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Denmark Senior High School

Coordinates: 34°57′27″S 117°21′55″E / 34.957408°S 117.36536°E / -34.957408; 117.36536
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Denmark Senior High School
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Coordinates34°57′27″S 117°21′55″E / 34.957408°S 117.36536°E / -34.957408; 117.36536
Information
Former nameDenmark High School
TypePublic co-educational high day school
MottoStrive to Achieve
Established2000
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalKath Ward
Enrolment427 (2020)
Campus typeRural
Websitedenmarkshs.wa.edu.au

Denmark Senior High School, previously Denmark High School, is a comprehensive public co-educational high school, located in Denmark, a regional centre 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-southeast of Perth, Western Australia.

Overview

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The school was established in 2000 and caters for students from Year 7 to Year 12.[1] It occupies an area of 19 hectares (47 acres) and is bordered to the west by the Denmark River and to the south by the South Coast Highway.[citation needed]

The school offers a specialist basketball program for students in Year 8 to 10 and the school won A-division in basketball for both the boys and girls team in 2011 countryweek tournament.[2]

Enrolments have been trending upward with the school having 229 students in 2007, 247 in 2008, 284 in 2009, 255 in 2010, 266 in 2011 and 280 in 2012.[citation needed]

In 2013 the school appeared in the top 50 schools for WACE results at position 25 making it the top school in the Great Southern region.[3]

In 2015 the school was renamed from Denmark High School to Denmark Senior High School.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (PDF). WA Department of Education. 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "School Sport WA - Country Senior High Schools Carnival". 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ Shannon Hampton (20 January 2014). "Proud principal jumps for joy". Albany Advertiser. Yahoo7. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Annual report / Denmark Senior High School. – Version details". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2020.