Varsity College
Varsity College is a primary and secondary school in Varsity Lakes, Queensland, Australia.
Varsity College Australia | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Location | |
, Australia | |
Coordinates | 28.078°S 153.411°E |
Information | |
School type | Independent public school |
Motto | Dare to Dream |
Established | January 2001 |
Executive principal | Sharon Schultz |
Grades | P–12 |
Enrolment | 3,500 |
Language | English |
Colour(s) | Navy, gold, and grey |
Website | www |
History
Varsity College opened in January 2001, with Julie Grantham as principal and an initial cohort of 354 preschool to Year 3 students. Since then, the school has grown to a two-campus school with an enrolment of more than 3,500 students from Prep to Year 12.
The school has had multiple principals since its opening:
- Julie Grantham (2001–2002)
- Tracey Cashman (2002–2004)
- Mike Kelly (2004–2005)
- Jeff Davis (2005–2015)
- Steven McLuckie (2015–2018)
- Sharon Schultz (2018–present)
Culture
During the school year, students participate in cross country, track and field, and swimming carnivals. Age champions are awarded for students who excel in these fields.
Varsity College has four sporting houses that are named after Gold Coast beaches. These houses are:
- Rainbow
- Burleigh
- Kirra
- Miami
Popular culture
The college has appeared in Sea Patrol, and most notably The Sleepover Club.
gollark: Why not?
gollark: Rust has a COOL™ `regex` crate which can actually compile regexes to finite automatons of some kind, thus performance.
gollark: > Alternatively, a regular language can be defined as a language recognized by a finite automaton.okay yes this is actually useful.
gollark: > In theoretical computer science and formal language theory, a regular language (also called a rational language[1][2]) is a formal language that can be expressed using a regular expressionhow helpful.
gollark: As in "regular languages"? It's a CS thing, I don't actually know what it means.
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.