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Perth Modern School is an academically-selective co-educational public high school located in Subiaco, an inner city suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school, established in 1911, caters for students with high academic ability. In 2010 ''The Age'' reported that Perth Modern ranked equal fourth among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour since 1975.〔.〕 Fourteen Perth Modernians have won Rhodes Scholarships from the University of Western Australia. Students of Perth Modern School are called '"Perth Modernians" or "Modernians" for short. ==History== Perth Modern School was the first government high school in Western Australia . The school opened in 1911. Students were prepared for the University of WA which commenced in 1913. The school charged a comparatively minimal fee of £6 a year. Demand for places at the school was high. Students came from all over Perth and Western Australia, many staying with relatives or boarding as near to the school as possible. In 1912, the school inaugurated a system of scholarships designed to encourage students of ability to attend regardless of the financial situation of their parents. Students studied comprehensive science and modern languages as part of their courses, in addition to classical subjects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities )〕 Central to the establishment of the school was Cecil Andrews. As a young man, Andrews was Inspector General of Schools in Western Australia and he had the honour of naming the school and of directing the school curriculum. The first Principal of the school, FG Brown, helped the school off to an excellent start and he was succeeded in 1912 by Joseph Parsons who led the school until 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities )〕 The school was founded on scientific principles, and throughout its history the school has been at the forefront of education. Perth Modern School pioneered two ''modern'' and entirely new concepts in Western Australian education. One was the concept of co-education and the other was that there was to be no corporal punishment, no detention, and no punishment arbitrary or authoritative.〔 The first concept provided co-education granting young women and young men access to the same higher education pathway. When Perth Modern School opened, it was rare to find women participating in the same endeavours on the same playing field as men. Prior to Perth Modern School, the only high schools in Western Australia were eight independent schools. These schools were sectarian, unisex, high fee paying schools, and only three of the eight schools catered for young women. The school educators helped raise the consciousness in generations of students who were ready, willing and able to advocate change for justice and equality based on merit, as they entered the world and pursued their careers. The second concept charged each student with the knowledge the school would offer no discipline except self-discipline. Worldwide, it was accepted teachers would use arbitrary and often violent punishments to force students to conform to the will of authority. Perth Modern embraced a new motto, ''Savoir C’est Pouvoir'' (Knowledge is Power), and the Sphinx, representing knowledge and wisdom, was adopted as the school emblem. By recognizing and by raising higher reasoning in each student, the school educators imparted the gift of education as the key to future success, and this was the motivation for each student to work hard and to achieve the highest results possible. In 1958 Perth Modern School became a comprehensive five year high school. In 1968 music became a focus of the school and the first of the music scholarships were awarded to 36 first year and 19 fourth year students. By 1970, the school orchestra was formed and the Joseph Parsons Memorial Library opened.〔 The old Thomas Street Primary School, administered by Perth Modern School, became the home of English as a second language in Western Australia in 1990.〔 In 2005, the Premier of WA, Mr Geoff Gallop, announced the proposal for the school to once again become one of academic excellence. Funding was allocated to turn Perth Modern School into a selective school for academic excellence to serve WA’s most brilliant high school students.〔 The school reverted to its original concept of a fully selective government school in 2007, recognising that gathering students of high ability in one school encourages students to "be themselves" with like-minded peers, which allows opportunity for the development of higher-order thinking skills and meets the social, emotional and educational needs of gifted students.〔(''Higher Order Thinking'' )〕〔("DET WA Gifted and Talented" )〕 The gifted program is based on Francois Gagne's Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent.〔NSW AGTC: Francois Gagne's Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent ()〕 In 2011, the centenary year, all students were once again academically selected. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perth Modern School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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