{{Short description|Public secondary school in South Australia, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox school | logo = ABHS Preloader.gif | caption = The animated form of the ABHS logo. | name = Adelaide Botanic High School | motto = Tomorrow, Today | location = Frome Road | city = Adelaide | state = South Australia | country = Australia | coordinates = {{Coord|-34.917|138.607|display=inline,title}} | other_names = | type = Public, secondary | established = 2019 | founders = Alistair Brown | principal = Sarah Chambers (2025)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://abhs.sa.edu.au/about/meet-the-principal/|title=ABHS Meet the Principal|work=Adelaide Botanic High School website|date=2024|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> | grades = 7–12 | enrolment = ~1250 (2021)<ref name="ABC News">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-29/adelaide-botanic-high-school-opens-for-first-time/10758982|title=Adelaide Botanic High School opens for first time as students go back to school|work=ABC News|date=29 January 2019|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref> | colours = Botanic green, storm grey {{color box|#13573e}}{{color box|#525252}} | website = {{URL|https://abhs.sa.edu.au/}} }}
'''Adelaide Botanic High School (ABHS)''' is a coeducational public secondary school situated on Frome Road in Adelaide, South Australia. The school's campus is situated on land adjoining the Adelaide Botanic Garden and the former site of the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is partly built from the structure of the old ''Reid Building'' from the University of South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/project/adelaide-botanic-high-school/ |publisher=Cox Architecture |access-date=3 March 2022|title=Adelaide Botanic High School - Cox Architecture}}</ref>
thumb|alt=The view of ABHS from the North east.|The view of ABHS from the North east.
==History== Adelaide Botanic High School opened on 29 January 2019 under the leadership of Foundation Principal Alistair Brown, who had previously held the role of Principal at Heathfield High School in the Adelaide Hills. The school opened on the site of what was previously known as the ''Reid Building'', which housed the University of South Australia's School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences before its relocation to the university's City East campus. The six-storey building underwent extensive renovations as part of the Department for Education's $100 million development project and another seven-storey building was constructed on the southern side of the building. Both of these buildings are conjoined by a six-storey atrium which includes several multipurpose learning areas.<ref name="Adelaide Botanic High School">{{cite web|url=https://abhs.sa.edu.au/|title=Adelaide Botanic High School|website=Abhs.sa.edu.au|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/unisa-building-at-back-of-old-rah-tipped-to-be-site-of-governments-new-city-high-school/news-story/6afae138e0dc05d2fdf6de5939efb7cc|title=UniSA building at back of old RAH tipped to be site of Government's new city high school|work=Adelaide Now|date=7 May 2015|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/project/adelaide-botanic-high-school/|title=Adelaide Botanic High School|work=Cox Architecture|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kiddomag.com.au/article/educate/education-news-adelaides-new-100-million-high-school/|title=Adelaide's New $100 Million High School|work=Kiddo Magazine|date=23 December 2017|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
At the time of the school's opening, student enrolment numbers totalled to approximately 350 students in Years 8 and 9.<ref name="ABC News"/> In 2022, the school's Year 7 cohort commenced as part of the Department for Education's statewide transition of Year 7 into the high school setting.
In 2022, it was announced that the school will be expanded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/education-south-australia/labor-says-itll-honour-city-school-upgrade-restore-former-shared-cbd-high-school-zone-boundaries/news-story/92b44dd45d3f1a36cbce7ee1f57c0dd4?amp|title=Labor says it'll honour city school upgrade, restore former shared CBD high school zone boundaries|website=Adelaidenow.com.au|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Soon after, the expansion began.
==Facilities== Facilities at Adelaide Botanic High School include: * External learning and recreation areas in and around the parklands and on the upper levels of the two buildings * Food Technology kitchens * Indoor gymnasium and fitness studio * Library and research centre * Music and Drama performance, practice and learning spaces * Performing Arts theatre * Science, Design and Technology laboratories<ref name="Adelaide Botanic High School"/>
==Incidents== On 24 August 2021, a 13-year-old school boy was charged with aggravated assault, carrying a dangerous weapon and common assault, after stabbing another student with scissors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/adelaide-botanic-high-13yo-fronts-court-after-allegedly-stabbing-fellow-student-with-scissors/news-story/923978c9257e4da3e8ef7737ee56a8a6|title=Schools rocked by separate 'scissor attacks'|newspaper=News.com.au|date=25 August 2021|last1=Cosenza|first1=Emily}}</ref> On 23 February 2022, charges were dropped in "30 seconds".<ref>{{cite web|title=School stabbing charges dropped in just 30 seconds|work=adelaidenow.com.au|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-sa%2Fprosecutors-drop-all-charges-against-boy-13-who-had-been-accused-of-adelaide-botanic-high-school-stabbing%2Fnews-story%2F63970a9fc7d59fcf0e763f6dae830b4c&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-cold-test-noscore&V21spcbehaviour=append#:~:text=Prosecutors%20drop%20all%20charges%20against,against%20him%20have%20been%20dropped|date=February 23, 2022|quote= Prosecutors claimed he was so dangerous he had to be banned from all ‘edged weapons’ – today, all charges against an alleged school stabber were dropped without a word.}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://abhs.sa.edu.au/}}
Category:Public schools in South Australia Category:Secondary schools in Adelaide Category:Adelaide Park Lands Category:Special interest high schools in South Australia Category:Educational institutions established in 2019 Category:2019 establishments in Australia