Glenunga International High School
government secondary school in Glenunga, SA, Australia
Glenunga International High School (GIHS), formerly Glenunga High School (GHS) and Adelaide Technical High School (ATHS), is a publicly-funded international school in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) south-east of the Adelaide city centre in the suburb of Glenunga, between L'Estrange and Conyngham Streets, adjoining the major thoroughfare Glen Osmond Road. The school serves the surrounding suburbs of the cities of Unley, Burnside and the Adelaide Hills.
Glenunga offers the Ignite program for gifted students as well as the IB Diploma Programme. As of October 2024 the principal is Wendy Johnson.
History
The school was established in 1903 from the defunct Adelaide Agricultural School (founded 1897 with Andrew Ferguson as headmaster) as the Preparatory School for the South Australian School of Mines and Industries. It was renamed the Junior Technical School in 1914 and then Adelaide Technical High School in 1918. The school and the Old Scholars Association marked 1998 as the centenary year.
It was located at the School of Mines building (which houses Brookman Hall — named for benefactor George Brookman) on the corner of North Terrace and Frome Road, now part of the City Campus East of Adelaide University. The school population outgrew the campus, so in 1964 it was relocated to its current location in Glenunga and fell under the jurisdiction of the Department for Education, with the school being renamed to Glenunga High School in 1974.
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