Christian Outreach College Brisbane (known as COCB) is now known as Citipointe Christian College the Christian Outreach College Brisbane, a Christian

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 independent

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 located in Carindale

Carindale, Queensland

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, Queensland

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. The school has a population of around 1700 students from preparatory to Year 12, including students in the International College. There are over 170 staff members employed by the school.

History

• 16 June 1974: The day Christian Outreach College Brisbane was officially founded.
• 16 May 1978: The day Christian Outreach College (West End) was officially founded and Pastor Ian Feeney was appointed headmaster. This date is also considered to be the day the college was established.
• 1982: During this year, the college was relocated from Kurilpa Street (West End) to its new and current location: Wecker Road, Mansfield
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• 1982: During this year, the college showed noticeable growth when a building was opened and named, A Block. In addition, the college went on to begin the construction of another new building called, B Block.
• 1985: This year marked the appointment of the current headmaster of the college, Pastor Ron Woolley.
• 1987-1988: B Block was expanded to cope with college growth.
• 1990: Another new building was opened and named, Kurilpa.
• 1991: In memory of Ian Feeney, a building was opened and named in his honour. The building was called, The Ian Feeney Building.
• 1993: The college opened its first arts building named, The Reformation Building (also abbreviated as R Block).
• 1996: The first library at the college was opened in the secondary school and was called, The Ted & Margaret Linke Building.
• 1998: The secondary school built a locker room to help support students currently attending.
• 1999: The college began to focus more on the development of the primary area and opened a Year 1 centre called, The John & Kay Gagliardi Building.
  • The college constructed its first oval after acquiring an adjoining property used for Tennis
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• 2000: The college opened an administration building to be used for staff and the headmaster, which was named, Grace House.
• 2002: An Integrated Technology Centre (also abbreviated as ITC) was completed to be used to help facilitate the increasing growth in the secondary school.
• 2003: The first primary Art Centre was opened.
• 2006: On 16 May, the secondary school opened its first Science Centre in conjunction with the college's Foundation Day 2006. It was designed by a team of architects, led by Mr Greg Kearney, who had the goal of ensuring that the building helped facilitate students actively involved in science education. It was then built by a group led by Mr John Maguire. Finally, the Science Centre was declared open by Dr. Len Morris and his wife. Dr. Len Morris is a long standing member of Citipointe Church
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  • A primary Quad Shade Structure was constructed to help primary students stay sun safe.
  • In accordance with the Governments Prep education requirements, a building was constructed and called PrepWorld.
  • A multipurpose undercover area was constructed over the existing basketball court and swimming pool to provide students with greater sun protection because adequate sun protection did not already exist.
• 2007: An extension was made to the primary's ESL Building, currently located beside the primary Art Centre.
• 2008: The International College was fully constructed.

Notable alumni

One notable alumnus of Citipointe Christian College is diving sensation Melissa Wu, who established her high school education at the school up until 2007.

Campus

Citipointe Christian College stands on a 100 acre (0.404686 km²) campus that is shared with Citipointe Church

Citipointe Church

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 Brisbane, Citipointe ChildCare, and Christian Heritage College (a private tertiary). It is situated in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and is located between the suburbs of Carindale and Mansfield

Mansfield

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at the address: 322 Wecker Road, Carindale 4152.

Principals

• Pastor Ian Feeney (1978–1980), first principal.
• Pastor Lloyd Eastgate (1980–1982), second principal.
• Pastor Brian Millis (1982–1985), third principal.
• Pastor Ron Woolley (1985 – present), longest serving principal.

External links

• Youtube - Brisbane Exchange Programme