Stretton State College

Stretton State College is an independent coeducational public school based in Stretton in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The college has a total enrolment of approximately 3070 students across the primary (Gowan) and secondary (Illaweena) campuses, located at 226 Illaweena Street, which is on the land on the adjacent side of Gowan Road from the Primary Campus.

Organisation

Stretton State College's current role of Executive Principal is held by Jan Maresca. The college also consists of two Campus Principals, with the role of the Gowan Campus Principal held by Racheal Jones and the role of the Illaweena Campus Principal held by Bradley Stewart. Other staff at Stretton State College include eight Deputy Principals (four at the Junior Campus and four at the Senior Campus), three Business Services Managers, fourteen Heads of Department (three at the Junior Campus and eleven at the Senior Campus), three Year Level Coordinators (Senior Campus), two Excellence Program Coordinators, two Guidance Officers (one at each campus), 82 teaching staff at the Junior Campus and 77 teaching staff at the Senior Campus.

Excellence programs

Stretton State College offers the following three Excellence Programs to students across both campuses:

• Lighthouse Academic Excellence Program
• Karawatha Cluster High Achievers Program
• Sports Academy Excellence Program

Vocational Education & Training

Vocational Education & Training (VET) courses available to students in Years 11 and 12 include:

Extracurricular

Clubs and activities

• Happy Snappers
• Science Club

Music

• Instrumental Music Program
• Musical activities (school choirs and productions)

Other activities

• Borrow-a-bot
• Brain Bee (Neuroscience)
• Chess
• Griffith Biology (an opportunity for Years 11 and 12 students studying Biology to complete a university course)