Gleeson College
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Golden Grove, South Australia Australia |
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| Type | Catholic |
| Motto | With One Heart |
| Established | 1989 |
| Principal | Andrew Baker |
| Enrolment | 700 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon & White |
| Website | http://www.gleeson.sa.edu.au |
Gleeson College is a Catholic school secondary school in Golden Grove, South Australia in the northern eastern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The college is named after the late Emeritus Archbishop of Adelaide, the very Reverend James William Gleeson and the motto "with one heart" derives from his serving for 10 years (1971–1981) on the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (that is "One Heart").
The campus comprises 3 secondary schools, Gleeson, Golden Grove High School (State) and Pedare Christian College (Anglican / Uniting Church) linked by a central common resource area. Year 11 and 12 students are able to study at the other schools. This campus was visited by Federal Labor Leader Kevin Rudd immediately after his announcement of the current Labor education policy of creating shared facilities at close-together state, Catholic, and/or independent schools. This policy may have been encouraged by the success of the Golden Grove Secondary Campus.
In the year 2004 considerable building work took place, enlarging the Thomas Library into the former administrator's office (which was moved to its current location as mentioned above), enlarging the multimedia room (which is now just an ordinary computer room), and adding a room used for lectures and presentations.
It was intended that from the Year 2000, Gleeson would be an 8-12 school that maintained an enrolment close to 650 students. As of 2006, the enrolment number is close to 700 students, a limit imposed by the Catholic Education Office, which limits the size of schools to prevent excessive competition between neighbouring Schools.
The College has 3 computer rooms in the school itself, as well as access to approximately seven rooms in Shared Facilities, and computers in all ordinary classrooms.
The student leadership is divided into several overlapping categories. These are the:
Other student bodies also exist outside the SRC:
These committees are independent of the SRC, but there is some overlap of membership. Other areas of student leadership include student extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.
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