Literacy and Numeracy Highlighted
Clarkson Community High School students participated in Literacy & Numeracy Week last Thursday, reading picture books to a group of children.
The Year 8 students visited Horizons Childhood Learning Centre in Clarkson.
Vibrant Response to Challenge
Clarkson Community High School students have won major awards in the sea-themed poster competition for the 2008 Mindarie Festival.
Other local schools in the competition included Peter Moyes Anglican Community and Clarkson Primary schools.
Clarkson CHS Year 10 student Mason Willoughby won the overall design category for the most striking design with his poster that incorporated 3D objects, including shells and different textures to enhance the look of marina life and sea dragons.
Global tool adds up to success
Clarkson Community High School Year 8 and 9 students are excelling at mathematics thanks to an online program designed to motivate students and improve their results.
The global program has inspired students at this school so much that one Year 8 class achieved a ninth ranking among all users in the world last month.
Teenage author sets his sights on the stars
Writing a novel is a big achievement for anyone, let a long a 15-year-old boy. But (Clarkson Community High School student) Luke Vandermark has already written a science fiction novel, Northern Galaxy Police Force: the legend of James Hawkman, and plans to write more.
Students Get Set for Inaugural Rock Opera
Clarkson Community High School senior drama and music students will perform their first ever musical, Leaving: A Rock Musical next month.
Joining the Big Read
Clarkson Community High School pupils joined other students from around Australia to take part in National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday May 21 at 11 am.
Clarkson Bags Sports Grant
Clarkson Community High School scored itself a $5000 sports grant to upgrade the school's sporting facilities.
The grant was part of the Top Sports Schools Grants Program (courtesy of Bakers Delight) and was developed to provide financial support to promote a healthy and physically active lifestyle.
Putting the Byte on Bullies
Considered worse than face-to-face bullying, cyber bullying is becoming a more popular form of abuse in schools, according to experts.
Research has revealed 15 per cent of WA school students were cyber-bullied.
Cyber bullying involves using mobile phones and computers to pick on and harass people.
Because of its rising prominence Clarkson Community High School principal John Young told the Times he decided to send two staff members to a cyber bullying workshop.
West Coast TAFE - On the Road to Addressing Skills Shortages in WA
Automotive Training
Twenty one students are benefiting from off-campus automotive training through a workshop in Wangara - the local hub of the automotive industry - leased and operated by West Coast TAFE.
