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 650 students, with a capacity of up to 800.HistoryThe 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. Sandra Jesshope served as Principal from 2006-2010. In 2011, Dominic Hopps took over this role.Logo and mottoThe old school motto is "Educating for Eternity" and now is 'Hope Opportunity Promise Excellence (HOPE). The old emblem comprises a rising sun (meaning a brighter future), the Word of God as an open book (relating to Christian education), Crux (Australian heritage and the cross), Skeleton key (relating to teachers finding the key for each student) and Mortar board (education and graduation) 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 current design has been used up until 2014.