Saint Stephen's College

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Saint Stephen's College
Coomera, Gold Coast
,
Queensland

Australia
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Former nameSt. Stephen's College
Funding typeIndependent and Government
Denomination Christian
Patron saintSaint Stephen
Established18th September, 1995
StatusOpen
Sister school Hanazono High School, Kyoto, Japan
School boardLaurie Vogler (Board Member, Risk & Compliance Chair, Governance & Recruitment Committee)
Ken Petty (Board Chair & Ex-officio of all sub committees)
Glenn Finger (Board Member, Risk & Compliance Committee, Governance & Recruitment Committee)
Rachel Campbell (Board Member, Finance Committee & Risk & Compliance Committee)
Peter Hollett (Board Member, Finance Chair, Risk & Compliance Committee, Building & Education Committee, Governance & Recruitment Committee)
Rebecca Lennon (Board Member, Building & Education Chair)
Karen St Geroge (Board Member, Building & Education Committee and Goverance & Recruitment Chair)
HeadmasterBrian Rowe (1996–2003)
Jamie Dorrington (2003–2019)
Kim Cohen (2020–2023)
Janelle Anderson (2023)
Michael Kleidon (2024–Present)
HousesBell, Greasley, Haley, Hughes
Affiliation Associated Private Schools
Website www.saintstephenscollege.net.au

Saint Stephen's College (SSC) is an independent, non-denominational Christian, co-educational, P-12 school, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Coomera, in Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] [3] It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrolment of 1,291 students and a teaching staff of 99, as of 2023. [3] The school serves students from Prep to Year 12. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The school was established 1 January 1996, [4] initially struggling "with money woes and accusations of financial mismanagement." [5]

In 2018, seven students were taken to hospital after a drug overdose; [5] [6] [7] they were all expelled after the last student was released from hospital. [8] Another two students suffered an overdose and subsequently taken to hospital the following year in 2019. [9]

In 2020, a Year 7 student impaled himself on a javelin. [10]

In 2021, the school celebrated its 25th Anniversary. This celebration was noted as "a very essential milestone" by then principal Kim Cohen.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Saint Stephen's College (Coomera) | Department of Education". Schools Directory. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Saint Stephen's College | Private Schools Guide". privateschoolsguide.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "ACARA Data Access Program - School Profile 2023". Australian Curriculum Assessment And Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Queensland Department of Education. 14 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 Sutton, Candace (23 February 2018). "'Vomiting through their noses': diary of Gold Coast private school's drug day afternoon". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Mass school overdose investigation focuses on banned Russian drug". ABC News. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Gold Coast schoolboys critically ill after suspected mass drug overdose". The Guardian. 22 February 2018. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Crockford, Toby (2 March 2018). "Seven students who overdosed on Russian drug expelled from Gold Coast school". The Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Smee, Ben (7 August 2019). "Two Gold Coast schoolboys, 15, taken to hospital after drug overdose scare". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Huxley, Jennifer (28 October 2020). "Gold Coast student hospitalised with groin injury after being impaled by javelin". ABC News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Homework pays offs as former Saint Stephen's student hits home straight towards series victory". 19 October 2018.
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