Pinjarra Senior High School

Pinjarra Senior High School
Location
Pinjarra, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates 32°37′59″S 115°52′20″E / 32.6330°S 115.8723°E / -32.6330; 115.8723Coordinates: 32°37′59″S 115°52′20″E / 32.6330°S 115.8723°E / -32.6330; 115.8723
Information
Type Public School
Motto Be True
Established 1921
Principal Alan Hunt
Enrolment 573 (2012)
Campus Pinjarra
Website www.pinjarrashs.wa.edu.au

Pinjarra Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Pinjarra, a regional centre 86 kilometres (53 mi) east of Perth, Western Australia.

The school was established in 1921 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 573 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 3% of whom are Aboriginal.

Students studying at the school come both from Pinjarra and surrounding areas such as Serpentine, Dwellingup, Warrona, North Yunderup and South Yunderup.[1]

The school operated as a primary school until 1951, then as a junior high school until 1960, a high school until 1965 and as a senior high school since 1965.

The school opened a new $1.9 million Science Laboratory area in 2011 that was built as part of the Building Education Revolution scheme. Western Australia's Chief scientist Lyn Beazley visited the facility in June 2009.[2]

Elizabeth Aitken was the principal until 2011, then left and was replaced with Alan Hunt.

Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 624 students enrolled in 2007, 672 in 2008, 655 in 2009, 583 in 2010, 567 in 2011 and 573 in 2012.

Notable students

See also

List of schools in rural Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Education Schools online". 2012. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  2. ↑ "Department of Education - Lyn Beazley at Pinjarra Senior High School". 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
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