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Benowa State High School
Benowa State High School overview
Benowa SHS is located in the heart of Gold Coast city. It has a reputation as one of the Gold Coast’s leading co-educational high schools. Students from over 40 nations and new arrivals to the Coast form a significant proportion of the student population. Real teacher professionalism and a caring attitude is embedded in the daily life of the school.
Benowa High is a school focused on ‘Many Pathways – No Limits’. We are a community that encourages excellence, applauds achievement and celebrates diversity. In 1990 Benowa High pioneered Education Queensland’s international program on the Gold Coast. We are an accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS).
3 reasons to choose benowa state high school
- Sustained high level of academic achievement
- Diverse range of specialist programs, including French Immersion, Music Excellence, Sports Excellence and a Steiner Stream
- An award winning music school
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
- French Immersion programme
- Sports and Music Excellence programmes
- Steiner Stream
- Marine Studies
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Choirs, orchestras and bands
- Debating & mooting, school newspaper
- International newsletter
- Reef and snow trips
languages
- French
- Japanese
SCHOOL FACILITIES
- Maritime training centre
- Dance and recording studios
- Library link to university libraries
- Computer and science laboratories
- Business education centre
- Art facilities – kiln and darkroom
- Sports fields and courts
tertiary pathways
- Bond University and Griffith University – University Pathways Program
- University of Melbourne
- TAFE
AWARDS
- Gold Coast 2006 Music Eisteddfod most outstanding High School
- High Distinctions – National Maths and Science Competitions
- Distinction in French Immersion – National Top 10 School
- High Distinctions – National Language Competitions, Ministers/Courier Mail
- Volleyball Excellence – National Top 10 School
other highlights
- Teacher awarded prestigious ‘Palmes Academiques’ – the highest teaching award in French Education
- Recognition as a ‘School of Achievement in the Arts’
- Journalism Excellence Awards