Dakabin State High School
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Dakabin, Queensland Australia |
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| Type | State High School |
| Motto | "The Future Lies Within" |
| Established | 1978 |
| Years offered | Marsden Road |
| Enrolment | 1100+ |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Newspaper | "The Home Courier" (distributed fortnightly) |
| Yearbook | "The Voice" (published annually) |
| Affiliation | Education Queensland |
| Website | www.dakabinshs.eq.edu.au |
Dakabin State High School is a large secondary school located at Dakabin, north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Dakabin is a co-educational school with approximately 1,100 students enrolling every year.
Dakabin is divided into six year levels, with 3 levels of schooling. Junior, Middle & Senior each having a Deputy Principal and Year Coordinator. On a weekly basis, each year level gathers on an assembly to discuss important issues of the week and upcoming events. The staff team of Dakabin comprises a Principal, three Deputy Principals, a Head of Special Education, eleven Heads of Department, seventy-one Teachers, a Business Services Manager, four Administration Officers, two Schools Officers, cleaning staff and an agricultural assistant.
Students are also able to access a team of support services including a Guidance Officer, School Based Police Officer, School Nurse, Youth Worker, Indigenous Liaison Officer, School Chaplain, a Youth Support Coordinator, and a Referral Room Coordinator.
The large school contains many single-level buildings. Each building is purpose-built to accommodate for the curriculum offered. Additionally, the school offers a large multi-purpose Hall, which can allow for upwards of 600 people during presentations. The Hall also allows for three Volleyball courts, indoor Cricket, Basketball and Rock Climbing. In 2009, the Hall was extended to accommodate for a new entrance way.
There are nine computer labs on the Campus, all of which comprise at least twenty computers that are no more than two years old; interactive whiteboards and projection equipment. A majority of the classrooms provide computer access and all of the classrooms in two of the teaching blocks have interactive whiteboards and/or extensive projection equipment.
By 2010, a new $2 million science building will be completed. This building will offer two new teaching labs and a computer room.
Each of these buildings is surrounded by extensive native vegetation, which attracts native fauna such as Koalas to the campus. There is a large farm which occupies a large proportion of the campus and also accommodates a dam, which provides water to the farm.
The school offers a broad range of junior and senior subject to the students. In years 7 & 8 it is compulsory for the students to study all of the junior subjects offered. However, in years 9, 10, 11 and 12 the students are able to select for themselves.
Some of the subjects offered to both junior and senior students include:
- English
- Maths (Maths A, B and C are offered in years 11 and 12)
- Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics are offered in years 11 and 12)
- Studies Of Society and the Environment or S.O.S.E
- Geography (offered in years 10, 11 and 12)
- Ancient and Modern History (offered in years 10, 11 and 12)
- Legal Studies (offered in years 10, 11 and 12)
- Graphics (offered in years 10, 11 and 12)
- Industrial Technologies
- Computer Subjects (Information Processing Technology (IPT) and Information Communication Technology (ICT) are offered in year 11 and 12 with Computing offered in year 10)
- Visual Art
- Certificate 1 and 2 in Business, Visual Arts and/or Computing (offered in year 10 and years 11 and 12, respectively)
- Accounting (offered in years 11 and 12)
- Economics (offered in years 11 and 12)
- Business Communications and Technologies (offered in years 11 and 12)
- Health and Physical Education
- Agriculture studies
- Home Economics
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