Glenunga International High School (informally known as Glenunga or GIHS) is a publicly funded international school in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located approximately four kilometres south-east of the Adelaide city centre in the suburb of Glenunga, between L'Estrange and Conyngham Streets, adjoining the major thoroughfare Glen Osmond Road. The school serves the surrounding suburbs of the cities of Unley, Burnside and the Adelaide Hills.International high school
Glenunga maintains a strong academic reputation, and is one of only three South Australian schools to offer the Ignite program for gifted students. Glenunga is currently the only publicly funded high school to offer the IB Diploma Programme in South Australia.
With students from 76 different countries of birth, and incoming
international exchanges, it is a highly multicultural school. It is the
largest secondary school in the South Australian public system.
The
school was established in 1903 from the defunct Adelaide Agricultural
School (founded 1897 with Andrew Ferguson as headmaster) 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.The school and the Old Scholars
Association marked 1998 as the centenary year.
It was located at the School of Mines building (which houses Brookman Hall — named for benefactor George Brookman) on the corner of North Terrace and Frome Road, 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 with the aid of The Honourable Greg Crafter,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.
In 2013, development began for a new $10 million building to accommodate the growing number of students.This new building was accompanied by the renovation of the Music, Sciences and Art departments, as well as a new library. The development upgrades were completed in 2014.
