Southern Christian College

Southern Christian College is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Kingston, Tasmania providing education from kinder to year 12, as well as providing pre-school services as Kingston Early Learning Centre. Southern Christian College was founded in 1986.[1] Since 2014 it has been an International Baccalaureate world school, teaching the IB curriculum.[2][3]

This article is about the Australian college. For the college in the Philippines, see Southern Christian College (Philippines).

Southern Christian College
Location
Kingston
,
Tasmania

Australia
Coordinates42°59′23″S 147°18′33″E
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational primary and secondary day school
DenominationNon-denominational Christian
Established1986
Sister schoolSMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar
PrincipalAlan Lawson
Vice PrincipalScott Ambrose
Colour(s)Blue and yellow         
Affiliations
  • Christian Schools Australia
  • Independent Schools Tasmania
Websitewww.scc.tas.edu.au

It is a ministry of CityLight Church, which is located on the same property. The school is a member of Christian Schools Australia[4] and Independent Schools Tasmania.[5] Until 2015 it taught kinder-year 10, when it received authorisation to start year 11 and 12 in 2016.[6]

Indonesian program

The school is part of the Australia-Asia BRIDGE program, and is sistered with SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Denpasar in Indonesia,[7] a Muslim private school in Bali.[8] The school has taught Indonesian as a compulsory subject from early learning (pre-kindergarten) to year 10[9] since 1998 as part of the NALSSP and it is an Asia Access School.[10] It received a visit from the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia in 2013.[11]

References
  1. "scc". scc.tas.edu.au. Southern Christian College. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. "Southern Christian College". ibo.org. International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. M Paine (22 May 2015). "College opens up a world of opportunity". Themercury.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "independent". Independent Schools Tasmania. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. "Member Schools - IST". independentschools.tas.edu.au. Independent Schools Tasmania. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. "Diploma Programme (DP)". scc.tas.edu.au. Southern Christian College. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. "Bob Carr likes view from the Bridge school partnership". The Australian. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  8. "Membangun pesantren, menabur persahabatan Australia-Indonesia". Radio Australia. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  9. "Indonesian - Secondary". Southern Christian College. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  10. "BRIDGE School partnerships Tas". asiaeducation.edu.au. Asia Education Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  11. "Kecintaan Pada Indonesia dari Ujung Selatan Negeri Kangguru". Kompas International. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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