HIGH school students in Proserpine are privileged to be offered a range of opportunities, including the chance to "torture” their teachers.

Popular persecution tactics include the "dreaded” tuna milkshake - the combination of a chocolate milkshake with a tin of tuna - and a human sundae which is when a teacher is covered with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles and, finally, a cherry on top.

Students at Proserpine State High School are experts in these methods, as well as other forms of torment, including sliming, pie-to-the-face and the human lamington.

Community committee mentor teacher Marijke Kuypers said students had recently raised $1095.95 for the Proserpine branch of Meals on Wheels by piling misery on their teachers at the Are You Smarter than a 12th Grader? contest.

Students were encouraged by the student committee, led by its president Isabelle Barry-Ramoi and vice- president Brooklyn Lade, to donate $2 to the cause and all names were put in a hat.

On the day of the event, names were pulled out of the hat, and each person was able to ask their chosen teacher - who was pitted against a Year 12 student - a question from a series of prepared topics.

If the teacher answered incorrectly, the student was able to choose the torture they would personally administer on the teacher.

"The teachers are good sports about it,” Ms Kuypers said.

"I became a human lamington ... I smelt like a Bounty bar for the rest of the day. Ten litres of chocolate sauce went over me and then two bags of coconut to finish me off.

"It's lucky we have showers at school.”

She said students had organised the event and the cheque was to be officially handed to the Meals on Wheels group at a school assembly.

"I'm really proud of the students,” Ms Kuypers said.

"Every little bit helps Meals on Wheels.

"One of our students recognised that the group doesn't get a lot of funding and really wanted to support them.”

She said senior students had since been able to help Meals on Wheels by volunteering to go on some of the meal deliveries.

"It's really nice for the senior students to see how the organisation runs and where the money goes, and that the community committee makes a difference,” Ms Kuypers said.

"It's especially good in a rural community where it's really important to foster those partnerships because everybody depends on everybody to do their little bit.”

Ms Kuypers said it had been helpful for students to realise how members of a community could cooperate, after enduring Cyclone Debbie and witnessing the physical destruction and emotional helplessness that had been inflicted on people.