Camden Haven High School
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Camden Haven High School is a rural school in New South Wales
, Australia
. Consisting of over a thousand students, the school presents both distance education
al and face-to-face education. The school is 2 km off the Pacific Highway
turning East at the Kew
traffic lights intersection.
Camden Haven High School (CHHS) opened in 2000. A united school culture has been developed by establishing across school management, curriculum and special programs working teams. The school was formed as an amalgamation of the secondary schooling at Kendall
Central School, now Kendall Public School, and a distance education centre at Port Macquarie
.
Face-to-face students are drawn from the local Camden Haven community and distance education students enrol from the Central Coast
to Coffs Harbour
and inland from the New England Highway
, Armidale
as well as Lord Howe
and Norfolk Island
s. The school also runs Distance Education (DE) courses for Face-to-Face students when the Face-to-Face class numbers are too low.
CHHS has a strong reputation in achieving significant results, particularly in the Performing Arts and Sport.
Being a large and comprehensive high school, over 120 teachers attend the school each day, including 3 Deputy Principals and 20 Head Teachers. Currently the Principal is Mr Margaret Hutchinson. Previous Principals are Mrs Greg Hyde and Mr Beverley Theobald.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Consisting of over a thousand students, the school presents both distance education
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
al and face-to-face education. The school is 2 km off the Pacific Highway
Pacific Highway (Australia)
The Pacific Highway is a major transport route along part of the east coast of Australia and is part of Australia's national route 1.It is 960 km long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port...
turning East at the Kew
Kew, New South Wales
Kew, New South Wales is a small town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council local government area. Kew is one of the communities that make up the Camden Haven district of Port Macquarie-Hastings....
traffic lights intersection.
Camden Haven High School (CHHS) opened in 2000. A united school culture has been developed by establishing across school management, curriculum and special programs working teams. The school was formed as an amalgamation of the secondary schooling at Kendall
Kendall, New South Wales
Kendall is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is located on the Camden Haven River. In was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after the Australian poet Henry Kendall, and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly-spelled...
Central School, now Kendall Public School, and a distance education centre at Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Port Macquarie is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, located about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The city is located on the coast, at the mouth of the Hastings River, and has an estimated population of 44,313....
.
Face-to-face students are drawn from the local Camden Haven community and distance education students enrol from the Central Coast
Central Coast, New South Wales
The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....
to Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
and inland from the New England Highway
New England Highway
The New England Highway is a highway in Australia running from Hexham near Newcastle at its southern end to Yarraman near Toowoomba at its northern end. At its southern end it connects to the Pacific Highway and at its northern end it connects to the D'Aguilar Highway. It traverses the Hunter...
, Armidale
Armidale, New South Wales
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...
as well as Lord Howe
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, and about from Norfolk Island. The island is about 11 km long and between 2.8 km and 0.6 km wide with an area of...
and Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...
s. The school also runs Distance Education (DE) courses for Face-to-Face students when the Face-to-Face class numbers are too low.
CHHS has a strong reputation in achieving significant results, particularly in the Performing Arts and Sport.
Being a large and comprehensive high school, over 120 teachers attend the school each day, including 3 Deputy Principals and 20 Head Teachers. Currently the Principal is Mr Margaret Hutchinson. Previous Principals are Mrs Greg Hyde and Mr Beverley Theobald.
