A.B. Paterson College

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A.B. Paterson College

Excellence, Care, Commitment.
Established	1990
School type	Private/Independent
Denomination	Nondenominational
Key People	Mrs Dawn Lang Principal, Mr Dirk Van Bruggen Director of Learning Management Systems, Mr Bill Cunnington Director of Student Development, Mr Scott G Amy Director of Teaching & Learning, Mr Ian Taylor Director of Activities.
School Fees
Location	Arundel, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Enrollment	approx. 1,300
Employees
Colours	Green, Yellow, White, Red (displayed on the college flag)
Homepage	http://www.abpat.qld.edu.au/

A.B. Paterson College is a private, non-denominational, co-educational school in Arundel, in the northern Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. The school is named after the Australian bush poet A. B. "Banjo" Paterson. Its current principal is Dawn Lang.

The college has four Houses, also named after Australian poets each corresponding to one of the primary colours:

Henry Lawson - Red
Judith Wright - Yellow
Dorothea Mackellar - Blue
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis "C. J. Dennis" - Green

The college was the first school in Australia to introduce Teaching for Understanding, which was developed at Harvard University. In July 2006 the school hosted a TFU conference attended by participants from across Australasia.

It also was the major sponsor for the Grades 4 to 11 Mathematical Modelling Challenge in 2004-2006, Hosted at the Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus).

The Year 12 formal takes place on the 10th March 2007, and is expected to attract much press attention. It is to be held at The Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast between 6.30pm and Midnight.