Lesmurdie High School
About Lesmurdie Senior High School
Lesmurdie Senior High School is an Independent Public School situated in a hills residential area in the Shire of Kalamunda, Western Australia. The school was established in 1981 and has had an active School Council composed of community, parents, students and staff from inception. The school has a strong pastoral care tradition. The provision of a respectful, caring and nurturing environment in which students can realise their potential is a priority. The school fosters excellence in all areas and conducts quality programs across the curriculum.
Lesmurdie Senior High School enjoys a reputation within the education community for its very experienced, enthusiastic and innovative staff.
This is reflected in the school continuing to build on its long history of exemplary performance in a wide range of curricular and extra curricular activities.
Set among natural bushland on the fringe of a residential area, the architecturally designed buildings evoke a sense of peace and space with a distinctly Australian flavour. Well maintained and technologically well equipped, the physical environment enables students and teachers to readily focus on education and the reaching of one’s full potential.
Lesmurdie Senior High School is a full uniform school.
Ethos
This school operates in the belief that it upholds and promotes personal, academic and social excellence amongst both students and staff and discourages those influences that would work against the attainment of these standards. Consequently, the ethical, moral and academic values that the school accepts for itself are to be the highest possible to equip both students and teachers to cope with the expectations of society.
The major aim of this school is to create an environment in which the student learns to become a useful citizen by being responsible for his or her behaviour.
A school based on:
- high standards
- academic excellence
- community
- loyalty