No more pencils no more books, No more teacher's dirty looks yeah!
Out for summer, Out till fall, We might not come back at all
School's out forever, School's out for summer, School's out with fever, School's out completely!
"Alice Cooper 1972"
The School opened in 1966 with year 8 students only. Mr. Charlie Williams was the principal when the school first opened. The school was called Port Pirie Technical High School when opened but later changing the name to Risdon Park High School in 1973. It was originally called a "Technical High" as it was supposed to cater more for students doing practical, rather than academic courses.
The 4 Houses for sports competitions were devised by Mrs. Barbara Carver who was an original staff member but in later years she became the first female Deputy Principal. The houses were as follows.
Thompson (YELLOW) named after Captain Thomas, master mariner and harbour master, Port Pirie.
Harris (GREEN) named after Charles Hope Harris who planned the town.
Germein (RED) named after Samual Germein who discovered the Port Pirie River
Warren (BLUE) Named after Port Pirie's first Mayor.
Unfortunetaly all good things have to came to an end and in January 1995 it amalgamated with the Port Pirie High School to form the John Pirie Secondary School. The School was demolished and is now a housing estate and the original plaque seems to be the only remaining relic of the school.
To find the cache work out the final location by finding the following information on the large rock at the starting location.
The Second year on the top plaque = ABCD
The Number of letters in the 4th Line 6th Word on the Top Plaque = E
The number of Screws holding the Top Plaque minus the number of Screws on the Bottom one = F
The Number of times "K" is on the bottom plaque = G
The Last 2 numbers on the Bottom Plaque = HI
The Number of letters in the 6th Line 1st Word on the Top Plaque= J
The Number of times "6" is on the top plaque = K
S 33° AD.HKE E 138° FG.KJ(C-I)
Checksums
South = 15
East = 5
