Proserpine State High School

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Proserpine State High School
Address
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4 Ruge Street

Proserpine
,
Queensland
,
4800

Australia
Information
School typePublic
Established1963
School districtWhitsunday
PrincipalDon McDermid
Grades7–12
Age range12–18
Number of students1000 +
Average class size25
HousesCook, Flinders, Kennedy, Oxley
Colour(s)Blue, yellow, and green
Slogan"Success. Together.”
YearbookThe Arrow
Websiteproserpineshs.eq.edu.au

Proserpine State High School (established in 1963)[1] is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia.

History[]

Campus[]

The school was established in 1963. Since then, several buildings have been refurbished and a number of new structures have been erected but the school still retains a lot of its original façades and layout. The school contains many lettered blocks, starting from A block right up to O block. N block is the area of the school where the grade 7s are, O block grade 8s, D block grade 9s and A block grades 10–12.

Over the last two decades, significant investment has occurred at the school, on 13 March 2019 a new $20 million upgrade and expansion was launched by Education Minister Grace Grace. Stage 1 of this project will include the construction of a new two-level learning centre comprising five classrooms, one flexible learning area, a design studio and covered under-croft area, with the potential to add an extra four classrooms later, this is expected to be completed by December 2019. Stage 2 of the project expected to start in July 2019 is the construction of a new performing arts centre, this is due for completion in late 2020.[2]

Curriculum[]

The school teaches subjects required by the Queensland Studies Authority. The school has a well-funded LOTE and science curriculum but is not particularly underfunded in any other area.

The school uses roll-marking groups called "care groups" to facilitate a class that the students remain in for their entire schooling and for intra-school competitions. These are labeled by the 1st letter of their school house. These go right up from 1 to 9, e.g. F5 for flinders five. C2 for cook 2, etc.

References[]

  1. ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. Queensland Government http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2019/3/13/proserpine-state-high-embraces-new-projects. Retrieved 13 March 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[]

Coordinates: 20°24′22.97″S 148°34′53.54″E / 20.4063806°S 148.5815389°E / -20.4063806; 148.5815389


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