Lighthouse Christian College

Lighthouse Christian College
Lighthouse Christian College
Location
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	927 Springvale Road, Keysborough, Victoria; Australia
Coordinates	38°00′05″S 145°08′34″E / 38.0014°S 145.1427°ECoordinates: 38°00′05″S 145°08′34″E / 38.0014°S 145.1427°E
Information
Type	Independent co-educational early learning primary and secondary day school
Motto	Learn of me (Matthew 11:29)
Religious affiliation(s)	Non-denominational Christian
Established	1989; 32 years ago
Founder	Pastor Richard Warner
Sister school	Lighthouse Christian College (Cranbourne)
Principal	Avril Howard
Years	Early learning and K-12
Enrolment	c. 600
Houses	3
Color(s)	Navy blue, yellow and white
Mascot	The Lighthouse
Website	lighthouse.vic.edu.au

The Lighthouse Christian College is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning primary and secondary day school located in the Melbourne suburb of Keysborough, Victoria, Australia,

The College has established a sister school, located in East Cranbourne.

Overview[]

Lighthouse Christian College has been active for over two decades. From beginnings in 1989, Pastor Richard Warner's (president) vision has been fulfilled, with the school growing to over 600 students. It is one of the most multi-cultural schools in the independent sector in Australia.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 The Age newspaper reported that Lighthouse was the leading school in Victoria for the proportion of student graduates who proceeded to a tertiary education.^[2]^{[not specific enough to verify]} The College continues to rake in marvellous accolades^{[peacock term]} such as outstanding NAPLAN marks across the board and with a Year 8 student receiving the highest score in Victoria for the Australian Mathematics Competition. What is remarkable^{[peacock term]} about the result is the exceptionally high number of students who do not speak English as their language of the home environment, and the socio economic background of these homes.

In 2000, the current Primary classrooms, science labs and the C-Block classrooms and offices opened. Later, in 2004, a new I.T Lab, Visual-Communication/Art classrooms, D-Block classrooms and staffroom. A Home-Economics room was planned but was turned into a Drama room, and later a homeroom. However, having received sufficient funding, work became under way to install fittings and appliances. The BER funding allowed the recent construction of dynamic new resources visible from Springvale Road. These include language laboratory facilities.

The school is affiliated with the Lighthouse Church, part of the Australian Christian Churches, but staff and students come from may church affiliations.

The Home-Economics room was opened at the beginning of 2012. The Creative Learning Center, The Hub (Library, seminar rooms and computer room) and The Language Express buildings were all opened Mid 2009. The Creative Learning Center provides support for children from Kinder through to Year 12. The students learn Mandarin in the language express building which is also fitted with a third computer facility.