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Welcome to Whitsunday Anglican School. As you look through this site, we trust you will sense the culture of our school and get a feel for the environment we endeavor to create for our students and their families. At the heart of our Whitsunday Anglican School community, we embrace Christian values and principles that ensure we pursue the best educational aspirations. Christianity through social responsibility, Tolerance through respect, Excellence through effort, Dignity through tradition, Trust through cooperation is the enduring Christian values that combine to give character to the school's tone. We encourage our boys and girls to become confident, creative, and articulate our community's men and women. This is the spirit that nurtures their passage to adulthood. We are a modern school that understands the importance of preparing boys and girls for the many responsibilities of being a successful adult. The technology combines with tradition in a comfortable mix to create a vibrant, challenging school and filled with youthful curiosity. Whitsunday Anglican School is well-known for the unique culture it provides for the education of our students. The atmosphere features a calm environment in which learning is encouraged and where seeking one's 'personal best' is natural. We strive to unlock our students' full potential, giving them the most incredible opportunity to be the best they can be. The School Motto, Spiritus Scientiae, the Spirit of Knowledge is an important principle that guides Whitsunday Anglican School programs and expectations for students' education. The school encourages the pursuit of knowledge and service to others and to do this in an atmosphere where integrity, empathy, and compassion are learned through authentic experience. Leadership is admired and celebrated within the school, and the Christian model of servant leadership is honored for its power and contribution to society's well-being. Staff is encouraged to develop their educational abilities within the framework of well-researched thinking and to have the confidence to apply creative initiatives. In all of their complex diversity, the school's programs are really about the aspirations we have for the boys and girls and the tone we value within the school. In turn, there is an atmosphere within the school that we feel is precious. The city of Cairns faces Trinity bay. The naming of Trinity Anglican School at White Rock in Cairns set the precedent of combining religious, historical, and geographic significance features. The Whitsunday name was chosen in keeping with this model. In the Church's calendar, the name Whitsunday evolved from the word Pentecost. On the seventh Sunday after Passover, Pentecost is observed. In early Biblical times, Pentecost was a harvest festival marking the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. By the second century, it was observed as a Christian festival celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost became a significant occasion for baptisms. Those being baptized wore white. This seventh Sunday after Easter has become Whitsunday, also known as white Sunday. Whitsunday Anglican School upholds its mission, vision, and values. We offer an education that proudly promotes Christian values while tailored to the needs of each student. Mission Statement is Within a Christian values framework; we provide an engaging and supportive learning experience that achieves the best outcome. The school offers an education that caters to its students' individual needs and proudly promotes Christian values. To ensure each student's development, the emphasis is given to the firm but fair to respect and responsibility for oneself and each other and participate in co-curricular activities and service. The combined intention of which is the development of a commitment towards responsible citizenship. There is a strong tradition of cooperation and friendship between parents and staff in the school. Education is a combined operation, with school and home, each playing an important part. With cooperation between the two, it is intended that the students derive maximum benefit from their experiences. The school expects to contribute to each student's full intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic, moral, and spiritual development. View full school