Kwalejin Moreton Bay

**Kwalejin Moreton Bay** Cocin Uniting ce mai zaman kanta, makarantar kwana ga 'yan mata, wacce ke Manly West, wani yanki na wajen Brisbane, Queensland, Ostiraliya. An kafa ta a shekarar 1901 a matsayin Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Moreton Bay, ta Alice J. Alison Greene da 'yar uwarta Anne,  a halin yanzu kwalejin tana kula da kimanin ɗalibai 1,257 daga Makarantar Yara zuwa Aji na 12.

Kwalejin Moreton Bay tana da alaƙa da Ƙungiyar Shugabannin Makarantu Masu Zaman Kansu na Ostiraliya (AHISA),  Ƙungiyar Shugabannin Makarantu Masu Zaman Kansu na Ostiraliya (JSHAA),  Ƙungiyar Makarantun 'Yan Mata ta Australasia (AGSA),  kuma ta fara zama memba na Ƙungiyar Wasannin Makarantun Sakandare na 'Yan Mata ta Queensland (QGSSSA) a 1941. Makarantar ɗan'uwanta ita ce Kwalejin Matasa ta Moreton Bay.

## Tarihi

An kafa Kwalejin Moreton Bay a shekarar 1901 ta hannun mai zane Alice Jane Greene da 'yar uwarta Anne Eliza Greene, a cikin wani gini mai hawa uku na makaranta wanda mahaifinsu ya tsara kuma ya gina.  Wurin makarantar yana cikin tsakiyar garin Wynnum, a kan Bay Terrace, wanda ke da iyaka da Titin Charlotte da Florence. Asalin sunan makarantar shine Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Moreton Bay kuma an yi niyya ne don samar da, ban da azuzuwa da sauran ɗakuna, kayan kwana ga masu kwana talatin. Littafin farko ya ƙunshi masu kwana shida da kuma malamai na kwana ashirin.

Alice ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1943.  A shekarar 1944, iyalan Greene suka mika makarantar ga Cocin Methodist kuma na tsawon shekara ɗaya da rabi Elsie Greene ta zama shugabar makaranta. Cocin Methodist ya ba wa Ƙungiyar Makarantun Presbyterian da Methodist makarantar don ta gudanar da ita, kuma suka naɗa Ellen Christensen a shekarar 1946. Christensen ita ce shugabar makaranta daga 1946 zuwa 1949, amma rashin lafiyar iyali ya sa ba ta nan, a lokacin Miss Popple ce shugabar makaranta. Daga ƙarshe aka naɗa Millicent Drewe kuma ta kasance shugabar makaranta daga 1950 zuwa 1964.

A shekarar 1956, an samu maki 150, inda aka samu 'yan takara ashirin da bakwai don jarrabawar kammala karatun firamare. 'Yan mata ba su yi rijistar shiga jami'a ba sai a shekarar 1959, lokacin da aka samu ɗalibai 167 a cikin duka. A shekarar 1957, an canza sunan zuwa Kwalejin Moreton Bay, domin guje wa ruɗani da tsarin Makarantar Sakandare ta Jiha da kuma daidaita sunayen kwalejojin sauran makarantun PMSA.

Yawan ɗaliban jami'a a farkon shekarun 1960 ya kai kimanin maki 180, domin kayan aikin suna da iyaka kuma babu wani wuri da za a iya ɗaukar ɗalibai. Wurin yana da eka ɗaya da kwata kawai, don haka yayin da wannan lokaci ne na faɗaɗa adadi a sauran makarantun 'yan mata na QGSSSA, Kwalejin Moreton Bay ta ci gaba da zama ƙaramar makaranta kuma ta ga ya yi wuya ta cika alƙawarin da ke ƙaruwa a gasar QGSSSA da ke ƙara faɗaɗawa. Daga ƙarshe, a farkon shekarun 1970, Kwalejin Moreton Bay ta janye daga wasannin QGSSSA bisa fahimtar cewa za ta iya dawowa idan lambobi suka ƙaru yadda ya kamata.

A shekarar 1965, bayan wani lokaci na riƙon shugabar makaranta, an naɗa Viola Owen-Winchester a matsayin shugabar makaranta. Lokaci zuwa lokaci ana ta maganar mayar da makarantar zuwa wani kadara da ke gefen kudu na titin Manly, amma babu abin da ya faru. Matsalar koma bayan tattalin arziki a karkara ta yi tsanani a makarantar kwana mai ƙaramin sashe na kwana ɗaya. A shekarar 1975, tare da raguwar adadin zuwa 125, PMSA ta yanke shawarar rufe kwalejin.

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