St Mark's Anglican Community School is an

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Anglican

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, located on an site on St. Mark's Drive, in the northern

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, Western Australia suburb of

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, on the former Red Cattle Ridge site. The school was officially opened in 1986. The School employs over 200 staff, including teachers, education assistants, music tutors and administrative, grounds and maintenance staff.

Overview

The primary and secondary schools are divided into four houses: Challen, Moyes, Watkins, and Carnley. Each House was named after a person who had been instrumental in the foundation of the School:

Peter Carnley Peter Frederick Carnley (born 17 October 1937) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop and author. He was the Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005 and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 2000 until May 2005. He ordained the fir ...

was Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005, Michael Challen was an assistant bishop of Perth,

Peter Moyes Peter Morton Moyes (9 July 1917 – 27 July 2007) was the Headmaster of Christ Church Grammar School and Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia. He was born as the fourth of six children to parents Jo ...

was headmaster of

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, and Glynn Watkins was an educator and administrator for over 40 years.
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Principals

There have been four principals at St Mark's: Barbara Godwin, Tony Stopher, Cameron Herbert and Steven Davies.

Notable alumni

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mark's Anglican Community School 1986 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 1986 Anglican primary schools in Perth, Western Australia Anglican secondary schools in Perth, Western Australia Anglican Schools Commission Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools in Western Australia

Overview

Principals

Notable alumni

See also

References