Karabar High School
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Coordinates | 35°21′55″S 149°13′30″E / 35.36528°S 149.22500°ECoordinates: 35°21′55″S 149°13′30″E / 35.36528°S 149.22500°E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | Life is for living |
Established | 1977 |
School district | Queanbeyan; Rural South and West |
Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
Principal | Andrew Turvey[1] |
Teaching staff | 166.1 FTE (2018)[2] |
Years | 7-12 |
Enrolment | 1,142[2] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
Slogan | Quality education - Quality future |
Website | karabarhigh |
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Karabar High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located on Donald Road, Karabar, a suburb of Queanbeyan in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1977, the school enrolled approximately 1,140 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom ten percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 21 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Andrew Turvey.[1]
Overview[]
Since 2010, it has been a partially selective high school,[2] with a selective class being run with each subsequent year group beginning at the school. The school caters for a range of academic and vocational demands, and has a full-time support unit.
The school has had a recent[when?] boost in popularity, with the on-campus student population growing by around 100 people each year.[citation needed] In 2015 the New South Wales Government announced that the distance education centre would move to Queanbeyan High School.[3]
Other extra-curricular activities[]
Karabar High School has been involved in many extra-curricular activities over the years. A school production is also put on every year by the school's group of performing arts students. Karabar has participated in the RoboCup on a number of occasions. The school regularly enters teams in a range of sports, including rugby league, cricket, soccer, AFL, basketball, netball and hockey. The school also runs debating and public speaking groups, depending on student demand and a school cattle team.
School facilities[]
The school caters for a wide range of academic and vocational pursuits, with a number of upgrades and refurbishments having taken place over the past ten years. The school is divided into seven faculties: English; Human Societies and its Environment (HSIE); Maths; Science; Technical and Applied Studies (TAS); Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA); and Personal Development, health and Physical Education (PDHPE).
Library[]
The school's library serves as the primary research centre. In 2015, for the second year in a row, the library hosted the 'Write a Book in a Day' event. Students collaborated with one of the English teachers in the library for a period of twelve hours to raise awareness and money for charity.
See also[]
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
- Selective school (New South Wales)
- Education in Australia
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "School Locator - Karabar High School". NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Karabar High School, Queanbeyan, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Pham, Kim (23 February 2015). "$10m distance education facility announced for Queanbeyan". The Queanbeyan Age. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
External links[]
- Public high schools in New South Wales
- Educational institutions established in 1977
- 1977 establishments in Australia
- Queanbeyan
- Selective schools in New South Wales