Rosewood State High School is a rural school but is accessible to students in urban Ipswich. The school's motto, 'In Pursuit of Excellence', is underpinned by being prepared, showing respect and taking responsibility. The guiding values are care and tolerance, inclusiveness, honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, respectful freedom and responsible choice. The school provides a diverse range of curriculum offerings both academic and vocational in the senior school and the full range of core and elective subjects in the Key Learning Areas in the junior school. There is a strong emphasis on the development of leadership skills, community service and the growth of life skills, with many students participating in local community programs in the feeder primary schools and aged care and early childhood centres. Rosewood State High school has a high profile in the local community and the school site and personnel support many local activities and functions with a view to engage the community in school life. The school has a strong academic performance history and is a district champion in a range of sporting areas such as athletics. Students actively participate in regional, State and National level sporting teams across a range of sports. There is a pastoral care focus and a strong support network of student service providers in the school, or accessing the school regularly who supplement the school based programs. The school has very successful outcomes in the creative arts, with drama, dance music and the visual arts being key areas for student involvement in extra curricular activity. The school has a strong and growing program in Horticulture with an orchard and olive grove which produces fruit that is often donated to the local aged care facility. The school has a large number of students who are active participants in family rural properties and seek to make career pathways in areas that include agricultural or land management pursuits. Rosewood SHS also has a newly completed Language Centre which will enable it..