The foundation of our school spirit lays with our school mascot and four houses which help to create a strong and positive culture throughout our school. These are best represented through our mascots.
Springer the Kangaroo
Springfield Central State High School's culture and identify is shaped by our school spirit. This begins with our key mascot representative, Springer the Kangaroo.
Springer helps to build team spirit and camaraderie, Springer has a huge amount of self-confidence and epitomises our school spirit. Springer also represents the positive values of our school in addition to aspiration, positive attitude, sportsmanship, pride, individual responsibility, respect and expression.
Our School Houses
The spirit of Springfield Central State High School is supported by our four houses: Apollo, Athena, Artemis and Poseidon.
Apollo - Wolf
Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the
twin brother of Artemis. Apollo is the god of light and music. He taught men
medicine and was good at archery.
Our mascot, the wolf, is a sacred animal of Apollo. His responsibility
is to protect us and lead us to be fierce, bold, strong and brave and resilient.
We will follow him to victory. As Apollo our responsibility is to respect one
another and our competitors, build relationships with them and achieve to our
personal best.
Athena - Owl
Athena, the Goddess of war, courage
and wisdom, has her sacred animal- the owl.
Springfield Central State High’s
Athena House have called their owl Sophos which translates to 'wise'. As Athena is a
Goddess of wisdom this name is fitting for our animal symbol. Within Athena House, our students
are reminded and guided to use their wisdom, courage and their fighting spirit
each and every day. By following SCHS’s 4Rs our Athenian students do this to
the best of their abilities.
Sophos is a great addition to the
Athena House and will assist in continuing to guide our students to greatness.
Artemis - Deer
Artemis is the goddess of hunting. She is the daughter of Zeus, god of all gods, and the twin sister of Apollo. She will show respect to the other houses and she will congratulate their achievements while being humble when winning.
Our mascot is responsible for the safety or those in Artemis and she will ensure that we are all trustworthy and honest competitors. Our mascot will never give in and show everybody what it means to be truly resilient.
Above all else, our mascot will form special relationships with her peers and teachers: relationships that won't be broken easily - relationships that will last until long after leaving Springfield Central State High School.
Poseidon - Horse
Throughout history, horses
have represented power, strength, and stability. Poseidon, the epitomic
representation of these three traits, initially created the horse in an attempt
to attract the ladies with a symbol of his great might.
From his faithful stud
of horses rose a great warrior, Poseidon’s own trusty steed, Aquarius. Aquarius
devotedly served at his creator’s side for millenniums, symbolising great
strength, and leading many herds into battle. His great power, speed, courage
and perseverance flourished through the centuries, until 5hroughout history, horses
have represented power, strength, and stability.
Poseidon, the epitomic
representation of these three traits, initially created the horse in an attempt
to attract the ladies with a symbol of his great might. From his faithful stud
of horses rose a great warrior, Poseidon’s own trusty steed, Aquarius. Aquarius
devotedly served at his creator’s side for millenniums, symbolising great
strength, and leading many herds into battle.
His great power, speed, courage
and perseverance flourished through the centuries, until 5th century BC, where Aquarius was
sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn't commit. He promptly
escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Greek wilderness. Today, still
wanted by the other Gods, he survives as a soldier of fortune.