Fairhills High School
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| Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia | |
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| Principal | Harvey Wood |
| Associate Principal | Karen Dean, Russell Poulier, Stephen Biggins |
| Students | 800+ |
| Faculty | 80+ |
| Type | High School |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Established | 1973 |
| Homepage | Fairhills High School Homepage |
Fairhills High School, located in Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia, is a state-government school. The school's mission is "leading all students to be confident and effective life-long learners."
Fairhills, as a medium-size school, tries to focus on the individual student.
Fairhills has recently received a technology grant from the government, which was used to install 16 40" LCD screens in various classrooms around the school. This allows the integration of multimedia into everyday lessons.
Construction of a basketball stadium for the school and wider community has been confirmed and will commence soon, although plans have been made for a long time and nothing has happened. Longer term plans for conversion of existing sporting facilities into a performing arts centre also exist.
Fairhills also recently brought in the SEAL program (Select Entry Accelerated Learning) which focuses on letting students who work faster than normal, work at their speed.
[edit] Awards
Fairhills has competed in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge since 1995, winning in 1996 in the Melbourne open division and placing first for the first time in 2005 in the Melbourne premier division.[1] Fairhills then went on that year to place third in the National Event. In 2006, Fairhills finished a close second behind St. Columba's College in the Premier State section.
In 2007 Fairhills came second with their theme of Japanime however this was second place and not first.
