Located in the Adelaide Hills, St Michaels, a school currently with 340 students has offered Christian education to the local community for over 150 years. A systemic school of the Lutheran Church, St. Michaels' mission is to provide Christ-Centred, Quality Education, to all enrolled. The realizing of this mission is embedded in our values of: spirit-sensitive, learning-centred, community-oriented and environmentally conscious. St Michaels is an authorized International Baccalaureate World school offering the Primary Years Program. The program is built around inquiry education, aiming to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Throughout our curriculum we aim to make authentic connections for the students to make learning meaningful. Our classroom program is complemented by the employment of specialist staff in PE, German, Mandarin and creative arts. Music tuition can be accessed on a user-pays basis. Students are given the opportunity to participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities including: Pedal Prix, chess, debating, Wakikirri, various sports, camps and band. The School has achieved success at many levels - regional, state and national.