Gladstone High School

Gladstone High School

Gladstone High School Introduction

School facilities and resources

  • Modern classrooms
  • Computer resources, internet access
  • Comprehensive resource centre
  • School vineyard and winery
  • School farm
  • Home economics centre
  • Technology workshop
  • Art room

Strong focus areas

  • Viticulture
  • Outdoor Education

Special interest programs

  • Music - school concert band, instrumental music
  • Physical education
  • Agricultural Program - viticulture, cropping and animal husbandry

Languages

  • German

Student support services

  • ESL support
  • Student counsellors
  • School chaplain
  • Pastoral care
  • Student well being team
  • Home group teachers and year level coordinators
  • Student representative council
  • Work experience program (Yrs 11 & 12)
  • Alternate program coordinator - gifted education and special needs
  • Career counsellor

Recent school awards and achievements

  • South Australian Viticulture School of the Year
  • German Padagogischer Austauschdienst Scholarship
  • State agricultural awards for animal husbandry and olive oil production
  • Tidy Towns competition, merit school section

Sporting activities

  • Athletics
  • Swimming
  • Australian rules football, soccer
  • Netball, basketball

Co-curricular opportunities

  • National academic competitions in maths, science, English
  • School band and ensembles
  • Tournament of Minds - national team problem solving competition
  • Public speaking

Industry and training partnerships

Community alliances

  • Distance Education Program - sharing teaching expertise across 6 country high schools

International programs

  • Study Abroad Program
  • Study Tours

schools. As a smaller country high school, it proudly claims to be small enough for every teacher to know every student, and large enough to offer a full curriculum.

Located at the southern tip of the beautiful Flinders Rangers and only 40kms from the sea port city of Port Pirie, it draws students from the surrounding towns and farming districts.

 

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