Ipswich State High School seeks to develop successful citizens by helping all student sidentify their affinities and passions. We encourage their transition to adulthood by developing their knowledge and values, enabling them to make wise and just choices and creating a better future for all. At Ipswich State High School we focus on real world education and offer a wide variety of VET and alternate programs to our students in addition to a full academic curriculum. All students are expected to gain VET competencies prior to leaving school at the end of Year 12. The school runs a retail Hair and Beauty Training Salon in the Ipswich CBD, staffed entirely by school students studying Certificates II and III in related courses. Excellence in Sport programs are delivered in volleyball and football studies from Year 8, and significant success has been achieved in these and other sports. Information and Communication Technologies are embedded at this school through our vision that we create and collate ICT rich activities for student groups by providing extra curricula activities which incorporate key ICT skills and by publicising the availability of learning objects and incorporating these in subject work programs.