Grace Lutheran College is a Christian community-based, co-educational secondary school that prepares young people for a life of faith and service.
Since 1978, Grace Lutheran College has been serving the Moreton Bay Region in the tradition of Lutheran Education that encourages students to reach their full potential through education by growing their confidence and their capacity to strive towards their personalised pathways. Grace is ‘one College with two campuses,’ Rothwell and Caboolture, as part of the Lutheran Church of Australia in Queensland. Both campuses are closely supported by the three Lutheran Primary Schools across Moreton Bay.
An empowering curriculum
At each campus, Grace Lutheran College provides a broad educational offering with the aim of catering for a diverse range of learning interests and abilities. Upon enrolment, students at Grace enter the GEL (Grow. Empower. Learn.) program – a pastoral care and mentoring program offered by the College. GEL is a commitment to each student, to ensure they feel a sense of belonging in the community and have the richest possible opportunities for spiritual, personal, social, physical and academic growth. The College offers a well-developed Academic Enrichment Program through its Ignite Excellence programs to extend learners to achieve their potential.
The Rothwell and Caboolture campuses respectively offer innovative, 21st century-based learning that provides students with a wealth of opportunities, including a variety of sporting, cultural and service activities that students can take part in. Community events offered to students include the school’s Open Day, Open @ Twilight, Community Carols, ANZAC Day, and World’s Greatest Shave, which featured on the Today Show.
Rothwell
Located on the Redcliffe Peninsula, Grace’s Rothwell Campus is a co-educational secondary school, catering for students from Year 7 to Year 12. Grace Lutheran College Rothwell has a proud history spanning more than 40 years, with exceptional school facilities, modern learning technologies, and extensive academic and extracurricular opportunities. These include school sports, vocational training, performing arts, robotics and service-learning programs. Students travel from across Moreton Bay and North Brisbane to attend Grace Lutheran College Rothwell, using the college’s privately owned bus fleet.
Caboolture
Grace’s Caboolture Campus, is a close-knit high school community, providing a stable and caring learning environment to students across Moreton Bay then extending into the Sunshine Coast. With a ‘village community’ feel to the campus, all the students are well known and valued by all staff.
Students at Grace Caboolture enjoy state-of-the-art facilities that have been designed with the learner in mind. This includes flexible learning spaces, modern learning technologies and specialist facilities for dance, vocational training and lifestyle technologies.
Googa
Googa is a four-week outdoor education program that Grace students at both campuses engage in. Skills learnt at Googa assist students to grow academically and personally in the final two years of school and beyond. The aim of this journey is for the students to hone self-reliance and teamwork skills and connect with their spiritual path.
Empowering students with Grit, Growth and Grace
In the tradition of Lutheran Education, Grace Lutheran College aims to develop its students to their highest potential while at school, utilising their God given gifts and talents. The school’s vision is to provide students with an exceptional education and individual care that will empower them for life.
This is achieved through the school’s three core values: Grit, Growth and Grace.
GRIT means perseverance with all tasks from the mundane to the very difficult. When we practice grit, we attempt new challenges and complete all tasks to the highest possible standard.
GROWTH means having a growth mindset, a passion for learning and improving oneself. When we practice a growth mindset we confidently try to improve and tackle new challenges.
GRACE means undeserved generosity, first received from God, then freely given to others. When we practice grace, we honour and accept others.
Nurturing the Holistic Student
The Lutheran Church has a long history of valuing education. Martin Luther in the 1500’s spoke often of the importance of education, and the first thing Lutheran settlers did when they arrived in Australia was start schools. As a Christian school, Grace students have regular chapel worship and Christian Studies are included in the curriculum.
Working closely with families and communities to support the growth and learning of their children, Grace aims to reflect a community that lives out the Lutheran values of compassion, forgiveness, justice, love, service, humility, courage, hope, quality and appreciation.
Grace Lutheran College has a team of highly professional, experienced, dedicated, and most of all, caring staff. Capable and caring staff are essential to engaging students. Strong learning and teaching relationships create an environment which is highly likely to enable students to achieve their potential in whatever subjects or areas of study they are pursuing.
Grace offers a values-based education that promotes inclusivity and diversity and the belief that every child should have the opportunity to discover who they are and what they love doing. Students and children come from many nationalities, denominations and religions, and the school also has a commitment to Indigenous students.
Grace Lutheran College continues to build on its forty plus years’ service to the Moreton Bay region, always exploring educational initiatives that will benefit the Grace and wider communities.
