Cornerstone College

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is also Cornerstone University, a non-denominational Christian liberal arts college located on the east side of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cornerstone College
Christ our Firm Foundation
Established 1990[1]
School Type Independent, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school
Denomination Lutheran[2]
Key People Mr. John Proeve (Principal)
School Fees AU$4,700 p.a[3]
Location Mount Barker, SA, Australia Flag of Australia
Enrolment ~688 (8-12)[4]
Employees ~90[4]
Revenue AU$7,375,481 (2006)[4]
Colours Maroon & Navy         
Homepage www.cornerstonecollege.sa.edu.au

Cornerstone College is an independent, Lutheran, co-educational, secondary, day school, located at Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide, South Australia.

The College is a non-selective school, currently catering for approximately 680 students from Years 8 to 12. Facilities include a library, a basketball court, gymnasium, a canteen, an oval and a theatre. The school has a tradition of naming new facilities in a foreign language, the canteen is called Cibo Bello (Italian for 'beautiful food'), the gym is called inbarendi (aboriginal for 'meet one another'), the library is called Arnakalypsi (Greek for 'discovery') and the arts building is called Atelier (Old French for 'carpenter’s shop').[5]

Cornerstone is affiliated with the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA),[2] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[6] and Lutheran Education Australia (LEA).[7]

Contents

[edit] History

Cornerstone was established in 1990 as the first Christian secondary school in the Adelaide Hills area, having been first proposed in 1984.[1]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Vision of Cornerstone. About Cornerstone. Cornerstone College. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  2. ^ a b Cornerstone College. About Our Schools. Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  3. ^ 2008 Fee Schedule. Enrolment. Cornerstone College (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  4. ^ a b c Annual Report 2006 (PDF). Publications. Cornerstone College (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ Facilities. Cornerstone College website. Cornerstone College. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
  6. ^ South Australia. School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  7. ^ Cornerstone College. School Directory. Lutheran Education Australia. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  8. ^ The Rhodes Scholarship South Australia (PDF). Rhodes Scholarship Information. The University of Adelaide (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

This article related to an Australian school is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.