Kenmore State High School

School logo

Kenmore's logo is made up of five items: the Munich Emblem, the castle, the trees, the birds and the book. The Munich Emblem is a reminder of the school's foundation year - the year of the Munich Olympics. The castle reminds of Kenmore Castle in Scotland; the home of some of the original settlers of Kenmore. The birds and the trees are a symbol of the environmental focus of the school, and the book symbolises learning.

Sporting houses

Kenmore State High School has eight sporting houses, each with a name taken from the Aboriginal language. The sporting houses are:

Uniform

There is a multi-gender sport uniform consisting of a green, grey, and yellow polo shirt and basketball shorts. Formal uniform differs for male and female students, with the male uniform consisting of a white shirt and grey trousers, and the female uniform consisting of a grey skirt and white shirt. There are winter variations available for the uniforms. Schools ties are optional for senior students. Ties are also available for junior students. The school enforces a strict uniform policy, and failure to adhere to the policy can result in a detention for the offending student.

Students in Year 12 receive a Jersey, with their choice of First or Last name on the back. The number is non-optional and is set to 16.

The German Immersion Program

Kenmore State High is well known for its exchange programs, particularly the German Immersion Program. The students enrolled in the program have three years of intensive German, during which the students have mathematics, science, health and physical education, SOSE, geography and history in German. At the conclusion of the third year, the students have the option to participate in an eight-week exchange with Engelsburg-Gymnasium in Kassel, Germany. The students stay for six weeks with a host family, and ten days touring Germany. The students' German exchange partners stay with the students in Brisbane the following year.

The Zenith Program

Kenmore State High School offers a program for high performing academic students called The Zenith Program. Students complete a four-year program allowing them to reach their full academic potential. Students work in a supportive learning environment with like minded peers who are motivated and have an appreciation of knowledge. Students must complete an ACER aptitude test as well as other criteria to be considered as an entrant in the program.

Choose Your Own Device Program (CYOD)

The ‘Choose Your Own Device’ (CYOD) scheme provides parents with a range of devices to choose from and elect to purchase. The parent initially contributes the cost of the device to the school via a Participation Agreement and an annual Service Guarantee Fee of $150 and the school will then purchase the device for their students’ sole use. The School will retain ownership of the device which allows the school to:

At the end of the Participation Agreement the school will dispose of the device according to Department of Education and Training (DET) policy. Parents will have the opportunity to acquire the device at this time. As the device will be at the end of its expected life, the school will dispose of the asset to parents for a nominal fee of $1. At this time, the laptop will get restored back to its factory state. All devices will come with a minimum of a 3 year warranty (including battery), except our 2016 Year 9 students, whose device will have 4 years warranty. Devices will all be purchased with ADP warranty, which, from the school's experience experience, has been invaluable in minimising damage that devices used in a school-context often receive.

Please see the PDF created by the school containing all information on the CYOD program.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

The ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) scheme allows parents to use an existing family owned device or purchase a new device of their choice that meets the minimum requirements of the school. The student will be required to have the appropriate software to meet the subject requirements that they intend to study.

The BYOD device will be able to connect to the school wireless network and access the school’s filtered Internet connection as well as access some of the school network drives. Printing from BYOD devices is supported. The school will install client software which will provide benefit to the student as well as a degree of visibility and management to the school while the device is connected to the school network. The client program will allow students to self-install software, access a flexible knowledge base for self-help and submit and view the status of their support tickets via the School’s Service Portal. The software will provide the school with visibility to such things as device specifications, available hard drive space and when the device was last connected to the school network. This information is valuable when diagnosing connectivity and software installation issues. Because of the potentially broad range of devices and configurations across all student-owned devices, only minimal assistance might be possible through the ICT Service Desk for issues beyond connection to the network, installation of software, basic triage and quick fixes.

Please see the PDF created by the School containing all relevant information about the CYOD/BYOD Program.

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