Collinsville State High School, located in Collinsville, 88 kilometres from Bowen, North Queensland, is the only secondary school facility servicing the town and surrounding rural district. Established in 1986, it provides education to a diverse range of approximately 130 students, from both town and rural-based backgrounds. Located in the northern region of the Bowen Basin, local industry is largely based on coal mining. Local mining companies, as well as local business owners, contribute greatly to the success of the school with support at both community and student level. In particular, they have been especially supportive of the school's program of offering Senior Phase of Learning students with an opportunity to complete a School-Based Traineeship as part of their curriculum. We, at Collinsville State High School, are committed to striving for excellence in all spheres of education and improving student achievement primarily through the maintenance of high expectations, the use of focussed teaching and maximising time on engaged learning. Our mission is 'to motivate students to think and learn in preparation for the future'. This is reflected in the range of the school's curriculum, the availability of information technology resources to support access to that curriculum as well as our overt and sustained focus on student attainment of meaningful Vocational Education qualifications whilst still at school. In recognition of the remarkable achievements and pivotal community involvement by the Collinsville State High School community, the school itself, individual students and staff members have all been honoured with separate awards at the annual Australia Day Awards ceremonies held in Collinsville each year. In particular, the school's important role in "recognising, supporting and encouraging cultural achievements in the Collinsville community" by its organisation of a biennial Art Show held alternately with a full-scale Theatre Restaurant production has been repeatedly acknowledged by the wider community..