Concordia College (South Australia)
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Highgate, SA Australia |
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| Type | Co-educational Lutheran school |
| Motto | Fortiter in Re, Suaviter in Modo (Firm in Principle, Gentle in Manner) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Lutheran Church of Australia |
| Established | 1890 |
| Principal | Lester Sagenschnitter & Michael Paech |
| Years offered | ELC-12 |
| Enrolment | 850 (2014) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Gold |
| Website | concordia.sa.edu.au |
Concordia College is an independent and co-educational Lutheran school located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1890, Concordia caters for around 1300 students from ELC to Year 12. The school has been an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School since January 2001 and offers the IB middle years and IB diploma programmes. Concordia is a Latin word meaning "harmony".
The college's existence is largely due to the vision and enterprise of W. F. Peters, a Lutheran pastor in the Victorian country township of Murtoa, who purchased a private school founded there in 1887 by T. W. Boehm and established it in 1890 as a boys' college and training ground for future pastors and teachers. Lutheran leaders in South Australia recognised that the college was too important to the future of the church for it to remain in a remote country town in Victoria, so Concordia moved to its present Highgate site in 1905. Due largely to the efforts of Pastor P. B. Zweck, Concordia became a Christian co-educational secondary college in 1927, operating under the South Australian District Synod of the Lutheran Church of Australia. Today the college caters not only for Lutheran families, but for all students whose parents are prepared to support the educational program and Christian ethos.
In 2016 Concordia College amalgamated with the neighbouring St John’s Lutheran Primary School to form the new ELC to Year 12 Concordia College.
Concordia is located on a single campus in suburban Highgate, five kilometres south of the Adelaide city centre. The College grounds feature a combination of historic and modern architecture, surrounding a central grassed quadrangle.
The campus includes:
A building project is currently underway near Winchester Street, to create more classrooms. Some of the Hamman wing and a locker area have been demolished to make way for this project. The science block is also to be demolished and rebuilt.
The Concordia College Middle School Curriculum in Years 7 - 10 incorporates the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP). Students in Years 7 and 8 undertake a common course, except in 'Language B', where they choose from German or Indonesian. An after-hours Special Interest Music Program is available to selected students in Year 8. Students in Years 9 and 10 are able to make subject choices in The Arts and Technology learning areas. Two further components of the Year 10 course are The Personal Learning Project and The Personal Learning Plan (PLP). The latter helps students plan for their future by making informed decisions about course and subject choices at Years 11 and 12, as well as possible career pathways. Details about the subjects on offer at Concordia in Years 7 - 10 can be found in the MYP Curriculum Handbook.
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