Marrickville High School
| Marrickville High School | |
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| Location | |
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Marrickville, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°54′21″S 151°9′21″E / 33.90583°S 151.15583°ECoordinates: 33°54′21″S 151°9′21″E / 33.90583°S 151.15583°E |
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| Type | Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school |
| Motto |
French: En Avant (Moving Forward) |
| Established | 1974 |
| Principal | Arety Dassaklis |
| Years offered | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | ~360 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue & Gold |
| Website | marrickvil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Marrickville High School is a co-educational, Public secondary School, located in Marrickville, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is administered by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.
Established in 1974, Marrickville High School has a non-selective enrollment policy and currently caters for approximately 360 students from years 7 to 12. Approximately 92% of its students coming from a non-English speaking background. In addition to the mainstream, the school also provides education for intellectually disabled students in their Support Unit and there is on-site Intensive English Centre.
Since 2002 the school has had a strong focus on Information Communication Technology and its implementation across the curriculum. Currently there is a strong focus on S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities. The school technology infrastructure is constantly updated to meet the needs of the students. Currently there is a strong focus on developing the performing arts including a school band and singing and drama performances.
In 1865 a block of land on Chapel Street in Marrickville was offered by Thomas Chalder to build Marrickville Public School. As the years progressed further extensions were made on the site: 22 November 1878 - saw Marrickville's old Council Chambers bought as an extension on the campus and converted into the teacher's residence, 1922 - Old Marrickville Town Hall located on Illawarra Road was bought as another extension and became Marrickville Junior Technical High School and on 1 January 1945 - the teacher's residence was turned into a girls' secondary school entitled Marrickville Girls' Intermediate High School.
In 1929, Marrickville Girls' Intermediate High School was established and it was until 1954 that it was renamed as Marrickville Girls' Junior High School and because of the large student population expanding, on 28 April 1969, the proposal to build a new secondary school on Sydenham Road was favoured. 1969 - Llewellyn, a two-storey Victorian estate on Petersham Road (which was owned by Benjamin Yabsley), was demolished to make way for the new school and in 1970 - Sydenham Villa which was on the location of Marrickville High's bottom field (built in 1880 and purchased by Thomas Daley in 1920, he renamed the estate to Standsure) was demolished. The students of Marrickville Girls' Junior High School were transferred to the new school in 1974.
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