| Launceston College (Tasmania, Australia) LC |
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| Launceston College main entrance | |
| Address | |
| Paterson Street Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public, Senior Secondary School |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Opened | 1987 as LC |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | Department of Education (Tasmania) |
| Principal | Mr Keith Wenn |
| Staff | 160 |
| Grades | 11, 12 & (optionally) 13 |
| Number of students | 1400 |
| Website | http://www.launc.tased.edu.au/ |
Launceston College is located in Tasmania's second largest city of Launceston. The school offers a large variety of educational subjects for a considerable number of Tasmanians. Such subjects include pre-tertiary and vocational educational training courses including English, math, science, child care, music, audio design, still and video photography, computer aided design, graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, electronics, hospitality, soft furnishing, sports development, office administration and hair dressing, as well as carpentry and joinery. The campus stretches over two city blocks and incorporates a state of the art gymnasium complex including a swimming pool and spa along with many other facilities; training restaurant, FM radio station automotive workshop and Television Studio. 7LCFM (now LCFM 87.8) - Launceston College's on air radio station is also streamed to the web from here.
Launceston College is a government school which enrols students studying years 11, 12 and 13. There are approximately 1250 students who attend classes on campus, and another 200 who study via Open Learning, an education system which allows students to undertake class work at times that suit them. The College also has an International Student Program with approximately 25 students from various countries. The campus employs over 160 staff members and offers a range of over 100 subjects.
The college promotes itself as a high quality, safe learning environment, and offers a wide variety of subjects to its students. The development of these images is in close relation to regulation of potential students. The college also offers the yearly opportunity to students to be involved in high-quality, professional stage productions, the most recent of which was Back To The 80s, in 2010. The 2011 production to be performed is Elton John's and Tim Rice's 'Aida'. Past productions include Chess, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cinderocka, Footloose, Grease, Hair, High School Musical and Disco Inferno. The school also offers overseas travel opportunities, such as an annual Nepal trip and, as of 2006, a trip to Japan for students studying Japanese.