School Sport
  6. Vicki Wilson Netball Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Netball Queensland
  7. Uhlsport & ISSA History, Uhlsport Cup Website
  8. Bill Turner Cup History, Bill Turner Cup Website

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