Alfred Deakin High School

Infobox school
name = Alfred Deakin High School
motto = "Care and Quality"
established = 1989
key_people = Jerry Ma (Principal)
Ian Brown (School Board Chairman)
city = Deakin
state = Australian Capital Territory
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
students = Approx. 800
homepage = http://www.adhs.act.edu.au

Alfred Deakin High School is a school in Deakin, ACT. It is the second biggest school in Canberra and is considered as one of the best high schools in Canberra. It is named after the second Australian Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin.

History

Alfred Deakin High School is a Year 7 - 10 school which was formed in 1989 from a mixture of Deakin and Woden Valley High Schools on the site of Deakin High School. Alfred Deakin High School encourages and enjoys the confidence and support of its community, both local and more broadly across Canberra, with a considerable number of students attending from out of the designated enrollment area.

Since 1989 the school building has undergone considerable refurbishment, including the acquisition of modern kitchens, technology, including information technology and photography areas. During 1991 the school gymnasium was completed and officially opened. In more recent times special purpose rooms for dance and drama, computing, multi-media and problem solving in mathematics have been added. In early 1999 major refurbishments were completed in the science area and similar improvements to teaching spaces in Technology were completed in 2000.

School Board

Below are the members of the school board.

* Ian Brown (School Board Chairman)
* John Flett (Principal)
* Richard Fox (Vice Principal)
* Pam Waugh (School Board Secretary)
* Greg Howatson (Teacher)
* Anna Russell (Teacher)
* Lara Bishop (Parent)
* Adam Thompson (Parent)
* Gatra Priyandita (Student)
* Mary Sheckenback (Student)

ee also

* Canberra Grammar School
* Alfred Deakin
* List of schools in the ACT

External links

* [http://www.adhs.act.edu.au/ Alfred Deakin High School website]