Nightcliff High School

Nightcliff High School

Nightcliff High School is a coeducational state school situated between Nightcliff Road, Aralia Street and Ryland Road, in the northern Darwin suburb of Rapid Creek, Northern Territory, Australia.

History

The school was named after the adjacent suburb of Nightcliff. [1]

In the mid 1960s, planning had commenced for a high school to serve the region, but it was not until 8 July 1970 that Nightcliff High School was officially opened. 300 students, who had been temporarily housed in demountables at Darwin High School, transferred immediately to the new buildings. Following Cyclone Tracy, the new school, which had survived the devastation better than most buildings, was immediately pressed into service as an evacuation centre, then becoming a hostel for workers involved in the temporary repair of essential services. [2]

In 2008 Nightcliff High School has been re-named Nightcliff Middle School and is a leader a pedagogical approaches to learning in the Middle Years.

Present Day

In 2007, Nightcliff retained Years 8 and 9 only. In 2008, Nightcliff High School will become a middle school for students in Years 7 to 9. [3]

ports

The school caters for a wide-range of sport including; cricket, aussie rules, soccer and tennis.

Nightcliff High School is also the home of the Nightcliff Tigers Baseball Club.

References and Notes

1. Barter, Leith (1994, p. 47). From Wartime Camp to Garden Suburb: A Short History of Nightcliff and Rapid Creek. Historical Society of the Northern Territory.
2. Nightcliff High School (1992 p. 40). Nightcliff High School: 21 Years of Education. Nightcliff, N.T.
3. Department of Employment Education and Training (2007). Middle Years: Darwin & Northern Suburbs. Retrieved online (11 November 2007). http://www.middleyears.nt.gov.au/your-school/darwin/index.shtml
4.

External links

* Nightcliff Baseball Club. http://www.nightcliff.baseball.com.au/


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