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Muirfield High School

Muirfield High School

School in New South Wales, Australia


Muirfield High School is a public, co-educational, secondary day school located in North Rocks, a north-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1976[1] and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, Muirfield is a non-selective school catering for approximately 738 students from Years 7 to 12.[2]

History

Muirfield High School opened in 1976 as a comprehensive, co-educational high school.[2]

In 1989, the school was identified as one of twenty-six Technology High Schools in New South Wales,[2] becoming one of the first Public schools in New South Wales to introduce computers into the curriculum. The aim of the 'Technology High School' was to produce "technologically-literate people" and to give an advantage to students who are seeking a career in computing or technology-based industries.[3] Additionally over the past five years (2014–2018) the school has had a student in the top ten of State for the HSC/TAFE course Information & Digital Technolroduce, and livestock.

Alumni

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References

  1. "About Muirfield High School". Muirfield High School. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  2. "Muirfield High School". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  3. Sarno, Tony (22 October 1989). "The New Kids of High Tech". Computers. Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2008.

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