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Adelaide High School

Established: 1908
Schooling Years: Year 7- Year 12 (Secondary)
Number of Students: 1900
Location: Central Adelaide

Adelaide High School is recognised as a successful and innovative South Australian public school, offering students a dynamic learning environment to support them to achieve their potential. The school proudly offer students a diverse range of curricular and co-curricular opportunities accompanied by supportive mentor group programs. All learning opportunities at Adelaide High School are underpinned by the school motto ‘non scholae sed vitae’ (‘not only for school but for life’) and focus on helping students build the skills, qualities and capabilities to achieve in the future. The school’s curriculum, co-curricular program and House system challenge, engage, enrich, support and stretch all learners who attend Adelaide High School.

International Student Programs

  • Intensive Secondary English Course (ISEC)
  • High School Graduate Program
  • High School Study Abroad Program
  • Study Tours

Features

  • South Australia’s only special interest language school, enabling students to study two of the eight languages on offer and engage with study tours
  • Special interest cricket and rowing programs available
  • STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
  • Prefect positions reserved for international students
  • International Ambassador Program

Special interest programs

  • Language programs
  • Cricket program
  • Rowing program
  • Centre for Deaf & Hard of Hearing (CDHH)
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)

Co-curricular sports

  • Athletics
  • Australian Rules Football
  • Soccer
  • Touch football
  • Badminton
  • Tennis, table tennis
  • Basketball
  • Netball
  • Cricket
  • Hockey
  • Rowing
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Volleyball

Languages

  • European – German, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish
  • Asian – Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese
  • Auslan (Australian sign language)
  • English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Curriculum

Learn more about the middle school’s curriculum

Learn more about the senior school’s curriculum

Contact

Phone: +61 8 8231 9373
Email: [email protected]
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