Applecross Senior High School is public, co-educational High School, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.Founded in 1958, it has traditionally been one of the top public high schools in the state of Western Australia, and consistently ranks academically within the top 10 non-selective secondary schools in the state. Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars.Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas. It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.HistoryThe school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth, Western Australia. From about 1999 to 2002 the school underwent renovations to improve its structure. Today, around 1,200 students from Years 8 to 12 attend the school.The school had a significant upgrade starting with Stage I in 2011 when the relocation of the tennis courts. Stage II commenced in February 2012 when the then education minister Elizabeth Constable officially launched the construction of a new library, visual arts block, science laboratory, a tiered auditorium, cafeteria and administration block. The upgrade will take four years to complete and is estimated to cost 56 million.
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