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Learn MoreKatanning Senior High School serves a multicultural and linguistically diverse community including Afghani, African, Burmese, Chinese, Karen, Malay, Maori, Noongar and Thai. We celebrate and respect individual differences and work in harmony to ensure success for all students. We are the senior high school of choice for the great southern region.
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Engaged Learning
At our school, your child will have the opportunity to engage in a challenging and comprehensive educational program within a caring and nurturing school.
Individual Approach
Your child’s individual academic and social needs will be met within a school that values achievement, respect, tolerance, and perseverance. Our professional and experienced teachers are committed to ensuring that all students strive to excel.
Community Partnerships
At Katanning Senior High School, the success of our students is demonstrated by direct entry into university, apprenticeships, traineeships or employment. Graduates from Katanning Senior High School achieve in many different areas including business, academia, trades, teaching and human services.
Rise to the challenge with Bush Ranger Cadets
The mission of the Bush Ranger Cadet program is to support young Western Australians to take an active and lead role in the conservation of the natural environment and to understand the mechanisms for its management.
Developing creativity and critical thinking through STEM
Lower school students have one lesson a week in the STEM room where they develop their capabilities in critical and creative thinking as they learn to: generate and evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas, seek possibilities, consider alternatives, and solve problems.
Get a head start with vocational pathways
With the Great Southern Trade Training Centre on site, KSHS Students get an early start towards a Vocational Pathway in the Automotive and Engineering Industries if they choose to. The facilities include vehicle hoists, CNC Plasma cutter, CNC Lathes, and Miling Machines, Hydraulic guillotine and Pan brake and a host of Welding Technologies.
Follow the dream
Katanning Senior High School offers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students the opportunity to participate in the Follow the Dream: Partnerships for Success program (FTD).
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KSHS 2024 valedictorian Ely Anderson won an art competition organized by Impact Services last year, earning a $500 gift card. His artwork will be featured in promotional materials for the company, which provides employment services in the Great Southern and Perth regions.
Ely is pictured here with his award winning artwork in front of screens he designed and made in the school's Trade Skills Centre for the Follow the Dream gardPolly Farmer Foundationation
Well done Ely. It all looks awesome.😍
Beautiful artwork
Awesome Ely 👏 congratulations
Fantastic work Ely 👏
Wow, beautiful piece of art, well done. ☘️💚
Congratulations Ely! Great job 🤩
Great artwork, love your screens too 💕
Katanning Senior High School conducted its first general staff meeting for 2025. Mr Masarei, Principal, presented his opening comments acknowledging the positive start for the year and how impressed he was with the professionalism of the staff in addressing the operational needs of the school community.
The meeting also focused on establishing several classroom protocols to enhance the level of interaction between students and staff. Ms Powell and Ms Watson articulated a review on the progress of ‘Fogarty’, the school improvement plan, with a focus on 2025 targets.
Work placements were tabled by Mr Gaudin that identified a range of Certificate courses of study being undertaken in 2025’.
Sounds like a great start to the year! Our community is very fortunate to have such passionate staff teaching and guiding our children through their high school journey 💙❤️
Justine Grey from Worklink WA attended a meet and greet session with the twenty-eight students who submitted an expression of interest for a School Based Traineeship.
The process is to support the students in preparing their cover letter, resume, and interview techniques so that they can make an application for a traineeship with local employers.
Justine will be conducting a professional learning forum where each student will be supported to complete the task.
Don't forget the Online orders for the KSHS House Shirts closes soon, orders need to be in by 14/02/25. Link is in the post below. New families will find out their faction this week ❤️💙💛💚
Is it compulsory to buy a house shirt or is it a choice?
Katanning Senior High School welcomes our new Principal Mr Ian Masarei.
Mr Masarei has extensive experience as Principal focusing on school improvement and student outcomes. He said that his immediate approach is to come to terms with the operational aspects of the school and form partnerships with the community and the staff. ‘I am impressed with the professionalism of the staff as evident during our school development day’.
Mr Masarei said it was pleasing to see the number of staff who played a key role in leading the professional development agenda on our first two days addressing literacy and numeracy support programs; targeted curriculum planning; data analysis; school curriculum standards authority resources to support teachers in delivering planned outcomes; instructional model of teaching; and positive practices to manage student behaviour. He said he welcomes the community to contact him as he has an open-door policy in building a positive relationship with the community.
Great photo KSHS staff xo
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work, the Goreng Noongar peoples and their Elders, past present and emerging.
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