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The Gap State High School

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Established
  
July 1959

Enrolment
  
1220 (2015)

Colour(s)
  
Green, grey and white

Number of students
  
1,220 (2015)

Founded
  
July 1959

Principal
  
Russell Pollock

Campus
  
Phone
  
+61 7 3511 3888

Motto
  
"Ours The Future"

Type
  
State Secondary High School

Address
  
1020 Waterworks Rd, The Gap QLD 4061, Australia

Similar
  
Kelvin Grove State Coll, Brisbane State High School, Indooroo State High School, Ferny Grove State Hig, Kedron State High School

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The Gap State High School is located in the suburb of The Gap in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with a student population of 1220 in 2015. The Gap State High School is an Education Queensland Secondary High School.

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The school, which is known for both its sporting and academic excellence, has the school's slogan "Educating the whole person in a supportive, local community".

History of school

The Gap State High School was opened on 25 January 1960, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010.

In 2009 the school gained the attention of the media following the suspected stabbing of a student.

Campus

The Gap State High School's Leadership Training Centre opened in August 2002 and features 22 adventure courses including indoor rock climbing and bouldering walls used to develop leadership and communication skills as part of The Gap Outdoor Adventure and Leadership Studies (GOALS) program, which is compulsory for all students. The Leadership Training Centre is open to other schools and the community, and has been used by professional athletes and by the Australian Army for cadet training. The original teachers working at the centre were trained by a past student of the Gap State High School.

The performing arts centre has an auditorium that can house up to 150 students.

Sporting facilities include one turf cricket pitch, one concrete cricket pitch, two full size soccer fields, four basketball courts, and a new sports hall that houses 4 volleyball courts with digital signage for each court controlled by iPads. This new sporting facility was opened on 21 February 2014 by Premier Campbell Newman.

School facts

  • The motto is "Ours The Future" which translates to "Creating Futures" or "Forging Future Leaders" referring to the Leadership, Outdoor and Personal Development Programme.
  • The uniform and colours are green, white and grey.
  • The Leadership Training Centre (LTC) is the only one in Queensland, and incorporates instruction in the activity of rock-climbing into the GOALS programme, which is for students in years 8-11.
  • The Assembly Hall, the J A Robertson Hall, is named after the Principal from 1968 to 1982.
  • The school offers Chinese as a language other than English in years 8-12, year 8 being the mandatory year: in years 9-12 a second language is optional.
  • The Gap won back-to-back-to-back District Swimming titles in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
  • Principals

  • Mr. Petty (1959–1963)
  • Tom Brady (1964–1967)
  • Jack Robertson (1968–1982)
  • S. Rasmussen (1983–1988)
  • Bob Guthrie (1989–1999)
  • Regan Neumann (2000 - 2006 first semester)
  • Russell Pollock (2006 second semester - present)
  • Former students

  • Arch Bevis
  • Gary Foley
  • Edward Guglielmino
  • Andrew Stockdale
  • References

    The Gap State High School Wikipedia


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