Deception Bay State High School is a co-educational, state run high school

High school

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 located in Deception Bay

Deception Bay, Queensland

Deception Bay is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region and is located approximately 32 km north of Brisbane in the south-eastern corner of the bay of the same name which separates the Redcliffe peninsula and Bribie...

, Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. The School services the Deception Bay area's high school students- years 8 to 12.

The school first opened its doors to students in 1992.

Today, there are approximately 850 students enrolled in the school. The school principal is David Friis. The school motto

Motto

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 is "We Care, We Learn, We Prosper". The school has four different sport team houses

House system

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, Cawley, Bradman, Elliott and Gould. The school also has a soccer/futsal development program for those who have talent and are interested in the sport.

Uniform

The uniform is based on three colors: maroon, white and black. For girls, the uniform consists of a polo shirt with the school logo or a white blouse, with either maroon shorts, culottes, skirt or black pants. The boy's uniform consists of either the school polo shirt of a plain white buttoned shirt, with either maroon shorts or long black pants. The polo shirt, which is most favored amongst students, is maroon on the bottom half, and white on the top. The school name is printed on the left breast. The sleeves are two different colors, the left is white, and the right is black.