Cairns State High School proudly offers our community a wide range of Centres of Excellence programs.
These Programs of Excellence are in addition to the normal QCAA program of timetabled classes in Years 7-12. They enable students to develop their skills, attributes, talents, abilities and academic knowledge beyond the standard classroom setting. This often involves students engaging in extra-curricular performances, school events, competitions, projects, community events and industry-specific activities. These activities may be on a local, state, national or international level.
Students often have access to additional resources, experts in their field, as well as community/business and industry mentors in order to develop individual student skills and attributes. Real world activities, problem solving, performances, tournaments/matches and other scheduled events are an integral part of all of these programs.
- Engineering & Aerospace
- Music
- Symphony Orchestra
- Chamber Strings
- Chorale
- Young Singers
- String Orchestra
- Symphonic Winds
- Junior Concert Band
- Performing Arts
- Visual Art
- Sport
Programs of Excellence are offered in Junior and/or Senior School and run as additional programs before or after school. Click here for schedule.
The programs are very popular and entry is via application and/or an audition process. Entry into the Engineering Program of Excellence will require students to sit an academic aptitude test.
The school conducts several Extension Programs in and outside curriculum:
Italian Immersion Program
Year 7
Literature Extension
Maths/Science Extension
