Rossmoyne Senior High School is a

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, located on Keith Road, Bull Creek, a southern riverside suburb of

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, Western Australia. Founded in 1968, the school provides education for approximately 2,100 students from

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History

Construction of Rossmoyne Senior High School commenced in 1967 on land that was owned by the Webb family who originally came from

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. It opened for students the following year (1968). The name Rossmoyne has no connection with the area but was thought to be suitable for marketing a subdivision in the area. Over the years the student catchment areas for Rossmoyne Senior High School were from Lynwood, Willetton, Riverton, Shelley, Bull Creek, Ferndale, southern end of Mount Pleasant, Booragoon and Brentwood. Now Rossmoyne Senior High School has restricted its mainstream intake to students from Rossmoyne, parts of Bull Creek and Willetton, Riverton, Shelley, Brentwood and

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, although it also runs a gifted and talented programme for academically gifted students. Students from years seven to ten (inclusive) are required to study a foreign language, with a choice of Chinese, German, French, and Japanese. A fire at the school caused 500,000 worth of damage in 2008. The blaze destroyed a double demountable classroom with furniture and computer equipment, the

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squad were investigating the cause.

Campus

The original section of the school is made up of several two storey buildings that together make a "H" shape. The administration block is on the northern side. Humanities & Social Sciences are on the western side. Home Economics, Woodwork, Metalwork and Arts are on the eastern side. Coming in from Keith Road, is an oval where students have Physical Education classes and the Performing Arts Centre, opened in 2004. At the southern side of the school there is a tennis court with basketball hoops, gymnasium, swimming pool and recently installed beach volleyball courts. Underneath the gymnasium is a dance studio which has female and male change-rooms. In the centre lies the library. The School is also currently undergoing extensive reconstruction with plans to rebuild the school entirely in Four Stages. The Science Building was completed 2007 to provide more rooms for the core subject of sciences. This block, along with the Performing and Visual Arts Centre (PVAC for short), was part of Stage 1 of the Building Plan. In 2012, Stage 2 of the Building Plan was completed, which involved a new English and Languages block, a tiered Amphitheatre, a new cafeteria known as "Pereira's Cafe" and an extension of the Performing Arts Centre. On the other side of the school an international-sized soccer field was laid out on the land that was formerly occupied by the ageing demountable buildings. A Health and Well-being Centre was built in 2013 which is considered an extension to the Gymnasium. Other than these new buildings, Current Visual Arts Classrooms (Room 50 and 53) were converted to normal classrooms and there was landscaping to the new courtyards. A Selection Panel consisting of parents, community and school representatives has selected an artist who has been commissioned to design and install art works for the new building: including an extensive feature screen on the proposed colonnade connecting the new buildings. As of 2013, construction of Stage 3 is underway, which involved building a block for Year 7s in preparation of their move from primary to high school in 2015. A new access road from the Apsley Road/Karel Avenue intersection, with student 'drop-off' zone, and bus zone was also added. Since 2017, the year 7 building has been relabelled as the mathematics building, seeing use from all year levels. As of 2019, all classrooms were appropriately renamed to indicate their location, in an effort to facilitate navigation for students. Year 9s have been relocated to the west side of the school. In addition, the Year 8s and 10s have been relocated to a single quadrangle together. Room D33 has been demolished to make way for rooms OB1 and OB2.

Academic ranking, Western Australia

In 2001, the school was named ''

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. In the 2009 Western Australian Tertiary Entrance Examinations, Rossmoyne Senior High School had more students with a tertiary entrance rank of 99.95%, the highest possible rank, than any other school in the state. The school has performed consistently well in the

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school rankings and is often the best performing amongst all of the public schools in the state. Beazley Medal In 2017, Isabel Longbottom won the Beazley Medal for the top ranked

student.

Administration

Rossmoyne Senior High School's principal since 2021 is Alan Brown.

Notable alumni

Rhodes Scholars

*1985: Grant Donaldson *1988: Ian Reid *1999: Craig Wood

Arts

* Glyn Parry – writer of

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– musician ( Supernaut,

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) *

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– TV presenter

Business and law

*Grant Donaldson – Solicitor General of Western Australia * Corryn Rayney – registrar of

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who was found dead in Kings Park. Her death is still unsolved as of 2022. *Rob Scott –

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Managing Director from 2017 *Derek Lau –

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Sport

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– wheelchair rugby player, Athens Paralympics 2004 & Beijing Paralympics 2008 *

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– swimmer, Seoul Paralympics 1988 & Barcelona Paralympics 1992 * David Ferguson – Olympic indoor volleyballer, Athens 2004 * Jo-Ann Galbraith – Olympic archery, Athens 2004 * Heritier Lumumba – footballer, Collingwood &

Jackie Pereira Jacqueline ("Jackie") Margaret Pereira, OAM (born 29 October 1964 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed for her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, S ...

– Olympic hockey player, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 & Atlanta 1996 *

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– Olympic beach volleyballer, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 & Athens 2004 *

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basketball player * Rob Scott – silver medalist rower, Atlanta 1996 *

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– Olympic athlete, Los Angeles 1984 & Seoul 1988

References

External links

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