Mudgee High School
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| name = Mudgee High School
| logo =
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| motto = {{langx|la|Non Tibi Sed Scholae}}
| motto_translation = Not for Yourself but for the School
| image = Main Quad.jpg
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| caption = Main Quad pictured from the North-West corner on a wet afternoon, pictured in 2014
| location = 41 Douro Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
| address = 41 Douro Street
| region = Central Tablelands
| city = Mudgee
| county = Mid-Western Regional Council
| state = New South Wales
| postcode = 2850
| country = Australia
| founded = {{start date and age|1916}}
| status = Open
| type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
| educational_authority = NSW Department of Education
| school_code = 8125
| district = Mudgee; Rural South and West
| principal = Wayne Eade
| grades_label = Years
| enrolment = 813{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/43100 |title=Mudgee High School, Mudgee, 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 = 67.5 FTE (2018)
| average_class_size = 20-30
| schedule = 8 Period System
| hours_in_day = 6 hours 25 minutes
| campus_size = 41,285.82 m² (Perimeter: 800m)
| houses = {{unbulleted list|{{color box|#FF0000}} Blaxland|{{color box|#FFFF00}} Cunningham|{{color box|#0033CC}} Lawson|{{color box|#00CC00}} Wentworth}}
| slogan = Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible
| colours = Blue and red {{color box|#0033CC}}{{color box|#FF0000}}
| homepage = {{URL|mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/doe-nsw-schools/annual-report/2018/8128/2018_Mudgee_High_School_Annual_Report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2018 |work=Mudgee High School |publisher=New South Wales Department of Education |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=17 July 2019 |page=10 }}
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Mudgee High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Mudgee, a regional town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1916,[https://books.google.com/books?id=0LtVAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Mudgee+High+School%22&pg=PA6&article_id=3993,3056006 "High Schools"], The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 1916. Retrieved 10 April 2022. the school enrolled approximately 810 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 13 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and five percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Wayne Eade.
Overview
According to the school, its aim is to "provide a safe, supportive and inclusive environment where students can develop the skills and knowledge to connect, succeed and thrive."{{Cite web |title=Home - Mudgee High School |url=https://mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}
Electronic devices
The New South Wales Department of Education has banned all electronic devices in schools since October 2023. To bring a phone or any other device to school it must be put in a YONDR pouch, which prevents use of the device. Alternatively, it the device may be locked at one of the locking stations in the morning and can be unlocked in the afternoon before students depart.{{Cite web |last=Technology |first=Information |date=2024-06-14 |title=Student use of mobile phones in schools procedures |url=https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/pd-2023-0480-01 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=education.nsw.gov.au |language=en}}
Sports houses
At the beginning of Year 7, all Mudgee High School students are placed in one of the following four houses, usually on the basis of their last name.
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House | Colour
!Animal | Patron |
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Blaxland | {{color box|#FF0000}}
|Bulls | Gregory Blaxland{{Cite web |title=Houses - Mudgee High School |url=https://mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/houses.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}} |
Cunningham | {{color box|#FFFF00}}
|Crocs | Allan Cunningham |
Lawson | {{color box|#0033CC}}
|Lions | William Lawson |
Wentworth | {{color box|#00CC00}}
|Wolves | William Wentworth |
Transport
Mudgee High School is within walking distance of most of the township, however bus services are operated to and from the school by Ogdens Coaches and 2 are operated by APM Booths bus services.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
School newsletter
Each week the office staff produce a newsletter for parents and students to read, the newsletter contains information about recent school events and P&C awards announced and future programs to be held.
Sister schools
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Mudgee High School has formed close links with several sister schools over the world including the Japanese Kita senri High School in Osaka, Japan, Nose Senior High School, and Ibaraki Nishi High School and, in East Timor, St. Francis of Assisi High School, in the town of Fatuberliu.
Every even year (Ex: 2022), a group of Mudgee High students and teachers make their way to Japan to further their study of the Japanese culture and language. The opposite occurs later in the same year when a group of Japanese students and teachers make their way to Mudgee.
Notable alumni
- Sir Ivan Noel Dougherty, Australian Army officer
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://mudgee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Mudgee High School]
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Principals.jpg Mudgee High School principals 1916–2005]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170818221715/http://www.mudgeebusiness.com/school-photos.html Mudgee High School photos 1939–87]
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Category:1916 establishments in Australia