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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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At our school, your child will have the opportunity to engage in a challenging and comprehensive educational program within a caring and nurturing school.
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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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Get ready, Katanning! Career Conversations are back – Pathways and opportunities for 2025
We’re excited to announce that the Department of Education is coming to Katanning on Monday, 16 June 2025, to bring you Career Conversations - Pathways and opportunities 2025.
This is your chance to join us for an inspiring, free event where you and your young people can dive into a conversation about post-school options and hear directly from our industry experts. Whether you're curious about career pathways, university options, or training opportunities, this event has something for everyone!
Don’t miss out – reserve your place today by booking through the link below:
Reserve Your Spot www.education.wa.edu.au/en/careerconversationevents
We can’t wait to see you there and help shape the future of your young people!
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Last term, the Year 8 Food and Fibre students have learnt basic sewing machine skills, and all have full Licence to use sewing machine at home without supervision. Students are proud of themselves in designing and producing their first sewing project, a pencil case.
Beautiful designs and sewing
Members of our Student Leadership Group represented our school at the Katanning ANZAC Day dawn service by marching in the parade and laying a wreath. Several KSHS students participated with other groups including Army Cadets, Scouts, Girl Guides and volunteer Fire Brigade, or attended as part of the general community. Well done to everyone for showing our school value of Respect on this significant occasion.
To celebrate the end of term, the Student Leaders created a free Easter Egg hunt for all students by hiding pictures of eggs around the school. Students could then swap their picture for a chocolate egg (or fruit skewer). One lucky student from each year level found a ‘golden egg’ and won a bunny! Thanks to the Student Leaders for providing this treat for our school.
Sky Careers have some fantastic April 2025 School Holiday Workshops coming up that we would love everyone to be a part of!
In other exciting news, we have recently launched our Altitude Membership! This provides schools, students and parents with exclusive access to premium aviation career resources designed to guide and inspire students on their journey toward a future in aviation. Through engaging content, expert insights, and practical tools, Altitude opens a world of possibilities in this exciting and evolving industry.
Please head over to our website to check out all the information: Sky Careers - Altitude Program. skycareers.com.au/sky-altitude
At today's assembly the focus for certificates was "Perseverance - Continuing to try when faced with challenges."
We also presented certificates to all the Champions and Runner Ups from the swimming carnival on Tuesday, along with the Championship and Participation trophies. Congratulations to all the recipients.
Katanning Senior High School has re-established the school-based traineeship model. The model provides students the opportunity to partner with industry as a vocational program that supports students immersion into the workplace for one day a week.
Ian Masarei, Principal, said that it is a positive experience for students as they come to terms with learning new skills that have a range of work-based competencies and expose students to the realities of the workplace and forming professional relationships.
A community forum at the school last year attracted the largest grouping in nine years representing business, parents and students to receive an outline of what was involved and the importance that such an initiative would provide to the local economy.
Bill Stewart, Deputy Principal, said he was overwhelmed by the support from the business community led by the Katanning Regional Business Association.
‘The survey feedback at the forum gave 88% endorsement to school-based traineeships and 90% to the introduction of a new curriculum initiated, Work Studies, to help prepare students for the workplace’.
Mr Masarei said the thirteen Year 10 students are the first wave who will engage with prospective employers for employment under the scheme. They have been trained in interview skills and prepared their resume under the support of Worklink WA who is an award-winning organisation assisting regional youth with careers, training and employment.
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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katanning.shs@education.wa.edu.au