Bossley Park High School

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Bossley Park High School
Focussing on Excellence and Success
Location
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Information
Principal Ian Parnaby
Students 1432
Type Public, Secondary School. Partially Selective
Grades 7–12
School Colour(s) Black and White
Established 1988
Homepage http://www.bossleypk-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Bossley Park High School (abbreviated as BPHS) is located in the Bossley Park, New South Wales, Australia. Bossley Park High School is a partially selective[1], coeducational comprehensive high school serving the rapidly developing suburbs of Bossley Park and Abbotsbury in western Sydney. The school is made up of over 1432 students [2], each from Years 7 to 12, and is one of the largest schools in the state. The school was established in 1988 and provides a functional and practical learning environment with access to facilities required for all facets of the curriculum.

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[edit] History

Bossley Park High School is built on land that was formerly producing fruits, vegetables, flowers and poultry products, a site of almost seven hectares.[citation needed] Planning for the new school began in 1985 and White Industries Pty Ltd, was the company in charge for the construction. The contract price for the construction was almost $8,000,000, but, including the costs of the land and the furnishing of the buildings the final cost came to approximately $10,000,000.[citation needed] The school was established in 1988 with a small year 7 enrollment of 125 students. The first appointed principal was Mr Brian Jux and his successor by Ian Parnaby, who currently serves as Principal.

[edit] Facilities

As part of the school's ongoing asset acquisition program, the library, all computer rooms, the drama room and staff rooms are air conditioned. The school is acclaimed with a quick adaptation to new technologies, putting it up to 5 years ahead of other public schools. The food labs were upgraded to industry standards to facilitate the vocational education and training course hospitality operations. A concrete court was laid so that students with physical disabilities had an area where they could play sports such as wheelchair rugby. In mid 2007, a shelter was built in order to shelter it from rain.

[edit] Further Upgrading

In 2008 major renovations continued including three water tanks, holding 315,000 litres, buried on the school grounds to keep the oval in good condition. A shelter has been built over the basketball courts to catch the rain, which then flows into the tanks, to be used for irrigation. Project on a new performance center, to be completed by March 2009, would also be hooked up to the tanks.This is the start of the school's water and energy saving plans. The school aims to have solar power generators installed on the performance centre. It is estimated to cut down $3000 per month on water bills.[3]Further upgrading is expected to continue into 2009.

[edit] Multiculturalism

Bossley Park High, as a secondary school in a multicultural community has high percentage of students from differing ethnicities. Approximately 68% of the student body come from a non-English speaking background.[4] They include: Arabic, Assyrian, Italian, Other Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese. Only a small percentage of students are from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Departments

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The school offers extracurricular activities occur at the school, including:

  • Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
  • Tournament of the Minds
  • Debating
  • Formal Committee
  • Soccer Program

[edit] Leadership

  • Prefecture
  • House Captains and Vice Captains
  • Students Representative Council
  • Peer Mediation
  • Peer Support Program with Year 7 and 11

[edit] References

  1. ^ ACER The Higher Ability Selection Test. ACER. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  2. ^ School Locator. New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  3. ^ Well, naturally it runs. Champion (2008-01-23). Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  4. ^ SWSAHS Fairfield Area Health Service | Health With Schools | Fairfield Schools | Bossley Park HS

[edit] See also

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Selective Schools of New South Wales, Australia
Fully Selective
Partially Selective
Selective Agricultural