Marsden State High School

Marsden State High School (MSHS) is a secondary school in Waterford West, Queensland for students between years 7 and 12. Marsden State High School is located on the corner of Chambers Flat Road and Muchow Road between the suburbs of Marsden and Waterford West. The school was established in 1987 and, as of 2019, has 2,477 students. From the school's opening, in 1987, until 2010, the motto was Success Through Industry, however, from 2010 until 2012 the motto has been Empowering Individuals, Expanding Horizons, Creating Futures. From 2013 the School Motto has been Dare to Inspire, Make A Difference. The school's colours, previously brown and cream, were changed to maroon and ash in 2009.

Marsden State High School
Location
Logan City
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27.6852°S 153.1106°E / -27.6852; 153.1106
Information
TypeCo-education, secondary, public
MottoSuccess Through Industry (1987-2010)
Empowering Individuals, Expanding Horizons, Creating Futures (2010-2012)
Dare to Inspire, Make a Difference (2013-present)
Established1987
PrincipalAndrew Peach
Grades7-12
Enrolment2,477
Colour(s)Maroon      and ash     
Website

In 2019, motivational speaker Prince Ea went to the school to film his video titled "Student Vs. Teacher". It also featured some MSHS students.

Programs

The schools current sporting, academic and well being programs are:

  • #MTC - Mates Talk Change, a program encouraging good mental health provides a variety of positive mental strategies, including Top 5 Squad
  • ELP - Exceptional Learners Program, a discipline for high achievers
  • Soccer Excellence - a popular sporting excellence program
  • Rugby League Excellence - a popular sporting excellence, see notable alumni.
  • Basketball Excellence - a popular sporting excellence program
  • Dance Excellence - a program in which exceptional dancers join
  • Music Excellence - Exceptional students can choose to sing or play an instrument
  • The Arts - The arts is a group of subjects in the creative fields such as Music, Dance, Film & Television and art.
  • AVID - A class built on traditional American-style AVID principles.
  • eMpower - School ideas & improvements
  • QUT "Wellbeing Matters at School" - a program run to see better and more effective strategies
  • M.A.D.- Make a difference program, bringing change to the community.

Notable alumni

It is mainly known for NRL players:

gollark: If everyone already has fancy cybernetic things with internet connections (or at least a reasonable amount do) it won't cost much more to just run some backdoor code on them.
gollark: ... actually, yes, oops.
gollark: Okay, let me rephrase this again: there would still be a cost, but it would be smaller so people would probably be okay with it.
gollark: I mean, it wouldn't make it cheaper to include it vs not include it.
gollark: It wouldn't make it cheaper, it would just be a less significant cost.

See also
  • List of schools in Queensland

References
  1. School days to class acts By Matt Marshall (The Daily Telegraph 23 April 2009)


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