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Trinity Anglican School (TAS) is an
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suburb of White Rock, in
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, Australia. It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrolment of 1,062 students and a teaching staff of 88, as of 2023. The school serves students from
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, over three campuses set over two grounds. TAS White Rock caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12, and TAS Kewarra Beach serves students from Kindergarten to Year 6.


History

The school opened on 25 January 1983. In 2015, TAS White Rock opened the Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (
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) building (S-Block) designed by Charles Wright Architects, for students in Years 7 to 12. The White Rock campus' also have the first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Cairns, completed in 2000. TAS White Rock is currently undergoing a comprehensive renovation programme of the older classrooms to bring it into line with that of the recent Science Block.


Houses

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that groups students across age- and academic-levels for certain co-curricular activities. Cultural, academic, and sporting activities are, in-part, channeled and encouraged through house involvement, and achievement rewarded by group recognition. The four houses of TAS and their corresponding colours are, Leichhardt – yellow / gold; Mulligan – red; Kennedy – green; and Dalrymple – blue. They are named after four prominent explorers.


Alumni

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, the winner of Miss Universe 2018, was a student at Trinity Anglican School.


See also

* List of schools in Far North Queensland


References


External links


Trinity Anglican School
{{Authority control Anglican schools in Queensland Educational institutions established in 1983 Schools in Cairns High schools in Queensland Round Square schools Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools 1983 establishments in Australia