New Digital Specialisation Science Centre for Marsden State High School, Queensland

Marsden State High School in Logan City, south of Brisbane, has been operating since 1987 and has a long and proud tradition of excellence in quality education. Since opening, the school has grown to over 1,500 students.

While the school is one of the largest in Queensland, it has a strong sense of community and is able to offer individual attention and diverse opportunities for participation. The school is proactive in valuing the diverse contributions of students from a broad range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Marsden State High School has received $1.9 million in funding as part of the Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools (SLC) to build a Digital Specialisation Science Centre (DSSC).

Mr Trevor Jones, Head of Science at Marsden, said “the DSSC project aims to build on current best practice at Marsden to create a world class DSSC that links with private sectors to produce science specialists for the 21st Century”.

“The three new science labs will enable all senior science students to sit in labs for lessons and free up space for junior students,” said School Principal, Mr Alan Jones.

“The DSSC will help promote the study of science and meet the future needs of the broader community through the provision of suitable qualified students who will enter into tertiary courses in the medical and engineering fields”.

The SLC program, part of the Building the Education Revolution, provides secondary schools with a great opportunity to create learning environments to meet the needs of tomorrow.

Science classrooms will be transformed into state of the art contemporary science laboratories, while language centres will be built to equip our leaders of tomorrow with essential skills and study in languages of our key regional neighbours and beyond.

The school is currently finalising the plans for the new DSSC, and is looking forward to getting the project underway.

Marsden State High School also received $200,000 in funding under Round One of the National School Pride program, which has been used to refurbish classrooms and the library.

For further information visit: www.buildingtheeducationrevolution.gov.au. 

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