Murray High School, Lavington Explained

Murray High School

Motto:

Learn to Live

District:

Riverina

Principal:

Norman Johnson-Meader

Country:

Australia

Coordinates:

Enrolment:

~650 students

Enrolment As Of:

2018^[1]

Teaching Staff:

54.9 FTE (2018)

Grades Label:

Years

Colours:

Blue and yellow

Pushpin Map:

Australia New South Wales

Pushpin Image:

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Pushpin Mapsize:

250

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Murray High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1976, the school enrolled approximately 650 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 9 per cent identify as Indigenous Australians and 10 per cent from a language background other than English.^[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the current principal is Norman Johnson-Meader.^[2]

The inaugural principal of Murray High School was H. Lyle Ingram (1976–1981).

Facilities

Murray High school's facilities include:

Five computer rooms
Eight work rooms for the visual arts, woodwork, metalwork and technical drawing disciplines
Six science laboratories with all necessary equipment
Two industrial kitchens, fully equipped
Music and drama faculties
Twenty class rooms
A computerised library with study areas and extensive resource collections
A multipurpose gymnasium, basketball courts, cricket nets, hockey field and an oval
All rooms except woodwork and metalwork are equipped with projectors

Angela Iannottaformer soccer player and now soccer coach; represented the Matildas^[3]
Lauren Jackson former basketball player; represented Australia at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics; captained the Opals^[3]
Lee Kernaghan country music singer, songwriter and guitarist^[3]
Brett Kirkformer Australian rules footballer and now coach; played with and captained the Sydney Swans^[3]
Carly FindlayAustralian writer and speaker; activist on disability issues^[4] ^[5]
Tony ArmstrongAustralian rules footballer

Web site: Murray High School, Lavington, NSW: School profile . My School . . 2019 . 20 July 2019.
Web site: Annual Report 2018 . Murray High School . . 30 May 2019 . 20 July 2019 . 2 .
Web site: Wall of Honour: Recipients . Murray High School . . n.d. . 20 July 2019 .
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