Immanuel College (Australia)

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Immanuel College

Motto	Plus Ultra
Motto in English	Ever Higher
Type	Independent, Lutheran, Co-educational, Day and Boarding
Established	1895
Religious affiliation	Lutheran Church
Principal	Kevin Richardson
Academic staff	92
Students	925 (7–12)
Location	Novar Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia
Campus	Suburban
Colours	Blue, Gold & White
Website	http://www.immanuel.sa.edu.au

Immanuel College, is a Lutheran school in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the only Lutheran college in Adelaide that has boarders. Its sister schools include Concordia College in Adelaide and Kyushu Lutheran College in Kumamoto, Japan.

History

Immanuel College was founded in 1895 at Point Pass (north of Eudunda, east of the Clare Valley), before its subsequent move to North Adelaide in 1921. The founder was Pastor Georg Leidig and his eldest son Paul (correspondence in referenced book) taught there from 1950 until 1956. During WWII, the buildings were required by the Air Force, and the college was forced to temporarily move to North Walkerville for the period 1942–1946. In 1949, land at Novar Gardens was acquired from the Morphett family property 'Cummins', and the school was eventually established there in 1957. Cummins House was sold to the State Government in 1977, and Immanuel College leased that property for 5 years from 1982 to 1987.

Sports centre

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Novar Gardens campus, Immanuel College upgraded the school gymnasium. The new sports centre includes a 25-metre 10-lane heated indoor swimming pool, a 15-metre by 6-metre children's pool hydrotherapy and learners pool, 3 indoor courts and a dance studio. A primary school oval was converted into the indoor basketball courts, and an existing auditorium and a new dance classroom were integrated into the new centre. Completed in 2008, the centre operates as an educational facility during the day, and as a community sports centre after hours.

Boarding

Immanuel has a long history of boarding, commencing with its inception as an exclusively boarding school at Point Pass in 1895. In the 21st century, Immanuel has boarding facilities for both males and females. In 2010 the college had accommodation for 132 students, with half of them in the main double storey building, 32 in eight self-contained units, and 34 in six fully equipped houses. The houses are named after the word for "Peace" in various languages – Heiwa, Pengon, Tangokorro, Frieden, Shalom and Koinonia.

Staff and student numbers

Census data of August 2009 and August 2008 shows the following enrolments with the 2007 census data being included for comparison.

Staff

Staff	2010	2009	2008
Staff(FTE)
Teachers(FTE)		84	80
Non-teachers(FTE)		42	52
Total(FTE)		126	132
Actual Staff
Teaching Staff		92
Total Staff		168	159
Staff Qualifications
Dip. Ed.		3	3
Bachelor's degrees		84	81
Honours degrees		10	8
Master's degrees		7	8
Doctorates		3

Students

Students	2010	2009	2008	2007
Total		925	902	874
International Students		61	80	80
Boarding	132	130	130	131
by Year Level
Year 7		117	114	110
Year 8		141	136	144
Year 9		150	148	143
Year 10		176	181	158
Year 11		195	164	172
Year 12		146	159	147
by Gender
Male		474	469	457
% Male		51.2%	52.0%	52.3%
Female		451	433	417

Notable alumni

• Laura and Natalie von Bertouch, netballers
• Karl Hampton, Northern Territory Government Minister
• Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player
• Steven Marshall, South Australian leader of the opposition
• Brad Ottens, footballer
• Shaun Rehn, footballer
• Mark and Stephen Williams, footballers
• Matt Williams, Federal parliamentarian
• Billy Stretch, footballer
• Matthew Scharenberg, footballer
• Curtly Hampton, footballer
• Kyle Chalmers, swimmer

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• List of boarding schools

External links

• Immanuel College website