Gosford High School

Infobox Aust school
name= Gosford High School


motto= "Spectemur Agendo"("Let us be judged by our acts")
established = 1928
type= New South Wales Selective Public High School
principal = Lynne Searle
city = Gosford
state = New South Wales
country = Australia
enrolment = 1080
colours = Blue
homepage= [http://www.gosfordhigh.com.au/ Homepage]
campus=
ranking=

Gosford High School (abbreviation GHS) is a school located in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. It is a co-educational, academically selective 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 1928 and was made a selective high school in 1989. Students at the school come from the Sydney and Newcastle regions. Currently, Gosford High is the only selective school on the Central Coast. The school has faculties for English, Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Technological and Applied Studies, Social Sciences (Geography, History, etc.), Creative and Performing Arts, Languages (French, German and Japanese), Agriculture and PDHPE.

Motto

The school's Latin motto is "spectemur agendo", which is conventionally translated into English as "judge me by what I do." Other translations include "Let us be judged by our acts" and "By our deeds may we be known" (this translation is preferred by Camberwell Grammar School in Melbourne, who shares the same motto).

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The current principal of Gosford High School is Ms Lynne Searle. Searle took over from previous principal Mr Peter Hall in the fourth quarter of 2006, but did not become active in her position until 2007, with Deputy-Principal Mr Paul Campbell serving as interim principal. She is the school's first female principal.

Notable among the current staff are Dr Mark Butler, recipient of the Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools in 2004 [cite web|url=https://sciencegrants.dest.gov.au/scienceprize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/TS2004Butler.htm|title=Dr Mark Butler|accessdate=14 May|accessyear=2008] and Ms Susan Stevens, finalist in the inaugural Paul Brock Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English.

Dr Michael Chamberlain (ex-husband of Lindy Chamberlain) is an English teacher at Gosford High but he is currently on long service leave and will be returning early next year in 2009.Fact|date=September 2008

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Malynley Shield

Gosford and Orange High School have one of the oldest school exchange systems in NSWFact|date=July 2008 with annual interschool visits since 1968. [cite web|url=http://gosfordhigh.com.au/services.php?service_id=11&category=ourschool|title=Gosford High School: About Us|accessdate=27 September|accessyear=2008] Each year sporting teams are selected from both Orange and Gosford High Schools to compete against each other for the Malynley Shield (the name Malynley being an acronym of Dews family members who donated the shield [cite web|url=http://orange.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/other/breaking-gosfords-hold-orange-highs-goal/620349.aspx|title=Article: "Breaking Gosford’s hold Orange High’s goal"|accessdate=29 September|accessyear=2008] ).

See also

* List of Government schools in New South Wales
* List of selective high schools in New South Wales

References

External links

* [http://www.gosfordhigh.com.au/ Gosford High School website]
* [http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/summaryschool.php?selectOption=8115 NSW Department of Education and Training: Gosford High School]