Батыс Аустралиядағы Перт Модерн Мектебі

School in Subiaco, Western Australia

Perth Modern School (colloquially known as Perth Mod) is a public co educational academically selective high school, located in Subiaco, an inner city suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Perth Modern is Western Australia's only fully academically selective public school. Established in 1911, the school is both the oldest public high school and the oldest co educational high school in Western Australia (WA).

Perth Modern School was the first government high school in WA. Although funds were allocated to build the school in 1907, the west building and main hall contract was not tendered until 1909 due to debate continuing for some time.

The school opened in 1911 with 226 students enrolled. The school charged a fee of £6 a year. Students were prepared for entry to the University of Western Australia, which opened in 1913. Demand for places at the school was high and students came from all over WA. In 1912, the school began offering scholarships designed to encourage students to attend regardless of their financial situations. Cecil Andrews, Inspector General of Schools, was responsible for naming the school and directing its school curriculum.

In 2012, Perth Modern became an Independent Public School.

Despite the worldwide acceptance of corporal punishment in education at the time of the school's opening, as a tool to enforce authority, students were instead encouraged to develop self discipline and motivation through the message that education was the key to future success. This is reflected through the motto "Savoir C'est Pouvoir" (Knowledge is Power) and the school emblem of the Sphinx (a reference to the character in Oedipus) which represented knowledge and wisdom. Although Perth Modern has always been a co educational school, when it initially opened in 1911, boys and girls were still kept apart in different classrooms and entrances. However, as a co educational school, it was able to provide the same quality of education to girls as was provided to the boys of the school. In 2007, a new house system was introduced to promote competition, recognition of achievement, and participation in extracurricular activities. The houses were named after the school's first four principals: Fredrick Brown, Joseph Parsons, Noel Sampson and Talbot Downing. Awards are given to students who achieve a certain number of required house points. which has been criticised for unfairly advantaging those from privileged backgrounds. Of 2,563 students who sat the test in order to begin schooling in 2020, 225 were accepted. In 2019, the school was criticised for its lack of socio educationally disadvantaged students, with 98% of students coming from above average socio educational backgrounds, and for having no Indigenous Australian students. students attended Perth Modern for four years. The focus of the first two years was on basic subjects, whereas the final two years focused on a more diverse range of subjects. Students could choose from five streams: arts, science, education, commerce and agriculture. The Graduate College of Dance is a leading vocational dance school in Australia. The College prepares talented dancers aged 9 to 17 (year 5 to 12) for the dance profession. The college's comprehensive curriculum combines professional dance training with an academic education to tertiary level. The college is a private organisation requiring fees from applicants, enrolled students at Perth Modern School and private students from elsewhere. The Department of Education and Training previously accommodated the Graduate College of Dance at Swanbourne Senior High School. With the amalgamation of Swanbourne into Shenton College in 2000, the department offered the Graduate College of Dance accommodation at the Perth Modern School site due to the availability of appropriate space and suitable dance flooring.

Perth Modern's music programme is available to all enrolled students. Previously, to be accepted into the music program, students were selected after completing an audition. The programme encompasses the Kodály methodology in its teachings. Most aural and theory concepts are taught with the aid of the philosophies of music by Zoltán Kodály, in which hand signs are used as a way of representing musical notes by holding the hand in a certain position for each note. The music programme places an emphasis on singing. It is a requirement that all students in the programme are in at least one vocal ensemble. The school has five wind orchestras(having had four before 2024 due to having less instrumental music students), three standard orchestras (two string and one symphony) and two classical guitar ensembles as well as various other instrumental groups such as four guitar and bass ensembles, chamber instrument and choir ensembles, and two jazz ensembles. The Perth Modern School Symphony Orchestra has the longest tradition of any school ensemble in WA, having been first formed in 1915.

Perth Modern presents a biennial musical production featuring live music performed by students. The first production was in 2014, and was a production of 'The Wizard of Oz'. This was followed by 'High School Musical' in 2016, 'Little Shop of Horrors' in 2018, 'Grease' in 2020 and 'Legally Blonde' in 2022. The upcoming play for 2024 is 'The Addams Family'. Perth Modern has also put on a variety of other productions throughout each school year, for the year 10, 11 & 12 drama classes.

In 2013 the school's buildings were renamed after several people who had made significant contributions to the school. The school campus consists of the following buildings and centres, notable either in their own right or due to their namesake:
Building nameOpenedMain useNamesakeNotes Andrews Building 1961Administration, mathematics, scienceCecil Andrews, the WA Inspector General of Schools when Perth Modern opened Beasley Building 1911Auditorium, humanities and social sciences, languages, musicHillson Beasley, the building's architectOriginal building of Perth Modern School. Gardham Building2009Design and technologyWalter Amos Gardham, the founding Manual Training Teacher from 1911 to 1930Mills Building2009Visual arts, languages, food science, multimedia/computer scienceFrank Mills, a senior art teacher from 1939 to 1957Parsons Building2009Cafeteria, lecture theatre, library, study hallJoseph Parsons, the Headmaster of Perth Modern School from 1912 to 1939The Library replaced the Joseph Parsons Memorial Library, which was demolished in 2009. Stokes Building1904English, Year 7 areaJohn P Stokes, the headmaster at Thomas Street Primary School from 1949 to 1951 and principal of Perth Modern from 1972 to 1979Originally West Perth School (1904 1906) and then Thomas Street Primary School (1906 1979). Tyler McCusker Sports Centre2015, 1964Assembly area, gymnasiumMalcolm McCusker and Don Tyler, alumni who made significant donations to the building's constructionConsists of a complex of two buildings, one of which was built earlier but shares the same name. Cyril Tyler Auditorium2021Music, Drama and Dance performances. With Modernian Don Tyler once again making a significant donation to another one of Perth Modern's building projects, Don was given the choice of what it was to be named. Don chose to name it after his stepfather, Cyril, who raised him from a young age after his biological father died when Don was just 28 days old. Finished construction. The project planning and funding has received some criticism from staff and the education board.

Until 2013, the Beasley building was known as the West building. At the time of its construction from 1909 to 1911, the building was Perth Modern's first and only building. The new school was built on land which was formerly part of the northern common in Subiaco, which had been set aside for education purposes. This land was 4 hectares (10 acres) in area and was located between Subiaco and Mueller Roads (later renamed Roberts Road), west of Thomas Street in Subiaco. On 30 July 1909, S B Alexander was awarded the building contract for £11,637. The contract for the west building and main hall specified eight classrooms, art room, library, chemistry and physics laboratories, lecture rooms, as well as cookery and laundry classrooms. These facilities were grouped around the 27.4m by 14.3m (90 ft by 47 ft) central hall. The building was designed by Hillson Beasley, Principal Architect of WA. By 1911, the building was completed for the sum of £18,974. Details of the students' military service are recorded on a digital honour board on the school's website.

Students from regional areas can board at City Beach Residential College. The college is located in City Beach, next to the International School of Western Australia. It is the only boarding facility for students of public schools in metropolitan Perth. It can accommodate up to 66 boarders from rural WA. However, it is not exclusively for Perth Modern students; students who are enrolled in selective gifted and talented programs in metropolitan Perth public schools (mainly John Curtin College of the Arts and Perth Modern School) can board there. as of 2018 the College accommodates 56 students.