The mission of Whitsunday Anglican School (WAS) is, within a framework of Christian values, to provide challenging and supportive learning experiences that achieve the best outcome for the individual. We build the future with children who learn to imagine it here. Founded in 1988, WAS is a regional (North Queensland), co-educational school, with an enrolment of approximately 820 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Located on one campus, there are three sub-schools: Junior School (Years K-4), Middle School (Years 5-8) and Senior School (Years 9-12). WAS provides a week day boarding facility, servicing the Bowen Basin mining and pastoral regions in a 2-3 hour driving radius around Mackay. WAS has a strong academic reputation, consistently scoring in the top echelons of the state for OP outcomes, NAPLAN tests and the like. WAS is not a selective school and has a cosmopolitan mix of students. Our academic focus is underpinned by a strong pastoral ethos reflected in programs like 'You Can Do It' in the Junior School and 'Character Counts' in the Middle School. The values which underpin our practices are: Christianity (through Social Responsibility), Tolerance (through Respect), Excellence (through Effort), Dignity (through Tradition) and Trust (through Cooperation).