The Gap State High School

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The Gap State High School
Location
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The Gap, Brisbane , Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°26′45.4″S 152°56′58.74″E / 27.445944°S 152.9496500°E / -27.445944; 152.9496500Coordinates: 27°26′45.4″S 152°56′58.74″E / 27.445944°S 152.9496500°E / -27.445944; 152.9496500
Information
Type	State secondary high school
Motto	Ours The Future
Established	July 1959
Principal	Anne McLauchlan[1]
Enrolment	1,456 (2018)
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Green, grey and white
Website	www.thegapshs.eq.edu.au

The Gap State High School is located in the suburb of The Gap in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with a student population of 1,661 in 2020.^[2] The Gap State High School is an Education Queensland Secondary High School.

History[]

The Gap State High School was opened on 25 January 1960, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010.^[3]

In 2009 the school gained the attention of the media following the suspected stabbing of a student.^[4]

In early 2018, the school gained media attention as a number of students were given detention for wearing footwear that didn't comply with the strict uniform guidelines.^[5]

Campus[]

The Gap State High School's Leadership Training Centre opened in August 2002 and features 22 adventure courses including indoor rock climbing and bouldering walls used to develop leadership and communication skills as part of The Gap Outdoor Adventure and Leadership Studies (GOALS) program, which is compulsory for all students. The Leadership Training Centre is open to other schools and the community, and has been used by professional athletes and by the Australian Army for cadet training.^{[citation needed]} The original teachers working at the centre were trained by a past student of the Gap State High School.^[6]

The performing arts centre has an auditorium that can house up to 150 students.

Sporting facilities include one turf cricket pitch, one concrete cricket pitch, two full size soccer fields, four basketball courts, and a new sports hall that houses 4 volleyball courts with digital signage for each court controlled by iPads. This new sporting facility was opened on 21 February 2014 by Premier Campbell Newman.

School facts[]

• The motto is "Ours The Future" which refers to the work that the school does through the Leadership, Outdoor and Personal Development Programme.
• The uniform and colours are green, white and grey.
• The Assembly Hall, the J A Robertson Hall, is named after the Principal from 1968 to 1982.

Principals[]

^[7]

• Ronald Petty (1959–1963)
• Tom Brady (1965–1967)
• Jack Robertson (1968–1982)
• Bob Rasmussen (1983–1988)
• Bob Guthrie (1989–1999)
• Regan Neumann (2000–2006)
• Russell Pollock (2006–2017)
• Anne McLauchlan (2017–present)

Notable alumni[]

• Arch Bevis
• Edward Guglielmino^{[citation needed]}
• Andrew Stockdale
• Nikki Boyd^{[citation needed]}

References[]

• Learning the ropes at school, Westside News (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 12 June 2002, p. 7.
• The Gap State High celebrates 40 years of memories, 2000^{[full citation needed]}

External links[]

• The Gap State High School Official website
• The Gap State High Official P & C Site The Gap State High P & C Website