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At Calvary Lutheran Primary School, each student is viewed as a unique person created by God. He made them and loved them and provides each of them with dignity and worth. We acknowledge uniqueness and strengths and encourage students to strive for their personal best and take responsibility for their learning journey while growing in the assurance of their God-given worth and purpose. We strive to be a safe, inclusive, and supportive community that develops positive relationships based on mutual trust, respect, and honesty. Calvary is a small school with big ideas and high expectations! Our School is a stand-alone primary school incorporating Kindergarten and Outside School, Hours Care facilities on-site, and is conveniently located in the southern suburb of Morphett Vale. Together with parents and caregivers, we strive to pursue excellence in learning for each child while nurturing them in the Christian faith. We aim to provide for the spiritual, intellectual, cultural, and physical development of our students in a safe, nurturing, and caring environment providing opportunities for them to REACH for success. We strive to create learning environments that emphasize key competencies, stimulate thinking skills, and utilize technology to create challenging, motivating, and enjoyable learning experiences for all students in our care. Calvary Lutheran Primary School was established in 1983 as an initiative of the Calvary Lutheran Congregation of Morphett Vale in recognition of the need for Christian education in the southern region. Initial enrolments comprised of 36 students and three teaching staff, all in just two transportable buildings purchased second hand. In 1988, the current library, multipurpose room, toilets, and five classrooms were built. This was followed by replacing the temporary staffroom with a fully-functional administration/staffroom building. In 1992 Calvary had grown to a single streamed Reception to Year 7 School with 200 students. During 2010, Calvary established its first Digital Technologies suite consisting of 30 Mac computers and a server room combined with computer and printer facilities in all classrooms and the library. The School’s computing ability grew with the construction of the second ICT suite due to the Federal Government’s BER scheme. Calvary currently has moved to a portable and connected model for Digital Technologies with the introduction of a 1:2 iPad program and the introduction of Mac laptops for student use. Since 2010 the School has continued to grow and in 2015 undertook a building project to develop a Junior Primary Learning Community. This was partly funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Block Grant Authority and has provided the School with state of the art, flexible learning spaces for our youngest learners. Calvary currently has 11 classes from Foundation to Year 7 and continues to grow in size while maintaining strong parent and community support. Calvary Lutheran Primary School is owned, governed, and controlled by Calvary Lutheran Congregation, Morphett Vale. Our School is an agency of one congregation. The School Council acts on the congregation’s behalf, holding two meetings per term. The School derives its financial support from tuition fees from parents, Commonwealth and State Government funding, and general donations. Future growth and development of the School are directed through implementing the strategic plan, which is developed as a co-operative between parents, caregivers, staff, and the school council. As the plan sees the fulfillment of its objectives, it is reviewed and reshaped to give the school community a clear and defined direction. Guidance and direction for the Schools’ staff, administration, and council are provided through its statements, aims, and objectives. These have been developed since the inception of the School and have become a stable and mature foundation. As part of our funding agreement with the Australian Government, we are required to ensure that specific “School Performance Information” is publicly available to the school community. This information is provided to the school community in other forms, such as newsletters, the website throughout the year, and the Annual Principal’s Report. The following downloadable document is a consolidated version of this information under the headings specified by the Australian Government. The information relates to the 2018 school year. View full school

Trinity Lutheran College was founded in 1944 as the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle (LBIS). A branch of the Minneapolis-based Lutheran Bible Institute (founded in 1919), the college was linked to a movement within Bible-teaching institutions that sought a systematic, in-depth study of the Scriptures laypersons in the historic Reformation tradition. The first LBIS campus was located in downtown Seattle, though it soon moved to the Greenwood area of north Seattle. The college initially offered programs in biblical studies, theology, and missions, later adding Christian education and youth ministry. In 1979, LBIS relocated to the Providence Heights area of Issaquah, a 39-acre wooded campus formerly owned by the Sisters of Providence. The college became accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities in 1982. The name changed to Trinity Lutheran College in 1998 to better reflect its status as an accredited degree-granting institution. The college added programs in early childhood education and music and worship in 2001, and more recently, has added majors in business management, communications, psychology, theology, and graphic design. In 2008, Trinity moved its campus from Issaquah to downtown Everett, remodeling the former Port Gardner building. The current campus includes the Campus Center, an adjacent parking garage, and two nearby student apartment buildings. Today, Trinity offers bachelor’s degrees in eleven majors and 15 minors, as well as a two-year Associate of Biblical Studies, one-year Certificates in Professional Studies, and a one-year Certificate in Biblical Studies. Trinity maintains its distinctiveness as a biblically-centered institution by requiring all bachelor’s students to complete the Trinity Crux Curriculum, which includes biblical studies, spiritual formation, and service-learning.Trinity graduates serve as respected leaders in churches, businesses, government, and nonprofit organizations. The college continues to pursue ways to educate students as faithful and ethical leaders within their fields. View full university

Bethany is a growing, vibrant school community. We have experienced a tremendous amount of change over the school's life, and the journey that we have traveled has been immense. The challenges that we had faced since 1982 when the school started have served to refine our understanding of what we want our school to be and to do for our students. Bethany school staff members are dedicated to sharing their passion for learning with the students. This is done in a way that is grounded in developing them as people. We want to help children with values and standards formation that will carry them through life. We want our children to be great people; we can all be proud to know. Our teachers are Christian and have completed studies in Christian Education. They are all accredited as Lutheran teachers. They are committed to providing a quality Christian education to help children develop an enjoyment of learning and growing in maturity—teachers design units of work that challenge students within the context of building strong relationships. Through the Christian Studies Program and the Behavioural Management/Restorative Practices Program, children are taught the value of developing positive ways of working together. Children today need to have excellent skills in the core learning areas and be ready for a wide variety of opportunities and challenges the changing world will bring. Technology is one of the many tools which students use in their learning to find, construct, and apply knowledge purposefully. As you step into our school through our website, we hope you can get a glimpse of our school and the school community's unique nature. It is an exciting, happy learning community that is warm and supportive while maintaining high academic achievement standards, yet accepting the individual needs of students. Mission Statement Centred on Christ, providing quality education, empowering students to serve and achieve. Vision Statement Be acknowledged as an innovator of Christian primary education, with vibrant community partnerships. At Bethany, we believe that the family is essential, and we want to work closely with you. Working as a team and supporting one other student are assisted in achieving their best in both their work and the way that they conduct themselves. At Bethany, we place great importance on student behavior. Through their conduct, students tell us who they are, and they are assisted to see the role that they play in gaining the friendship and respect of others. Bethany Lutheran Primary School offers an educational experience in a smaller school setting..... a community where your child is KNOWN, VALUED, and NURTURED to succeed. The school functions under the requirements for registration as set down by the Queensland Department of Education but maintains the right to teach the Curriculum from a Christian perspective. At Bethany, we use the Australian Curriculum, adapting it to meet our aims and the needs of the children. Teachers use a wide range of teaching materials and resources in preparing the units of study undertaken by the children. The staff support students in their growth and development as a whole person, in laying a strong foundation for lifelong skills in all spheres of life. While the Curriculum drives learning, ICT, and skills in applying strategies, knowledge, and values are taught to assist students in negotiating their way forward in the working and social world of the future. We are conscious of the need to prepare our children to attend a wide variety of secondary schools, both state and independent. The teaching staff, working together, plan the program with care, aiming to bring each child to the highest level of which he or she is capable. We aim to assist each child in achieving a high level of literacy, numeracy, and communication abilities while providing a wide variety of experience throughout all areas of the Curriculum. Through this Curriculum, students can evaluate the values and standards of the society around them and choose the values that they adopt for living with others. Our children are receiving a vast array of messages from the TV and the media, which should not be accepted as their moral values. Real-life issues are managed through our spiritual understandings. Our young people need to be connected to values that build a positive community. These areas are vital to the development of learning in all other areas. Our students need to be literate in so many ways today. Students need to develop skills in finding, evaluating, and processing information. They need to work with others, share understanding, debate them, and use skills and processes to solve problems. Our students, more than ever, need to be well-rounded people with high-level thinking skills. A narrow, purely academic curriculum will not serve children well in the future they are facing. View full school

Bethania Lutheran School is a Christ-centred community supporting the educational journey by providing dynamic, innovative teaching and learning, within a nurturing environment. We offer an excellent all-around education for your child, but we also offer a community. A real community where families are prominent and working together is central to all that we do. There is an old saying, ‘it takes a village to raise a child.’ We believe it takes a community to educate one! Research shows that families and schools working together in the partnership are among the most effective ways for your child to achieve individual success. However, that is not all there is to the community. There is that feeling of belonging, connectedness, and the feeling that I am special. As a school, we work hard at helping students and families connect to their class, their teachers, and the school community. Belonging to a real community helps students feel safe enough to discover the unique person God created them to be and helps parents play an essential part in their child’s education. Our active P and F also strive to connect families through fun ‘friend-raising’ activities in classes and across the school. This beautiful Bethania community grows very much out of our Christian beliefs. Our school also understands that parents in our community work hard and make sacrifices to send their children to an independent Christian school such as ours. Our low, inclusive tuition fees reflect this. To further help our families, we also offer discounts for on-time payment of fees and sibling discounts. While a German school had been operating in the area since the early 1900s, the Bethania Lutheran School was opened in January 1976 with one teacher and eighteen pupils in Years 1 to 3. The school was officially opened in the church hall with the first teacher installed, Mrs. Betty Schultz. Conditions in the early history of the school were severe. By 1977 the school was still operating in the church hall with 45 students and two teachers. The first building erected on the school property, teacher accommodation, was opened in October 1977. In May 1978, the first school building was dedicated and opened, and the second school building opened in February 1979. By this time, the pupils numbered 85. The school blossomed over the years and now has over 12 buildings and 200 students in a leafy and tranquil setting. While there is a significant focus on teaching and learning, each school strives to offer far more than that. When a family joins a Lutheran school, they become part of a community that strives to be a secure place that offers warm, caring relationships and a safe environment. A Lutheran school sees each student as being unique with their particular gifts and needs. The approach is not to ask what students and their families can do for the school, but what the school can do for them. Lutheran schools have developed a unique vision that is based on the teachings of the Bible. As a Christian learning community, each school aspires to provide a culture and ethos permeated by the core values of love, justice, compassion, forgiveness, service, humility, courage, hope, quality and appreciation. Bethania Lutheran School is a Christ-centered community supporting the educational journey by providing dynamic, innovative teaching and learning within a nurturing environment. We believe that every student is a unique individual created by God with their special gifts, strengths, and needs. In order for students to build their positive image of themselves as learners and contributors to their communities, they are provided with relevant, purposeful, and appropriate learning experiences. These learning experiences are structured and presented in various ways, with opportunities for both success and personal challenge. Students are encouraged to take ownership of and contribute directly to the learning experience. The school facilitates this learning by providing timely and purposeful feedback and learning environments, which pro$3,812.00mote a positive atmosphere of trust and safe risk-taking. Achievement and success are things we strive toward for all of our students, irrespective of the point at which they have begun their educational journeys. Success is hard-fought and won, and we celebrate personal achievements daily. Our students are supported by a vast array of learning enrichment approaches, including one-on-one and small group tutoring, in-class support, reading rescue, individualized programs, outside therapy services, and collaborative teaching support. We aim to encourage all children to achieve their personal best through support and extension, meeting each child where they are and growing their ability through individualized programs. It is common to walk into the staffroom and hear a teacher gushing joyously about the latest DRA result or maths achievement of one of the students that they have been working with. The reward of knowing that you have made a significant difference to a child cannot be measured. The Learning Enrichment team consists of three specialist teachers, six teacher aides, and a host of volunteers. Our volunteers come from all walks of life. We have parents, congregational members, friends from the local retirement facilities, and even a couple of university students with spare time on their hands. When you consider that we are only a small school of approximately 260 students, we are blessed to have so many beautiful people supporting our students and teachers. The African proverb ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is never more accurate than in a place like our school. Parents, teachers, support staff, and volunteers join together to shape the hearts, heads, and lives of an exceptional group of children. View full school

The University's mission is to educate leaders for a global society healthy in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice. Simply put, everyone is welcome here. Our students come from more than 45 countries and 30 different denominations and faith backgrounds. So no one is an outsider. This is a place for everyone. We firmly believe our culture is greatly enhanced when individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences become part of the University family and bring their talents and views to the academy. The 225-acre campus is located midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, just 20 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean nestled against the hills in Thousand Oaks. Off-site centers are located in Woodland Hills, Westlake Village, Oxnard, and Santa Maria. Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary is located in Berkeley. Cal Lutheran is a member of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, and Independent Colleges. Its program in Financial Planning has been registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. Cal Lutheran is one of 26 colleges and universities affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The University's intercollegiate athletic programs compete in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, NCAA Division III. Cal Lutheran offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Psychology, and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Thirty-seven majors and 34 minors are offered in the traditional undergraduate program. The Bachelor's Degree for Professionals program offers degrees in seven majors. Graduate programs include doctorates in educational leadership, higher education leadership, clinical psychology and theology, and master's degrees in education, psychology, business, economics, information technology, public policy and administration, divinity, and theological studies. Cal Lutheran's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and the NCAA Division III. Men's teams compete in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. Women's teams compete in basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. Junior varsity teams compete in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, baseball, and women's volleyball. As part of that 500-year-old Lutheran tradition, we believe that understanding our purpose as individuals will help us make our best possible contribution to the world. We encourage students to follow their passion for uncovering their purpose. This prepares them for a life of success in which they always offer their very best to others—family, community, and the world. This is one of the most deeply held values in the Lutheran tradition. Moreover, its importance is evident on campus—our students come from more than 45 countries and embody a wide variety of faiths. At Cal Lutheran, your convictions and beliefs are honored and respected. We also provide you with opportunities to consider and discuss faith and intellect matters in an open and friendly environment. This challenges and strengthens you with new intellectual and theological reflections. We want you to make your own decisions. To tackle the fundamental issues with courage. To choose for yourself whether the information you encounter meets the tests of knowledge and truth. Through your inquiries, you will discover profound connections and meanings.We will offer you a structure with options, freedom with responsibility, and integrity with compassion. This challenging academic environment enables you to grow as an independent, thoughtful, and compassionate individual. We firmly believe our culture is enhanced when individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences become part of the University family and bring their talents and views to the academy. In the classroom and laboratory, we see that learning and research benefit when the University is diverse, and when there is a range of questions and opinions. We have found that problem solving, and planning abilities improve when different administrative offices are presented. In every sector, the University's diverse blend of students, staff, and faculty is a tremendous resource that benefits all. At Cal Lutheran, we are committed to an inclusive learning and work environment that values individual differences and respects each person's dignity. We strive to open our doors to students and employees from all walks of life and to assist them once they arrive. Many of our students are the first in their families to attend college. Their insights add significantly to the overall educational experience. California Lutheran University is a selective, comprehensive institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences and professional fields. Mentored by dedicated and accomplished faculty members, students pursue their passion and discover their purpose as they seek to grow as individuals. California Lutheran College was founded in 1959 on a ranch donated by Richard Pederson, the son of Norwegian immigrants. The college opened its doors to 330 students in September 1961 and held its first Commencement in May 1964. Founded in 1959, California Lutheran University is home to more than 2,963 undergraduate and 1,273 graduate students from more than 45 countries and represent a wide variety of faiths. Our dedicated, accomplished faculty works with small classes of open-minded students—about ideas, people, and faith—and are seeking to grow as individuals. Both in the classroom and outside of it, everyone at Cal Lutheran is committed to helping each student pursue their passions to discover their purpose, and follow that purpose to transform their community—and the world. View full university

Since 1958, St. Croix Lutheran Academy has prepared young people to be outstanding citizens who know their savior Jesus Christ and achieve at high levels spiritually, intellectually, and physically. As a Christian school, SCLA takes excellent care in providing a Christ-centered, Bible-based education in a supportive, student-focused community. SCLA welcomes students in grades 6-12 from all backgrounds. The culturally-diverse community includes students from the more fantastic Twin Cities metropolitan area, across the United States, and to date, from over 40 countries across five continents. Located on 30 acres overlooking Thompson Lake, the campus supports the mission of educating the total student – spiritually, intellectually, and physically. Here students will be part of a caring, supportive community where they will find friends and discover their potential. SCLA is a fully accredited educational institution serving students in grades 6-12. Established in 1958, the school offers middle school and high school Bible-based experiential and college-prep curriculums, including STEM, accelerated, advanced placement, and college-credit courses. 95% of graduates pursue higher education after graduation. The middle school (grades 6-8) fosters a caring, Christian community of active learners and explorers. Utilizing a collaborative learning environment, including study groups and experiences outside of the classroom, an SCL middle school education is designed to encourage students to define themselves and explore the world. Academic planning is designed to meet the individual needs of each child. Using placement testing, students are grouped by ability and take high-school-level math, literature, and world language courses during their middle school years. Also, students enjoy taking engineering, science, U.S. history, art, music, and more. Small class sizes and highly trained, caring teachers are prepared to challenge each child to new success levels. The combination of books, technology, and thoughtful, caring teachers have revolutionized the classroom experience. In addition to traditional teaching methods, web-based tools such as handheld clickers, Chromebooks, interactive whiteboards, and smart TVs create interactive classrooms that allow teachers an up-to-the-minute glimpse at students’ understanding of the material, all while holding the attention of the curious middle school mind. SCL’s campus is 100% WiFi accessible, and each middle school student is assigned a Chromebook loaded with Google Apps for use during the school year. The high school (grades 9-12) offers a college-preparatory curriculum during a two-semester school year. Students take core classes to meet graduation requirements and participate in a variety of electives and co-curricular activities. SCLA’s college-preparatory program has a reputation for excellence in a friendly and safe environment with supportive instructors. With a challenging curriculum and small class sizes, SCLA is an outstanding educational value. Highly-qualified instructors partner with parents to develop students spiritually, intellectually, and physically – giving them the tools they need to succeed in high school and beyond. Over seventy percent (70%) of the teaching staff hold advanced degrees. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13 to 1, and the average class size is 20. View full school