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Unity College is a Lutheran school in Murray Bridge, South Australia. Unity teaches students from reception to Year 12. There are about 1,000 students enrolled at Unity College. The current principal is Julian Denholn, who replaced Ilene Thiel as of November 2014. ==Unity College history== 1978-1989 The Murray Bridge Lutheran School was officially opened on Sunday 6 May 1978 by Federal Member for Barker, Mr. James Porter, before a crowd of 400 people. Enrollments were initially expected to be at 145 students at the conclusion of the first year. Founding staff included the principal, Mr. Trevor Winderlich, teaching staff; Miss Marjorie Wilke, Mrs Ruth Hayter, Miss Coralie Fielke, Miss Ann Pfeiffer, and Mrs Jenny Gogel in the office. The whole school community goals and vision at that time was to be a caring, sharing community of Christians with a common goal – to educate the children to fill a useful place in society as Christian citizens. The school's 2nd principal, Mr. Leon Zander, started after former principal, Mr. Trevor Winderlich, transferred to the new Lutheran School at Golden Grove. The Secondary Schools Association again became active with a view of submitting another application. 1989-2000 In 1994 an intensive feasibility study within the local catchment area was conducted in March. In June, this report was presented to the Steering Committee and a committee of the Lutheran Church of SA District. The main recommendation from this report states "That approval be given to Murray Bridge Lutheran School to make an application to extend its school to include secondary education." In 1995 an application to extend to Year 10 was submitted to DEET in Canberra and approved. In 1996 planning started for Middle Schooling at the Murray Bridge Lutheran College to allow for R-12 Study. In 1997 Year 8 commenced for the first time on the Junior Campus in transportable buildings which were brought in from the Pennington Hostel site in Adelaide. Stage 1 of construction commenced in April and consisted of a permanent dual classroom with associated student amenities and a science block. Education on the Middle/Senior Campus commenced on Day 1 Term 4 1997 for Year 6, 7 and 8 students. Construction of The Steeple began and in 1998 The Steeple was completed and handed over. Construction of Stage 2 began in July – the Technology building – which comprises a Canteen, Home Economics area, two Computer Labs and a temporary location for our Resource Centre. Student amenities were also incorporated in this stage of development. Construction of Stage 3 on the Middle/Senior Campus began in May 1999, an addition to the Technology Building comprising two art spaces – one for design and the other for painting – an electronics workshop and a tech studies facility. Completed in September 1999. The school received official approval to extend to Year 11 and 12 in July. 2000-2010 In 2000 Mr. Neville Grieger was appointed as principal of Unity College. Stage 4 of construction was begun, the present Resource Centre, commenced. However the building was initially designed to provide 7 classrooms, a computer lab, staff area and small meeting room. Two ovals on the Middle/Senior Campus were constructed. With the ever growing demand for music tuition, areas on the Junior Campus were redeveloped into music practise rooms and the shelter shed was into classroom space. In 2001 the first class of Year 12 students graduated from Unity College. Construction of Reception classrooms commenced in October. Four classrooms were built together with wet areas and a lawned play area. In 2002, as part of the Junior School Reception classroom redevelopment, the new student amenities were provided for these students on the Junior Campus. February 2002 saw the expansion of the Middle School with 4 additional classrooms, an ICT room, staff offices and preparation area, together with a mall, to house student lockers, which linked the new and existing buildings. During this process, we relocated the two double transportable buildings to another location on site to house Music and Drama. It was decided to convert the Steeple into our worship area. This involved lining the building, providing heating and cooling, seating and audio-visual equipment. The Steeple upgrade was completed in October and has since become a venue that is in constant use by students and the wider community. Refurbishment to provide a Resource Centre in the R Block. This involved converting two classrooms into a larger space by removing walls opening into the mall area. November was the official opening of the Middle School General Learning Areas, the Junior School toilets and the Resource Centre. Administration Building Upgrade was completed in March 2004 and officially opened on 11 June. The Plaza, Memorial Garden and landscaping was completed in conjunction with the Administration building project and completed in time for Synod on 13 August 2004. Performing Arts building completed in Term 2, 2004. It was officially opened by Alan and Rhonda Packer on 2 September 2004. Senior Centre was completed for the commencement of the 2005 school year. In Mid-2007, Ilene Thiel was appointed as principal. At the beginning of 2010, the foundations were laid for the new school gymnasium and the school language centre. Hopefully, these buildings will be completed at the end of 2010, or the beginning of 2011. The Year 9 building is a planned housing for specifically Year 8/9 classrooms, a computer room and lockers. The Language Centre will be a joint learning area, shared by the German, Japanese and Indigenous Education faculties. Fully AV equipped classrooms and computer terminals will be built, plus a kitchen area for cultural tastings, and an art area for Aboriginal students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unity College, Murray Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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