Pedare Christian College

Infobox Aust school
name = Pedare Christian College


motto = "Let Your Light Shine"
established = 1986
type = Independent, Co-educational, Day school
principal = Dr Edward Groughan
city = Adelaide
state = South Australia
country = Australia
campus = Urban
enrolment = over 1000
colours = Blue homepage = [http://www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au]

Pedare Christian College is a joint independent, primary school and middle and senior school in South Australia. The primary school covers Reception to Year 5, the middle school years 6 to 9, and the high school years 10 to 12.

This school is a member the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia, the Anglican Schools Heads Group, the Uniting Church Educational Ministries Commission, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia and the South Australian Christian Schools Association.

The middle/high school campus shares facilities with Gleeson College and Golden Grove High School, resulting in an extended curriculum and extra resources. Pedare Christian College is governed by a college board containing members elected from the college community, and representatives from the Anglican and Uniting churches.

History

The name "Pedare" originally came from a vineyard on Ladywood Drive, Modbury, owned by Mr Leonard Tolley. It was formed from the names of his sons, Peter, David, and Reg. The joint campus was originally going to be on this location but it was decided otherwise. The location is now The Heights School.

The founders decided to use the name "Pedare" to recoginise the past pioneers. The names of the five communities, or houses, of the school also came from surrounding areas. Eldergreen, from Elder Green Farm, Brooklyn, from Brooklyn Villa Farm, Greenwith, from Greenwith Farm, Surrey, from Surrey Farm and Hillcott, from Hillcott Farm.

A company called Management Services was developing land in Golden Grove, along with Urban Land Trust. They came up with the idea to make a joint school, and contacted the Pedare foundation planning committee to see if they wanted to join this scheme, saying two of the joint schools would be a Catholic College, and a State High School. Pedare agreed. Pedare Christian College had its first official school day in 1986. There were 90 students, spread through years 7 and 8. In four years time, Pedare now had a whole secondary school, years 8 to 12. In 1991 the school board decided to bring in a primary school, and located it at nearby Bicentennial Drive.

Many years later, Pedare had grown into a successful college with over a thousand students. In 2005 they decided to separate the years 6 to 9, bringing them over to the high school, to form a middle school.

Location

The middle and high school are currently at the same campus, the campus and the primary school are located in Golden Grove (pov), South Australia, Australia. The primary school is located more specifically on Bicentennial Drive, and the middle/high school on Surrey Farm Drive.

Notable alumni

*Stuart Cochrane (1991-1995) Australian rules football for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Port Adelaide.
*Mark Ormrod (1996-2001) Olympic medallist (2004 Olympics, 4 x 400 metres relay).

Tom (TMO) Armstrong- Future Empror Of Earth- And Voted Least Likely To Succeed In Life In 2008.

References

ee also

*List of schools in South Australia

External links

* [http://www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au Pedare Christian College Website]
* [http://www.ais.sa.edu.au/html/home.asp Association of Independent Schools of South Australia]