Applecross Senior High School
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| Type | Public, Co-educational, Day school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Paul Leech |
| Enrolment | 1,198 (30 June 2014)[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Black, Green, Red & White |
| Website | www.applecross.wa.edu.au |
Applecross Senior High School is a public, co-educational High School, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded in 1958,[2] it has traditionally been one of the top public high schools in the state of Western Australia, and consistently ranks academically within the top 10 non-selective secondary schools in the state.[3][4] Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars.[5]
Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas.[6][7][8][9] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.
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History
The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth, Western Australia. From about 1999 to 2002 the school underwent renovations to improve its structure. Today, around 1,200 students from Years 8 to 12 attend the school.
The school had a significant upgrade starting with Stage I in 2011 when the relocation of the tennis courts. Stage II commenced in February 2012 when the then education minister Elizabeth Constable officially launched the construction of a new library, visual arts block, science laboratory, a tiered auditorium, cafeteria and administration block. The upgrade will take four years to complete and is estimated to cost A$56 million.[10]
School Crest
The school crest is a combination of a black swan, signifying the proximity to the Swan River, with a hand holding a scimitar, emerging from a five-pointed crown (“issuant from an eastern crown or, a dexter hand holding a scimitar, in fess all proper”), the family crest of Sir Alexander Matheson Bt of Lochalsh, founder of the suburb of Applecross.
Academics
The school has produced two Rhodes scholars: G. A. Robinson (1971) and Vinay Menon (2012).[11]
The school has performed consistently well in the WACE school rankings and is often the best performing amongst all of the public schools in the state.
| Year | % +75 in WACE[lower-roman 1] | State ranking[lower-roman 2] | % +65 in WACE[lower-roman 3] | State ranking | % graduation[lower-roman 4] |
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| 2012 | N/A | >50 | 35.64 | 45 | 100[12] |
| 2011 | 13.54 | 35 | 44.68 | 41 | 97.51[13] |
| 2010 | 13.22 | 33 | 43.61 | 48 | 98.47[14] |
| 2009 | 26 | 25 | 98.42[15] |
- ↑ Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 75 or above was achieved
- ↑ Ranking of school compared to other schools in the state
- ↑ Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 65 or above was achieved
- ↑ Percentage of Year 12 cohort that graduated with a WACE certificate
Notable alumni
- Dean Alston - Walkley Award winning newspaper cartoonist[16]
- Marcus Beilby - Noted realist painter, winner of Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting, works held by: National Gallery of Victoria; Parliament House, Canberra; National Library of Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia[17]
- Darren Bennett - Former Australian Rules football player and American football punter in the NFL[18]
- Jenny Boult (1951-2005) - Author and poet, won 1981 Anne Elder Award for first book of poetry[19]
- Jim Gill AO - Chancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia, former: CEO of WA Water Corporation; WA Commissioner of Railways[20]
- Jeanette Hacket AM - Vice-Chancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia (2006-2013)[21][22]
- Adele Horin - Walkley Award winning columnist and reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, previously international correspondent for the National Times.[23][24]
- Peter Lewis AM - Former Australian Consul-General and Senior Trade Commissioner in San Francisco[25]
- Bill Louden - Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Western Australia [26][27]
- Vince Lovegrove (1947-2012) Journalist, music manager, television producer, musician
- Tonya McCusker - Classical dancer, wife of Governor of Western Australia[28]
- Vinay Menon - Rhodes Scholar,[5] John Monash Scholar[29]
- Steve Pennells - Journalist, 5-time Walkley Award winner including Gold Walkley in 2012, 18 WA Media Awards[30]
- Graeme Robertson - Rhodes Scholar, former: Director of Muresk Institute of Curtin University; Director-General of WA Department of Agriculture [5][31]
- Diane Stone - Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK and Professor in Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest.[32][33]
- Lesley Vidovich - Winthrop Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia [34]
- Reece Waldock - Director General of WA Department of Transport, Commissioner for Main Roads, CEO of Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. Former WA Commissioner of Railways[35]
- Steve Ward - Boat builder, built 1983 12-metre class America's Cup winner Australia II, and challengers Australia, Australia III, Australia IV, Challenger 12 & South Australia.[36]
- Bruce Williams - Commissioner of Fair Work Australia, former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Perth[37][38]
See also
References
- ↑ Education Department of Western Australia, Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools
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