Shenton College

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Shenton College

Excellence, Self and Community
Established	2001
School type	Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school
Principal/ Headmaster	Ms. Pauline Coghlan
Location	Shenton Park, WA, Australia
Coordinates	31°57′31″S 115°48′13″E / -31.95861, 115.80361Coordinates: 31°57′31″S 115°48′13″E / -31.95861, 115.80361
Campus	Suburban
Enrolment	~1,270^[1]
School colours	Navy Blue
Homepage	www.shenton.wa.edu.au

Shenton College is a public, co-educational secondary school, located in Shenton Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Established in January 2001 through the amalgamation of Swanbourne and Hollywood Senior High Schools, the College currently caters for approximately 1,270 students from Year 8 to Year 12.^[1] Its motto is "Excellence, Self and Community".

Shenton College was the 5th best school in Western Australia in the 2006 TEE, and the highest score of a Western Australian public high school.

1 Campus
2 Notable Alumni
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Campus

Shenton College is built on a 130,000 square metre site of historical and natural significance, bounded by Lemnos Street, Selby Street and Stubbs Terrace. It is directly across from the Shenton Park train station (of the Fremantle trainline).

The College buildings are curved, of a light limestone with colourful interior walls. There are plants and trees dotted about everywhere and several courtyards and grassed areas within the main building areas. There are pieces of local art (a requirement of the College's construction) in various places around the school grounds. There are also two main ovals, one in front (near the Senior School) and one near the Middle School. In a joint enterprise with the University of Western Australia and other assorted agencies there is also a new artificial hockey turf near Gallipoli and Borneo houses.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Mathew Chuk (inaugural Head Boy) - Australian politician
Skye Stracke - International Model
Tando Velaphi - A-League goalkeeper
Gemma Ward - International Model and actress (also attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth)^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Shenton College Annual Report 2006 (PDF). Welcome to Shenton College. Shenton College. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
^ About Gemma Ward. Gemma Ward homepage. Supermodels.nl. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.