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Eastside Lutheran College is located in Warrane, Tasmania. It is a co-educational Lutheran college, catering for Kindergarten to Grade 10. ELC has 15 teaching staff and 170 students. When St Peter's Lutheran school was relocated to Warrane, it expanded to become a primary and secondary school under the name "Eastside Lutheran College". Eastside Lutheran College is a family oriented school community, and regularly runs community-based events and festivals throughout the academic year.HistoryEastside Lutheran College was established in 1982 by St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Hobart. The school was is a part of its Christian outreach to the wider community. ELC was original located in the home next to the original Lutheran church in Davey Street. In 1985, when student enrolments numbers were bigger, ELC moved to its new property on the Eastern shore of the derwent river and has been recently known as Eastside Christian School Lindisfarne. By the end of 2002, the School moved towards a secondary curriculum. In November 2004, it was decided to change the name from Eastside Christian School to Eastside Lutheran College . Eastside Lutheran College is a college apart of the Lutheran Church of Australia.House SystemAs with most Tasmanian schools, Eastside Lutheran College utilises a house system. The school houses are: Bass - Gold Flinders - GreenThese house teams are used in school sport events. Like the primary school swimming carnival, sports day and cross country.