Carey Baptist Grammar School
| Carey Baptist Grammar School | |
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Kew & Donvale, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′53″S 145°2′51″E / 37.81472°S 145.04750°ECoordinates: 37°48′53″S 145°2′51″E / 37.81472°S 145.04750°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational |
| Motto |
Latin: Animo et Fide ("By Courage and Faith") |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Established | 1923 |
| Founder | Rev. L. E. Tranter |
| Chairperson | Jane Simon BA(Hons), SDIA GAICD |
| Principal | Philip M. Grutzner |
| Chaplain | Gerry Reviere |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| Enrolment | 2,168 (K–12) |
| Colour(s) | Black, Blue & Gold |
| Website | www.carey.com.au |
Carey Baptist Grammar School (commonly known as Carey) is an independent, co-educational, Christian, 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), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and has been a member of the Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) since 1958. The school has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) since June 1997.
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 £14,000 and the School opened on 13 February 1923, with an enrolment of 68 boys.
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, 14 hectares (35 acres) of land were purchased at Bulleen for sports grounds, an Outdoor Education facility was built near Paynesville and a Junior School campus at Donvale.
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