South Fremantle Senior High School
| South Fremantle Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
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Perth, Western Australia Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Secondary, Co-educational |
| Motto | Character |
| Established | 1967 |
| Principal | Geraldine Hardy |
| Enrolment | 324 (2013)[1] |
| Campus | Beaconsfield |
| Colour(s) |
Red, Dark Grey or white |
| Website | http://southfremantleshs.wa.edu.au |
Coordinates: 32°04′06″S 115°46′05″E / 32.06839°S 115.768175°E
South Fremantle Senior High School is a comprehensive co-educational state high school located in Beaconsfield, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south-east of Fremantle in the south-western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Opening in 1967, the school's catchment area covers most of the City of Fremantle and, as at Semester 2, 2013, the school has an enrolment of 324 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 28 (8.8%) of whom are Aboriginal.
History
The school first opened in 1967. Its catchment area grew to include Winterfold Primary School in 1972, and has remained basically unchanged in the time since. In 2012, the school became the first officially accredited carbon neutral school in Australia, and in June that year won a World Environment Day Sustainability Leadership Award.[2]
Enrolments at the school have fluctuated over the past few years from 443 in 2009, to 363 in 2010, 291 in 2011, 304 in 2012 and 324 in 2013.
Trevor Hunter was the principal in 2011 and was replaced in 2012 by Geraldine Hardy.
Special programs
The school offers specialist programs in baseball, marine studies and music studies. Entry to these programs is competitive and is open to students beyond the catchment area. Students can be in all or none of these programs when attending SFSHS.
Catchment area
South Fremantle's catchment area has been specified by the Department of Education and Training to include the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Hilton, O'Connor, South Fremantle and most of Fremantle. Students in East Fremantle have the choice between South Fremantle, John Curtin College of the Arts and Melville Senior High School, whilst students in Samson and parts of Hamilton Hill and Kardinya have the choice of Hamilton Senior High School. South Fremantle's feeder primary schools are Beaconsfield, East Fremantle, Fremantle, Hilton, Richmond, Samson, White Gum Valley and Winterfold.[3]
Its neighbour high schools are John Curtin College of the Arts to the north and north-west, Melville Senior High School to the east, North Lake Senior Campus to the southeast and Hamilton Senior High School to the south.
See also
References
- ↑ "Department of Education Schools online". 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ↑ Selth, Kate (14 September 2012). "The journey to carbon neutral – a new model for sustainable schools", Curtin News. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "School Education Act 1999 - Declaration of local-intake areas for schools with secondary students" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 December 2006. p. 5862–5863. Accessed 16 September 2011.