Rossmoyne Senior High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Rossmoyne Senior High School


motto = "Success Nourishes Hope"
established = 1967
type = Public, Co-educational
principal = Leila Bothams
city = Rossmoyne
state = W.A
country = Australia flag|Australia
coordinates = coord|-32.045906|115.869777|display=inline
campus = Suburban
enrolment = 1314 (2007)
colours = Blue and White, Barra of MacNeil tartan
homepage = [http://rossmoyne.wa.edu.au/ www.rossmoyne.wa.edu.au]

Rossmoyne Senior High School is one of the competitive government high schools in Western Australia. Rossmoyne SHS is located on Keith Road, near Bull Creek and Willetton. It is separated by Leach Highway from the suburb of Rossmoyne.

History

Rossmoyne SHS was established in 1967 on land that was owned by the Webb family who originally came from Scotland. The name Rossmoyne has no connection with the area but was thought to be suitable for marketing a subdivision in the area. [LandInfo WA|m|R|2007-05-25] Over the years the student catchment areas for Rossmoyne SHS were from Lynwood, Willetton, Riverton, Shelley, Bull Creek, Ferndale, Booragoon and Brentwood. Now Rossmoyne SHS has restricted its intake to students from Rossmoyne, parts of Bullcreek and Willetton, Riverton, Shelley, Brentwood and Bateman, although it also has SSPP (Special Secondary Placement Programme) for academically gifted students. This program requires participants to study at least one language in years eight to ten, alternating between Chinese & German and French & Japanese.

Campus

The school is made up of several two storey buildings that together make an "H" shape. The administration block is located on the northern side. English, Mathematics and Society and the Environment are located on the blocks on the western side. Science, Home Economics, Woodwork, Metalwork and Arts are located on the eastern side. Coming in from Keith Road, there is an oval where students do their Physical Education. There is also the recently constructed Performing Arts Centre. At the southern side of the school there is a tennis courts with basketball hoops, gymnasium and swimming pool. Underneath the gymnasium is the relatively new dance studio which currently only has female changerooms. In the centre lies the assembly hall, canteen and the library.

The School is also currently undergoing extensive reconstruction with plans to rebuild the school entirely. The School has just completed their new "Science Block" to provide more rooms for the core subject of science.

Academic

In 2001, the school was named "The Australian" newspaper's "School Of The Year" [ [http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/451a59fb51257dd248256c85002bc738/c85aa196fe4cee1248256c130024cf53?OpenDocument Statement by Minister for Education] ] , beating one of the country's most exclusive private schools - Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne. The newspaper reported::"The school has the strongest Tertiary entrance Examination result of any government school in western Australia. It also boasts an outstanding reputation in music, and has trumped the state championships in athletics for the past 16 years. That high level of overall achievement was why Rossmoyne was selected by a panel of six education experts for inclusion in our series."

The school has produced three Rhodes scholars: Grant Donaldson (1985), Ian Reid (1988) and Craig Wood (1999). [ [http://www.rossmoyne.wa.edu.au/AboutUs/History/tabid/72/language/en-US/Default.aspx Rossmoyne SHS - History] ]

Currently the school is offering graduating year sevens the opportunity to win a scholarship (Australian School of the Year). [http://www.rossmoyne.wa.edu.au/2008%20Scholarship%20Enrolment%20form.pdf Schlolarship Form]

Tuberculosis scare

In late June and early July 2007, news sources reported that one of the Year 10 students had been diagnosed with Tuberculosis. The student has, according Dr Van Buynder, received treatment and no longer poses as a risk to other students. Year 10 students were given Mantoux tests around the time of the outbreak. Dr Buynder reported, "At this stage it is unclear whether any transmission has occurred at the school, but if it has, it has only been minimal.”

As Rossmoyne is a multicultural school, a fraction of students were born or have recently lived in countries which have high cases of tuberculosis.

References

External links

* [http://www.rossmoyne.wa.edu.au/ Rossmoyne SHS Website]