Aberfoyle Park High School
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| Aberfoyle Park High School | |
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| Technology Focus School | |
| Established | 1984 |
| School type | Public |
| Principal/ Headmaster |
Wendy Teasdale-Smith |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Enrolment | 1104 |
| School colours | Maroon, Black & White (Yr 8-10) Navy Blue & Black (Yr 11-12) |
| Homepage | http://intra.aphs.sa.edu.au/ |
Aberfoyle Park High School is one of the largest public secondary schools in South Australia. Its facilities include the Community Library, Performing Arts Centre, Gymnasium, and the Information and Communication Technology facilities. The school focuses on extending gifted students through the Ignite (Formerly SHIP) programme.
Aberfoyle Park High School has become a centre for international students resulting in strong relationships, with a number of schools in other countries.
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[edit] History
Aberfoyle Park High School was built in 1983 and opened in 1984 to service the growing suburbs of Aberfoyle Park, Happy Valley, Flagstaff Hill and other surrounding suburbs. An extra two buildings were completed in 1984 for Science and English / Computing studies at the school. In 1986 HM Queen Elizabeth II visited the school inspecting the facilities and talking and meeting the students. In 1987 a new Computing Facility was opened providing State-of-the-art computers for the students. The school grew throughout the 1990s to a peak of over 1500 students and in the late 1990s the school expanded to include the former primary school site, south-east of the original site. The current principal Wendy Teasdale-Smith started her tenure at the school in 2004.
Aberfoyle Park High School celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2004 with a large event featuring many past staff and students and a concert for current students.
[edit] School Facilities
Aberfoyle Park High has a unique, open design, integrating educational and community services. It has a pleasant natural landscape with many trees, hundreds of which were planted by students. General classrooms are carpeted and air-conditioned, many are housed in brick duplexes, with their own toilets. There is a specialist performing arts centre and an outstanding computer network with over 350 terminals and Internet access from each. Sporting facilities include a large oval, tennis and basketball courts and access to the Happy Valley oval and facilities for soccer, netball, tennis, and lawn bowls. The school has a strong community of support for developing Information and Communication technology and has been well resourced in this area.
Specialist facilities include: a community library with extensive information technology resources, gymnasia, Performing Arts Centre, five computing labs (including Business Ed). Curriculum IT pods are dispersed around the school, including into Science labs, music rooms, Media, English area, Tech Studies, Home Economics, CAD technology room, and two photography labs. There is a recently upgraded Home Economics suite, including a commercial kitchen which is used for delivering VET. [1]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Adam Cooney - Australian Rules Footballer - Western Bulldogs - 2004 to Present
- Beau Waters - Australian Rules Footballer - West Coast Eagles - 2004 to Present
- Nathan Eagleton - Australian Rules Footballer - Port Adelaide Football Club - 1997 to 1999 and Western Bulldogs - 2000 to Present
- Brenton Sanderson - Australian Rules Footballer - Adelaide - 1992 to 1993, Brisbane - 1994 and Geelong - 1995 - 2005
- Ben Marsh - Australian Rules Footballer - Adelaide - 1998 to 2003, Richmond Tigers - 2003
