Pennant Hills High School
| Pennant Hills High School | |
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| Location | |
Australia  |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′0″S 151°3′38″E / 33.73333°S 151.06056°ECoordinates: 33°44′0″S 151°3′38″E / 33.73333°S 151.06056°E |
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| Type | independent, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school |
| Motto |
Latin: Nil Nisi Bonum (Nothing but the worst) |
| Established | 1966 |
| Principal | Ross Warren |
| Enrolment | ~1270 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Red, Blue and White |
| Website | pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Pennant Hills High School is an independent, comprehensive, co-educational, high school situated in the northern suburb of Pennant Hills in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15–20 minutes to walk from Pennant Hills railway station. Established in 1966, the school had a student population of 1,270 students as of 2004, and has generally maintained these student numbers. The street address is Boundary Road, but all vehicular access is via Laurence Street.
Pennant Hills High School offers many subjects, with the faculties including Social Sciences, Science, Agriculture, English, Music, Christian Education, History, Maths, Visual Arts, Industrial Arts or TAS, Languages and Physical Education. PHHS also contains a Special Education system, helping physically and intellectually challenged students.
Pennant Hills High School has a prefects program for students in Year 11 and 12. The prefects offer community service through hosting a variety of events and help teachers with uniform duties as well as an array of other tasks. The prefects also represent the school at public functions such as graduation ceremonies for the year 12 students at the end of the year.
Pennant Hills High School contains a multi-purpose centre (Robert Stacey Hall), new Design and Technology/Visual Arts buildings, the Alfred Gray Memorial Library, and many specialty rooms including science labs, cooking and computer rooms. It also has two fields for sports such as football, rugby and cricket. An agricultural plot is located at the rear of the school, housing crops, sheep, chickens and other livestock.
The school's buildings were constructed according to the hilly terrain of the area, so that there are no more than two levels at any single point. PHHS has 4 levels, and room numbers are determined by which level it is in: Level 1 is primarily Social Sciences (Business Studies, Geography etc.), but also has Portable Rooms, which were used while the school was recovering from the fire, in 2001. Level 2 has Language, Agriculture, Science, Cooking, and Drama, while Level 3 (located at the Laurence Street level) is where the main quad of the school is located, along with the library and reception. It too, has Science rooms, as well as math, history, and Wood/Metal/Plastic Technology Rooms. Level 4 is primarily English, History, Maths and Visual Arts classrooms. The Industrial and Visual Arts building (completed in 2005) has two main entry points, from the Main Quad (in Level 3) and through a pedestrian bridge on Level 4.
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