Hedland Senior High School
| Hedland Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 20°24′00″S 118°35′49″E / 20.3999°S 118.5970°E |
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| Type | Public co-educational high day school |
| Motto | Together we achieve |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Bill Mann |
| Enrolment | 586 (2012) |
| Campus | South Hedland |
| Campus type | Regional |
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| Website | www |
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Hedland Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in South Hedland, a regional centre 1,632 kilometres (1,014 mi) north east of Perth, Western Australia.
Overview
The school was established in 1964 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 603 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 35% of whom were Indigenous Australians.
The school was initially established as a junior high school but became a high school in 1970 and a senior high school in 1971.[citation needed]
Mining company BHP donated 120 laptop computers and eight scholarships to the high school in 2005 as part of the company's $3 million commitment to educational opportunities in the Pilbara region.[1]
A fire that was lit under suspicious circumstances broke out in the school’s library in 2008, causing significant damage to the school.[2]
Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 619 students enrolled in 2007, 636 in 2008, 666 in 2009, 605 in 2010, 600 in 2011 and 603 in 2012.[citation needed]
Principal Carolyn Cook left the school in 2011 to take up the role at Gilmore College[3] in the southern suburbs of Perth and was replaced by John Burke.
See also
References
- ^ "BHP delivers high school computers". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Fire at Hedland Senior High". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Bethany Hiatt (18 May 2013). "Facebook ban lifts high school". The West Australian. Yahoo7. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
