Sunshine Coast Grammar School
| Sunshine Coast Grammar School | |
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Forest Glen, Queensland Australia 
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| Coordinates | 26°41′2″S 153°0′26″E / 26.68389°S 153.00722°ECoordinates: 26°41′2″S 153°0′26″E / 26.68389°S 153.00722°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Day school |
| Motto | Strength of Purpose |
| Denomination | Presbyterian and Methodist |
| Established | 1997 |
| Principal | Mrs Maria Woods |
| Enrolment | ~1,220 (P–12) |
| Colour(s) | Gold, Maroon, Navy Blue and Green |
| Website | www.scgs.qld.edu.au |
The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a some-what rural town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The school has a student body of over 1200, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997. It is owned by Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association, which operates several other schools in Queensland.
The School was originally started as a non-denominational educational institute, by the founding headmaster John Burgess.
The Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association purchased the school from Burgess after he was forced to relinquish financial possession of the school. Nigel Fairbairn took over from the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association's Dr Evans.
On July 1, 2006 the school officially opened its Early Learning Centre for children 6 weeks old to school age. This added to the size of the school area-wise.
On June 2, 2008, the school flooded after an overnight deluge of rain. The overnight rain came on top of the rain from the prior week. No major incidents were reported, although one car was caught in a creek at the school.
Sunshine Coast Grammar School separates its student body into four parts: Early Learning, Junior, Middle and Senior. They cover the traditional school years of kindergarten to preschool, year 1 to year 6, year 7 to year 9 and year 12 In the Senior School, Year 10 students face a difficult curriculum, to prepare them to meet the state-regulated "Senior Education and Training Plan", which leads students to set their direction, i.e., choose a career area.
In 2003, students in year 4 won awards for Creative Writing at the Ekka
The school offers "Schools of Excellence" in Tennis, Mathematics and ICT for Years 8 and 9. They are designed to encourage the expansion of knowledge and skill of the students taking part. They take the place of regular classes for students involved.
At the end of 2006, there were nine OP 1's and seven OP 2's awarded to the Year 12's with 33% of the students getting OP 5 or better. These were the top results of any school on the Sunshine Coast. An OP (Overall Position) is a ranking score used to place Year 12 students into tertiary courses.
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