Our tradition of excellence
Balcatta Senior High School regularly achieves well above the State average in school graduation and university entrance standards. For one example, more than 30% of our TEE graduates enter science based courses at university and our graduating students regularly receive Certificates of Excellence awarded by the Curriculum Council of WA.
Other measures of our success include:
- 96-98% annual graduation rate
- university places for 80% of our students who apply
- full time TAFE places for over 90% of our students who apply
Balcatta has also achieved outstanding success in specialist areas such as:
Dance and Aerobics -
- Winner 1998 & 1999 National Schools Aerobics Competition
- Winner 2000 Schools Cheerleading Competition
- Drama and Debating -
- Winner 1999 Healthways Youth Drama Festival
- Winner 2000 Dionisyan Theatre Schools Competition
Art -
- Exhibited Quest for Excellence 1998/1999
- Exhibited Perspectives Year 1999/2000
- Perth District Exhibition.
- Curriculum Council Exhibition Exemplar Visual Diaries 2000 for State display. West Australia Gallery.
- Technology display material for Curriculum improvement 2000 EDWA
Sport and volleyball -
- 1998 State U15 Girls Champions
- 1999 National ranking 5th
- 1999 State U16 Boys Champions
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Tradition of Excellence
