Kenmore State High School

Kenmore State High School
Entrance in Mabb Street
Location
Kenmore, Queensland Australia
Coordinates	27°30′30″S 152°55′46″E / 27.5082°S 152.9294°E / -27.5082; 152.9294Coordinates: 27°30′30″S 152°55′46″E / 27.5082°S 152.9294°E / -27.5082; 152.9294
Information
Type	Public school
Motto	Education For Life
Established	1972
Principal	John Fitzgerald
Staff	120 teaching and non-teaching staff, four deputy principals, and twelve heads of department
Grades	7-12
Enrolment	1,880 (2015)
Color(s)	Green and gold
Website	www.kenmoreshs.eq.edu.au

Kenmore State High School, is a secondary education institution in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with 1,880 students from grades 7 through to 12 in 2015. The school was opened in 1972 and had its 40th anniversary in 2012. In 2015, a grade seven cohort was added. Initially there were concerns that overcrowding would be a problem for the school with approximately 300 extra students expected, however, these apprehensions have not been realised.

Kenmore State High School has been accredited by the Council of International Schools (Australia).

Kenmore's logo is made up of five items: the Munich Emblem, the castle, the trees, the birds and the book. The Munich Emblem is a reminder of the school's foundation year - the year of the Munich Olympics. The castle reminds of Kenmore Castle in Scotland; the home of some of the original settlers of Kenmore. The birds and the trees are a symbol of the environmental focus of the school, and the book symbolises learning.

Kenmore State High School has eight sporting houses, each with a name taken from the Aboriginal language. The sporting houses are:

There is a multi-gender sport uniform consisting of a green, grey, and yellow polo shirt and basketball shorts. Formal uniform differs for male and female students, with the male uniform consisting of a white shirt and grey trousers, and the female uniform consisting of a grey skirt and white shirt. There are winter variations available for the uniforms. Schools ties are optional for senior students. Ties are also available for junior students. The school enforces a strict uniform policy, and failure to adhere to the policy can result in a detention for the offending student.

Students in Year 12 receive a Jersey, with their choice of First or Last name on the back. The number is non-optional and is set to 16.

Kenmore State High is well known for its exchange programs, particularly the German Immersion Program. The students enrolled in the program have three years of intensive German, during which the students have mathematics, science, health and physical education, SOSE, geography and history in German. At the conclusion of the third year, the students have the option to participate in an eight-week exchange with Engelsburg-Gymnasium in Kassel, Germany. The students stay for six weeks with a host family, and ten days touring Germany. The students' German exchange partners stay with the students in Brisbane the following year.