Centenary State High School

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Centenary State High School

Building the Future
Established	1999
School type	Queensland State High Schools
Principal/ Headmaster	Mr Richard Morrison
Location	Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Campus	Jindalee
Enrollment	Years 8 to 12
School colours	Navy Blue, Red, White, Gold
Homepage	http://www.centenaryshs.qld.edu.au

Centenary State High School, often simply known as Centenary, but not be confused with Centenary Heights High School in Toowoomba, is a co-curricular school based in Jindalee, Queensland.

1 History
2 School Colours & Logo
3 Facilities
4 House System
5 Administration
- 5.1 Principles
6 School Publications
7 Sports
8 External links

[edit] History

The hill-side site on which Centenary currently stands was designated as a High School site from as far back as when Jindalee was originally developed, however it remained as sparse bushland until the mid-1990s, when following strong lobbying from local residents the Queensland Government announced that it would be building a secondary school on the site. Centenary was opened in May 1999, initially catering for a limited number of grades, however this was soon expanded to accomadate Grades 8 to 12. The public took well to the new school, and enrollment quickly jumped, largely due to the fact that students would no longer have to travel to Corinda or Kenmore to complete their schooling.

Centenary, as the name suggests, has a catchment area limited to the Centenary suburbs, however in recent years this has been extended to include limited parts of Sinnamon Park.

[edit] School Colours & Logo

Centenary State High School's colours are navy blue, red and gold, however the formal uniform is traditionally navy and sky blue. The colours were adopted from Centenary's feeder primary schools, Jindalee, Jamboree Heights and Middle Park, which operate under the 'Centenary’s Leading Alliance of State Schools' program.

[edit] Facilities

A map of facilities can be viewed here

[edit] House System

House	Colour	Nickname
Curragundi	Green / White	Curragundi Army
Jarup	Blue	Drop Bears
Moolanda	Yellow	Cows / Lions
Yallambee	Red	Red Devils

[edit] Administration

[edit] Principles

Mick Mickelburg (1999-2005)
Richard Morrisson (July 2006-now)

[edit] School Publications

The school newsletter is entitled Centenary Chronicle and is published monthly. The school yearbook is The Sentinel, and is available in late November to early December each year.