Frankston High School
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Melbourne, Victoria Australia |
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| Type | Secondary School |
| Motto |
Latin: Optima semper (Best Always) |
| Established | 12 February 1924 |
| Principal | John Albiston |
| Enrolment | Years 7-12 |
| Number of students | 1,750 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Indigenous Dolphin |
| Website | Frankston High School |
Frankston High School (FHS) or simply "Frankston High", in Victoria, Australia, is a secondary college offering education for students in Years 7 to 12.
Frankston High School is a large multi-campus co-educational facility situated in Frankston South. The Year 7 to 10 and Senior School (Years 11 & 12) campuses occupy sites across from one another.
The school has formed a partnership, the Frankston Federation of Schools, with the main neighbourhood primary schools Derinya, Overport, Frankston and Frankston Heights. Through this Federation, staff and resources are shared. A transition program helps students to adjust from primary to secondary school.
In 2006 a Tablet PC programme was launched, which created two "streams" for students to take either tablet, or non-tablet classes from the commencement of Year 7, onwards. The tablet programme was for students to use technology every day in all classes for their education. In 2015, the two streams were merged, and it was made compulsory for all students to purchase a Windows Surface Pro prior to commencing Year 7, as part of their school resources.
Frankston High School's sustainability statement expresses that:
"Frankston High School prides itself on endeavouring to be as sustainable as possible as it is recognised this will have a direct and significant impact on its students' futures. It achieves this through the appointment of a sustainability coordinator who helps in educating students, staff and the greater school community in ways to be more sustainable, as well as embedding sustainability in all parts of the curriculum where applicable and feasible.
"It also achieves this by retrofitting school infrastructure, thinking more sustainably about procurement, developing and maintaining appropriate biodiversity, working on ways to manage waste better, and through the development of student capacity via a student lead Eco Team that meets weekly.
"The Eco Team develops many strategies in which to make the school more environmentally aware and works at developing leadership capacities amongst its student members with a highly qualified staff member that oversees the group. In 2015 students in the Eco Team received a scholarship, graciously provided by the St Kilda Eco Centre, to participate in a Polperro Dolphin Swim later in the year. This was awarded to the team due to their investigation of micro-plastics down at the Frankston foreshore."
An updated school sustainability policy was ratified by the school's parent council in late 2014.
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