Ltyentye Apurte Community Education Centre is a Catholic School situated in Santa Teresa, an Aboriginal settlement of 700 people belonging to the Eastern Arrernte people. The Indigenous people speak fluent Arrernte and use English as their second language. The community is located 80kms southeast of Alice Springs, in semi-desert country. Temperatures are extreme ranging from –2 to 46 degrees and there is year round access via a dirt road.
There is 50 staff at the school, 30 of whom are Indigenous. With an enrolment of approximately 158 students from pre-school to Year 10 (2010), the school has small class sizes and features specialist facilities including a community library, computer lab, manual arts, visual arts, pottery and home economics. The school buildings and staff housing are being refurbished and the well resourced classrooms feature interactive whiteboards and computers to support student learning.
