SCHOOL CONTEXT STATEMENT General Information - School Name ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL School No. 0768 Principal Ms C Green Postal Address West Terrace, Adelaide 5000 Location Address West Terrace, Adelaide 5000 District Eastern Adelaide Partnership Prospect Road distance from GPO 1 km Phone No. 08 8231 9373 Fax No. 08 8212 7827 CPC attached NO Enrolment trends: Approximately 1519. (Significant waiting list at all year levels). Year of opening: 1908: The State’s first High School. The school’s Centenary was celebrated in 2008. Public transport access: Excellent bus, tram and train access. Several bus routes pass near the school and link to the city centre by the Free City Connector bus. Adelaide Railway Station is within easy walking distance. February 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 FTE Enrolment Year 8 265 301 299 306 283 291 335 Year 9 244 270 299 293 296 284 294 Year 10 261 248 300 316 321 317 282 Year 11 264 249 263 293 303 321 309 Year 12 264 227 278 268 248 292 299 Year 12 plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 1298 1315 1461 1476 1451 1505 1519 July total 1295 1308 1455 1476 1451 1505 1519 FTE Enrolment Male FTE 656 677 746 776 681 797 802 Female FTE 639 631 709 714 770 708 717 July School 221 226 222 254 278 Card (Persons) nEsb Total 817 883 936 945 949 955 953 (Persons) ESL support 436 598 716 685 498 392* 436 Aboriginal 27 33 40 43 45 45 54 FTE Enrolment Page 1 of 20 13 18 17 19 42 (Levels 1- 42 (Levels 1- 12 Disability A 10 10 Category 1 23 Category 2 2 Category 3 5 Category 4 3 Category 5 1 Category 7 1 Category 9 1 CDHH 19 20.0 21 20 14 14 13 *Estimated Page 2 of 20 General Information- Part B – Staffing numbers: February 2021 116.9 fulltime staff, 45 part time staff including Special Interest; Languages - 8; Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - 5; Ancillary – 1353 hours per week. ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM Ms Cez Green Principal Overall site leadership Ms Connie Soltysiak Deputy Accelerating Learner Achievement, Policy Alignment and Principal Quality Assurance, Professional Learning Communities Ms Sandra Greenan Assistant Curriculum, Pedagogy and Learning Improvement, SIP Principal Implementation Ms Shauna Kay Business Overall Business Leadership, Ancillary HR, Finance, Leader Operations, Grounds Ms Nicole Bryant Assistant Senior School, SACE, Year 11 and 12 support, House Culture Principal Macghey House Mr Michail Darley Assistant ICT Digital Pedagogy, Learner Management Systems, House Principal Culture Morriss House, Year 10 support Mr Jim Dounas Assistant Daily Organisation, WHS, Facilities, HR Principal Mr Michael Gurr Assistant Middle School, Year 7-8 Transition, House Culture West Principal House, Year 8 Support Ms Helen Manning-Bennett Assistant Global Education, Special Language Programs, International Principal Programs Mr Matt Freeman Assistant Timetable and Improvement, Subject Selection, Enrolments, Principal House Culture Adey House, Year 9 Support PROJECT and LEARNING AREA LEADERS Mr Jack Cunningham Leader Data and Improvement Ms Livia D’Aloia Leader Student Pathways, Flexible Learning Options (FLO) Mr John Dimitriou Leader Design and Technology Studies, Food Technology Ms Amy Geue Leader Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ms Katy McGregor Leader Student Wellbeing, Career Pathways Mr Ross Hamilton Leader English, English as an Additional Language, Literacy Ms Paige Higgins Leader Student Wellbeing, Career Pathways Mr Glen Little Director Sport, Special Entry Rowing and Cricket Programs Ms Janine McSporran Leader Languages Mr Menas Mena Leader Student Wellbeing, Career Pathways Mr Reegan Mastrangelo Leader HASS Mr Tony Pettas Leader Mathematics Ms Julie Ralph Leader Public Relations Ms Kerry Skinner Leader The Arts Ms Casey Swansson Leader Learner Intervention Mr Phil Hopton Leader Physical Education, Health, Turn Your Health Around Mr Lewis Weeden Leader Science Page 3 of 20 YEAR LEVEL LEADERS Ms Kerry Skinner Year Level Year 7 and 8 Leader Ms Anna Axarlis Year Level Year 8 Leader Ms Grace McDonald Year Level Year 9 Leader Mr Henry Warnecke Year Level Year 10 Leader Mr Xavier Manning Bennett Year Level Year 11 Leader Ms Madelin O’Brien-Dent Year Level Year 12 Leader SPORT Mr Phil Hopton Manager Cricket Manager Special Entry Cricket coordination Mr Dylan Harvey Manager Rowing Manager Special Entry Rowing coordination Mr Jeremy Appleton Manager Sport Manager Ms Megan Thomas Ancillary Sports Administration Support Page 4 of 20 Adelaide High School Ancillary Organisational Structure – 2021 Principal – PC09 Cez Green – Executive Leader Overall school leadership Business Leader SSO6 Shauna Kay – Executive Leadership Whole School Ancillary Staff, Financial & Facilities Management Administration Curriculum Auslan & Intervention Corporate Services Corporate Services Leader SSO4 Centre for Deaf Support SSO2 Chris Lewis and Hard of Deb Rankine, Jenny Hardy, Finance Officers SSO2 Hearing Kerry Brown & Jackie Kennedy Tracy Papanoitis, Kelly McCappin, Ernastina Lippett Student Services Team SSO2 Jenny Wickstein, Meryl Marchese, Peter Robinson EA/Events Management SSO3 Sport Sports Support SSO2 Jayne Porter Megan Thomas Receptionist SSO2 Valda Lamb Daily Org & Timetable Support SSO2 Intervention Support SSO2 Intervention Tash Walden Liz Taylor, Stevie-Lee Thompson Program Andrea Fucheris & Vacancy SMD Intervention Support SSO2 2 x vacancies International Clerical/Student Services ASETO AEW3 International Stephen Kay Student Admin Support SSO1 Maria Georgantas Communications & PR Support SSO2 Science Laboratory Manager SSO3 PR & Rose Zhou Nicole Goodchild Communications Laboratory Support SSO2 Admin Rebecca Shepherd IT Services IT Network Manager SSO4 Phil Rice Food Technology Support & IT Network Administrator SSO3 Food Technology & 2nd Hand Uniforms SSO1 Kym Baddams nd 2 Hand Uniforms Carolyn Brinkworth IT Support Officer SSO2 Eric Maiolo Resource Centre Resource Centre Support SSO2 Laura Gurr Data Management Data & Timetable Manager SSO3 Resource Centre/IT Support SSO1 David Zawko Phoebe Lally Design & Tech Support SSO2 Facilities Manager SSO3 Design & Tech Grounds Stuart Bond Tony Booth Grounds Support GSE4/GSE3 International Student Heath Harrison/Nick Patterson International Student Support Program & EAL SSO2 Vacancy Canteen – Rory’s Lunches (External Support EAL Support SSO2 Canteen Service Provider) Julie Hefford Page 5 of 20 Students and their welfare Houses The school is organised into four Houses (Adey and West, named after former Principals of Adelaide High School, and Macghey and Morriss, named after former Principals of Adelaide Girls’ High School), each with House Culture Leader who lead the Houses and work with students and staff on behaviour management, achievement and well-being. General characteristics The student community is diverse. Over 62% of the enrolment comes from non-English speaking backgrounds. Currently approximately 20% of students are School Card recipients. The enrolment figures reflect a high retention rate and most students move on to tertiary study. The school has a strong and active Old Scholars Association, which provides significant support to the school community. The school also has an extensive International Student Program. Mentor Group Every student works with their mentor teacher daily to engage in a program which is designed to ensure growth for every student in every class, through coaching, learning, inspiring and connecting. The mentor group program consists of a range of year level specific activities that will support their learning and development: One-to-one, small and whole group conversations Goal setting Developing life skills Reflections on strengths and areas of improvement Student agency Career planning Wellbeing strategies Building house culture The mentor teacher establishes and maintains effective working partnerships between families, students and school leading to positive learning conditions for all. Support offered Students at Adelaide High School have access to various systematic and targeted support structures that aim to meet the needs of every learner. Mentor Group teachers provide a first line of support to individual students, and class teachers work in collaboration to provide consistent adjustments to programming for students with additional needs. Year level leaders provide overarching case management of individual student support teams, and ensure a consistent ‘team around the child’ approach is realised in collaboration with classroom teachers, families and the HIVE team. The HIVE team brings together school Wellbeing Leaders, Learner Intervention team, Aboriginal Learner team, Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, as well as Allied Health professionals; school Speech Pathologist and Psychologist. This team offers school wide support through a Response to Intervention framework for engaging students at risk - connecting students with external agencies and organisations where required. Within the HIVE team, Wellbeing Leaders provide both individual wellbeing support, as well as professional development and resources for teachers and leaders to work collectively to develop and maintain a mentally healthy school community. The Wellbeing team facilitate the old scholar tuition program for our senior Page 6 of 20 students and provide individual pathway planning support in collaboration with the VET and Enterprise Coordinator where required. The Learner Intervention Leader, Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Leader, Learner Intervention Teacher and Aboriginal Education Teacher oversee student interventions that enable better