Hamilton Senior High School

Hamilton Senior High School
Location
Hamilton Hill, W.A
Australia
Coordinates 32°05′05″S 115°47′42″E / 32.08471°S 115.79494°E / -32.08471; 115.79494
Information
Type Public, Co-educational
Motto Be True
Established 1962
Closed 14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
Principal Paul Bottcher
Enrolment 580 (Semester 1 2011)
Campus Suburban
Website http://hamilton.wa.edu.au/

Hamilton Senior High School, also often referred to as Hamilton Hill Senior High School, was a public co-educational high school in Western Australia. The school was located on Purvis Street in the suburb of Hamilton Hill.

The school was established in 1962[1] and catered for students in Year 7 to 12.

The school enrolled 696 students in 2007, 675 in 2008, 711 in 2009, then fell to 622 in 2010 and to 580 in 2011. The fall in student numbers from 2010 is a result of the enrolment age changing for students entering high school in Western Australia.

The school suffered an arson attack in 2010 when a metal shed was set alight causing A$100,000 in damage.[2]

Plans to close the school and merge students with South Fremantle Senior High School as a new school were announced in December 2014. The larger number of students would allow for more opportunities and subjects for students.[3] The school was closed permanently at the end of the 2017 school year. From the beginning of the following year, Hamilton SHS students joined students of the also-defunct South Fremantle SHS to form a new school called Fremantle College.

The buildings of the former Hamilton Senior High School will be demolished and the land sold for housing.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Education Schools online". 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "WA Today - Arson attack on public high school". 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Perpitch, Nicolas (15 December 2014). "Fremantle high schools to merge to create new school on existing South Fremantle site". ABC News. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Hiatt, Bethany (14 December 2017). "Final siren signals end of era for high school". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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