Pedare Christian College

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Pedare Christian College


Established	1986
School type	Independent
Principal/ Headmaster	Dr Edward Groughan
Location	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Campus	Urban
Enrollment	over 1000
School colours	Blue
Homepage	http://www.pedarecc.sa.edu.au

Pedare Christian College is a joint private primary school, middle school, and high school in South Australia. The primary school covers Reception to Year 5, the middle school years 6 to 9, and the high school years 10 to 12. This school is a member the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia, the Anglican Schools Heads Group, the Uniting Church Educational Ministries Commission and the South Australian Christian Schools Association.

The middle/high school campus shares facilities with Golden Grove High School and Gleeson College, resulting in an extended curriculum and extra resources. Pedare Christian College is governed by a college board containing members elected from the college community, and representatives from the Anglican and Uniting churches.

1 History
2 Location
3 Prominent alumni
4 External links

[edit] History

The name "Pedare" originally came from a vineyard on Ladywood Drive, Modbury, owned by Mr Leonard Tolley. It was formed from the names of his sons, Peter, David, and Reg. The joint campus was originally going to be on this location but it was decided otherwise. The location is now The Heights School. The founders decided to use the name "Pedare" to recoginise our past pioneers. The names of the five communities, or houses, of the school also came from surrounding areas. Eldergreen, from Elder Green Farm, Brooklyn, from Brooklyn Villa Farm, Greenwith, from Greenwith Farm, Surrey, from Surrey Farm and Hillcott, from Hillcott Farm.

A company called Delfin Management Services was developing land in Golden Grove, along with Urban Land Trust. They came up with the idea to make a joint school, and contacted the Pedare foundation planning committee to see if they wanted to join this scheme, saying two of the joint schools would be a Catholic College, and a State High School. Pedare agreed. Pedare Christian College had its first official school day in 1986. There were 90 students, spread through years 7 and 8. In four years time, Pedare now had a whole secondary school, years 8 to 12. In 1991 the school board decided to bring in a primary school, and located it at nearby Bicentennial Drive.

Many years later, Pedare had grown into a successful college with over a thousand students. In 2005 they decided to separate the years 6 to 9, bringing them over to the high school, to form a middle school.

[edit] Location

The middle and high school are currently at the same campus, the campus and the primary school are located in Golden Grove, South Australia, Australia. The primary school is located more specifically on Bicentennial Drive, and the middle/high school on Surrey Farm Drive.