Sarina State High School

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Sarina State High School
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Sarina State High School
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Information
Type Public
MottoImagine Believe Together Achieve
Established31 January 1956
PrincipalJane Grieger
Enrolment~600
Campus Urban
Colour(s)Maroon, white and yellow
Website sarinashs.eq.edu.au

Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2013 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University. [1]

Sarina State High previously boasted a marine aquarium with a reef tank, freshwater tank, an estuarine tank, and a touch tank where students can get a literal "feel" for marine life.

There is a A$659 vocational qualifications agricultural initiative completed at the school that has national ministerial support. [2] [3]

Sarina High School has produced 4 State of Origin Representatives: Dale Shearer, Kevin Campion, Wendell Sailor and Reuben Cotter. Radio host Paul Campion is also an alum.

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References

  1. "Principal's Welcome". Sarina State High School. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
  2. "Rural Skills Centre For Queensland’s Economic Engine Room", Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, 20 November 2006
  3. "Funds In State Budget For Mackay-Whitsunday", 15 June 2004

Coordinates: 21°25′13.14″S149°12′45.4″E / 21.4203167°S 149.212611°E / -21.4203167; 149.212611