The College, originally called Cannon Hill College, opened in 1989 with seventy-nine students and three buildings. In 1994, it became an Anglican school in the Diocese of Brisbane, changing its name to Cannon Hill Anglican College to reflect this. The school has had five principals: Rod Wells, the College founder; Suzanne Bain; Greg Wain; Robyn Bell; and Gary O'Brien, who currently holds the role. Currently, the school caters for Prep to Year 12, with upwards of approximately 1,000 students, and is a co-educational school. From 30 March until 22 May, full-scale operations were interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic and under advice from the Queensland Government. Regular schooling was resumed on 25 May, after a slow reintroduction of senior students back to the college.[1]
Facilities
The College has a number of modern facilities, including an 1,100-seat auditorium, a design and technology workshop, a product design studio, a graphic design studio, and a research centre. A new science facility has also been constructed on the west side of the school. Its sporting facilities support basketball, cricket, hockey, netball, rugby, football (soccer), touch football, tennis, athletics, and volleyball.[2]
Most noteworthy of the College's facilities are its integrated arts facility, which incorporates a visual arts wing and lecture theatre; a music centre with sound-proof teaching studios (including the professional recording studio Ghostgum Audio); an orchestral recording studio; and dedicated drama studios.[2]
Houses
CHAC's houses are all named after islands in Moreton Bay. Initially, there were only four houses: Moreton, Peel, Saint Helena and Stradbroke. In 2001, two new houses, Macleay and Russell, were added.
Each of the houses have had official mascots, chosen from animals, groups, characters or civilisations beginning with the first letter of their names; the houses were thus dubbed 'Macleay Magpies', 'Moreton Manta Rays', 'Peel Pirates', 'Russell Raiders', 'Saint Helena Spartans' and 'Stradbroke Superheroes'. Then, in late 2024, as part of their legacy gift to the college, the Year 12 graduates changed some of the houses' mascots to better represent Oceanian wildlife: Peel became the 'Peel Pelicans'; Russell, the 'Russell Roos' (short for kangaroos); Saint Helena, the 'Saint Helena Snakes'; and Stradbroke, the 'Stradbroke Sharks'. Matching artwork was similarly designed for each house, in collaboration with Indigenous artist Ambrose Killian.[3]
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