Glenunga International High School
Labor Omnia Vincit (Latin: Work Conquers All)
School type	Public
Established	1898 (as Adelaide Technical High School)
Principal	Robert Knight
Faculty	approx 150
Students	approx 1400
Location	L'Estrange St Glenunga, SA 5064  Australia
Information	+61 8 8379 5629
Website	http://www.gihs.sa.edu.au/

Glenunga International High School (informally known as Glenunga or GIHS) is a publicly-funded school in South Australia. It is located approximately four km from the city centre of Adelaide in the suburb of Glenunga, between L'Estrange St and Conyngham St, adjoining the major thoroughfare Glen Osmond Road. It is among the top public schools in the state in terms of academic performance and serves the surrounding Unley, Burnside and Hills suburbs. It is the only public school in South Australia to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 755 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Similar to glenunga. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Glenunga (34°57′ S 138°38′ E) is a small suburb located in the City of Burnside in Adelaide around 2 km south-east from the Adelaide city centre. ... The City of Unley is a Local Government Area in the Adelaide Metropolitan Region. ... Burnside is one of the more cultural cities in South Australia with a popluation of more than 3 million. ... Adelaide Hills Council was established in 1997 by the amalgamation of four smaller district councils (East Torrens, Gumeracha, Onkaparinga and Stirling). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ...

The school motto, as shown on the coat of arms, is "Labor Omnia Vincit" - Latin for "Work Conquers All."

Principal

Its current principal is Robert Knight, who has been at the school since 1992, and helped improve the standing of the school with features such as a large international student program (under the Intensive Secondary English Course) involving many students from China, Japan and a variety of south-east Asian nations; a selective program for gifted students entering high school (Ignite Programme, initiated as the SHIP program in 1998) and the adoption of both the local SACE and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs. Knight's term has seen the enrolment increase by 700 students to 1400 (many of whom are from areas outside the school's zone, or from overseas), after it came close to being closed by the State Government in the mid-1990s due to falling enrolments. Robert Knight will retire before the end of 2007, and a new principal is yet to be appointed. SACE can refer to South Australian Certificate of Education Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE SpA) - Italian Export Credit Agency Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ... The form of the Government of South Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...

History

The school was founded as Adelaide Technical High School' in 1898 and was located at Brookman Hall, North Terrace, which is now part of the City East campus of the University of South Australia. The school population outgrew the campus, so in 1964 it was relocated to its current location in Glenunga, and was renamed Glenunga High School in 1974. It adopted its current name upon the introduction of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 1990-91, a development which was instigated to help save the school from closure due to dwindling student numbers. With enrolments rising, GIHS has subsequently attracted substantial government funding and construction projects, most notably the technology and science wing extensions, a new administration block and a performing arts centre; since 2005 there have been various additional changes to the facilities, such as extra rooms. While facilities have been improving, the school campus has now come to a point where, as a result of the expansion in enrolments, it is suffering similar space issues to its predecessor. North Terrace, looking west from Kintore Avenue Adelaide in 1839 as viewed south-east from North Terrace North Terrace is a street in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. ... The University of South Australia (commonly known as UniSA) was formed in 1991 when the South Australian Government merged the South Australian Institute of Technology and the South Australian Colleges of Advanced Education through the University of South Australia Act 1991. ...

Recent changes include:

• The Gymnasium now houses three extra classrooms, which are used for Physical Education classes and a weights/training area.
• The focus room has been moved to a new location in the Mathematics Wing.
• There have been some lockers added, fixed or removed.
• There are new robotic staff members.
• Gradual upgrading of all computer systems within the school as well as the usage of Bess content-control software to help prevent access to non-curriculum-based internet content.
• Airconditioning in all areas of the school.
• A new outdoor shade area between the Library and Mathematics Wing.
• Tennis courts have been upgraded.

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International Focus

Glenunga has a strong history of academic achievement in the IB Diploma Programme, with students often achieving scores in the highest range. Glenunga has several sister schools in countries as wide-ranging as China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Fiji. GIHS helps organise regular student exchanges and school tours both to and from these schools.

GIHS also offers extensive second language courses including English, English as a Second Language (ESL), Mandarin, French, German, and Japanese. Other languages are available off-campus through various programmes, such as the Ethnic Schools Association and the South Australian School of Languages. It has also achieved accreditation from the European Council of International Schools. The European Council of International Schools is an association of international schools founded in 1965. ...

Student life

Glenunga International High School hosts an array of extracurricular groups, many of which are student-run. These include the Student Forum, musical theatre and other interest clubs, a variety of community service organisations, International and Environment Clubs, as well as various sporting teams and the student politics group, the Student Activist Alliance. The Student Activist Alliance was established to give students a voice at Glenunga, as many felt the Student Representative Council (or Student Forum) was not a democratic or effective means for student advocacy. The SAA has often been censored by the Glenunga International administration, which actively deters political action and campaigning. To actively encourage the creation and expansion of these groups, GIHS maintains a Student Life Coordinator on its staff. The current coordinator is Jonathon Turland.

Canteens

GIHS has two canteens, the privately owned Metrocan that operates all day everyday and the student owned CommuCan, which operates during Friday lunchtimes. Metrocan has a contract with GIHS which ensures a monopoly on catering services in the school but, as a non-commercial student-run activity organised by the SAA CommuCan continues to run.

External links

• Glenunga International High School Website
• Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars Association