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Benowa State High School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Benowa State High School

| motto = Many Pathways – No Limits{{cite Hansard|jurisdiction=Queensland|title=Benowa State High School|url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/speeches/spk2008/John-Paul%20Langbroek%20spk%20Surfers%20Paradise%202008_06_04_106.pdf|house=Queensland Legislative Council|date=4 June 2008|page_start= |page_end= |speaker=John-Paul Langbroek|position=Member for Surfers Paradise|language=en|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231108105334/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/speeches/spk2008/John-Paul%20Langbroek%20spk%20Surfers%20Paradise%202008_06_04_106.pdf|archive-date=8 November 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

| address = Mediterranean Drive

| city = Benowa, Queensland

| postcode = 4217

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|28.0057|S|153.3888|E|display=inline,title}}

| type = State secondary day school

| gender = Coeducational

| established = 1980; 40 years ago

| grades = Year 7 – Year 12{{Cite news|title=Benowa State High School|date=|page=|website=Benowa State High School (benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|language=en|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031165704/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|archive-date=31 October 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

| grades_label = Year levels

| colours = {{unbulleted list|{{color box|#a6192e}} Red|{{color box|#b0b0b0}} Grey|{{color box|#ffffff}} White|{{color box|#0d0d0d}} Black}}

| teams = Benowa Redbacks (volley ball)

| enrolment = 1,980 (August 2023){{Cite web|title=Keebra Park State High School|date=2023|page=|website=Education Queensland International|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://eqi.com.au/find-a-school/keebrapark-shs|access-date=23 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823075606/https://eqi.com.au/find-a-school/keebrapark-shs|archive-date=23 August 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}

| principal_label1 = Principal

| principal1 = Alison Fahlbusch{{Cite news|title=Our staff|date=|page=|website=Benowa State High School|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/our-school/our-staff|language=en|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024063634/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/our-school/our-staff|archive-date=24 October 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

| principal_label2 =

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| homepage = {{URL|https://benowashs.eq.edu.au}}

}}

Benowa State High School (BSHS) is a state, co-educational school in the suburb of Benowa (Queensland, Australia) in the Gold Coast.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} The school is located in the land of the Kombumerri people, within the wider Bujalung language nation, recognising Ngarahngwal and Yugambeh.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Acknowledgement to Country|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|date=|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904073746/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=4 September 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}} It is the only state high school in the state electorate of Surfers Paradise.

It hosts exchange students from Asia, America, Africa and Europe.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Acknowledgement to Country|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|date=|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528120429/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|archive-date=28 May 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}} It started a French Immersion program in 1985 and was the first school to offer Marine Biology as a subject in the Queensland curriculum.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Benowa State High School - Prospectus 2007|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|date=29 August 2007|url=http://www.benowashs.qld.edu.au/pdf/Prospectus2007.pdf|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829042158/http://www.benowashs.qld.edu.au/pdf/Prospectus2007.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2007|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

Academic

The school's French Immersion programme is a four-year course offered in Years 7 to 10, where students are taught four of their six subjects in French: these being mathematics, French, society & environment and science. The school has recorded 11 OP1s (Overall Position) each year from 2004 to 2007, which ranks it ahead of all other secondary schools in the Gold Coast region.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=2006 rankings / 2005 Rankings|website=Courier Mail (www.couriermail.com.au)|date=|id=|url=http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2007/04/op/op.htm|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611133745/http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2007/04/op/op.htm|archive-date=11 June 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}} Another stream in Benowa SHS is the Steiner education Programme which aims to develop independent and "natural" learning in students, who learn at their own pace.

The STEM program at Benowa aims for students to excel in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is a four-year program from Years 7–10. Each and every STEM student receives extra lessons in those categories and various opportunities including 3D printing, Rocket Launching, Coding, and more.

Benowa is known for having a large range of subjects. It has over 30 subjects which students can choose in Years 10, 11 and 12. Unlike most state schools, but like some private schools, Benowa State High School groups year 10–12 as senior school, and offers Specialist Mathematics as a subject to the year 10 students.

Sports

Benowa is a constant achiever at volleyball tournaments, placing highly in most of the competitions they enter, and some students have entered the national level of competition in the event. Students also achieve high in many other sports, including tennis, swimming, athletics and touch. The school also has an athletics-inclined stream called "Sports Excellence", which is aimed at Year 7, 8 and 9 students who wish to pursue a career in athletics. It has produced athletes who have gone on to represent both state and country in a variety of sports such as: swimming, volleyball, rugby, Australian rules football, football and track & field.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

Arts

Benowa has created an innovative curriculum in the arts which includes visual art, music, dance, drama and music. Art workshops are offered to complement formal classes.{{cite web|url=http://www.benowashs.qld.edu.au|title=Benowa State High School|access-date=28 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515215241/http://www.benowashs.qld.edu.au/ |archive-date=15 May 2008|language=en|df=dmy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.benowashs.eq.edu.au/mathematics.php|title=Benowa State High School|access-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912062132/http://www.benowashs.eq.edu.au/mathematics.php|archive-date=12 September 2007|language=en|df=dmy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.southcoastschoolsport.eq.edu.au/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D71%26Itemid%3D104|title=South Coast School Sport - 2008 Broadwater Secondary District Convenors|access-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719153854/http://www.southcoastschoolsport.eq.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=104|archive-date=19 July 2008|language=en|df=dmy}}

The school is included within the Gold Coast Branch of the "Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland".{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Gold Coast - Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland|website=Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland (www.mltaq.asn.au)|date=|id=|url=https://www.mltaq.asn.au/gold-coast-branch.html|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904092906/https://www.mltaq.asn.au/gold-coast-branch.html|archive-date=4 September 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

Students

=Year levels=

In 2015, Queensland secondary schools started catering for Year 7 to align Queensland with the other states, as part of the official implementation of Anna Bligh's state-wide "Flying Start" program.{{Cite web|title=Year 7 to move to high school from 2015 in Queensland, says Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2011|first=|last=|page=|website=Courier Mail |publisher=|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cameron-dick-to-announce-move-of-year-7-into-high-school/news-story/8b910463c5eaba7e208131faf41c790f|access-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230922092559/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cameron-dick-to-announce-move-of-year-7-into-high-school/news-story/8b910463c5eaba7e208131faf41c790f?amp&nk=4f00bf27c4968a3e393d0b32523dd436-1695374767|archive-date=22 September 2023|url-status=live}} 2014 was the last year Benowa State High School catered only for Year 8 to Year 12.{{rp|2}} Since 2015,{{rp|2}} the year levels currently offered at this school are Year 7 to Year 12.{{rp|2}}

=Student enrolments=

In 2023, Benowa State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 2,456 students.{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School|date=2023|page=|website=Queensland Government - Department of Education (www.education.qld.gov.au)|url=https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/enrolment/management-plans/benowa-state-high-school|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326115233/https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/enrolment/management-plans/benowa-state-high-school|archive-date=26 March 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:

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2010

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|style="text-align:center"| 819

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,733{{Cite web|title=Queensland State School Reporting – 2010 – Benowa State High School (2150)|date=2010|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2010.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905093647/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2010.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}

2011

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|style="text-align:center"| 895

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,847{{Cite web|title=Queensland State School Reporting – 2011 – Benowa State High School (2150)|date=2011|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2011.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905093655/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2011.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}

2012

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|style="text-align:center"| 945

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,942{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School (2150) – Queensland State School Reporting – 2012 School Annual Report|date=2012|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2012.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905093636/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2012.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}

2013

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|style="text-align:center"| 957

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,958{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School - Queensland State School Reporting - 2013 School Annual Report|date=2013|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2013.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901111421/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2013.pdf|archive-date=1 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}

2014

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|style="text-align:center"| 914

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,893{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – Queensland State School Reporting – 2014 School Annual Report|date=2014|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2014.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905093652/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2014.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2014|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2014|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600506.us.archive.org/24/items/myschool_2014/myschool_2014.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2015

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|style="text-align:center"| 984

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|style="text-align:center"| 2,016{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – Queensland State School Reporting – 2015 School Annual Report|date=2015|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2015.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905093649/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2015.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2015|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2015|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600508.us.archive.org/1/items/myschool_2015/myschool_2015.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2016

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|style="text-align:center"| 932

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,932{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – Annual Report 2016 – Queensland State School Reporting|date=2016|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2016.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205224747/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/SupportAndResources/FormsAndDocuments/AnnualReports/annual-report-2016.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|3}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2016|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2016|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia800509.us.archive.org/11/items/myschool_2016/myschool_2016.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2017

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|style="text-align:center"| 880

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,895{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – 2017 – Annual Report – Queensland State School Reporting|date=2017|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2017.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205223523/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/SupportAndResources/FormsAndDocuments/AnnualReports/annual-report-2017.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2020|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|3}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2017|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2017|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600505.us.archive.org/26/items/myschool_2017_202309/myschool_2017.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2018

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,893{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – Annual Report 2018 - Queensland State School Reporting|date=2018|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2018.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308075849/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2018.pdf|archive-date=8 March 2020|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|3}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2018|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2018|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600508.us.archive.org/22/items/myschool_2018/myschool_2018.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2019

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,889{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School - School Annual Report - Queensland State School Reporting - 2019|date=2019|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2019.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303233601/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2019.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2021|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2019|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2019|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600508.us.archive.org/20/items/myschool_2019_202309/myschool_2019.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2020

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,978{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School - School Annual Report - Queensland State School Reporting - 2020|date=2020|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/bshs-annual-report-2020.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301084045/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/bshs-annual-report-2020.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2022|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2020|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2020|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://dn802605.us.archive.org/0/items/myschool_2020/myschool_2020.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2021

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,983{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School – School Annual Report Queensland State School Reporting – 2021|date=2021|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2021.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322121446/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual-report-2021.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|language=en|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2021|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2021|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600506.us.archive.org/17/items/myschool_2021/myschool_2021.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2022

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,989{{Cite web|title=Benowa State High School - School annual report - Queensland state school reporting - 2022|date=2022|page=|website=Benowa State High School (www.benowashs.eq.edu.au)|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual%20report%202022.pdf|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905040754/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/supportandresources/formsanddocuments/annualreports/annual%20report%202022.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|df=dmy}}{{rp|2}}{{cite web|title=Benowa State High School, Benowa, QLD|date=2022|url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/47529/profile/2022|website=My School|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://ia600508.us.archive.org/24/items/myschool_2022_202309/myschool_2022.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

2023

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|style="text-align:center"| 1,980

Sports

=Volleyball=

The school's volley ball team is called the "Benowa Redbacks".{{Cite news|title=Sports|date=|page=|website=Benowa State High School|publisher=Queensland Government – Department of Education and Training|url=https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/co-curricular/sports|language=en|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024064949/https://benowashs.eq.edu.au/co-curricular/sports|archive-date=24 October 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy}}

= House structure =

Benowa State High School has eight different school houses. Students can gain house points for their house during sporting events, as well as showing behaviour that aligns with the school's four core values (respect, compassion, integrity and diligence). Between 2018 and 2022, the school operated under a "vertical" roll mark structure based around the houses, however, in 2023 the school reverted back to a "horizontal" structure. With the change of system, the heads of house were renamed "house coordinators".

The eight houses, named after Australian pioneers are:

class="wikitable"

|+Current house system in Benowa SHS

!House name

!Colour

!Mascot

!House coordinator

!Australian based pioneer

Bandler

|{{color box|#EF1C25|

} Red

|Dragon

|Andy Taylor

|Faith Bandler- Indigenous and civil rights activist

|-

|Florey

|{{color box|#7F14BC||}} Purple

|Phoenix

|Curtis Allnut

|Howard Florey- Nobel Prize winning pharmacologist involved in the development of penicillin

|-

|Hinkler

|{{color box|#E900A3||}} Pink

|Flamingo

|Katy MacGibbon

|Herbert Hinkler- Aviator and inventor, first to fly solo from England to Australia and across the Southern Atlantic Ocean

|-

|Hollows

|{{color box|#E34D08||}} Orange

|Owl

|Alex McBroom

|Fred Hollows- Ophthalmologist and humanitarian involved in restoring thousands of Australian's eyesight

|-

|Laver

|{{color box|#0d3891||}} Blue

|Lion

|Jane Brown

|Rod Laver- Tennis player

|-

|Murdoch

|{{color box|#0A9716||}} Green

|Minotaur

|Nanette Richert

|Elisabeth Murdoch- Philanthropist

|-

|Wake

|{{color box|#0CB4B5||}} Aqua

|Wolverine

|Imogen Klan

|Nancy Wake- Nurse, journalist, special operations executive and intelligence officer for the French in WWII

|-

|Wright

|{{color box|#F5C92F||}} Yellow

|Griffin

|Mike Redfern

|Judith Wright- Award winning poet, environmentalist and Indigenous land rights activist

|}

Before 2018, the original 4 homesteads (Carnarvon, Lindemann, Moreton and Girraween) had a system in which siblings were in the same homestead. This is no longer the case.

Notable alumni

The following are notable alumni of the school:

=Entertainment=

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|+ Notable alumni in entertainment

! Name

! Area

Peter Andre

| Singer{{cite web|title=Peter Andre's Benowa Waters childhood Home Listed for Sale|website=benowashs.eq.edu.au|date=10 January 2017 |publisher=Urban (www.urban.com.au)|url=https://www.urban.com.au/news/peter-andres-benowa-waters-childhood-home-listed-for-sale|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904054226/https://www.urban.com.au/news/peter-andres-benowa-waters-childhood-home-listed-for-sale#selection-225.0-225.58|archive-date=4 September 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

Jamie Durie

| TV presenter and landscape designer{{cite news|first1=Jenny|last1=Rogers|title=Pimpama Estate Uses Star Power|work=The Gold Coast Bulletin|date=3 October 2012|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-gold-coast-bulletin/20121003/281483568600715|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613122006/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-gold-coast-bulletin/20121003/281483568600715|archive-date=13 June 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

Anna Torv

| Actress{{cite news|first1=Ann Wason|last1=Moore|title=Anna Torv: The Gold Coast's Quiet Achiever|work=|date=13 June 2016|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin (www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au)|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/anna-torv-the-gold-coasts-quiet-achiever/news-story/abcdf45ef61dc72b5a064ced50fe67fa|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904054901/https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/anna-torv-the-gold-coasts-quiet-achiever/news-story/abcdf45ef61dc72b5a064ced50fe67fa?amp&nk=addcc9980d7b394d932c7ab23d28a6c4-1693806550|archive-date=4 September 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

=Sport=

class="wikitable"

|+ Notable alumni in sport

! Name

! Sport

! Achievement

Daniel Merrett

| Australian rules football

| Brisbane Lions player{{cite news|last1=Blucher|first1=Peter|title=Dan Merrett: 200 Over and Out|publisher=AFL Queensland|date=24 August 2016|url=http://www.aflq.com.au/dan-merrett-200-over-and-out|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611133743/https://www.aflq.com.au/dan-merrett-200-over-and-out|archive-date=11 June 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

Brent Renouf

| Australian rules football

| Hawthorn Football Club (Port Adelaide) player{{cn|date=September 2023}}

Dayne Zorko

| Australian rules football

| Brisbane Lions captain{{cite web|last1=Merrett|first1=Daniel|title=In the Bottle – The Great Zorko|website=AFL Players|date=25 March 2013|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/in-the-bottle-the-great-zorko|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230904043402/https://www.aflplayers.com.au/news-feed/stories/in-the-bottle-the-great-zorko|archive-date=4 September 2023|url-status=live|language=en|df=dmy}}

See also

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References

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External links

  • {{url|https://benowashs.eq.edu.au|Benowa State High School}}
  • {{url|https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au|Gold Coast City Council}}
  • {{url|https://education.qld.gov.au|Queensland Department of Education}}
  • {{url|https://www.education.gov.au|Australian Department of Education}}

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