Denmark Senior High School
| Denmark Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 34°57′27″S 117°21′55″E / 34.957408°S 117.36536°E |
| Information | |
| Former name | Denmark High School |
| Type | Public co-educational high day school |
| Motto | Strive to Achieve |
| Established | 2000 |
| Educational authority | WA Department of Education |
| Principal | Kath Ward |
| Enrolment | 427 (2020) |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Website | denmarkshs |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (PDF). WA Department of Education. 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "School Sport WA - Country Senior High Schools Carnival". 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Shannon Hampton (20 January 2014). "Proud principal jumps for joy". Albany Advertiser. Yahoo7. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Annual report / Denmark Senior High School. – Version details". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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