Concordia College, Toowoomba

Infobox Aust school private
name = Concordia Lutheran College


motto = _la. Nisi Dominus Frustra
("Without the Lord, all is in vain")
established = 1946cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=136 |title=Concordia College |accessdate=2007-12-28 |work=Schools |publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association]
type = Independent, Co-educational, Day & Boarding
denomination = Lutheran
slogan =
key_people = Mr. Michael Kaiser (Principal)
Mr. Michael Paech (Deputy Principal)
fees = AU$2,200 - AU$6,400 p.a (Day)
AU$5,650 - AU$9,300 p.a (Boarding)cite web |url=http://www.concordia.qld.edu.au/pdf/clc_fees_2008.pdf |title=Schedule of Fess 2008 |accessdate=2007-12-28 |format=PDF |work=Enrolment at Concordia |publisher=Concordia Lutheran College]
city = Toowoomba
state = Queensland
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates =
enrolment = ~600 (K-12)
num_employ = ~33cite web |url=http://www.concordia.qld.edu.au/pdf/annual_report_2006.pdf |title=Annual Report for 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-28 |year =2007 |format=PDF |work=About |publisher=Concordia Lutheran College]
revenue =
products =
colours = Blue & Gold color box|#000080color box|#FFD700
homepage = [http://www.concordia.qld.edu.au/ www.concordia.qld.edu.au]

Concordia Lutheran College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school of the Lutheran Church of Australia, located in Toowoomba on the Darling Downs of Queensland, Australia.

Concordia Memorial College was renamed Concordia College and later renamed Concordia Lutheran College, after merging with Martin Luther Primary School and Concordia Primary School.

It is made up of the three campuses of Martin Luther Primary School, Concordia Primary School and Redlands campus (because of its heritage listed Redlands building) and these three campuses are given the collective name of Concordia Lutheran Campus.

Concordia is a member of the Interact Club, an organisation which raises money for the school, the community and international foundations, eg. World Vision - Through Concordia's sponsor child.

Concordia's students frequently participate in charity events such as The Cancer Council's Relay for life, World Vision's 40 Hour Famine, along with many fundraisers for various charities, along with many annual fundraisers.

Sport

As with most Australian schools, Concordia Lutheran College uses a house system. The four houses of the college are:
* Bunya - Bear - Brown
* Noack - Shark - White
* Norfolk - Eagle - Yellow
* Redlands - Roadrunner - Blue

General Sporting days are held on Wednesdays. During the first two terms, students mostly compete with other regional schools in sports such as basketball, soccer, futsal, etc. However, during the third and fourth terms, students participate in social activities such as walking, roller skating, study, Tenpin bowling and service.

Annually, Concordia holds an athletics carnival in the third term, A swimming carnival is held in the first term along with cross-country events in the first or second term.Concordia also competes in Inter-Lutheran sporting events in Athletics, Cross Country and swimming. These are generally held in Brisbane and are contended by many Lutheran schools from South East Queensland.

References

See also

* List of schools in Queensland

External links

* [http://www.concordia.qld.edu.au Concordia Lutheran College]