Proserpine State High School | |
Streetaddress: | 4 Ruge Street |
City: | Proserpine |
State: | Queensland |
Postalcode: | 4800 |
Country: | Australia |
District: | Whitsunday |
Avg Class Size: | 25 |
Houses: | Cook, Flinders, Kennedy, Oxley |
Schooltype: | Public |
Grades: | 7–12 |
Age Range: | 12–18 |
Slogan: | "Success. Together.” |
Colours: | Blue, yellow, and green |
Yearbook: | The Arrow |
Established: | 1963 |
Principal: | Don McDermid |
Students: | 1000+ |
Proserpine State High School (established in 1963)[1] is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia.
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]
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.