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Esperance Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Esperance, a regional centre southeast of Perth, Western Australia. The school farm north of the town, produces grain, sheep and cattle on a commercial basis. A Pre-Vocational Rural Skills program and a year 11 and 12 Primary Industry Studies Vocational Education and Training (VET) course are currently provided for students at the School Farm. There is also a farm demonstration block on the school site where lower school agricultural subjects are offered to students. The farm program allows educational programs for agricultural studies and equine studies. The Esperance Community Education Campus (ECEC) is a further dimension of the school, representing a federation of the High School, the Esperance Senior High School Education Support Centre, the Vocational Training and Education Centre and the Esperance Residential College. ==History== Founded in 1966, the school has grown from a small rural Junior High School to a comprehensive Senior High School with 880 students in 2012, approximately 7% of whom are Aboriginal. The school is set within the Esperance Community Education Campus, situated on 28 hectares (40 acres) of land in town and with an 800 hectare school farm situated 35 kilometres out of town. In 2004, a $3.75 million upgrade of the north wing and the establishment of the Curtin Vocational Training and Education Centre (VTEC) enhanced the provision for practical subjects. The Fixing Our Schools program contributed $489,853 to the maintenance of buildings. In 2006, the $7.53 million Junior Campus, with 18 classrooms catering for years 8 and 9 students, was built. The Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution building program has funded the following building projects at the school in more recent times: a $5.1 million Trade Training Centre; a $200,000 National School Pride project extending connectivity between the Junior Campus and the rest of the school and enhancing canteen facilities; and a $1.9 million refurbishment of the science facilities. In addition, the State Government's Royalties for Regions grant funding provided $200,000 for industry-standard equipment for the Trade Training Centre. The school hit the headlines in 2010 following an incident where a student took a loaded gun to school following an argument with another student.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teen school gunmen pleads guily )〕 The 15-year-old was persuaded to lay down his double-barrel shotgun by teachers and police after being spotted walking around the campus with the weapon and was then taken into custody.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The West Australian - Gun toting teen just snapped )〕 Lawyers representing the boy claimed the student snapped following years of bullying.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School fortreses ruled out )〕 This event marked the first time that a loaded weapon had been taken into a Western Australian school. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady over the past few years with 932 in 2007, 1044 in 2008, 1063 in 2009, 925 in 2010, 887 in 2011 and 880 in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esperance Senior High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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