Kariong Mountains High School

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| location = 10 Festival Dr, Mount Penang Parklands, Kariong, Central Coast, New South Wales

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| district = Central Coast; Regional North

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| principal = Donna James

| staff = ~65

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| type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school

| educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education

| enrolment = 540{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/42105 |title=Kariong Mountains High School, Kariong, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |date=2019 |access-date=2 August 2019 }}

| enrolment_as_of = 2018

| teaching_staff = 45.9 FTE (2018)

| grades = 712

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| campus type = Suburban

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| slogan = Unity, Knowledge, Respect

| motto = To challenge students to reach their full potential, having the skills necessary to be respected and successful citizens in an ever-changing society.{{cite web |title=Kariong Mountains High School website |url=https://kariongmountains-high.com.au |website=Kariong Mountains High School |access-date=7 June 2021}}

| team_name = KMHS Wolves{{cite web|url=https://kariongmountains-high.com.au/beyond-the-classroom/sport/ |title=Team Sports and Carnivals |publisher=Kariong Mountains High School |access-date=7 June 2021}}

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Kariong Mountains High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in {{NSWcity|Kariong}}, a suburb of Gosford, in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established on 22 February 2010 for students in Year 7 and Year 8 only, the school enrolled 540 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and ten percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Anne Vine.

History

Most of the Parklands, including the Kariong Mountains High School site, are listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.{{cite web|url=https://kariongmountains-high.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Kariong_heritage_brochure-web.pdf |title=Kariong Heritage Brochure}}

Notable students

  • Dylan Littlehales{{spaced endash}}paracanoeist competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics{{cite web |title=Dylan Littlehales |url=http://canoe.org.au/2015/07/01/dylan-littlehales/ |website=Australian Canoeing |date=July 2015 |access-date=21 December 2017}}

See also

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