Karabar High School
| Karabar High School | |
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Karabar High School's logo (also known as the K-Man)
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Queanbeyan, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 35°21′55″S 149°13′30″E / 35.36528°S 149.22500°ECoordinates: 35°21′55″S 149°13′30″E / 35.36528°S 149.22500°E |
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| School type | Public Partially Selective Coeducational Secondary School |
| Motto | Life is for living/Quality education - Quality future |
| Established | 1977 |
| Principal | Andrew Turvey, M. Ed |
| Teaching staff | 120+ |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | 1200 (approx.) (2015) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Website | www.karabarhigh.com.au |
Karabar High School is a public high school in Karabar, New South Wales, Australia. Since 2010, it has been a partially selective high school, with a selective class being run with each subsequent year group beginning at the school. The school caters for a range of academic and vocational demands, and has a full-time support unit.
Karabar High School currently has around 900 students attending, with a further 100 or so enrolled via Distance Education. The school has had a recent boost in popularity, with the on-campus student population growing by around 100 people each year. The New South Wales Government has announced that the distance education center will be moved to Queanbeyan High School in the coming years.
Sections of Karabar High School's website concerning the marching band reads:
"Over the years the band has performed in Queanbeyan and Canberra. The first performances were at Anzac Day and the Highland Gathering in 1991. Since then they have performed in Queanbeyan and Canberra Festivals, numerous sporting events such as Canberra Raiders, Queanbeyan Tigers and North Melbourne matches, local netball march pasts, Masters Games, polo cross and many school and community events such as Floriade, the Uniting Church Fete, the Burra Fair and the Canberra Show."
"The band has also taken great pride in representing Karabar High School and the city of Queanbeyan throughout Australia and overseas. It has taken part in the Mattara Festival in Newcastle, and has performed in Brisbane, at the Royal Easter Show, Darling Harbour, at Southern Showcase in Wollongong, School's Spectacular, Musswellbrook Spring Fair and the Eden Whale Festival to name a few."
"The Band has toured overseas on six occasions, to Canada in 1995 and 2004, the United States in 1998, 2002, 2006/7 and again in 2008/9."
"In January 2009 the band undertook an amazing performance and workshop tour to Orlando Florida, Washington DC and New York."
The band no longer exists.
Karabar High School has been involved in many extra-curricular activities over the years. The school holds a Swimming Carnival, Athletics Carnival and a Cross Country Carnival on an annual basis. A school production is also put on every year by the school's talented group of performing arts students. Karabar has participated in the RoboCup on a number of occasions. The school regularly enters teams in a range of sports, including rugby league, cricket, soccer, AFL, basketball, netball and hockey. The school also runs debating and public speaking groups, depending on student demand.
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