St. Mark's Anglican Community School is a school in Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. It is located on St. Mark's Drive, on an 11 hectare site, in Perth's northern suburb of Hillarys

Hillarys, Western Australia

Hillarys is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup. It is part of the Whitfords precinct, and is located 21 km north-northwest of Perth's central business district via Mitchell Freeway and Hepburn...

. It is a co-educational day school

Day school

A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...

 and currently has 1530 students ranging from kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 to Year 12. The school was officially opened in 1986. Barbara Godwin was the first principal.

Houses

The primary and secondary schools are divided into four different houses; Carnley, Challen, Moyes and Watkins. The Houses are named after people who were key persons in the establishment of the School. More information can be found on the School web site. The four houses compete in inter-house competitions including swimming, athletics, debating, and more.

Facilities

The school has built a new pavilion that is the first place in Western Australia to have a full high ropes course inside. The obstacles that are present are three climbing walls, leap of faith, dangling duo, a walking bridge etc.

External links

• St. Mark's Anglican Community School