Proserpine State High School

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

Proserpine State High School
Address
4 Ruge Street Proserpine , Queensland , 4800 Australia
Information
School type	Public
Established	1963
School district	Whitsunday
Principal	Don McDermid
Grades	7–12
Age range	12–18
Number of students	1000 +
Average class size	25
Houses	Cook, Flinders, Kennedy, Oxley
Colour(s)	Blue, yellow, and green
Slogan	"Success. Together.”
Yearbook	The Arrow
Website	proserpineshs.eq.edu.au

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

• Proserpine State High School