Chairo Christian School

Chairo Christian School
Learning with God
Location
Drouin, VIC Australia
Coordinates	38°8′36″S 145°52′40″E / 38.14333°S 145.87778°ECoordinates: 38°8′36″S 145°52′40″E / 38.14333°S 145.87778°E
Information
Type	Christian
Established	1983
Principal	Mr Rob Bray
Enrolment	approx. 1300[1]
Campus	Balfour Road, Drouin, Victoria
Colour(s)	Blue, yellow, white
Website	www.chairo.vic.edu.au

Chairo Christian School is a multi-campus Independent Christian School with campuses in Drouin, Victoria (Years 5–12), Drouin East (Kindergarten – Year 4), Pakenham, Victoria (Kindergarten – Year 12) and Leongatha, Victoria (Prep – Year 10). Chairo was founded in 1983 with 19 students and one teacher on the Drouin East Campus, which was the old Drouin East Primary School. This building is now located at Mill Valley Ranch in Tynong, Victoria.

The Production is a very important part of the Chairo community. In the few years Chairo has had successes such as, Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast and Oliver!, each held at the Warragul Arts Centre.

Chairo Christian School - Pakenham Campus began its Senior School classes in 2008. The Pakenham Campus began its Music Curriculum in 2009 with its first production of Seussical the Musical, Peter Pan in 2010 and Barnum in 2011.

Chairo is part of the Gippsland Independent Schools network, competing in the GIS Sports and Cultural Round Robins.

According to a statement from its principal, the school teaches both evolution and creationism.^[2]

Chairo has four house colours:

• Liddell-Yellow, named after Eric Liddell
• Flynn-Green, named after John Flynn
• Aylward-Blue, named after Gladys Aylward
• Elliot-Red, named after Jim Elliot.

References

1. Pearce, Rohan (16 December 2014). "Remote management delivers for West Gippsland school". Computerworld. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. Bachelard, Michael (25 February 2008). "Faith school boom 'creates division'". The Age. Retrieved 9 March 2015.