Park Ridge SHS is a dynamic learning community committed to enriching lives for the future. Our values include collaborative partnerships, personal excellence, integrity, respect for self, for others and our surroundings. We offer an extremely broad and vibrant curriculum catering for students wishing to pursue highly academic pathways and also for students studying nationally accredited vocational certificates. Park Ridge State High School offers a number of high performing specialist programs. These include: the Indonesian Immersion program in Years 8 to 10, where students study Science, Mathematics, and Study of Society and Environment in the Indonesian language. This challenging excellence program has extremely successful outcomes. An Extension Indonesian program in the senior school offers students the opportunity to continue the study of Indonesian at a university standard. The Centre of Artistic Development excellence program in Drama for students in Years 10 to 12 provides strong pathways to careers in the creative industries; a SciPod laptop program in Years 8 and 9 focuses on Science and Design; the AFL Academy is offered to students in Years 8 to 10. An outstanding Instrumental Music Program is also offered. Sport and cultural activities are an important feature of the life of the school and students consistently perform well in these areas. A strong network of student support personnel and pro-active programs underpin student welfare. Our school has a rich multicultural environment and we value our diversity. We believe in the critical role of the classroom teacher in supporting students to achieve their potential and quality teaching and learning is our core concern. Our school values our collaborative partnerships with parents and the wider community. Many of these partnerships provide valuable enrichment to our curriculum programs. Strong partnerships with universities and TAFE and other training providers allow students to undertake a range of courses while still at school as well as school..