- Mount View High School (Cessnock)
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Mount View High School Address 106 Mount View Road, Cessnock West
Cessnock, New South Wales, 2325, AustraliaCoordinates 32°49′41″S 151°19′56.6″E / 32.82806°S 151.332389°ECoordinates: 32°49′41″S 151°19′56.6″E / 32.82806°S 151.332389°E Information Type State-run high school Established 1985 Status Open Years Offered 7-12 Enrolment 1,055 (2010) Colour(s) Red
Grey
WhiteWebsite www.mountview-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Mount View High School is a co-educational government school in the West-Cessnock area of Australia.[1]
The school enrollment was 1055 students as of 2010 for students in years 7 to 12.[2] It provides the school certificate in year 10 and the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in year 12. It was established in 1985[3][4] due to a need for a second high school in the Cessnock area (along with Cessnock High School) and commenced with 212 students and 14 staff.
The school colours are red, grey and white, and the sports uniform is red, white and black.
The school conducts a working vineyard and the P&C sells the wine to the public to raise funds.
References
- ^ Bailey, Kristin, et al., eds. Mount View High School: 1985 - 2005 The First 21 Years (2005) (OCLC 225379094)
- ^ Mount View High School, Cessnock West, NSW, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Retrieved 26 August 2011
- ^ Sellars, Krystal (30 June 2010). Mount View original Toni MacFarlane retires, Cessnock Advertiser
- ^ Branley, Alison (4 September 2010). No high schools built in Hunter for 25 years, Newcastle Herald ("No new high schools have been built in the Hunter in the past 25 years even though the population has increased by more than a quarter in that time. A Newcastle Herald investigation has found the last two new high schools opened in the region were Rutherford High and Mount View High at Cessnock in 1985.")
External links
Categories:- High schools in New South Wales
- Hunter Region, New South Wales
- School buildings completed in 1985
- Australian school stubs
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