Dapto High School
| Dapto High School | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 34°29′59″S 150°47′8″E / 34.49972°S 150.78556°E |
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| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | Strive for Higher Things |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Lake Illawarra South; Regional South |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | Joel Burnett |
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| Teaching staff | 70.5 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Enrolment | 917[1] (2018) |
| Campus | Outer suburban / Regional |
| Colour(s) | Yellow, maroon, and white |
| Website | dapto-h |
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Dapto High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1958, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom six percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English.[1][2][3] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Joel Burnett.
School-to-work program
In 2002, Dapto was the subject of a case study for its school-to-work program, which chronicled how the school innovated a centralized reporting program via school reports, which turned around an otherwise unsuccessful program and made the program a "whole new approach" which was recommended for other schools.[4] As a result of this program the school's careers advisor, Steve Heinecke, was awarded the title of top careers advisor in New South Wales in 2005.[5]
Notable alumni
- Mathew Head – rugby league player[6][7][8]
- Paul McGregor – rugby league player[8][9]
- Corey Tutt – STEM champion, 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year, and founder of DeadlyScience[10]
- Dean Young – rugby league player[6]
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- List of schools in Illawarra and the South East
- Education in Australia
References
- ^ a b c "Dapto High School, Dapto, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Dapto – history". Wollongong City Library. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "How to enrol at a Public School – Dapto High School". New South Wales Department of Education and Training. 8 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ "NSW Department of Education and Training" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "2005 NSW Careers Adviser of the Year announced". TAFE NSW. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Head rewards Brown's show of faith". The Age. 5 May 2007.
- ^ "Older, wiser Head finally realises promise". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 2004.
- ^ a b "The Phoenix Newsletter" (PDF). Dapto High School. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ Daily Telegraph – News Limited Australia 21 June 2002
- ^ Crabb, Brendan (5 November 2019). "Former Dapto High student wins NSW Young Australian of the Year award". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
