Gilson College

Gilson College is a dual campus, co-educational school that caters for Foundation to Year 12 with campuses in both Mernda and Taylors Hill, Victoria. The original campus located in Taylors Hill was established in 1988. The second campus in Mernda was acquired in December 2012 and classes began in January 2013.The College is part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.HistoryGilson College traces its beginnings to the mid 1970s when a primary school was established in the suburb of Pascoe Vale in Melbourne’s north west. At the end of 1987 the Pascoe Vale school was closed and this heralded the beginning of a new educational institution on the current Taylors Road site. It was established in 1988 and originally known as the 'Keilor School'. In 1992, the school council voted to change the school's name to Gilson College as a tribute to W J Gilson, a prominent figure in Adventist education in Australia. The growth of the Taylors Hill campus has seen the student enrolment go from around 50 students to now over 1000.In 2009 Adventist Schools Victoria closed Ironbark Christian School, which was located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In December 2012 a second campus for Gilson College was acquired from the former Acacia College and a similar expansion program is planned for this campus. It caters for Foundation (Prep) to Year 10 (2017) and it will progressively introduce Year 11 and Year 12.PrincipalsThe College has had five Principals in its history, those being: Lyndon Chapman - 1988 Ron Hiscox- 1989-1991 Peter Baskin – 1992-1994 Chris Cowled – 1995 Mark Vodell – 1996–Present