Urangan State High School

Year 8 Science students have been studying sedimentary, metamorphic & igneous rocks 🪨 They have been learning about how these rocks form, their uses & making Egg Geodes! 🥚

USHS 2026 Athletics Carnival Program 🏃

The 800m & 1500m events will run separate to our Athletics Carnival 🏃

Students wishing to compete in either event & have their results count towards Age Champion points and District Team selection, must sign up on the registration sheets located outside SR12 (Sports Centre).

The 800m will be held on Monday 22nd June (Week 10) at 9:00am on the Oval.
The 1500m event will take place Friday 26th June (Week 10) also at 9:00am on the Oval.

Please ensure you have signed up before the event date 📝 If you have any questions, please see at staff member in SR12.

Today we recognise the ones that keep our school shinning! 🧼

We would like to say a big thank you to our amazing cleaning team for all of their hard work - you're an important part of our school & we appreciate you 🤩

We are recognising staff members that embody our curious, creative & connected motto 🤩

Mr Symes was nominated for his connection, "going above and beyond to provide students the opportunity to build authentic commercial catering knowledge and skills."

Our recognised staff members will receive a voucher from a local business thanks to Advice Centre Hervey Bay! Thank you to the Advice Centre team for helping us celebrate the awesome people at USHS.

Our Wellbeing team hosted a Pride event yesterday during lunch & it was a whole lot of fun! 🏳️‍🌈

The team hosted a BBQ lunch while creative futures students provided live music. IMPACT Community Services & headspace Hervey Bay visited to connect with students & our ULEAD team set-up their snow cone station 🤩

⭐ Student Spotlight ⭐

Riley (Year 12) has recently competed in the Australian Swimming Trials at Sydney Olympic Stadium in the Men’s 50m breaststroke & Men’s 50m backstroke 🏊

It was a dream of Riley's to compete at this level, in the top 1% in the country! Looking ahead, he will be swimming in the upcoming Australian School Competition in July where he will race the 100 breaststroke for Queensland 🤩

When competing in the National Age Championships, Riley placed 3 top tens & 2 top twenties 👏 Well done, we can't wait to see you continue to achieve your goals Riley!

We are recognising staff members that embody our curious, creative & connected motto 🤩

Murray Mulder was nominated for his connection, "always going above and beyond to ensure our school is clean for students and staff to learn and work – your efforts are greatly appreciated!"

Our recognised staff members will receive a voucher from a local business thanks to Advice Centre Hervey Bay! Thank you to the Advice Centre team for helping us celebrate the awesome people at USHS.

Students are having a blast on the Outdoor Rec Rock Climbing & Abseiling camp!

They completed a 25m climb yesterday afternoon in between showers & then went back to camp for dinner. It was an early start today to tackle the 40m climb 🧗