Established 1958 Campus Suburban Motto Achieve Founded 1958 | Principal Paul Leech Phone +61 8 9314 9393 Number of students 1,475 | |
Type Public, Co-educational, Day school Enrolment 1,475 (15 February 2016) Colour(s) Black, Green, Red & White Similar Melville Senior High Sch, Willetton Senior High Sch, Rossmoy Senior High Sch, Leeming Senior High Sch, Perth Modern | ||
Graduation speech cam tinley applecross senior high school 5 december 2011
Applecross Senior High School is a public, co-educational High School, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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- Graduation speech cam tinley applecross senior high school 5 december 2011
- Applecross senior high school special art fremantle mural project 1979
- History
- School Crest
- Academics
- Notable alumni
- References
Founded in 1958, it has traditionally been one of the top public high schools in the state of Western Australia, and consistently ranks academically within the top 10 non-selective secondary schools in the state. Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars.
Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas. It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.
Applecross senior high school special art fremantle mural project 1979
History
The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth, Western Australia. Today, around 1,500 students from Years 7 to 12 attend the school.
From about 1999 to 2002 the school underwent renovations to improve its layout for Education Elizabeth Constable launched the construction of a new library, visual arts block, science laboratory, a tiered auditorium, cafeteria and administration block. The upgrade will take four years to complete at an estimated cost of A$56 million.
School Crest
The school crest is a combination of a black swan, signifying the proximity to the Swan River, with a hand holding a scimitar, emerging from a five-pointed crown (“issuant from an eastern crown or, a dexter hand holding a scimitar, in fess all proper”), the family crest of Sir Alexander Matheson Bt of Lochalsh, founder of the suburb of Applecross.
Academics
The school has produced two Rhodes scholars: G. A. Robinson (1971) and Vinay Menon (2012).
The school has performed consistently well in the WACE school rankings and is often the best performing amongst all of the public schools in the state.
Notable alumni
Jennifer Harrison - Commissioner WA Industrial Relations Commission 2012 to 2016