Mount Gravatt State High School
Mount Gravatt State High School is a co-educational government secondary school of about 1200 students is located in Mount Gravatt, a suburb in the south of Brisbane, Australia. The school was opened in 1960.
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| Coordinates | 27°32′24″S 153°4′4.8″E |
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| Type | State High School |
| Motto | Digna Petamus (Seek Worthy Things) |
| Established | 1960 |
| Principal | Ross Robertson |
| Enrolment | 1200 |
| Colour(s) | White, black & red |
| Website | Official Homepage |
Mount Gravatt State High School is a Registered Training Organization (RTO) and is able to issue Australian Qualification Framework qualifications in the vocational education and training vector and to deliver and/or assess associated training.[1]
The school is an Education Queensland International (EQI) pioneer school for International student programs.[2]
Gateway school
The school is part of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry Project. As such it can be officially blended (along with five other schools) as ‘Gateway Schools to the ICT Industry’. Schools involved in this project are committed to increasing and improving the various and range of technology in learning. Students are encouraged to develop their learning and stills through the application of appropriate technology in education, as in many other schools.[3]
Notable alumni
- Daniel Beale, member of Australian Kookaburras Men's field hockey team during gold medal winning campaigns of the 2014 Commonwealth Games & 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- Ross Clark, Australian poet
- Dean Felton, broadcast journalist & presenter
- Kenneth Frank Watson, First Head Boy, 1960. Doctorate in Economics, Harvard University. Fellow Green-Templeton College Oxford University. Professor Australian National University (MBA faculty - Doing Business in Asia Program). Australian National Territory Chair of Governance. Married Vinita Sikand, niece of Inder Kumar Gujral, Prime Minister of India. Founding member of the Credentialing Board of the Canadian Evaluation Society.
- Erika Yamasaki – member of Australian weightlifting team at 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4]
- Declan Weir, triathlete
Awards
- Comalco – Brisbane's greenest and healthiest school 2005.[2]
References
- "Mount Gravatt State High School registered in QLD" (Web listing). National Training Information Service. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- "Mount Gravatt SHS school overview" (PDF). Education Queensland International. Archived from the original (.pdf) on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
- Tierney, Sean. "Gateway Schools to the ICT Industry – Gateway Schools" (Project site). Education Queensland. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- Harrison, Dan (17 March 2006). "Medallist brushes off drugs row" (Web article). Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 15 March 2008.