Geraldton Senior High School

Geraldton Senior High School
Location
Geraldton , Western Australia Australia
Coordinates	28°46′48″S 114°36′43″E
Information
Type	Public co-educational high day school
Motto	The Seeker Finds
Established	17 July 1939; 85 years ago (1939-07-17)[1]
Principal	Karena Shearing
Enrolment	953[2] (2021)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Gold and navy
Website	www.gsc.wa.edu.au

Geraldton Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Geraldton, a regional centre 424 kilometres (263 mi) north west of Perth, Western Australia.

Overview

The school was established in 1939 as Geraldton High School and catered for students from Year 8 to 12.^[1] The school became a senior college in 1997, and altered the name again to Geraldton Senior High School in 2019. It caters for students from Year 7 to 12.

The school was extensively vandalised in 2007 with several windows being smashed around the campus.^[3]

Enrolments at the school were 1052 in 2007, 941 in 2008, 925 in 2009, 858 in 2010, 876 in 2011 and 758 in 2012.^[4]

A long-standing competitor in the Country Week sporting carnival, the school has won many A division titles including boys' basketball in 2006, boys' football in 2005, boys' hockey in 2005, girls' basketball from 2005 to 2007.^[5]

As of 2012^[update] the school was involved in the Solid Kids, Solid Schools, Solid Families program, which is designed to prevent bullying in Yamaji children.^[6]

Notable alumni

• Geoff Gallop AC (1972) – a Rhodes scholar and the Premier of Western Australia between 2001 and 2006^[7]

See also

• List of schools in rural Western Australia

References

1. "New High School". Geraldton Guardian and Express. 18 July 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (pdf). Department of Education. Perth, WA: Government of Western Australia. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. "ABC News - College vandalism under investigation". 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
4. "Department of Education Schools online". 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
5. "School Sport WA - Country Senior High Schools Carnival". 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
6. "Solid Kids, Solid Schools, Solid Families". 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
7. "Western Australian Rhodes Scholars". Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

External links

• Official website