Finley High School
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{{Infobox school
|name = Finley High School
| logo =
|image = Finley High School 005.JPG
| image_size = 250px
|alt = Facade of Finley High School
|caption = Facade of Finley High School
|motto = Wisdom is Strength
| location = Finley, Riverina, New South Wales
|country = Australia
|coordinates = {{coord|-35.6406|145.5728|type:edu_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
| educational_authority = NSW Department of Education
| district = Albury; Rural South and West
|established = {{start date and age|1961}}
|principal = Jeff Ward{{cite web |url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/doe-nsw-schools/annual-report/2018/8360/2018_Finley_High_School_Annual_Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018 |work=Finley High School |publisher=New South Wales Department of Education |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=17 July 2019 |page=2 }}
| grades_label = Years
| enrolment = 358{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/42705 |title=Finley High School, Finley, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |date=2019 |access-date=29 July 2019}}
| enrolment_as_of = 2018
| teaching_staff = 38.1 FTE (2018)
|campus_type = Rural
|colours = Green and white {{color box|green|border=silver}}{{Color box|#xxyyzz|border=silver}}
|website = {{URL|finley-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
}}
Finley High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Finley in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1961, the school enrolled approximately 360 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eight percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Jeff Ward.
Overview
The school has an award-winning Show Team, which shows sheep and cattle. They also receive exceptional School Certificate and HSC results. The teaching staff at Finley High School have won many awards, the most recent of which was a Director General's award for excellence in education, awarded to the Principal Phillip Carroll in December 2007 who left at the end of 2009 to teach in Albury.
In 2013 Finley High School introduced the 'Senior College Model' for studying the HSC.{{cite web|url=https://finley-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school.html|title=Learning at our school – Finley High School|website=finley-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}} This model stretches the HSC over two years, allowing students to do three subjects at double time in Year's Eleven and Twelve. In doing this the Year Eleven and Twelve students merge in classes providing bigger classes and thus more subject options for the students.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/finley/finley-high-school-welcomes-easier-hsc-model-1.24554 |title=Finley High School welcomes easier HSC model – Finley – MMG.com.au |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817130757/http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/finley/finley-high-school-welcomes-easier-hsc-model-1.24554 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} This HSC model has been implemented in other schools throughout rural NSW; Corowa High School{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/corowa/corowa-high-becomes-senior-college-1.76323 |title=Corowa High becomes senior college – Corowa – MMG.com.au |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817133026/http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/corowa/corowa-high-becomes-senior-college-1.76323 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} being one.
Notable alumni
- Billy Brownless{{spaced endash}}Australian rules footballer{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/finley/billy-brownless-attends-finley-reunion-1.915 |title=Billy Brownless attends Finley reunion – Finley – MMG.com.au |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817134430/http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/finley/billy-brownless-attends-finley-reunion-1.915 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}
- Shane Crawford{{spaced endash}}Australian rules footballer
- Don Elgin{{spaced endash}} track and field athlete; represented Australia at the Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Paralympics
- Janet English{{spaced endash}}bass guitarist; member of Spiderbait
- Rosalie Ham{{spaced endash}}author, best known for The Dressmaker
- Tom Hawkins{{spaced endash}}Australian rules footballer
- Mark Maher (aka Kram){{spaced endash}}singer-drummer; member of Spiderbait and later, solo artist
- Mark Whiley{{spaced endash}}Australian rules footballer
- Damian Whitty{{spaced endash}}guitarist; member of Spiderbait
- David Murphy-Australian rules footballer
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{official website|https://finley-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
{{Public high schools in New South Wales|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Public high schools in New South Wales
Category:Education in the Riverina