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Temple Christian CollegeCE

LEBRATING

30YEARS

1983 2013

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Temple Christian College has been blessed by God from its inception with a strong biblical basis for its existence and we continue in our vision in ‘Pursuing Excellence for the Glory of God’ and in our mission of developing our students in Character, Service and Influence.

Temple Christian College — Celebrating 30 Years 3

CELEBRATING

30YEARS

1983 2013

Temple Christian College1983 - 2013


Beginnings

The English Historian, Frederic Maitland, once wrote ‘It is very hard to remember that events,

now long in the past, were once in the future’. When we look at Temple today, it is hard to

believe that just 30 years ago it was a blank page waiting for an amazing story to be written.

Pastor Leo Harris (founder of CRC Churches International and Adelaide Christian Centre)

had a vision for Christian Education from which Sunrise Christian School was birthed. In

time, it was made known by parents of Sunrise graduate students that there was a need for

a Christian secondary school.

In the early 1970’s Bruce Robson (Deputy Headmaster of Pulteney Grammar School) had

a vision for a Christ centred and Bible based school. He had joined the Adelaide Crusade

Centre (later named Adelaide Christian Centre) and shared this vision with Pastor Ian

Simpson (Pastor Leo Harris’s successor). Pastor David Rodway was appointed to chair a

committee from which the first Temple College Council was established to plan for the school

to open in 1983.

In 1982 Bruce retired from Pulteney Grammar and began working on establishing Temple

College. He was appointed Headmaster and the school opened in 1983 with 35 Year 8

students, two full-time and three part-time teachers in hired facilities at Tabor Bible College

in Northgate Street, Unley Park. In 1984 the school purchased and moved into the Thomas

Hardy building at Mile End.

Temple was clearly a Christ centred school from its very beginning. Each year the school

increased by a year level until it reached Year 12 in 1987. In 1988 our first German Exchange

trip for our German students departed on December 10 and in 1990 our first Interhouse

Sports Event with swimming was held at Unley Pool.

In 1992, Brian Hagger (2nd Headmaster after Bruce retired) shared a vision to extend down

to Year 7 and provide exposure to subjects taught in Year 8. This was a timing issue and in

1998 the Adelaide Christian Centre Oversight approved the application for Year 7. This vision

came to pass in 2001 at the Mile End Campus.


The temporary base in Tabor Bible College at Northgate Street, Unley Park, 1983.

The first class of Year 8s, Unley Park, 1983.

Front row: Susan Foot, Camille Burtt, Ambia Sexton, Mrs Mary Smith, Mrs Kim Harrison, Mr Bruce Robson (Headmaster), Miss Flora Paddick (School Secretary/Bursar), Sonya Phillips, Sonia Eames, Joanna Binns

2nd: Shane Bekker, Kendall Mabus, Scott Starrick, Peter Driscoll, Yvette Stuyt, Anna Lillecrapp, Kym Herrmann, MarkTilley, David Palmer, Michael Foster

3rd: Julia Fletcher, Samantha Aldridge, Jacqueline Pike, Rowena Pooley, Elizabeth Palmer, Catherine Howell, Kellie Harriss, Rochelle Rankine, Heidi Crispe, Sheri Cornish

Back: Andrew Johannsen, Peter Hill, Brendan Williams, Nathan Gutschlag, Justin Byrne, Brendan Ivey, Alex Young


August, 1993 saw our first Old Scholars Association function at Fantasia in Findon.

On November 23, 1994 the school’s name was changed to Temple Christian College.

The first Block Grant for building was granted in 1995 to the extent of $300,000. This

enabled completion of a new building for Physics and Chemistry, at the Mile End Campus.

1997 saw a new initiative in the school with the Student Service Council being established.

This was a council that served and supported the school and its members and reach out to

communities outside of the school. The Council’s aim was to continue to maintain and build

the spirit of the school and to encourage students to take a more active role in the life of the

school. Vertical Care Groups for Years 8 to 12 were also introduced for the first time at the

commencement of Semester 2.

In 1998 Brian Hagger signed for Tintara House, and with the lease of the old house at 10

Henley Beach Rd, Temple Christian College was now 2-10 Henley Beach Rd. In Sept, 1999

the new Visual Art Centre was officially opened.

In 2001 a new Campus also opened adjacent to Bethany Christian School (a Christian

Primary School) and was known as Temple Christian College, Bethany Campus. Bethany

Christian School graciously approved reduction from Year R – 7 to Year R – 6 and so Year

7 and 8 were introduced at the new Bethany Campus. Miss Maaike Ravesteyn (now Mrs

Prins) was appointed Campus Principal and led before pursuing a call to mission work. Rod

Klimionok was appointed Campus Principal in 2003 and today is the longest serving staff

member of Bethany Campus having started working at the school in 2002 as a teacher.

Bethany Campus, in 2013, is architecturally modern, colourful, spacious and youthful in its

design.

2005 and 2006 saw the Opening of the Music Centre, Mile End and ‘Shiloh’ (underground

carpark) on the 10 Henley Beach Rd site.

In 2006 Adelaide Christian Schools was established, with both Temple Christian College and

Sunrise Schools coming under its banner. Governed by one Board from Adelaide Christian

First block grant for building, Physics and Chemistry labs, 1995.


Centre and working with a common School Council, ACS is managed by the Head of Schools,

Kym Golding, who is the chair of the Senior Leadership Executive which is comprised of the

Principals, Business Managers and some senior leaders in the schools.

Brian Hagger retired at the end of the school year in 2006 and Marcel Rijken was appointed

Principal for the start of the 2007 school year. Over the next years, Government funding and

grants for both Mile End and Bethany provided the opportunity, under the guidance and

vision of Marcel Rijken and his team, to expand, renovate and build exceptional facilities. Both

campuses also received Government grants to provide current technology to enhance and

support student learning.

2007 saw the pioneering group of students travel to Cambodia on a mission trip, and in 2010

the first pioneering group ventured to PNG to trek the Kokoda trail.

Jessica Tanner graduated in 2008 as our first second generation student, daughter of

Rebecca Tanner (nee Binns, Class of 1988). Amelia Morton graduated in 2012 as first,

second generation student where both parents are Old Scholars: Alister Morton (Class of

1987) and Janine Morton (nee Prosser, Class of 1989).

Today under the guidance of Marcel Rijken, Principal, Mile End Campus has a staff of 68 and

428 students and Bethany Campus with 50 staff and 391 students, both campuses have

outstanding facilities.

First pioneering group to PNG, 2010.

Bethany Campus, court yard 2013. West wing, Mile End, 2013.


Purchase of Thomas Hardy & Sons building. February 7, 1984.

Staff 1985: Front row — Flo Paddock, Carol Jarrett, Kim Harrison, Bruce Robson, Rhonda Drewes, Julia Love, Mary Smith. Back row — Karen Smith, Marc Schuback, Mary Ashenden, David Gordon, Mark Trelore, Stewart Leggett, Steve Gore.


First Graduating Year 12 class, 1987.

Carolyn Arthur and Peter Hill, First Prefects, 1986 & 1987.


Brian Haggar and Geoff Driscoll signing the purchase contract for Tintara House, Friday, March 20, 1998.

Tintara House.

February 2001. Leased land from Bethany Christian School and the first transportable classroom on the property for Temple Christian College, Bethany Campus, Paralowie.


Pioneering Class of Bethany Campus, Years 7 & 8, 2001

Campus Principal – Maaike Ravesteyn

Front Row: Jade Greenwood, Christopher Treeby, Chloe Baker, Matthew Virgin, Melissa Simmons, Lee Harrison (teacher).

2nd Row: Bingo Vansilialom, Shane Burford, Stephanie Hering, Melissa Beadle, Emma Hazelwood, Renae Wickham, Joshua Wakefield, John King,

Back Row: Rhiannon Fuchs, Kate Cameron, Luke Hoogsteyns, Molly-Rose Goodall, Jeremiah Wakefield, Heidi Robinson, Adam Case, Joelle Corneloup, Jordan Teasdale, Daniela Zaccone, Ryan Norman.

Absent: Alyssa Highett

Pioneering Class of Mile End Campus, Year 7, 2001

Headmaster – Brian Hagger

Front Row: Benjamin Denton, Ross Everett, Laura Ciufoli, Rebecca Goulding (teacher), Nadia Savic, Jasmine Banham, James Cursaro, Nathan Francesca

2nd Row: Charlotte O’Leary, Paul O’Leary, Lauren Rismondo, James Pfitzner, Rebecca Moore, Justin Scalzi, Sherida Cooper-Cook

Back Row: Deyana Davidde, Tatiana Karnauch, Jacob Cunningham, Tacia Vivar, Carolyn Bishop, Julie Tarasiuk.


Mr Bruce Robson OAM Foundation Headmaster, January 1983 – 1992

Bruce was born in Smithton, Tasmania in 1926 and was educated at Launceston Grammar

School where he lived as a boarder from 1935 to 1942. He was a student of great ability

and matriculated at the age of fifteen. On leaving School one year later, he became a resident

of Christ College, University of Tasmania, and from 1943-1945 completed a Bachelor of

Science degree.

Before Bruce became Foundation Headmaster of Temple, he had considerable authority in

education. He served Pulteney Grammar School for 35 years: six as Master in Charge of the

Preparatory School and 21 years as Deputy Headmaster. His standing in Mathematics was

such that he co-wrote three Year 12 Mathematics books with the Professor of Mathematics

and Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Adelaide. He was known for his skilful

and thorough teaching.

Bruce, above all else, was a man of God - a compassionate man, a family man, a man of

prayer, praise and worship. He had an intimate relationship with God and it was vital to

him that he himself was led by the Spirit. He was inspirational in his faith and encouraging

through the love he showed.

He married Miss Heather Paddick in 1949 and had four sons and two daughters. Early in

1991, Bruce decided for family and health reasons that the time had come to vacate his

position as Principal and retire from teaching. Mr. Brian Hagger was appointed Principal in

his place.

In 2004, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal, “For his Service to Education through

Temple Christian College.” In 2007, Bruce was awarded the Pioneers Award by the Christian

Schools Australia (CSA) for being a pioneer of Christian education in Australia.

Bruce Robson, 1983.


Mr Brian Hagger Headmaster, January 1992 – December 2006

Brian came to Temple from Pulteney Grammar School, where he had been a Special Senior

Master, in 1986 and served under the wonderful foundational leadership of Bruce Robson

for six years. This was an interesting development as Bruce had been Brian’s Mathematics

teacher and tennis coach at Pulteney Grammar School.

Under Brian’s Leadership, Temple College became Temple Christian College and many of

the larger structural improvements were achieved thanks to his successful work with the

Block Grant Authority. Perhaps the greatest legacy of Brian’s leadership was the spiritual

development of the student body as a whole and, in 2001, the commencement of Year 7 at

Mile End Campus and the birth of Temple Christian College, Bethany Campus.

Attitude was a high priority in those early years and Temple was given the motto of ‘Pursuing

excellence for the glory of God.’ The school rewarded good attitude with Certificates of Merit

and the students became strong supporters of World Vision. Occasionally Brian would say to

students, “Our main aim is not to prepare you for a career, important as that is, but to prepare

you for Kingdom living.”

Brian retired in 2006 after fifteen years as Headmaster. He was delighted to be succeeded

by Marcel Rijken, assisted by Anna Nakos, both being passionate, purposeful and having a

strong sense of Christian community.

Brian Hagger, 1992.


Mr Marcel Rijken Principal, January 2007 – Present

Marcel joined the school in 1987, and is one of the longest serving staff members of Temple

Christian College He joined the staff when he had only just finished his teaching degree and

newly married. Bruce Robson was Headmaster at the time and prayed for a new teacher

who could cover Physical Education, Science and Mathematics. Marcel’s application arrived

the next day with an ability to teach each of these areas. In 1989 Marcel was appointed to

the position of Sports Coordinator and in 1990 was the inaugural House Leader for South

House.

In 1996 Marcel took on the role of Assistant Principal, Student Development, for 1 term to

cover long service leave and in 1998 he joined the Leadership Team as Assistant Principal,

Human Resources. Marcel served in leadership for nine years under Brian. He held each of

the leadership positions in succession: 5 years looking after Student Development and 3

years looking after the Senior School, Curriculum and the SACE.

Brian recommended Marcel to the Senior Pastor, Neil Milne, as his successor and, in January

2007, Marcel was appointed Principal of Temple Christian College.

While Marcel was mentored by both Bruce and Brian, he has his own distinctive and unique

style of leadership which flows out of his love of God and all things Temple. As Principal he

has had a passion and an enthusiasm to see both campuses develop further. He has led

and been involved with significant renovations and building works at both campuses and

has introduced current technology to student curriculum learning. Marcel has also strongly

supported giving students a biblical world view and from this has seen students sent out on

short term mission trips. This has grown the Mission heart of the school.

Marcel has a strong desire to see that students develop a deep understanding of their faith in

Christ and a close relationship with Him and a faith that will last a lifetime.

Marcel Rijken, 2013.


“The presence of Jesus in our midst is the life blood of our school.” Bruce Robson

Marcel Rijken, Bruce Robson and Brian Hagger.


Mile End Campus2 Henley Beach Road,Mile End S.A. 5031Ph: +61 8 8405 0900Fax: +61 8 8234 1052

Bethany Campus17 Countess Street,Paralowie S.A. 5108Ph: +61 8 8256 9600Fax: +61 8 8283 4039

Email: [email protected]: www.templecc.sa.edu.au

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