King's Baptist Grammar School

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King's Baptist Grammar School

Visio Fidei (Vision of Faith)
Established	1988
School type	Independent College
Principal/ Headmaster	Russell Eley
Location	Adelaide, SA, Australia
Campus	Wynn Vale (R-13)
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School colours	Red, Green, Gold
Homepage	http://www.kingsbaptist.sa.edu.au

King's Baptist Grammar School is in Wynn Vale, a north eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia having moved from nearby Tea Tree Gully where it was known as Tea Tree Gully Christian School.

[edit] History

Construction of the Wynn Vale site began in November 1988, as part of the Golden Grove development. On 7 February 1989 King's opened on its Wynn Vale Campus with 300 students. The oval and library are shared with the government Keithcot Farm Primary School.

The school's most recent addition was a new science and arts building, including 4 specialist laboratories, a keyboard lab, and amphitheatre, amongst other things, as well as an extension to the Design and Technology building, dedicated to CAD.

[edit] Facilities

The school has one of the largest ranges of facilities in the area, with well over 120 computers, and both a theatre and outdoor amphitheatre. There are over 150 teaching classrooms in addition to these. The school's arts programs is renowned as a great one, with dedicated instrumental lessons being a popular extra-curricular activity amongst students. The school used to compete in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge until 2003, when it began making its own musical productions. The first of these was Bye Bye Birdie, and the musical for 2007 is Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story.