Corinda State High School

Corinda State High School (CSHS) is a non-selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in Corinda, Queensland, Australia.[1] The school was established in 1960.

Corinda State High School
Main entrance
Location
Brisbane
,
Queensland

Australia
Information
TypePublic, co-educational, secondary, day school
MottoLatin: Hodie Quoque Cras
(Not only for today but for tomorrow also)
Established1960
PrincipalHelen Jamieson
Enrolment1,829
CampusUrban (Corinda)
Colour(s)Green and yellow
  
Websitehttp://www.corindashs.eq.edu.au

Campus

The school is located on one campus in the western suburbs of Brisbane. The school has extensive outdoor as well as indoor sporting facilities, a performing arts centre and an agricultural farm as part of the "outdoor classroom". The agricultural farm is a unique resource for a large school in close proximity to the city centre of Brisbane and world-class universities.

Student Leadership

Corinda State High School encourages leadership towards students. Students have many opportunities to become a student leader which falls under the following categories: Student Executive, School Captains, Sport Captains, Social Captains, Arts Captains and Portfolio Captains. The school captains are all grade 12 students who work with the Principal and Deputy Principal's to promote the school's culture. The Student Executive is a group of year 12 students who work as a team to create a better environment for all students and also participate in all events within the school to help promote the culture of the school. Sports Captains are also grade 12 and 11 students who work together to promote the sporting culture within the school. There are also house captains from each of the sporting houses. The Arts Captains are grade 12 and 11 students who work closely with the Arts Head of Department and Arts Teachers who help promote Corinda's Arts programs and subjects which are combined of: Drama, Music, Visual Art, Practical Art, Dance and Digital Design Studies. Portfolio Captains help promote their elected portfolio within the school community.

On 18 October 2017, a Facebook post by the school announcing students will no longer be permitted to enter the local Coles Supermarket before or after school gained a large amount of media attention. This prompted Channel 9 News to create a news segment on the subject, interviewing students before and after school. The news video went viral, attaining over 120,000 views as of the 22 October 2017.

Academics

Curriculum offered

The school offers a wide selection of authority subjects (Overall Position - O.P. eligible subjects[2]) including:[3]

  • Accounting
  • Ancient History
  • Biological Science
  • Business Communication & Technologies
  • Business Organisation & Management
  • Chemistry
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • Graphics
  • Health Education
  • Home Economics
  • Information Processing & Technology
  • Japanese
  • Legal Studies
  • Mandarin
  • Mathematics A, B and C
  • Modern History
  • Multistrand Science
  • Music and Music Extension
  • Physics
  • Senior Agricultural Science
  • Senior Physical Education
  • Tourism
  • Visual Art

As well as this the school also offers a number of authority-registered subjects and Vocational Education and Training (VET).[3]

Extra-curricular

The school offers a wide variety of extra curricular activities including sports, music, arts and tours.

Notable alumni
  • Chris Bailey (musician), (1973), The Saints (band) 1974.[4]
  • Jacinda Barrett, 1984–85, Hollywood actress and model[5]
  • Natalie Cook OAM, (1991), Olympian, beach volleyball, 2000 Olympics Gold Medalist.
  • Melissa Howard, (2006), Actress, Howard debuted on small screen in 2009, playing Chanel in three episodes of Rush. In 2010, she was a guest star in Satisfaction and had her first major role, that of Rebecca Ainsworth, one of the main characters in Dead Gorgeous. The following year, Howard had a cameo in the TV movie Underbelly Files: Infiltration, where she portraited a friend of Chelsea's. In 2012, she will debut on big screen acting in Animals, directed by Edward Drake, based on Where Were You, a short movie by the same director.[6]
  • Ed Kuepper, (1973), musician. The Saints (band) 1974–1979, The Laughing Clowns 1979–1984, The Aints, Since 1991, The Apartments.[4]
  • Tevita Kuridrani, Rugby player, Wallaby International debut 2013, ACT Brumbies.
  • Deborah Lovely, (2001), Deborah Acason, Weightlifter, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Melbourne 2006.[7]
  • Emeritus Professor William (Bill) Lovegrove AO, (mid 1960s), Academic, University of Southern Queensland[8][9] Awarded Officer of the Order Australia in the Australian Day Honours January 2017 for "For distinguished service to leadership in the tertiary education sector, to developing academia in regional areas, and to cooperative research in a variety of fields.[10]
  • Geoffrey Michael William McKellar (around 1966 or 1967), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Westmead Hospital in 1981, Head of the Department in 1994 and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney in 1988.[11]
  • Shane Richardson, (1973), CEO, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Rugby League Club, appointed 2004 and longest serving NRL CEO. Previously CEO Penrith Panthers 2002-03.[12][13]
  • Robert Vickers, (1975), bass The Go Betweens, 1983-88; Publicist for New York indie label Jetset Records, 1998; Owner PR company, Proxy Media since 2005.
  • Professor Rodney Smith, Sydney University and President of the Australian Political Science Association.

References
  1. Corinda State High School Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Handbook 2010. Retrieved August 2011
  2. https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/tertiary-entrance/op
  3. Archived 18 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Live: Trivia. The State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. "Joyous return for homegrown star Jacinda Barrett". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Young, Kewley, Gorman and Zachariah for new Australian Zombie film". 22 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. "Women's 75kg result". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. https://au.linkedin.com/in/william-bill-lovegrove-64753a54%5B%5D
  9. https://staffprofile.usq.edu.au/Profile/Bill-Lovegrove
  10. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1154631&search_type=simple&showInd=true
  11. "The College Honours : Geoffrey Michael William McKellar (1949-2013)" (PDF). Racds.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. "Shane Richardson: South Sydney CEO". Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  13. Chammas, Michael (26 January 2016). "Shane Richardson quits NRL to return to South Sydney Rabbitohs as head of football". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

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