Carey Baptist Grammar School

Infobox Aust school private
name = Carey Baptist Grammar School


motto = _la. Animo et Fide
("By Courage and Faith")
established = 1923cite web |url=http://www.seek.co.uk/advhomes/careybap/9263269_1.htm |title=Carey Baptist Grammar School |accessdate=2007-12-27 |work=Search by Recruiter |publisher=Seek]
type = Independent, Co-educational, Day school
denomination = Baptist
slogan =
key_people = Mr Phil W. De Young (Principal)
Rev. L.E. Tranter (Founder)
Rev. Howard Wilkins (Chaplain)
fees = AU$11,924–18,456 p.acite web |url=http://www.carey.com.au/Admissions/Resident-Fees-Structure.html |title=2008 Fees |accessdate=2007-12-27 |work=Admissions |publisher=Carey Baptist Grammar School]
city = Kew
state = Victoria
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
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enrolment = ~2,250 (K–12)
num_employ =
revenue =
colours = Black, Blue and Gold color box|#000000color box|#0000C8color box|#FFD700
homepage = [http://www.carey.com.au/ www.carey.com.au]

Carey Baptist Grammar School (commonly known as Carey) is an independent, co-educational, Christian, international, day school consisting of four campuses in Victoria, Australia - Kew (Kindergarten-Year 12), Donvale (Kindergarten-Year 6), the Carey Sports Complex in Bulleen and an outdoor education camp near Paynesville in eastern Gippsland called Carey Toonallook.

Founded in 1923 by the Rev. L.E. Tranter, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 2,250 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

Carey is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web
url = http://www.jshaa.asn.au/victoria/directory/index.asp|title = JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members|accessdate = 2007-12-28 |year = 2007 |work = Victoria Branch|publisher = Junior School Heads' Association of Australia] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),cite web|url =http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2235 |title = Victoria |accessdate = 2007-12-28|year = 2007|work = Schools |publisher = Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),cite web|url =http://services.ais.vic.edu.au/ebiz/customerservice/schooldetails.aspx?ID=27 |title = Carey Baptist Grammar School |accessdate = 2007-12-28|year = 2007|work = Find a School|publisher = Association of Independent Schools of Victoria] and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APSV) since 1958.cite web
url =http://www.studyinaustralia.com/directory/australian-schools/carey-baptist-grammar-school.html |title = Carey Baptist Grammar School|accessdate = 2007-12-28|work = Australian Schools |publisher = Study in Australia] The school has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) since June 1997.cite web
url = http://www.ibo.org/school/000980/|title = Carey Baptist Grammar School |accessdate = 2007-12-28|work = IB World Schools |publisher = International Baccalaureate Organization]

History

Carey Baptist Grammar School was founded by the Rev. L.E. Tranter, who, at the meetings of the Baptist Union of Victoria held in May 1919, urged consideration of a Baptist secondary school for boys. The present property, with the house Urangeline, was purchased for the sum of £14,000 and the School opened on February 13 1923, with an enrolment of 68 boys.

At its inception, Carey was accepted into the Schools' Association of Victoria. In 1911, seven schools had broken away from the Schools Association (over the issue of professionalism) to form the Schools Amateur Athletic Association of Victoria. In 1920, this group was expanded into the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria, by which name it is known today. Carey joined this group in 1928, but then in 1957 the school was invited to join the Associated Public Schools of Victoria, which comprises eleven Victorian independent schools.

The school began co-education in 1979, when girls entered Years 11 and 12. Co-education was extended to all year levels by 1984. In 1989, convert|14|ha|acre|0 of land were purchased at Bulleen for sports grounds, an Outdoor Education facility was built near Paynesville and a Junior School campus at Donvale.

The school recently bought an adjoining property named Cluny. The old buildings were demolished (except for the main building, Fairview) to make room for a new grass section for the Junior School at Kew, which was opened on October 6 2006 and is known as Cluny Green. Fairview accommodates the Outdoor Education staff and Junior School Art and Music studios.

Principals

Facilities

The Carey Sports Complex is located in Bulleen and set on convert|14|ha|acre|0 close to Carey's Kew and Donvale campuses. It consists of five ovals, and a gymnasium with two netball/basketball courts, which can also accommodate three volleyball or eight badminton courts. There is a weight-training facility and a 25-metre eight-lane heated swimming pool with a separate diving pool. Carey students use the facilities for physical education classes, sports training and APS matches. Students travel between Carey's main campuses and the sports complex in charter buses. The facility was used as a training venue for the Rugby Sevens teams at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.fact|date=April 2008

At the start of the school year in 2007, the complex underwent a major reconstruction, consisting of new roadways, a small pavilion/change-room, parking spaces, and a new exit to help traffic flow. The 400-metre athletic track that existed prior was taken out and replaced with two soccer pitches.

Name, badge and motto

The name of the school derives from William Carey. He was the first Baptist missionary in India, publishing 24 different translations of the Scriptures. The School badge represents the old Greek Torch Race, very similar to a relay race, in which a chain of runners each passed to the next a torch which had to be kept burning brightly.

The School motto is "Animo et Fide" which may be translated from Latin as "By Courage and Faith". This echoes the texts from Isaiah 54:2-3 on which Carey based his famous sermon in 1772 when he urged Baptists to form a missionary society.

Curriculum

Carey was the second highest co-educational school and the highest of the APS schools on this list.cite news| first = Chee Chee | last = Leung| title = MacRobertson girls celebrate fifth year at top| url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/macrobertson-girls-celebrate-fifth-year-at-top/2006/12/13/1165685753143.html| publisher = The Age| date = 2006-12-14| accessdate = 2007-09-18]

Co-curriculum

In addition to the sport, debating, music and drama activities discussed below, a broad range of co-curricular activities includes membership of the St John Ambulance Division, taekwondo and yoga and a sequential Outdoor Education program from Years 4 to 10.

port

Carey students participate in sporting activities from an early age. From Year 5 onwards they compete in the Associated Public Schools (APS) competition in a number of different sports. Carey offers its students facilities at the Carey Sports Complex at Bulleen.

Students in Years 7-12 must select a summer (Term 1) and winter season (Term 2 and early Term 3) sport. During the spring season (latter part of Term 3 and early Term 4) all students are offered athletics and/or water polo.

Australian rules football is one of the more prestigious sports in the APS and though Carey often finishes low on the ladder because of the schools smaller number of boys compared to other APS schools they did manage to win their first and so far their only premiership in 1999 with former AFL player and Coleman Medalist Brian Taylor as coach.

Carey Rugby Union is experiencing a renaissance as of 2007 and is growing rapidly in size and popularity. It was the first Victorian team to win a match at the international Southern Skies in Queensland, defeating the Brisbane Grammar School 1st XV by a try.

Carey has also been quite successful at Rowing with 3 first place finishes and 6 second place finishes since the schools first top 3 placing in 1982.

Music

Music is included in the curriculum at both Kew (ECC, P-12) and Donvale (ECC, P-6) campuses. Three music programs are integrated across all levels from Kindergarten to Year 12.

The Instrumental, Speech and Vocal Tuition program is an elective program with specialist teachers.

The Classroom Music program is compulsory for all students in Junior School and Year 7 students in Middle School. From Year 8 to VCE, Music is an elective timetabled subject. The Year 7, 8 and 9 Classroom Music program includes music practical classes that overlap to some extent with the Music Instrumental, Theory and Vocal Tuition program and a Music Performance program.

Students in all four sections of the school can participate in a musical production. These productions involve students as singers, actors, dancers and instrumentalists, or as part of the production team as stage crew, stage management,lighting, sound costumes, make-up, front-of-house and publicity. More experienced students will take up stage management and set construction. Usually these productions have a rehearsal/production period of about one term. Both Carey's Junior Schools stage musical productions, usually every second year. Generally the Junior musicals involve a whole year level in a scene that is one of many connected to a theme.

Debating

Carey teams are entered in the Debaters Association of Victoria (DAV) Schools' Competition which encompasses A Grade (Year 12) teams to D Grade (Middle School) teams. Debates are held during Terms 1, 2 and 3 and successful teams participate in the State Finals during Terms 3 and 4. In addition to the standard DAV competition, Carey participates in a range of other debating tournaments, including those organised by Rotary and the RSL.

Theatre

The Memorial Great Hall at the Kew campus is a fully equipped theatre. With a normal rig the theatre is capable of holding 700 people. It also has an orchestra pit and a flytower for sets.

A new performing arts centre has recently been announced and construction will start next year.fact|date=July 2008

World record attempt

On September 9, 2008, Carey students broke the Guinness world record for the largest human wheelbarrow race as part of a fundraising event, with over 1000 students participating. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/barrow-boys-and-girls-race-to-record-20080909-4d2m.html]

Notable alumni

*Alan Attwood - "The Age" journalist
*Peter Costello - Former Federal Treasurer and current Liberal Backbencher
*Tim Costello - Baptist minister; legal advocate; director of World Vision
*Graham Dawson - ABC sportcaster
*John Elliott - Melbourne businessman, former Carlton Football Club President, convicted criminal and bankrupt
*Hugh Evans - Young Australian of the Year, Oaktree Foundation founder
*Adam Giblin - Management consultant at the Monitor Group and coordinator of the undergraduate North American 2008 Summer Internship (SIT) Program
*Michael Gordon - "The Age" newspaper journalist
*Marieke Hardy - writer and television producer
*Ian Jones - historian, film and television writer and producer
*Nilay Hazari - Rhodes Scholar (2003) [http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml "NSW Rhodes Scholars"] — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)]
*Danni Miatke - 50m butterfly swimming world champion
*James Tomkins - Olympic Rowing Gold medalist as part of the Oarsome Foursome coxless four
*Steve Vizard - entrepreneur, comedian
*Tiffany Cherry - Former Fox Footy Reporter & ESPN Sportscenter Presenter
*Ed Phillips - Television presenter
*Suzie Wilks - Television presenter
*Emma Randall - Member of the Australian Women's National Basketball team
*Graham Yallop - Former Australian cricket captain
*Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay - Television presenter
*Daniel Jackson - AFL player for the Richmond Tigers
*Cameron Howat - AFL player for the Richmond Tigers
*Matthew Laidlaw - AFL player for the Sydney Swans
*Michael Rix - AFL player for the St Kilda Saints
*Louise van veenendaal - Actress and Recording Artist
*Gary Young - Drummer for Daddy Cool, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, The Black Sorrows

References

See also

* List of schools in Victoria
* Victorian Certificate of Education
* International Baccalaureate
* List of schools in Victoria, Australia according to 2006 VCE results

External links

* [http://www.carey.com.au/ Carey Baptist Grammar School Website]