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
- Stage Band
- Performing Arts
- Visual Art
- Sport
The various Programs of Excellence are offered in Junior and/or Senior School and run as additional programs before or after school.
The programs are very popular and entry is via application and/or an audition process. Entry into the Engineering and International Baccalaureate Programs 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
Chinese Academy
Literature Extension
Maths/Science Extension
Christopher Zilm, Executive Principal
Curriculum Leadership | T 4050 3001 | E czilm1@eq.edu.au