St Luke's Grammar School

St Luke's Grammar School
Location
Dee Why, NSW
Australia Australia
Coordinates 33°45′34″S 151°16′59″E / 33.75944°S 151.28306°E / -33.75944; 151.28306Coordinates: 33°45′34″S 151°16′59″E / 33.75944°S 151.28306°E / -33.75944; 151.28306
Information
Type Independent, Co-educational, Day, K-12
Motto Equipping students to make a difference in the world.
Denomination Anglican
Established 1993
Principal Mrs Jan Robinson
Staff ~100
Enrolment Junior School ~350, Middle and Senior School ~550
Colour(s) Royal Blue and Gold         
Website www.stlukes.nsw.edu.au

St Luke's Grammar School is an Anglican, Co-Educational School from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12 located on Sydney's Northern Beaches. The Junior School has approximately 400 girls and boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6. The Senior School (Years 7 - 12) campus has approximately 550 girls and boys.

The Vision of St Luke's is "Equipping students to make a difference in the world".

St Luke's is affiliated with the Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools (HICES), the New Anglican Schools' Sports' Association (NASSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[1] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[2] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHAA), the Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools (AICES)[3] and the Association of Independent Schools of NSW.[4]

History

St Luke's Grammar School began in February 1993, following the amalgamation of three Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation schools on Sydney's Northern Beaches: Roseby Preparatory (Junior) School, Peninsula Grammar (Boys) School and St Luke's Anglican College for Girls.

The new K-12 co-educational school opened with 43 staff and 488 students, under the principalship of Mr John Scott. During the first year, the School started its first Cottage (Preschool) class with 11 children, located in a house adjacent to the School. By the following year, the first Master Plan was unveiled, which involved the building of a multi-purpose hall as well as a new administration building and Technological and Applied Studies block.

The School was expanded by the introduction of a second Kindergarten class in 1995 and a third Year 7 in 1996. As a result of Mr Scott's Study Leave to the UK and USA in 1997, St Luke's Middle School commenced in 1999. This lay the foundation for a fully double streamed Junior School and a fully triple streamed Senior School by 2001.

The school site has seen extensive building work over the years. In February 1997 the multi-purpose hall was officially opened by the Archbishop of Sydney. In 1998 work commenced on the St Luke's Junior Centre, accommodating classrooms for Cottage, Kindergarten and Year 1 and this was opened in 1999. A multimillion-dollar three-storey building housing the Library Resource Centre, Administration Offices and TAS opened in 2002. A third storey was added to the Junior School buildings in 2005, which involved the construction of the Link Building and the creation of a Common Room for Year 12 students.

With John Scott's retirement in 2004, Mrs Jann Robinson took over the leadership of the School. In its second stage of development, Mrs Robinson brought in new Strategic Plans to take the School into its next stages, focussed on the theme of students "making a difference in the world". The School has grown in this period and the Senior School is a fully four streamed school.

In 2012 the school completed its most extensive building project to date, with a new four-storey multi-purpose centre containing outdoor basketball and tennis courts, Junior School classrooms, a Visual Arts centre, PDHPE classrooms, a function room, staff rooms and a two-storey car park for over 100 cars. 2013 saw the complete renovation and refurbishment of the Senior School, including 20+ new classrooms, four new science laboratories, new student bathrooms, updated landscaping, green areas and student lockers.

In 2009, the conventional 'ringing' bell was replaced with a musical one; playing Canon by Pachelbel in the Senior School and The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium in the Junior School.

The School has grown from its original 488 in 1993 to 950 students in 2014.

Notable Alumni

Sport

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AHISA Schools: New South Wales". Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  2. ↑ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  3. ↑ "AICES Directory of Members". Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  4. ↑ "NSW Independent Schools by Region". Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  5. ↑ "NSWCIS major award winners". aisnsw.edu.au Retrieved 12 November 2002.
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