Emmanuel College (Queensland)
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Gold Coast Queensland Australia |
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| Type | Independent School |
| Motto | Knowing, Loving, Serving |
| Established | 1984 |
| Opened | 1985 |
| Principal | Mr Patrick Innes-Hill |
| Enrolment | Junior School – 635 Senior School – 865 Total – 1500Emmanuel College Annual Government Report 2014 (1 November 2014) |
| Colour(s) | Light blue, dark blue and yellow. |
| Website | http://www.emmanuel.qld.edu.au |
Emmanuel College is an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational Christian school in the suburb of Carrara on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The College caters to students from Preparatory through to Year 12 and there is also an affiliated on-campus kindergarten, Little e's. Emmanuel College is privately owned and operated and is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as a not-for-profit corporation.
Emmanuel College was officially opened on 30 January 1984. Initially, the College catered only for high school students in Years 8 and 9, with higher years added in subsequent years. In January 1989 a primary school opened with more than 150 students. In the early years, staff and students were housed in mobile structures, but a construction program in the following decade replaced all the temporary structures with permanent ones.
Major projects included the completion of the administration building, the library, information technology centres and an aquatic centre featuring a 25-metre swimming pool. Later structures included a Performing Arts centre, a sports building featuring a gymnasium, a multi-purpose basketball and tennis court complex, an Early Years (Prep – Year 3) building with play area, and an extension and renovation of the hospitality building. In 2007 a new science block was built comprising laboratories, offices and general classrooms. The previous science block was transformed into business classrooms as well as a Film and TV centre featuring the latest equipment and IT requirements. All the school's rooms are air-conditioned and most of the classrooms have interactive whiteboards. Some classrooms have already had the interactive whiteboards upgraded to commboxes.
In recent years, the College library has been extended, a Year 7 centre with a specialist music room has been built and the central courtyard of the College, Chapel Court, was developed. In 2012, The Emmanuel Theatre was opened. This modern, tiered, 450-seat facility has an operable orchestra lift, a full fly tower and tuition rooms. The Junior School play areas developed in 2013 include a tunnel, a maze, elevated walkways, a citrus grove and other creative play spaces that are adjacent to 'The Shed', a covered outdoor learning area. A heated indoor learn-to-swim pool was opened in 2014 and a state-of-the-art Junior School Design and Technology, Art and Administration building with modern new ablution facilities for Junior School students was opened on 7 February 2015. A student-led help and technical services facility within the Library, the Tech Bar, was opened in 2015. Emmanuel College now serves almost 1500 students and they compete internally in various inter-house activities as members of one of the four houses, namely, Wycliffe, Wesley, Luther and Taylor.
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