Newcastle High School (Australia)

Newcastle High School
Location
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160–200 Parkway Avenue, Hamilton South,
Hunter Region, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates32°55′56″S 151°45′28″E / 32.9322°S 151.7578°E / -32.9322; 151.7578
Information
Former nameNewcastle Girls' High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Remis Velisque
(With Oars and Sails; with all one's might[1][2])
Established1929; 95 years ago (1929)
(as Newcastle Girls' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalJanene Rosser
Teaching staff81.2 FTE (2018)[3]
Years712
Enrolment1,079[3] (2018)
CampusUrban
Colour(s)Red and blue   
Websitenewcastle-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
[4]
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Newcastle High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Newcastle West,[5] a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 1,080 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom nine percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English.[3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with the education curriculum, as determined by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. Newcastle High School has one of the largest Special Education Unit in the Entire Hunter Region. As of October 2020 the principal is Janene Rosser.[4]

  1. ^ "Definition of: remis velisque". Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ^ Stone, Jon R (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Latin quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-415-96909-3.
  3. ^ a b c "Newcastle High School, Hamilton, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Our Team – Newcastle High School".
  5. ^ "Newcastle West". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 13 March 2011.