Yeppoon State High School
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Yeppoon State High School is a secondary school
located in Yeppoon, Queensland
, Australia
. As of 2006, it had around 950 students drawn from an area ranging from Byfield
to the north, Zilzie
to the south, and Mount Chalmers
and Cawarral to the west.
The current principal of the school is Ian Boon who has been in the post since mid 2009. He is supported by deputy principals Mark Asher and Lesley Andrews, who have been part of the school community for many years.
The school had an new arts centre built in 2008. The centre includes an art gallery in which student work is displayed. It also includes a new classroom, media editing room and a staff room.
Yeppoon High School has two ovals, one of which was recently refurbished with new grass and a sprinkler system. This sprinkler system uses recycled water. The oval was opened in August 2008 and named the Graham Page Oval in honour of a former member of the P&C Committee, who raised around A$1,000,000 for school programs and redevelopments, as well as writing grant applications and mentoring and tutoring students.
The school also has an outdoor basketball/tennis court, and a gymnasium that allows sports such as indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball and badminton to be taught and played. This facility is also used for school functions such as awards night, senior inductions, graduation ceremonies and QCS testing. It is also used for school assemblies and socials. The school also has a small gym facility that includes exercise bikes, weight benches and other equipment.
The school has a library that includes a computer lab and four classrooms. The school also has an outdoor courtyard area, a staffroom and tutor rooms. This facility is where the school's tutor program, where parents and community members volunteer to help students with schoolwork. The school also has five computer labs in which students are taught business, accounting, information technology and other classes.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Yeppoon, 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...
, Australia
Australia
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. As of 2006, it had around 950 students drawn from an area ranging from Byfield
Byfield, Queensland
Byfield is a locality in Central Queensland, Australia. Byfield is located in the Rockhampton Region local government area and in the midst of the Byfield National Park, north west of the state capital Brisbane and north of the regional centre of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Byfield had a...
to the north, Zilzie
Zilzie
Zilzie is a town in the Capricorn Coast region of central Queensland, Australia. Contiguous with Emu Park, the town is located on the Pacific Ocean coast and in the Rockhampton Region local government area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of the regional centre of Rockhampton...
to the south, and Mount Chalmers
Mount Chalmers
Mount Chalmers is a mountain along the eastern escarpment of the Conway Range, about south of the summit of Mount Keltie. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and named for Robert Chalmers , Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, 1903–07....
and Cawarral to the west.
History
Yeppoon High opened in 1960. Yeppoon State High School is the only government-run secondary school on the Capricorn Coast. A new Central Queensland Institute of TAFE campus is located adjacent to the school directly behind the agricultural farm.The current principal of the school is Ian Boon who has been in the post since mid 2009. He is supported by deputy principals Mark Asher and Lesley Andrews, who have been part of the school community for many years.
Facilities
The school has a farm that has many animals including cows, horses and chickens. The farm also has fruit trees and areas for students to grow vegetables for their agricultural course assessments.The school had an new arts centre built in 2008. The centre includes an art gallery in which student work is displayed. It also includes a new classroom, media editing room and a staff room.
Yeppoon High School has two ovals, one of which was recently refurbished with new grass and a sprinkler system. This sprinkler system uses recycled water. The oval was opened in August 2008 and named the Graham Page Oval in honour of a former member of the P&C Committee, who raised around A$1,000,000 for school programs and redevelopments, as well as writing grant applications and mentoring and tutoring students.
The school also has an outdoor basketball/tennis court, and a gymnasium that allows sports such as indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball and badminton to be taught and played. This facility is also used for school functions such as awards night, senior inductions, graduation ceremonies and QCS testing. It is also used for school assemblies and socials. The school also has a small gym facility that includes exercise bikes, weight benches and other equipment.
The school has a library that includes a computer lab and four classrooms. The school also has an outdoor courtyard area, a staffroom and tutor rooms. This facility is where the school's tutor program, where parents and community members volunteer to help students with schoolwork. The school also has five computer labs in which students are taught business, accounting, information technology and other classes.