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The Gap State High School is located in the suburb of The Gap in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with a student population, in 2007, of over 900. The Gap State High School is an Education Queensland Secondary High School.

The school has an excellent academic, sporting, cultural, citizenship and leadership record. The school's slogan (not motto) is "Educating the whole person in a supportive, local community".

History of School

Since Opening in July 1959, the school has been prominent in academic achievement and in sports, in competition and co-operation with other Queensland State High Schools, and has contributed much to and gained much from the local community.

Campus

The Gap State High School's Leadership Training Centre is unique in Australia. The facility opened in August 2002 and features 22 adventure courses including indoor rock climbing and bouldering walls used to develop leadership and communication skills as part of The Gap Outdoor Adventure and Leadership Studies (GOALS) program, which is compulsory for all classes. The Leadership Training Centre is open to other schools and the community and has been used by professional athletes and by the Australian Army for cadet training.

The performing arts centre has an auditorium that can house up to 150 students at any one time.

Sporting facilities include one turf cricket pitch, one concrete cricket pitch, two full size soccer fields, four basketball courts, a hall for volleyball, and four tennis courts.

School Facts

The School motto is "Ours The Future" which translates to "Creating Futures" or "Forging Future Leaders" referring to the Leadership, Outdoor and Personal Development Programme.
The School uniform and School colours are Green, White and Grey.
The Leadership Training Centre (LTC) incorporates instruction in the activity of rock-climbing into the GOALS programme, which is for students in years 8-11.
The School Assembly Hall, the J A Robertson Hall, is named after the Principal from 1968 to 1982.
The School offers Chinese as a Language other than English in years 8-12, year 8 being the mandatory year: in years 9-12 a second language is optional.
The School is a School of Excellence in Leadership, the only one in Queensland.
In 2007 The Gap won the District Swimming titles for the first time in more than 20 years and ended the reign of Ferny Grove State High School.

Prinicipals

Mr Petty (1959 - 1963)
Mr Tom Brady (1964 - 1967)
Mr Jack Robertson (1968 - 1982)
Mr S Rasmussen (1983 - 1988)
Mr Bob Guthrie (1989 - 1999)
Mr Regan Neumann (2000 - 2007)
Mr Russell Pollock (2006 Acting Semester 2 - )

Student Leaders

At The Gap State High School leadership is an important consideration. Younger students look up to the older students as role models. The Gap State High School Leaderbody Executive team consists of two Whole school captains, two Whole school Vice Captains, a Student Advisory Council (SAC for short) - the Executive team of which has two Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer - two Arts Captains (formerly known as Music Captains) and two Sports Captains.

Other postions include house captains, instrumental captains for the instrumental programme, Peer Supporters for students in the Junior School, particularly for year 8 students and a Magazine Committee.

The Leaderbody Executive Team for 2008:

Captains: Damon Thomson and Kerry Marnane

Vice Captains: Cameron Mclure and Lucy Heywood

Sports Captains: Zac Tully and Louise Hodges

Arts Captains: Jeff Watson and Emily Collins

SAC Executive:

Presidents: Robert O' Sullivan and Brooke Eason-Coots

Secretary: Michael Roh

Treasurer: Rihannon McKinnion

Other Leaders:

House Captains:

Antares: ?

Orion: ?

Rigel: ?

Instrumental Captains:

Strings: ?

Concert Band: ?

Stage Band: ?

Percussion: ?

Choir: ?

Magazine Committee: ?

School Houses

There are currently three houses at The Gap State High School, named Antares, Orion and Rigel. The fourth house use to be Mercury. Students are placed in the same house as their siblings are in. This is arranged through an alphabetical system which assigns students to each House based on the initial letter of each student's surname.

Antares

Facts about house

Colour: Red
Mascot: Ape
Surnames beginning with: A-G

Orion

Facts about house

Colour: Yellow/Gold
Mascot: Lion
Surnames beginning with: H-O

Rigel

Facts about house

Colour: Blue
Mascot: Eagle
Surnames beginning with: P-Z

References

"Learning the ropes at school", Westside News (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), June 12, 2002, pg. 7.
The Gap State High Celebrates 40 years of memories, 2000

External links

The Gap State High School - official website
Hon. Arch Bevis MP - Past student of The Gap State High School
Mr. Foley of the Bureau of Meteorology - past student of The Gap State High School
Webpage for the Class of 2001
Edward Guglielmino past student of The Gap State High School

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 * Surnames beginning with: P-Z
-== The Gap Volleyball Program ==
-The Gap High Volleyball program proudly boasts its first National Schools Cup medal placing. Such an achievement has been a bittersweet ending for the majority of the teams players, who have been with the un-distinguished team for 5 years. This year the team recorded 9 wins and one loss against some of the nations best volleyball schools.
-The champion team was compiled of :
-( Coach ) - David Kuchler
-( Pass Hitter ) Stuart " Yellow Dart " Wilkinson
-( Pass hitter ) Richard Modderman
-( Setter ) Leon Bell
-( Setter ) Mark Dobson
-( Libero ) Rob Walsh
-( Middle Hitter ) Steven Bondio
-( Middle hitter / Setter / Opposite ) Pat Carberry (Captain)
-The first game of the AVSC ended in tragedy for the teams' rotation system when Steven Bondio managed to sprain his ankle, rendering him incapacitated for the rest of the week. Despite this , the gap team produced flawless volleyball and endured a changed rotation system forcing players to play in positions out of their comfort zone. The team played the whole week winning 9 games and losing only once, without having any subs to spare.
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