| Lismore High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Lismore, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Secondary, co-educational, Day school |
| Motto | Latin: Spectemur Agendo ("Let us be judged by our acts.") |
| Established | January 1920[1] |
| Principal | Peter Campbell |
| Enrolment | ~655 (7–12)[2] |
| Campus | Dalley Street |
| Colour(s) | Gold and Black |
| Website | Lismore High School |
Lismore High School, (abbreviation LHS) is a school located in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, on Dalley Street. It is a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1920 at its first site on Magellan Street. Many of its students have gone on to notable success, some holding high public office.
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The first site of Lismore High School on Magellan Street has been used for educational purposes since 1882. Originally a paddock when the Lismore Public School, established in 1867, moved there that year. The children were housed in school tents until in August 1885 they moved into a new brick building with stone foundations. From 1890 the school offered primary and secondary education, becoming the Lismore Superior School. In 1902, when the northern end of the 1885 building became unsafe, a three-storey brick building, with a covered play area on the ground floor, was built and occupied by the Girls’ Department in August 1903.[3]
Not long afterwards, most of the remaining 1885 building was demolished. The Boys’ Department of the Lismore District School was housed in a temporary wooden building until December 1911, when it moved into a two-storey brick extension at the Keen and Magellan Streets corner. On 23 November 1918, the foundation stone was laid for a new high school building by the Member for Lismore, George Nesbitt.[4] During the 1920s and 1930s allotments were acquired progressively until the whole area bounded by Keen, Magellan and Dawson Streets was available for school purposes, now home to Lismore Public School and Lismore High School, who had been separated in January 1920.[1] In February 1931 a third building opened. Serving the entire Richmond River district, Lismore High was the first country school to achieve high school status, with enrolments of almost 400. In 1942 Lismore Public School moved to a new complex and the vacated buildings were taken over by Lismore High School. By 1957 Lismore High was one of the largest secondary schools in the state, with an enrolment of 1,438 students and a staff of 67 teachers.[3] By the late 1960s, the original site of the school was proving to be too small for its requirements and in in May 1969 Lismore High moved into a new complex in East Lismore. The new Lismore Teachers’ College opened in the old school site, which became from 1971 the Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education, which also housed the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre. The college moved later to the north of the new Lismore High site to become the Lismore Campus of Southern Cross University.[3] The 1902 school buildings on Keen Street continued to house the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre today while various other buildings were demolished. The 1931 building on Magellan Street was retained and in 2003 became home to the Lismore City Library and various other community services.[5] Lismore High, once the only secondary school in the district, is now one of many in Lismore. Enrolments are now relaxed at around 600-1000 students.[2]
The school colours are black and gold, which are on the school badge. The school motto is the Latin "Spectemur agendo" which roughly translates as "Let us be judged by our acts."