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Indooroopilly State High School | |
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Coordinates | 27°30′03″S152°59′06″E / 27.5009°S 152.9851°E |
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Type | Public |
Motto | A Community Of Forward Thinkers |
Established | 1954 |
Principal | Michael Hornby |
Enrolment | 2794 (2023) |
Capacity | 2140 |
Campus | Indooroopilly |
Website | https://indoorooshs.eq.edu.au |
Indooroopilly State High School (ISHS), colloquially known as "Indro", is a state high school situated in the south-western suburb of Indooroopilly in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The school was founded in 1954, [1] and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, [2] along with a large curriculum catering to junior and senior students at the school. [3]
Although the school is a non-uniform school it does have a sports uniform which students are required to wear during all interschool sports events. [4]
Some of the Indooroopilly State High School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. [5]
The school is made up of 24 different blocks. They are named in letter form in the order in which they were built. The letters range from A to Z. Some of the facilities at the school include: [6]
Like all other state high schools in Queensland, ISHS adheres to Australian curriculum standards set by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Senior high school students may graduate with a Queensland Certificate of Education or an International Baccalaureate Diploma. Various VET courses are also offered.
ISHS also offers some Programs of Excellence which are not available under the normal curriculum, including Spanish Immersion, Chinese Acceleration, and Maths and Engineering Acceleration. [8]
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Cultural practice is promoted by the school as a central part of the learning environment. The school has many celebrations and festivals throughout the school year, which include art exhibitions, concerts, dance productions, drama productions and a musical. One significant festival that is held every year is United Nations Day, where ISHS encourages its student body to celebrate their cultural or ethnic background, be it through the wearing of traditional national clothing or on stage performances. International food stalls also play a large part in these UN day celebrations. Overall, ISHS has a multicultural community with approximately 43% of the school's population being international students. [9] Some special Assemblies are held at the MPH and all students and teachers must attend. Some include NAIDOC, ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day and most notably Mrs O'Reilley's farewell assembly as she retired after being principal for 20 years. [10]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a student at the school returned a positive test result to COVID-19. [11] As the student had been attending the school for a two day period while infectious, an immediate closure of the school was required. The closure was to last a minimum of two days so a deep clean could be performed. The Queensland Department of Education had initially said they expected the school would re-open after the deep clean was performed, [11] however this turned out to not be the case. The school was made a COVID-19 exposure site. This meant anyone who was at the school while the symptomatic student was in attendance would have to undertake a 14-day isolation period and undertake a COVID-19 Test. As most of the school was in attendance at the same time frame, the majority of the school and staff had to undertake a 14-day isolation period. During the 14-day isolation period the school switched over to online learning and implemented its online learning policy where students interacted with their teachers through Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Word and PowerPoint through their own laptops. Due to the high volume of people needed to be tested, the oval was turned into a temporary drive through COVID-19 Testing site for a short time. [11]
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