Palm Beach Currumbin State High School

Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Address
Thrower Drive Currumbin , Queensland
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Nil Sed Optima
Established	1972
Executive Principal	Chris Capra
Grades	7–12
Enrolment	≈2100 (2011)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Red, white and blue
Website	Official website

Palm Beach Currumbin State High School^[1] (PBC High School or PBC) is an independent co-educational public school (government funded), in the Gold Coast suburb of Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. PBC is Queensland's southernmost coastal High school and caters for a large catchment area of students.

Excellence programs

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence was established in 2001, specifically created for students who desire to achieve the most out of their scholastic studies. Students that participate study a modified curriculum to further streamline their progression into the senior school.^[2]

Creative Arts Excellence

The Creative Arts Excellence program focuses on developing ambition, artistry and academia in students. The program includes specialised skills training, arts showcases and projects.^[3]

Sports Excellence

In 1996, the Sports Excellence program was created to allow students in years 8-12 excelling in sport to play and train at a more professional level. The program helps students develop as athletes as well as the fair play and leadership aspects that accompany it. ‘Sport Ex’ is taken as 1 of 6 chosen subjects, which enables more time per week in the program. Sports Excellence now accommodates students in AFL, Basketball, Kayaking, Netball, Soccer, Rugby League, Tennis, Track & Field, Surfing and Touch Football.^[4]

Media appearances

The school was used for the TV series Mortified around 2005 - 2007. In the first series, the school was used as Sunburn Beach Primary, and, in the second series, was used as Driftwood High School.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Rugby League

• Clint Amos – former North Queensland and Gold Coast Titans player^[5]
• Scott Anderson – former Melbourne, Brisbane and Wakefield Trinity player
• Aaron Booth – player for the Melbourne Storm
• Darius Boyd – player for the Brisbane Broncos and Australian international
• Jed Cartwright – player for the Penrith Panthers
• Sam Cook – former New Zealand Warriors player
• Cameron Cullen – former Gold Coast Titans and Manly player
• Brad Davis – former Gold Coast Titans player
• Tom Dearden – player for the Brisbane Broncos
• Kane Elgey – former Gold Coast Titans and Manly player
• Jaelen Feeney – former Newcastle Knights player
• Jamal Fogarty – player for the Gold Coast Titans
• Luke Garner – player for the Wests Tigers
• Ben Hannant – former Sydney Roosters, Brisbane, Canterbury and North Queensland player and Australian international
• Keegan Hipgrave – player for the Gold Coast Titans
• Jahrome Hughes – player for the Melbourne Storm and New Zealand international
• Justin Hunt – former South Sydney, Parramatta, St George Illawarra and Wests Tigers player
• Ben Ikin – former Gold Coast Seagulls, North Sydney and Brisbane player and Australian international
• Sam Irwin – former Gold Coast Titans and Featherstone player
• Ryan James – captain of the Gold Coast Titans
• Kevin Kingston – former Cronulla, Parramatta and Penrith player
• Tom Kingston – former Gold Coast Titans player
• Karl Lawton – player for the New Zealand Warriors
• Kayne Lawton – former Gold Coast Titans and AS Carcassonne player
• Will Matthews – player for the Gold Coast Titans
• Brent McConnell former North Queensland and Brisbane player
• Steve Michaels – former Brisbane, Gold Coast Titans and Hull F.C. player
• Kai O'Donnell – player for the Canberra Raiders
• Luke O'Dwyer – former Parramatta and Gold Coast Titans player
• Keenan Palasia – player for the Brisbane Broncos
• Dimitri Pelo – former Catalans Dragons and Canberra player and French international
• Lloyd Perrett – former Canterbury and Manly player
• Sam Perrett – former Sydney Roosters and Canterbury player and New Zealand international
• Kevin Proctor – player for the Gold Coast Titans and New Zealand international
• Jordan Rankin – player for the Castleford Tigers
• Jordan Rapana – former Gold Coast Titans and Canberra Raiders player and New Zealand international
• Ryan Simpkins – former Gold Coast Titans player
• David Tangata-Toa – former Hull KR and Celtic Crusaders player
• Cody Walker – player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
• Shannon Walker – former Gold Coast Titans player and Australia rugby sevens international
• Anthony Watts – former Cronulla, North Queensland and Widnes player
• Craig Weston – former Gold Coast Seagulls, Eastern Suburbs, South Queensland, Huddersfield, Doncaster and Widnes player
• Shane Wright – player for the North Queensland Cowboys

Australian Rules

• Lauren Ahrens – player for the Gold Coast Suns
• Claye Beams – former Brisbane Lions player
• Dayne Beams – former Brisbane Lions / Collingwood player
• Brayden Crossley – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Jacob Dawson – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Sam Gilbert – former St Kilda player
• Caleb Graham – player for the Gold Coast Suns
• Jacob Heron – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Jesse Joyce – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Marc Lock – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Brad Scheer – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Max Spencer – former Gold Coast Suns player
• Joel Wilkinson – former Gold Coast Suns player

Football

• Mackenzie Arnold – Australian international
• Mitch Nichols – former Australian international
• Shane Smeltz – former New Zealand international

Surfing

• Mick Fanning – former three-time ASP World Tour champion
• Joel Parkinson – one-time ASP World Tour champion

Other

• Drew Anthony – performer, director, choreographer and producer

References

28°07′55″S 153°28′31″E / 28.1319°S 153.4753°E / -28.1319; 153.4753

This page was last edited on 3 February 2024, at 07:08