Maitland Grossmann High School

Maitland Grossmann High School
Maitland Grossmann High School
Location
	East Maitland , New South Wales ; Australia
Coordinates	32°44′39″S 151°35′29″E / 32.7441°S 151.5913°E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin : Labor Omnia Vincit ; (Work Conquers All)
Established	28 January 1884 ; 140 years ago ; (as Maitland Girls' High School)
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Neil Fara
Teaching staff	83.4 FTE (2018)
Years	7 ? 12
Enrolment	1,196 (2018)
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Brewster ; Campbell ; Grossmann ; Watson ;
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white
Website	maitgross-h .schools .nsw .gov .au

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

The school currently ^[
when?
] 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 [ edit ]

Zoe Emma Bertles (1880?1975), became a leading librarian. ^[8]
Lorna Byrne (1897?1989), radio broadcaster ^[9]
Cheryl Kernot (1948?), politician ^[10]

References [ edit ]

^ "125 Year Celebrations" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 . Retrieved 7 July 2009 .
^ ^a ^b ^c "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW: School profile" . My School . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . 2019 . Retrieved 2 August 2019 .
^ "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW" . ACARA . Retrieved 3 February 2013 . ^{[
dead link
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^ Bellamy, Janice E. "Our school history: Maitland Girls' High School" . Maitland Grossmann High School . Retrieved 1 July 2019 .
^ "Our School" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .
^ "2012 HSC Success" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013 . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .
^ "HSC First In State 2017" . Newcastle Herald . 13 December 2017 . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .
^ Jones, David J., "Bertles, Zoe Emma (1880?1975)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University , retrieved 17 September 2023
^ "Lorna Byrne (1897?1989)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University , retrieved 5 December 2023
^ "KERNOT, Cheryl (1948? ) Senator for Queensland, 1990?97 (Australian Democrats)" . The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate . Retrieved 26 March 2022 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website

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[1] "125 Year Celebrations" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 . Retrieved 7 July 2009 .

[myschool-2] "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW: School profile" . My School . Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . 2019 . Retrieved 2 August 2019 .

[about-3] "Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland, NSW" . ACARA . Retrieved 3 February 2013 . ^{[
dead link
]}

[4] Bellamy, Janice E. "Our school history: Maitland Girls' High School" . Maitland Grossmann High School . Retrieved 1 July 2019 .

[5] "Our School" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .

[6] "2012 HSC Success" . Maitland Grossmann High School. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013 . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .

[7] "HSC First In State 2017" . Newcastle Herald . 13 December 2017 . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .

[zarb-8] Jones, David J., "Bertles, Zoe Emma (1880?1975)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University , retrieved 17 September 2023

[9] "Lorna Byrne (1897?1989)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University , retrieved 5 December 2023

[:0-10] "KERNOT, Cheryl (1948? ) Senator for Queensland, 1990?97 (Australian Democrats)" . The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate . Retrieved 26 March 2022 .

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