Mudgee High School

Mudgee High School
The PBL Logo is the Mudgee Wattle
Address
41 Duoro St Mudgee, NSW, 2850 Australia
Information
Motto	Latin: Non Tibi Sed Scholae (Not for myself, for School)
Founded	1916
Principal	Wayne Eade
Years offered	7-12
Enrolment	950
Houses	Blaxland      Cunningham      Lawson      Wentworth
Colour(s)	Blue      & Red
Slogan	Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible
Website	Mudgee High School MHS Moodle

Mudgee High School is a New South Wales government high school in the regional town of Mudgee. It is part of the Cudgegong Learning Community (CLC). It provides comprehensive education for students in years 7 to 12 including a support unit for special education. The current enrollment is close to 1000 students. The excellent academic results reflect a strong tradition of quality teaching which led to Mudgee High School being designated a Centre for Excellence between 2009-2012. A wide curriculum sporting opportunities and creative and performing arts are features of the school's long history of educational provision to the young people of Mudgee. New innovations in technology education reflect the school's dynamic outlook and provide opportunities for future focused students.

The School was established 1916.

The school is undergoing several policy upgrades and changes. It has started implementing a new student welfare policy during 2013 that embraces Positive Behavior for Learning (PBL) with the three focus areas of Safe, Respectful, Responsible and are currently in the early stages of adopting a policy of Bring You Own Device (BYOD).

Mudgee High School currently gives students and teachers access to a wide variety of technologies to maximise the amount and quality of their work. The latest version of Moodle is hosted internally and is available for teachers to build online courses for students over the Internet. Mahara is also connected to their Moodle for students to build their own e-portfolio. Mudgee also has an Edmodo subdomain where students and teachers can communicate. Recently Mudgee High School has started to use Google Apps for Education. All teachers and students from year 8 onwards can now collaborate on documents and share files easily.

Mudgee High School maintains a general school Twitter feed and several specific Facebook pages that encourage student and community interaction.

During the Building The Education Revolution(BER) the school gained a brand new Hospitality Trade Training Centre which has been named 'The Inner Quad Cafe' and a Metals and Engineering upgrade Trade Training Centre.

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:

Every year there is a swimming and athletic carnival held in which students compete to earn their house points. A winner of each carnival and of the overall house championship is announced each year.