Narara Valley High School
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| Narara Valley High School | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°23′51″S 151°20′03″E / 33.397383°S 151.334289°ECoordinates: 33°23′51″S 151°20′03″E / 33.397383°S 151.334289°E |
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| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | For the Future |
| Established | 1991 (30 years ago) |
| School district | Central Coast; Regional North |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | Samoan Forrest (Acting) |
| Teaching staff | 68.0 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 906[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Website | nararavaly-h |
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Narara Valley High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Narara, in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
The school caters for approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eight percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eleven percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the current principal is Mrs Samoan Forrest
In 2021, Former Narara Valley High School Principal Michael Gibson was fired by the Board of Education for 'Allegations of inappropriate behaviour at school related events'.[2]
Extracurricular & co-curricular[]
Music[]
The school runs several music programs, including a selective Creative and Performing Arts Program (CAPA) and a concert band that frequently plays music at fund-raising events for the school and charity. Music classes are mandatory for all students enrolled in years 7 and 8, and the subject may be continued as an elective if a student wishes.[3][4]
Academic acceleration program[]
The school runs an Academic Acceleration program for intellectual students who are invited to join a modified class that aims to complete the HSC a year earlier than the cohort they initially joined with.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Narara Valley High School, Narara, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Band". Narara Valley High School. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Performing Arts Gifted & Talented". Narara Valley High School. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Student Targeted Enrichment Program (formerly Accelerated Learning Program)". Narara Valley High School. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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