St Luke's Grammar School
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St Luke's Grammar School is an Anglican, Co-Educational School
from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12 located on Sydney's
Northern Beaches. The Junior School has approximately 350 girls and boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 5. The Middle School (Years 6 to 9) and Senior School (Years 10 to 12) campuses total approximately 550 girls and boys.
The Vision of St Luke's is "Equipping students to make a difference in the world".
St Luke's is affiliated with the Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools (HICES), the New Anglican Schools' Sports' Association (NASSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHAA), the Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools (AICES) and the Association of Independent Schools of NSW.
The new K-12 co-educational school opened with 43 staff and 488 students, under the principalship of Mr John Scott. During the first year, the School started its first Cottage (Preschool) class with 11 children, located in a house adjacent to the School. By the following year, the first Master Plan was unveiled, which involved the building of a multi-purpose hall as well as a new administration building and Technological and Applied Studies block.
The School was expanded by the introduction of a second Kindergarten class in 1995 and a third Year 7 in 1996. This lay the foundation for a fully double streamed Junior School and a fully triple streamed Senior School by 2001. The School has grown from its original 488 in 1993 to 892 students in 2010.
Building work has been extensively undertaken on the site. In February 1997 the multi-purpose hall was officially opened by the Archbishop of Sydney. In 1998 work commenced on the St Luke's Junior Centre, accommodating classrooms for Cottage, Kindergarten and Year 1 and this was opened in 1999. The most extensive building program was the multi-million dollar three storey building housing the Resource Centre, Administration Offices and TAS which opened in 2002. A third storey was added to the Junior School in 2005, which involved the construction of the Link Building and the creation of a Common Room for Year 12 students.
As a result of Mr Scott's Study Leave to the UK and USA in 1997, St Luke's Middle School commenced in 1999.
With John Scott's retirement in 2004, Mrs Jan Robinson took over the leadership of the School. In its second stage of development Mrs Robinson brought in new Strategic Plans to take the School into its next stages, focussed on the theme of students “making a difference in the world". The School has grown in this period and the Senior School is a fully four streamed school.
In 2009, the conventional 'ringing' bell was replaced with a musical one; playing Canon by Pachelbel.
School
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from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12 located on Sydney's
Sydney
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Northern Beaches. The Junior School has approximately 350 girls and boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 5. The Middle School (Years 6 to 9) and Senior School (Years 10 to 12) campuses total approximately 550 girls and boys.
The Vision of St Luke's is "Equipping students to make a difference in the world".
St Luke's is affiliated with the Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools (HICES), the New Anglican Schools' Sports' Association (NASSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHAA), the Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools (AICES) and the Association of Independent Schools of NSW.
History
St Luke's Grammar School began in February 1993, following the amalgamation of three Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation schools on Sydney's Northern Beaches: Roseby Preparatory (Junior) School, Peninsula Grammar (Boys) School and St Luke's Anglican College for Girls.The new K-12 co-educational school opened with 43 staff and 488 students, under the principalship of Mr John Scott. During the first year, the School started its first Cottage (Preschool) class with 11 children, located in a house adjacent to the School. By the following year, the first Master Plan was unveiled, which involved the building of a multi-purpose hall as well as a new administration building and Technological and Applied Studies block.
The School was expanded by the introduction of a second Kindergarten class in 1995 and a third Year 7 in 1996. This lay the foundation for a fully double streamed Junior School and a fully triple streamed Senior School by 2001. The School has grown from its original 488 in 1993 to 892 students in 2010.
Building work has been extensively undertaken on the site. In February 1997 the multi-purpose hall was officially opened by the Archbishop of Sydney. In 1998 work commenced on the St Luke's Junior Centre, accommodating classrooms for Cottage, Kindergarten and Year 1 and this was opened in 1999. The most extensive building program was the multi-million dollar three storey building housing the Resource Centre, Administration Offices and TAS which opened in 2002. A third storey was added to the Junior School in 2005, which involved the construction of the Link Building and the creation of a Common Room for Year 12 students.
As a result of Mr Scott's Study Leave to the UK and USA in 1997, St Luke's Middle School commenced in 1999.
With John Scott's retirement in 2004, Mrs Jan Robinson took over the leadership of the School. In its second stage of development Mrs Robinson brought in new Strategic Plans to take the School into its next stages, focussed on the theme of students “making a difference in the world". The School has grown in this period and the Senior School is a fully four streamed school.
In 2009, the conventional 'ringing' bell was replaced with a musical one; playing Canon by Pachelbel.