- Cornerstone College
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- There is also Cornerstone University, a non-denominational Christian liberal arts college located on the east side of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cornerstone College Christ our Firm FoundationLocation Mount Barker, SA, Australia Information Type Independent, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school Denomination Lutheran[1] Established 1990[2] Principal John Proeve Employees ~90[3] Enrolment ~688 (8-12)[3] Colour(s) Navy blue, light blue, marroon Website www.cornerstonecollege.sa.edu.au Cornerstone College is an independent, Lutheran, co-educational, secondary, day school, located at Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills south-east of Adelaide, South Australia.
The College is a non-selective school, currently catering for approximately 740 students from Years 8 to 12. Facilities include a library, a basketball court, gymnasium, a canteen, an oval and a theatre. The school has a tradition of naming new facilities in a foreign language, the canteen is called Cibo Bello (Italian for 'beautiful food'), the gym is called inbarendi (aboriginal for 'meet one another'), the library is called Arnakalypsi (Greek for 'discovery') and the arts building is called Atelier.[4] The houses are Battunga (green), Naturi (yellow), Moorak (red) and Aroona (blue). The house names are local aboriginal words.
Cornerstone is affiliated with the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA),[1] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[5] and Lutheran Education Australia (LEA).[6]
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History
Cornerstone was established in 1990 as the first Christian secondary school in the Adelaide Hills area, having been first proposed in 1984.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cornerstone College". About Our Schools. Association of Independent Schools of South Australia. 2007. http://www.ais.sa.edu.au/html/about_schools_display.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-12.[dead link]
- ^ a b "The Vision of Cornerstone". About Cornerstone. Cornerstone College. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071014193216/http://cornerstonecollege.sa.edu.au/about_cornerstone/vision/. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Publications. Cornerstone College. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829000849/http://www.cornerstonecollege.sa.edu.au/publications/annual_report/Annual+Report/Cornerstone+College+2006+Annual+Report.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Facilities". Cornerstone College website. Cornerstone College. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719182227/http://cornerstonecollege.sa.edu.au/facilities/tour/. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "South Australia". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719135850/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?site=ahisa&tabid=SchoolSA. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Cornerstone College". School Directory. Lutheran Education Australia. http://www.lutheran.edu.au/public/schoold_det.aspx?search=&Selected=15&State=6&Page=4. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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Categories:- Lutheran schools in Australia
- Private schools in South Australia
- High schools in South Australia
- Educational institutions established in 1990
- Australian school stubs
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