Calamvale Community College

Calamvale Community College
Address
11 Hamish Street Calamvale, Brisbane, Queensland 4116 Brisbane , Queensland Australia
Information
Type	Co-educational, independent state school [1]
Motto	Building on Success
Established	January 1 2002
College Principal	Lisa Starmer [2]
Secondary School Principal	Sharyn Angel
Junior School Principal	Jackie Welch
Grades	Prep to 12
Enrolment	2520 [3]  (2024)
Campus	Calamvale, Queensland
Houses	Boree, Keera, Tharah & Cobar
Colour(s)	Maroon, teal & navy
Affiliation	Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology (QASMT) Partnership School
Website	Calamvale Community College [ dead link ]

Calamvale Community College is a public, co-educational, P-12, school located in the Brisbane suburb of Calamvale, in Queensland, Australia. ^{[4] [5]} It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 2,520 students and a teaching staff of 190, as of 2023. ^[5] The school serves students from Prep to Year 12, ^{[4] [5]} on two separate campuses.

Campuses

The college is organised into two sub-schools each with its own principal and staff, with each sub-school catering for a select range of grades; the junior campus caters for Prep to Year 6, and the secondary campus caters students from Years 7 to 12.^{[ citation needed ]}

The junior campus encompasses the southern end of the main campus, while the secondary campus embodies the north.^{[ citation needed ]}

Each sub-campus offers a variety of amenities, including both shared resources and those specific to either sub-school. Examples of shared facilities include: The Oval, Library, Basketball courts, and a hall. Both campuses possess Tuck shops (also known as canteens) as well as two large undercover areas.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Calamvale Community College

Calamvale State School was a state primary school that existed from its foundation on May 11th, 1955, through to December 31st, 2001; ^[6] just one day later, on 1 January 2002, it became Calamvale Community College, coinciding with the addition of a secondary school component. ^{[7] [8]}

The College opened in 2002 with 1,150 students ranging from Prep to Year 8. Later in 2003, Year 9 was implemented and the enrolment grew to 1540. In 2006, Calamvale Community College offered Prep to Year 12 with an estimated final enrolment of around 2200.^{[ citation needed ]}

The secondary school sub-campus was developed at a far later time than the junior school, which had already been well-established through Calamvale State School.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2016, the school faced a bomb scare, from a pregnant teenager offering 20 dollars to the two co-accused to make the call, which not only led to the evacuation of the school, ^[9] but the three being incarcerated. ^[10] It is presumed that it was a copycat incident, from the numerous threats toward schools at the time. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• List of schools in Queensland

External links

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References

1. "Calamvale Community College 2013 School Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
2. Lisa Starmer. "Principal's welcome". Calamvale Community College.
3. Calamvale Community College. "Our School".
4. "Calamvale Community College | Department of Education". schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
5. "ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023". Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
6. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Education. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
7. "ArchivesSearch | Queensland State Archives | Queensland Government". www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
8. "Calamvale State School | Mapping Brisbane History". Mapping Brisbane History. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
9. "Pregnant teen 'offered men $20 to make bomb hoax call': court". The Brisbane Times. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
10. "Three arrested over bomb threat hoax at Brisbane school". ABC News. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2024.