Kariong Mountains High School is a
government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary
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day school, located in , a suburb of
Gosford, in the
Central Coast region of
New South Wales, Australia.
Established on 22 February 2010 for students in
Year 7 and
Year 8 only, the school enrolled 540 students in 2018, from Year 7 to
Year 12
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, of whom five percent identified as
Indigenous Australians and ten percent were from a
language background other than English.
[ The school is operated by the ]NSW Department of Education
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; the principal is Anne Vine.
History
Most of the Parklands, including the Kariong Mountains High School site, are listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
Notable students
*Dylan Littlehales
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Personal
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paracanoeist competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics
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, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
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See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales
* Education in Australia
References
External links
*
NSW Schools website
Public high schools in New South Wales
Central Coast (New South Wales)
2010 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 2010
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