Cavendish Road State High School

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Type Public Principal Corrine McMillan Colour(s) Bottle green and White Number of students 1,491 Colors White, Green		Established 1952 Enrolment 1491 Phone +61 7 3394 0777 Founded 1952
Motto Nil Sine Pulvere (Latin for "Nothing Without Effort") Address Cavendish Rd & Holland Rd, Holland Park QLD 4121, Australia Similar Brisbane State High School, Mount Gravatt State Hig, Mansfield State High School, MacGregor State High School, Holland Park High School Profiles Facebook Twitter

Cavendish Road State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school located at 695 Cavendish Road, Holland Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1952, Cavendish Road State High School was the second state high school to be built in the suburbs of Brisbane. The school is a short distance from the Brisbane CBD.

The school motto, Nil sine pulvere, translates from Latin as "Nothing without effort". As part of these "Excellence Programs" the school has developed partnerships with the University of Queensland, Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology, which allow eligible students to exit Year 12 with credit, fee free, towards a university degree. A number of relationships with various sporting associations and private businesses (for apprenticeships/traineeships) in Queensland have also been developed.

Cavendish road state high school

Year 7

Students in Year Seven study English, maths, science, history, health and physical education (HPE), information computer technology (ICT), German or Japanese, home economics, design technology and the arts (art, drama or music)

Year 8

Students in Year Eight study English, mathematics, science, study of society and environment (SOSE), health and physical education (HPE), computing, German or Japanese, home economics, manual arts and the arts (art, drama or music).

Year 9

Students in Year Nine study English, mathematics and science and take one semester of health and physical education (HPE) and history. Business, The Arts (Art, Drama or Music), Japanese/German and Design Technology may also be studied.

Year 10

Students in Year Ten study English and mathematics. Then they also choose a further 6 electives.

Years 11 and 12

Students in Years Eleven and Twelve choose 6 subjects from a wide selection.

Excellence Programs

The school has "excellence programs", for netball, football, touch/league, mathematics, music and science. Students in the academic excellence programs may take university level courses and receive credit for them in Year 11.

School Houses

Prior to 2007, the school houses were Holland (red), Elgar (yellow) and Greenmount (blue), named after surrounding streets of the school campus.

In 2007, new houses were implemented, named after alumni who had made notable impact in their varying fields.

The school houses are:

Johnson House, blue, named after Dick Johnson,

Harrop House, red, named after Loretta Harrop,

Page House, purple, named after Stephen Page,

Harpur House, yellow, named after Paul Harpur.

Notable Alumni

PJ Bevis, baseball player for the Queensland Rams and previously and AAA player in the USA

Paul Harpur, Solicitor of the High Court of Australia with a PhD, LLM and LLB (Hons) and BBus (HRM) who was blinded after being struck by a train while in attendance at Cavendish Road SHS

Ian Henderson (Australian politician)

Loretta Harrop, gold and silver winning olympic triathlete

Dick Johnson (racing driver), five-time Australian Touring Car Championship, three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001

Tahj Minniecon, soccer player for the Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.

Tim Sharp, Australian artist and creator of Laser Beak Man

Stephen Page, Artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre and choreographer of various routines for the ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

Dario Vidošić, soccer player for the Seongnam FC and as an attacking midfielder for the Australia national football team

Jesse Williams (American football), defensive tackle and first Australian to win a Super Bowl Ring with the Seattle Seahawks in 2013.