Marryatville High School

Marryatville High School

Marryatville High School Introduction

Marryatville High School, nestled among the gum trees on the banks of First Creek provides an atmosphere that fosters positive learning.

The college is conveniently located only 5 minutes from the heart of the city in the leafy, eastern suburbs of Adelaide. Buildings range from the heritage listed Eden Park campus to the modern performing arts centre and music suite.

School facilities and resources

  • A beautiful natural environment with over 100 ancient red gum trees and expansive green lawn areas
  • Year 8 centre with seven new classrooms and offices
  • Performing Arts Centre, seating 320
  • Eden Park campus - senior school and international student centre
  • Four new tennis courts
  • Gymnasium
  • Modern computing facilities with IBM compatible technology
  • Resource Centre
  • Specialist facilities for art and computer aided design, home economics and technology studies

Strong focus areas

  • Music and Performing Arts
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET) - hospitality and child studies
  • Visual Arts
  • Math and Science
  • Information Technology (IT)

Special interest programs

  • Special Interest Music Program
  • Special Interest Tennis Program
  • Gifted and talented education program

Languages

  • English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
  • French

Student Support Services

  • ESL support
  • International student coordinator and support staff
  • Pastoral care program responsive to cultural needs
  • Bilingual teachers
  • International Student Centre in Eden Park campus with study rooms, internet access

 

Recent school awards and achievements

  • State Orienteering Champion School (7 years)
  • Don Maynard Music Prize
  • International touring theatre productions to Singapore and Malaysia

Sporting activities

  • Wide range of team sports - 80 teams
  • Australian rules football, soccer
  • volleyball, basketball
  • hockey, badminton, water polo, fencing, athletics, orienteering
  • Annual aquatics camp -Year 9 & ski trip -Year 10

Co-curricular opportunities

  • Oliphant Science Awards
  • Art extension program and exhibition

Industry and training partnerships

  • AusMusic - sound engineering
  • Adelaide hotel and retail industry - workplace training

Community alliances

 

International programs

  • Intensive Secondary English Course (ISEC)
  • Study Abroad Program
  • High School Program
  • Study Tours

Sister school relationships

  • Ming Dao High School, Taiwan
  • Shenzen Middle School, China
  • Wei Yu Middle School, China
  • Qingdao No. 17 Middle School, China
  • Soja Minami High School, Japan
 

Application

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