Brisbane Adventist College is a Preschool to Year 12 independent school with two campuses located in the Brisbane suburbs of Mansfield

Mansfield, Queensland

Mansfield is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, situated approximately 11 kilometres south-east of the CBD. It is located in the region of the city which is now colloquially known as the "Bible Belt" due to the large number of people who have settled there to be close to Fundamentalist Christian...

 (primary school) and Wishart

Wishart, Queensland

Wishart is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 14 km south-east of the CBD.The Brisbane Adventist College, Mansfield State High School and Primary Schools are located near to Wishart. Bulimba Creek flows through the suburb....

 (secondary school). It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 education system.

Brisbane Adventist College started as a Primary School in 1966. The Primary School was one of the first established in the Mt Gravatt area. A Secondary School

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 was established in 1972 along Wishart Road. Both schools grew steadily over the years and in 1999 it was decided to amalgamate them and the Child Care/Pre-school Centre into one College. Affectionately known as BAC, the school continues to provide Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 education for students from the Adventist church as well as our wider community. The current student catchment area is wide ranging and extends from the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

 to Brisbane Central.

Since amalgamation in 1999, BAC operates with one Principal, a Deputy Principal - Secondary and a Deputy Principal - Primary. There will be Administrative Assistants on both campuses to support the Deputy Principals.

Secondary Campus

The secondary campus is equipped with:

• General purpose classrooms
• Specialised classrooms (Music, Arts, Home Economics, Science, Industrial Arts, Computers & Enhanced Learning)
• Learning Centre & Library
• Student Centre
• BasketBall Courts, Tennis Courts, Soccer Fields, Rugby Field

Academics

Student must be committed to the academic requirements or they could forfeit their right to represent the college in sports teams, community service ventures and other similar activities.

See also

• List of schools in Queensland
• Seventh-day Adventist education
  Seventh-day Adventist education
  The Seventh-day Adventist educational system is the second-largest Christian school system in the world, after the Roman Catholic system ....
  
  
• List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools

External links

• Brisbane Adventist College website
• BAC website Bec Reid provides pictures and stories of her aboringal husband's days at Brisbane Adventist College. Event: Brisbane's 45th Reunion.