Canterbury College (Waterford)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Canterbury College |
motto = "Fortior Quo Paratior"
"The more fortified, the better"
established = 1987
type = Independent, Catholic, Co-educational, Day School
affiliation = Opus Dei, TAS, JSHAA
head_label =Head of College
head = Donna Anderson
principal =
free_label_1 = Dean of Senior Years
free_1 = Bill "Meverick" Kitchen
free_label_2 = Dean of Middle Years
free_2 = Eleanor Nicholson
chaplain = Rev. Elroy Mee (Secretary, Brisbane Branch, Opus Dei, ID 3433421)
city = Waterford
state = Queensland
country = Australia
campus = Urban 32 Hectares
enrollment = Approximately 1,250
grades = Prep – 12
colours = Red, Navy Blue & White
newspaper = [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/newsletters06.htm The Drum]
website = [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/ www.canterbury.qld.edu.au]

Canterbury College is an independent, co-educational, day school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia.

The campus is located on 32 hectares in Waterford, between Beenleigh and Loganlea.

History

Canterbury College was established in 1987, with seventy-three students in three classes in Years 6, 7 and 8 [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/about3.htm] . Student numbers have grown quickly and it now has an enrolment of 1,250 students, from Prep (pre-school) to Year Twelve.

Mr. Anderson was recently replaced by long time Chaplain Rev. Elroy Mee, following news that Mr. Anderson had been diagonised with Prostate Cancer.

Headmasters

Mr. Alan Coombes: March, 1986 (Foundation) to 1994
Rev. Paul Bland: December, 1994 to November 2002
Mr. Ron Daniels: December 2002 to 2005
Mr. Anderson: 2005 to 2008
Rev. Elroy Mee: September, 2008 - present

Sport

The Associated Schools Sports

The Canterbury College sporting program is centred around membership of The Associated Schools for students in Years 8-12, and Junior TAS Competition (JTAS) for students in Years 4-7.

Apart from the core sports of Swimming, Cross-country and Athletics, all TAS sport is played on Saturdays over 3 trimesters. Each trimester is approximately nine weeks.

Battle of the Choirs Controversy

Canterbury College's all girls choir, Cantabile, performed on the Channel 7 reality television show "Battle of the Choirs", and was voted off in the first episode. This promted the Choir leader, Susan Gouche, to confront the judges after the show, and exchange in a verbal disagreement that resulted in her being escorted from the Channel 7 studios by stage security. She was subsequently dimissed by the Board of Directors for publicly embarrasing the College. Dr. Katrine Loraine was employed within the following weeks to take on Ms. Gouche's former position. Fact|date=September 2008

ee also

*List of schools in Queensland

External links

* [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/ Canterbury College website]
* [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/about3.htm About Canterbury College]
* [http://www.canterbury.qld.edu.au/media/campus_map.pdf Map of the campus]