Riverside Christian College
Riverside Christian College, formerly Maryborough Christian Academy, is a private primary and secondary school in Maryborough West, Queensland.
History
[edit]Maryborough Christian Academy opened as a primary school on 1 February 1983 at the Maryborough Christian Outreach Centre (affiliated with the Christian Outreach Centre a network of Pentecostal churches, now known as the International Network of Churches[1]) with fewer than 40 students. Pastor David Blair and Principal Brendan Kelly ran the school from 1983 to 1992, including presiding over a 1991 expansion to offer distance education.[2]
From 1993 to 1996, the school was governed by the Australian Education Foundation, until the Maryborough Christian Education Foundation was established in 1996. In that year land was purchased in Royle Street to create a permanent home for the school, and the school moved to the site in 1998.[2]
In 2002, it was renamed Riverside Christian College, changed the curriculum to follow the Queensland Studies Authority curriculum, and progressively introduced secondary schooling, with Year 10 being added in 2006.[3][2] In the 2010s, the school started offering year 11 and year 12, effectively become a prep - year 12 school.
Description
[edit]The private R-12 school is situated at 23 Royle Street, Maryborough West(25°31′04″S 152°39′52″E / 25.5177°S 152.6645°E).[4][5] Its student cohort live locally, as well as across Australia and overseas.[2] Its mission is "To provide a quality Christian education".
In 2018, it had an enrolment of 1,126 students with 77 teachers (69.4 equivalent full-time) and 45 non-teaching staff (39.6 equivalent full-time).[6]
Notable Alumni (Distance Education)
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministries". International Network of Churches Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "History". Riverside Christian College. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present. They have added a wide range of Buildings such as a DE building adding up to somewhat 4.4 million dollars following on with a new built intersection for 2.3 million dollars and a new building built for campus for the students of Riverside Christian College. (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Riverside Christian College". Riverside Christian College. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.