Pennant Hills High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Pennant Hills High School

| motto = "Nil Nisi Bonum"
(Latin:"Nothing except what is good")
established = 1966
type = Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school
principal = Mr. Geoff Wing
city = Pennant Hills
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|44|0|S|151|3|38|E|display=inline,title
campus = Suburban
enrolment = ~1,250
colours = Red, Blue, White & Black
homepage = [http://www.pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au]

Pennant Hills High School is a public, comprehensive, co-educational, high school situated in the northern suburb of Pennant Hills in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pennant Hills High School is located in Pennant Hills. it takes about 15-20 minutes to walk there from Pennant Hills Train Station. Many students like going to this school. It is quite a large place with very big ovals.

Established in 1966, the school has a student population of 1,270 students as of 2004,cite web | url=http://www.pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public/2004/principal/message.htm | title= PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE | date = 2004 | author = Pennant Hills High School | accessdate = 2006-10-17 ] and has generally maintained these student numbers. The street address is Boundary Road, but all access is via Laurence Street. In 2007, Pennant Hills High School ranked 5th in Higher School Certificate results in the Hornsby region behind Hornsby Girls' High School, Normanhurst Boys' High School, Barker College, and Knox Grammar School.

Educational structure

Pennant Hills High School offers many subjects, with the staff faculties including: Social Sciences, Science, Agriculture, English, Music, Christian Education, History, Maths, Visual Arts, Industrial Arts or TAS, Languages and Physical Education. PHHS also contains a Special Education system, helping physically and mentally challenged students.

Physical buildings and grounds

Pennant Hills High School contains a multi-purpose centre (Robert Stacey Hall), new Design and Technology/Visual Arts buildings, the Alfred Gray Memorial Library, and many specialty rooms including science labs, cooking and computer rooms. It also has two fields for sports such as football, rugby and cricket. An agricultural plot is located at the rear of the school, housing crops, sheep, chickens and other livestock.

The school's buildings were constructed according to the hilly terrain of the area, so that there are no more than two levels at any single point. PHHS has 4 levels, and room numbers are determined by which level it is in: Level 1 is primarily Social Sciences (Business Studies, Geography etc), but also has Portable Rooms, which were used while the school was recovering from the fire, in 2001. Level 2 has Language, Agriculture, Science, Cooking, and Drama, while Level 3 (located at the Laurence Street level) is where the main quad of the school is located, along with the library and reception. It too, has Science rooms, as well as math, history, and Wood/Metal/Plastic Technology Rooms. Level 4 is primarily English, History, Maths and Visual Arts classrooms. The Industrial and Visual Arts building (completed in 2005) has two main entry points, from the Main Quad (in Level 3) and through a pedestrian bridge on Level 4.

The school suffered from a fire on 11 June 2001, destroying the school administration building, Industrial Arts Block, and the English, History, Mathematics and Visual Arts Staffrooms.cite web | url=http://www.pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public/2004/news/newsfolder/Fire/fire.htm | date = 2001 | title= FIRE DEVASTATES PENNANT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL | author = Pennant Hills High School | accessdate = 2006-10-17 ] As is commonly the case with such school fires, many student works (notably Visual and Industrial arts HSC projects) were destroyed, causing considerable distress among affected students. "Operation Phoenix Rising" oversaw the completion of the rebuilding effort to be com pleted in 2012.cite web | url=http://www.pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public/2004/news/news.htm | title= PHHS News Index | author = Pennant Hills High School | accessdate = 2008-06-22 ] The school now has had an elevator installed between levels 2 and 4 (for use by disabled or injured students), and a new Design and Technology and Visual Arts building. In 2005, a new Covered Outdoor Learning Area (COLA) was constructed.

porting

Pennant hills high school has enjoyed 18 years in a row of winning the Zone Athletics Carnival (as of 2008).Former Pennant Hills student Adam Rutter was also a sporting success, as he represented Australia at the Beijiing Olympics in the mens 50km Road Walk.

References

ee also

*List of Government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.pennanthil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Pennant Hills High School Website]