The original high school song was introduced in the first year of the High School, 1961. It appeared mid-year, about the time the uniforms were introduced. Prior to the junior and senior school amalgamation the last line of each verse was “We are the Kelvin Grove High School” not “… the Kelvin Grove State College”. Interestingly, the song title appears as “Ad Sidera” in the Speech Night programmes for 1961-63. In the 1964 programme it appears as “Scientia ad Sidera”.
College song lyrics
(to tune of "Bold Gendarmes")
From the heights and valleys round about,
We come to gather on the hill,
To learn to work and play and search out
The way life’s promise to fulfil.
We seek to tread the road to glory,
And fly through learning to the Stars,
Scientia ad sidera. Scientia ad sidera
And hold on high the Golden Rule
Scientia ad sidera. Scientia ad sidera
We are the Kelvin Grove State College!
On sporting field we strive to win,
And play a fair and famous game.
High academic honours we’ll put in
To bring our school renown and fame.
So let the red and green fly high above
All rivals old and new to shame,
Scientia ad sidera. Scientia ad sidera
And hold on high the Golden Rule
Scientia ad sidera. Scientia ad sidera
We are the Kelvin Grove State College!