Kelvin Grove State College

Infobox Aust school
name = Kelvin Grove State College


motto =With All Thy Might
established = 2002
type = Public
principal = Greg Heidke
city = Brisbane
state = Queensland
country = Australia
campus=Metropolitan
enrollment = 1600
colours = Red, White and Green
homepage = http://www.kelvingrovesc.eq.edu.au

Kelvin Grove State College is located at Kelvin Grove, Queensland three kilometres from Brisbane’s central business district and adjacent the Kelvin Grove campus of Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

It formed in 2002 with the amalgamation of Kelvin Grove State High School and Kelvin Grove State School and is one of the largest government educational institutions in Australia. The school is recognised for its emphasis on the performing arts, achievements in all facets of school life and its cultural diversity reflecting the experience of inner city Brisbane communities.

The amalgamation was an initiative of the Government of Queensland's Smart State initiative. The name was voted upon by students, staff and administration in 2001 from a selection of choices. Thus, the school became a P-12 (prep to year twelve) school for state enrollments. The amalgamation also created 3 sub schools. 'The Junior School' catering for grades prep to 5, 'The Middle School' catering for grades 6 to 9 and 'The Senior School' catering for grades 10 to 12.

In 2006 the school joined the Healthy State system and removed a large proportion of junk food including all soft drinks.

Motto

The school's motto is the 'Pursuit of Excellence through Learning'. The motto appears on the school emblem, and is the English translation of 'Scientia ad Sidera' which was the Kelvin Grove State High School motto before amalgamation. The motto of Kelvin Grove State School, 'With all thy Might' remains an underlying principle of the school, and awards under the name of this motto, are awarded for high levels of industry and attitude.

Schools of Excellence

The college has six schools of excellence, which students can choose to extend their learning choices in a particular field. They are: (Year Levels available to)
* Aviation (10-12)
* Dance (10-12)
* Golf (8-12)
* Music (10-12)
* Soccer (8-12)
* Tennis (6-12)

All six schools have had their share of successes. Some limitations do apply to entry and sometimes testing is required to gain entry. All these schools of excellence are an extra cost to the free education provided by a state school. Limited scholarships are available to some applicants.

Arts

The Performing Arts Department offers courses in Drama, Dance and Music with links to QUT’s "Creative Industries" program.
*Music program, with some students studying at the Conservatorium of Music during Year 12.
*Queensland Dance "School of Excellence" in partnership with Queensland Ballet with the possibility of receiving a "Diploma in Dance"

It also has the largest Visual Art department in Queensland.

Sporting Houses

There are four sporting houses at KGSC which were also the sporting houses of KGSHS:
# Petrie - orange and black
# Bowen - yellow and blue
# Herbert - red and white
# Lutwyche - purple and white

The houses used to be based on the first letter of your Surname, however to make sure that numbers of each house remain the same, this has become less obvious. In previous years, members of Schools of Excellence were all placed in the same sporting house, however this was unfair on houses and the policy was scrapped. Some excellence groups still believe this still applies. Recent years have been dominated by the Bowen house, regularly taking out both the Swimming Carnival and Athletics Day trophies, however Lutwyche has won both trophies in the last two years. The names of the houses are all derived from important persons in the development of Queensland.

The old primary school used to have its own separate houses before amalgamation. They were Long (yellow), Bancroft (red) and Walker (Blue). Long and Walker were both long serving principles from the early years of KGSS, while Bancroft was a local person of importance.

External links

* [http://www.kelvingrovesc.eq.edu.au Kelvin Grove State College]