A. B. Paterson College

A. B. Paterson College

Infobox Aust school private
name= A.B. Paterson College


motto= "Excellence, Care, Commitment."
established= 1991
type= Private/Independent
denomination= Nondenominational
slogan=
key_people=
* Mrs. Dawn Lang - Principal
* Mrs. Alison Robinson - Head of Junior School
* Mr Scott Pearsall - Director of Student Development
* Mr Scott G Amy - Director of Teaching and Learning
* Mr Ian Taylor - Director of Activities
* Mr Tony McKinnon - Dean of Senior Schooling
* Mr Tony Grimston - Head of Lawson House
* Mrs. Jennifer Jackson - Head of Wright House
* Mrs. Liz Sale - Head of Mackellar House
* Mrs. Sue McKinnon - Head of Dennis House

fees=
city= Arundel, Gold Coast
state= QLD
country= Australia
enrolment= Around 1500
num_employ=
revenue=
products=
colours= Green, Gold, White, Red (displayed on the college flag)
homepage= http://www.abpat.qld.edu.au/|

A. B. Paterson College is a private, non-denominational, co-educational school in Arundel, in the northern Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. The school is named after the Australian bush poet A. B. "Banjo" Paterson. Its current principal is Dawn Lang. The college has four Houses, also named after Australian poets each corresponding to one of the primary colours:
* Henry Lawson - Red
* Judith Wright - Yellow
* Dorothea Mackellar - Blue
* Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis "C. J. Dennis" - Green

The college was the first school in Australia to introduce Teaching for Understanding, which was developed at Harvard University. In July 2006 the school hosted a TFU conference attended by participants from across the world.

It also was the major sponsor for the Grades 4 to 11 Mathematical Modelling Challenge in 2004-2007, Hosted at the Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus).

A. B. Paterson's 2006 Grade 12 OP score rankings were published in the QSA annual school OP achievements table. This ranked A. B. Paterson College as the 3rd highest achieving school in Queensland [ [http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2007/04/op/op.htm couriermail.com.au Queensland school OPs 2006 ] ] .

The College Motto: Excellence, Care, Commitment.

History

A. B. Paterson College was established in 1991 by founder Rob Nicholls.

References

External links

* [http://www.abpat.qld.edu.au/ Official Site]


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