John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School

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John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School

Faith, Hope, Love
Established	1990
School Type	Private
Denomination	Anglican
Key People	Matthew Hughes (principal)
School Fees	$3000+
Location	Mirrabooka & Beechboro, W.A, Australia
Enrolment	~2000
Colours	Garnet & Blue
Homepage	www.jsracs.wa.edu.au

John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS) is a dual campus private school in Perth, Western Australia named after the notable West Australian John Septimus Roe.

The first campus originally named Thomas Scott Anglican Community School located in Beechboro, was created in 1990 by taking over the old Northside Christian School at the request of the State Government. The second campus located in Mirrabooka, was opened in 1992, and existed as a combined primary and secondary school campus.

While in the beginning the two schools shared the same administration and school council, there existed a separate cultural identity. As such in 1996, Thomas Scott Anglican Community School was renamed John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School to mark the new concept of “two campuses, one school”.

Today the primary school campus at Beechboro and primary/secondary campus in Mirrabooka has a student population of over 2000 students from kindergarten to Year 12 making it the largest Anglican School in Western Australia.

1 School houses
2 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
3 Famous alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] School houses

The school is divided into four houses/factions:

Roebourne (named after the Roe's ship),
Sandleford (named after Roe's property back in England)
Durham (named after Roe's home in England) and
Kelmscott (named after the ship he came on to Australia)

Roebourne is associated with the colour red and mascot of dragons, Sandleford with yellow and sharks (previously stags), Durham with blue and knights, and Kelmscott with green and cougars.

[edit] Rock Eisteddfod Challenge

In 2001, the school entered the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge for the first time, and won first place in the Perth grand final. The school enters the challenge every year and many students are involved in all aspects of the preparation, dancing and backstage tasks involved in the performance.