Maitland Grossmann High School Explained

Maitland Grossmann High School
Motto:Latin: [[Labor omnia vincit|Labor Omnia Vincit]]
Motto Translation:Work Conquers All
Established:[1]
Type:Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Educational Authority:New South Wales Department of Education
Principal:Neil Fara
Location:East Maitland, New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-32.7441°N 151.5913°W
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Campus Type:Suburban
Enrolment:1,196[2]
Enrolment As Of:2018
Teaching Staff:83.4 FTE (2018)
Grades:712
Grades Label:Years
Colours:Navy blue and white

Maitland Grossmann High School (abbreviated as MGHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The school is situated on Cumberland Street, adjacent to the old Maitland Gaol.

Established in 1884 as the girls only single-sex Maitland Girls' High School, in 1986 the school collaborated with Maitland Boys High, and now both schools are co-educational, with Maitland Girls' High School renamed as Maitland Grossmann High School, and Maitland Boys' High School renamed as Maitland High School. Maitland Grossmann High School enrolled approximately 1,200 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.[3]

The school draws it name from Jeanette Grossman, who provided accommodation for the school in its early years.[4]

Academic results

Maitland Grossmann excels in many areas of study, and is one of the most successful schools in the Hunter Valley. The school has a reputation in the Maitland community in the following areas: academic achievement; quality creative and performing arts; excellence in sport; caring student welfare; and highly effective behaviour management strategies.[5]

In 2012, Maitland Grossmann High School celebrated its best NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in recent years, being placed 211th in New South Wales and second in Newcastle/Central Coast for comprehensive high schools based on Band 6 results.[6]

In 2017, Maitland Grossmann High School celebrated a student achieve first in the state for Visual Arts. This student was the first ever to come from a public, non-selective high school since the establishment of the HSC.[7]

Sports

The school currently holds the cross country regional combined high schools trophy. The school also contains the swimming and athletics zone trophies, and has for many years running.

Alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 125 Year Celebrations. Maitland Grossmann High School. 7 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090310175644/http://www.mghs.com.au/125-year-celebrations/. 10 March 2009. dead.
  2. Web site: Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW: School profile . My School . . 2019 . 2 August 2019 .
  3. Web site: Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW. ACARA. 3 February 2013.
  4. Web site: Our school history: Maitland Girls' High School . Maitland Grossmann High School . Bellamy, Janice E. . 1 July 2019 .
  5. Web site: Our School. Maitland Grossmann High School. 3 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103172432/http://web1.maitgross-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/. 3 November 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: 2012 HSC Success. Maitland Grossmann High School. 3 February 2013. 8 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130208143307/http://www.mghs.com.au/. dead.
  7. Web site: HSC First In State 2017 . Newcastle Herald. 13 December 2017 . 20 December 2017.
  8. KERNOT, Cheryl (1948–) Senator for Queensland, 1990–97 (Australian Democrats) . kernot-cheryl . 2022-03-26.