John Pirie Secondary School
John Pirie Secondary School
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Address: 40 Mary Elie Street, Port Pirie, SA 5540
Ph: (08) 8632 1763
4th year in Power Cup
2009 Power Cup Girls Champions
Teams in Boys and Girls competition
About John Pirie Secondary School
JPSS has about 640 students, including 48 Indigenous students. The Year 8-12 school offers many alternative pathway programs including SAASTA, FLIPS, FLO, Trades School Centre and Industrial Pathways.
JPSS became the first SAASTA country site and was officially opened on February 13 2009, which coincided with National Sorry Day.
Port Pirie is located on the Spencer Gulf and is approximately 240kms north of Adelaide. The population of Port Pirie is around 22,000, which also includes surrounding townships. Port Pirie is a close-knit community with a strong sporting culture.
There is a SAASTA program operating in this school that supports young Aboriginal people to complete their SACE. SAASTA is a SA Government Social Inclusion initiative.
Spirit of the sea for John Pirie guernsey
09/07/2009
John Pirie Secondary School bring their spirit of the Spencer Gulf to their great new guernsey design.
John Pirie, a team with Deadly Spirit
19/06/2009
We had some mixed fortunes in 2008, but achieved some great things in the process. Now, John Pirie is back to take it one-step further in 2009.