Trinity Anglican School
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Primary sources Template:Infobox school Trinity Anglican School (TAS) is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, P-12 school, located in the Cairns suburb of White Rock, in Far North Queensland, Australia.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrolment of 1,062 students and a teaching staff of 88, as of 2023.<ref name=":2" /> The school serves students from Prep to Year 12,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> over three campuses set over two grounds. TAS White Rock caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12, and TAS Kewarra Beach serves students from Kindergarten to Year 6.Template:Citation needed
HistoryEdit
The school opened on 25 January 1983.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2015, TAS White Rock opened the Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) building (S-Block) designed by Charles Wright Architects, for students in Years 7 to 12.<ref name="Archi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The White Rock campus' also have the first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Cairns, completed in 2000. TAS White Rock is currently undergoing a comprehensive renovation programme of the older classrooms to bring it into line with that of the recent Science Block.Template:Citation needed
HousesEdit
Trinity Anglican School, in a tradition common to many schools in Britain and Commonwealth countries, has a house system that groups students across age- and academic-levels for certain co-curricular activities.<ref name="relocate">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Green">Template:Cite journal</ref> Cultural, academic, and sporting activities are, in-part, channeled and encouraged through house involvement, and achievement rewarded by group recognition. The four houses of TAS and their corresponding colours are, Leichhardt – yellow / gold; Mulligan – red; Kennedy – green; and Dalrymple – blue. They are named after four prominent explorers.Template:Citation needed
AlumniEdit
Catriona Gray, the winner of Miss Universe 2018, was a student at Trinity Anglican School.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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