Endeavour College

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Endeavour College
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Endeavour College
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TypeLutheran high school
MottoLove, Courage, Forgiveness, Hope
Denomination Lutheran
Established1998
PrincipalRichard Baird
Enrolment~600
Colour(s)Blue, yellow
Website http://www.endeavour.sa.edu.au

Endeavour College is a Lutheran high school in Mawson Lakes, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Subjects taught include Art & Design, Drama, Music, English, German, Japanese, Mathematics, Physical Education, History, Business Studies, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology), Material Technology, Multimedia, Geography, Christian Living & Home Economics.

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History

The College started its life at Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School in 1998, with 20 students. It moved to the Mawson Lakes Campus in 1999. Three stages of building have been completed at this site, adjacent to the UniSA Mawson Lakes Campus. Stage 4, the Gymnasium, was completed at the start of 2008, and is now in use. The 10th anniversary was celebrated in 2008. Endeavour College now has around 600 students, introducing its first intake of year seven students in 2017

Facilities

Endeavour College has a library, a number of science laboratories, hard technology center, art and design rooms and music rehearsal room. The Endeavour Centre was completed in 2008 and has a gymnasium, basketball court and supporting physical educational activities. [1] Major expansion occurred in 2016 with the construction of the middle school to allow incorporation of year seven students.

About Endeavour

Houses

Students at Endeavour are split into eight villages, each named after a prominent South Australian. Each house is again split into 4 care groups (North, South, East, and West).

Feeder Schools

Endeavour College has three feeder primary schools: Good Shepherd Lutheran at Para Vista, Golden Grove Lutheran at Golden Grove, and St Paul Lutheran at Blair Athol. It forms Connected Schools, along with the Salisbury Lutheran Kindergarten. It also shares strong links with the other Lutheran Colleges in South Australia: Faith, Immanuel, Cornerstone, Unity and Concordia. Endeavour also attracts students from the nearby public schools of Mawson Lakes, Para Hills and Pooraka.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. "Facilities (School Tour)". Endeavour College. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. "Mawson Lakes student wins 2 Commonwealth Golds". Varsity Lakes. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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