Lambton High School

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Lambton High School
"Light The Way"
Established	1974
School type	State run High School
Principal/ Headmaster	Martin Rosser
Location	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Campus	Urban
Enrolment	1,100^[1]
School colours	Juniors-Navy Blue, Seniors-Fleece White
Homepage	Lambton High School

Lambton High School is a state run high school in the suburb of Lambton in Newcastle, New South Wales. It was founded in 1974 and its newly-appointed Principal is Mr Martin Rosser. The current School Captains are Mathew Lee and Courtney Coburn. The current School Vice-Captains are David Gallagher and Jacqui Gissane.

The school prides itself on traditions like Green Day which are held annually.

1 Green Day
2 Gifted and Talented Education
3 Acid attacks
- 3.1 First acid attack
- 3.2 Second acid attack
4 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms
5 References

[edit] Green Day

The school is well known for starting "Green Day" - a tradition which encourages students and staff to dress in green to show support for environmental awareness.^{[citation needed]} The celebration includes a concert which usually involves performances by the staff and students, competitions and a "best dressed" contest which awards prizes to the students who are wearing the most green. Other schools within the area have begun to embrace the Green Day tradition, making Lambton High School well known throughout Newcastle. The local ABC radio station broadcasts information about the event annually.

In 2007, the Green Day slogan was "Keep on Rockin' For a Green World" and the focus was on Climate Change and Global Warming.^[2]

In 2008, the Green Day slogan will be "Be Cool to Our World" and will focus on the issues of Waste and Recycling.

[edit] Gifted and Talented Education

Lambton High School is well known throughout the community for its Gifted and talented students (GATS) program.^{[citation needed]} It offers this course to several years with Year 7 completing a 'Master-Minds' course, Year 8 completing an Authentic Learning Assessment, select Year 9's being part of a semester GATS Class completing projects of their choice; and finally Year 10 paticipating in an "Authentic Job Interview" at school. Talented students are asked whether they would like to participate in the accelerated Higher School Certificate and university courses in a wide variety of fields.

[edit] Acid attacks

[edit] First acid attack

Lambton High School was featured in the news after vandalism which occurred in the early hours of 15 March 2007. Two 15 l (3.3 imp gal) drums of hydrochloric acid were spread around the school's quadrangle on outside equipment and in the entrances to school buildings. The school was shut down for a day while authorities worked on the removal of the acid. Police are still investigating the incident, however no suspects have been found.^[3]

[edit] Second acid attack

The school was the target of a second acid attack on the 8 August 2007. Like the first attack, hydrochloric acid was the agent believed to have been used. The majority of the hydrochloric acid was poured around the administration building, which is at the front of the school. Police are still investigating the incident, however no suspects have been found.exept for fudd and gibbo^[4]

[edit] 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms

Main article: 2007 Hunter region and Central Coast storms

From 8-10 June 2007, storms and flooding in the Hunter Region of New South Wales affected Lambton High School. The school suffered extensive damage and was closed from 11-12 June 2007. The school was re-opened on 13 June 2007 to seniors only and was opened to all years on 18 June 2007.