Bathurst High School (Australia)

"Bathurst High School may also refer to a High school in Canada"Infobox Aust school
name = Bathurst High School


motto = "Altiora Peto"
established = October 1, 1883
type = Public, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school
principal = Geoff Hastings
city = Bathurst
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|24|47|S|149|34|10|E|display=inline,title
campus = Rural
enrolment =
colours = Navy Blue, Gold and White
homepage = [http://www.bhs.nsw.edu.au/main.html www.bhs.nsw.edu.au]

Bathurst High School (BHS) is a secondary school in Bathurst founded in 1883.Along with Kelso High it makes up the Denison College of Secondary Education.

The school is very active in the Arts, with several bands and a range of art, visual design, dance and drama classes. It also has successful debating teams.

Denison College of Secondary Education

After the tragic fire in 2005 which destroyed Kelso High School, Denison College was formed to share curriculum, facilities and staff between schools in order to enhance student choice. [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA20050914034] — State Parliment Transcript list, (retrieved 24 August 2008)] Bathurst High has since undergone a name change and is no longer known as Bathurst High School, but rather Bathurst High Campus. It is now a campus of Denison College of Secondary Education. [http://www.teachweb.com.au/high_school.php?id_scl=1286 "Teach Web"] — Teach Web list, (retrieved 24 August 2008)]

Astley Cup

The Astley Cup is a long standing sporting competition between Bathurst High, Orange High and Dubbo Senior College. Bathurst High last won the cup in 1989, breaking a 25 year losing streak. The Astley Cup incorporates rugby league, girls and boys football, hockey, basketball, netball and athletics. The Asltey cup also includes the covetted Mulvey Cup debating competition. Bathurst High has had a long history of victory in this debating competition, successfully taking out the cup this year.
The school mascots for the Astley Competition are Frosty the bear and Malfoy the dragon.

chool Song

"Comrades all united by a common bond we throng.
"Teachers, scholars, athletes lift our heads and join the song."
"Through this sunny country let it echo, loud and long."
"We are the Bathurst High School."

"Hurrah! Hurrah! For we are young and free!"
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Triumphant we shall be!"
"Seeking higher things until we gain our victory,"
"For our beloved High School."

"Flaunting to the heavens now our royal blue and gold,"
"Forth we go adventuring, like doughty knights of old."
"Seeking fame, land, glory and inheritance untold,"
"Far from the Bathurst High School"

< "Hurrah! Hurrah! For we are young and free!"
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Triumphant we shall be!"
"Seeking higher things until we gain our victory,"
"For our beloved High School."

Notable alumni

* Allan Robert Callaghan - Rhodes Scholar (1925). [http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml "NSW Rhodes Scholars"] — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)]
* Rodney Rude- Stand-up Comedian, Poet and Writer

Notes

References

ee also

*List of Government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.bhs.nsw.edu.au/ Bathurst High School website]