Marsden State High School

Marsden State High School
Location
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Logan City , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°41′07″S 153°06′38″E / 27.6852°S 153.1106°E / -27.6852; 153.1106Coordinates: 27°41′07″S 153°06′38″E / 27.6852°S 153.1106°E / -27.6852; 153.1106
Information
Type	Co-education, secondary, public
Motto	Success Through Industry (1987-2010) Empowering Individuals, Expanding Horizons, Creating Futures (2010-2012) Dare to Inspire, Make a Difference (2013-present)
Established	1987
Principal	Andrew Peach
Grades	7-12
Enrolment	2,477
Colour(s)	Maroon   and ash
Website	[1]

Marsden State High School (MSHS) is a secondary school in Waterford West, Queensland for students between years 7 and 12. Marsden State High School is located on the corner of Chambers Flat Road and Muchow Road between the suburbs of Marsden and Waterford West. The school was established in 1987 and, as of 2019, has 2,477 students. From the school's opening, in 1987, until 2010, the motto was Success Through Industry, however, from 2010 until 2012 the motto has been Empowering Individuals, Expanding Horizons, Creating Futures. From 2013 the School Motto has been Dare to Inspire, Make A Difference. The school's colours, previously brown and cream, were changed to maroon and ash in 2009.

In 2019, motivational speaker Prince Ea went to the school to film his video titled "Student Vs. Teacher". It also featured some MSHS students.

Programs[]

The schools current sporting, academic and well being programs are:

• #MTC - Mates Talk Change, a program encouraging good mental health provides a variety of positive mental strategies, including Top 5 Squad
• ELP - Exceptional Learners Program, a discipline for high achievers
• Soccer Excellence - a popular sporting excellence program
• Rugby League Excellence - a popular sporting excellence, see notable alumni.
• Basketball Excellence - a popular sporting excellence program
• Dance Excellence - a program in which exceptional dancers join
• Music Excellence - Exceptional students can choose to sing or play an instrument
• The Arts - The arts is a group of subjects in the creative fields such as Music, Dance, Film & Television and art.
• AVID - A class built on traditional American-style AVID principles.
• eMpower - School ideas & improvements
• QUT "Wellbeing Matters at School" - a program run to see better and more effective strategies
• M.A.D.- Make a difference program, bringing change to the community.

Notable alumni[]

It is only known for NRL players:

• Jaydn Su'A – rugby league player with the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
• Tesi Niu – rugby league player with the Brisbane Broncos.
• Cameron Smith – rugby league player with the Melbourne Storm.
• Israel Folau – rugby league player with the Catalans Dragons, former Australian rules and former Rugby Union player for the New South Wales Waratahs
• Chris Sandow – rugby league player.
• Antonio Winterstein – rugby league player.
• Joe Tomane^[1] – former professional rugby league footballer, now rugby union player.
• Caleb Timu – former NRL player for Brisbane Broncos and played Rugby Union for the Queensland Reds also internationally for Australia national rugby union team Wallabies. Played overseas for Montpellier Hérault Rugby and just recently retired June 28 2021.
• Patrick Mago – former NRL player for Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs. July 15 2021 Signed new contract with the Super League team Wigan for three years.
• Brenko Lee – current NRL player for Melbourne Storm. Former Teams Canberra Raiders, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans.

See also[]

• List of schools in Queensland

References[]

External links[]

• Marsden State High School website

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