Benowa State High School

Benowa State High School is a co-educational school located in Gold Coast, Australia, which was founded in 1980. It is part of the Council of International Schools and hosts exchange students from Asia, America and Europe. It commenced a French Immersion program in 1985 and was the first school to offer Marine Biology as a subject in the Queensland Education curriculum.AcademicBenowa's French Immersion programme is a three year course offered in years 8 to 10, where students learn four of their six subjects in French - these being: mathematics, French, society & environment and science. The school has recorded 11 OP1s (Overall Position) each year from 2004 to 2007, which ranks it ahead of all other secondary schools in the Gold Coast region.Another stream in Benowa SHS is the Steiner Programme which aims to develop independent and "natural" learning in students, who learn at their own pace. Unlike most state schools, but like some private schools, Benowa State High School groups year 10-12 as senior school, and offers Mathematics C as a subject to the year 10 students.Benowa is also renowned for having one of the biggest amount of subjects on the Gold Coast. It has over 30 subjects which students can choose in years 10, 11 and 12.