William Ross State High School
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William Ross State High School, is situated in the Townsville
Suburb of Annandale, North Queensland
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William Ross has a student count from grades 8 through to 12 of 1004 students which continues to rise annually, particularly considering the school's locality for defence families.
William Ross also services predominantly the suburbs of Annandale, Stuart, Wulguru, Cluden, Serene Valley, Alligator Creek, Cungulla, Oak Valley, Woodstock, Calcium, Idalia, Oonoonba and Fairfield waters.
The school offers a variety of academic, art and sports programs, and offers a "leading learner" program for junior students (grade 8 -10) which is a program used by the school to teach students extended English
, Mathematics
, Science
and Social Science in order to better prepare them for later learning endeavours. In order for students to be considered a position in Leading Learner classes, they are required to sit a test during grade 7.
The school also offers students the "RHINOS" Sports Excellence program for junior and senior students which caters to the following sports: Baseball
, Basketball
, Cricket
, Hockey
, Netball
, Rugby Union
, Soccer & Touch.
The school is situated amongst Townsville
's Murray Sporting Complex meaning most sporting fields are a short walk from the school.
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
Suburb of Annandale, North Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
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William Ross has a student count from grades 8 through to 12 of 1004 students which continues to rise annually, particularly considering the school's locality for defence families.
William Ross also services predominantly the suburbs of Annandale, Stuart, Wulguru, Cluden, Serene Valley, Alligator Creek, Cungulla, Oak Valley, Woodstock, Calcium, Idalia, Oonoonba and Fairfield waters.
The school offers a variety of academic, art and sports programs, and offers a "leading learner" program for junior students (grade 8 -10) which is a program used by the school to teach students extended English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and Social Science in order to better prepare them for later learning endeavours. In order for students to be considered a position in Leading Learner classes, they are required to sit a test during grade 7.
The school also offers students the "RHINOS" Sports Excellence program for junior and senior students which caters to the following sports: Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, Hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, Netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, Soccer & Touch.
The school is situated amongst Townsville
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
's Murray Sporting Complex meaning most sporting fields are a short walk from the school.