Caringbah High School
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Caringbah, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 34°02′06″S 151°07′16″E / 34.035°S 151.121°E |
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| School type | Selective, Co-Educational, Public Public, Selective, Coeducational Secondary School |
| Motto |
Latin: Omnia Vincit Diligentia (Diligence conquers all) |
| Established | 10 August 1961 |
| Principal | David Chapple |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Number of students | ~912 |
| Color(s) | Orange & Green |
| Website | http://www.caringbah-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ |
Caringbah High School is an academically selective, co-educational public high school located in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney. It is a selective high school in New South Wales.
The school was opened in 1960 as a co-educational high school and was nominated to become selective in 1989, over the neighbouring Port Hacking High. Currently there are around 900 students enrolled. In February 2010 the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Before 2010, the school was split across two locations, the southern campus (on higher ground, known colloquially known as "top school") and the northern campus (on lower ground, know colloquially as "bottom school" or "the Annexe"). The campuses were linked by a covered walkway and grassed area. The southern campus was the original site which contained an auxiliary administrative office as well as music, industrial technology, applied science classrooms and languages.
However, due to the unstable clay foundation of the "top school", causing the campus to begin sinking, a construction project to consolidate all of the school's facilities commenced in 2007. As of 2010, only the "bottom school" is in use and the abandoned buildings of the "top school" have become a noted site of urban decay and vandalism. On 2 April 2013, the school hall in the abandoned southern campus was destroyed by arson. On 29 August 2015, one of the other buildings in the southern campus was the site of another fire.
One of the key programs the school's environmental committee "Green Edge" is undertaking is the Outdoor Learning Centre. Construction started in August 2013. It is currently under construction near the site of the former walkway between the two campuses. Students and staff both had significant input into the design, and much of the work will be constructed with the help of students and staff. It will consist of a central "pod", where classes can be held, and 5 smaller "pods" each based on bush tucker, a xeriscape, a meditative garden, an indigenous garden and a sensory garden. The centre is expected to be a work in progress, with full construction expected in 5 years.
The school also has a "regeneration" area, where plants from pre-European settlement times grow. Seeds from trees and original native grasses populate the area, with students working to ensure the area remains free of introduced grasses and weeds. The area was formerly the driveway for teacher's cars between the two campuses. This area is one of only 3 in the Sutherland Shire and helps increase the biodiversity of the school, attracting a range of native animals including birds and possums. In September 2015, the school planted a wollemi pine in this area.
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