Mount Gravatt State High School

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Mount Gravatt High School
Digna Petamus: “Let us seek worthy things
Established 1960
School type State High School
Principal/
Headmaster		 Scot Steinhardt
Location Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaFlag of Australia
Coordinates 27°32′24″S 153°4′4.8″E / -27.54, 153.068Coordinates: 27°32′24″S 153°4′4.8″E / -27.54, 153.068
Campus Loreburn Street Mount Gravatt, Queensland
Enrolment 743
School colours
Homepage Mount Gravatt SHS

Mount Gravatt State High School is a co-educational government secondary school of approximately 743 students is located in Mount Gravatt, a suburb in the south of Brisbane, Australia. The school was opened in 1960.

Mount Gravatt State High School is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and is able to issue Australian Qualification Framework qualifications in the vocational education and training sector and to deliver and/or assess associated training.[1]

The school is an Education Queensland International (EQI) pioneer school for International student programs.[2]

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[edit] Gateway school

The school is a member of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry Project. As such it can be officially branded (along with five other schools) as ‘Gateway Schools to the ICT Industry’. Schools involved in this project are committed to increasing and improving the variety and range of technology in learning. Students are encouraged to develop their learning and skills through the application of appropriate technology in education.[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

Erika Yamasaki - member of Australian weightlifting team at 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4]

[edit] Sport

  • Soccer
  • Rugby League
  • Cricket
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Softball
  • Chess

[edit] Subjects

Below is a list of the main subject areas offered by Mount Gravatt High School. There are many branches of these subject areas.

  • Business Education
  • Communication Studies
  • Design Technologies
  • Home Economics
  • Mathematics and I.T.
  • Performing Arts
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Science
  • Visual Arts

[edit] Awards

  • Comalco - Brisbane's greenest and healthiest school 2005.[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Mount Gravatt State High School registered in QLD (Web listing). National Training Information Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
  2. ^ a b Mount Gravatt SHS school overview (.pdf). Education Queensland International. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  3. ^ Tierney, Sean. Gateway Schools to the ICT Industry - Gateway Schools (Project site). Education Queensland. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
  4. ^ Harrison, Dan. Medallist brushes off drugs row (Web article). The Age. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.

[edit] See also


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