Riverside High School (Launceston) Explained

Riverside High School (Launceston) should not be confused with Riverside Girls High School.

Riverside High School
Motto:Latin: Quod verum meum est
Motto Translation:All that is true is mine
Status:Open
District:Northern
Grades Label:Years
Principal:Jeanna Bolton
Enrolment:767[1]
Enrolment As Of:2022
Teaching Staff:55.2 FTE (2022)
Campus Type:Regional
Country:Australia
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Riverside High School is a government co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in, a suburb of, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1962, the school caters for approximately 820 students from Years 7 to 10. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People.[2] [3]

In 2022 student enrolments were 767.[4] The school principal is Jeanna Bolton.

The school's motto is Latin: Quod verum meum est, translated as "All that is true is mine".

History

The Scott-Kilvert Hut in Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania is a memorial hut dedicated to the lives of Ewen Scott and David Kilvert, a teacher and student from Riverside High School, who died due to a blizzard whilst bushwalking in 1965.[5]

In May 2008, Riverside science teacher William Briginshaw was awarded Tasmania's Winifred Curtis Medal for his contributions to science education.[6]

In 2019 Riverside High received an extensive $12 million dollar redevelopment[7] which was officially opened in November 2020 by Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training, and Tim Bullard, Secretary of Education.[8]

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Riverside High School, Riverside, TAS: School profile . My School . . 2022 . 23 June 2023 .
  2. Web site: Home page . Riverside High School . . 27 October 2020 .
  3. Web site: Riverside High School - From the Principal . 2006-07-16 . 2009-01-14 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820112104/http://www.riverside.high.tased.edu.au/fromtheprincipal.html . 20 August 2008 . dmy-all.
  4. Web site: ACARA . School Profile - Riverside High School . 2023-06-23 . My School . en-AU.
  5. News: Tas high school bushwalkers remembered half a century after blizzard tragedy. ABC News. 15 May 2015.
  6. News: 2008-05-09 . A northern Tasmanian teacher has been recognised for his contributions to science education . . Australia . 2009-01-13.
  7. Web site: Jarvis . Caitlin . 2019-06-18 . Riverside High School's evolution steps up . 2020-06-11 . . en . Launceston.
  8. Web site: Abblitt . Ebony . 29 October 2020 . Riverside High School formally opens new $13 million redevelopment of learning spaces . The Examiner.
  9. News: Rene Hidding MP . 2007-06-12 . 2009-01-13 . Parliament of Tasmania. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515021428/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/hidding/hidding.htm . 15 May 2009. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Tasmanian Anthony Limbrick at home at Grimsby Town . . Launceston . 27 October 2018 . 21 February 2020.
  11. News: Our Hollywood transformation . 2007-04-29 . . Tasmania . 2007-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070516005651/http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21638670-921,00.html . 16 May 2007 .
  12. Web site: Yeandle's got talent. 15 May 2012.
  13. Web site: Fresh Comedy announce Gala line-up . Examiner . 1 August 2018.

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