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Wynnum State High School is a public high school in Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
As at August 2024, the principal is Sandra Quinn, and the deputy principals are Danielle Goshnick, Marina Williams, Celia Connell, and Lisa Hawkin.
History
Construction began in 1941, and the school first opened for students on 2 March 1942.
In 2010, there was 709 enrolled students and 60 teachers.
Construction also recently finished on a new block of four classrooms, dubbed the Russell Building or R Block (November, 2018). Later, it underwent construction to include 3 other classrooms in May, 2023.
Facilities
Facilities at the school include:
Basketball courts
Pool
Large sports oval
Assembly hall
Multi-Purpose Sports (MPS)
Multiple classroom buildings
Amphitheatre
Technology Studios
Science labs
library
Canteen
Notable alumni
Kyle Sandilands, radio host and television personality
Belle Gibson, cookbook author and cancer fraudster
Samantha Riley, Olympic swimmer.
Associate Professor Dominic Berry, physicist specializing in quantum information and quantum optics.