Applecross Senior High School
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Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded in 1958,[1] Applecross Senior High School has traditionally been one of the leading public high schools in Western Australia and consistently ranks academically within the top ten secondary schools in the state.[2][3][4] Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars.[5]
Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas.[6][7][8][9] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.
Like many Western Australian high schools, Applecross is a partially selective high school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria.[10]
History
The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth. since 2021[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 1731 students from Years 7 to 12 attended the school.[11]
In 2009 the Government of Western Australia allocated A$56 million for the re-development of the school. A competitive tender process was completed in April 2010. The original school 'H' block, science block, swimming pool, and the 1970s gymnasium was retained. All other existing buildings were removed. A new south wing on the site of the existing tennis courts was designed to house a new administration area, library, resource centre, science, home economics and health and physical education wings. A new design, and technology centre was constructed to the east of the swimming pool and a new visual arts centre was located on the site of existing basketball courts. The gymnasium was converted into a performing arts centre, while the original 'H' block was refurbished for use by business/information technology, careers and vocational education, English, languages, mathematics, society and environment and student services.[12]
School crest
The school crest is a combination of a black swan holding a book, signifying proximity to the Swan River, with a hand holding a scimitar, emerging from a five-pointed crown ("issuant from an eastern crown or, a dexter hand holding a scimitar, in fess all proper"), the crest of the Chief of the Matheson clan. Sir Alexander Matheson Bt of Lochalsh, a property developer who in 1897 initiated the subdivision of the suburb of Applecross, became Chief of the Clan in 1920 on the death of his brother, the 2nd Baronet.[13][14]
Academic ranking
The Year-12 cohort at Applecross perform consistently well in the WACE school rankings, and the school ranks well when compared to other schools in Western Australia.
WA school ATAR ranking
| Year | Rank | Median ATAR |
Eligible students |
Students with ATAR |
% students with ATAR |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | 86.15 | 229 | 158 | 69.00 | [15] |
| 2016 | 24 | 85.10 | 237 | 175 | 74.76 | [16] |
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Year 12 student achievement data
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| 2015 | 33 | 13.54 | 28 | 39.05 | 97.71 | [17] |
| 2014 | >50 | <10.03 | 40 | 34.94 | 100 | [18] |
| 2013 | 41 | 10.98 | 46 | 31.75 | 100 | [19] |
| 2012 | >50 | <9.88 | 45 | 35.64 | 100 | [20] |
| 2011 | 35 | 13.54 | 41 | 44.68 | 97.51 | [21] |
| 2010 | 33 | 13.22 | 48 | 43.61 | 98.47 | [22] |
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98.42 | [23] |
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Beazley Medals
- 2014: Robert Rubery won the Beazley Medal for the top ranked Vocational Education & Training (VET) student.
- 1993: Bertrand Sze Yu Lee won the Beazley Medal for the top ranked TEE student.
Notable alumni
- Dean AlstonTemplate:Spaced endashWalkley Award winning newspaper cartoonist[24]
- Tony AyresTemplate:Spaced endashfilm director[25]
- Marcus BeilbyTemplate:Spaced endashRealist painter, winner of Sir John Sulman Prize[26]
- Darren BennettTemplate:Spaced endashformer Australian Rules football player and American football punter in the NFL[27]
- Jenny Boult (1951–2005)Template:Spaced endashauthor and poet, won 1981 Anne Elder Award for first book of poetry[28]
- Jim Gill Template:Post-nominalsTemplate:Spaced endashChancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia (2010–2012), former: CEO of WA Water Corporation; WA Commissioner of Railways[29]
- Jillian GreenTemplate:Spaced endashartist whose work is held in many major Western Australian institutions
- Jeanette Hacket Template:Post-nominalsTemplate:Spaced endashVice-Chancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia (2006–2013)[30][31]
- Adele Horin (1951–2015)Template:Spaced endashWalkley Award-winning columnist and reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, previously international correspondent for the National Times.[32][33]
- Peter Lewis Template:Post-nominalsTemplate:Spaced endashformer Australian Consul-General and Senior Trade Commissioner in San Francisco[34]
- Bill LoudenTemplate:Spaced endashSenior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (2009–2013) and Dean of Education (2006–2008) of University of Western Australia[35][36]
- Vince Lovegrove (1947–2012)Template:Spaced endashjournalist, music manager, television producer, musician
- Raoul MarksTemplate:Spaced endashdual Emmy Award winner for main title design on True Detective and The Man in the High Castle[37]
- Vinay MenonTemplate:Spaced endashRhodes Scholar 2012,[5] John Monash Scholar[38]
- Steve PennellsTemplate:Spaced endashjournalist, 5-time Walkley Award winner including Gold Walkley in 2012, 18 WA Media Awards[39]
- Graeme RobertsonTemplate:Spaced endashRhodes Scholar 1971, former: Director of Muresk Institute of Curtin University; Director-General of WA Department of Agriculture[5][40]
- Diane StoneTemplate:Spaced endashprofessor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK and Professor in Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest.[41][42]
- Lesley VidovichTemplate:Spaced endashWinthrop Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia[43]
- Reece WaldockTemplate:Spaced endashDirector General of WA Department of Transport, Commissioner for Main Roads, CEO of Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. Former WA Commissioner of Railways[44]
- Steve WardTemplate:Spaced endashboat builder; built 1983 12-metre class America's Cup winner Australia II, and challengers Australia, Australia III, Australia IV, Challenger 12 & South Australia.[45]
- Bruce WilliamsTemplate:Spaced endashCommissioner of Fair Work Australia, former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Perth[46][47]
See also
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References
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External links
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