Trinity Lutheran College (Queensland)
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.
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.
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.