Mountain Creek State High School

Mountain Creek State High School
Location
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Australia
Information
Type Independent public school
Motto Quality, Opportunity, Excellence
Established 1994
Opened 1995
Principal Darrin Edwards[1]
Grades 7–12
Enrolment 2,100
Campus Mountain Creek, Queensland
Colour(s)      Navy      Fuchsia
Mascot Creeker
Website mtncreekshs.eq.edu.au

Mountain Creek State High School (MCSHS) is a co-educational state secondary school. It is the largest school on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and one of the largest in the state.[2] Located in the suburb of Mountain Creek, 96 kilometres (60 mi) north of Brisbane, Mountain Creek has grown from an enrolment of 360 in its foundation year in 1995 to 2,100 students in 2017.

In 2000, the school was recognised as one of Queensland's most progressive and innovative as a winner of Education Queensland's Showcase For Excellence Award.[3] The school is organised around four sub-schools that are designed to break down the large size of the school. Consequently, each academic cohort of about 275 students in the middle school is taught by the same group of about 25 teachers. The school is therefore able to offer all the benefits of a large school like a broad range of subject choice and co-curricular activities while enjoying the advantages of a small school such as close personal relationships between teachers and students.

The school's major objective is to bring a greater international focus to its curriculum and operations. The school is an International Baccalaureate school.[4] In 2015, the school began to hold year 7 students. In 2018, the school began construction of a 3 storey, multi-million dollar, multi-purpose building.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Staff". Mountain Creek State High School. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mountain Creek State High School". Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Matters of Public Interest" (PDF). Queensland Government. p. 2482. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  4. ↑ School Profile. Retrieved 19 April 2008.

Coordinates: 26°41′16″S 153°06′14″E / 26.68778°S 153.10389°E / -26.68778; 153.10389

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