Winmalee High School

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The Winmalee High School logo or emblem in yellow and maroon depicting the lyre-bird and the schools motto

Winmalee High School is an Australian public school established in 1985 teaching students from years 7-12. The school is famous for its Autumn Art Festival which suppourts well-known local artists from throughout the region and also its considerably high results for students graduating from their Higher School Certificate studies in years 11 and 12. The school colours are yellow and maroon and the schools motto is "Strive to Achieve".

1 Location
2 Autumn Art Festival
3 School curriculum and enrollment
4 Architectural significance
5 External links

[edit] Location

The school is situated in the North of the suburb of Winmalee in the city of the Blue Mountains, Australia. The School borders onto National Park which has been recently placed on the World Heritage List and surrounds the City.

[edit] Autumn Art Festival

The Autumn Art Festival, usually abbreviated to Autumn Art-Fest is an annual event which attracts art collectors and the viewing public from through-out the Blue Mountains and sourrounding areas. The event takes place to raise money for the school and showcases the work of well-known artists from through-out the region such as multi-award winning artist John Wilson a member of the royal Art Society of New South Wales who featured in the 15th annual Art-fest in 2006. Crafts and other goods are also sold at the event with musical items by school students

[edit] School curriculum and enrollment

There are approximately 991 students enrolled at Winmalee High School (as of 5th March 2007). Winmalee High has an unusually wide ranging curriculum which includes drama, music, dance, business studies, legal studies, computing studies, technology and design, visual arts, photography, languages, food technology and physical education. There are also Higher School Certificate programs offered at rigorous levels of study such as 4 Unit Mathematics and 3 unit subjects such as English, Computing Studies, Physics and Chemistry.

A special feature of Winmalee High schools curriculum is a program supporting hearing impaired students in mainstream classes.

In addition to their studies, students at Winmalee High School have the option to take part in on the job training in such specialities as building and construction, industry studies (metals and engineering), industrial technology and hospitality which are usually unavailable at similar public high schools. Students also have the opportunity to link into joint TAFE courses as part of their HSC.

[edit] Architectural significance

Being designed fairly recently in 1985 Winmalee High School is of great architectural significance; the building is an example of Modern Architecture. It is one of the only High Schools in the Blue Mountains with wheel-chair access.