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The Kooralbyn International School (TKIS) is an independent boarding and day school located in Kooralbyn, about 64km south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. TKIS offers classes from prep to grade 12. [1] According to the school's website, a 'graduate school' offering post-secondary courses in Business, Technology and TESOL is expected to open in 2007.

[edit] History

The school was originally founded in 1985, at a site on the banks of Cannon Creek now known as the 'Lower campus'. However in the mid-1990s, it was largely relocated to a nearby hillside after flooding incidents in 1990 [2] and 1991 caused extensive damage to the school. [3] A wooden pillar from one of the school's original buildings still stands on the grounds, as a monument to these events.

TKIS closed in 2002 due to funding issues, but re-opened in 2005 with new staff and new financial backing.

[edit] See also

• TKIS Website

[edit] Notable alumni

• Cathy Freeman attended the school from 1989 through to her graduation in 1990, proudly displaying her Commonwealth Games gold medal for her efforts in the 4 x 400m relay at the 1990 Games in New Zealand. Cathy enjoyed the benefits of an athletics scholarship at TKIS under the excellent guidance of Mike Danila, from Romania. She went on to a stellar athletic career, the highlight of which was her victory in the 400m individual event at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000.

• Rajnesh Singh, an entrepreneur and engineer, attended the school from 1989 to 1990 and also served as School Vice-Captain in 1990. He currently resides in Fiji and holds various positions in the regional and international ICT community, including Chairman of PICISOC, President of IPv6ForumPacificIslands and Director of pacificIT. He is also the Chief Operating Officer at PATARA. He is also an active part of organisations such as Internet Governance Forum, ICANN, GAID, ISOC, IOSN, IEEE.

• Scott Hocknull, a vertebrate palaeontologist and assistant curator in Geology at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, graduated from TKIS in 1994. Hocknull was the 2002 recipient of the Young Australian of the Year Award. He is the youngest Australian to hold a museum curatorship and has described and named 10 new species and four new genera [4].

• Evan Paki was a student at TKIS from 1989 until his graduation in 1992. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the prestigious Harvard University in USA, after completing his law degree at Papua New Guinea's national university. He is currently posted to Washington, DC as Papua New Guinea's Ambassador, having previously worked for the World Bank and international law firm Baker McKenzie.

• Adam Scott graduated from TKIS in 1997, after completing a School Achievement Program (SAP) in Golf. He is currently placed 3rd in the world, and has won multiple PGA championships.

• Dan Teasdale also graduated from TKIS in 1997, after completing an SAP program in Computing and receiving a scholarship to attend Bond University. Dan was one of the founding members of Pandemic Studios Australia, as well as the co-creator of the multi-million selling "Destroy All Humans!" franchise for PlayStation 2 and Xbox