Newman Senior High School

Newman Senior High School
Location
Newman, Western Australia
Australia
Coordinates 23°21′42″S 119°44′02″E / 23.3617°S 119.7340°E / -23.3617; 119.7340Coordinates: 23°21′42″S 119°44′02″E / 23.3617°S 119.7340°E / -23.3617; 119.7340
Information
Type Public School
Motto Determination
Established 1971
Principal Alan Curtis and Milanna Hiberle[1]
Enrolment 243 (2012)
Campus Newman
Colour(s) Red, Blue and Gold             
Website http://www.newmanshs.wa.edu.au/

Newman Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Newman, a regional centre 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia.

The school was established in 1961 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 243 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 25% of whom were Aboriginal.

The school initially opened as a junior high school in 1971 and continued to operate as one until becoming a high school in 1974. The campus buildings were constructed by the Mount Newman Mining Company in 1972 before being taken over by the Education Department in 1974.[2]

In 2010 Newman entered into an alliance with Shenton College in Perth, to provide the students with extra motivation and positive role models.[3]

The principal at the school was Alan Curtis from 2005 to 2010. In 2011 Milanna Hiberle became principal and was rejoined by Curtis in 2012.

Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 282 students in 2007, 314 in 2008, 323 in 2009, 262 in 2010, 260 in 2011 and 243 in 2012

The west wing of the school was destroyed by fire in 2014. Eight classrooms were lost during the blaze and teachers and staff evacuated the school as ten firefighters extinguished the blaze.[4] The two storey building housed mathematics classrooms and science laboratories and the damage bill was estimated at A$4 million.[5]

The school won the Tier 3 Champion School at the 2015 Country Week school sport competition.

See also

List of schools in rural Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Education Schools online". 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "State Records Office of WA". 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Newman Mail - Newman Senior High School Students meet with Shenton Park Students in Perth". 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Students and teachers evacuated as fire engulfs Pilbara high school". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Ebonnie Spriggs (30 October 2014). "Newman High School fire guts maths and science block, leaves $4m damage bill". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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