Hope Christian College
Hope Christian College is Christian co-educational, independent private school in Craigmore, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the Playford district. It teaches students from Reception to Year 12. The school now has about 920 students, with a capacity of up to 1000.
History
The Craigmore Christian School was established in 1980 as an affiliation of the Craigmore Christian Church. It changed its name to Hope Christian College on 29 October 2014.Principal George Sears served from 1981–2005. During this period, CCS was known to practise corporal punishment, and was one of the last schools in Australia to do so. Students were punished for incidents including swearing, fighting, vandalism, disrespect and cheating. The continuation of corporal punishment highlighted a loophole South Australian law, which inspired lobbying for legislation prohibiting the practice.
In October 2023, the Board of Hope Christian College entrusted ownership and control of the College to Christian Community Ministries, increasing the number of students under CCM to more than 7,500.
Logo and motto
The new logo from October 2014 has a shield with four quadrants separated by a cross. The open Word of God represents the hope of the Gospel; the key represents the opportunity to open closed doors; the Southern Cross represents Australia; the mortar board represents academic excellence.The old school motto was "Educating for Eternity" and now is "Hope Opportunity Promise Excellence". The old emblem comprised a rising sun, the Word of God as an open book, Crux, skeleton key and mortar board with the words in a banner below "Hope, Opportunity, Promise". A once-off school emblem was created in 2000 celebrating 20 years of the school and the old design was used up until 2014.