Marryatville High School

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Marryatville High School
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"An Intelligent School"
Established 1877 (as Norwood Junior Boys Tech)
School type Public
Principal/
Headmaster		 Mark Leahy
Location Kensington Road, Marryatville, South Australia, 5068,
Campus Two (Middle and Senior)
Enrollment 1,400
School colours Heysen (red), Anderson (yellow), Mitchell (green), Woodroofe (blue)
Homepage http://www.marryatvillehs.sa.edu.au


Marryatville High School is a public state school in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1976 during the Don Dunstan era of South Australia. The school was formed out of the old Norwood Boys High School. The school is situated on a large area of land in Adelaide's eastern suburb of Marryatville, part of the Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council. First Creek cuts through the middle of the schoolgrounds and large gum trees line the property.

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[edit] History

Construction projects began in the late 1970s to add a new building, dubbed the "E Block", consisting of open planned science classrooms, laboratories, a resource centre and a drama room. Existing buildings "C" and "D" blocks were refit to provide a higher standard for technical studies, home economics and art students. In the 1980s, a gymnasium and several tennis courts were constructed at the southern end of the school and a music centre, "The Stables", in the 1990's adjacent to the front oval. In 2002, the "N Block" opened adding new classrooms and in 2005 a multimillion dollar performing arts theatre, "The Forge", was opened.

Eden Park is leased to Marryatville High School by the State Government on a 'peppercorn lease' (a silver coin a year for 999 years). Eden Park was a neighbouring heritage-listed mansion, previously owned by Harris Scarfe before it was gifted to the state government; Eden Park is now the year 12 campus. The school is currently carrying out renovations on the building to make it more comfortable for students. The building has many curious features, including the air-conditioning courtesy of a V6 engine operating a compressor which pumps chilled water through the building's wall-mounted fans. The building also retains a bell system, previously utilised for the summoning of servants.

[edit] Curriculum

The school offers education in a wide variety of subjects and its students graduate with above average Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) scores in their South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)[citation needed]. In 2003, Marryatville High School was accredited[1] by the European Council of International Schools and is now considered an international school. The school specialises in particular subject areas, including music, drama, and tennis.

[edit] Music

One of the school's main focuses is music as the school is one of four Specialist Interest Music Schools set up around South Australia. Well known for its for its national standard school choirs, bands and orchestras, the program has an excellent reputation. Their ensembles have performed at the opening of the new Adelaide International Airport, for Queen Elizabeth II and in Disneyland. The Marryatville High School Big Bands frequently win music competitions around the country. The school's Concert Choir entered into the "McDonald's Performing Arts Competition" held in Sydney in 2005 and won "The John Lamble Australasian Choral Championships for Secondary School Choirs" against tough opposition, including Brighton Secondary School and Barker College.

The school provides two types of music education in the junior high school (Years 8 to 10), known as Music I and Music II. The Music I program is elective, non-scholarship, and less intense than the prestigious and high-pressure Music II. Music II is literally double the tuition that Music I students receive; Music I students participate in five lessons and Music II students in ten lessons per week.

[edit] Drama

The school has a specialist video editing suite and a drama studies room. With the newly built Forge, the school now is able to showcase the Drama and music performances with state of the art technology. For the official opening of the school's new theatre, a production by the students (primarily from the Year 11 students of 2005) was put on and esteemed guests included the premier Mike Rann.

[edit] Tennis

The various teams and players at Marryatville High School win competitions all over the country. Marryatville High School has eight tennis courts, situated at the back of the school. There are teams ranging years 8 to 12 including the schools top DRIVE team.

[edit] Information Technology

Marryatville High School has a large array of computers for use by both students and staff. The school has four dedicated computer rooms in 'A Block' (the large building in the front of the school). One of these is equipped with several routers, switches and associated equipment for use in the CCNA program offered by the school, which has gained SACE accreditation as a Higher Education Selection Subject - General subject (better known as HESS-G which counts towards a TER). Computing facilities are also offered in the library, or "Resource Centre", the technical studies building, the art building and the Music Centre.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ↑  International Accreditation, courtesy Marryatville High School [2]

[edit] External links

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