Christmas Island District High School

Coordinates: 10°26′08″S 105°40′07″E / 10.4355°S 105.6685°E

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Christmas Island District High School

Location

Christmas Island Australia
Coordinates	10°26′08″S 105°40′07″E / 10.4355°S 105.6685°E / -10.4355; 105.6685
Information
Type	Public co-educational early learning, primary, and high day school
Motto	Persevere
Established	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Educational authority	WA Department of Education
Principal	Ian Francis Christina Auld-Bower
Years	Early learning; K–12
Enrolment	235^[1] (2019)
Campus type	Remote
Colour(s)	Blue
Website	www.cidhs.cx

Christmas Island District High School (CIDHS) is a public co-educational early learning, primary, and high day school located in Christmas Island, a territory of Australia. As of 2019^[update] the school served approximately 235 students from Kindergarten through to Year 12. The school is operated by the Western Australian Department of Education.

Overview

Landcare recognised the school's efforts to clear a 90-metre (300 ft) stretch of Greta Beach used as a nesting ground for the green turtle. The beach area is one of the dirtiest on the island as it traps debris brought in by currents. For these continuing efforts, the school was selected as a 2004 Western Australia Landcare Education Award Finalist.^[2]

On 5 March 2007, Governor-General of Australia, Michael Jeffery, visited the school and addressed the school assembly.^[3]

References

^ "Christmas Island District High School: Student numbers". Schools online. WA Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ Caring for Green Turtles on Christmas Island Archived 16 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Landcare Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2007. "2004 Western Australia Landcare Education Award Finalist, Christmas Island District High School, has worked to ensure Greta Beach is a safer place for the nesting Green Turtles and a more pleasant recreational area for the residents of Christmas Island."
^ "Gallery". Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 5 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.

External links

School overview, Department of Education (Western Australia)

Public high schools in Western Australia

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Goldfields–Esperance	Eastern Goldfields Esperance Kalgoorlie–Boulder
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Peel	Coastal Lakes Coodanup Halls Head John Tonkin Pinjarra
Pilbara	Hedland Karratha Newman Tom Price
South West	Australind Bridgetown Bunbury Busselton Cape Naturaliste Collie Eaton Harvey Manea (11–12) Manjimup Margaret River Newton Moore
Wheatbelt	Central Midlands Merredin (K–12) Narrogin Northam

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(all schools Year 7–Year 12, unless indicated otherwise)

^* The Government of Western Australia manages the Indian Ocean Territories under the Territories Law Reform Act 1992

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