Norwood International High School

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on developing students from Years 8 to 10 for life at the Senior Campus, which in turn focuses on the senior years of schooling and entrance into higher education. NMHS is the only Government High School in South Australia with two completely separate campuses. Over the past few years, students have sought to enrol at Norwood Morialta High School from outside of the school's zone. Students from Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, Germany, and South America have also been recruited through the school's International Program. Many international students take the opportunity to study their own language at Year 12 level through the School of Languages in addition to the Intensive Secondary English Course (ISEC) established in 2000. Students can begin at the Middle Campus in Years 8 to 10, or at the Senior Campus in Years 11 or 12.

463: 490:, a school that shared a strong rivalry with NHS and continues to with the current NMHS. The school provided an alternative to parents living in the eastern suburbs that wanted to enrol their children in a public school rather than one of the many private, selective and technical schools that were also in the area. During that time Ivan Coward was principal, and he met the needs of those enrolled in the public system who sought entry to the academic world. 35: 683: 659: 451: 671: 526:) until the completion of the main building ("B Block") at Rostrevor. The staff then voted to move into B Block although construction of the other buildings and facilities still continued. The toilet block was not finished, so buses were provided with a timetable to transport students to the nearby McNally Training Centre until the school's facilities were ready. 693:

In 2022, the school moved to four houses (from the previous 3 houses) as part of a review of the house and student leadership structures. As part of this redevelopment, students at Norwood International High School have more opportunities to be involved in school leadership. This will see a total of

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Norwood Morialta High School was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of Norwood High School and Morialta High School. From 1993 onwards, all students in Years 8 to 10 were based at the Middle Campus, and students in Years 11 to 12 were based at the Senior Campus. The Middle Campus concentrates

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Annual exchanges occur with each of the sister schools, with NMHS sending students to a sister school one year, and hosting students from that school the following year. This gives students the opportunity to experience both the culture and education systems of another country and enhance student

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Morialta High School's founding principal was Ian "Joe" Laslett. He was appointed to the position in 1974, in the year before its opening, so was able to liaise closely with the architects during the construction of the school, appoint his staff in preparation for its opening in 1975 and provide

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Morialta was not a specialist High School but had many experienced specialist teachers and ancillary staff. One staff member was senior lab technician Charles Jennings, who worked for 32 years at the school and, later, Norwood Morialta High School, setting up accurate data records and hazardous

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Morialta had an open plan design. "B Block" housed an extensive science teaching area on the ground level and open plan classrooms on levels 2 and 3. Whilst the majority of the eight teaching areas on levels 2 and 3 were designed as Mathematics and Humanities areas, each level had one area also

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In order to meet MYP requirements, students must choose Language B, Technology and Arts courses in Year 10. All students study courses in English, Health and PE, Mathematics, Science and Society and Environment in each year. In Years 9 and 10, Maths courses are differentiated into Advanced and

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In late 2021, and with the schools forthcoming colocation to the Magill site, the schools Governing Council, in consultation with the wider school community, made the decision to rename the school to Norwood International High School to reflect the school's long standing commitment to

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The school was not ready to open in February 1975 so, for the first weeks the initial 540 students (Years 8 and 9 only) and 45 teachers were housed at Murray House, a grand old building, part of the Murray Park College of Advanced Education (now the Magill Campus of the

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Norwood International High School received $ 51.95m as part of the Building Better Schools fund, to co-locate the two campuses onto The Parade site, accommodating 1700 students across Years 7 to 12. From 2022, Norwood International High School students includes:

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Norwood High School shared common origins with Norwood Boys Technical School, a school that later became Norwood Boys High, then Marryatville Boys High, and subsequently amalgamated with Kensington and Norwood Girls Technical High to become

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learning and communications skills in other languages. There are also opportunities for individual students to go on a long term exchange overseas. The tenth anniversary of the exchange with Japan was celebrated in September 2000.

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As at Term 3, 2019, Norwood Morialta High School had 1,493.2 full-time equivalent (FTE) students enrolled. Year 12 students of Norwood Morialta High School achieved outstanding results in 2019 as part of their study of the

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Although not due to take up their appointments until 1975, the senior staff met regularly towards the latter part of 1974 and a whole staff conference was held at Graham's Castle conference centre in December of that year.

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The buses were also used to provide outdoor education opportunities in the early weeks. These endeavours helped develop a cohesive spirit amongst all members of the school community.

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The early years of the school were packed full of innovative practices and esprit de corps was high. School socials were a regular event and, on 8 December 1975 Australian band

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Since 1996, NMHS Middle Campus has offered a comprehensive program that meets requirements of both the South Australian Curriculum and Accountability (SACSA) framework and the

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Norwood High School (NHS) first opened on 25 January 1910 on Osmond Terrace, Norwood, as Norwood District High School. In 1915, it moved to new premises at Lossie Street

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Ambassadors, Youth Parliament Group, Debating, National Mathematics, Science and Language competitions, School Formal Committee, and the Student Representative Council.

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internationalism and respect the heritage of the Magill site. A new school, the Morialta Secondary College, is being built in Rostrevor on the middle campus site.

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In 2022 the two campuses were amalgamated to form Norwood International High School at the Magill site. The former Morialta campus was closed down, and the new

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Another founding staff member was Deputy Principal, Peter Lang, who later returned as Principal of the amalgamated Norwood and Morialta High Schools.

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An extended Innovation Hub with refurbished Technology and Music suites and a new two-story building for Home Economics and Art, Design and Media

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substances folders for the science area, which helped the school gain level 3 occupational health safety and welfare (OHS&W) accreditation.

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dedicated to Science teaching. The school won awards for its design in the 1970s, as it was considered modern and futuristic for its time.

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This list is incomplete, and includes former students, not all of whom graduated from schools included in the history of this school.

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Students have opportunities to partake in academic pursuits as well by participating in a vast range of co-curricular activities.

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opportunities for all who were to be part of the school community to have a say in formulating its philosophies and practices.

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Norwood International High School's history spans over 100 years across numerous campus locations and name changes.

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Ten refurbished classrooms, two modern laboratories, collaborative learning spaces and staff preparation area

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Project construction commenced in Term 3, 2020 and has been delivered incrementally to minimise disruption.

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became Middle Campus, for Years 8 to 10, while the Magill site was known as senior campus (Years 11 to 12).

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The school has established links with sister schools located internationally in China (Yantai High School,

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A Broader Vision: Voices of Vocational Education in Twentieth-Century South Australia, 1897-2001

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A new three-storey middle school building with maker spaces, a canteen and roof-top place space

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A re-developed contemporary Learning Hub and Student Support Centre (former cafeteria space).

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