Cairns State High School

Cairns State High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Cairns State High School


motto = _la. Vincit Qui Se Vincit
("Who Conquers Oneself Conquers All")
established = 1917
principal = Trevor Gordon
type = Public State School
city = Cairns
state = Queensland
country = Australia
campus = Urban (Cairns)
enrolment = 1450
colours = White & Navy Blue color box|#FFFFFFcolor box|#000080
homepage = [http://www.cairnsshs.eq.edu.au/ www.cairnsshs.eq.edu.au/]

Cairns State High School (CSHS) is a public state school located near the centre of Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. The school caters for grades 8 though to 12 and currentlywhen has over 1500 students in attendance. Founded in 1917, it is the oldest High School in Cairns. The school motto is 'Vincit Qui Se Vincit' ('He Conquers Who Conquers Himself') and its current principal is Mr Trevor Gordon [ [http://www.cairnsshs.eq.edu.au/contact.html Cairns State High School - Contact Information ] ] .

Activities / Achievements

Cultural:Cairns State High School prides itself on its performing arts programs, excelling in dance, drama and music. Cairns High music students participated in the Eisteddfod Challenge 2005, in which the school came out on top. CSHS also participates in the biannual Education Queensland Fanfare competition which consists of musical ensembles of government schools in the state. In total, the Cairns State High School Orchestra has been presented with the first prize trophy a record five times, while the only school to have entered the Grand Finals on more occasions is Brisbane State High School. Although Cairns State High did not win the Fanfare Finals in 2006 they were awarded the 'TOAN National Orchestra' award and their conductor Robert Favell was acclaimed the 'most outstanding conductor'. Bob Favell (conductor of the CSHS orchestra) is highly respected for his musical achievements in Cairns as an instrumental teacher, conductor and musical director for Cairns High. He has led the Cairns State High School Orchestra in Education Queensland's Fanfare competition from 1992 to present.

Basketball School of ExcellenceBulldogs Basketball, the schools basketball development program has won the boys CISSA competition for the last 7 years with the girls team winning 5 of the last 7 years as well. The program has produced numerous National Champions as well as AIS and US scholarship athletes. Recently:

1998 Daniel Donaghy - US Junior College Scholarship

2001 Scott Pagett - Scholarship athlete @ University of New York

2004 Aaron Baynes - AIS Basketball Scholarship

2004 Aaron Baynes - Australian Schoolboys Representative

2004 Kerry Williams - ABA National Champion with Cairns "Bartercard" Marlins

2004 Kerry Williams, Kris Whelan and Leslie Coe - Under 18 National Champions with Queensland North

2006 Aaron Baynes - Scholarship athlete @ Washington State University

2006 Kerry Williams - Scholarship athlete @ North Idaho Community College

2007 Kerry Williams, Brad Burdon (Ass. Coach) - ABA National Champions with Cairns "Bartercard" Marlins

2007 George Coe - National Schools Championship with Queensland 2007 George Coe - Australian Schoolboys Representative

In the last decade Bulldogs Basketball has helped to develop over 50 state or national team representative players. Program Director Brad Burdon also serves as Director of Coaching at Cairns Basketball ensuring strong links with the representative program.

chool Facilities

The follow facilities are available for students at Cairns State High Schoolhttp://education.qld.gov.au/marketing/eqi/pdfs/eqi_sp_cairns.pdf] :
*Performing arts centre
*Laboratories – seven science labs, 14 computer labs, two multimedia labs
*Five art studios
*Sports complex
*Outdoor volleyball court
*Covered multi-purpose courts ("The Cage")
*2 school buildings and 32 classrooms
*11 practical art rooms
*One Recording/Sound Studio

Awards

The school has received the following awards:
*Best Orchestra Regional Area 2006 – The Orchestras of Australia Network Awards
*Finalists – Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Art
*Two High Distinctions, 25 Distinctions – Australasian English Competition
*Three Distinctions, Three Credits – Australasian Schools Writing Competition

See also

* List of schools in Cairns, Queensland
* Queensland state high schools

References

External links

* [http://www.cairnsshs.qld.edu.au/ Cairns State High School website]
* [http://education.qld.gov.au/community/fanfare/ Fanfare Festival website]
* [http://www.toan.com.au/2005_TOAN_awards.pdf TOAN Awards Website]


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