Muirfield High School
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| Muirfield High School | |
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| Established | 1976[1] |
| School type | Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school |
| Principal/ Headmaster |
Mr. Steven Billington |
| Location | North Rocks, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Enrolment | ~567 (7-12)[2] |
| School colours | Green & Purple |
| Homepage | muirfield-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Muirfield High School is a public, co-educational, secondary day school located in North Rocks, a north-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1976[1] and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, Muirfield is a non-selective school catering for approximately 567 students from Years 7 to 12.[2]
The Barclay Farm is the defining feature of the school. Muirfield has run an agricultural display at the Castle Hill Show since 1992. The 2006 display won the award for "Best School Display".[citation needed] Problems with Drought caused the School to withdraw from the show in 2007. The school also won the Small Schools division of the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge in 2004.
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[edit] History
Muirfield High School opened in 1976 as a comprehensive, co-educational high school.[2]
In 1989 the school was identified as one of twenty-six Technology High Schools in New South Wales,[2] becoming one of the first Public schools in New South Wales to introduce computers into the curriculum. The aim of the 'Technology High School' was to produce "technologically-literate people" and to give an advantage to students who are seeking a career in computing or technology-based industries.[3]
[edit] Campus
Muirfield High school is located on a single campus, situated in suburban North Rocks, amongst bushland.[1]
The school features a baseball diamond, which is used extensively by the Carlingford Baseball Club,[4] in both the summer and winter baseball seasons.
[edit] Annual Events
Muirfield High School celebrates Harmony Day annually, with the aim to promote peace in the community.
On 8 March 2007, the School held a "Mother and Daughter Breakfast" to celebrate what women have achieved together to make the world a better place, and to recognise the work needed to ensure equality for women and girls around the world. This was the 2nd time this breakfast had been held.
The female students at Muirfield were encouraged to invite a significant woman in their life to the breakfast, such as their mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunty, sister, or female guardian. Muirfield has plans to Continue hosting International Women's Day in an effort to create more equality between men and women.
On 22 March, 2007, the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO and her husband Sir Nicholas Shehadie were guest speakers at the International Women's Day Assembly.
[edit] Leadership
Muirfield High School encourages student leadership, with a range of positions that are re-elected annually around the end of September. Muirfield holds Elections for a female Captain and Vice-Captain and a Male Captain and Vice-Captain.
Muirfield also has a Students' Representative Council, or SRC, which represents the student body. Each grade has four representatives Elections for the Grade Representatives and the two Presidents and two Vice-Presidents of the SRC are held at the same time as the School Captain Elections.
Muirfield also encourages all students to take on Leadership responsibilities and take part in Leadership Courses.
[edit] House system
As with most Australian schools, Muirfield High School utilises a house system. After a vote within the school community in March 2006, it was decided that the school's houses would be refurbished and renamed. They were originally named after famous sports people from different fields and from different countries:
The houses are now named after more contemporary Australian sports people:
- Thorpe (Blue, symbolising the water he swam in)
- Beachley (Yellow, symbolising the sand, and the beach)
- Freeman (Green, symbolising the track she ran on)
- Eales (Red, symbolising the blood he bled, which represents the effort he put into his game)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c About Muirfield High School. Muirfield High School. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ a b c d Muirfield High School. School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Sarno, Tony. "The New Kids of High Tech", Computers, Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1989-10-22, p. 1. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Games played at Muirfield High School. Carlingford Baseball Club. NSW Junior Baseball League (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
