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The Gap State High School | |
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Coordinates | 27°26′45.4″S152°56′58.74″E / 27.445944°S 152.9496500°E |
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Type | State secondary high school |
Motto | Ours The Future |
Established | July 1959 |
Principal | Anne McLauchlan [1] |
Enrolment | 1,692 (2023) |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Green, grey and white |
Website | thegapshs |
The Gap State High School is located in the suburb of The Gap in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with a student population of 1,692 in 2023. [2] The Gap State High School is an Education Queensland Secondary High School.
The Gap State High School was opened on 25 January 1960. [3]
In 2009, the school gained the attention of the media following the suspected stabbing of a student. [4]
In early 2018, the school gained media attention as a number of students were given detention for wearing footwear that did not comply with the strict uniform guidelines. [5]
The Gap State High School's Leadership Training Centre opened in August 2002 and features 22 adventure courses including indoor rock climbing and bouldering walls used to develop leadership and communication skills as part of the Applied Positive Psychology program, which is compulsory for all students. The Leadership Training Centre is open to other schools and the community, and has been used by professional athletes and by the Australian Army for cadet training.[ citation needed ] The original teachers working at the centre were trained by a past student of the Gap State High School. [6]
The performing arts centre has an auditorium that can house up to 150 students.
Sporting facilities include one turf cricket pitch, one concrete cricket pitch, two full size soccer fields, four basketball courts, and a sports hall that houses four volleyball courts with digital signage for each court controlled by iPads. This sporting facility was opened on 21 February 2014 by Premier Campbell Newman.
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