History
The school was established in 1903 (planning began in 1898) as the Preparatory School for the South Australian School of Mines and Industries. It was renamed the Junior Technical School in 1914 and then Adelaide Technical High School in 1918. Nevertheless, the school and the Old Scholars Association marked 1998 as the cententary year.
It was located at Brookman Hall, North Terrace, which is now part of the City East campus of the University of South Australia. The school population outgrew the campus, so in 1964 it was relocated to its current location in Glenunga, and was renamed Glenunga High School in 1974. It adopted its current name upon the introduction of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 1990-91, a development which was instigated to help save the school from closure due to dwindling student numbers. With enrolments rising, GIHS has subsequently attracted substantial government funding and construction projects, most notably the technology and science wing extensions, a new administration block and a performing arts centre; since 2005 there have been various additional changes to the facilities, such as extra rooms. While facilities have been improving, the school campus has now come to a point where, as a result of the expansion in enrolments, it is suffering similar space issues to its predecessor.
Recent changes include:
- The gymnasium now houses three extra classrooms, which are used for Physical Education classes and a weights/training area.
- Gradual upgrading of all computer systems within the school as well as the usage of Bess content-control software to help prevent access to non-curriculum-based internet content.
- SMARTboards have been installed in various classrooms within the school.
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