Activities / Achievements
Cultural: Cairns State High School prides itself on its performing arts programs, excelling in dance, drama and music. Cairns High music students participated in the Eisteddfod Challenge 2005, in which the school came out on top. CSHS also participates in the biannual Education Queensland Fanfare competition which consists of musical ensembles of government schools in the state. In total, the Cairns State High School Orchestra has been presented with the first prize trophy a record five times, while the only school to have entered the Grand Finals on more occasions is Brisbane State High School. Although Cairns State High did not win the Fanfare Finals in 2006 they were awarded the 'TOAN National Orchestra' award and their conductor Robert Favell was acclaimed the 'most outstanding conductor'. Bob Favell (conductor of the CSHS orchestra) is highly respected for his musical achievements in Cairns as an instrumental teacher, conductor and musical director for Cairns High. He has led the Cairns State High School Orchestra in Education Queensland's Fanfare competition from 1992 to present.
In the year of 2008 Cairns High produced 7 OP 1 graduates. This was repeated in 2009, with another 7 OP 1 Graduates.
Basketball School of Excellence Bulldogs Basketball, the schools basketball development program has won the boys CISSA competition for the last 7 years with the girls team winning 5 of the last 7 years as well. The program has produced numerous National Champions as well as AIS and US scholarship athletes. Recently:
1998 Daniel Donaghy - US Junior College Scholarship
2001 Scott Pagett - Scholarship athlete @ University of New York
2004 Aron Baynes - AIS Basketball Scholarship
2004 Aron Baynes - Australian Schoolboys Representative
2004 Kerry Williams - ABA National Champion with Cairns "Bartercard" Marlins
2004 Kerry Williams, Kris Whelan and Leslie Coe - Under 18 National Champions with Queensland North
2006 Aron Baynes - Scholarship athlete @ Washington State University
2006 Kerry Williams - Scholarship athlete @ North Idaho Community College
2007 Kerry Williams, Brad Burdon (Ass. Coach) - ABA National Champions with Cairns "Bartercard" Marlins
2007 George Coe - National Schools Championship with Queensland
In the last decade Bulldogs Basketball has helped to develop over 50 state or national team representative players. Program Director Brad Burdon also serves as Director of Coaching at Cairns Basketball ensuring strong links with the representative program.
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