Wangaratta High School
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Wangaratta High School is a secondary education institution in Wangaratta, Victoria
. It was the 2002 winner of the Kool Skools
award. It has three campuses, and is a public school. It currently has approx. 1300 students attending the school. They are building new campuses to accommodate for the increase in numbers. The school recently built a new state of the art high tech senior school and PAC (Performing Arts Centre), and a new Tech campus, they are also in the process of building a new administrative office and a new science wing. After these have been complete they will move on to a new library, technology and arts centre, middle school and junior school areas. They will also build a new sports center. This will all help in the education of the children because the school believes that a student learns more in an area they feel comfortable in.
Over the school year students are given the opportunities to engage in many activities. They also are given a choice to go on a camp to Mittagundi, where students spend nine days hiking, camping, rock-climbing, kayaking and living in the old days. They are also allowed to go on camps with the school to other towns/citys in Australia and overseas, involving subjects like; outdoor ed, music, and LOTE (Language Other Than English).
Wangaratta, Victoria
Wangaratta is a cathedral city of almost 17,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga to the northeast. It is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers which flow from the...
. It was the 2002 winner of the Kool Skools
Kool Skools
Kool Skools is a multimedia and recording project for secondary school students across the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales. The projects are open to all secondary schools, council youth agencies and youth clubs. Kool Skools promotes, develops and supports a diverse range of...
award. It has three campuses, and is a public school. It currently has approx. 1300 students attending the school. They are building new campuses to accommodate for the increase in numbers. The school recently built a new state of the art high tech senior school and PAC (Performing Arts Centre), and a new Tech campus, they are also in the process of building a new administrative office and a new science wing. After these have been complete they will move on to a new library, technology and arts centre, middle school and junior school areas. They will also build a new sports center. This will all help in the education of the children because the school believes that a student learns more in an area they feel comfortable in.
Over the school year students are given the opportunities to engage in many activities. They also are given a choice to go on a camp to Mittagundi, where students spend nine days hiking, camping, rock-climbing, kayaking and living in the old days. They are also allowed to go on camps with the school to other towns/citys in Australia and overseas, involving subjects like; outdoor ed, music, and LOTE (Language Other Than English).